Maybe the team sees 5-6 arms ahead of him in line for a 25-man spot and doesn't see any path to a 40-man spot for a replacement-level 36-year old right-handed reliever.
I don't really understand why you keep saying this when my teams are almost always good, and in the only league we're in together I own Soto, Acuna, deGrom, and Franco.
I have the opposite question: Why are people so eager to use a fat 19-year old masher at a position where he'll almost certainly be a below-average defender? The game has changed. You can buy a Moustakas or Asdrubal Cabrera on a 1-year deal as cheap as you can buy a Justin Smoak or CJ Cron for 1B. Instead of playing a guy at the toughest defensive position at which he's not a complete tire fire, why not play him at the toughest position at which he's actually average or a bit better?
I like the look of
1B - Vlad
3B - Moustakas
a lot more than I like the look of
1B - Smoak
3B - Vlad
And in the current climate, it costs the same amount of money.
Well, it Richard Urena was going to make the team before this. I don't think they felt they traded Diaz due to a surplus, but rather because they liked Thornton more as an asset.
Is jays_fever still ostensibly in the league? He’s completely AWOL and will certainly need to be replaced. Silvergun is the only other big question, but you’re the last to talk to him I think.
Every time we've replaced crusty old uninterested owners in LoD the league has gotten stronger, to the point where its probably healthier than its ever been. I'm hoping all the new guys have the same impact here.