Re: My Blog is Back and Your Gonna be in Trouble...hey la, hey la, My Blog is Back!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:26 pm
So what do you guys think of Riley Greene? The Detroit phenom was available in my league, one of 12 leagues where he was avaiable. He is now owned in 100% of the leagues, so there is something there worth speculating. This week, he went for big bucks, especially as we are now getting close to mid point. Highest winning bid was $361, the lowest winning $147. My winning bid was an out-of-character $213 (runner up bid $161). The FAAB $$'s spent still leave me mostly in the upper echelon as far as money left (though it burns that the guy who has been pretty much leading my league and at one time even holding the top spot overall has the most money by more than $200 over the next highest).
Anyway, I rolled the bones on this guy even though batting is much stronger than my pitching.
The big question I ask myself is "why"? First reason is I just do not see an impact arm on the horizon. Sure, somebody will pop up, but timing an usage are very questionable. Will they come to do any real good? Not sure, so I acted now as I feel most of the prime "new" arms are up/owned (Baz, Kirby, Hunter Greene), or hurt (Grayson Rodriguez). Some impact DL arms available, but they are weeks if not months away. What good will they do me in mid-August?
So what will Riley do for my bats? Last year, he hit minor league highs of 24 HR and 16 SB. At 21, no one knows how he will hit major league pitching and right now the Tigers, who seem to be committing to their youth movement (too bad Miggy won't be around to see it come to fruition) have hit Greene 5th against the two righthanders he has/will face in his first three games, and 6th against the lefthander, so I am hoping for regular play, in a decent and hopefully ascending spot in the batting order. Can't bank on average, which I desperately need, but some additional speed on my team will also be great.
Slotting him into my OF where Mookie was. When Mookie comes back, and if Bryant can finally prove healthy, I hope Greene will help me on my offensive march while I continue to plug holes in my pitching.
Anyway, I rolled the bones on this guy even though batting is much stronger than my pitching.
The big question I ask myself is "why"? First reason is I just do not see an impact arm on the horizon. Sure, somebody will pop up, but timing an usage are very questionable. Will they come to do any real good? Not sure, so I acted now as I feel most of the prime "new" arms are up/owned (Baz, Kirby, Hunter Greene), or hurt (Grayson Rodriguez). Some impact DL arms available, but they are weeks if not months away. What good will they do me in mid-August?
So what will Riley do for my bats? Last year, he hit minor league highs of 24 HR and 16 SB. At 21, no one knows how he will hit major league pitching and right now the Tigers, who seem to be committing to their youth movement (too bad Miggy won't be around to see it come to fruition) have hit Greene 5th against the two righthanders he has/will face in his first three games, and 6th against the lefthander, so I am hoping for regular play, in a decent and hopefully ascending spot in the batting order. Can't bank on average, which I desperately need, but some additional speed on my team will also be great.
Slotting him into my OF where Mookie was. When Mookie comes back, and if Bryant can finally prove healthy, I hope Greene will help me on my offensive march while I continue to plug holes in my pitching.