What is there to make of yesterday's games?
The biggest event was the Baltimore Orioles scoring 18 runs. It played a big factor in me losing a game I scored a lot of points in (I played one Oriole Adam Jones, who wasn't one of the cheaper guys who don't get a lot of starts). I posted a screenshot of this contest yesterday.
But the lesson is that among the many minefields (things that are out there that you could accidentally step on to explode your day) in DFS is the one MLB team (or game) exploding for a huge run total. It doesn't happen too often in the post-steroid baseball world, but it does happen. I think it's important to remember that when you lose these in these types of games, you shouldn't get too down on yourself. It's just a tough day, shake it off, and get back into the batter's box for the next contest.
That being said, it wasn't like the Orioles/Red Sox thing was completely out of the blue (sure 18 runs is a crazy total). However, both teams have lineups than can hit. After the SF/COL game was called, it became the game with the highest Over/Under line in Vegas. And both pitchers (Bud Norris, Wade Miley) entered the game with ERA's higher than a run per inning. I should chastise myself a bit for not taking advantage of this game. The minor lesson is one should not just hope to avoid these blowout games, but make efforts to attempt to predict where they might occur and endeavor to be on the receiving side of all those runs should they occur.
Probably not going to happen too often, but it is important to be aware of this possibility.
The biggest event was the Baltimore Orioles scoring 18 runs. It played a big factor in me losing a game I scored a lot of points in (I played one Oriole Adam Jones, who wasn't one of the cheaper guys who don't get a lot of starts). I posted a screenshot of this contest yesterday.
But the lesson is that among the many minefields (things that are out there that you could accidentally step on to explode your day) in DFS is the one MLB team (or game) exploding for a huge run total. It doesn't happen too often in the post-steroid baseball world, but it does happen. I think it's important to remember that when you lose these in these types of games, you shouldn't get too down on yourself. It's just a tough day, shake it off, and get back into the batter's box for the next contest.
That being said, it wasn't like the Orioles/Red Sox thing was completely out of the blue (sure 18 runs is a crazy total). However, both teams have lineups than can hit. After the SF/COL game was called, it became the game with the highest Over/Under line in Vegas. And both pitchers (Bud Norris, Wade Miley) entered the game with ERA's higher than a run per inning. I should chastise myself a bit for not taking advantage of this game. The minor lesson is one should not just hope to avoid these blowout games, but make efforts to attempt to predict where they might occur and endeavor to be on the receiving side of all those runs should they occur.
Probably not going to happen too often, but it is important to be aware of this possibility.
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