Cutting dead wood

[Panzram]

Recently I cut Jeff Weaver and Travis Driskill. After that horrible 7 run, 11 hit performance in 3 innings Mussina had I benched him and got three closers. I figure when all is said and done unless a pitcher has a 2 start week I can rack up more points with closers. I got Cordero(again), Kolb, and Marte. With my usual closers Sasaki and Guardado and the two starters I kept in the lineup, Paul Byrd and Rodrigo Lopez I shouldn't do too badly.

I find that I cheer for the guy in last place in my league and he has actually won 4 in a row. Next week should be a cake walk because apparently the guy I play gave up on his team, dropped Ventura, Higginson and Pierzynski and just picked up players who are in the minors or on the DL. Weird, but I'll take the victory.

-KoZ

[Baseball Guru]

I enjoy reading your posts in here.....
You keep this forum rolling:thumbsup:
How exactly are you doing in your league???

[Panzram]

I started out 7-1 but then my pitchers faltered and barring a miracle this weekend I'll end up 11-7 and in third. That's why I'm trying the closer route.

-KoZ

[Fullabull]

kozman,
I'm a "CLOSER HOG" myself and I play in a league thats head2head, but scoring is based on roto style.
Out of the 6 pitcher I am allowed to start, 4 to 5 of them are closers. There are times when I don't do well in wins or strikeouts, but I dominate in saves, era, and WHIP. I have Mussina & Weaver on that same team and rarely use them. Weaver will be dropped with the move to the bullpen.
If your pitcher is making one start a week and not pitching well, you are better off using a closer who might make 4 appearences during that same span.

[Panzram]

My thoughts exactly. Chance are I could racked up more points with a closer than with a starter who makes only one appearance during the week.

-KoZ

[Hurricane Floyd]

I was pretty good in w l and saves. But not this week it seems everyone is losing and getting a high era. last week my pitching wemt 9-0 , 6 saves with a 3.70 era. the only stat I lost was holds. I had none so I had to get some hold guys and I did this week I have 3 holds but my pitching is 5-4 5 saves 5.46 era well actually make that 5-5 since Moris lost today andmy era will probably go up. This week I must say has been a HORRIBLE week.

I like my closers:

Benitez, Armando
Koch, Billy
Acevedo, Juan
Gagne, Eric

then the ones for my holds:
Rhodes, Arthur
Looper, Braden
Dotel, Octavio

Starting pitching is:
Burkett, John
Washburn, Jarrod
Reed, Rick
Morris, Matt
Finley, Chuck
Ortiz, Ramon
Rueter, Kirk
Martinez, Pedro

[Panzram]

Sounds like you just had a bad week. You have a decent staff with holds and closers. I had Rhodes but he never did much until I let him go which figures. Oh well.

-KoZ

[Hurricane Floyd]

Originally posted by kozman27
Sounds like you just had a bad week. You have a decent staff with holds and closers. I had Rhodes but he never did much until I let him go which figures. Oh well.

-KoZ well I got Dotel with a trade this week and the other I just picked up and dropped Wakefield. Before this week i was lucky if i had one hold. yeah a really bad week! my hitters arent hitting either i hate seeing 0-5, 0-4 lol. I have a .198 ba.

[Baseball Guru]

I am usually heavy on relievers as well...
In my cbs league we have 7 pitchers that can play in a week and I start 3 starters and 4 relievers (Guardado, Gagne, Izzy and Susaki, plus I have Percival and Julio on my bench.....) My starters are always Moose, Morris and now R. Lopez (I had Kile) and this is a formula that gives me the 2nd best record in the league at 11-6.....
In Yahoo, I always try to work it out where I have at least 2 great closers and try to get a 3rd....

[Hurricane Floyd]

All I can say James is you got lucky. REAL lucky this week!

[Baseball Guru]

LoL...Why is that??? A lot can change today and you may end up killing me.....

[Hurricane Floyd]

Originally posted by Baseball Guru
LoL...Why is that??? A lot can change today and you may end up killing me..... no a lot can not change already looked at it Moris loses again this week! two of four players are already 0-4, 0-5 adn the ones that did hit hit 1! Armando already lost a save and there isnt much that can happen!

well atleast Eric Gagne got the win! :)

[Panzram]

That's one drawback of being in an AL only league. No closers like Gagne or Hoffman. I haven't given up on this season but with the looming strike possibility, who knows if we'll play a whole season.

I did get Cliff Floyd so he should help me out next week and if I get a few wins and a few saves I should be set.

-KoZ

[Hurricane Floyd]

no instead in an AL Only you have Sasauki and Rivera

[Panzram]

Lucky for me I have Sasaki and Guardado but I'd much rather have someone like Smoltz. Oh well. I'm lucky to have who I do. I know next season I might try an AL-NL league, but it is kind of nice picking up good players like Floyd who switch leagues.

-KoZ

[Hurricane Floyd]

I won I don't know how I won.. and I won the holds too lol.

[Baseball Guru]

See I told you anything could happen...Your lucky my big guns had a horrible week...

Piazza, Konerko, Manny, Sheffield, G. Anderson were all under .250 for the week with 0 HR's and hardly no RBI's between them all...Plus I got 1 lousy save all week....Arghhhhhhhh:barf:

[Hurricane Floyd]

you still should of beat me. I batted a lousy .212 lol one more rbi then you one more hold then you and my sp just blew everything more loses then wins. my era didnt turn out to bad still quite high lol. oh well what a horrible week.