BATTERS: Early April turnover, pt. 1—The Adds
Apr 8 2013
Hope springs eternal at the beginning of each new baseball season and that is part of the joy the game brings to its fans. Yet sometimes that hope can contaminate otherwise sensible fantasy owners with a dangerous optimism and naive trust of small samples. Nobody wants to be late to the party for the next impact rookie of course, but the start of every season can make owners blind to the questionable skills of players that just happen to race out of the gate.
For all the homework owners do to prepare for drafts, it can be hard to resist tinkering with rosters almost immediately. While it makes very good sense to trust the strategy employed in selecting teams and let a reasonable sample build up before evaluating strengths and...
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