Mark Hendrickson to the Florida Marlins: The Fantasy Impact

In an attempt to add some depth and leadership to their rotation (and possibly bullpen), the Marlins signed starter/reliever Mark Hendrickson to a one year contract. It looks as though the Marlins will use Hendrickson in their rotation, since their bullpen was a strong point last season, and their rotation was far from it. The Marlins currently have Sergio Mitre, Scott Olsen, Andrew Miller, Anibal Sanchez, and Rick VandenHurk in their rotation, but Hendrickson figures to have a secure spot considering Sanchez is still recovering from arm surgery, and VandenHurk struggled in 2007 (despite a nice 9.03 K/9 IP). If Hendrickson can remember what he did in the first two months of 2007, then he should be a serviceable fantasy pitcher, but that's a tad unrealistic. At this point, he's a marginal NL-only reserve pick as a starter, but he could potentially have more fantasy value as a reliever.

We'll also examine Jose Valentin to the New York Mets and and Kirk Saarloos to the Oakland A's.