Coming home from a Washington Nationals game last week, a league mate and I got on the topic of Atlanta Braves OF Jason Heyward. This league mate drafted Heyward in our keeper league during a minor league draft before Heyward made his major league debut and has held on to him like a bride is counseled to hold on to her groom – for better or worse, for rich or poor, in sickness and health.
May 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
May 7, 2012 2 Comments
Harper already living up to lofty expectations
The violent swing.
The mullet mohawk hairdo.
The cannon arm in the outfield.
The gallons of eye black.
The steal of home after a division rival purposefully plunked him.
At only 19-years-old and with only a handful of games at the major league level, phenom Bryce Harper is doing everything he can to live up to the expectations that have been placed on him since he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated while still in high school.
April 27, 2012 Leave a Comment
The inaccurate science of trading
One thing I get asked to do a lot of is to evaluate various trade offers. Many owners come to me looking for a second opinion on whether a deal is fair and I am happy to give my opinion because I have done the same thing with my friends over the years. Sometimes pulling the trigger on a deal is so much easier when you have that second opinion.
Where things get tough though, is when an owner asks me to compose a counter offer if I don’t like the deal he e-mails me.
April 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
A different look at April
It seems that over the last couple of weeks the Internet has been littered with advice on exercising patience with your roster in April. Since I’ve already taken my turn beating that topic into the ground, I thought I’d find something more fun to talk about.
April 13, 2012 1 Comment
February 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
Don’t pay for hype with Darvish, Cespedes
When the slow auction for my keeper league begins Friday morning, the first player I’m throwing out will be one of the two biggest international imports this offseason – either Yu Darvish or Yoenis Cespedes. And once I make that nominating bid, I will sit back and watch my league mates battle it out for two guys whose values are based all on hype and have very uncertain futures. [Read more...]
February 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
Keeping a closer? Pick your poison
As I prepare to turn my keeper list in to my league, I find myself wondering how many (if any) closers are actually worth holding onto. In keeper formats, holding on to a closer that fails can quickly set you back.
The problem is, all closers seem to be susceptible to failure at any time. [Read more...]
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