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Written by Bob Taylor
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:26 |
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My Hurler league team is currently a blight against humanity, and one of the biggest reasons why, shockingly, is because middle relievers have destroyed my team ERA and WHIP. We're not yet two weeks into the season, and I've already had four middle relievers get blown to pieces while in my starting lineup. I drafted Okajima because I always figure a dominant middle reliever is more valuable in a daily lineup league with a roomy max-innings limit than a junk starter. Okajima's ERA/WHIP with my team -- 18.00/4.00. I additionally drafted Balfour for that reason, along with the fact that he should be good for the occasional save the season. Balfour's ERA/WHIP with my team -- 20.25/3.75. Because I'm going to struggle with saves in this league, I also picked up Jon Rauch, who is presumably next in line if Qualls struggles. (At least, he was presumably next in line.) Rauch's ERA/WHIP with my team -- 16.20/3.00. Tired of this bullshit, I then cut Rauch for Grabow (which has actually worked out okay) and Okajima for Wheeler (uhh, not so much). Wheeler's ERA/WHIP with my team -- 18.00/2.50.
So despite the fact that I put together a very solid squad of value starters who have performed well thus far -- guys like Danks, Young and Volstod -- my ERA hovers around 6.00 and my WHIP around 1.60 because these middle relievers I keep throwing in my lineup are getting smacked around like Rihanna on a weekend getaway with Chris Brown. Hell, at this rate, I might be better off going with junk starters. They certainly couldn't do any worse.
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