Monday, July 09, 2012
The daily grind: mid-season review
Posted by Brad Johnson at 3:07amThe All-Star break offers a nice opportunity to reflect on the first half and make changes. Let's cover anything and everything worth discussing over the next few days.
I think the general format thus far has been satisfactory, but often leaves much to be desired. I plan to turn my daily hitter recommendations into a more detailed grid. Pitcher recommendations will remain the same since only a few are made per day.
While it would be awesome to add tons of content, I have only 30-40 minutes to write this column each morning. It will be interesting to see if maintaining the hitter grid gives me more or less time to work with. If I were to drop a section, should it be "Reliever Watch" or "Yesterday's Results?"
One major change I plan to implement is to cut the content from today and tomorrow to only tomorrow. If you are in a same-day transaction league, simply reference the column from the previous day.
Below I have included a sample of the hitting grid with only AL East teams. What do you think? I will probably also add a column for opposing pitcher, but that might be too much to update on a daily basis.
| Team | Player | Ownership | Match-up quality | Playing Odds | Recommend (Y/N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orioles | |||||
| Wilson Betemit | 6% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Xavier Avery | 0% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Jim Thome | 6% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Red Sox | |||||
| Daniel Nava | 8% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Ryan Sweeney | 3% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Cody Ross | 42% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Yankees | |||||
| Raul Ibanez | 22% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Andruw Jones | 1% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Rays | |||||
| Luke Scott | 13% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Sean Rodriguez | 7% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Carlos Pena | 42% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Elliot Johnson | 9% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Jeff Keppinger | 2% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Blue Jays | |||||
| Yunel Escobar | 43% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Adam Lind | 26% | 0/5 | N | ||
| Rajai Davis | 15% | 0/5 | N |
If this change proves too difficult to maintain, I will revert to the previous format.
Good luck down the stretch.
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)....I know tons of guys that play daily leagues for $$$ (Draft Street, FanDuel, etc) that use this info on a daily basis. You have a good start, you could really have something here in short order…..go big!
This is a good idea, it makes it a bit more organized and also easier for you. I think it’s a good call.