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by **T Long** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:34 pm

In a h2h nonkeeper league would you drop Brian Matusz for either of these FA's

Jair Jurrjens
Shaun Marcum
Derek Lowe
Dice-K
Wade Davis
Joel Pineiro
CJ Wilson

by **T Long** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:05 pm

by **T Long** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:00 pm

any thoughts?

by **Oatsdad** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:09 pm

I like Matusz a lot, so I'd keep him...

by **bazzy_51** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:16 pm

Jair Jurrjens-Would rather wait and see if he turns it around.
Shaun Marcum-Nice start to the year, but is yet to get off the goose egg with a W.
Derek Lowe-Yes has one more win that Brian, but a full run more in ERA and doesn't K as much.
Dice-K-Still don't know how he will come back, would wait at least a start or 2 before taking the gamble on him.
Wade Davis-Another nice young arm, but his control issues are proving to hurt his value.
Joel Pineiro-Has never been a K pitcher, and will struggle to make it back to double digit wins like last year, even in LA.
CJ Wilson-Out of any of the FAs this is the only arm I may think about swapping for right now. So lets compare...

Matusz- 2-0, 27:10 K:BB in 24.2IP, 4.38ERA, 1.30WHIP
Wilson- 2-1, 21:10 K:BB in 25.2IP, 1.75ERA, 1.21WHIP

In a non-keeper I really think that I would jump on Wilson. He has the much better squad around him, better division of the 2 to pitch in and I haven't heard of any innings cap on him like Matusz has. Neither is a bad choice and if it were my choice I would really try to get both of them, so who else do you have outside of Matusz that you could dump for CJ?

by **T Long** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:38 pm

thanks, anyone else?

by **philaphan** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:46 pm

Tough one! I like Matusz but I also like Marcum & Wilson. Wilson has looked nice to start the season and Marcum has been unlucky with not getting the first W. I might lean slightly towards Marcum with Wilson being close behind.

Do you have anyone else you might consider to drop?

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by **kidsilk** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:55 pm

I would probably just stay with Matusz at this point. But if you really want to make a change then go for Wilson.

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by **chaddeihl** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:07 am

CJ Wilson is the only other option... however, his move to the starting rotation is unproven and pitching in Texas over the years hasnt exactly been a good thing! Matusz does have to face better teams but he fared well against Boston & NY in his first matchups this year. The kid will be good and his K ratio is nice to boot.