My relationship with Gerrit Cole has been a troubled one. I've called him the King of Really Good, put him in the Top 20, had him in the 30s come preseason, and overall just don't like the cut of his jib. Now that he went 4.2 IP, 7 ER, 11 Hits, 1 BBs, 5 Ks. against the Marlins, he's now allowed 23 ER over the last four starts. Jeeeeeez that's terrible. The biggest problem is elevated pitches, which is pretty apparent when he's had groundball rates under 43% in each of his last four games (often near 30%!) after this guy has been a 50%+ groundball fella for ages. Just like I do with Tanaka, I don't think Cole will be like this all year and should be a productive pitcher for your second half and, more importantly, your playoffs. You have a decision to make. Bench him like he's a DL guy or flat out drop him if there is a pitcher out there that will help you now. There is no one-size-fits-all here. Would you rather have a stronger second half or do you need help now?
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Hoffman and Lamet are both taken. I have 2 acquisitions left for the week and need to use both of them. Available options are Fiers- LAA, Tomlin- CWS, Hahn- @TB, Paulino- LAA, Locke- @Pit
Toss up between Hahn and Paulino.
I was gonna ask the same thing…chasing ks.
Also, these Cole outings really hurt. Guess my dream of am aces gonna ace is gone. Hopefully he gets traded.
*clapping
12 team QS league. Have Alex Wood coming off the DL Saturday…. Have Nola, Kershaw, Scherzer, J Montgomery, Wheeler, Jimmy Nelson. Should I start Wood? And who to drop?
I think you drop Wheeler. Tough week ahead and he’s not a solid QS arm.