Another trade was executed this week! I shipped out Trevor Cahill along with newly minted closers Brad Brach, and Cory Knebel, to Ben Pernick (McCullers of the Rainbow) for Alex Wood and Jeff Samardzjia. I'm punting saves, needed help in the ratios, and always looking for high K upside. Pernick was happy to get two more closers to pair with Jim Johnson and Craig Kimbrel, and a SP back in Cahill who's impressed thus far. Let us know what you think in the comments. We'll see how it plays out going forward. Here's what else happened during week 6 in the Pitcher List Staff League!
Max Eddy (12 Years a Save) vs Rick Graham (Mr. Holland's Opus):
This was a true nail biter going into Sunday with batting average, Strikeouts, and the pitching ratios all very much in play. It ultimately boiled down to Rick's addition of Hector Santiago's ill-fated 2.2IP, 7H, 8ER, 2BB, 1K implosion against the Tribe. I was fortunate as Santiago negated my ill-advised stream of Tim Adleman who tossed 1IP, 3H, 3ER, 2BB, 0K @SF before being mercifully removed from the game with neck tightness. Bullet dodged.
On the offensive side of things Paul Goldschmidt continues to roll padding his weekly line of 7/23, 6H, 3HR, 6RBI, 1SB with a multi-tater game on Sunday. But I was ultimately happier with Jonathan Villar's 8/21, 4R, 1HR, 5RBI, 1SB performance on the week. Villar's early season K% spike has been much discussed so it's rather comforting to see the results of the week in the context of the following chart as well.
