Roto-dude:
I\’m in a six-team league dealing with just National League players. Recently, I had to put Kevin Brown on the DL and I replaced him with Kevin Millwood. They’re talking about trying to put Brown back in next Tuesday. Do you think it’s too early to put him back in? Millwood got rocked on Monday, and he really hasn’t been that effective for a few years. Should I leave Millwood in for a while, for good, or dump him for good?
At the start of spring training I happened upon a little quote from Leo Mazzone, saying that Millwood was throwing in the mid-90s again, the way he did in 1999, perhaps because a cyst he had in his should had been cleared by a rigorous off-season conditioning program. But the spring training results were less than impressive, and it’s clear he isn’t throwing that hard now.
He has had a very good curve and apart from the hammering he took Monday in Florida, he’s looked pretty good.
His next start is Sunday in Atlanta against the Astros. You play in a shallow league and Millwood is probably no better than an injury replacement sub at this point. And Houston is the third or fourth best hitting team in the NL at this point, and you’re running some risk he’ll get clobbered if you keep him in.
But apart from last Monday, when he was working on a strange work schedule after being drafted as an emergency reliever the preceding week, he’s shown some sign of being back (Note the strikeouts: nearly one per inning). I’d keep him, for now.