RESEARCH: Are Matched pairs a viable option?
Mar 9 2017
Last year in an early season industry draft, I found myself at the turn and took Dee Gordon and Giancarlo Stanton. It seemed like a good move at the time. I hoped to get a combined 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases from the pair with a matched amount of Runs and RBIs. While the actual season results were horrible, I tried to mold two differently-skilled players into a five-category contributor.
When I decided to take on this subject for an article, I figured it would be an easy concept to describe and walk through. But it truth, it isn’t. The problem is that a nearly perfect storm needs to be in place to pull it off successfully. It is often forced. I’ll examine some of the more common stats to match up, then find undervalued players,...
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