Insanity

Not 30 seconds into this Hot Stove League radio show, we hear about some caller or "fan" who suggests this scenario.....

Get ready to laugh really really hard!!!




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This anonymous person believes that the Florida Marlins should trade Hanley Ramirez AND Dan Uggla IN ORDER TO START ROBERT ANDINO AND CHRIS COGHLAN!!!!!!!

Hanley Ramirez career stats:
.308/.379/.527 with 79 HR and an OPS+ of 135

Dan Uggla career stats:
.262/.341/.490 with 90 HR and an OPS+ of 115



Robert Andino career stats:
.201/.250/.299 with 2 HR and an OPS+ of 45
Minor League? .258/.311/.368

Chris Coghlan minor league stats:
.293/.396/.429 with 19 HRs in 3 seasons


Now I understand that these two players might play better defense. But a much better idea would be to move Dan Uggla to third base, put Coghlan at 2nd and keep Hanley at short. Seriously, does anyone think that Ramirez's defense (which has vastly improved from his rookie season) is still bad enough that he needs to be replaced with the horrible hitting Robert Andino. Really? Trade probably THE BEST PLAYER IN BASEBALL AT THIS MOMENT FOR A YOUNGER VERSION OF ALEX GONZALEZ!

I'm starting with the Brewers???

My response to the ESPN fantasy predictions for the Milwaukee Brewers

As for Brewers players, I love Fielder and Braun, not super high on Hart, though he did have the 6th best OPS among NL OF last year and 4th best SLG among NL OF, so maybe I really am. Gallardo over Sheets? by 5 rounds!?!?! umm... no.

I think Weeks can be good, but not so much as a fantasy player. His OBP last year was .374, (compared to .326 by Dan Uggla, whom I still love only cuz im a huge Marlins fan) which means he might score you a few more runs than your avg player, but I'll try getting Utley or Phillips instead a little sooner in my drafts.

In addition, my reasoning for Sheets over Gallardo is that, since assuming injuries is just stupid (I haven't studied which ones linger and which one's don't yet, but I don't really care, either.) that Sheets is, well, the better pitcher and has better numbers. It's value, and Gallardo's value is too high and Sheets is nice and low after a couple of injury riddled years.