by jawajedi » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:31 pm
Shankly 81
I just joined a 2003 league, waivers were today, so I can look at some of the differences in prices for you. The single biggest increase from the 2003 set has to be Adrian Beltre. He was only .87 in 2003 and about 11 million in 2005. Other significant changes were Orlando Cabrera (6.18) Sheffield (11.23) Richard Hidalgo( 8.17) and Scott Podsednik( 5.39)
Injuries also play a factor. Sexson( 7.55), Garret Anderson( 6.62), Jason Giambi (6.34) and Garciaparra( 7.26) were all more in 2003.
On the pitching side, Esteban Loaiza( 7.89) and Jose Contreras( 7.54) fell in price big time. Both are .50 this year. Hudson( 8.87), Prior( 8.66), and Mussina( 7.92) also fell in price. On the other side of it, RJ went from 1.97 to 11.90 this year.
As far as players completely vanishing, I'm sure there have been many over the years. Cal Ripken Jr., Canseco and McGwire were in the 2001 set and of course are gone because of retirement. Adam Hyzdu is one guy who was great in the 2002 set, especially in Coors, and was in 2003 but is gone now.
Let me know if you are curious about any certain players from 2003 and I can look them up for you.
Scott