Pitch or Ditch for Friday, June 29
CORY’S PICKS
Quintana @ Warren
Lowe @ Arrieta – look past the ERA, Arrieta has been excellent
Big Erv @ Villanueva – flip a coin on Erv, I say ditch
Verlander @ Price – yum
Griffin @ Harrison
Mendoza @ Duensing
Cook @ Noesi – I like Noesi at home, but not vs. the Red Sox
Norris @ Maholm
Lee @ Johnson
Detwiler @ Delgado – risk/reward on both, I’ll play it safe
Kennedy @ Wolf
Marquis @ Francis – could be a 13-11 game, stay far away
Correia @ Wainwright
Dickey @ Harang
Leake @ Cain
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Zach,
On Wednesday post you told me to find a bench spot for Chapman and not to drop Axford, but I was not sreu which one. IS there a pitcher on the list of pitchers below that I could drop to make room for Chapman who should it be?The following is the list of my rent Starting and Relif pitchersz:
Johan Santana, NYM SP
Clayton Kershaw, LAD SP
Cliff Lee, Phi SP
Zack Greinke, Mil SP
Yovani Gallardo, Mil SP
John Axford, Mil RP
Joel Hanrahan, Pit RP
I was thinking of dropping also BJ to open a slot?
In one of two DL slots is Drew Storen*, Wsh RP DL60
Herman,
Wow, none of those pitchers are drop-worthy. Maybe drop a hitter instead, or work a trade where you unload one of those SPs and create an additional roster spot for Chapman.
Zach
Luke Scott or Derek Norris??
David,
Depends on whether you need a catcher, but overall I prefer Scott as you know he’ll give you solid power production.
Zach
i have chooch… so this is strictly for a UTILITY spot..
Then I’ll go with Scott.
Zach
Hi, guys–
I’m in a 12-team head to head mixed league and pitching is hard to come by. I’m having a rough week on the mound so I’m really tempted to roll the dice on Quintana at Yankee Stadium. Yes, his K rate is mad low, and it’s the Yankees so I am kind of scared, but he has been fantastic. Please give me a few reasons why I shouldn’t pitch Quintana tomorrow–talk me down from this ledge! haha Thanks.
Chris,
Quintana has made only six career big league starts and the Yankees rank first in the majors in home runs at home. Not to mention the low K rate. This isn’t a terrible idea, but I just wouldn’t have the guts to do it!
Zach
Give: Hanley, Youk, Rasmus, Sale
Get: Bautista, Cespedes, Greinke
what do you think?
Ben,
Very fair, so it’s really a matter of need. Who’s the top team’s starting SS? etc. I’d lean towards the Bautista side though as I view him as the best player in the deal and Greinke’s a safer bet than Sale going forward.
Zach
Hey Zach,
Missed CIN (Leake) vs. SF (Cain) on the PoD picks for Friday… IMO, Cain is a given… starting to trust Leake again
Steve,
Good catch! Yes, pitch on both.
Zach
Should I pitch Scott Feldman against the White Sox?