Page 1 of 1

Leonard, Tiant, Koufax

PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:55 am
by tomwistar
Is there a clear difference in quality between these three high-end SPs? Trying to figure out if I should spend a little extra on Leonard, or just go with one of the other two. Playing in a pitchers' park. Thanks for any advice!

Re: Leonard, Tiant, Koufax

PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:29 am
by hackra
My opinion is that Leonard is worth the tad extra. Dutch has very few hr chances compared to Luis and Sandy vs rh hitters especially. He has good def at 2e10.(Koufax is 3e0, Tiant 4e6). He has no doubles or triples on his card. Downside- he is a lousy bunter (d).

Dutch has a better hold rating than Koufax (-2 vs +1), fewer WP( 2 vs 7). However, if your league is ALL pitcher parks and there are a predominance of LH hitters, Koufax has an upside.
:ugeek:

Re: Leonard, Tiant, Koufax

PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:00 pm
by nels52
To me, Tiant is the man. -5 hold along with his filthy stuff and plenty of K's. The difference maker, which has become my favorite and almost mandatory thing, is his no Bp si's. There's only a handful of guys in the entire deck with that on either side and Tiant has no bp si's on both! Granted, this doesn't make much sense in Petco as BP si's are outs but if you're in a high single park (Royals, Forbes 57 etc) there's nobody better horse than Tiant.

Re: Leonard, Tiant, Koufax

PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:09 pm
by hackra
Nels has a very valid point.....if Forbes '57 is the predominant park in play.

....now you just need to guess what the mix of parks and % of lefties you are likely to see......simple, right :twisted: