Processing the News
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:53 am
All of us get mostly the same information at mostly the same time. On that level, we're similar.
The major difference in each fantasy player is how we process that information.
I'm in two drafts right now.
Aaron Nola fell to the fifth round. DJ LeMahieu is still not selected in the seventh round. Same with Tommy Pham.
Freddie Freeman's owner doing a "Oh, Woe is me!" on chat.
David Price owners are pissed.
Sal Perez and Hector Neris have the virus.
Felix Hernandez is sitting out the season.
Mike Trout and Buster Posey are talking about doing the same.
And Giancarlo Stanton is doing his best hitting when he does his best hitting....When it doesn't count.
And Tanaka goes down for the count.
THAT, my friends, was ONE DAY of news!
How do we process all that?
The knee jerk reaction is to avoid every player that has any connection to the virus.(Or line drives to the head!)
That may not be right.
These players may be out there on Opening Day and now have anti-bodies to fight the virus to boot.
That, would be a good thing.
In the meantime, we know other players are going to test positive.
And with each day it gets closer to the season, the worse it'll be for their fantasy owners.
14 days of quarantine and two days of negative testing still gets every player affected by positive tests on Saturday, a chance to be on the field by Opening Day.
(Although Starters are gypped in not stretching out)
In three weeks time, we may be saying that we should have seek out Pham , Freeman, et al as bargains instead of using avoidance.
In three weeks time, all the news from yesterday will be old news.
Seriously, I'll take Freeman with the Chills today over Alex Bregman who is drafted in a similar spot, with a positive test on Opening Day.
A positive test means 16 missed days, minimum.
14 in quarantine.
Two for testing negative on days afterwards.
Again, for pitchers, it's realistic to miss even more time.
And we're not even taking into account how sick a player could become, missing more days.
So for players who test positive during the season, they miss a quarter of the season.
For pitchers, a third of the season.
Making almost ANY player testing positive after August, droppable.
We only have nine weeks of FAAB. Those nine weeks are going to be integral in any cash won.
The draft will be a lottery in hitting or missing Covid players.
FAAB, the fixer.
And almost every team is going to need a fix.
We didn't sign up for this.
We entered a 'Texas Hold 'EM' tournament and we're playing a game where two's, and nine's, and one eyed Jacks are wild.
Anything can happen.
We try to inject as much skill as possible into our game, but we need Lady Luck in our corner.
Without her, we're at the mercy of a news day like Saturday.
May Lady Luck have mercy on our Fantasy Souls after that news day.
The major difference in each fantasy player is how we process that information.
I'm in two drafts right now.
Aaron Nola fell to the fifth round. DJ LeMahieu is still not selected in the seventh round. Same with Tommy Pham.
Freddie Freeman's owner doing a "Oh, Woe is me!" on chat.
David Price owners are pissed.
Sal Perez and Hector Neris have the virus.
Felix Hernandez is sitting out the season.
Mike Trout and Buster Posey are talking about doing the same.
And Giancarlo Stanton is doing his best hitting when he does his best hitting....When it doesn't count.
And Tanaka goes down for the count.
THAT, my friends, was ONE DAY of news!
How do we process all that?
The knee jerk reaction is to avoid every player that has any connection to the virus.(Or line drives to the head!)
That may not be right.
These players may be out there on Opening Day and now have anti-bodies to fight the virus to boot.
That, would be a good thing.
In the meantime, we know other players are going to test positive.
And with each day it gets closer to the season, the worse it'll be for their fantasy owners.
14 days of quarantine and two days of negative testing still gets every player affected by positive tests on Saturday, a chance to be on the field by Opening Day.
(Although Starters are gypped in not stretching out)
In three weeks time, we may be saying that we should have seek out Pham , Freeman, et al as bargains instead of using avoidance.
In three weeks time, all the news from yesterday will be old news.
Seriously, I'll take Freeman with the Chills today over Alex Bregman who is drafted in a similar spot, with a positive test on Opening Day.
A positive test means 16 missed days, minimum.
14 in quarantine.
Two for testing negative on days afterwards.
Again, for pitchers, it's realistic to miss even more time.
And we're not even taking into account how sick a player could become, missing more days.
So for players who test positive during the season, they miss a quarter of the season.
For pitchers, a third of the season.
Making almost ANY player testing positive after August, droppable.
We only have nine weeks of FAAB. Those nine weeks are going to be integral in any cash won.
The draft will be a lottery in hitting or missing Covid players.
FAAB, the fixer.
And almost every team is going to need a fix.
We didn't sign up for this.
We entered a 'Texas Hold 'EM' tournament and we're playing a game where two's, and nine's, and one eyed Jacks are wild.
Anything can happen.
We try to inject as much skill as possible into our game, but we need Lady Luck in our corner.
Without her, we're at the mercy of a news day like Saturday.
May Lady Luck have mercy on our Fantasy Souls after that news day.