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Need a SP. Marquis, Blanton, Happ, Richard, or Other?

Postby WHYOS » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:43 pm

Hey guys... I need some help. Volquez on the DL again. Who should I grap out of these options; Jason Marquis, Joe Blanton, JA Happ, Trevor Cahill, Jeremy Sowers, Carl Pavano or Clayton Richard. I know it's a long list, but give me your best advice. ;-D

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C Martin, Russell C LA
C Navarro, Dioner C TB
1B Delgado, Carlos 1B NYM (DL)
1B Kendry Morales ANA
2B Fontenot, Mike 2B CHC
3B Longoria, Evan 3B TB
SS Jeter, Derek SS NYY
OF Sizemore, Grady CF CLE
OF Hart, Corey C. RF MIL
OF Ibanez, Raul LF PHI
OF Span, Denard RF MIN
OF Swisher, Nick OF NYY
UT Branyan, Russle 1B Sea
CI Kouzmanoff, Kevin 3B SD
MI Guzman, Christian SS Was
SP Webb, Brandon SP ARI (DL)
SP Volquez, Edinson SP CIN (DL)
SP Myers, Brett SP PHI (DL)
SP Danks, John SP CHW
SP Jackson, Edwin SP DET
SP Saunders, Joe SP ANA
SP Porcello, Rick DET
SP Burhle, Mark CHW
RP Rivera, Mariano RP NYY
RP Francisco, Frank RP TEX
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Re: Need a SP. Marquis, Blanton, Happ, Richard, or Other?

Postby MadDog36 » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:26 am

Personally, Marquis is due to implode. Richard needs to be solid against tougher competition. His recent good starts were against KC and Pittsburgh (need I say more?) I'd go with JA Happ. He has the least miledge on his arm and can be useful pitching for a winning team.

Blanton is scary. (LIke Marquis), he'll give you a few gray hairs. He'd be good for a spot start or two while he's on, but since your limited in your moves. I'd be concerned about Trevor. He's pitching well also as of late but he's already at 40 IP and never thrown more than 125 INN in any level. So with him it will be a constant monitoring. At best, if he averaged 6 IP/S and went right at his max before being shut down, he might give you three months of starts (14 Starts max), and that's saying he pitches 6 innings each time out. I think JA has built his arm strength and durability outta the pen. With Myers probably done for the year he'll remain in the Philly rotation for the forseeable future. The Bastard was called up and if he pitches well he'll stick as well.

One goes down, get his replacement. How many moves have you made? I might consider using move #2 and grabbing Cahill and using him til you can't no more. I doubt you have all those DL spots to begin with. Save one for a solid utility player pickup later if you have any more injuries or if Hanson is available stash him away.

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