Pro tip - don't always be a slave to the big ratings and the card colors. My Bagwell card was clearly not himself this week, only managing to reach 0.8 WAR by Saturday and scuffling with a .754 OPS. I decided I had nothing to lose yesterday and benched him for 91 Don Baylor. All Baylor did was hit 2 dingers in his 'September callup' and I stuck with him for the playoffs. He led the team with 24 postseason RBI's and helped my team win the whole thing at Gold level. Now granted it won't always work out like this, and you have to be a bit lucky to find the hot hand, but sometimes you've got to risk it for the biscuit.
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