Montezuma’s Revenge receives:
SP Tim Hudson ATL
Billy Chapel receives:
SP Jarrod Parker OAK
OF Jordan Schafer HOU
With recent good performance, I succumbed to my pining for Colby Rasmus on Monday and just went without a catcher. With that, I decided to move on from Schafer as my fourth OF since I was getting SBs elsewhere. But he’s been too good on the basepaths to just drop, so I put some offers out there and found one that made sense with Troy. Parker is an excellent prospect who has pitched better than Hudson so far, but has had some control problems and is likely to be limited in terms of innings he pitches. I was looking for a solid rates guy who can churn up the QS without much volatility and Hudson is the perfect candidate when healthy. He’ll team with a group of very good-to-solid starters to hopefully create the most dominating staff in the league – though that is obviously contingent on some of my preseason breakout picks (Peavy, Capuano, JMcDonald) continuing their domination. If Oswalt comes back in the near future, it could be an incredible staff.
Not much has gone right for Troy so far this season, so it makes sense to go with upside like Parker and a speedster like Schafer. If both perform as they are capable, they could net a good return with picks later in the season. Parker has the potential to work his way up to keeper status, but it will take more Ks than he’s currently producing. He had good K numbers in the minors and improvement – rather than regression – could be in his future as well. He definitely has shown he belongs in the bigs to stay and may ultimately end up outpitching Hudson.
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