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Jason Collette

Remorse

July 3, 2009 10:19am CDT

Satchel Paige once said, "Don't look back - something might be gaining on you." At the half way point of the fantasy baseball season, it is only natural to assess your team by looking back at moves you made or didn't make and wonder how they affected your season. I have probably complained about one particular non-move that I made in AL Tout Wars back on Mother's Day weekend at least five times already, but it bears repeating. That weekend, I turned down a trade offer from MLB.com's Mike Siano of Edwin Jackson for my Coco Crisp. At the time, I was already down one outfielder so making the trade would have left me with two holes in my lineup and I was already hurting for regular at-bats. The other reason I declined the deal was the temporary Tourettes Syndrome Jackson gave me over the past few years as a Rays fan. While I have been slowly crawling my way up the standings, Siano is sitting very pretty up near the top because he did not trade me Jackson for the 37 at-bats Crisp garnered from that point forward. Had I made that deal, I would have likely had a net gain of six points from where I am at now which would have put me firmly in 4th place instead of the 7th place spot I find myself in now.

Passing on a trade for Edwin Jackson likely cost you significant points in the standings. Just ask Jason Collette.
Since misery loves company, I asked members of the twitterverse (follow me @jasoncollette to share some of their worst moves of the season that they regret to this day and after hearing theirs, I no longer feel as bad about my inability to pull the trigger on the Jackson deal. Here are some of the doozies that were sent to me today:

From @wlanpher: "On June 4th, I got tired of Troy Tulowitzki and dumped him to add Emmanuel Burriss." Shortly after that date, Tulowitzki started to look like the guy that won the rookie of the year award, while Burriss was sent to the minors shortly thereafter.

From @fantasy411 (Siano himself): "Dropped Justin Upton right before the D'backs fired Melvin and he was rumored to be going to the minors and picked up Hermida." If any of you did Live Advice with me that Sunday night, I implored a few of you to not drop Upton and I hope a few of you besides my good buddy Alex listened.

From @Jeff_Erickson: "I dropped Scott Podsednik a week before he got called up in AL Tout Wars - and I'm still desperate for regular at-bats." Podsednik has been a huge surprise for fantasy owners this year - even the experts did not see this one coming.

From @ajwalsh08: "I swapped Jimmy Rollins for Jose Reyes." This is not nearly as bad as the previous ones but if you own Reyes or Rollins this year, you are definitely miserable.

From @TopGunNumba1: "I dropped my boy Elijah Dukes in March in order to keep Lastings Milledge." You dead, dawg.

From @bmello: "I dropped Ricky Romero and Edwin Jackson because I thought they were both flukes." See, it wasn't just me who did not believe in Jackson! Romero has looked very good of late - especially against the Rays on Wednesday. If he is still available in your league, grab him.

From @FantasyDC_MClay: "Just before opening day, I traded Erik Bedard and Luke Scott for Ricky Nolasco and Travis Snider." Until Nolasco's recent hot streak, this was an awful move but with Nolasco righting the ship and Bedard injured, it is at least a little easier to swallow. By the way, I hope Nolasco is not on a free agent list in any league right now.

From @Dwade: "I dropped Justin Upton for Nelson Cruz." In a 12-team mixed league, he only lost out on $7 of value and that is due to a massive June slump from Cruz. In a keeper league, he will regret that deal for a long time.


As you can see, we all make moves we regret. The worst thing you can do right now to look back at what might have been. Instead, look ahead at what could be in the second half of this fantasy season. The longer you wait to address needs on your team now, the less likely moves are to impact your final standings. If you need to make up 15 saves, do it now as most closers will be lucky to save 15 games from here on out. Is your team banking on rookie pitchers like Rick Porcello right now? Get some backup plans as rookie pitchers typically fade off in a big way toward the end of the season. Go forward, move ahead, try to protect your team. It's not too late!

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