Project or DIE: Juan Nicasio (1 Viewer)

Limp Ditka

Footballguy

• Mar 24, 2016

• #1

Spring training hype machine is in full gear for the latest Pirate reclamation project.

0.00 ERA / 1.00 WHIP in 15 innings with few (24!) Ks sprinkled in.

More Searage magic?

Does he bump Jeff Locke, or even the great Ryan Vogelsong, out of the starting rotation and become this year's late round / waiver wire success story?

Do we look back at this thread in July, when he's mopping up the middle innings of out of hand games, and laugh?

What says you?

 

Eephus

Footballguy

• Mar 24, 2016

• #2

36-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 398 Ks in 250 IP.

 

Limp Ditka

Footballguy

• Mar 24, 2016

• #3

Eephus said:

36-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 398 Ks in 250 IP.

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I like it. I'm right in line with you, but think they skip his last start so he's rested for the Wild Card game. Which they'll lose

 

Eephus

Footballguy

• Mar 24, 2016

• #4

He seems like the kind of guy who could be a decent reliever.  He has a good fastball and decent command.  His career ratios are all right around MLB averages except for XBH% which Coors didn't help.  But his home/away splits for Colorado don't tell much of a story, he wasn't better on the road and was significantly worse at Coors during his 150 IP 2013 season. 

The big thing that jumps out from his splits is that lefties have killed him.  There's a recent Fangraphs article that talks about what Searage is doing with Nicasio to help him in this area.  The obvious question is whether this is sustainable once real games begin and scouting information gets passed around.

 

urbanhack

Fight The Power!

• Mar 24, 2016

• #5

I drafted him in my work league if that helps at all.

 

Notorious T.R.E.

Showdown!™ Administrator

• Mar 24, 2016

• #6

urbanhack said:

I drafted him in my work league if that helps at all.

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Not really.  20 team league?

 

Limp Ditka

Footballguy

• Mar 24, 2016

• #7

 

I did the same. 25th / last round of 12 team league.

 

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Smack Tripper

Footballguy

• Mar 25, 2016

• #8

Have no idea what to project him at... would be a guess, but he's definitely a guy I'm looking to add once the wire opens in my league.

 

Chemical X

Footballguy

• Mar 26, 2016

• #9

minors all year or arm injury

 

Angry Beavers

Footballguy

• Mar 30, 2016

• #10

Eephus said:

36-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 398 Ks in 250 IP.

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I think you are just a little optimistic here. I have more around 325 K's in 200 innings. 

 

Limp Ditka

Footballguy

• Mar 30, 2016

• #11

irates manager Clint Hurdle confirmed Wednesday that Juan Nicasio has cracked the starting rotation.
Which means Ryan Vogelsong will open the 2016 regular season in a long relief role. Nicasio earned the job by registering a 24/5 K/BB ratio across 15 scoreless innings in Grapefruit League play. He has been shooting up fantasy draft boards all spring and rightly so.

 

jfranco77

Footballguy

• Mar 30, 2016

• #12

Eephus said:

36-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 398 Ks in 250 IP.

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K9 is a little low there bud

 

jfranco77

Footballguy

• Mar 30, 2016

• #13

In all seriousness, this is a prime Searage guy. He throws hard and has 2 reasonable pitches. He needs to learn how to bust lefties inside and keep the ball down better - 2 things that Searage is good at. He has a lite version of the AJ Burnett starter kit. 

Then again, Searage couldn't fix Jonathan Sanchez, so he's not perfect.

 

Limp Ditka

Footballguy

• Apr 6, 2016

• #14

 

Long Ball Larry

Footballguy

• Apr 6, 2016

• #15

It will be interesting to see the race between Nicasio strikeouts and Story home runs, especially once they both crack 300.