Saturday, August 9, 2008

Buy Low/Sell High August 9th (Jorge Campillo/Jeff Karstens)

Buy Low: Jorge Campillo

BABIP K/BB PTO% QuickERA ERA Dif P/IP FIP
0.274 3.860 29.9% 3.98 -1.146 14.76 3.47 2008
0.372 1.500 24.43% 5.52 1.232 17.82 5.40 2007
0.4 1.00 19.35% 4.48 10.949 20.00 3.72 2006
Jorge has been up and down throughout the season but there have been signs in the past and the present that he can continue what he is doing. His control is excellent this year and it as often been said that this is very important when comparing as well as HR/9. His HR/9 for the year is a nice 0.75 which leads me to believe that he has made good strides to becoming an above average starter. I also like the much better pitch efficiency as P/IP is also a very good indicator of a pitcher 's success.

At this time of year it's a little harder to trade because most people are either in it or losing interest and not wanting to put in the time to make their team better. Hopefully your league isn't like this so here's 3 trades that were made recently.

08/07/08Campillo, Jorge RP ATL for
Marte, Damaso RP NYY

08/07/08Campillo, Jorge RP ATL for
Gonzalez, Mike RP ATL

08/06/08Campillo, Jorge RP ATL for
Hanrahan, Joel SP WAS

Sell High: Jeff Karstens

BABIP K/BB PTO% QuickERA ERA Dif P/IP FIP
0.163 1.200 26.6% 5.59 -5.592 14.27 3.40 2008
0.39 0.560 17.74% 7.31 3.738 20.75 8.11 2007
0.238 1.60 26.64% 5.68 -1.883 14.07 5.05 2006

Jeff has received a lot of attention because of the NY infatuation and the near perfect game for the Pirates. This is the perfect time to get rid of him while his name has been out there and his numbers for the year look so good. He's so very young at this point that he is still very raw and will probably take a couple of years to really help you out. Even though his FIP is at 3.40 his k/bb is under 1.5.

08/02/08Karstens, Jeff SP PIT for
Lilly, Ted SP CHC

07/31/08Karstens, Jeff SP PIT for Cook, Aaron SP COL

08/09/08Dempster, Ryan RP CHC for
Karstens, Jeff SP PIT
Price, David SP TB
Volquez, Edinson SP CIN

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