8/8-8/11 Cheering, Venting and MANNYYYYY

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Sunday, August 12th

AL

Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians
(L) Jon Lester (5-10) vs. (R) Corey Kluber (0-0)

New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays
(R) Phil Hughes (11-9) vs. (L) J.A. Happ (0-1)

Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
(L) Bruce Chen (8-9) vs. (R) Tommy Hunter (4-7)

Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox
(R) Bartolo Colon (9-8) vs. (L) Chris Sale (13-3)

Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins
(R) James Shields (10-7) vs. (L) Scott Diamond (10-5)

Detroit Tigers at Texas Rangers
(R) Rick Porcello (9-6) vs. (R) Yu Darvish (11-8)

Seattle Mariners at LA Angels of Anaheim
(L) Jason Vargas (12-8) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (15-1)

NL

Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami Marlins
(L) Chris Capuano (10-8) vs. (L) Wade LeBlanc (1-1)

San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates
(R) Ross Ohlendorf (4-2) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (6-12)

St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies
(R) Lance Lynn (13-5) vs. (R) Vance Worley (6-7)

Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros
(R) Yovani Gallardo (10-8) vs. (R) Jordan Lyles (2-8)

Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs
(R) Johnny Cueto (14-6) vs. (L) Brooks Raley (0-1)

Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants
(R) Alex White (2-6) vs. (L) Barry Zito (9-8)

Washington Nationals at Arizona Diamondbacks
(L) Ross Detwiler (6-4) vs. (L) Patrick Corbin (3-4)

Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
(R) Ben Sheets (4-1) vs. (L) Jon Niese (8-6)

[J35J]

if my league counted SIERRA and K/BB then Lee would be awesome.
But it counts ERA and Wins so for a fantasy early 3rd round pitcher, hes sucked.

And im not sure how many of his starts you've had a chance to watch, but seems like part of the reason his BABIP is up (and 20 point is not much at all, hardly even significant) is becasue hes constantly making terrible pitches. Getting ahead of batters and not walking guys, but not finishing them off, and making egregious mistakes inside the strike zone.
Which is may be why his HR rate is nearly double what it has averaged over his past 5 yrs.

I expect his fantasy numbers to improve a bit next yr, but honestly when I watch Lee pitch I see a guy in decline. He doesnt throw hard, hes already getting hit around, and and hes old. Would not be surprised to see Timmy 2.0

HR rate is the only thing I see that explains the production difference...I'd expect that to come back down.

He's throwing harder this year than he ever has. He still has his pin point control. He's really nothing like Lincecum.

I'd take him in the 5th next year and be happy as well!

[NikkiSixx]

if my league counted SIERRA and K/BB then Lee would be awesome.
But it counts ERA and Wins so for a fantasy early 3rd round pitcher, hes sucked.

And im not sure how many of his starts you've had a chance to watch, but seems like part of the reason his BABIP is up (and 20 point is not much at all, hardly even significant) is becasue hes constantly making terrible pitches. Getting ahead of batters and not walking guys, but not finishing them off, and making egregious mistakes inside the strike zone.
Which is may be why his HR rate is nearly double what it has averaged over his past 5 yrs.

I expect his fantasy numbers to improve a bit next yr, but honestly when I watch Lee pitch I see a guy in decline. He doesnt throw hard, hes already getting hit around, and and hes old. Would not be surprised to see Timmy 2.0

HR rate is the only thing I see that explains the production difference...I'd expect that to come back down.

He's throwing harder this year than he ever has. He still has his pin point control. He's really nothing like Lincecum.

I'd take him in the 5th next year and be happy as well!

Cliff Lee has certainly underperformed for fantasy teams, but he has still thrown the ball well and he will be a complete bargain next year.

[NikkiSixx]

Thoughts on Alex Gordon for the rest of the year?