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11 May 2009 |
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We're back with another update on the FP911 Bloggers League. Let's dive straight into the current standings and then I will get to my commentary:
I thought my hitting, despite missing a top-tier player, would still be solid as every roster slot was filled with a full-timer, with the exception of my two catchers. However, I did not expect them to be this good! Orlando Hudson has loved hitting ahead of Manny Ramirez, but unfortunately his value takes a definite hit now that Manny has joined the Asterisk List. Ryan Zimmerman, the one hitter I was fully aware I overpaid for, is so far having the best year of his young career. No, he won't hit .346 all season, but at his age and experience, in an improved Nationals lineup, and presumably fully healthy after shoulder issues last year, this could very well be his true breakout year. Though J.J. Hardy does have five home runs, I am still waiting for the hits to drop in, as he is suffering from a putrid .221 BABIP. Andre Ethier has continued to prove that last year's second half was no fluke, but he too could be hurt by Manny's absence, losing some RBI opportunities. Justin Upton has been a joy to follow the last couple of weeks after ex-manager (deservedly so!) Bob Melvin curiously banished him to the eighth slot in the batting order. I lost Lastings Milledge due to his shocking demotion to the minors, but was able to replace him with new Reds third baseman Adam Rosales, who is playing full-time in place of the injured Edwin Encarnacion. What is encouraging is that this offense has no real obvious sell-high candidates or guys clearly playing way over their heads. Hopefully I don't suffer any big injuries like the recent dislocated shoulder to Aramis Ramirez who I unfortunately own in my local league. My pitching staff has been disappointing, but then again, whose hasn't? Brad Lidge has been a disaster and it is obvious that his health is the issue. I hate drafting players who you think are healthy and then they suck because of a health issue. Clayton Kershaw has been Jekyll and Hyde all year and that could very well continue. He will remain in my active lineup all season though, so however he wants to get to his season ending ERA is fine with me. Just be good overall with neutral luck and I'll be happy. Johnny Cueto is making the guys who said he would be better than Edinson Volquez this season look good. Of course, he has had a nice helping of good luck so far, but he has legitimately pitched better than last year. Chad Qualls has been the dominant closer I expected him to be. Just another example of why you should ignore a lack of experience in a new closer and focus solely on the skills. If you're a good pitcher, you could close. Period. Kensin Kawakami has been quite an enigma. Wasn't he supposed to have pinpoint control with a mediocre strikeout rate? Instead, he has 31 strikeouts and 18 walks in 32.3 innings! I have gotten lucky with Ross Ohlendorf so far, starting him for a couple of weeks, but I remain scared to death of pushing my luck and continuing to start him. He was on my bench last week and he'll stay there this week. Recent pick-ups of mine include Cubs reliever Angel Guzman, Astros rookie pitcher Felipe Paulino, and this week's acquisition, Jo-Jo Reyes. Paulino pitched well his first start and I thought he might have some trade value. Then he was moved to the bullpen and got rocked, and now he is back in the rotation. Hopefully he could build some trade value because I will have little confidence ever starting him. Reyes is a Braves pitcher I like. He has shown decent skills with a good strikeout rate and ground ball tendencies. His control is sub-par, but he has had some very bad luck. I think he is an excellent sleeper in NL-Only leagues, but of course I might be biased seeing as I just added him. Chris Coghlan was the big free agent addition this week, picked up by the Sherpa Scott Swanay, for 203 FAAB dollars (our budget is 1,000). I really like Coghlan and did bid on him, but I didn't really need him and clearly didn't bid enough (only 23)! Josh Whitesell, apparently the new D-Backs first basemen replacing the struggling Chad Tracy, was the third highest FAAB biddee at 21 to Zach Steinhorn. I bid on him as well, but obviously 14 wasn't enough. You might be wondering why I skipped the second highest FAABed player. That was Ryan Freel, who went for a whopping 103 to the Sherpa and judging by Tony's email, it doesn't appear anyone else even bid on him. FAAB bidding sure is fun when trying to figure out not only how much you yourself should bid, but how much you think the rest of the owners might bid! Rudy Gamble of Razzball.com made an interesting speculative add of Jesus Guzman of the Giants. He is hitting well now in the minors and talk is that they may try him in the outfield in preparation for taking over a starting job in the coming weeks. It only cost Rudy Cha Seung Baek, so it couldn't hurt! From the "oops" category, I bid on and won Julian Tavarez a week ago for like 47 FAAB dollars thinking he would be the front-runner to close for the Nationals. Naturally as soon as he joined my team, he sucked to the tune of four runs in 3.1 innings, along with seven base runners allowed. He has probably taken himself out of the closer carousel as he now sports a 6.08 ERA and 1.50 WHIP and so I dropped him for the previously discussed Jo-Jo Reyes.
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