Mark Langston

[Ducky]

Thanks for all the comments. I went with Britt Burns who was dropped after 1 game. Pretty ugly stats for one game. Something like 4 IP with 6 walks and no strikeouts.

At least with Burns I should get a pretty consistent performance. With Langston, who knows.

Mike

[kptnfmrs]

I like those reverse-lefty years on Burns's card.

[YountFan]

He ain't that good. About a few milion over priced

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[Ducky]

Burns is 1-2 after three starts. One good, one awful and one that would qualify as a quality start just barely. My entire pitching staff is struggling including Clemens. 94 IP 106 hits 4.75 ERA with a WHIP of 1.48. Right handed batters are hitting .323 against him. Hopefully he will turn things around.

As for Burns, I am happy with what I've got out of him so far.

Mike

[Ducky]

[quote:0c50b5d1d4="mrmdoetkott"]Burns is 1-2 after three starts. One good, one awful and one that would qualify as a quality start just barely. My entire pitching staff is struggling including Clemens. 94 IP 106 hits 4.75 ERA with a WHIP of 1.48. Right handed batters are hitting .323 against him. Hopefully he will turn things around.

As for Burns, I am happy with what I've got out of him so far.

Mike[/quote:0c50b5d1d4]

After 6 starts, Burns is gone. 2-3 record with an ERA of 7.48 and a WHIP of 1.84. Lefties are hitting .346 and righties .351 against him. Time to try something different.

By the way, I have Clemens and Soto in this rotation and they are getting hammered as well. The are number 1 and 2 respectively in the number of earned runs allowed after 66 games.

Clemens has an ERA of 4.99 with a WHIP of 1.51 and Soto has an ERA of 5.32 with a WHIP of 1.50. Soto has K'd 134 batters in 111.67 IP. I think I have his '82 card.

What did I do to HAL to deserve this? :cry:

If I didn't mention it before, I am playing in Fenway and I know some of you are going to tell me the ball park has a lot to do with it. That may have a little validity, but I play most of my teams in Fenway and Clemens five years on his card are all Fenway. The dice have to turn around, don't they?

Mike

[PillPop]

Why don't you just try Langston if you're interested in him? On the plus side, he doesn't give up many HR's. On the minus side, he gives up a lot of walks, so there could be some men on base when he does give up a tater.

Try him. Why not?

[Ducky]

Pillpop,

I would have, but at this point I didn't have enough money so I am going with a lefty righty combo of Leal and Deshaies.

Mike

[Sykes25]

If you are playing in Fenway, Langston could be good. He is one of a few SP in the 80's set with no BP singles on his card.

[Ducky]

Thanks Sykes. I will have to keep that in mind for a future Fenway team.
8)

Mike

[PillPop]

Sykes makes a good point. It's worth trying those no BP-singles guys out in Fenway. On the other hand, I've had good luck with Deshaies; hope you do too.

But back to my earlier post-- sometimes I think it's worth following temptation and trying cards out-- especially if it's a player you've never used before. It's the only way to satisfy your curiosity. Each team is unique and maybe you'll get just the right card for the right situation.