PLAYERS:
Carlos Gonzalez,
Prince Fielder,
Mike Trout,
Andrew McCutchen,
Matt Kemp,
Justin Upton,
Asdrubal Cabrera,
Shin-Soo Choo
TEAMS: Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Indians
TEAMS: Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Indians
Cargo has some severe splits. Image courtesy of flickr. I drafted Carlos Gonzalez in 2010 in an auction draft for $22. People scoffed at what I paid. This was largely because of the people sitting at that table, only me and two other guys even knew who he was, and even those two didn’t really think he was worth $22. I may have overpaid a bit at the time, but it was worth it by the end of the year (111 runs, 34 homers, 117 RBI, 26 steals, .336 average). The following year I traded Cargo straight up for Prince Fielder and people though I was dumb. But I was 100% certain that Cargo could not repeat his 2010 season, AND I am also a huge fan of Prince, especially in a league that counts walks and strikeouts for hitters. This article could very well go on to explaining the proper way to sell high, or even talk about how to find the guy that will in fact propel your team to a contender before anyone else knows what’s going on. But that’s not what we’re going to do. Instead, we’re going to ...
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