im in a dilemma. before you read on, please understand that upwards of 95% of you wont care or even understand what im talking about, but im in a tight spot, as george clooney would say. i have one add/drop left for my 5x5 fantasy baseball league and i need a little bit of everything, but i think im gonna go for a hitter since i recently traded carlos betlran and have a gap in my once formidable outfield (since may its been bonds, sosa, beltran, b. williams, ichiro, corey patterson, and jacque jones but since then patterson has torn his acl, ive traded beltran and williams has just sucked or been likewise injured.) but theres three outfielders im interested in and theyre all similar, but theres a bunch of questions about each one. they are jay gibbons of the orioles, jose guillen of the a's and phil nevin of the padres. guillen is having the best season, but it was with the reds and now hes with the a's who play in a pitchers park instead of the reds little bandbox so i think hes gonna struggle for the rest of the year. nevin missed the first half of the season but is the best hitter in the group, but it may take awhile to regain his form (72 hr's the last two years). and gibbons has never hit like this before. i dont know what to do and ive only got 52 games left so i need to make this move fast. auggh! its so stressful. life is so hard sometimes. so for those of you who know the players...who should i go with?
Posted by dp at August 7, 2003 2:48 PM | TrackBackI would lean toward Guillen, if only because the A's tend to get really hot bats for the last month of a season. Don't underestimate the importance of a good real-life team supporting your fantasy player. (Nevin and Gibbons are playing for teams that might charitably be described as mediocre.)
Posted by: mesh at August 7, 2003 3:13 PMyeah i know and the a's have been hitting a lot better since they got guillen, its just that guillen hasnt...yet. plus that whole switching leagues and types of parks thing. i mean id be a lock for double digits in homers in great american ballpark so it wouldnt surprise me to see guillen's numbers fall off now that hes not playing there half the time.
Posted by: dp at August 7, 2003 4:08 PMI'd take Gibbons (in fact I have him as a 5th outfielder/first baseman). He plays in a hitters park, and at least he's played all year for the same team. Plus his 2002 numbers aren't bad, so there's precedent.
Posted by: the booth at August 8, 2003 2:51 PMi went with guillen. he just has the better stats, esp. avg, which i need. and he is with the better team.
Posted by: dp at August 10, 2003 1:15 AMshouldve gone with nevin, i knew it!
Posted by: dp at September 24, 2003 7:46 PM