GM's OFFICE: Dusting off the May Day Deal
Apr 28 2016
The following exercise was once an annual BaseballHQ.com tradition; a feature that was inked into our Editorial Calendar for the beginning of May each year. In looking through our archives recently, I was surprised to find that we hadn't actually run it since 2010.
Since many of you probably weren't here six years ago (and others have better things to tuck away in the recesses of your memory), let's do a quick refresher on the May Day Deal:
This exercise is about demonstrating the fleeting nature of hot and cold starts. When we're picking players for our teams, and they start well, we always want to believe that we have stumbled on the next great thing: Maybe Vincent Velasquez really is going to be better than Adam Wainwright this year....
Almost!
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