How many positions does Zobrist qualify for in your league? I'd go Altuve and Shields, unless Zobrist qualifies for like 2B/SS/3B/OF. Then I'd at least consider Zobrist for roster flexibility.
I can't remember another season that had top 10 teams losing so frequently. Seems like there's been multiple lose per week for the past 2 weeks or so. Should line up for an awesome tournament, seems like there's 20 or so teams capable of getting to the Final Four
Prime? .275 .345 .460 BABIP it up by twenty points each in a career year. I think he's 4-5 years from a year like that if he does it though. No qualified SS but up an OPS better than .782 last year, so if you think his prime is .800+ you probably should be putting a lot of your chips on him.
It seems like a lot because it is. That probably is too much, but if Lucroy is healthy I think I'd do it if we also got Will Smith or Wily Peralta out of the deal with him. Or have the deal expanded with the Rays where we'd get McGee as well as Lucroy.
He's making the 2nd highest single season salary ever this year plus gets the opt out. He apparently had longer/higher total deals out there. 27.5 is the 2nd highest single season salary ever? For a position player, yes. [tweet]
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Kind of a weird trade. Rockets give up rights of two foreign players who will never be in the NBA, they get a player who was key to playoff run last season from one of the teams they beat during the playoff run AND the Clips pay his salary for the rest of the season. Clips get nothing and pay to get rid of a player to an in conference team who got the most of said player the year before and have struggled to replace him. Just weird. Rockets get a player who could spark them back to life and if not they have no cost or downside to taking the shot. Why would Clips do this? Josh Smith is pretty terrible, plus the Clippers have a log jam of players with it only going to get worse when Griffin comes back soon. Rockets need bodies at PF/C with Howard playing sporadically and Montajumus (spelling) hurt. The Rockets really should consider going the other way trading everyone and blowing it up to acquire lotto picks/young talent, it's pretty clear they are never winning with Harden/Howard as their 2 best and highest paid players.
I mean, you at least have the option to do it. Especially on Cubs off days, when no-hitters are happening, down the stretch for home field/WC, etc. If you can spend $84 you can spend the $120 or whatever and have the full options.