Twins Revolving Rotation

Although it has not been officially decided, the Twins have a decision to make and Scott Baker may not be happy with the result. Due to Monday's off day, the Twins have 5 starters for the next four days. Carlos Silva and Johan Santana will remain on 5 days rest meaning either Baker or Bonser would get skipped on Monday and the other would pitch on tuesday before Silva and then Santana on Wednesday and Thursday. The logical person to skip is Baker who has an ERA of 9.00 over the last 14 innings (his last 3 starts). Even if he is skipped, he wouldn't necessarily lose his spot in the rotation but Matt Garza is pitching well in AAA. He has 66 strikeouts in 68 innings and a 3.44 ERA. If Baker loses his job, Garza could be valuable in AL only leagues right away.

Ranking the Draft

The first day of the draft is complete and before the second half begins, I thought I would stop in and rank the first round of the draft. So below are the tiers of the value of players for FANTASY VALUE. Not how they will do in real life but rather, how big of an impact they will have fantasy wise.

Tier 1
David Price - LHP TB

Tier 2
Josh Vitters - 3B CHC
Mathew Wieters - C BAL
Jarrod Parker - RHP ARI
Phillipe Aumont - RHP SEA
Jason Heyward - OF ATL
Rick Porcello - RHP DET

Tier 3
Mike Moustakas - 3B KC
Madison Bumgarner - LHP SF
Beau Mills - 1B/DH CLE
Ben Revere - OF MIN
Wendell Fairley - OF SF
Andrew Brackman - RHP NYY

Tier 4
Daniel Moskos - LHP PIT
Ross Detwiler - LHP WAS
Matt LaPorta - 1B MIL
Casey Weathers - RHP COL
Matt Dominguez - 3B FLA
Devin Mesaraco - C CIN
Kevin Ahrens - 3B TOR
Blake Beavan - RHP TEX
J.P. Arencibia - C/1B TOR
Tim Alderson - RHP SF
Mike Main - RHP/OF TEX
James Simmons - RHP OAK

Tier 5
Joe Savery - LHP PHI
Chris Withrow - RHP LAD
Aaron Poreda - LHP CWS

Tier 6
Peter Kozma - SS STL
Nick Schmidt - LHP SD