SPECULATOR: Buy high, sell low - part 2
May 29 2012
Flipping the coin on last week's exercise, this week we present a group of slow-starting players who we would "sell low" on, because we are pessimistic about their rebound chances over the balance of the season.
Ichiro Suzuki (OF, SEA)
Why you should sell low: Most troubling is that, including all of 2011 plus 2012 YTD, we have nearly 900 AB of lousy (.310) OBP from this former on-base machine. We have long expected his legs to be the first skill to erode (and his Spd says it has, despite stable SB totals in recent years). It's somewhat ironic that SEA has dropped him to the #3 spot in the lineup just as his effectiveness as a hitter evaporated, but the longer this 900 AB "slump" goes on, the less likely it is we see a recovery. In...
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