I just DL'd Strasburg so I have an open roster spot.
Which one of these SP do I grab to hold onto for the foreseeable future?
Mike Pelfrey Fausto Carmona Clayton Richard Randy Wells Jonathan Niese Homer Bailey Chris Young - mets Rick Porcello Jeff Niemann Jake Westbrook Jeremy Guthrie Wade Davis Jon Garland Dice-K
OR...... Do I just bolster saves with a guy like Jon Rauch or Jonny Venters?
My Team (* means i throw them back at the end of 2011)
C K. Suzuki 1B A. Gonzalez 2B G.Beckham 3B E. Longoria* SS D. Jeter OF C. Gonzalez OF A. McCutchen OF J. Ellsbury UT M. Stanton UT C. Granderson UT L. Berkman BN G. Sizemore BN T. Wiginton BN P. Bourjos
SP F. Hernandez SP T. Lincecum SP W. Rodriguez RP C. Perez RP R. Soriano P B. Anderson P J. Vazquez P D. Braden BN B. Lyon BN S. Strasburg (will soon be on DL and open up roster spot)
Dice-K is the one to grab if hes still available. He's doing well in his last spring starts, which count more than the earlier ones for evaluation, and he used to be a 2nd-tier Ace. Hes got all you want in an Ace: Ks, Wins, Decent ERA/WHIP. The lure of an Ace off the wire is too great. Gotta grab him
Otherwise, its C Young/ Richard Clayton/ Garland. All are possible 14-15 winners and off the wire, cant go wrong. Young/Clayton 140-150Ks, Garland 130ish if lucky. So the others are better because they provide more.