OVER priced OVER rated

[geekor]

I have Holliday in AT&T where he should suck and he's doing just fine. then in Turner, is he sucking ***.

[MEAT]

Im sure its just me, because EVERY great card, unashamedly blows for me...kinsler the latest. I KNOW, im only 15 games in, but im 2-13! he's already been injured, is 1-19 with one lousy single, and im in the CELL! im blaming it all on him. even though im in the cell, going for polanco, for the D if nothing else, since my pitchers are getting ravaged too. thought about derosa, but you better hit a ton with a 3 defensively at 2b. in the long run, don't see how you can survive with uggla in the field, but you can't do any worse than my team(s)

[MEAT]

btw, the ATT team on which pedroia and utley so utterly tanked, raped its assets to try fontenot, and has gone 7-2 since april fools day aquisition, climbing from 15-under to 10-under. (of course this is the kiss of death for all that, but here's font's fonts)
MAS 9 39 13 14 2 0 3 7 5 5 2 0 .359 .432 .641

[the splinter]

Meat...check Petro on my Voyage squad...lone bright spot.

[Rant]

[quote:06d86c9d18="Bbrool"]The other thing you have to look at is league context. The league in question has a league average of .265/.335/.412 with an average team ERA of 4.25. So the league as a whole is playing with tougher pitchers and in pitchers parks, which will bring down everyones stats.

Now that still doesn't nearly explain how poorly Pedroia did for you, but in that environment I don't think I would expect more than a .280/.340/.440 type of line from Pedroia.

Bbrool[/quote:06d86c9d18]

If that's true then someone please explain why in my singles park my team has a .300, .364, .435 batting line and my $6M pitchers both have 4+ ERAs! And Papelbon has an ERA close 5.

Strange times we're living in.

[ClowntimeIsOver]

I think with Pedroia you're paying for his defense, doubles, above-average speed (steal "A" and runnning 1-14), and being almost injury-proof (i.e., never out of the starting line-up). I've got him and he's on track for 60+ doubles after 78 games (in the "real world" that would be historic, first time since '36, but of course not in SOM), and has undoubtedly decreased the team's WHIP with his 1e6. His OBP is sub-par becuase he doesn't draw walks, but he can knock in runs. He's on track for 98 runs and 104 RBI, FWIW, and I'm in PNC without much power in my line-up. Also, for me at least, his OPS vs L and vs R is virtually identical, so I don't have to worry about the SP.

I think he's worth 9.98m because he'll start 162 games. Note that this makes you more flexible in drafting bench players, because you don't need another guy who can play 2nd (you'll need a sub for less than one game per injury).

Here's his line for me: 78 starts, 295/326/466, 2 errors. Park: PNC, 12/12/7/1.

If you don't like his OBP, bat him 5th or 6th and he'll drive in runs with doubles and score on hits with speed.