Today I continue with my recaps, this time reviewing my early January post touting six home run sleepers. I compiled the list by initially sorting the 2017 Brls/BBE leaderboard in descending order and identifying sleepery hitters. Let’s see how they performed.
Yesterday, I reviewed my 2018 bold hitter league leaders. Today we move to the pitching side. These are easier to get right than hitters simply due to greater influence of luck on the results.
Gosh, if you thought getting bold predictions right was a tough task, the bold league leaders is even more difficult. Not only do I have to choose a player who would be considered bold to lead the league in the category in question, but the pick has to at least be realistic enough so there’s an actual non-zero chance of the prediction coming true. Let’s see how I did this season on the hitting side. Here are my original thoughts.
I can’t believe it’s already that time of year again, playoffs and recap season! As usual, I have a ton of reviews to share in the coming months. We’ll start things off with my 2018 bold predictions. I believe four correct is my best showing. Let’s try to beat that. You may also remember that I have a disturbing knack for making bold predictions about players who end up missing a significant portion of the season to injury. Let’s hope that trend has ended.
After posting a 3.12 ERA over 15 starts last season in his MLB debut, which by the way was fully supported by exciting skills, Luis Castillo was rightfully a favorite target for many fantasy owners heading into the year. Unfortunately, his follow-up has been a big disappointment. The 25-year-old has posted a 4.66 ERA, while both his strikeout and ground ball rates have tumbled. He has also been unable to curb his severe gopheritis. When we talk about pitcher inconsistency, Castillo has been the epitome. If we were to ride on a baseball themed roller coaster, it would most certainly be named after him.
This week’s edition represents a reiteration of two previous recommendations. It baffles me both are owned in less than 10% of CBS leagues.
Yesterday, I highlighted five lesser owned hitters who have running wild over the last two weeks. Today, I’ll discuss four hitters who have posted absurd HR/FB rates over the last 14 days. These players are all widely available and could knock another couple out, which may be the difference between a point or two in the homer category, and perhaps RBI.
At a stolen base attempt every 54.8 plate appearances, hitters are trying for a swipe at the lowest frequency this century. That means it’s more difficult than ever to find steals on free agency to gain points in the category. Luckily, there are a handful of hitters who have attempted a bunch of steals over the last two weeks and aren’t owned in the majority of CBS leagues. Let’s discuss them.
The top 12 of the last 30 day starting pitcher strikeout rate leaders is littered with the usual names. But of course as with any metric over an arbitrary time frame, there are a few surprising ones. Let’s discuss the four, who all happen to be 25 and under.
The theme of this week’s deep league wire is POWER. Lots and lots of power. And unfortunately, perhaps nothing else. Most of you could use a couple of extra homers, right?
