El_Chingon 1,813 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, Backdoor Slider said: Weekly league or minimum bench spots with lots of injuries and/or holding prospects. Lots of reasons to want your bat in the lineup, even if it’s 0-3 w/RBI groundout. Not all of us have space for a guy who plays 4 times/week. Not sure where the confusion would be. Pretty sure most are aware there are many different set-ups. Glad he’s great for you though 👍🏼 My confusion is because you should have done your homework and known platoon bats like Shaw and Joc would sit vs LHP before drafting them. If they don't fit your league format or roster construction for whatever reason, don't draft them and then come to their player thread and whine about it later. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 1,180 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, El_Chingon said: My confusion is because you should have done your homework and known platoon bats like Shaw and Joc would sit vs LHP before drafting them. You're making stuff up. Pederson is a platoon bat, Shaw was not. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Backdoor Slider 8,372 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, El_Chingon said: My confusion is because you should have done your homework and known platoon bats like Shaw and Joc would sit vs LHP before drafting them. If they don't fit your league format or roster construction for whatever reason, don't draft them and then come to their player thread and whine about it later. 133 PAs v. LHP last season. For reference, Yelich had 192 PAs. That you didn’t know that he wasn’t a platoon bat, tells me you’re the one who hasn’t done homework. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cmilne23 10,559 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, Max Rockatansky said: Yeah, I'm sure "platoon bat" is exactly what fantasy owners thought when they drafted him. Did you draft him expecting to toss him out against lefties? He hit .209 with a .599 OPS vs LHP last year. And a .900 OPS against RHP with 30 of his 32 homers. It’s pretty cut and dry here on how to utitize him. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smeeze 6,281 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, El_Chingon said: My confusion is because you should have done your homework and known platoon bats like Shaw and Joc would sit vs LHP before drafting them. If they don't fit your league format or roster construction for whatever reason, don't draft them and then come to their player thread and whine about it later. Shaw played in 152 games last year. How is that a platoon bat? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 1,180 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Cmilne23 said: Did you draft him expecting to toss him out against lefties? He hit .209 with a .599 OPS vs LHP last year. And a .900 OPS against RHP with 30 of his 32 homers. It’s pretty cut and dry here on how to utitize him. No I drafted him thinking he was good. 36.1 K% against righties so far, only 5 qualified players in the league are worse than that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST. STEVEN 4,540 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 He can't hit lefties. He won't see them much, esp after Hiura gets the call. He pleaded with them to give him a chance to prove he could make the adjustments and hit them...they gave him another shot in ST and last I remember was he was at 0-20 with mostly Ks...he struggles enough with how they shift him against RHs... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El_Chingon 1,813 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, Cmilne23 said: Did you draft him expecting to toss him out against lefties? He hit .209 with a .599 OPS vs LHP last year. And a .900 OPS against RHP with 30 of his 32 homers. It’s pretty cut and dry here on how to utitize him. Exactly.... I drafted him knowing I would not have started him against left-handed pitchers. where he does more harm than good. Not sure why this is so hard to understand? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cmilne23 10,559 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, Max Rockatansky said: No I drafted him thinking he was good. 36.1 K% against righties so far, only 5 qualified players in the league are worse than that. Rough start. 132 games left to correct it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Backdoor Slider 8,372 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, El_Chingon said: Exactly.... I drafted him knowing I would not have started him against left-handed pitchers. where he does more harm than good. Not sure why this is so hard to understand? At least you’re ignoring and no longer pretending he was drafted as a platoon bat like Pederson. I appreciate that 😂 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El_Chingon 1,813 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 37 minutes ago, Backdoor Slider said: At least you’re ignoring and no longer pretending he was drafted as a platoon bat like Pederson. I appreciate that 😂 His splits vs. LHP are so awful that he was begging for a platoon partner. Didn't need a crystal ball to see a platoon coming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlexxelA 147 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I drafted him way too high and it took a while, but I finally dropped him. He killed my average. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dicka24 455 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) I drafted Shaw by design. I loved the multi position flexibility in one of my hardest, deepest, short bench leagues. He "was" not a platoon bat. However, things change all the time and I think his struggles have affected that. Just be mindful of it moving forward. If you see a lefty heavy week, consider your other options. Hopefully he gets hot and all this changes but teams seem more inclined than ever to play match up baseball. Edited April 30, 2019 by dicka24 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Redsfan34 97 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 This guy has been such a bum. Drafted with confidence in multiple leagues. Two more weeks like this and I’m going to drop, probably already should have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FootballFan101 381 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/29/2019 at 9:43 PM, AlexxelA said: I drafted him way too high and it took a while, but I finally dropped him. He killed my average. Shaw was probably the most overranked player in preseason (although Aaron Nola could make a good argument there as well). As others here have said, strikes out way way too much and only uses 1/3 of the field. There were a ton of red flags from last year and even from spring training this year where posted 25 strikeouts and 0 walks. I don't think you'll regret dropping Shaw. At best, he's a 1 category guy (HR) who will be a big liability in AVG, and it's entirely possible he will be this year what Chris Davis was last year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cmilne23 10,559 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, FootballFan101 said: Shaw was probably the most overranked player in preseason (although Aaron Nola could make a good argument there as well). As others here have said, strikes out way way too much and only uses 1/3 of the field. There were a ton of red flags from last year and even from spring training this year where posted 25 strikeouts and 0 walks. I don't think you'll regret dropping Shaw. At best, he's a 1 category guy (HR) who will be a big liability in AVG, and it's entirely possible he will be this year what Chris Davis was last year. I wouldn’t go that far. He’s averaged 31.5 homers 93.5 RBIs the last 2 years and is 15 for 17 in SBs in that span. So he can chip in some cheap steals. Average could be mediocre, probably has more value in an ops league than average league. Edited May 3, 2019 by Cmilne23 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FootballFan101 381 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Cmilne23 said: I wouldn’t go that far. He’s averaged 31.5 homers 93.5 RBIs the last 2 years and is 15 for 17 in SBs in that span. So he can chip in some cheap steals. Average could be mediocre, probably has more value in an ops league than average league. Fair enough about the RBIs the past two years, but 15 SBs total in two years is not helping you in SBs. I guess we'll have to disagree about this, but I don't see Shaw getting anywhere close to 30 HRs and 90 RBIs this year and I think the average is going to be a LOT worse than "mediocre". Edited May 3, 2019 by FootballFan101 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hockey_Baseball 319 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 It won't be happening for him next week, either 😟 He only faces 3 righties, and 2 of them are Scherzer and Strasburg. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El_Chingon 1,813 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 8 hours ago, FootballFan101 said: Fair enough about the RBIs the past two years, but 15 SBs total in two years is not helping you in SBs. I guess we'll have to disagree about this, but I don't see Shaw getting anywhere close to 30 HRs and 90 RBIs this year and I think the average is going to be a LOT worse than "mediocre". It is May 3 and we have a ton of season left....this is not fantasy football. In 2017 he hit .281 with a .892 OPS vs. RHP, last season he he hit .251 with an identical .892 OPS vs. RHP. Big mistake dropping a bat with this kind of power especially in leagues where he still has 2B eligibility. Sit vs. LHP, start vs. RHP. Rinse and repeat ROS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FootballFan101 381 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, El_Chingon said: It is May 3 and we have a ton of season left....this is not fantasy football. In 2017 he hit .281 with a .892 OPS vs. RHP, last season he he hit .251 with an identical .892 OPS vs. RHP. Big mistake dropping a bat with this kind of power especially in leagues where he still has 2B eligibility. Sit vs. LHP, start vs. RHP. Rinse and repeat ROS. Shaw was a useful player against RHP the past two years. However, just because he was the past two years, doesn't mean he is this year anymore. Chris Davis was a useful fantasy player too until last year. Two things with Shaw really concern me 1. His K rate has jumped all the way up to 33% this year, compared to 18% and 22% the past two years. K rates are historically one of the fastest stats to normalize, so I can't treat that massive jump in strikeouts through 5 weeks as a fluke. 2. The league has really figured out that Shaw only uses a third of the field and have killed him with the shift, just like with Chris Davis. The shift is why Shaw's average went down from .273 in 2017 to .241 last year despite actually slightly reducing his K rate last year compared to 2017. Now, add in the fact that Shaw is striking out 15% more often than last year, and you're very likely looking at a guy who will hit under .200 this year. Edited May 3, 2019 by FootballFan101 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dicka24 455 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I want to move him out of frustration and need, but then I see his numbers the last 2 years and I feel like I'd be making a mistake in haste. The last 2 years have been very good. The added 15 SB can be important in roto leagues where 5 to 10 steals can me a few spots in the standings during this depression era for SBs. I'm going to hold on a little longer, but am benching him in LHP heavy weeks. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smeeze 6,281 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Out of the lineup again tonight (lefty). 🚽 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El_Chingon 1,813 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, smeeze said: Out of the lineup again tonight (lefty). 🚽 Not sure why this comes as a surprise? And even he were starting in real life, why would you want him to start for you in fantasy given his splits vs. LHP? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smeeze 6,281 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 30 minutes ago, El_Chingon said: Not sure why this comes as a surprise? And even he were starting in real life, why would you want him to start for you in fantasy given his splits vs. LHP? Not a surprise, just disappointing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B&F 986 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 His Zone contact percentage has cratered. Seems like a loss in bat skills. Not sure how a player still in his prime all of a sudden loses it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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