My first Keeper Thread: Which SP to draft?

[larryp]

Dynasty keeper draft in progress.
I drafted all my hitting for a H2H league first & am now picking from the scraps of SPs.

Which pitcher should I draft next?
League Pitcher Cats: IP-W-SV-K-WHIP-ERA-CG

Available (with Top 150 Pitchers Ratings from DobberBaseball):
26 Chris Carpenter STL

37 Scott Baker MIN

42 Hiroki Kuroda LAD
44 Ervin Santana LAA
46 Wandy Rodriguez HOU
47 Ted Lilly LAD
48 Gavin Floyd CHW
50 Johan Santana NYM
51 Jake Peavy CHW
53 Roy Oswalt PHI
54 Edwin Jackson CHW
55 Ricky Nolasco FLA

59 Jonathan Sanchez SF
60 Ryan Dempster CHC
61 Francisco Liriano MIN
63 Tim Hudson ATL
64 Randy Wolf MIL
65 Erik Bedard SEA

67 Homer Bailey CIN
68 Jonathan Niese NYM
69 Brian Matusz BAL
71 Travis Wood CIN
72 Brett Cecil TOR
73 Bud Norris HOU
74 Bartolo Colon NYY
75 Colby Lewis TEX
76 Derek Holland TEX
77 AJ Burnett NYY
78 Edinson Volquez CIN
79 Doug Fister SEA
81 Clayton Richard SD
82 Wade Davis TB
83 Aaron Harang SD
84 Brett Myers HOU
85 Jake Arrieta BAL
86 Tim Stauffer SD
87 Joel Pineiro LAA
88 Mike Leake CIN
89 Kyle Lohse STL
90 Justin Masterson CLE
91 Jason Hammel COL
92 Javier Vazquez FLA
93 Jason Vargas SEA
94 Carlos Carrasco CLE
95 Jorge de la Rosa COL
96 Chris Narveson MIL
97 Corey Luebke SD
98 Barry Zito SF

RED, Selected by others
GREEN, Selected by me
Thanks in advance!

[GoldenSeals]

What is your lineup so far?

[larryp]

I only have 2/5 SPs. (CJ Wilson & Garza)
My hitting line-up is completely set.

Who do you like on the list above? (for categories listed)

[johnnymapman]

If this is for this year you have to go Wandy or Kuroda anticipating them to get moved to a contender.
Carpenter is always a good pickup even if he is not what he was. Baker has pitched great as of late.

[bsgolf21]

If it is like my dynasty league that I run, you have to pay their actual salaries. If that is the case, I would stay away from just about all of those players as their salaries are all terrible. The guy I probably like the best is Cory Luebke. He is young, cheap, and has played great this year which are all three big things that are great in a dynasty league.

[larryp]

Thanks guys. I went with Carpenter.
There is no salary. Carpenter's been pretty healthy, gets a lot of IP still.
I know he's on the decline - but I drafted an older line-up to give me a shot at winning next year. The young pitchers seem to be popping up nicely these days.

I've streamed Luebke in for his last 2-3 starts in my ESPN league (in SIG) and he's been excellent. If he's there on my turn back, I'll take him.

Pitchers selected since my pick (Round 14, Pick 5/14) are now in red.

Any more advice is very welcome... since I've reached the stage of the draft where I just don't know enough about these pitchers!

[roafw]

wandy is the other top end win now option, and kuruda may fall even farther. carpenter, kuruda and wandy should give you a good 123 for winning now, but you will need to hedge some of those old guys with some young talent.

As for younger guys, Sanchez and Jackson. Both have some mlb success and have great stuff.

In the late stages (depending on how deep your benches are) i would target Carrassco, Davis, neise, and matuzs.

[tandrpaving]

Haha not bad buddy, but can it beat this staff?

SP- Tommy Hanson (ATL)
SP- Michael Pineda (SEA)
SP- Josh Beckett (BOS)
SP- Madison Bumgarner (SF)
SP- Johnny Cueto (CIN)
RP- Huston Street (COL)
RP- Fernando Salas (STL)
RP
RP

I've got three more spots to fill but its looking good so far, good luck with the rest of your picks! I think I would have gone with a guy like Baker if I was in need of an SP, Carpenter is just too old for me.