Baseball is a wonderful sport. It's one where titans can fall and journeymen can have their unlikely moments in the spotlight. Edinson Volquez certainly falls into the latter group as he pitched a no-hitter against the Diamondbacks yesterday ala 9.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 Hits, 2 BBs, 10 Ks. This wasn't your Edwin Jackson-esque no-hitter, Volquez did this in under 100 pitches with ten strikeouts to his name. He had himself a day, it was amazing, we'll remember it forever, etc. For fantasy purposes, it honestly doesn't matter much. We've seen Ty Blach throw a complete game shutout, Clayton Kershaw allow 4 ER, and Kyle Gibson be fantasy relevant for a day. Baseball is like this and don't make ROS assessments based on one afternoon. I might give Volquez a congratulatory add in the 90s tomorrow, I might not. Don't overreact to this.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Trade story and Avisail and receive AJ Pollock?
I’m cool with that.
Drop Morton or Liriano for Biagini? 14 teams, IP and K/BB + the standard 5 cats.
Morton.
I think it might be important to note that Leake was MONEY through 6 frames. Could have easily had a nice QS if he didn’t go back out for the 7th. For what it’s worth. *shrug*
I, too, struggle with events like this. Ultimately, however, I feel like we buy the MLB manager when we pick up the player. You only want Leake, but you get Matheny, too — so we have to account for that.
(I’m living the opposite right now, as Maeda cruises through the fourth inning, then gets the showers … three consecutive games. “Dear Dave, please leave Kenta in for the W. Your fan, Jon”)