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Just curious. Why? Doesn't seem like age has gotten to him yet, and if they keep his innings down he should be rested.
I figure if I say it every year, I'll eventually be right.
The weird thing about Rivera is... he throws ONE pitch. Exclusively. As long as that one pitch continues to move as it always has, he'll always be effective. He could seriously be effective as a 50 inning reliever for the next 10 years if the cutter still bites. He's a unique pitcher that for the most part is really unaffected by his age.fair 'nough
Varitek? What makes you think that? Was it perhaps his complete crappiness last year (.703 OPS)? Or maybe it was his complete crappiness 2 years ago (.672)?Ortiz had a good 2nd half and a good overall split against lefties. I think you will see him sit against almost every lefty this year. So, he wont hit 40 homeruns, but he will have decent OBP and SLG numbers.PIK95 said:
Yea, Papi's bat speed just isn't there anymore for him to play against lefties anymore. He'll be a solid guy coming off the bench in the late innings when a lefty starts, but he'll need to be benched in the late innings when lefties are brought in on days when he starts.Oh, and while we're saying people like Varitek are going to be bad I am going to take this opportunity to write that Dontrelle Willis will suck, Maggs won't live up to his contract, and Carlos Guillen is going to get hurt.
Anything close to 100 OPS+ would be very welcome after all the drek they have had over the years.
Agreed.I'm cautiously optimistic on Pineiro. The big change for him was Duncan, and he can keep up with tamping down the walks and flyballs, he should be OK in the fairly light-hitting AL West.Really? Holliday is a guy I love this year. A full year of batting behind Pujols, guy could put up monster #'s. He's the real deal.PIK95 said:Matt Holliday is gonna be bad.
A monkey randomly picking names out of a hat could probably have the same success. If it wasn't for pantagrapher and his 3/4 (Hill, Lee, Ibanez) a ######ed monkey picking names out of a hat could have done better.Hits - Matsui, Bay, Vazquez, Hill, Ibanez, Lee, Aramis, Rollins, ScutaroMisses - Furcal, Andrus, Berkman, Santana, Rivera, Uggla, Varitek, Big Papi, Piniero, Holliday, Lincecum
?Vasquez isn't shot, he had a bad month and I would actually list him as a miss.As for the hits, Berkman was said to not be returning to Lance Berkman land, which I don't think he is.Santana is no where near what he wasVaritek was a part time, aging catcher who got dinged with age. I will concede, I THOUGHT Pinero was shot and hadn't check in on his stat line and he's actually doing a decent job.
update?
Dan Uggla in OBP leagues.
I never would have touched him on draft day, but he's just having a monster season.Of course I never thought he'd hit .260+ let alone ,280+I
He has the same season every year though, just with a lower BA. 27/31/32/31/27 Hrs in his first five years and the last three years he is +.350 OBP. One of the best dynasty trades I made was getting him four years ago, allowed me to deal Cano, too.I never would have touched him on draft day, but he's just having a monster season.Of course I never thought he'd hit .260+ let alone ,280+I
Currently sitting at 85.Julio Lugo put up an 86 in Boston last year.
