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Originally Posted by alekhine8
In a 12-team 5x5 roto with normal pitching categories, pick two. Can keep for 2017 and 2018 at that draft slot.
Kenta Maeda, 17th rd
Michael Fulmer, 20th rd
Aaron Sanchez, 29th rd
Our draft is 30 rounds if that matters. At first I was leaning towards dropping Maeda (I got him in a trade late in-season so didn't really follow him all year) but I didn't realize he was over 9K/9 compared to about 7.5K/9 for Fulmer. And in the NL and on a great team. Keep Maeda and Sanchez?
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Maeda did have a higher K rate than Fulmer last year, but didnt he also get pulled in the 5th or 6th inning like every single game?
I'd rather bet on Fulmer taking a step forward in Ks, than Maeda staying healthy and racking up innings. Take it for whatever its worth, but when asked about Fulmer the other day in his fangraphs chat, Eno Sarris said he "sees an ace" in Fulmer.
FWIW Maeda is going ~40 picks ahead of Fulmer in NFBC drafts right now so lots of people disagree with me.
Why would you be worried about Maeda getting injured? He's pitched 175+ innings the past 8 years.
With that said, assuming no other keepers, I'd lean Sanchez then Fulmer. Both have more risk since they're just getting stretched out to full seasons, unlike Maeda, but definitely like their upside more than Maeda, although you could argue he's safer.
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Originally Posted by Gary Wise
In, but how does a slow auction work exactly?