MLB Season in Review: Lessons Learned & Tuesday MLB Lineup
With only two more days in the regular season, I figure this will be my last article on baseball and what better way to end it than to give a review of the year. Being my first year of fantasy baseball, there were plenty of “learning experiences” that were a little more expensive than I would have liked. Here are just a few lessons learned the hard way:
MLB Lessons Learned
#1: The “are you kidding me, he’s not playing?” lesson: At the first of the season, I had no idea that teams posted their lineups each day. I would just pick my team and hope for the best. I can’t tell you how many times one of my players weren’t in the lineup. Finding out about being able to check Daily MLB Lineups was a lesson that took a little too long to learn.
#2: The when it rains, it pours lesson: This was not a fun lesson to learn, but it is a very important one: Check the weather; every day. I lost a few too many leagues due to rain-outs. Lesson learned.
#3: The if you join an empty snake draft, don’t forget about it lesson: Have you ever joined a snake draft and waited for it to fill and then forgot about it? And by the time you remember your team is already and is full of injured players? I have done that quite a few times. Lesson learned.
#4: The never play Adam Dunn lesson (learned a few times over and over): Oh boy was this a fun lesson to learn. During the middle of the season he kept showing flashes of turning it around, and with a price tag of $1,500 it couldn’t hurt to pick him right? Wrong! He got me at least -3 every time I played him.
#5: The make sure to check Pitcher vs. Batter stats: At the first of the year I kept hearing people talk about these statistics and I never took the time to check them. I could never figure out why the good competition kept coming up with these great plays every night. Once I started researching BvP, I never went back.
#6: Final Lesson: Baseball is a streaky sport, even fantasy baseball: This lesson is based on bankroll management. Too many times after a bad night, I would try to win it all back the next night by entering more and more leagues. Don’t do it, if you want to enter more leagues, do it after a good night.
If you didn’t get to experience these lessons first hand, then you missed out! Even though it took a while to learn them the hard way, overall it was a great season and I’m sad to see it go. And since there is only two days left I figure I will give you my lineup for tomorrow. I am definitely making no guarantees because last week when I gave you my lineup it only ended up with about 40 points. But hopefully today will be much better:
The Final Lineup
C: Brian McCann: $5,537
1B: Joey Votto: $5,527
2B: Dustin Pedroia: $6,664
3B: Evan Longoria: $8,060
SS: Emilio Bonifacio: $6,714
OF: Delmon Young: $4,233
OF: BJ Upton: $6,251
OF: Mike Stanton: $5,532
U: David Ortiz: $5,728
U: Albert Pujols: $9,072
SP: Javier Vazquez $13,380 (vs. Nationals)
SP: Madison Bumgarner $11,296 (vs. Rockies)
RP: Kyle Farnsworth $1,505 (vs. Yankees)
P: Max Scherzer $10,449 (vs. Indians)
I have a good feeling about this team so feel free to use some or all of it. And if you decide to use any of these players make sure to check the lineups! And the weather! Don’t forget the lessons. Thanks for reading my articles this season! Best of luck as the MLB season closes, and I’ll see you for the MLB Playoffs and NFL Season.
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About the Writer: Derek ‘Notorious’ Farnsworth has been playing fantasy sports ever since he could walk. He loves sports so much he swears his first words were “Michael Jordan.” He recently graduated with a Master’s degree from the University of Utah and is excited for their entrance into the PAC-12. He was introduced to daily fantasy sports last year by clicking on one of Draftstreet’s famous referee ads, and quickly climbed the RotoGrinders Rankings into the Top 25. He also loves betting on sports and the occasional craps table.