LionsandTigersOhMy wrote:I was trying to drop J Mays and accidentally clicked J Mauer. This is on CBS and I was wondering if anyone knew if it could be rectified. Would you email the CBS people, or post on my message board what happened. Any advice on what to do would be appreciated.
Don't post anything. People will wonder why you dropped him and may be turned off. Mauer isn't exactlly lighting it up with his sporadic playing time, so there is a good chance you can grab him again.
Are you kiddin'? Mauer will be claimed IMMEDIATELY.
As for Lions...I think you're screwed, plain and simple. Your only shot is to post on the message board plus e-mail each owner if possible to explain what happened and hope they act accordingly. Unfortunately, the chances of that happening in a public league are remote.
uhh mauer isn't that good. he's a FA in most of my leagues.
If your leagues have 10 or more teams, you're not playing with very smart owners.
I don't know, I'd probably just post that you made a mistake on your message board. If it's a legitimate goof, I'd have no problem letting you pick him up again. Losing your waiver priority is probably penalty enough.
With it not being a keeper league, Mauer hasn't produced enough to be an automatic pickup. The only reason why someone would grab him is because of his name, because his numbers are far from desireable.
theclefe wrote:With it not being a keeper league, Mauer hasn't produced enough to be an automatic pickup. The only reason why someone would grab him is because of his name, because his numbers are far from desireable.
The guy is so hyped and numbers have been better than you think. Look at his career %s and ratios. I don't see how he doesn't get picked up.
theclefe wrote:With it not being a keeper league, Mauer hasn't produced enough to be an automatic pickup. The only reason why someone would grab him is because of his name, because his numbers are far from desireable.
The guy is so hyped and numbers have been better than you think. Look at his career %s and ratios. I don't see how he doesn't get picked up.
If he starts playing, I fully expect him to put up big numbers, but he sits out every three games. Numbers and ratios are great, but in a single season league when a young player isn't producing half way through the season, it is reasonable to believe he won't improve consideraby in the second half. At least, not enough to signifigantly help out your team. Minnesota has given no indication they plan on playing him more, so I don't think there is much allure.
As a Mauer owner in a keeper league, I wouldn't think about moving him. For the rest of this season though, I see him as a speed bump in my offense.
His name more than anything will get him picked up. 26 Rbi's won't.
I did that once...... dropped Curis martin when I intended to drop Curtis Conway...... needless to say the commish was the one who grabbed him off waivers, and had zero intention of giving him back :(
theclefe wrote: Numbers and ratios are great, but in a single season league when a young player isn't producing half way through the season, it is reasonable to believe he won't improve consideraby in the second half. At least, not enough to signifigantly help out your team. Minnesota has given no indication they plan on playing him more, so I don't think there is much allure.
That's a pretty slippery comment. The reasons to believe a young player will not significantly improve his numbers for the second half have more to do with other factors than just low production levels in the first half. Can you show me why it is reasonable to believe Mauer will continue at the current pace?
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i accidently dropped rasheed wallace in my public league this year and posted about it, but he was taken anyway. that being said, wallace had more value than mauer at this point, but i doubt mauer will slide if its a 12 team league. i share your pain though man
theclefe wrote: Numbers and ratios are great, but in a single season league when a young player isn't producing half way through the season, it is reasonable to believe he won't improve consideraby in the second half. At least, not enough to signifigantly help out your team. Minnesota has given no indication they plan on playing him more, so I don't think there is much allure.
That's a pretty slippery comment. The reasons to believe a young player will not significantly improve his numbers for the second half have more to do with other factors than just low production levels in the first half. Can you show me why it is reasonable to believe Mauer will continue at the current pace?
I am speaking more on the impression of Mauer to prospective owners. A young catcher, highly touted, has seemingly underperformed (due to lack of playing time). With only 6 homeruns, 26 Rbis and and 22 runs, he ranks around 15th among catchers in production. Even though his batting average ranks sixth among starting catchers, with only 205 at bats it carries less of an impact.
Assuming a majority of the owners in his league have a clue, why would they drop their catcher for boardline production? Not only that, but they should know Mauer's playing time is not expected to increase in the near future. They would have to gamble that a rookie hitter, who could very well be a year or two away from reaching his potential production will suddenly meet in in the second half.
That would be a high risk move for most in my opinion. Not to mention, he was just inexplicably dropped by a team. That would raise red flags with me, and I certainly wouldn't waste a waiver priority on him unless my catcher died recently.
To answer your queston, it is hard to put a hot streak together playing sporadically. In fact, I am surprised and impressed he has put up these numbers so far. The only hope I see for more playing time is in September whent he Twins are in the playoff hunt, and they need to rely on Mauer and Morneau a bit more.
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by bigh0rt » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:20 am 
The guy is so hyped and numbers have been better than you think. Look at his career %s and ratios. I don't see how he doesn't get picked up.
