lawr wrote:agreed again, in that those players--butler, dejesus--are usually a little undervalued. that should make grienke interesting in the coming year.
but,they also have a hard time assembling a dominant year.
grienke as the example you cited. what would his totals be like were he a yankee or dodger though?
Greinke would have a lot more wins. But considering the ballpark effects of Royals stadium and Yankees stadium, I actually
think that his ERA would rise, not to high levels, but higher than last year.
Going back a long time, Carlton had some of is best years playing on a team that was lousy. Ditto, Robin Roberts and that
was for almost his entire career. There have been pitchers who play on bad teams and still do very well. There are also
pitchers who play for good teams who for whatever reason don't win as many games as expected. The only thing
Greinke missed last year was a few wins and a fantasy player who chases wins is trying to catch lightning. Wins are
just too fickle.
Every team has one hard luck pitcher who to team doesn't support with many runs, so it even happens on good teams.
I don't know that it is this season, but I think Butler has a 30 HR season in the two or three years. Whoever gets him at
a discounted price that season will be very happy.