Well, I keep going deep on these calls and keep digging a bigger hole so I figure why stop? Let’s dig straight to Italy. Why didn’t I say China you ask? Because that little boot of a country had the player I’m talking about this week on its National team this year. Which is really weird when you consider his wiki page says he’s an American. Um, don’t you have to be of said nationality to play for said nationality? Sounds like the standards for playing for a National team are pretty loose. I’d love to see the fill-out sheet to join. Wonder if it looks like this. Well, never mind, these things matter not. What DOES matter is Chris Colabello looks like a nice power pickup for week 24 of our 2013 Fantasy Baseball season…
I know you don’t believe. I don’t think my last two weeks of calling Dustin Ackley and Michael Morse aid me in any way to begin with and now I’m telling you to pick up a 29-year-old rookie who’s hitting .216 and striking out nearly 33% of the time. It’s not a sexy pick for sure. But I didn’t wanna cheat and tell you to pick up guys who’re universally owned in competitive leagues. So I couldn’t bring myself to say ‘pick up Avisail Garcia‘ or ‘nab Alex Presley‘. But now that you’ve read that, you can go check your FA pool and see if someone left them out there just for you…see, I can help in multiple ways! But of course, neither of those guys are the topic. As you can clearly tell from the title, we’re here to talk about odd, old commercials about throat lozenges. Well, that and Colabello. Entering Saturday morning, Chris has been on a bit of a tear of late as over his last 7 games he’s 8/23 with 3 homeruns and 4 walks, good for a crazy hot .348/.444/.783 slash line. Granted, that comes with 8 Ks during that stretch as well, which isn’t exactly a purdy thing and could definitely be a problem for him if he starts not making contact. But we’re here for power and power only right now and power Colabello has. The best part about picking him up for this week? All three of the teams he faces are in the bottom 10 (Toronto tied for 2nd/Angels tied for 7th/A’s tied for 10th) for homeruns allowed. I can’t promise he’ll stay hitting as hot as his average, but if you leave this week with .250 to .260 with a couple of dingers, will you really complain? You would? Well, aren’t you picky. In either case, Colabello is pretty much not owned right now in any league so you won’t be competing with anyone to pick him up. I heard that ‘and for good reason’ back there, reader! In the end, if you need a little power pick me up, Chris has the setup this week to not disappoint. So put on your lederhosen, go grab your alphorn and head to Italy…wait, what?
