Danny Graves arm is gonna fall off...

[bibsybob]

yea, he singlehandedly winning saves for my opponent this week... I saw the highlight, graves didnt look too good, the astros gave him that one...

[c0n0r]

I rather be lucky than good anyday

[Members Only Jackets]

20 FREAK'n saves!

Can anyone name a few stud players I could get for Graves? I'm curious.

[bibsybob]

I rather be lucky than good anyday

they both accomplish the same thing. But being good means it happens more consistently

[c0n0r]

I rather be lucky than good anyday

they both accomplish the same thing. But being good means it happens more consistently

Not necessarily - there are plenty of good players out there who are consistently not in the spotlight - but its the ones lucky enough to be put in the position to shine (and succeed) that everyone hears about. Or writes or responds to threads about.

[bibsybob]

There are plenty more "good" players that get spotlight, and in a better way, then those lucky ones. I dont know what ur gettin at...

[LouisC9999]

An owner desperate for saves is offering me Sheff for Graves. What would you do?

I'm thinking of accepting because it looks like Graves is being overused right now.

[LBJackal]

All the people saying "even if Graves slows down, he'll still be near the top of the league in saves" well that's irrelevent unless you use retroactive stats. Lets say you hypothetically know that Graves will finish with 5 more saves than Gagne, as well as their ERA/WHIP/K's will be identical from here on out. Who would you rather have for the rest of the year? Graves at 55 or Gagne at 50? Gagne at 50, obviously. Because 20 of Graves' saves are already accounted for, while 10 of Gagne's are accounted for.

Do you really think Graves will continue at this pace? If you do, you're crazy/ He's not pitching as well as most think - guys like Baez, Kolb, and Dotel have been pitching better. They just havn't had the save opps yet. If you can get better than draft day value for Graves (obviously you can find somebody who thinks the 20 saves Graves already has will benefit him somehow) then by all means do it. Graves has been decent, and doesn't even get a lot of K's (not that K's matter so much for closers). I'd rather have Baez from here on out.

My advice: get what you can for Graves now. Did anybody think highly of him before the season? Not really. Is he doing better (other than save totals, which are random) than expected? Nope. So why is his value so high? Because of some lucky save opps? Everybody knows about "buy low, sell high" but they get cold feet when they feel like they have a stud closer on their hands.

And for the guy that asked about Sheff: hell yeah, I'd do that in a second. The possibility of surgery makes me worry but if you want big rewards you have to take big risks. (The risk being Sheff's health, not Graves' success. I'm pretty sure Graves has had his 15 minutes for this year.)

[INKcogKNEEdough]

whose arm is going to fall off first? carlos zambrano or danny graves.

my vote is still for zambrano

Luis Gonzalez'

[Arlo]

If you can get better than draft day value for Graves (obviously you can find somebody who thinks the 20 saves Graves already has will benefit him somehow) then by all means do it.

Points taken, but those 20 saves do benefit him in one important sense: job security (barring a trade, of course).