The M*A*S*H Unit
- Prince Fielder
- Shin-Soo Choo
- Derek Holland (see a theme here? Poor Texas!)
- Matt Wieters
- And _________?
The Disappointments
- Allen Craig
- Chris Davis
- Manny Machado
- Justin Masterson
- Kendrys Morales
- Justin Verlander
- Eric Hosmer
- And _________?
The Washed-Ups?
- CC Sabathia
- Stephen Drew
- A-Rod (there's a theme here, too! Heh-heh.)
- And ________?
Comment below or Tweet me back and LMK who else you think fits above.
One intriguing bounceback possibility is Justin Verlander. PECOTA is predicting a nice comeback for the former Cy Young winner, but everybody else seems to be fixated on his declining velocity, as if it's the smoking gun for his impending demise. And it very well might be. But can't elite power pitchers evolve? When their fastballs aren't so fast, don't they learn to "spot" the 92MPH? You hear it all the time. He was a thrower, now he's a pitcher.
OK, so you point out Verlander had an ugly 1.40 WHIP last season.
PECOTA says: How's 1.20 in 2015 grab you?
But a crappy 4.54 ERA in 2014. Ugh.
How's 3.30 sound? Now how much would you pay? But wait, there's more!
And only 159 Ks? Disappointed!
Try 203! Order today!
Throw in the fact that he just wasn't healthy last year -- one might say that this was his core issue -- (#sorry) (#notsorry) and his case for a comeback becomes all the more compelling. I'd also add, he and Kate have to be getting to that point where he's... getting more rest... at night? Right? I mean, right? Seriously? (#justjealous) I'm guessing this is when they met:
Anyway, he went for $37 last year in my AL-only keeper league, making him one of the top 3 pitcher investments. That didn't work out for the unlucky bidder. (C'est moi.) (Although Lester at $23 did. Until, Cubs.) So obviously, I declined to keep him in 2015 and tossed him back into the pool. Now, his average auction price this spring is only $7 -- a full 18 AL pitchers below the average $28 for King Felix. With my inflation rate, I expect he'll go for mid-high teens and deliver good value at that price.
Who do you like as AL Bounceback Player of the Year?
One intriguing bounceback possibility is Justin Verlander. PECOTA is predicting a nice comeback for the former Cy Young winner, but everybody else seems to be fixated on his declining velocity, as if it's the smoking gun for his impending demise. And it very well might be. But can't elite power pitchers evolve? When their fastballs aren't so fast, don't they learn to "spot" the 92MPH? You hear it all the time. He was a thrower, now he's a pitcher.
OK, so you point out Verlander had an ugly 1.40 WHIP last season.
PECOTA says: How's 1.20 in 2015 grab you?
But a crappy 4.54 ERA in 2014. Ugh.
How's 3.30 sound? Now how much would you pay? But wait, there's more!
And only 159 Ks? Disappointed!
Try 203! Order today!
Throw in the fact that he just wasn't healthy last year -- one might say that this was his core issue -- (#sorry) (#notsorry) and his case for a comeback becomes all the more compelling. I'd also add, he and Kate have to be getting to that point where he's... getting more rest... at night? Right? I mean, right? Seriously? (#justjealous) I'm guessing this is when they met:
Anyway, he went for $37 last year in my AL-only keeper league, making him one of the top 3 pitcher investments. That didn't work out for the unlucky bidder. (C'est moi.) (Although Lester at $23 did. Until, Cubs.) So obviously, I declined to keep him in 2015 and tossed him back into the pool. Now, his average auction price this spring is only $7 -- a full 18 AL pitchers below the average $28 for King Felix. With my inflation rate, I expect he'll go for mid-high teens and deliver good value at that price.
Who do you like as AL Bounceback Player of the Year?
UPDATE: After the news about his triceps, I wasn't sure what to bid him up to. He went for $20 to another team. I took teammate Anibal Sanchez for $27 instead.
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