Pitch or Ditch for Saturday-Monday, September 1-3

ZACH’S PICKS

SATURDAY

W. Chen @ F. Garcia – I like Chen but I’m afraid to pitch him vs. Yanks.

Niemann @ Alvarez – Playing it safe and ditching Niemann in his first start back.

Big Erv @ King Felix – Going with Erv in favorable matchup.

Feldman @ R. Hernandez – Feldman too erratic lately.

Liriano @ Scherzer – Liriano’s on a roll.

Hendriks @ Hochevar – Rolling the dice on Hochevar.

Doubront @ Anderson – Doubront has been terrible of late.

Lincecum @ Germano

Lee @ Hudson

Lohse @ Zimmermann

Bailey @ Harrell – Can’t trust Homer vs. anybody right now. Harrell at home = Pitch

Burnett @ Estrada – Giving A.J. another chance.

Hefner @ Johnson – Hefner a decent gamble in deeper leagues though.

Volquez @ Chacin

Skaggs @ Beckett

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 SUNDAY

Tillman @ Phelps

Holland @ McAllister – I like the matchup for Holland.

Price @ Romero

Diamond @ Mendoza – Diamond struggling lately but I’ll pitch him here.

Matsuzaka @ Milone – Not buying into Dice-K just yet.

Weaver @ Iwakuma – Iwakuma is on fire.

Sale @ Verlander

Young @ Buehrle

Westbrook @ Strasburg

Arroyo @ Norris – Norris’ home ERA is 2.09

McDonald @ Gallardo – Is McDonald back on track?

Cain @ Wood

C. Kelly @ Francis – Kelly very impressive in MLB debut but this is Coors we’re talking about.

Miley @ Capuano

TBD (PHI) @ Maholm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                MONDAY

Hughes @ Shields

Kluber @ An. Sanchez

Saunders @ Happ – This could be 2-1 or 9-8…more likely the latter.

Darvish @ B. Chen

Wilson @ Blackley – Can’t bench Wilson here.

Buchholz @ Vargas – Vargas has been lights out at home all year.

Deduno @ Axelrod

Samardzija @ Detwiler – Gotta roll with both.

Chatwood @ Medlen

Hamels @ Cueto – Nice!

Fiers @ Nolasco – Even a CG SHO doesn’t change my opinion on Nolasco.

Keuchel @ Wandy

McHugh @ J. Kelly

Corbin @ Zito – Corbin worth a shot if you’re chasing K’s. Zito’s back in my doghouse.

Werner @ Blanton – For this one start, I’ll pitch Blanton.