by Semper Gumby » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:10 pm
Under most circumstances, I'd hang on Gaylord's card for a few more starts to confirm the split trends e.g., RHB HRs. However, the rate the free agent cards are churning - I doubted the SP selections would get better.
I've been to this rodeo before and have seen (as you have) sub-par 42 game starts to $$ stars - and you hang on to them cause the dice will break soon or later. On the other hard, you can hold on to a player too long when the dice have been hitting your card and coming up less than roses.
Yes, Gaylord's card year is based on three starts (hardly a sample) but he yielded 5 HRs to RHBs in 20 innings compared to [b:8e26186d49]Tiant[/b:8e26186d49] /[b:8e26186d49] J. Perry[/b:8e26186d49] / [b:8e26186d49]Leonard[/b:8e26186d49] /[b:8e26186d49]Bosman[/b:8e26186d49] / [b:8e26186d49]Gerber[/b:8e26186d49] yielding the same over 90 innings.
Several of these HRs were to light hitting players so I presumed these came off of Gaylord's card. Otherwise, he followed in rotation by Tiant and Leonard - 1 HR over 50 innings.
As for his best year card, I'm not sure that year is it. From YountFan's data base
[code:1:8e26186d49]#Card ERA WHIP W L S BS IP
70 3.97 1.31 984 864 0 0 16,658
71 4.31 1.40 565 567 0 0 9,955
72 3.31 1.17 1016 642 0 0 15,415
73 4.07 1.34 762 668 0 0 12,855
77 4.06 1.35 578 529 0 0 9,978
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To that end, I gambled that I had [b:8e26186d49]Gaylord[/b:8e26186d49]'s 1977 card and for $6.58M it seems I'd over pay for the results.
Ironically, Jim "Catfish" Hunter hit the waiver wire (4 starts) today. :shock: