Hi folks. I suppose a bit of an introduction before the last post might have been good. My name’s Andy and I write about the Pirates over at Bugs & Cranks. Yes, that’s right, I’m a lifelong Pirates fan, and that might be a harder admission than telling a roomful of strangers that you’re an alcoholic.
Given my MLB allegiance and the fantasy baseball slant to this site, I thought about trying to write a post about giving Roto advice as it pertains to the Pirates players. Well, I started making some notes, and here’s what I came up with: by no means should you ever draft: Jose Bautista, Nyjer Morgan, Jack Wilson, Ronny Paulino, Matt Morris…that’s as far as I got. My hand started to get tired. In case you’re curious though, here’s a link to 40 other people you probably don’t want on your fantasy team either.
Tom Gorzelanny and Ian Snell are both young pitchers you actually might want to consider. However, they’ll probably be lacking in a certain important fantasy pitching category *ahem* wins *ahem*. In addition, young Pirates pitchers have shown a remarkable propensity to get hurt or flame out over the past 15 years, so both of them are karmically due for a bad season. So there, I may actually have taught you something you didn’t know.
Anyway, the big story we’re running today over at Bugs&Cranks is a debate over the respective MVPs for each league. In that vein, I thought it might be fun for any readers out there to share who the MVP of your fantasy team was this year. Maybe it was a five category stud like Alex Rodriguez, whom you took with the third overall pick and he carried you to victory. Maybe it was a late waiver pick up like Reggie Willits, whose steal total allowed you to steal the category and keep the big trash talker in your league from taking the crown yet again.
My fantasy MVP this season was A’s pitcher Dan Haren, whom I got with a low round pick. Not only did his beard remind me of how my dad rocked it throughout the 80s, but his spectacularly consistent performance kept my staff afloat and kept me out of the indignity of finishing in the basement.
What about all of you?
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November 19th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
My fantasy team MVP was none other than Mike Lowell who I picked up last year for 5 bucks. He was much sought after during the season by the teams looking for keepers but in the end I decided to keep him so I have him for one more year at 5 bucks.