Brad Hawpe droppable?? WHIR

[trevizzle]

10 teams 5x5 H2H

C Matt Wieters
1B Prince Fielder
2B Aaron Hill
3B Michael Young
SS Jimmy Rollins
OF Matt Holliday
OF Michael Bourn
OF Adam Dunn
Util Gordon Beckam
Bn Juan Rivera
Bn Brad Hawpe
Bn Julio Borbon

Sp Felix Hernandez
Sp Cliff Lee
Rp Brian Wilson
Rp Carlos Marmol
P Ryan Franklin
P Johan Santana
P Ubaldo Jimenez
Bn AJ Burnett
Bn Erik Bedard
Bn Brad Penny

i want to pick up another pitcher, and i'm wondering if hawpe is droppable. i like rivera better on my bench than hawpe, and the only reason i'm hesistant, is because i feel like if i drop him, he might get nabbed up by another owner, but i also don't feel like he has a lot of trade value.

here are the top FA pitchers:
hiroki kiroda
ben sheets
aaron harang
justin duchscherer
ryan-rowland smith
dice-k
jarrod washburn
kyle loshe
john maine
joel pinerio

what do you guys think? leave a link.

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[sigriffey]

The only guys I think worth dropping him for might be Sheets or Harang ... I think you may be better off waiting for him to get hot during the season and shipping him off. But I don't think dropping him for Sheets is a total crime.

[Grounded Polo]

You could try Sheets, Hawpe is droppable in a 10 teamer and he's just part of a OF platoon for one spot on your team, not a big part of it.

[thejusman1]

Meh. I'd actually feel more comfortable dropping Penny for Sheets than Hawpe. I have been BURNED badly by Harang, and I know people like to project him as a nice bounce-back candidate, but honestly back-to-back 14+ loss seasons and his terrible WHIP is too much of a deterrent for me to chase his K potential. I also don't like Penny that much, he was decent in spacious Dodgers stadium but even there he broke down in the second half every year... Penny also was never a big K guy, so there's not too much upside.

Hawpe can be a streaky hitter, but when he's on he can carry your team for weeks at a time. He's absolutely worth a roster spot, and I like the way your lineup looks with him (you can switch out Bourn/Borbon for Hawpe when you need power more than speed).

[trevizzle]

but that's the thing, i don't really need the power, obviously with dunn, holliday, and prince. the question is whether or not hawpe is tradable? because if he's not tradable, then i might as well drop him and open a roster spot for a gamble on a sp

[trevizzle]

what about scott feldman?