A Need for Speed

All my Yahoo teams this seasons seem to be lagging behind in the stolen bases department. Its a result of focusing a little too much on RBI's and power on draft day. And besides, picking players purely for speed and the number of stolen bases is a tricky proposition considering most seem to have limited production in other statistical categories. It sort of flies in the face of defending the argument that a well-rounded team would be successful.


Outside of top 10 talent such as Hanley Ramirez or a Jose Reyes, who uniformly produce hits, runs and RBI's besides 20-30 SB's, other players are usually picked purely for their speed. For instance Jacoby Ellsbury, guaranteed to tag 50+ SB's this season, but provides very limited Runs/RBI's support. Michael Bourn, Willy Taveras are others who come to mind with similar challenges. Very one dimensional value to the team. Which is probably a good reason they remain available in a few waiver wires.



At this point in the season, and we're only in the second month, I would have to almost give up worrying about my SB tally and instead hope my team can top (or make up) the other statistical categories.



Disappointing end to the last week. With the exit of Manny Ramirez, Team Navaneeth nose-dived from #5 to #8. TwoTimes continues to linger around listlessly. But top heartbreak of the week would be ThreeTimes (H2H league) who despite having maintained a healthy lead, for most of the week, over week 5 opponent, Hammers, without the production of Youkilis, Young and Berkman over the weekend games who were out due to injuries, ended up losing 3-6. Dropped to .500.



Added -

Kansas City closer Juan Cruz (replacing closer Jokim Soria who hit the D/L; ),

Cubs SP Sean Marshall (provided with WIN on Sunday)

Tommy Hanson (Atlanta's much touted SP, yet to make it to the big leagues, absolute monster @ AAA)



Dropped -

Dexter Fowler, Paul Maholm, Bronson Arroyyo, Jordan Zimmerman (trying to get him back though)
















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