So after playing a few recent games this past week, my friend Kyle burned me with Houston pretty badly (audience laughs)...Houston?...HOUSTON??!!
I was playing with San Francisco and the score was 8-6 in favor of the Astros (I know, 8 runs for Houston, go figure). Anywho, Kyle subs Mike Scott for Charlie Kerfeld and talk about slamming the door. For a solid 2 innings, I couldn't hit shit off this guy. To top it off, Houston scored 6 more runs while I was stranded with anemic hitting. Even with Big Daddy Reuschel eventually slowing the Astros down, I learned right away Krukow is NOT the best pitcher to start with and the Giants suffered big time in that game for that reason.
From what I saw, and after playing RBI for quite a while, I'd honestly say Kerfeld is probably one of the most underrated pitchers in the game. A nasty submariner with a decent fastball and an ungodly curve, I proposed a VERY limited (1/2 inning) time to use him because of his rawness. Jokes of course, but we do use him a lot of the time whenever one of us randomly selects Houston.
If I'm alone on this, that's cool. What are some of your most underrated pitchers in the game?
Jeff Reardon
Jesse Orosco always kicks my ass, by the time I'm used to his delivery he's out of the game.
I really like Ken Dayley and Don Robinson as relievers. Nothing special about them really, but also no real weaknesses... Solid movement capabilities with respectable speed.
I also think 'Nando might be overlooked but only because people so rarely play with the all star teams.
Nando's curve is so funky that I simply can't pitch with him. Always overdo the "pitch a ball then bring it into the strike zone at the last second" technique and my opponent catches on real fast.
Quote from: Gantry on 01/25/10, 11:25:44 PM
Nando's curve is so funky that I simply can't pitch with him. Always overdo the "pitch a ball then bring it into the strike zone at the last second" technique and my opponent catches on real fast.
I bet you feel the same way about Krukow then.
I don't have this problem consistently although one will sometimes slip over the plate too far (like a real hanging curveball) and get hammered, but this is the cost for otherwise lights out pitching.
I never played straight pitch (slurve was as restricted as my friends got) so that might be why I feel better about the heavy curveballers. On the flip side of that coin I rarely, rarely, rarely use the sinker/knuckle ball or the fastball. Just a lot of curves.
Quote from: Re-Peat on 01/25/10, 11:31:50 PM
I bet you feel the same way about Krukow then.
DONT TELL ME HOW I FEEL!!! But yes, yes I do
I've always had success with Bruce Hurst. Nowhere near Clemens good, but he's been effective for me >_>
i saw this thread and immediately thought "Kerfeld". I'm glad I wasn't disappointed.
I still stand by these (http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=7092.msg115740#msg115740), but I could see moving Kerfeld up a couple of notches if you are playing someone who has problems with side armers.
I generally prefer side armers as they can really only cut the ball one direction.
Orosco is pretty good too for a sidearmer.
I still stand with Kerfeld, but lately I've been digging on Willie Hernandez from the Tigers. That guy throws bullets big time.