Why do players who have been hot for 2 weeks always go cold every time I add them to my fantasy baseball team?

Question

I mean it happens 90% of the time.

Answer 1

Please tell me who you are going to add so I can stay away from them :)

Answer 2

if you find the answer please share it with the rest of us

Answer 3

Boy you said it.

I have the same problem.  I have a waiver wire curse that spans two decades.

I am the "kiss of death" when it comes to hot free agents.

In the end, Joe Morgan says that they call it an "average" because it's just that, the body of work over a whole season.  In the end it works out.

Be patient and ride the storm.  Funny question, thanks.

Answer 4

Players hit hot streaks and cold streaks all throughout the season. The players that don't streak as often are usually the one's that are owned. Sometimes you just have to ride them out. Check a players pedigree, that is to say look into his past history, if he is a .230 hitter for his career, it is highly unlikely he is going to post a .300 BA for very long.

Answer 5

You know, as a stat. fanatic myself, I believe in the law of averages.  Hot usually only goes one way, down.  Try looking at it from the other side of the spectrum.  When a player with above average career stats are a little cold, that might be a good time to take a risk on the chance they'll break out.  i.e.  I left a slumping Mark Teixeira on my lineup and he had a 3 HR game just a couple of days ago.  Another example is, Sheffield has been dropped by quite a few people for his slow first half.  He had a pretty good game yesterday.  You never know though.  

Great Fantasy decisions are best made by research and scouting.  Stats don't lie...(much)            Good Luck!!!