ass hDLes - week 4

I don't make a habit of looking up things on Urban Dictionary, but once I thought it would be a good idea.  This was approximately 11 seconds ago.  I tried looking at the definition for ass hole, but it said "your current boss" so that wasn't very applicable to either this blog post or to my actual boss, who is pretty much awsome.  Then I saw it.  Down below there are synonyms that you can click on for their urban dictionary definitions...Jerk.  That's what I wanted.  I mean, when you hear a guy goes on the DL and you cant swap him out the two things that immediately come to mind are "Ass Hole" and "Jerk Panda".  Wait, the panda part may be just me...but the jerk part probably is you.  And here is what the UD has to say about Jerk...some of the nouns have been edited to make this less about females and sex and more about the important things, like fantasy baseball.

Jerk

Jerks are selfish, manipulative bastards who see fantasy owners as little more then conquests to brag about to their buddies or mere objects that are there for their personal pleasure. As to ensure the  breakup will be in their favor, Jerks often play the "talented guy" early on so the fantasy owner will make most of the moves on HIM, and after he's done with the owner and dumps him or her for some other owner just like him or her, he can make it look like the owner is at fault for coming on too strong, and consequently he or she will take him back if he chooses to return for seconds.

 

Boom.  That pretty much sums it up.  These jerks use us for their personal satisfaction, then break themselves and say we're at fault for over using them because they know then we will put them back in the lineup when they are ready to play again.  What do we look like, a collection of Dusty Bakers and Don Baylors?  Am I chewing a tooth pick?  Am I leaving young, talented pitchers in games to throw 2341 pitches, their arms be damned?  These jerks just don't get it.

This week, we have 3 ass hDLes, 2 of whom are the worst kind of jerk...the one who got hurt during last week, had plenty of time to tell us about it, but waited and went on the DL Monday retroactive to the last game they played.  Pretty much it is the giant middle finger to those of us who play in weekly leagues.

This is happening in Trumbo's leg

1b/OF Mark Trumbo - MWP Masters -
Trumbo officially hit the DL yesterday with stress fractures in his left foot even though he had not played in a game since Monday. Utoh -- Big guy + fractures in legs=bad.  Yahoo tells me that Trumbo missed 6 months in 2011 with stress fractures in his other foot.  Something tells me that Trumbo might miss some time and/or might not be the same Trumbo if he comes back this season.  He is maintaining that this one isnt as bad as the 2001 incident, but again Big Guy+fractures in legs=bad.  Trumbo was looking to rebound this week and had started off 1 for 4 with a HR.

 

SP Chris Sale - Bob's AutoTrackers-

The ChiSox put Sale on the DL on Tuesday with a "left flexor muscle strain," whatever that is.  I played baseball for a lot of years, and though I never threw as hard as Chris Sale, nor did I use the wrong hand like he does, I have never heard of a left flexor muscle.  Thats how bad the ChiSox are right now, people are making up body parts to injure.  The move was retroactive to April 18, so Sale will be eligible to be activated again on May 3rd.   This move proves that it is willing to go toe to toe with fans.  If shirtless fans are willing to jump out of the stands and try to fight visiting first base coaches, then the Sox are willing to mess with weekly format fantasy baseball owners by waiting 4 days and cross into another week to put superstar pitchers on the DL.  As a result, Bob gets 0 innings pitched from Sale this week.  I'll blow this up as big as I can for you:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1b/OF Michael Cuddyer - You Can Call Me Al-

Cuddyer is a favorite of mine.  He was one of the few long time Twins that I could stand to watch play baseball and he always seemed to be a great Beer League softball player getting to play Major League Baseball and enjoyed every second of it as such.  Outside of a couple of big years, he has been largely an average player...until last year when, in his 13th season, his batting average jumped to .331, .050 points above his previous career high, and his OBP hit .389, nearly .025 points higher than it had ever been.  This year he has picked up largely where he left causing Uncle Jimmy to put him into the lineup replacing slow starting Eric Hosmer.  When Cuddy came out of Rockies lineup after last Thursday's game, Jimmy had been using him for 4 games.  Of course, the Rocks didnt DL him until Monday 4/21, and by then he was locked into lineup.  So to recap...games of use: 4.  Games in the lineup but on the DL: 9 though this coming Sunday.

 

 

 

 

That's it for this week.  Enjoy Panic! at the Disco