'Helpful' Lists
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:36 am
I drafted Zack Greinke in the 11th round of a DC Draft this week. Greinke has been drafted mostly in the eighth round of most drafts.
For you that believe in 'Value Picks', go ahead and scream 'value'.
I think of Greinke as an aging pitcher who can still fool some hitters.
Certainly not a difference maker on any roster.
And this post is not about Greinke per se or 'value'.
Writers make lists. Podcasters make lists. We make lists.
None of us follow them to a tee. We make them because it is what we believe, at the time, to be right.
When we make lists, we can deviate from those lists as much as we want. They are OUR lists. Nobody but OURS.
When a writer or podcaster makes a list, he is trying to 'help' their readers in focusing on what player may be better than another.
We perceive these lists to be an honest effort in trying to help us.
But, what if they really don't believe what they write?
I'm currently in a draft with Frank Stampfl.
Until this morning, I did not know Mr. Stampfl from a hole in the ground.
By dumb luck, I was doing some research for pitching and came across his name.
On the CBS site, there are individual lists by writers and podcasters.
One of those lists is that of Mr. Stampfl.
I looked at it and was shocked.
Listed as the number 22 pitcher on his list is Zack Greinke.
What?!
I'm in a draft with this fella and I know I just got Greinke in the 11th round!
He was the 45th Starting Pitcher taken!
Not only that, but in the sixth round, he drafted Zack.......Wheeler, a pitcher he had seven spots below Greinke on his 'helpful' list.
This really isn't to besmirch Stampfl. I get that it is a knee jerk reaction to put seasoned pitchers and pitchers with a history of being good high on lists.
But man, whatever happened to 'Practice what you preach'?
Talk about a 'value pick'.
An opportunity to get somebody listed as 22 on that list for half the price of 45?
It's clear that he doesn't really believe in Greinke.
At the same time, he wants to perpetuate the thought that Greinke is as good as he ever was.
It just goes to show that we have to take all 'helpful' lists with a grain of salt.
For you that believe in 'Value Picks', go ahead and scream 'value'.
I think of Greinke as an aging pitcher who can still fool some hitters.
Certainly not a difference maker on any roster.
And this post is not about Greinke per se or 'value'.
Writers make lists. Podcasters make lists. We make lists.
None of us follow them to a tee. We make them because it is what we believe, at the time, to be right.
When we make lists, we can deviate from those lists as much as we want. They are OUR lists. Nobody but OURS.
When a writer or podcaster makes a list, he is trying to 'help' their readers in focusing on what player may be better than another.
We perceive these lists to be an honest effort in trying to help us.
But, what if they really don't believe what they write?
I'm currently in a draft with Frank Stampfl.
Until this morning, I did not know Mr. Stampfl from a hole in the ground.
By dumb luck, I was doing some research for pitching and came across his name.
On the CBS site, there are individual lists by writers and podcasters.
One of those lists is that of Mr. Stampfl.
I looked at it and was shocked.
Listed as the number 22 pitcher on his list is Zack Greinke.
What?!
I'm in a draft with this fella and I know I just got Greinke in the 11th round!
He was the 45th Starting Pitcher taken!
Not only that, but in the sixth round, he drafted Zack.......Wheeler, a pitcher he had seven spots below Greinke on his 'helpful' list.
This really isn't to besmirch Stampfl. I get that it is a knee jerk reaction to put seasoned pitchers and pitchers with a history of being good high on lists.
But man, whatever happened to 'Practice what you preach'?
Talk about a 'value pick'.
An opportunity to get somebody listed as 22 on that list for half the price of 45?
It's clear that he doesn't really believe in Greinke.
At the same time, he wants to perpetuate the thought that Greinke is as good as he ever was.
It just goes to show that we have to take all 'helpful' lists with a grain of salt.