For one of my NL only fantasy squads, how to approach the availability of several top tier starting pitchers was something I wrestled with leading up to the auction draft this April. With Santana available, I knew he would go for some big money. The thing I kept kicking around was would I be better off getting a pitcher who might be close to the talent of Santana, but would go for a price that would save me some money. For the money saved by going for the lesser talent, I could use that money to help me go after an additional top tier pitcher. I thought this plan might work. Peavy was coming off an off year. He was rumored to go another team in trade rumors. We all knew last year he was just not the same pitcher pitching away from Petco Park. I figured I could save about $10 in the draft by going with Peavy as my top pitcher, rather than Santana. Then, I could use that $10 to add to my budget for a second pitcher, as I just dropped Scott Olsen prior to the draft at $12. I had targeted one of my favorites in Ricky Nolasco as that second pitcher. At the draft, the numbers came close to what I expected on this plan. I saved $8 by going with Peavy ($31) over Santana ($39). I used that money to get Nolasco at $24
Its only three starts into the season, but it appears as if I might of been better at going with Santana as he has been dominant so far on the season. Here is the numbers compared so far on the year:
| Player | Park | K | BB | ER | H |
| Santana |
Great American (Cincinnati) | 7 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
| Santana | Dolphin Stadium (Miami) | 13 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Santana | Citi Field (N.Y.) |
7 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Santana has 27K’s on the season, and only one earned run.
| Player | Park | K | BB | ER | H |
| Peavy |
Petco Park (S.D.) |
8 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
| Peavy | Petco Park (S.D.) | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Peavy | Citi Field (N.Y.) |
5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Peavy has been good, but not great. He lucked out in his third start and got some good run support for his second win. His pitching performance away from Petco has began by looking a lot like last year .
| Player | Park | K | BB | ER | H |
| Nolasco
|
Dolphin Stadium (Miami) |
6 |
0 | 5 | 7 |
| Nolasco | Dolphin Stadium (Miami) |
2 | 2 |
4 |
7 |
| Nolasco |
WAS |
4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Nolasco started off good in his first start, and it looked like he might be in line to continue the good pitching shown in his second half of last season. But, later in the game he got lit up by the Nationals, but the Marlins run support gave him the win. He has continued to look bad in the next two starts and the Marlins brass is trying to figure out what Ricky’s problems so far are on the season.
A lesson to be learned here. If you have a chance to get that special pitcher. Go for it. As, Santana is showing that he is that good. The bullpen blew alot of his wins for him last year, costing him a Cy Young. Unfortunately, for the most part, the voters look mainly at the pitchers wins, and don’t drill down enough on the pitching peripherals. Again, its only three starts, but the comparison here is worth following to see how this plays out over the season.
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