Cole Hamels

[onejayhawk]

Is Cole Hamels a buy low candidate?

The xFIP is well under 4.00, BABIP is under 3.00 and he is still racking the Ks. OTOH BB% and HR% are both up. Hamels is approaching 30 and has 1000 IP in the last five years.

Is this his new level of performance, or will he bounce back.

J

[Bodhizefa]

I mentioned in the other thread about him that I think he's a great buy low guy. The main culprits in his poor performance thus far have been bad homerun and strand rates. Those are always the flukiest of the peripherals in my mind (especially for a guy with such a consistently better track record). His walks are up a bit this year, but they're not so far above early outlier status that it worries me too much. I'm buying.

[Mithrandir]

Start him today in Colorado? I got burned starting MadBum in Col.

[Stephen]

I would not start him in Denver.

[jackmadden]

Start him today in Colorado? I got burned starting MadBum in Col.

I'm starting him in my H2H league. I could chicken out and bench him between now and the start of the game, but right now I'm feeling ballsy.

[Erik]

Start him today in Colorado? I got burned starting MadBum in Col.

I wouldn't. His location hasn't been great this year, and the thin air can mess with that even more.

[onejayhawk]

Tough loss. 3 ER and 7 K in 7 IP, WHIP of 1.14, in Coors, but it is not good enough.

J

[Mithrandir]

Biggest bust of the year....what a maroon...I only hope I can deal him for a big bat...

[onejayhawk]

Biggest bust of the year....what a maroon...I only hope I can deal him for a big bat...

I would have to go with Teixeira on that. Hamels is at least a SP3 in a deep league.

J

[Mithrandir]

I would have to go with Teixeira on that. Hamels is at least a SP3 in a deep league.

J

Wasn't Tex on the DL before the season started? If so, how can he be a bust? You draft an injured guy you take a chance. Hamels was arguably top 5 pitcher on most draft boards...

[Sour Masher]

There are so many busts this year, it is hard to keep track of them all. Kemp is up there. Gallardo is up there. BJ Upton. Rickie Weeks. There are a lot of busts this year.

I, for instance, had the worst auction in my 20 years doing this. Luckily, I had a great set of keepers, so I am surviving, but I spent my auction money this year--a little over half my total budget--on the following losers: Gallardo, Haren, Beckett, Aybar, Youklis, Teixiera, and Maybin. Virtually no production out of this group. Worst. Auction. Ever. Plus, I've had Braun and Kemp disappoint me this year as well. With all that, I am actually leading my h2h points league in points right now (riding surprise production from my young keepers--Segura, Miller, and Fernandez). But, since it is h2h, my record actually puts me out of the playoffs. I'm hoping my h2h luck evens out.

[Erik]

Awful control again today.

[onejayhawk]

Awful control again today.

Is he overthrowing for that extra mph?

[Erik]

I don't know. I think it's mental and/or mechanical.

[onejayhawk]

I don't know. I think it's mental and/or mechanical.

Overthrowing would be mechanical. Then again, 90% of this game is about half mental.

J