SPECULATOR: 2018 Mulligans

Last week, Fred Zinkie looked at some macro-level commonalities among this year’s biggest busts. It put us in a forgiving mood here at the Speculator. We'd like to hand out some mulligans this week to those who, frankly, stunk up the joint in 2018.

These are guys who sliced one into the woods this year; be it due to injury (especially the hidden ones), bad luck, or just a plain old off year. But they've parked plenty of drives down the fairway before, and could do so again in 2019 if we toss just 'em another ball.

You’ll need a short memory (and room in your soul for forgiveness!) if you rostered these guys in 2018, but here are five from each league where circumstances warrant a mulligan. They could return to form next year at a...

Almost!

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