In a pickle! What to do with J. Nathan and F. Francisco?

[lefthandedforlife]

The news is out. Nathan is no longer closing and it probably worth dropping. Frank Francisco is about to come off the DL. I've been told all sorts of things and I don't know what to do myself. Part of me wants to drop them both and pick up someone else but I can't bring myself to dropping talent like Joe Nathan.

NOTE: I do not have a bench for pitchers. It is a custom league. 6 SP 3 RP all playing everyday.

C Victor Matinez
1B Albert Pujols
2B Neil Walker
3B Alex Rodriguez
SS Jose Reyes
OF Andre Either
OF Colby Rasmus
OF Bobby Abreu
OF Jose Tabata
DH Travis Hafner
UTIL Gordon Beckam

BN Mike Stanton
BN Adam Lind
BN Ryan Raburn
BN Miguel Tejada
BN Omar Infante

P Jhoulys Chacin
P Jordan Walden
SP Jon Lester
SP Jered Weaver
SP Francisco Liriano
SP Hiroki Kuroda
SP Ryan Dempster
RP Brian Wilson
RP Joe Nathan

DL Frank Francisco

Singles- 1, Doubles- 2, Triples- 3, Home Runes- 5, Walks- 1, Runs Scored- 1, RBI’s- 2, Stolen Bases- 2, K’s- -2, Hits- 1, Hit by Pitch- 1, Sacrifices- 2, Game Winning RBI- 4, Caught Stealing- -2, Ground into Double Play- -1, Hitting for Cycle- 20, Grand Slam- 7, Outfield Assist- 1, Errors- 1

IP- 3, Wins- 10, Saves- 7, K’s- 1, Walks- -1, Hit Batsmen- -1, Wild Pitch- -1, Pick Off- 1, Complete Game- 5, No Hitter- 10, Earned Runs- -1, Loss- -5, Blown Save- -4, Hit Allowed- -1, Shutout- 10, HR Allowed- -1, Balk- -1, Hold- 2, Quality Starts- 3, Perfect Game- 20

[mrdirt73]

As much as I think Nathan will get the closer role back, I think I'd go ahead and drop him for now since you have no pitcher bench.

[Cream]

While I agree with the above, keep in mind that they haven't promised Francisco the job right out of the gate and Rauch has shown he's perfectly capable. I think Nathan is the one to drop, unless you can entice someone into a trade for one of your RP's.


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