Turn to Jacob Turner?

Every fantasy player's dream is to take a shot on a prospect, have him get called up, and immediately have him pay huge dividends.  Mike Trout and Bryce Harper owners know exactly what I am talking about.  Fantasy sports are a game of risk, and everyone seems to love the young guys.  Yesterday the Tigers called up their top pitching prospect Jacob Turner, who is a top 10 prospect in baseball.  What can you expect from him? I'll tell you:

Jacob Turner's call up is a result of Drew Smyly going down.  Smyly has been a nice surprise.  Coming out of essentially nowhere, Smyly sports a 3.96 ERA and 1.26 WHIP.  His injury is nothing more than a finger blister.  He is eligible to be activated June 25 and fully expects to be ready by then.  It may sound like I'm down on Turner from this, but I certainly am not.  Turner has a 3.43 ERA and 27 K in 42 IP in AAA since being called up after dominating single A.  He probably is not 100% ready yet, but sometimes all a pitcher needs is extra motivation to perform.  This call up shows me that Detroit is willing to dip into their system to help them win this year.  Turner will probably only make this start for Smyly's DL stint, so if you can sell Turner for a solid starter I definitely would.  I wouldn't rule out the possibility if another Detroit starter gets hurt, though, that Turner stays up for the remainder of the year.  The Tigers are three games out of first now. While Turner probably is not fully groomed, he may still hold value at the end of this year.  For the most part, I still consider him to have most value in long term keeper leagues.  Let's see what happens in his start though.  If he throws a big game, crazier things have happened than a team keeping their top prospect in the majors.

ONE OTHER NOTE:

Ryan Cook is now the full time closer for the A's.  The last time I wrote, I said he was their best pitcher in the bullpen.  He should hold that job for the rest of the year.  Try to acquire him and start him with confidence.  Balfour and Fuentes are not MLB closers, and the A's are going nowhere.  Cook is their closer of the future so they will spend the rest of the year grooming him.  I consider him a top-15 closer or so.  For comparison, I value him over Addison Reed and Jonathan Broxton to name a few.

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