Well, the Cardinals did the one thing nobody wanted them to do and opted to keep the middling Tyler Lyons in their starting rotation over high-end prospect Michael Wacha with Jake Westbrook set to return from the DL Friday.
So what's the next step for Wacha's Fantasy owners, who were feeling great about their investment just a couple days ago, when the 21-year-old held the Mets to two earned runs in six innings?
They could always hold on to him. If Lyons is as low-end as some people make him out to be, he won't last in the role -- even if he has it for now. But how many bad starts will it take, and how many innings will Wacha have by then? The Cardinals want to limit him to 150 this year, and he's already at about 70.
Though Wacha's first three starts were no doubt encouraging, they weren't Tony Cingrani-like. I'm not sure he's shown enough to make him worth the wait, especially with the innings limit in mind. If you're already having trouble rostering Rick Porcello and Mike Leake in your league, I say you cut him loose.