Pitch or Ditch for Friday, May 7

Pitch
or Ditch is a strategy for (ideally) daily mixed leagues in which you pick up
starters on a day-to-day basis based on how well they are pitching and their
upcoming matchups, then cut them in favor of new guys the next guy. The concept
is that the shallower the league, the more quality starting pitching is
available on the free agent wire, so rather than drafting expensive starters,
it’s better to build a strong offense and bullpen and let the free agent wire
populate your starting staff during the season. As a bonus, a handful of “PoD”
guys emerge each year as worth keeping all year long, like Jair Jurrjens last
year or Cliff Lee in ’08.
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CORY’S PICKS

Greinke @
Wilson

Hughes @
Beckett

Marcum @
Buehrle – Don’t love Buehrle
but the Jays can’t hit lefties

Millwood @
Liriano – Tough test for
Millwood but he’s been solid this year

Price @ G.Gonzalez – Gio
on a good run but not testing him vs. Rays yet

Bonderman @ Huff – Great
matchup for Bonderman, who’s been OK this year

Weaver @ King
Felix

Carpenter @
Duke

Volstad @
Stammen

Silva @ Bailey – Hard
to trust either of them

J.Sanchez @
Pelfrey – The risk averse
might sit Pelfrey out to make sure he’s healthy

Latos @ Norris – I think
Latos bounces back vs. the AwfulStros

Gallardo @
Jackson

Lowe @
Moyer

E. Rogers @
Kuroda