For this blog's 100th post ever, I thought I'd get back to the basics: straight fantasy baseball. Classic time in fantasy baseball too: Midseason approaching, all the teams gelling, contenders separated from pretenders, fantasy studs and fantasy duds proving themselves as such.
Zack Greinke: Fantasy dud, pretty much. Got off to a great start, but he's more of a control pitcher, doesn't miss a lot of bats, and plays on a terrible team. That means little K's, little W's to compensate, so if his ERA and WHIP ( peripherals) aren't great he's worthless. He's starting to become worthless after he gave up 8 ER.
Brandon Webb: Fantasy stud. Man o man, has he turned into a fantasy powerhouse. Never really gets injured cuz he's a groundball pitcher, posts elite numbers every year, should be even better in W's this year on the D'backs. And he shares the fantasy guru ( yours truly)'s birthday, May 9th.
Josh Hamilton: Wow, where has this guy been all my life? Homered for the 4th straight game today, anchors the best offense in the game, period. Look at his stats and let your jaw drop. And he's not a one hit wonder. We're watching the blossoming of a fantasy force for the next 10 years.
On the same team, Ian Kinsler's success pretty much tied to JHam's, he gets the runs and SB's while Joshy gets the mashing done behind him. He has 16 stolen bases in 16 attempts, so u figure he has the green light 50% of the time, all the time. ( actually, really just all the time).
David Ortiz out for at least a month, maybe for the season? Ouch. Honestly, though, you could somewhat see that coming. He's had some wear and tear the last few seasons, and chronic problems that's lowered his power production
The Bruce, the bruce, the bruce was on fire! Reds superprospect Jay Bruce finally cooled down and ONLY hit 1 for 3 today. The kid is ridiculous and has jumped out of the gate, but he wasn't good enuff for me not to trade him and randy johnson for adam dunn. All signs point to rookies struggling in their first years, but tell that to ryan braun last year.
Law school as a home? PRE-posterous! Ha ha, listening to 2007 speech by Ronald Garet at USC Law. Going there this fall, as far as i know, and am excited. Incidentally, I have a Illinois vs. USC 2008 rose bowl shirt that pretty much symbolizes my transition from undergrad to law school. Awesome. Now move on to more fantasy, you say. Will do.
Saw major league and major league 2 in the last few weeks about the cleveland indians and "wild thing," winning the division and going to the world series. And lemme tell ya, the 2008 version ain't it. Just for proof, look at the offense. This is not just a fantasy-inept lineup but just inept lineup. Victor Martinez has ZERO home runs yet? Travis Hafner's on the DL, David Delluci routinely hits in the 3-hole ( today it was Ben Francisco, of all people), Garko and Casey Blake doing virtually nothing, and Sizemore not really being a leadoff hitter that they need ( he's still alright fantasy-wise, though, i admit). Dump these guys and any cleveland pitching u might have. ( That includes cliff lee, whose robust start is built mainly on pixie dust).
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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