Starting pitchers?

Question

What do you think I should do with some of these SP I have on various teams. Are they worth keeping? Drop them or trade them?

1. Cliff Lee
2. Freddy Garcia (DL)
3. Chris Carpenter (DL)
4. Jered Weaver
5. Claudio Vargas
6. Nate Robertson (DL)
7. Jeff Suppan
8. Chien-Ming Wang

Answer 1

1. C. Lee- Cleveland will get him wins. If your in a good spot in the wins catagory I'd trade him.

2. F. Garcia- Old, injured, pitches in a very hitter freindly park. Drop.

3. C. Carpenter- If you don't need the DL spot for a player more likely to return hold him. If you need it, drop him.

4. J. Weaver (LA Angels of Anaheim and Orange County and Pacific Ocean and beautiful snow-capped mountains...)- I just can't trust him. Trade for a more proven pitcher.

5. C. Vargas- Has been allowing a lot of baserunners but not a lot of runs. Charmed life will come to an end. Trade if you can, if not drop.

6. N. Robertson- Hold. No real damage to arm. He will return and the Tigers are a very good team. Good run support for more wins.

7. J. Suppan- Better in real life than in fantasy. Pitches to win which translates into giving up hits and runs to avoid big innings. Milwaukee can't be counted on to give the run support that the Angels or Tigers can. Trade, if no takers, drop for a player with a greater impact.

8. C. Wang- Strikeout catagory killer. Trade.

Answer 2

1. Lee: Has had a couple of bad outings since coming of the DL but he is a solid starter playing for a team that has a very good offense. Lee's WHIP and ERA are usually solid and he will always get a chance to earn a W for the Tribe. He will not get you K's though so if that team needs them, you may want to look elsewhere.

2. Garcia: On the DL again this year. Nuff said.

3. Carpenter: I'm not sure how serious his injury is and I'm sure you used a second or third round pick for him so I'm sorry to tell you that when a pitcher has a problem with his pitching arm and he's been out for 2 months or more, he's probably done for that year.

4. Weaver: He's been talking to his older brother and he is showing it. Trade him while he still has some name value, (hopefully he has some name value).

5. Vargas: Isn't bad, but he isn't good. Vargas spent last season being picked up and dropped in a lot of leagues and is probably doing it again this year. Don't expect more than 12 W's, a below 4.25 ERA and a below 1.40 WHIP and you won't be disappointed.

6. Robertson: Is young and injured, not a good sign. Leyland is a good manager for pitchers, he did a great job with young arms last year, but none of those arms spent much time on the DL. Cut him loose and draft him late next year.

7. Suppan: Was hot and now has cooled of with the rest of the team. His WHIP and ERA have not been all that bad so you would have to think that if the Brewer bats wake back up, Suppan should be fine.

8. Wang: The only category that Wang was valuable for last year was W's and that was due to the Yankee offense, not his pitching. This year, this has caught up to him. He still had a bunch of W's last year and still pitches for a Yankee team that is now on a hot streak so you may be able to trade him, but don't ask for very much in return, he's really not worth it.

Answer 3

Weaver and Wang are decent options.
Lee can be effective, but not this year it seems.
We all knew Garcia was injured, when he comes back healthy he's a horse.
The rest of these guys you can probably cut bait on. They don't have much fantasy value right now.

Answer 4

Trade Cliff Lee and Wang for C.C. Sabathia

Answer 5

Trade Jered Weaver, he isn't as good as he used to be.

Answer 6

just keep vargas carpenter (for when he returns) weaver suppan and wang.....the other guys i have had in all my leagues..trash...