by franky35 » Sat Oct 30, 2010 2:48 pm
Alex Johnson 0.7
I've decided not to go any higher on McCormick. It was a tough lose-lose decision. If I had McCormick he'd start 11 or 12 games during the season - all against Sneeze or Paul; and he'd do very well in those starts. But, I don't use RJ's technique to prevent S/R pitchers from relieving, so he'd also enter quite a few games as a reliever, and he gets crushed against righties. Plus, if I took away the bid from Sneeze, he'd have another 0.5 mil to beef up his lineup against lefties. So, by taking him, I'd have to spend more than I can afford and get a pitcher that would probably lose some games in reilef and give Sneeze money to spend on hitters v. lefties - thus, making McCormick less effective. A losing proposition. If I don't take McCormick, then I have to start righties against Sneeze and he kills righties. Also a losing proposition.
The bottom line is Sneeze will get McCormick and, other than 3 to 4 games against Paul, McCormick shouldn't be on the mound for him; the plus being that I can't start McCormick against him. Sneeze has the inside track to win the Central. The weird thing that happened in this draft is that the two lefty-hitting teams are in the Central and West, and other than Paul's and Sneeze's teams, all the top lefty starters are in the East.