MARKET PULSE: A Kang-do attitude

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.

Sometimes we need to speculate, and our first player up for bids here may be one of those guys. He's not likely to cost you much in FAAB, but could be turning a part-time gig into something more steady. We often find opportunities where we may need to take a bit of a chance. Weighing the upside and the downside, the benefits and the costs, we sometimes see the scales tipped toward picking up a player with a particularly unknown future. You need to pick your spots, strike when the time is right, and a bunch of other cliches, but do take a...

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