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[mrcoaster]

Damn - I should have known I'd be playing Rygel in his minor league digs. Is that the stadium that had "Stripper Pole 7th Inning Stretch Night" last year?

I have a general fantasy question for you all. If you have a pitcher or pitchers who have really struggled to start the season, would you bench him on the very next start? I ask because I'm thinking about sitting Sabathia and Verlander this week. I'm not sure if that is a stupid thing to do or not.

There are situations where you might want to bench a starter later in the season - even a great one, if he's struggling. At this point in the season, however, you just need to ride 'em. Unless a bad outing might cost you several categories on the final day of a fantasy series, you just throw him out there and cross your fingers.

I benched a few guys last year that were great starters because of slumps, but with my pitching staff, I could afford to blow off a start or two. You never want to panic, but you don't want to wait forever for a guy to get going. A top pitcher like Sabathia is somebody you have to roll with until he recovers or just completely blows up.

 

[Rygel XIX]

Damn - I should have known I'd be playing Rygel in his minor league digs. Is that the stadium that had "Stripper Pole 7th Inning Stretch Night" last year?

Yes, but unfortunately, this was also the same night we had the Chris Farley look-alike contest. Apparently, the strippers and the Farley's got their changerooms and agendas mixed up


Note to my own team, "wake-up jackasses!" (after giving AA a 6-0-4 lead to start the week)

 

[Pegaritaville]

Despite my pitching woes (won only 1/5 pitching categories), I managed to slip by with a rare victory in the ESPN league. Didn't have too many of those last year.

My Yahoo team's even more one-dimensional: I won all of the batting categories last week, but didn't get a single point on the pitching end.

 

[Rygel XIX]

Despite my pitching woes (won only 1/5 pitching categories), I managed to slip by with a rare victory in the ESPN league. Didn't have too many of those last year.

You're welcome Peg!

 

[mrcoaster]

I totally won't mind if you continue to feel charitable this week, Rygel, my friend.

 

[Captain Ice]

Not going to pay for Yahoo, though. Just don't care that much. Would rather just check in the morning and be suprised.

Yeah, I'm not going to pay for it either. If I really want to see how the match is fairing during the day, I compare stats between the two team pages. Only the averages I won't know exactly (unless I go game by game).

Hey, Emh. Remember when I warned you about relying on Tom Glavine?
Yesterday: 0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, pulled hamstring.

I hate to say "I told you so," but I did.

He'll be back. I swear it.

Fortunately, he didn't hurt me yesterday and still managed to wipe the floor with Captain Ice.

Which is why we've hired a contractor to bury several of our uniforms in the Timelords' stadium. Unfortunately the contractor is mrcoaster's brother-in-law, so while they are effectively hidden, the stadium now looks like a minefield.

In a bit of preventative medicine, we've also auctioned off the Ken Walter Fan Club's complete set of team jerseys.

 

[Scout101]

^You mean the t-shirts that just have "[insert opponent of the week] Sucks" written on them in Sharpie?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Well. Fuck. Erik Bedard just went to the DL and Alfonso Soriano might be following him. Plus, Posada is still playing only half the time.

 

[Captain Ice]

^You mean the t-shirts that just have "[insert opponent of the week] Sucks" written on them in Sharpie?

NAH, your team shop tried to fuist those off on us. So we just waited and grabbed the real ones when you showed up for this weeks game.

Kinda helps that the laundry you used is run by a real fanatic.

 

[Scout101]

eh, we're fairly low key, as far as fanatics go. Hell, we're the KEN WALTER fan club. I'm guessing that most people have to look that one up, if they get to wondering. Even odds they can even guess the right sport

 

[mrcoaster]

Man...

I was sure I'd find a post from sportzkid on here asking me what I thought of Chien Ming Wang's latest start. Maybe he's out tonight and he'll post about it tomorrow.

I was going to check my matchup with Rygel tonight, but then I figured I'd just wait until the morning and be surprised. Yeah - I'm crazy like that.

 

[tomalak301]

Another CC start, and I'm probably losing in my week. Damn I don't understand what is going on. I know it's still early, but by the time he comes around, I might be so out of it for Fantasy that I won't even follow it anymore. It sucks.

 

[mrcoaster]

You can't quit. That ends up ruining the league for everybody when owners give up and stop trying to improve their team barely three weeks into the season. Try until there's no more time on the clock to be trying. In a 12-team league, there are guys you can pick up to improve your team here and there. Make a trade or two. Read up on some free agent players. Just don't quit. Ever!

 

[tomalak301]

You can't quit. That ends up ruining the league for everybody when owners give up and stop trying to improve their team barely three weeks into the season. Try until there's no more time on the clock to be trying. In a 12-team league, there are guys you can pick up to improve your team here and there. Make a trade or two. Read up on some free agent players. Just don't quit. Ever!

Oh I have no intension of quitting, since I'm not a quitter. It's just a bit distressing that I have been having a good week this week only to have Sabathia go tonight and get beat up by the worst team in Baseball. Having 9 runs off him with probably another 36 ERA or something like that is just not good.

 

[sportzkid]

Man...

I was sure I'd find a post from sportzkid on here asking me what I thought of Chien Ming Wang's latest start. Maybe he's out tonight and he'll post about it tomorrow.

I was going to check my matchup with Rygel tonight, but then I figured I'd just wait until the morning and be surprised. Yeah - I'm crazy like that.

I had not looked at his stats for the night until you mentioned it. I only pointed it out last week since we where going head to head. But overall still happy with him, besides Wednesday's lost, he has only given up 3 earned runs in his other 3 starts.

 

[The Habs Fan]

when owners give up and stop trying to improve their team barely three weeks into the season.

I don't make moves until the third week of the season. That way, more games have passed and I can see who may have a good year and who may have a bad year.

 

[Pegaritaville]

It's just a bit distressing that I have been having a good week this week only to have Sabathia go tonight and get beat up by the worst team in Baseball. Having 9 runs off him with probably another 36 ERA or something like that is just not good.

Hey, Sabathia only ended up with a 20.25 ERA in his last debacle. Having him in the ESPN league, I know how you feel. He certainly puts you into a deep hole when he pitches like that. He's on thin ice with with me, and I don't even have much of a pitching staff to begin with. I'll give him another chance, but if he blows it again, he's off to the bench.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

when owners give up and stop trying to improve their team barely three weeks into the season.

I don't make moves until the third week of the season. That way, more games have passed and I can see who may have a good year and who may have a bad year.

That's how I am, too. Unfortunately, three of my players just went on the DL. That makes up the majority of my moves so far. The other two were early and quick cosmetic changes.

 

[Scout101]

Hey Pegs, if you'll remember, I tried to trade for CC. Carmona and Carlos Pena sounds pretty good now, huh? Thanks for saying no

 

[Pegaritaville]

Yeah, I had several offers for Sabathia, and I foolishly turned them down. My team's scouting department has a lot of explaining to do.