[Poll]The Hook: Week 5 Matchup of the Week

Posts: 1704 · Posted: Apr 30, 2007 5:07 am

As we enter the second month of the season, we still have a ton of pitchers I'd like to get to. Here's who has already been used:

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Zack Greinke
Johan Santana
Scott Kazmir
Tom Glavine
John Smoltz
Jake Peavy
Brandon Webb

This week may not exactly have our finest hour. I'm not seeing a whole lot in the intriguing matchup department as compared to past weeks. While there are still a ton of aces I want to cover, there aren't a whole lot of them who are slated for a big head to head matchup this week.

Actually, to amend my statement in the previous paragraph, there are quite a few that I like, but there really aren't any ace vs. ace matchups. Some of the more intriguing ones:

Sabathia vs. Burnett - The fact that Burnett started off really slow doesn't help matters here, though we could have a pair of borderline aces here.

Buehrle vs. Colon - Very intriguing, though neither carries their real value to fantasy-land completely.

Garland vs. Lackey - Lackey's an ace. Garland's a number four. The AL lacked five great matchups, and because Garland's always overvalued by someone in a league, it's here.

Cabrera vs. Bonderman - Because of Burnett's slow start and the fact that neither Buehrle nor Colon typically strike out beau-coup hitters, this is the most intriguing matchup in the AL to me.

Padilla vs. Halladay - They'll actually square off twice this week. It still doesn't mean I think Padilla is really all that good.

Johnson vs. Maine - This would be really interesting if Johnson didn't have a balky back and was pitching relatively well.

Willis vs. Maddux - I think I might be sold.... even if Maddux doesn't have a ton of fantasy value.

Zito vs. Francis - I'm shocking myself by putting two Rockies' pitchers in the NL options. I really like Francis, and this could be an interesting finesse lefty battle.

Wolf vs. Hudson - Both coming off of a rough past couple of years, but both off to good starts. Wolf is still looking really undervalued.

Harang vs. Cook - I said I really liked Francis. I'm not as high on Cook, though he's effective as a sinker-baller.

My vote's going the way of Wolf-Hudson because they both have real value (albeit as middle of the rotation guys) in fantasy-land and they're both pitching well right now.

Posts: 7864 · AiNoKeA Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Location: All Ova Posts: 7864

I went with Buehrle and Colon....both these SP's have been on fire.

Posts: 9394 · Posted: Apr 30, 2007 9:18 am

I was torn between Johnson-Maine and Willis-Maddux, but I went with the former. I kind of like the idea of a dominant pitcher from the past generation against one who's on a roll right now.

Posts: 3212 · Posted: Apr 30, 2007 9:42 am

I voted Johnson Main because I think that it will be a low scoring game and these two pitchers are polar oposites

Posts: 6436 · BEER Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Location: NY Posts: 6436

sabathia/burnett---- this game has awesome pitching duel written all over it

Posts: 7982 · Posted: Apr 30, 2007 1:42 pm

rice wrote:

I voted Johnson Main because I think that it will be a low scoring game and these two pitchers are polar oposites

The Mets own Johnson, but I still voted for it.

Posts: 944 · Posted: Apr 30, 2007 1:49 pm

Willis-Maddox

Posts: 4601 · Posted: Apr 30, 2007 2:28 pm

I went Colon, Buehrle. even though both offenses can score enough runs, I think It will be fun to watch because bartolo was lights out in his last start and mark obviously had the no no.

Posts: 7269 · Posted: Apr 30, 2007 2:55 pm

Randy J. + J. Maine.

Let's see if Randy Johnson can retain his K/9 and ERA in Arizona and if John Maine can continue his outstanding pitching.

Posts: 8599 · Posted: May 05, 2007 2:01 am

Any chance we can throw this poll out and doe Lincecum vs Hamels?

Posts: 7864 · AiNoKeA Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Location: All Ova Posts: 7864

outtahere1357 wrote:

Any chance we can throw this poll out and do Lincecum vs Hamels?

Yeah....hands down, that is definitely the matchup to watch!

Posts: 1704 · Posted: May 05, 2007 2:35 am

I'll change my vote that way.....

If we get four more who would prefer that I spotlight the Lincecum-Hamels matchup, we'll go with it. As for the winner (Johnson vs. Maine), Maine looked pretty strong. Randy Johnson didn't look horrible with the exception of two pitches. I was stunned when I saw the geriatric Julio Franco take him yard, but he pulled something off that was almost as unspeakable when he let line drive/gap hitter Paul Lo Duca do the same.

I'd be fine doing Hamels-Lincecum instead, and I'm sure we can get enough support for me to do that. However, it has to get enough votes as the write-in candidate for us to do that one instead.

Posts: 867 · FIC All-Star Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 867

I voted C.C. and A.J. but I'll change it to Hamels-Lincecum

Posts: 7982 · Posted: May 05, 2007 11:00 am

I just hope we do another Maine game this year.

I'll go to Hamels/Lincecum.

Posts: 14619 · Posted: May 05, 2007 11:14 am

I think it's a little too premature to pick the Hamels Lincecum game. Let's wait until Hamels becomes consistent and Lincecum lasts more than an inning.