Which Pitching Core Is Better?
Posted on December 6th, 2009 by admin
rich haredn
huston street
cliff lee
kerry wood
matt garza
gil meche
matt lindstrom
mark prior
brett myers
heath bell
OR
jake peavy
chris crapenter
scott kazmir
matt garza
trevor hoffman
david price
john smoltz
ben sheets
eric gagne
The second group.
In group 1, Harden always gets hurt, and Lee will not repeat last year. Street may not be the closer in colorado either. The only advantage this group has is more saves.
Group 2has Peavy who is a good #1, and Kazmir who is a solid #2. Garza and Price should also be pretty good. Definitely drop sheets and gagne, they might not play all year. This group needs a closer, watch the waiver wire.
In the first group, Street isn’t a closer. Mark Prior is Mike Prior. Would you put any money on his chances of finishing a season? That leave him 4 SP’s. Not enough.
In the second group. Sheets and Price aren’t going to be in the majors opening day. Gagne isn’t a closer. Carpenter is looking good in spring training. Hoffman isn’t looking healthy. That leave 5 SP’s and one closer. Not enough. As bad as team A is, I would take them over team B.