As everyone in the baseball and especially fantasy baseball world now knows, Yovanni Gallardo was diagnosed with a torn ACL in his right knee.
That hurts.
Many owners drafted an already hurt Yovanni this year planning on him being their #2 or #3 starting pitcher. I did at least.
And up until now, it had turned out to be a good and safe pick. Gallardo was healthy and pitching well even without recording a win. His peripherals were great and he pitched for a solid contender so the W's eventually would come his way too.
Now, a day after he supposedly avoided serious injury in a freak base path injury, the likely scenario is that he will undergo surgery to repair a COMPLETE tear of the ACL when his swelling subsides and likely miss the rest of the season.
Not much you can do about it but work with what you got and look for the best alternatives out there.
One thought I had, was to stash him in one of my leagues DL spots and hope for a late August or early September boost to my staff.
Could make sense, but that is showing a lot of patience and is probably more just trying to hold on to something that you thought you had. With the injury being to his right knee, the power leg for a right-hander, the likelihood for a return this season is slim to none.
I decided to act fast and grab the best waiver guy that I considered out there and dropped Yovanni for him. Maybe I should've let a couple days pass and wait for an official word of missing the season, but I felt there may be just a small window to get "my guy".
Do whatever you feel is right, but don't hold out much hope for a 2008 return for Gallardo.
I went with Scott Baker, who was recently let go in my league, presumably because of his groin strain, but if you all noticed in the Looking For Strikouts post by Brett, Baker is posting a near 8k/9 ip line right now and has only walked 5 batters compared to 27 k's.
Check your waivers and see if there is a decent shot in the dark guy out there that can help you hold out hope in the wake of your loss.
Good luck with that ya'll, and Yovanni, we'll miss you. Get well soon.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
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I am a Gallardo owner and have had Scott Baker on my reserves. Add the fact that I grabbed Scherzer and maybe I will be OK.
Any chance Gallagher gets to crack the Cubs rotation??? Gallardo is a huge blow but there are some intriguing young arms out for deeper leagues. Whenever Gallardo is official placed on the DL, I'm thinking about picking up one of these pitchers:
1. Garrett Olson [does he have two starts next week?? I can't figure out the O's rotation]
2. Jo-Jo Reyes [excited to see him pitch tonight]
3. Gallagher. I really like him and I think the only reason he's not hyped is because it would take 2-3 injuries for him to crack the Chicago rotation.
4. Adenhart. He seems a good long-term bet, shaky short term bet. Too many walks in the minors and he will probably get bumped whenever Lackey comes back.
Anyone have any thoughts on these guys, or any other pitchers I missed [that would be available in deep mixed leagues]??
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