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Didn't get the picks I wanted for a theme league, and I'm left with few choices for pitchers.

Curious if anyone has thoughts about Brian Bannister, Dustin McGowan, and Jeremy Guthrie in a pitcher's park?

Here are some decent performances out of a couple of those guys at RFK

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/team/team_other.html?user_id=79291

Thanks guys.

hope those guys are doing good for you, they should in a pitchers park

I picked up Bannister this season due to a number of oponents that were heavy with right handed batters. He did so well against these teams that I started him in the first game of the playoffs against one of these teams and he won. His regular season stats were 8-4, 4.38 ERA, 1.24 WHIP in 100 innings and won his playoff game 5 to 2. I was in a $100M leauge and could afford a pitcher that could specialize against such opponents. I also liked his hold rating as well as 0 balk and error ratings. But he fit my situation and would only do well in such heretofore mentioned situations. In that same leauge Guthrie went 3 and 11 while McGowan was 10-10 for other teams.[url][/url]

[quote:cf55c23831="HIROLLERJR"]hope those guys are doing good for you, they should in a pitchers park[/quote:cf55c23831]

Thanks HIROLLER. I was contemplating moves b/c McGowen and Bannister weren't cutting it (though, they finished with a combined 17-16 record. It was an $80M theme league in which we had one star and the rest of the players were under $5M. I was in Angels Stadium. My defense didn't help my pitchers...

Bannister 4.93 / 1.42
McGowen 5.02 / 1.35

Normally I wouldn't go with two hard R/R (much less the third I picked up mid-season, but there were slim pickings after losing out on all of the starting pitchers on my draft card.

[url]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/team/team_other.html?user_id=157801[/url]

Wound up losing out on the playoffs on the last day of the season, and of course the team that got in won it all.