10 team league, drop Guthrie/Willis for who...?

[jealousblues]

I got Guthrie with one of my last picks, should I keep him or drop him?

I also have a waiver request out where I would drop Willis and pick up BJ Ryan. Dont know if that will make it through or not.
Some guys available are:
Hiroki Kuroda
Manny Parra
Marcum
Buehrle
Pettite
Schilling
Carpenter
El Duke
Ian Kennedy
Fuentes
Broxton
Betancourt
Okajima
Shields
Mussina
jason schmidt
Ervin Santana
Maddux
Scott Olsen
Kevin Millwood

oh, and while we are here:
Prior
Hampton
because...well you never know

willy tavaras
corey patterson
frank thomas
colby rasmus
jay bruce
jose guillen
mark ellis
rolen
giambi
mathiews jr
bill hall



10 team H2H


R, HR, RBI, SB, FPCT, OPS

C Joe Mauer (Min - C)
1B James Loney (LAD - 1B)
2B Howie Kendrick (LAA - 2B)
3B Mike Lowell(Bos - 3B)
SS Hanley Ramírez(Fla - SS)
CI Edwin Encarnación(Cin - 3B)
MI Miguel Tejada(Hou - SS)
OF Carlos Beltrán (NYM - OF)
OF Ichiro Suzuki(Sea - OF)
OF Adam Dunn(Cin - OF)
Util Johnny Damon(NYY - OF)
BN Jim Thome(CWS - Util)
BN Rick Ankiel(StL - OF)


W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP

SP Josh Becket(Bos - SP)
SP Chris Young(SD - SP)
RP Jason Isringhausen(StL - RP)
RP Jeremy Guthrie(Bal - SP,RP)
P Aaron Harang(Cin - SP)
P Fausto Carmona(Cle - SP)
P Ian Snell(Pit - SP)
BN Adam Wainwright(StL - SP)
BN Phil Hughes (NYY - SP)
BN Dontrelle Willis(Det - SP)

[AdmiralKird]

Guthrie is borderline completely useless in fantasy. Drop him for anyone you listed.

EDIT: Whoops I was looking at Mark Guthrie's stats, who hasn't pitched since 2003!

Jeremy Guthrie isn't really worth that much, compared to your other options (beurhle, pettite). If he starts in the majors, I'd expect an ERA of around 4.2 with a WHIP of 1.4

[MrSaigon]

You only have one reliever and I imagine you have more than one slot for them, but I could be wrong.

If no closers are available and even if some are I'd look at Betancourt. He is great for my league and I was able to get him with one of my last picks. But we score on a few more pitching categories like k/BB (his was ridiculous), and k/9. Actually by the scoring standards of our league he was ranked 72 overall--offense or pitching. Plus with Borowski the closer in Cleveland, I like Betancourt's chances of becoming the stopper. Though he will help my averages a lot, even if he never closes. I'd be interested to see where he ranked with your categories last year, but I imagine he won't be nearly as useful to you.

[AdmiralKird]

Look who Fan_in_NY just picked...

[Fan_In_NY]

Look who Fan_in_NY just picked...

I was thinking about him last round, and went with Butler instead. Then I see his name flying around here, and realized he wouldnt be around much longer. Will do terrible for Wins, But has a 2.6K/BB so I like him as my 5th starter.

[mikechamp]

Broxton, Betancourt and Okajima will help you in the K, WHIP and ERA cats, and you only have one RP.

Beckett's going on the DL, so be thinking about who you're going to add for the short-term, too.