Who doesn’t wish they had a true story to tell like the night an unlicensed Les Anderson had when he snuck out and took his grandfather’s 1972 Cadillac Sedan de Ville in order to impress his crush. After she passes out, the night takes a wild turn as a joyride results in the Cadillac taking quite the beating. Gotta love when the old, wasted dude gets behind the wheel and somehow manages not to die. And let’s be honest, for those of you that have seen the movie multiple times, who hasn’t thought about Les’s drive to get his pregnant mom to the hospital when you were driving in reverse for a longer than normal stretch? But I think my favorite part of the movie is when the grandfather opens the garage door to get his car, takes one look at the beat to sh!t Caddy, and says “what in the hell is that?”. Just another awesome Corey Haim/Corey Feldman 80’s flick for you. One of many. RIP Les Anderson. By the way, I tried looking up who played the old drunk and I think his name is Henry Alan Miller. Shockingly, his role was apparently uncredited. How can that be? Just look at this performance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tg_q6CYAcM
Who is the world is Yermín Mercedes? Seriously. If you drafted him we need to talk. What info did you have that the rest of us did not? The Yerminator, as his friends from American Pie like to call him, has 21 points in 9 player appearances. That’s a whopping 2.33 points per plate appearance. Relax malamoney, it’s only been two games. Agreed. I will say this, however, in 2396 plate appearances across 8 minor league seasons, Mercedes was a .302 hitter. As Grey likes to say cust kayin’. I looked to pick him up in my CBS league, but he’s only DH eligible. Same in NFC. That’s a tough pill to swallow when you own Yordan Alvarez in one league and J.D. Martinez in another. ESPN and Fantrax have him eligible at catcher which seems like a decent opportunity. It seems with a zero percent ownership last week, Yermin is going from zero to hero in just two games.
Don’t look now but Michael A. Taylor has made it through 9 plate appearances without striking out. Over his eight year MLB career he has struck out 566 times in 1813 plate appearances. That’s a 31.2 percent strikeout rate. Aside from last year when he only struck out 27.3 percent of the time, Taylor has consistently been over the 30 percent mark. He’s what I’d call a strikeout machine. If you’re in a league that deducts for strikeouts (which it should), he’s points league kryptonite. Don’t buy in, he’s fools gold.
Buster Posey has two hits and they are both home runs. I have always been a Buster fan. Except for Buster Douglas as he derailed Iron Mike’s career. I guess the argument could easily be made that it wasn’t actually Douglas that derailed Tyson, but I still wish that fight ended differently. Is Posey that same guy he was earlier in his career? No. But he’s a career .300 hitter with great baseball smarts, and he should be fresh after taking the 2020 season off. It’s very unlikely that Buster is available in your league, but if he is, I’d grab him.
I hope some of you listened to my spreadsheet and scooped up Eric Hosmer before the 14th round. He’s opened the season six for seven with two home runs and a double for 22 points. While I don’t expect him to finish the year as a top five 1B, a top twelve isn’t out of the question. Top twelve means he should be in someone’s starting lineup.
Ketel Marte was another spreadsheet target for me every league. Put it this way, my rankings had him ahead of Ozzie Albies at 2B, yet Albies was being drafted two rounds sooner. Marte has picked up right where he left off in 2019. It’s as if 2020 didn’t even exist and I couldn’t be happier. I guess that’s not really true. We can always be happier. I’m just glad I own him in every points league of which I’m a member. If Ketel has a 2019-esque season he will be a strong contender for most valuable fantasy player of the year. DJ who?
Manny Margot has never really had a solid fantasy season. Is this finally his year? No clue. While it seems like he’s been in the league for a long time, it’s easy to forget that he’s only 26 years young. While he has never been a power hitter, he has already matched his 2020 home run total of one. I’ve always hoped for him to be a 10-15 kinda player. I’m not running out to grab him, but if he was available and I had the bench space, I’d consider taking a flyer.
He’s the Tauchman! Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub. Yo da dub dub. Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub. Yo da dub dub. Michael Tauchman has two stolen bases with no official at bats. Not sure why I mentioned this in a points league post, but I did and now I can’t take it back.
Byron Buxton has two home runs, but was lifted from Sunday’s game with an undisclosed injury. I’m really hoping he’s got diarrhea, but knowing Buxton’s history he’s probably headed for the IL. As much as I like to punish myself I steered clear of Double B in every league except a keeper league where I had him for $2. I should have traded him on Saturday!
I’m not gonna lie, Raimel Tapia was one of my sleepers coming into this season. Batting leadoff in Colorado sounds interesting to me. He hit 9 homers and stole 9 bases in 138 games in 2019. Maybe I’m being naive, but I think 15-15 could be within reach in his age 27 season. Apparently he has some neck soreness which I’m hoping doesn’t sideline him for long as I’d like to see how things play out.
Looking forward to seeing what Carlos Rodon does in this two-start week. I’m rolling him out there!
Tip of the Week: If you are in a daily league where Julian Merryweather has SP/RP eligibility, I would scoop him up immediately so you can slot him in a different SP spot every day of the week the Blue Jays are playing. Tejay Antone is another pitcher that falls into this category. Remember, every point counts. Everyone employs the SP in the RP strategy, but getting a solid RP in the SP spot can be just as powerful
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