I'm finally dropping maddux....

[scs_paradise]

its hard to say it but with hampton coming off the DL I have no more room to keep him. You feel dumb dropping a guy like Maddux cause you know every one else is thinking "why the hell is he dropping maddux" but I'll hold off for a day to see if anyone here sees my pitching lineup differently....

 

 

Penny

Burnett

Hudson

Smoltz

Patterson

Loaiza

Millwood

Washburn

Hampton

Maddux

 

I'm judged on wins, k's, era, whip.....its hard to believe maddux is worse than all these guys.....

[Uber]

Id cut Washburn or Loaiza before Maddux personally, but the numbers right now point to Maddux.

[Mark_R]

Id cut Washburn or Loaiza before Maddux personally, but the numbers right now point to Maddux.

 

I'd keep Loaiza. Got a huge home park edge over Maddux.

 

Loaiza is 4-4 at home with a 2.74 ERA and a 5/1 K/BB ratio with an OPS against just barely over .600 OPS against.

 

Loaiza is strictly a matchups pitcher, but a pretty darn good one. Keep him.

[scs_paradise]

Id cut Washburn or Loaiza before Maddux personally, but the numbers right now point to Maddux.

 

I know what you are saying, but I'm trying to guard against keeping him strictly for nostalgic reasons...I'm not sure if he wasn't a cub if I would have any second thoughts about releasing him. His ERA is a full run worse than the next closest which is washburn, his WHIP is the second worst on my team, he doesn't contribute to K's at all, but he does have more wins than most of my pitchers....but is that worth the inflated era and lack of K's? Probably not....