Post-Draft Review: Chase-ing Pink

Chase-ing Pink (ClemensDirtyNeedles) came away from the draft with a consensus steal as of the end of April: Pat “the bat” Burrell. In OBP leagues, Burrell is Diet Adam Dunn - he’ll never impress with the average, but a high OBP and he’ll hit 35+ HRs if he stays healthy. In the 9th round of our draft, I’d [...]

Post-Draft Review: Da Jesus

Da Jesus had an interesting draft. He went strong on pitching in the first two rounds, taking guys that the Dynasty Killas would have considered histop 2 pitchers on draft day: Aaron Harang and James Shields. Subsequently trading strength to plug weakness (and strengthen keepers), Da Jesus traded Harang for Troy Tulowitzki prior to opening day in the [...]

Real Men of Genius: Mr. Short, Scrappy, White Middle-Infielder/Utilityman

Here’s to you, Mr. Short, Scrappy, White Middle-Infielder/Utilityman. You have more guts and grit than men twice your size. Being physically gifted is no match for your scrappiness.
Although you probably won’t hit 10 HR in the Post-Steroid era, you always take the extra base. Nobody sprints harder down the line on weak, routine groundballs to [...]

Post-Draft Review: Carlos Silva 40M

In a true show of how he feels about his team 3 weeks into the season, Silva 40M has renamed his team “Worst Team Ever”.  This is probably due to the unimpressive starts to the season that Uggla, Zimmerman, and Carlos Pena (compared to last year).
The draft is really what’s killing him. After Rafael Furcal, [...]

Post-Draft Review: Adorable Baby Pandas

In light of the long time between the last post draft review and the reality of being already 3 weeks into the season, the remaining Post Draft Reviews will be slightly different from the previous ones.
Note: The team has changed it’s name to The Three Seashells.
The keepers on this team allowed little flexibility in drafting as the [...]

Lastings Milledge Update IV

Wonder boy - AKA LASTINGS MILLEDGE - has taken a stab at week 3 of being a full time starter. Let’s see how the Nationals CF is treating opposing pitchers (hopefully, those numbers are more impressive than this picture we dug up). Based on Lastings’ 75 at bats, he projects (over 600 abs) to a .280 Avg, .345 OBP, with [...]

RA DICKEY V. JOE SAUNDERS, APR 18

RA Dickey will get his first start of the year today. Joe Saunders has been hot, beating up on the M’s last Sunday to avoid a sweep.
What to expect from RA Dickey - 74 - 81(!) MPH knuckleball, mixed in with a 88 - 91 MPH fastball, and an occasional 65 - 70 MPH [...]

An Ode to Terrence Long

Since we discuss this former top prospect bust in comparison to the great one himself, LASTINGS MILLEDGE, let’s call to the attention of everyone exactly the stature of the man we’re discussing.
Terrence ["Neon"] Deon Long was born Feb 29, 1976 in Montgomery AL. After a high school career that saw the young man flourish as [...]

Lastings Milledge Update III

Lastings is now on pace for a decent year: .308 AVG, .351 OBP, (and based on 550 ABs) 169 hits, 85 runs, 11 HRs, 53 RBIs, 11 SBs, 32 walks and 63 Ks. All things considered, a year like that might not live up to the hype that LASTINGS MILLEDGE has generated for himself, but [...]

Post-Draft Review: 40oz to Farney

Farney, who has subsequently renamed himself Lecherous Goldenberg to simultaneously show off his superior fantasy vocabulary and poke fun at the irony of a frat brother that was the opposite of lecherous, had a pretty decent draft. Getting Chipper Jones in the first round will provide strong power and OBP numbers for the 450 ABs a year that he’s [...]