In our league we had an owner go into his shell and completely tank. We were finally able to replace him as owner, and the new owner is trying to trade off some of his veteran players to rebuild the team. Im in the market for a solid relief pitcher, but im afraid if I take one of them from him I wont get any value from them since they have pitched a ton of innings already this year.

For example, one guy I am looking at: Tony Tatis has already pitched 82 innings.

My questions is this: if I trade for Tatis and rest him for a while will he recover from the abuse, or is he pretty much toast for the season?

For more information we just finished up our 81st game, so there is half the season ... Tatis has pitched in 60 of 81 games.

Toast, too many games at 0%

Thats what I was afraid of.. looks like I will continue to look elsewhere

I think if he were rested from this point, he could probably start pitching again at the very end of the season and be able to be normally used for the playoffs.

52 straight games pitching at 0%? Honestly it's a miracle he hasn't gotten a massive injury even with his high health rating. I agree with the posters here, virtually no way you get any use out of him this year.

Too be honest don't think you're missing much by not getting this guy unless you are desperate for a situational LH. His low v/R should get him lit up by righties that have good v/L splits and with the majority of players batting from the right side I wouldn't want him as anything other than a LH specialist.