I need a replacement for John Patterson while he is on the DL. I am thinking of picking up Taylor Buchholz (HOU) while Patterson is DLed. Is Buchholz for real seeing he has only 4 career apperences?\nIs he now in the Astros starting rotation to stay?
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Buchholz isn't a bad replacement at all.  He's better than the guys suggested in the previous answers.  He should be in the Astros rotation for the forseeable future.  He was also a highly regardeed prospect in the Phillies system coming to Houston in the Billy Wagner trade.  Check if Justin Verlander or Daniel Cabrera is available in your league but if not I'd recommend Buchholz.  Don't pick up Bannister as he's on the DL too.
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good pitching\ni would drop patterson and alou. i would try to pickup either willingham (c/of) for the marlins, holliday (of) for the rockies, blake (3rd/of) for the indians, swisher (1st/of) for the athletics, or rios (of) for the blue jays.
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There guys are talking like verlander is still around in the league........there is noway he isn't picked up. As for starting pitching. Pick up Bonser from Minnesota right away. He is a young guy just brought up with a good arm. I would also get Cole Hamels who is hurt for a bit but looked good in his two starts. Don't worry about Lugo, he is good and recovering. I might try and make a trade for McDougal or Colon, they are both close to returning to the lineup from the dl, and you can probably get them cheap. You have no reason to keep Maddux, Young, Benson, Tomko, Chacon, or Wright...you can get better pitching than any of them in the free agency (I know Tomko is hot right now). I would try trading one of your good OF and try to pick up an Ace and pick up a Raul Ibanez or Casey Blake or Corey Patterson if available. Good outfielders are a lot easier to find that good pitching. You are in serious need of some pitching. Your hitting is stacked though. \n\nNote: You could try and trade Giambi for some pitching too. Maybe pick up a closer while you are at it.
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you should get rid of him sweetheart. yes he won the cy young award but he is not worth all the pain and anxiety. there are long stretches where he is terrible and has a bloated ERA. I drafted him in one league just for value since people like him, and I traded him for barry zito and then he went on the DL. im loving that deal right now!
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(1) No. Although you could use a guy like Lopez on your team, your pitching would take too much of a hit. You would lose more than you would gain.\n\n(2) Main issue is your outfield. Not a very strong outfield by any stretch of the mind. The rest of your team is pretty good.\n\n(3) Not the best replacement player i could think of, but i would still take him over bonds. Bonds is getting too old, and is only a matter of time before he bites the big one.\n\n(4) No. Otsuka is to remain closer, possibly for the rest of the season for the Rangers. Cordero may only see spot action here and there as a closer.\n\n(5) Although Johnson has loss both of his last two starts, i would still stick with Johnson. Johnson hasnt given up more than 3 runs in his last 8 starts. He just plays for a weak offense team. He has a better K/IP ratio, ERA, and WHIP. Wandy tends to walk a lot of guys.
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Love the Rocket!  THE best pitcher of my lifetime (1973-Present).  If he would have started in Spring Training, he'd be out of gas by playoff time.  He's an old dude.  I have no problem with him waiting until now to come back.  Altough I didn't like the "maybe I'll come back, maybe I won't" business.  We all knew he was coming back.  The Stros made a great comeback in the second half of last season, and are set to do it again this year.  \n\nGo Stros!\n\nBut I did love watching my Buccos take 2 of 3 from them last weekend.  They got lucky on Sunday with the comeback from 4 down in the 9th.  That 18 inning game on Sat. night was one of the best I've ever seen.
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look first to drop him and add one of the following:\n1. blake (3rd/of)- indians\n2. willingham (c/of)- marlins\n3. holliday (of)- rockies\n4. rios (of)- bluejays\n5. swisher(1st/of)- athletics
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Bad for The Tigers. I dont know what Dombrowski was thinking.\n\nThat sanchez dude was big prospect in our system, and he'll come back to haunt The Tigers in the future.\n\nI'm just hoping that Sheffield can keep his head in the game.\nHis bat might us help us.
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I don't know maybe Rivera, F-Rod, and Papelbon are available...what do you expect?  It's late June, who do you think is available at this time in the year?  NO ONE!!!\nIf you have to ask, then you aren't doing enough research yourself.\nGuys that get saves and K's that didn't get drafted are long gone.  Possibly, the only player that may fit your list would be J. Julio of the D-Backs.  He hasn't got a tremendous amount of saves for them, but he is their #1 closer and has at least 10 more K's then innings pitched.
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Not bad, but, you can't play Howard, Delgado, and Hafner all at the same time.  I would trade one of them and either Ramirez or Chavez (both 3Bers) for better middle infielders.
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Smart in the short term since Kent is struggling and Monroe is doing much better...\n\nSTUPID in the long term after Kent and the rest of the Dodger line-up get started scoring runs... think about it, a guy hitting .194 has 12 RBIs!!!! Monroe has 20 RBIs and is batting .250.  Kent with 10 more hits in his spot in the line-up could easily make up the 8 RBI difference... and remember, Kent has 100+ RBIs in 8 out of the last 9 seasons (in that one season, he missed out on 100 by 7 RBIs in an injury plagued season!!)
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The only way to find out is to make offers and make posts to your league message board. Let everyone know that you are looking to deal starting pitching for closers. Just keep in mind that a lot of people won't deal any closer for any price, because they tend to horde saves. I know I wouldn't trade any of my closers for Ervin Santana unless I was totally desperate for starting pitching. Beckett, on the other hand, might actually get you something. He's good enough to get a decent price.
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a lot,  Pujols is the heart of that team, but now that he is back off the dl list, the cardinals may have a chance, question is, did Pujol's come back to early?  I personally think he did, I think he needed another 15 days to fully rehab
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Looks like he was drafted in '00, but hasn't made the majors yet.  He spent most of this past season on the disabled list but had good numbers the previous years at A and AA level in the minors.  I expect he'll start the season with Florida's AAA affiliate in Albuquerque.
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He played last year in Toledo at AAA level,  he played a whole four innings in the whole season.  He had a ERA of 2.25.  I'm not sure if he is playing this season but I'm guessing no. Was that good enough for you?
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is there an unlimited amount of moves?...if there is, starting pitching is disposable...you should trade for closers, & switch out starting pitching daily...that way, you should win 3 out of the 5 pitching categories (wins, k's, saves)...closers with high value are Papelbon & Dempster because they can alternate between SP, RP, & P...if you're looking for stolen bases, i would try to pick up Lugo, Suzuki, Figgins...however, if you don't want to compromise HR, RBI's, etc., maybe you can get guys like J. Bay, Abreu, Beltran...hope this helps
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i think boomer is going to retire. i can't believe all the hard work he did in rehab and this had to happen. that is a good assumption that Clemens would come back. i hope Weill's is OK. if boomer retires i hope we get Clemens back. GO SOX'S!!!!