Pitch or Ditch for Wednesday, September 29
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 day. 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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2010 All-Surprise and All-Disappointment Teams
CORY’S PICKS
Vargas @ Harden -
time to draw the curtain on the surprising hit that was the Vargas
show
Cramer @
Pineiro
Verlander @
Tomlin
Pettitte @ Cecil -
Cecil is 3-0 in September with a 7.40 ERA. Don’t chase
wins!
Millwood @
Niemann
Beckett @ F.
Garcia
Baker @
Hochevar
McDonald
@
Walters
Kershaw @
Chacin – Chacin could shut
out the offensively putrid Dodgers
Gallardo @
Dickey
Bush @
Niese
Miller @
Lowe
Blanton @
Detwiler
Figueroa @ Cueto -
Cueto a huge coin-toss, I’d play it safe
Wells @ Young – Wells is
hot again, so pick on the weak Padres offense
Kennedy @
Bumgarner
***Zach says “I’d be careful with Beckett @ home run haven U.S. Cellular…pitch only if you have to. Pitch on Cueto. Last outing was as bad as it gets but he was coming off five straight quality starts and Astros’ lineup still mediocre. Agree on rest.”
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