TheBaseballStars

TheBaseballStarsNote: We will look at the players that have been disappointments on our respective teams. Obviously Newspaperman has no disappointments because he is the Michael Jordan of baseball. We now turn our attention to The Oz, who got permission from his wife to come out and play. And J.J. it is The Jon, not The Brad. Enjoy.

I had a couple picks that looked plain dumb on draft day. One was Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who I knew had been sent to AAA, but drafted anyway. The other was Kelvim Escobar, whose injury I didn’t know about and who never made it only my roster anyway – since I had more draft picks than roster spots.

Neither of those guys, though, is my most disappointing draft pick of this year.

At this point, it’s the guy who has given me exactly one good day of fantasy worth: J.J. Putz. Now, I wouldn’t be upset if Putz had just gotten hurt, but he got hurt after blowing a save and earning a loss – the ERA-bloating combo meal that no fantasy owner wants to eat.

I spent too high a draft pick on Putz for the output. I drafted him in the fifth round (essentially the 11th round in our five-keeper, one-rookie league). My thinking was that I already had four solid starters, four infielders and two outfielders. I figured I had a chance to get ahead in the closer run (Papelbon had gone a round earlier), and considering the positions I had filled, I thought it was a good move.

I don’t think I’ll end up regretting this pick at the end of the year. Right now, though, I wish I had a top-notch closer.

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