Rick Porcello

[MPrior]

So I'm in an NSBB league, and my team (despite miraculously being in first place after one week) is very mediocre, as a result of a poor draft. This was because of a number of factors that meant, I'm ashamed to admit, a) I was under-prepared for the draft, and b) I was heavily distracted during the draft. It didn't help that technical issues led to two unintentional picks, neither of which I'm crazy about.

 

ANYWAY, I'm basically trying to find a creative way to make my team competitive - my pitching is particularly weak, both starting and relieving, so I figured picking up some high-upside starters might be a good idea in case I get lucky.

 

Well, Rick Porcello fits the bill. He's obviously very talented, but he's very young and untested. Is he worth keeping on my roster? I picked him up from the FA pool, and when Max Scherzer gets off the DL, I'm gonna have to drop someone, and he might wind up being the victim. What do you guys think?

[nilodnayr]

So I'm in an NSBB league, and my team (despite miraculously being in first place after one week) is very mediocre, as a result of a poor draft. This was because of a number of factors that meant, I'm ashamed to admit, a) I was under-prepared for the draft, and b) I was heavily distracted during the draft. It didn't help that technical issues led to two unintentional picks, neither of which I'm crazy about.

 

ANYWAY, I'm basically trying to find a creative way to make my team competitive - my pitching is particularly weak, both starting and relieving, so I figured picking up some high-upside starters might be a good idea in case I get lucky.

 

Well, Rick Porcello fits the bill. He's obviously very talented, but he's very young and untested. Is he worth keeping on my roster? I picked him up from the FA pool, and when Max Scherzer gets off the DL, I'm gonna have to drop someone, and he might wind up being the victim. What do you guys think?

 

People remember Porcello being a top 5 talent draft pick who fell to the Tigers at the end of the first round due to $ demands. He was quite frankly awesome as an amatuer. However, A LOT of the fantasy upside that he had as worn off as hes made himself into a professional pitcher. Hes sacrificed a lot of his Ks to be a better all around pitcher and while thats great for him and the tigers in real life, it means that hes going to be at best an average fantasy pitcher for the next few years, with quite a bit of risk given his experience and age. If your pitching really sucks, thats fine to have him in your rotation, but don't expect big upside.

 

Scherzer on the other hand has a pretty good chance of being one of the best K pitchers in the league. I'd drop Porcello for Scherzer in a second.