This week we are a team without a quarterback and we are left groping in the dark trying to pull together a nice, clean, professional show. Did we succeed? Not in the least. But we did manage to get something recorded which is saying a lot! Dana border hops for two weekends in a row, and still manages to come up short when it comes to anything exciting, and Trees washes a car. I guess what I’m trying to say here is don’t submit this episode for consideration for the Super, Mega, Awesome Podcast Awards. Or SMAPA if you’re nasty. And then or course… GAMES GAMES GAMES GAMES!
Week 6 Results - Let's Go Dana, Let's Go! Boom-Boom!
There are two topics that stand out for this week’s fantasy update.
1. Dana needs a win badly. Two quick points of advice. A. Drop (don’t bench) Don Kelly. I’m not going to bother elaborating. B. Get someone in that 2B spot.
Moving on…
2. Josh Hamilton! Holy shit Josh Hamilton!
Los Strikes Back
I’ve been playing in the MLB.com system for a few years now, and I don’t ever remember a player having that many points for one week in this format. That is bananas. A lot of this stems from his amazing FOUR home run game. It was only the 16th time in baseball history a player has done that, and he had several other great games this week as well.
It’s easy to root for Hamilton. He’s had more than his share of off-field problems in his career and he’s recovered from them all. The stat line at the end of his career won’t reflect how good he is because of those setbacks, but at least everyone watching baseball today knows his talent.
The standings after week 4, once MLB.com let us see them.
This was a big problem week for MLB.com. Their fantasy database started having issues on Friday and we didn’t get the results from the weekend (or the whole week’s finals) until Monday afternoon. Once the fog lifted this is what we were left with.
I could lecture on about making sure you bench guys who are on the DL and fill any empty slots, but this week I was beaten by a team that didn’t field a first baseman, so what do I know?
To clarify what I wrote last week – substitutions (including replacing DL players) take place only before the week starts – so this means when you see injuries happen you need to go to your lineup, and then click on the next week’s roster to make the swaps. Don’t forget to hit save once you’ve done that. You also won’t see any drop / add players appear in your current week’s lineup. You’ll see them in the next week if you click on that.
Harper and Trout should be stars, but maybe not this season.
Now a quick note about call-ups. Some high profile ones have already happened, both last week. Bryce Harper and Mike Trout are two of baseball’s future star outfielders and their teams have put them on their active rosters. There’s no guarantee how many games players like this will see, or how long it will take them to adjust to playing regularly at a higher level, but they can sometimes be worth picking up and putting on the shelf just in case.
Carlos Santana and Giancarlo Stanton are both guys who I’ve seen taken early in fantasy and have helped their teams in their first partial year.
