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Thoughts on Scherzer
We wrote about Max Scherzer ten days ago, and spoke very highly of him. He's been called up to the bigs, but will be used as a reliever for now. Scherzer available in Yahoo at this moment, so there might be a waiver wire battle for his services (especially in keeper leagues).
Here is a look at Arizona's rotation:
- Brandon Webb - healthy ace.
- Dan Haren - healthy co-ace.
- Micah Owings - sprained ankle on Saturday; doesn't seem major.
- Randy Johnson - always shaky, but healthy currently.
- Edgar Gonzalez - easily replaced or moved to pen if need be.
- Doug Davis - hopes to return May 9th following thyroid cancer surgery.
So Scherzer doesn't have the obvious path to the bigs Johnny Cueto did. But the last three starters listed all have concerns (of course, we wish Davis well).
Do you use a #1 waiver claim on Scherzer? I lean toward no, with thoughts of saving it for Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw has a similar situation though - he'd have to get past Esteban Loaiza (not a problem), Hong-Chih Kuo (often injured), and Jason Schmidt (shakier than Randy Johnson but equally well-compensated). Neither Kershaw nor Scherzer is a lock to get the rotation gig. Without it, they don't have much value in non-keeper mixed roto leagues. I wouldn't value them highly as relievers (unless Scherzer found himself closing).
I'd save the claim for Kershaw as I see his path as slightly clearer. And keep in mind that other dark horses could emerge like Nick Adenhart or Adam Miller. That said, I wouldn't argue with you much if you did go for Scherzer.
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