by Outta Leftfield » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:43 pm
I would take Murray over Garvey as well, but Garvey can be very good.
In fact Garvey's a mystery to me. Some seasons, with one of his good cards, he'll putt along at around .800 OPS.
Another season, he'll give you a .900 OPS with the same card. He seems to do this more often than most players of his ability level. I'm not sure why this happens. Has anyone else noticed this?
Maybe it's because he rarely walks. He's capable of hitting .320 but he also might hit .270 with different rolls. And he's always going to give you 30 HR.
When he hits .320 with those 30 HR he's a heck of a player, even w/o walks, but when he hits .270 he's OK but not awesome. Murray can help you with BA, walks and HR, so if one aspect of his game is down, the other two might carry him along.
This is also one reason why the walks + HR + .250 BA guys can be problematic in this league. When they actually do hit .250 they're very productive, but if their BA slips to .210 (as it can do with bad rolls against the good pitching in the league), then they're not so hot.
It helps to be strong in all areas, as Murray for example is. But even he can have an off year with bad rolls. Nobody's superman (except maybe Stargell?)