Welcome back to Patience or Panic, where this week we’re examining a slew of hitters who are particularly tough to pin down. That’s because instead of being all-around disastrous, there are positives mixed in with their negatives, and it can be hard to make sense of what it all means in the big picture. Well, in the big picture, all of this means nothing, since it’s just a game to distract us temporarily from the harrowing realization that life is meaningless. But let’s not get that big picture, because fantasy baseball is way more fun than Camus. So let’s do a deep dive on these big names and see if there are hidden treasures to be discovered, or if they are just old boots caught on the fishing line.
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Disagree on Trumbo. He consistently always does worse in the 2nd half of the season and he hasn’t done much the first half so far. I had him all last year and this year up till this morning when I dropped him for Dickerson. He could provide some value, but only for deep leagues.
Thanks for the good news Ryan :)…..
I have both Story and Trumbo on my team right now and not feeling too good about that. I am leaning towards being patient with both, get good back-ups and hope for the best….
Though Trumbo might have some trade value…..Trevor is another “Story”.
The thing to remember with Trumbo is for most of his career, he’s been more of a 25-30 Homer bat. I think he can return to that kind of pace (so 12-15 HR ROS), but last year was probably an aberration.
Dickerson, as in Chris Dickerson, as he was still available? Well I’m 100% behind that, Dickerson is a beast. Trumbo probably won’t be that good, but better than this. I don’t think 1st half/2nd half splits are very reliable data, and even less so for pitchers. I mean, he didn’t really slow down much second half of last year. I’ll keep my eye on him though.
Wasn’t Machado a 1st in every draft? He was SS eligible – not that he needed it.