Let’s face it, I have no idea what I’m doing with the pitching side of this game, how are you supposed to get a handle on it when the likes of big, fat Sir Sidney Ponson pitches 6 shutout innings and combines with three relievers, the likes of Farnsworth and Igawa for crying out loud, to blank the Mets after getting stuffed earlier in the day? Equally big and fat Bartolo Colon has value yet Clayton Kershaw and Homer Bailey do not, going a combined 0-6 or so since they came up from the minors, and in Bailey’s case, going back down again. I have picked up a few spot start wins from Seth McClung, Scott Baker, Manny Parra, came up empty with Justin Masterson and Darrell Rasner but even the wins didn’t help much with WHIP and ERA and the losses certainly didn’t, picked up a couple of saves but overall the relievers, once again, instead of supporting WHIP and ERA, trashed it. These two categories are now just about set in stone and it looks like I have to try to chase wins, saves(difficult) and Ks. Harang sucked again, I can’t believe that the 411 and Fantasy Focus guys are still saying hold on to this guy, more than that they say they would spend a No.1 waiver claim on him if he hit the wire?!? I can’t see me hanging onto him for longer than two more crappy starts, he’s showing no sign of turning it around and neither are the Reds. Joba Chamberlain is starting to deliver on the hype, the pitch count is gone and he’s going to deep enough to deliver wins and not just Ks.
Changed things up a little on the hitting side, mostly in response to a down week last week, when Griffey was cold and Utley was stone, stone cold but they weren’t on their own. Jettisoned Ludwick as his streak seems to have come to an unceremonious end, picked up and dropped Eric Chavez and Bobby Crosby for Mondays and Thursdays, back with Peralta at SS and picked up Scott Rolen at 3rd, as cover for Glaus, but at the moment he is first in the firing line if a better bet hits the wire at any position, also grabbed Jose Guillen for the outfield but he’s about 5th or 6th on the depth chart as just about everyone has warmed up and Granderson is incandescent batting over .500 for the past week.