What should I do with Johnny Cueto?

Question

He's killing my ERA, but has some upside with his strikeouts... Should I drop him for someone with more win/ERA potential?

I'm in similar situations on other teams with guys like Jonathan Sanchez and Aaron Harang...

Answer 1

Cueto should have been dropped in May.You answered your own question.He is killing your staff as a whole.Yes you should get a guy with better ERA and WHIP potential.Randy Wolf Astros looked great last week.If you really want to bring down your ERA and WHIP add a couple good closers.The key word is good.Get a couple closers with a low era and whip.Whip being the most important.No body ussually keys on WHIP.Closers bring down your ERA and WHip every day instead of once every 5 days.

Answer 2

This is a double-edged sword. Cueto CAN strikeout when he has a good game, but he has slopes. One slope is the 4+ earned run games, with maybe 5-7 Strikeouts. Another slope is a 0-2 earned run game with 2-4 strikeouts and lastly the amazing 0-1 earned run games with 7-10 strikeouts.

Jonathan Sanchez is the same thing, only worse. The Giants. Only thing there is Tim Lincecum. Harang HAD a great season last year.

It's up to you. I can't make a decision. Unless your options on the FA waiver are good, then you should