There is considerable speculation that Dodgers phenom Clayton Kershaw (what an awesome name) will be called up to start for the big club on Tuesday. If that's the case, I would grab Kershaw if at all possible. He's not yet available in the Yahoo! game but he is available over at ESPN.
The positives:
- Career 11.7 K/9 rate in the minors
- Has allowed only 9 homers in 202 1/3 career minor league innings
- Has been protected by the organization, with strict innings/pitches limitations
- Most major leaguers have little to no experience facing him
The negatives:
- High career minor league BB/9 rate (3.9)
- The Dodgers will keep him on a strict innings/pitches limitation, meaning he may be pulled out of games early, thus limiting his potential for wins
- The move could be temporary as Jason Schmidt has been making rehab starts lately
The positives outweigh the negatives. Would I use a #1 waiver priority on Kershaw? Yes, yes I would. But keep in mind that he is young (20) and it will be a slightly bumpy ride. But I'm a sucker for anyone who can get you a strikeout per inning (which he will).
UPDATE: As you probably know by now, Kershaw started on Sunday for the Dodgers and pitched very well: 6 IP, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K.
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I don't think Kershaw's time in the bigs has as much to do with Jason Schmidt as it does with his lack of experiance in both the majors and minors. For fantasy purposes, I can't see him playing that big of a role to warrent pick ups. The Dodgers want to limit his innings to 25 a month... which gives him hardly any per week. I can see him having one of those annoying King Felix circa 2005 roles in fantasy leagues...
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