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Originally Posted by Nero
Quick question, because I never paid attention to the card since it was out of my budget, but the SE Randy Johnson w/Seattle, I don't think I have seen anyone using it, is the card that bad? I'd looked at the 2001 version as a possible lefty reliever since he was priced where the other guys were, but I walked away with a very "meh" kind of feeling.
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If this is the card that I am thinking of, then it is up there with Grove and even Marquard but more expensive so I would prefer one of the others.
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Originally Posted by Nero
Rixey is another one....I didn't look hard because of the price, and a few teams I see have him, but they are using him as a bullpen arm. That seemed like a steep price to pay for a 50-60 IP a year, is there something about him that suits him in the pen more than the rotation?
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I think that you can get the answer to your question by checking the starters on those teams. For example, Metheun Silver Sox in my league have Rixey in the bullpen. The starters are 100 Young, 100 Walter, 100 Schilling, 100 Pedro, and 100 Walsh. So yeah, Rixey can't crack that rotation but neither can his other middle relievers 100 Clemens and 99 Coveleski. He has a staff of 100 starters on the reserve roster also (Gooden, Ryan, Feller, et al). I doubt that you will find a team starting Live pitchers or even decent diamond historicals using Rixey in the bullpen.