AMAZING...Carlos Silva is now 4-0

[mkooljr1]

Hmm, 11 K's in 31 1/3 innings??!?!! A K/9 of 3.16?? I wouldn't touch him with a 10 ft. pole, he's certainly not fooling anyone! Has had a solid HR/9 rate in the past and is contuning this year, and is showing very good control, but those lack of K's will kill you. The Twins offense isnt that great, so he won't be a good source of wins. He'd need to post an era in the low 3's and a 1.10 whip or something to have any value in the type of leagues people here play in (Yahoo!).

[bucsfan04]

I'm gonna wait until he starts a few more games before picking him up.

[Shermars]

didn't he used to play for the pirates?

That was Jose Silva (no relationship that I know of) who played for the Pirates.

[Mordraken]

He'd need to post an era in the low 3's and a 1.10 whip or something to have any value in the type of leagues people here play in (Yahoo!).

I agree with the first part of your post (about the 11Ks in 31 IP being farily low), but in the majors so far there are only 23 starters with a WHIP of 1.15 or less and a ERA of 3.50 or less (and more than 20 IP). Given that the average league will have 12 teams in it and each team will have at least 5 starters, most teams won't have more than 2-3 of these studs, meaning that more than 60% of your pitching staff will be made up of people with stats worse than that.

That said, it is encouraging to see his later starts getting better. The K:BB worries me, but if he's a groundball pitcher, then he wouldn't need the Ks and could hope for more double plays to erase his runners allowed.

I put him on my watch list. Thanks for the tip!