Hey everyone, I believe I may have one of the most cursed fantasy teams ever. It was in a league with 14 teams, standard innings limit, with a CI, MI, and 5 OF spots (so a pretty deep league). I will admit, I did some prospecting to try to fill spots cheap- but who has this bad of luck? Here's my draft:
Batters:
1. Matt Holliday - Bad play first half, DL stint
2. VÃÂctor MartÃÂnez - Absolutely useless, and DL
3. Carlos Lee - Just went on DL for last 2 months of season
4. Garrett Atkins - So-so play, I'll take it.
5. Bobby Abreu - SB down, but otherwise okay.
7. Paul Konerko - Almost as bad as V-mart. DL
8. Édgar RenterÃÂa - A drain in every category, but not injured!
9. Hideki Matsui - DL for most of the season.
12. Jim Thome - Doing okay, so far...
16. Felipe López - Upside pick, useless after first month.
19. Julio Lugo - Impossibly low R totals, given his OBP. Confusing.
21. Ryan Theriot - The only player to overperform.
22. Billy Butler - Useless, then demoted. Dropped but have back...
23. Randy Winn - Got a good couple months out of him.
24. Dave Roberts - SB source was waste of a pick. DL.
6. John Smoltz - DL for almost whole season.
10. Brett Myers - Played awful, then minors. Still waiting...
11. Rich Hill - Okay, then minors? Nada.
13. Clay Buchholz - Killed my ERA, and minors! This is a trend...
14. Oliver Pérez - Performed as expected.
15. Joakim Soria - Overperformed, go Soria!
17. Brian Wilson - Underperformed on ERA, but I'll take it.
18. George Sherrill - Performed as expected.
20. Kerry Wood - Only 1 DL stint so far. Overperformed.
25. Bob Howry - Handcuff pick (closer situation was unclear)
So out of 25 picks, 7 position and 3 pitchers went on the DL. 6 of these were in my top 10 picks (and all of the top 3), of those only Holliday has shown any signs of being useful after the injury. 3 pitchers sent to the minors! There should be a category for that, and I would win it handily.
To recap, categories of players:
Complete busts: V-mart, Konerko, Renteria, Matsui, Lugo, Roberts, Smoltz, Hill, Buchholz
Partial busts: Holliday, Lee, Butler, Myers
Median performance: Atkins, Abreu, Thome, Lopez, Winn, Perez, Wilson, Sherrill, Howry
Overperformed: Theriot, Soria, Wood
Tell me if you have a team that had worse luck. I'm not talking about a bad draft (this was not a perfect draft, but it was a pretty early one in a deep league). I'm talking about a team where nearly everyone did worse than their projections, either due to injury or unpredictable ineffectiveness and basically no one overperformed. Have at it, lets see your bad teams!
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