by Semper Gumby » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:16 am
I'm wondering what year will appear on the following cards:
[list:06b17be67d][b:06b17be67d]Dave Parker[/b:06b17be67d] (dropped when he could just hit doubles off of LHPs)
[b:06b17be67d]Don Mattingly [/b:06b17be67d](dropped when he couldn't hit at all)
[b:06b17be67d]Keith Hernandez[/b:06b17be67d] (dropped when he couldn't hit at all either)
[b:06b17be67d]Bret Saberhagen[/b:06b17be67d] (dropped when he couldn't beat even a little league team)[/list:u:06b17be67d]
Having dropped almost [b:06b17be67d]1/4[/b:06b17be67d] of my salary cap and [b:06b17be67d]~ 1/3[/b:06b17be67d] of my drafted players [[color=blue:06b17be67d]Boggs[/color:06b17be67d] ($6.08m); [color=blue:06b17be67d]Smith[/color:06b17be67d] ($5.98m); [b:06b17be67d]Daniels[/b:06b17be67d] ($5.2m); [b:06b17be67d]Reuschel[/b:06b17be67d] ($5.21m), [b:06b17be67d]Wynegar[/b:06b17be67d] ($2.6m)], I am always tempted to hire another cast-away especially when his results appeared skewed.
As for [b:06b17be67d]Parker[/b:06b17be67d], I looked twice at him and how he performed relative to his divisional peers and I couldn't do more than :roll: think three times. I suspect he'll reveal himself sooner than later but him hitting just LHPs struck me as odd yet tempting.
[b:06b17be67d]Hernandez[/b:06b17be67d]'s / [b:06b17be67d]Mattingly[/b:06b17be67d]'s results looked just like Bogg's and I quickly gave up the idea of taking a flier on these cards. Although I expect both to play better as the season goes along, it is ironic how both players just switched teams.
On my own team, I see [b:06b17be67d]Singleton[/b:06b17be67d] playing up to his 5th year card and [b:06b17be67d]Chris Bando[/b:06b17be67d]'s injury showing I didn't get his .388 OBP year. :(
Otherwise, [b:06b17be67d]Saberhagen[/b:06b17be67d]'s card isn't his best year but he does come with his LHB tilt which works well for my division.
To that end, the e-[color=yellow:06b17be67d][b:06b17be67d]LEMON[/b:06b17be67d][/color:06b17be67d]-ators are living up to their name.