gb(ss)A

[tkkjlsoup]

How much, if at all, do you Vets discount guys with otherwise good years who have a disproportionally high number of gb()A readings on their cards?

I have Kent Hrbek's 1984 year in the Kingdome. He has good OBP and pop but when he gets out he will hit into a ton of double plays.

[voovits]

I may be in the minority, but I do not take the type of outs on players cards into consideration at all when determining who to use. Some people like a lot of strikeouts on the cards because that means no double plays, but I don't factor that in to my thinking.

[YountFan]

I also do care about the distribution of outs. But then I guess it could cost you a win or two, but then how does that balance with his OPS? I think there cannot be measured, so don;t worry about it.

[ths92110]

You need to put someone who can steal in front of him.

[tkkjlsoup]

[quote:d6aed755c6="ths92110"]You need to put someone who can steal in front of him.[/quote:d6aed755c6]

Got that covered. Hrbek is in the 2 hole behind Rickey. But [whine] even though Kent is in his 1984 year he is hitting .239 with a .665 OPS in 180 ABs [/whine]

[chess2899]

Sometimes, players just underperform. you have 3 options:

1. Keep him and hope he turns it around in the next few weeks
2. Dump him and try another. (I have dropped good players with good years before because I could suffer no longer
3. Advertise and market him to other teams in your league pointing out his year and trade him. Often another team also has an underperformer.

[YountFan]

Or you can buy him a vowel and see if that will help

[tkkjlsoup]

[quote:3aeab41d3f="YountFan"]Or you can buy him a vowel and see if that will help[/quote:3aeab41d3f]

That concept must be on Herbie's mind. In our one-on-one meeting today I informed him that to avoid being cut he needs to forget about vowels and concentrate more on the first two letters in his name.