2012: The Year of the DL and the Curse of 1st Base and Contracts

[btmcrushers]

I've realized three things about the 2012 baseball season.

1.) It seems like more people than ever have been on the DL at some point this season. Street, Marmol, Bailey, Farnsworth, Morse, Crawford, Upton, Carpenter, Berkman the list goes on and on. It seems like at the start of the season my fantasy teams were destroyed by the number of people on the DL.


2.) All of the big time 1st baseman are struggling: Lind (Sent to minors), Sanchez (sent minors I believe), Ike Davis, Hosmer, Pujols, then the likes of Votto (take away one game), Fielder and Adrian Gonzalez are not putting up their normal numbers. Arguably the best first basemen in the NL are Bryan Lahair and Freddie Freeman. Freeman may currently be the best 1B in all of baseball (knock on wood).


3.) This is a two-parter:
A.) everyone who recently signed a new big fat contract isn't living up to their value: Votto, C.J. Wilson, Albert Pujols, Brandon Phillips (if I recall correctly), Fielder.
B.) Some of the guys who are in contract years are KILLING it namely: Josh Hamilton and Michael Bourn.

[DirtyBirdy]

Its early, its baseball. The guys who are slumping now will find their groove. The guys who are grooving now will find their slump. Thats the way the baseball world rotates.

[CALVINXLIONSX81]

How is fielder not living up to his contract?

[Ajax1723]

How is fielder not living up to his contract?

Ditto on Votto, .301 average, .455 On-Base, 7 HRs, 28 RBIs, 17 Doubles, more walks than SOs, how is that not living up to the contract? I'd take Votto over Freddie Freeman all day as an NL 1B.

[Zacky1053]

Just look at the guys in the Top 10 in ERA and you'll see the season is off to a weird start (with a few exceptions):

Brandon Beachy
Ted Lilly
Clayton Kershaw
Carlos Zambrano
Johnny Cueto
Wade Miley
Justin Verlander
Derek Lowe
Stephen Strasburg
Gio Gonzalez

[bd3d86]

Fielder is hitting .301 with 7 homers, 24 RBI's. I think he is doing just fine. He was struggling a couple weeks ago, but has turned it around.

[Homerun]

Fielder is hitting .301 with 7 homers, 24 RBI's. I think he is doing just fine. He was struggling a couple weeks ago, but has turned it around.

And Adam Dunn has finally turned it around! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[btmcrushers]

Ditto on Votto, .301 average, .455 On-Base, 7 HRs, 28 RBIs, 17 Doubles, more walks than SOs, how is that not living up to the contract? I'd take Votto over Freddie Freeman all day as an NL 1B.



Take away the last week where he has had 4 HRs and 9 RBIS from just two games and he wasn't doing much until then. Yes I realize we are only about 40 games. Until that point I just don't think he was living up to the $225 mil? he has.

[btmcrushers]

Fielder is hitting .301 with 7 homers, 24 RBI's. I think he is doing just fine. He was struggling a couple weeks ago, but has turned it around.

Fielder is doing better than the others I just kind of expected more before the season from him given the team he is on. That lineup has a lot of potential

[btmcrushers]

Its early, its baseball. The guys who are slumping now will find their groove. The guys who are grooving now will find their slump. Thats the way the baseball world rotates.


Very true I was just stating what seemed to be the trends. To me the most surprising thing is the DL. I can't remember this many impact players being on the DL all at once and for such long periods of times.

[Ajax1723]

Take away the last week where he has had 4 HRs and 9 RBIS from just two games and he wasn't doing much until then. Yes I realize we are only about 40 games. Until that point I just don't think he was living up to the $225 mil? he has.

Sure, if you look at an isolated 30 games, he didn't live up to the contract.

I'm pretty sure every major leaguer ever has had a 30 game mini slump.

[scorpion1157]

i would say my giants got the best bargain in all baseball......hes hot Melky Cabrera :)

[kinar]

i would say my giants got the best bargain in all baseball......hes hot Melky Cabrera :)

Agreed. And Matt Cain is definately living up to his huge contract.

AND Timmy is living up to his lack of a huge contract (if you can count 40mil for 2 years as not being huge).

Now if only they can stay above .500 :)

As for the disabled list...asside from Lance Berkman, Chris Young, and Corey Luebke on my fantasy team, I drafted 2 closers: Wilson and Rivera. Guess who I picked up to replace Rivera? Robertson...ugh.