Today marked the day that Julio Urias returned to the majors in what will most likely be the first of a forever stint in the majors. If you drafted him and stashed, I'm sure you were rethinking that for a moment in the first week or two, but now that bench spot is paying its dividends...kinda. Today's line was 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 Hits, 4 BBs, 4 Ks, which is pretty bleghy. That's a poor WHIP, only four strikeouts, not deep enough for a quality start, but at least a good ERA? Now those four walks included an IBB and you have to think Urias needs a little time to get rid of any jitters for the rest of his life, but I do have some concern here in that I wonder how much production we can really expect. I imagine the Dodgers will want to keep him regularly going every five days without having to do a Strasburg-esque September shutdown if they can avoid it. That would mean if they want to keep him under 180 innings, his IPS is going to be pretty terrible. Like 5.0 terrible. That means he'll have to hold a 9.00 K/9 just to get five strikeouts per start with minimal room for error in the WHIP/ERA department. I know you've been waiting to finally get some production from Urias, but now may be the time to sell if you own him. See if there's an owner who wants to get in on the hype and grab a more secure Top 40 arm or sturdy bat instead.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Moore, just don’t start him @COL or @ARI. I expect him to remain relatively safe at home. Is there really any more of a “dance” with him than other SP5’s? Or even guys you have ranked higher like Shoemaker, Liriano, etc (not to mention struggling guys that you will be moving down)?
That’s not a bad point Manley, though I don’t feel the need to express those thoughts with Shoemaker, Liriano etc. as they aren’t often ranked around Moore.
Moore gets a pass with a lot of owners and I feel obliged to remind people that he isn’t a Top 40/50 arm that avoids the regular bumps of guys in the 60s/70s.
Would you start deGrom tonight in Washington? I don’t wanna do it.
Start your studs. deGrom also has the #4 K rate in the majors right now among all starters.
re CarMart…he was cruising through 5 innings with only the Martin HR as a blemish. In the 6th he unraveled, walking 3 guys and then giving up a 2 run single before getting out of it. Not a good thing, but generally looked better than the awful starts he had before. Still think he needs to notice that he pitched better before adding those bleached dreads to his head.
Which duo would you rather have rest of season in Roto:
Stroman/Bundy
Or
Kluber/Berrios
any thoughts on streaming Morton vs the As today?
Did you watch Taijuan yesterday? His stuff was filthy. Doesn’t matter who the opponent was, the dude was DEALING.