Fantasy Baseball – The Walking Dead

In honour of the return of AMC’s The Walking Dead, I thought it would be a good opportunity to look at baseball’s walking wounded. These players are coming off injury riddled seasons, and are expected to play prominent roles for their teams. Are they worthy of a spot on your roster, or should we ignore them and make sure they don’t come back to bite us? SP Dustin McGowan – Tommy John surgery, shoulder injuries – you name it, McGowan has probably had it, or had surgery on it. The hard throwing righty was an intriguing prospect, just on the cusp of breaking out back in 2008. That season he went 6-7 with a 4.37 ERA (3.81 FIP) a 6.87 K/9, a 3.07 BB/9 while earning 2.3 WAR. He was even better in 2007, and was one of the hardest throwing starters in the game averaging 94+ MPH on his fastball. In short, a dynamic arm in the making for the Blue Jays. However injuries prevented him from pitching in the majors until 2011. Yes, you read that right – McGowan hadn&#...