[fredbeene]

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

Yeah, but sometimes there are reasons you might not see why a player is struggling. Maybe it happens that the pitcher mix, or the stadium mix, or something about your opponents causes a guy to be better or worse than you expected, so maybe a change is warranted.

I mean, it might be dumb luck, but for example, Gallo was running a negative war for me on the season yesterday when I had logged in, so I ended up swapping him to my reserve roster and shuffling other guys around. I'm not going to bench Trout because he has a bad month or two in-season, no, but once you get a a little bit into the season, it's time to figure out how your platoon bats are faring. I also find I need to check in a little bit just to make sure my guys are playing right - if I note that a top guy is only on pace for 120 games in the season, I gotta rethink how often I sit him out vsR/vsL.

Although mostly, it depends on if I actually have a better roster guy available. So if I built up some points and won an auction, or opened packs, or sold a guy, when you want to throw them in the lineup is a good chance to rethink what other options you have going for you.

It sure seems like players do get tagged for better/worse performance.
I was in a BL where 4 Larry Dierker cards led the league in wins (3 in one conf, 1 in the other). This league had plenty of other higher gold and above)