Another flyer on my team is minor league pitcher Max Scherzer, who has been dominate for AAA Tucson. He pitched for Arizona earlier in the season, so he was available as a free agent, but I can’t expect him to make any major league starts until September.
Despite the Mynci’s deep benches, we do have a limit of seven starting pitchers, so holding Scherzer has impacted my flexibility. I only managed six starts this week, and made the rare (for me) tactical decision to aim for ERA and WHIP rather than the more predictables Ks. Thanks to Eddie Guardado this strategy didn’t pan out, but so it goes.
I will end the Mynci regular season in either first or second place and I want Scherzer on hand for the playoffs.
[...] for today’s travel day, I signed Nick Punto, Chase Headley, Adam Laroche, and David DeJesus, giving up on Max Scherzer and the back of my bullpen in exchange. Survive and [...]
Posted by by skidpad » Survive and Advance on September 4, 2008 at 12:16 pm