Monday, June 15, 2009

Fantasy Errata has given up on the Nationals bullpen

Washington Nationals, I quit. You have defeated me. I am a relentless save vulture-r, nose constantly to the ground for the faintest whispers of an injured stopper. But, having gone through Beimel, Wells, Tavarez, and Hanrahan in multiple leagues, some of them more than once. I am done with this situation. -- Poor Greinke. Too bad you aren't in the NL, like Yovani Gallardo, who knows how to get shit done himself when his teammates suck. The entire Kansas City lineup better have avoided eye contact with Zack the rest of the night. For what's it worth, Hanrahan saved (in ugly fashion) the last game, so I guess go with him. -- Rivera seems like he did just fine tonight. -- Carl Crawford had one of the ugliest lefty v. righty pitcher at-bats I have ever seen tonight. Yeah, Papelbon throws gas, but maybe he should have been able to identify THE SAME PITCH THROWN SAME FOUR STRAIGHT TIMES! -- David Ortiz=stick a fork in him. I think Abreu and B.J. Upton not only homer before him, but have more homers than him. He looks like he can't get his hands sorted out to power on breaking balls, and his bat speed is to slow to get around on anything but a mistake fast ball. He just looks awful, and the fact that he apparently has no intention of adjusting his stance or getting off the plate does not bode well. It's amusing to watch other owners play David Ortiz every day, for fear that he'll suddenly break out. -- I hate it when Yahoo runs articles on players I have waiver claims on. Chris Coughlan* (*I'm not even going to go look it up) should be 2B/3B/OF eligible within two to three weeks, and stolen base potential from an MI position is gold. He had 34 in the minor leagues last year in less than 500 at-bats, and we all know how the Marlins run. -- Two questions: why is Ben Zobrist not starting in the OF for the Rays every game, and why is he unowned in so many leagues? Gabe Kapler (who should have been cut after Swisher struck him out before he even got back to the dugout) is blocking him? HAHAHAHAH. Gabe Kapler may have the body of a greek god, but he should be getting out of the way for Zobrist soon. -- Verlander buy low opportunities are long gone, but maybe Edwin Jackson is available? Only one walk (and that was in the last frame of his appearance) in his last start made me a believer. -- So many vulture opportunities ... yeah, they say it's only 15 days, but who knows when Soria gets back? I'd pick up Cruz immediately (he's a damn good reliever anyway, even if he only weighs 145 and is 6'2"). Farnsworth ... oh boy. Well, maybe the Royals turn to Farnsworth, and closing gigs are actually easier than middle relief, but I'd have to be desperate. -- Grabow owners, hope you cut him when you heard Capps was coming back. I know I did. Whew. -- Latroy Hawkins is doing pretty damn well. I actually think he's a buy low, not a sell high. Find an owner convinced that Valverde will be healthy for the rest of the year and offer up some scrap for him. -- Christian Guzman: NO. -- I only have Adam Dunn in one of my two leagues this year. Damn. Every one of his ratios is pointing to a career year, particularly the line drive rate. -- Jose Reyes has been heating up lately, but not enough to satisfy me! Produce shithead! -- Aramis Ramirez=complete bitch. Alexei Ramirez owners, he's doing EXACTLY what he did last year. I'd buy low on him/pick him up off the waiver wire. I mean, shortstop is a blackhole this year. He still may go 20/20, and given that he has six stolen bases already, 15/30 ain't that bad, either. -- Brad Lidge has just been awful. Awful. Should have gone with my gut and taken Broxton (I thought Broxton would come back to me). Gotta own Madson, folks. These lingering knee issues have all the signs of being with Lidge for the rest of his career.

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