MARKET PULSE: Doolittle, too late?
May 24 2014
See the end of the article for an explanation of the ratings used here. And a thousand thanks to the folks at OnRoto.com for providing the oh-so-important league ownership data for this article.
Another week, another round of closers. We may be on a pace for 184% turnover in closer roles. We also have a borderline league-switcher and several guys not worth chasing. Plus ça change...
Shallow Leagues
Soooo... Junior Lake (OF, CHC) has hit .391 over the last week, with a 91% ct%. So he must be turning around, right? Not so fast—it's one week. True, contact and patience are the missing pieces to what could be a very good puzzle, but we don't ignore 400+ AB of 69% ct% because of one week (and if you're inclined to believe this is just...
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