Killing me--Encarnacion, Bautista, Kipnis.
Helping: Greinke (traded Corey Ray for him right before the start of the season, when all the velocity hand-wringing had his value low), Triggs, Morton.
Interesting, given how fickle pitching typically is, that 3 hitters are my biggest disappointments, and three pitchers are my biggest over performers. I tend to have better luck than most in gambling on arms, but not as great an eye in picking hitters. I knew Joey B would be meh, and Kipnis might be slow coming back from injury, but I got both cheap, I thought. Not cheap enough so far. EE I thought would be as sure a bet as I could get in both auctions. I really wanted Freeman in one, but bowed out when his price got too high. A mistake.
My biggest regret so far this season is my guy telling me to pick up Dallas Kuechel in a trade for pennies on the dollar, because he is on a guaranteed deal for two years. I chickened out and now regret it.
Helping: Greinke (traded Corey Ray for him right before the start of the season, when all the velocity hand-wringing had his value low), Triggs, Morton.
Interesting, given how fickle pitching typically is, that 3 hitters are my biggest disappointments, and three pitchers are my biggest over performers. I tend to have better luck than most in gambling on arms, but not as great an eye in picking hitters. I knew Joey B would be meh, and Kipnis might be slow coming back from injury, but I got both cheap, I thought. Not cheap enough so far. EE I thought would be as sure a bet as I could get in both auctions. I really wanted Freeman in one, but bowed out when his price got too high. A mistake.
My biggest regret so far this season is my guy telling me to pick up Dallas Kuechel in a trade for pennies on the dollar, because he is on a guaranteed deal for two years. I chickened out and now regret it.
Comment