Marlins eyeing W. Davis: FOXSports.com reports that the Marlins have interest in trading for Rays SP Wade Davis. The Rays have made their willingness to trade either Davis or Jeff Niemann known, as they try to clear rotation spots for youngsters Matt Moore and Alex Cobb. The Marlins have been in the market for another starting pitcher, even though they signed Mark Buehrle in December. Davis went 11-10 with a 4.45 ERA last season. (Updated 01/04/2012)
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Fantasy Analysis
Overall, Davis had a disappointing season, as his ERA and WHIP rose from his rookie year. However, Davis rebounded over the last two months of the season, as his fastball velocity increased. Davis is a strong bounce-back candidate for the 2012 season, whether he stays put in Tampa Bay or moves on to Miami or elsewhere. He is worth targeting in deeper mixed leagues. (Updated 01/04/2012).
It's been all downhill for Wade Davis so far in his big-league career. He looked like the ace he was projected to be when he first came up late in 2009, striking out a batter per inning with a respectable ERA and WHIP, but the strikeout rate plummeted in his rookie 2010 season and only got worse last year. Meanwhile, his ERA and WHIP have both steadily risen to the point that he was actually a league-average pitcher in 2011. That's not going to fly for the Rays, who have more arms than they can fit into a starting rotation with the arrival of Matt Moore last year. And that's not even counting the abundance of pitching prospects still in their minor-league system. With James Shields, David Price, Jeremy Hellickson and Moore expected to hold down the first four spots, Davis will be competing with Jeff Niemann for the fifth spot. Niemann's back issues make him less than a certainty, but performance-wise, he deserves the nod. Davis' upside is still high enough that the Rays would surely prefer to trade him rather than bump him to the bullpen, and if a move happened that would assure him a rotation spot, he would regain his mixed-league appeal. But right now, he's a late-rounder at best. (Updated 2/1/12)
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