Yes the mystery of my current Waiver Priority man crush is revealed!
As I said in my previous post - I believe Clayton Kershaw will be taken next, or wait to be selected by the #1 waiver priority owner in my Fantasy League whenever he gets the call to join the LA Club scene.
So I have some pretty enticing offerings to mull over.
David Price would be an interesting pick, but the Tampa Bay Rays can be slow on the rookie draw - just look at the Evan Longoria hiccup.
Rick Porcello appears to have ace type stuff – but he’s not even old enough to legally drink – so I’m not certain he’ll join the Detroit Tiger’s this season – although I thought the same last year regarding Andrew Miller, and he made it to the show last summer – albeit he was sent down soon after his debut and never appeared to be quite ready for prime time.
So I’ve decided to focus my attention on right hander - Max Scherzer. He currently plays for the D-backs minor league farm club – the Tucson Sidewinders. In his last outing he struck out 11, while throwing five scoreless innings.
He currently carries an ERA of ZIP – ZILCH – NATA, and through 17 innings of work Scherzer has struck out a total of 29 batters while walking only 3 and limiting opposing Triple-A batters to a puny .121 batting average.
Shcerzer also has a rather distinguishing physical characteristic. His right eye is blue and his left eye is brown. Okay. Interesting.
I suppose that’s not really relevant to whether or not a player is worth using a high waiver priority or not. But sometimes the interesting back stories, or strange characteristics of a player or even an original sounding name can all add to a certain allure that can entice me just enough to snag a guy up over the more mundane choices.
Let’s face it - players can all start looking rather similar when comparing countless numbers data - So when I hear about a guy like “Boof” Bonser when he enters the league I tend to give him some “cool” points! C’mon FANTASY can’t just be about STATS right! So I give bumped Scherzer up a notch or two when I heard about the multi-colored eyeballs!
“Mad Max” does suffer somewhat from the “Joba” syndrome in that, there doesn’t yet appear to be a clear cut decision on whether he will eventually become a starting pitcher or be relegated to the bullpen where he would presumably become a potential dominant closer. I don’t really have an opinion on whether he belongs in the rotation or the bullpen. I just know this kids stuff is worth me considering relinquishing my #2 pick.
I am actually torn between wanting to see him get called up, and having him stay down in Triple-A because I am heading to Las Vegas in June, and have bought some tickets to check out a Las Vegas 51’s game when they play Scherzer’s Sidewinders. In a perfect world he’ll be slated to pitch the day I’m in town for the game - and than get called up to the Bigs the following week – yeah – not likely it will work out that neatly – but c’mon – this is after all “Fantasy” baseball right?
How many pitchers can throw a 98 MPH fastball and have 2 different colored eyes? Answer – Just Mad Max!
