Max Scherzer

Dirt Dogs · Post by **Dirt Dogs** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:39 pm

There was an error so the ER wont be that bad, but the WHIP looks ugly!

was he worth it???? how do those tums taste?

Jackstraw · Post by **Jackstraw** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:39 pm

Uh, Moyer is now 2-2. With an RBI.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:39 pm

Who's your daddy, Max?

My name is Jamie.

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:39 pm

Man, he's getting his a$$ handed to him and he's not even up to 15 strikeouts yet. That la whatever guy must be bewildered.

Dirt Dogs · Post by **Dirt Dogs** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:39 pm

a single & double. could he hit for the cycle?!

Da bears · Post by **Da bears** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:40 pm

Originally posted by bjoak:

Man, he's getting his a$$ handed to him and he's not even up to 15 strikeouts yet. That la whatever guy must be bewildered. lol.

Lunatic · Post by **Lunatic** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:40 pm

Back to AAA; especially when you can't get a 45 y/o pitcher out; lucky with the 3 unearned runs

Dirt Dogs · Post by **Dirt Dogs** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:41 pm

hope you guys like $600 for a middle reliever. When does davis come back.........

la Jolla · Post by **la Jolla** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:41 pm

I AM!!!

Schwartzstops · Post by **Schwartzstops** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:55 pm

This reminds me of Billingsley's debut in '06. Clearly has a dominating fastball, and his secondary pitches are good enough to be useful. But as I write this he's only thrown first-pitch strikes to 11 of the first 22 hitters he's faced, and he seemed to get rattled in the 3rd. I think he'll be fine and put up good numbers, but will they be good enough to keep the rotation spot? Glad it didn't cost me ~$550 to find out, although I did bid $250 or so...

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:06 pm

so KJ...any ideas how we treat the 5R/2ER thingy?

Hard Heads · Post by **Hard Heads** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:11 pm

That Wladimir guy just hit a slam, does that make him a better value this week?

TickyBurden · Post by **TickyBurden** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:11 pm

certain "personalities" on this board HAD to get scherzer. for egos that need a fix of posting daily, this was like mainlining. like a dot-com era cigar, they had to have so they could loudly tell the whole party how great they, er, the cigar, er the pitcher is, as they puffed. now they're coughing on the fumes of their own hype.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:11 pm

Originally posted by King of Queens:

so KJ...any ideas how we treat the 5R/2ER thingy? Well if ER was a push at 2, I'd win R at 5.

Hard Heads · Post by **Hard Heads** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:12 pm

My bad, 3 run shot

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:14 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:

so KJ...any ideas how we treat the 5R/2ER thingy? Well if ER was a push at 2, I'd win R at 5. [/QUOTE]Fair enough. pm me your PP info...

Going to bed -- had enough watching kids in the pool and hearing about Gracie and Sutton's Snakepit.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:17 pm

this is what makes fantasy baseball so much fun. there are no givens. enjoy the night fellas

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:19 pm

Originally posted by King of Queens:

quote:Originally posted by KJ Duke:

quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:

so KJ...any ideas how we treat the 5R/2ER thingy? Well if ER was a push at 2, I'd win R at 5. [/QUOTE]Fair enough. pm me your PP info...

Going to bed -- had enough watching kids in the pool and hearing about Gracie and Sutton's Snakepit.

[/QUOTE]Yeah, it did end in a whimper. Well you're not alone in your disappointment. I think he'd go for $100-150 after tonight's performance.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:23 pm

Originally posted by TickyBurden:

certain "personalities" on this board HAD to get scherzer. for egos that need a fix of posting daily, this was like mainlining. like a dot-com era cigar, they had to have so they could loudly tell the whole party how great they, er, the cigar, er the pitcher is, as they puffed. now they're coughing on the fumes of their own hype. Great post!

(I had the early scene from "Boiler Room" running in my head!)

Cut and paste and save this thread...just in case he turns out to be the next star SP.

At the very least this goes down as one of the most hyped threads in NFBC history!

~Lance

Sebadiah23 · Post by **Sebadiah23** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:41 pm

HA, yeah that's a good one. Go Wlad!

LONG GONE · Post by **LONG GONE** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:53 pm

Max works with an electric fastball, which rates out as a ++ pitch. Secondary stuff needs work and is below major league average. This is based upon tonight, a 1/2008 spring training outing that I've seen.

Comparble player at the begining of his career would be Jake Peavy. Most likely will be put into a Zumaya role.

Over all he has a beautiful arm that still needs work, but upside of Peavy in 2 to 3 years.

Cueto is a much better starter at this point in his career. He just has a better repirtior at this point.

Sebadiah23 · Post by **Sebadiah23** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:23 pm

Do you mean he can be AS GOOD as Peavy? His STYLE is not much like Peavy at all. No movement or command of his pitches- just gas.

LONG GONE · Post by **LONG GONE** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:44 pm

He offers an electric fasball to work off of. If other pitches devlope, he has the cieling of Jake Peavy. He has a chance at that type of upside.

JKS · Post by **JKS** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:05 pm

Mad props to everyone who came in second on their bid for Scherzer.

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:27 am

Wow after the fact the Mad Max player haters are everywhere.He needs to get that first pitcher over, his slider wasnt bad either he made Burrell look real bad on a slider that was a ball that he swung at.Hey he will get another start this weekend , so part two will be interesting.