Josh Beckett?...Bounce back?...or bust?

[ghostfacek]

any smart manager wouldn't take this guy too early.. if you think he can bounce back, then try to snag him a little later, but if you take him too early you might be paying a heavy price for that blister.. those things are a bitch for a couple years before they finally go away ...

[ajgnydc722]

Didn't touch him last year and won't this year, unless he drops ridiculously low, which he won't.

[acsguitar]

I think Blister Boy Bounces Back

[GreenMonsterGoon]

He will do neither. He will have some great outings when the blisters are gone and he'll be on the DL. Get him and play him when he's healthy.

[Lofunzo]

I like a big year from him.

[mtarail]

Just curious here. Last year in my 5x5 12 team drafts Beckett was gone in the 6th-7th round. What is the earliest that you'd pick him in that type of league?

Personally, I don't think I'd take him before the 9th.

[Lofunzo]

Just curious here. Last year in my 5x5 12 team drafts Beckett was gone in the 6th-7th round. What is the earliest that you'd pick him in that type of league?

Personally, I don't think I'd take him before the 9th.

It's really hard to tell until you get started on the draft. I have said before that I wouldn't take a player before this or that round but things change on the fly.

[tlef316]

ive been burned by him a few times, but i still have faith. He has the talent to be an absolute horse. just has to start peeing on his hands

[kimchi_chigae]

[sockeye]

I got burned by him last year, too - was my 1st SP taken (3rd round).

I heard all that garbage about pickle juice and whatnot, and just kept thinking about growing up on my parents' horse farm. Half your life is spent shovelling you-know-what from the stalls. All the Marlins have to do is send panty-waist Beckett to Dad's farm for two weeks before the season and Boom!, problem solved. Of course, that would entail some actual physical labor on Josh's part, not just keeping a hand in a packle jar while playing Nintendo.