It seems that in continuing leagues everyone is fixated on getting youth. They are either willing to trade a star just because he is 32 years old for the new guy who might/maybe someday be as good as the guy they already have.
New player lists are up and it is time to start thinking about your draft. I am going to try a new strategy this year in my continuing combined league. http://www.scoresheet.com/FOR_WWW/BL_Velli.htm I haven’t made the playoffs in a decade, so something new is clearly needed.
It seems that in continuing leagues everyone is fixated on getting youth. They are either willing to trade a star just because he is 32 years old for the new guy who might/maybe someday be as good as the guy they already have, or they skip drafting an older established good player for the young unproven hot prospect. So, this year I am going to see if I can’t trade young guys for older stars, or spend my high draft picks on overlooked veterans, all in an effort to break my playoff drought. Heck, as they say, flags fly forever, and I think I’ll make this the year to go for it even if I have to mortgage future performance.
Crawford would look very good on my team. I don’t see him in the same class as Sizemore or Markakis, but at 27 he sure does not meet my definition of ‘over the hill’.
Interesting approach. I’ve been hearing Scoresheet owners saying that Carl Crawford is already over the hill at 27 and is obviously regressing. There are many owners who seem to have a memory of about 15 minutes. Let us know how this works out.