Rookie Pitchers

by drwmsu1 on Dec 1, 2006 5:15 PM EST

I am in a Strat league, 20 teams. We have 40 man rosters, and our rookie draft is upcoming. I have the 7th overall pick, and am trying to figure who exactly to take. I intend to take a pitcher, figure DYoung, Weaver and Markakis are locks to be gone. That leaves Hamels, Billingsley, Sowers, Sanchez amongst others. I am not interested in immediate help, but best for the long haul. How would you rank these guys?

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Hamels

I'd be surprised to see hamels fall farther than 4th behind DY, Markakis and Weaver, and I could see him going ahead of Weaver.

Sowers looks like he will be a solid pitcher, and at 7, you may not have too much choice anyhow.

by faketeams on Dec 1, 2006 9:54 PM EST reply actions

Here is my problem:

Once guys exhaust their rookie eligibility, you don't get anymore info on them. So although I will know how BA stacks up Bailey, Hughes, Lincecum et al in a few weeks, I don't know how Biilz, Anibal, Sowers, Lester etc. stack up NOW. I know how they did a year ago, but a lot has changed since then. SO, I am trying to get a feel from others on how they would rate them.
I would probably rate them thusly:
Hamels
Billz
Sanchez
Sowers
Miller
Garza

How about the rest of you?

by drwmsu1 on Dec 1, 2006 10:23 PM EST up reply actions

Rookie Galore

well for one, i might say i am an expert at rookies, lol,
this past year i drafted Verlander, H. Ramirez, McCann, Liriano and picked up Weaver, Sanchez, Hamels, Billingsley, Sowers, and Anthony Reyes...came in first, yeah i know my team was totally young, but they won

i tend to do more research on the minor leagues than majors its seems and this is what i think of next years young crop for the long haul

Chad Billingsley
Cole Hamels
Philip Hughes
Homer Bailey
Jeff Niemann (im really high on this guy)
Jeremy Sowers
Adam Miller
Thomas Diamond
Anthony Reyes
Jon Lester

Honorable Mention: Mark Rogers, Matt Garza, Andrew Miller

by omshagome on Dec 1, 2006 11:45 PM EST reply actions

Texas?

Until the Rangers actually have a good fantasy rookie pitcher, I stay away from them.

I think Hamels will be the best because he was the best as a major leaguer last year with no control problems and big Ks. (145 Ks in 132.1 IP 45 BBS).

Billingsley walk 58 and struck out 59 in 90 innings.

After that, I can see Garza improving enough to allow his Ks to make him more valuable than Sowers' ratios.

Anthony Reyes had better peripherals than his ERA indicated. he could surprise.

I'd rank those over any of the minor leaguers. I like Adam Miller but the Tribe doesn't have a rotation spot for him.

Hamels
Reyes
Garza
Billingsley
Sowers

by faketeams on Dec 2, 2006 8:12 AM EST reply actions

long haul

i agree 100 percent with you eric on those, cept that i had mine skewered for long term value, which is what myctiger was asking about

Billingsley is huge, ranked no. 2 pitching prospect last year behind Fransisco Liriano, even ahead of the rest..his stuff will be awesome

Hamels also is 23, Billingsley is younger too, and Hamels has had a history with injuries.

I know Hamels Ks more and Bills had some control issues, but in my defense Bills has progressed through the minors way faster so he is going to need some adjustment time.

Billingsley-
2003- Rookie Ball
2004- A+ (18 games)
AA (8 games)
2004- AA (26 games)
2005- AAA (13 games)
MLB (18 games)

Hamels-
2003- A (13 games)
A+ (5 games)
2004- A+ (4 games)
2005- A+ (3 games)
AA (3 games)
2006- A (1 game)
A+ (4 games)
AAA (3 games)
MLB (23 games)

Billingsley looks like he adjusts well, Hamels looks like an injury machine.

by omshagome on Dec 2, 2006 2:01 PM EST reply actions