Day: June 25, 2014

Tim writes:

The story in the Mixed Draft League has been all Mastersball.com’s Perry Van Hook, with the rest of the group attempting to stay within striking distance. Perry currently enjoys a 15 point-lead over his second place rival, with a further ten points bacl to the main pack. He’s at or near the top in every offensive category. Led by Miggy Cabrera, Carlos Gomez, and Jose Altuve, with some truly awesome complementary pieces in Khris Davis, Charlie Blackmon, and Michael Brantley. Add in the surging Carlos Santana and it is easy to see why he’s dominating the offensive board.

On the pitching side, Perry lost all-world starter Jose Fernandez early, but his rotation of Anibal Sanchez, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Nathan Eovaldi and two recent $1 free agent additions, Jesse Hahn and Danny Duffy, have allowed him to amass 27-of-30 points in the ERA and WHIP categories. There aren’t a lot of holes in this squad.

Congratulations Perry! We’ve got our work cut out for us in the second half if we’re going to catch Team Mastersball.

McLeod Around the Horn

The closer situation in baseball is about as stable as we’ve seen it since the tumultuous start to the season, and with that stabilization teams have begun to shuffle the deck. The past several weeks have seen numerous trades as teams attempt to shore up their bullpens and make hay in the saves category. There are points to be gained as the closer carousel continues to spin.

For instance, a whopping 40.5 percent of the total FAAB spent year-to-date has been spent chasing saves. We witnessed a mind-boggling 51.3 percent FAAB expenditure chasing saves in the first six weeks of the season. When nearly half of our budget has been spent on one-tenth of the categories in play thought should be given to the rules we use moving into the future of our great game.