PLAYERS:
Jered Weaver,
Homer Bailey,
Johnny Cueto,
Matt Cain,
RA Dickey,
Hiroki Kuroda,
Tim Lincecum
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees
In my constant quest to further the collective fantasy baseball intellect the world over (does that sound too preachy?) I sometimes submit guest posts to other fantasy sites. One of those sites, Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks, accepted a guest post I wrote on December 22, 2012 titled “You Should Let Someone Else Draft Jered Weaver.” I don’t like being repetitive if I can avoid it — by the way this is out 1,088th post here on Baseball Professor so I guarantee I’ve been repetitive dozens of times before this — so instead of rehashing everything I wrote about Weaver less than two months ago, I’ll include an excerpt from my previous ramblings.(Also if you haven’t checked out Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks you should give them a try.)Last season Weaver spun 220 spectacular innings, fooling opponents to the tune of a 2.81 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and .213 opponents batting average all while racking up 17 wins for the Angels. It was his second straight sub-3.00 ERA season and his third straight year ...
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