The title pretty much says it all. So here we go, in the order of standings:
1. Ben- Have a glance at Ben's roster and nothing really jumps out at you. His keepers have been somewhat disappointing. Well, not disappointing. we'll call it pedestrian.
Matt Cain has been downright bad, Ellsbury has been alright. Cano well below expectations. Gonzalez is lacking keeper-worthy power at 1B. How is he in first? Should we revisit the luck index?
Holy Shit Chris Davis is the 2nd ranked player in baseball.
In case you are wondering, yes, my observation for Ben's team is that he has Chris Davis.
2. TJ- The league's most absentee manager (in terms of events, Drew is most withdrawn from managing a team) is in second place, as evidenced by the 2 next to his name. His closer-heavy strategy has seen two closers go on the DL, so now he kind of has a normal amount of closers. But that's not the observation. On a team that has Albert Pujols, Jose Bautista, Ryan Howard, Jay Bruce, Ian Kinsler and Freddie Freeman, the second highest rated offensive player behind Justin Upton is Josh Donaldson.
Don't adjust your computer monitors. or iPhones, iPads, competitor's versions of those products. I feel like no one is actually reading this on a computer monitor. The second best team in the league's second best hitter is Josh Donaldson.
3. James- Ok, I'm running out of time, so starting with Mams these will be shorter. Mams has a good outfield, as we've all heard, but oddly enough when I was checking it. He has the 41st, 42nd, and 44th ranked players according to Yahoo! All in his outfield! Weird. Hopefully soon I will find out who #43 is...
4. Jarrett- He had 9 players ranked in the preseason top 100. He has 8 players ranked in the top 100 now. Not bad, you might think. However, only 3 of those players ranked right now were preseason ranked in the top 100. Conclusion: Jarrett is a really good judge of talent, or Jarrett is a really bad judge of talent.
5. Alex- His DL just makes me sad. Granderson, Utley, Stanton, and Josh Johnson. All former keepers. Most former keepers of Alex. What a sad DL. I was going to write for James that he also had 4 players on the DL, but Alex's DL is made up of all former or current keepers. James' could be if Drew keeps Jim Henderson next year (not ruling it out) and the other two pitchers come back and be good again.
6. Adrian- Holy DLs. Adrian has 6 DL'ed players, along with an NA. I would call Adrian out for not paying attention or updating his roster but I got a message from him the other day saying something along the lines of: "Fuck, another player on paternity leave"
7. Kurt- Only one pitcher drafted was in the preseason top 100. At this juncture, six drafted pitchers are in the top 100. Not bad.
8. Colin- And we have reached the biggest keeper spread in the league! Mike Trout = 1 overall. Cole Hamels = 873 overall. The two best players in baseball alone do not a team make.
9. Richie- It's been a rough year for the Richman, so I will go easy on him. Carlos Gomez was a really nice draft pick!
10. Drew- He has no pitchers ranked in the top 50! What!? his highest ranked pitcher is Chapman at 52. His next best? AJ Burnet at 111. Unbelievable. You can spot start a better pitching staff. Yes, this is the same team that kept the past two AL Cy Young Award Winners.
Oh yeah, the 43rd ranked player is Adrian Beltre
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