Pitch or Ditch for Saturday-Monday, August 29-31
CORY’S PICKS
SATURDAY
Torres @
Mitre
Price @
Robertson
Sowers @
Tillman
Feldman @
Pavano
Romero @ Buchholz (both are
very dicey)
Mazzaro @ Jered
Weaver
Meche @ Snell
(only ‘cuz it’s the Royals)
Parnell @
Dempster
Norris @
Garland
TBD @
Nolasco
Hart @
Gallardo
Lowe @
Lee
Haeger @
Maloney
Stammen @
Boggs
Marquis @
Zito
SUNDAY
Niemann @
Verlander
Garcia @ Chamberlain
(do you trust Joba? Not me)
Halladay @
Lester
Masterson
@
Matusz
Millwood @
Baker
Anderson @
Lackey
Greinke @
Rowland-Smith (yep, I’m down with
Hyphen18)
Kershaw @
Arroyo
Latos
@
West (last start of the year for Latos?)
Jurrjens @
Blanton
Ohlendorf @
Suppan
Mock @
Wainwright
Figueroa @
Zambrano
Hammel @
Cain
Wandy @ Haren
(Wandy has drawn some
serious competition this year… Waino last time, now Danny
Boy)
MONDAY
Shields
@
Washburn
Pettitte @
Guthrie
Cecil @
Holland
Floyd @
Gabino
Hochevar @
Gonzalez (start of the 6-man rotation for the A’s)
Saundo @
French
Maholm @ Kip Wells (one of
two games of double header, pitchers TBA for other game)
Hudson @ J.
Johnson
Oswalt @
Harden
Livan @
Stauffer
Davis @
Wolf
mlbtstufantasy411
No to Joba, but yes to Maholm? Seriously?
Just a reminder…with September (and roster expansion) upon us, teams will not need to use the DL, so players who get hurt after Sept. 1 will usually just stay on the roster. Pay closer attention to injuries. In non-keeper leagues, don’t be afraid to drop a star player if a DL-type injury happens. Sometimes teams will come right out and say that a player won’t be back this year, but other times, they may act optimistic for a player’s return, or won’t say anything at all, in which case YOU have to be the judge as to whether or not the player will be useful again this season. Teams that are out of it will sometimes be overprotective of their star players, and not risk a further injury, instead opting to play younger players. Also, sometimes a veteran player might opt to stay off the field for an injury for which he would otherwise play if his team were in the playoff hunt.
Greg in Cincy
PS I’m starting Brett Anderson today, which means he will get CRUSHED, but his numbers have been pretty good lately.