Pitts Karstens +104

[FreeFall]

Why shouldn't I take him?

[pat venditto]

cuz pittsburgh sucks? and volquez is better?

[southie]

Pittsburgh kicked your arse yesterday afternoon Vendicko

[Dbldown11]

i dont see a reason. you should take him. he's been pitching lights out while vazquez has lost what he had earlier this year. Plus cincy now has no offense.......im on pittsburgh all the way

[fifawcs]

I can't determine which side has the edge in this one. Karstens is certainly due to suck. I remember tailing his minor and major league starts when he was a Yankee. Streakiest pitcher ever. He get really hot like he did against the Dbacks, but then sucks a donkey dick. On the other hand, the pirates are facing an Edinson Volquez who is getting progressively worse and are now missing Griffey and Dunn.
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[Wilforth]

Why shouldn't I take him?

Hard to tell which Karstens will turn out tonight but the good news for the Pirates is that there are two Volquezes. The pre- and post-all-star-break Volquezes.
I don't know what happened to Volquez during the break but he's been regressing progressively or progressively regressing. Methinks Pirates win this one and it goes Over. It's now hard for games involving Volquez to not go Over!

[andybord]

Not playing either side here....

Why shouldn't you take him? Because he has shut out two teams in afternoon "shadow" games (one wind aided game too). He will be easier to pick up at night. And his run is due to end soon.....

Volquez is also due to be lights out again at some point.....

I really want to take Pitt, but I don't trust it.....

[fifawcs]

This is just a general trend I have noticed for pitchers. The start following a no hitter or a really good game si followed by a worse one. But do what you want.

[Wilforth]

Not playing either side here....

Why shouldn't you take him? Because he has shut out two teams in afternoon "shadow" games (one wind aided game too). He will be easier to pick up at night. And his run is due to end soon.....

Volquez is also due to be lights out again at some point.....

I really want to take Pitt, but I don't trust it.....

What if Volquez still has one more bad game to go before redemption?
If I were to pick any team here, I'd take the Pirates.

[andybord]

What if Volquez still has one more bad game to go before redemption?

I completely agree...Never know when the redemption is coming....

[Mike Rose]

Was hoping Karstens would have been another enormous pup in his next start. Just not the case here. Not enough value on either side to get my money involved. BOL to whomever involves themselves with this stinkfest.....

[sharktank1]

Good call my friend!
Karstens last two starts has been $$$ in the bank for me.
Not to mention triple digits in my fantasy league.
He's also half of my 2 team parlay this afternoon.
Have the under, also.
GL guys!

[maddenscott]

This is definitely a tough call....probably a game to sit out.

[southie]

Pirates are the game of the night.

[bostonbruins]

I can't determine which side has the edge in this one. Karstens is certainly due to suck. I remember tailing his minor and major league starts when he was a Yankee. Streakiest pitcher ever. He get really hot like he did against the Dbacks, but then sucks a donkey dick. On the other hand, the pirates are facing an Edinson Volquez who is getting progressively worse and are now missing Griffey and Dunn.
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I'm not tryin to call you out here but this is the third time in three days I've seen you say something is "due" to happen. The overdue theory is garbage.

And I'm on PIT for 2 units

[BadBeatBodog]

This is just a general trend I have noticed for pitchers. The start following a no hitter or a really good game si followed by a worse one. But do what you want.

1) That's cherry picking
2) I think it's logical that most SPs coming off "a no hitter or a really good game" are going to have a hard time repeating the performance.