The Big Unit Once Again?

Hey guys sorry it has been so long since my last post. But i have been busy and have had a lack of material to write about. I could put you asleep with my positional rankings, but ill save that for later. Instead i figured i would talk about something that is meaninful to a fantasy GM looking for a cheap investment pitcher who still may have something left in the tak............Im talking about Randy Johnson.

Last year was by far the worst of johnson's career where he posted a 5.00 era, a 1.24 Whip and 174 k's though he had 17 wins. Looks like he just needs to fix that ERA and he will be a valubale part to any fantasy team right? Since joining the yankees Johnson's K/9, k/bb, and hr/9 have significantly declined which should probably be expected seeing he was 40+ when he joined the club. Nobody can pitch forever and even the best pitchers skill's will decline at some point.\

What most people remember about the unit last year was his playoff meltdown. What a lot of people fail to recall is his slightly improved stats in the second half. Both his k/bb (2.6-3.2) and his bb/9 (3.00 - 2.3) as well as his Hr rate (1.3- 1.1) improved. Batters also hit more GB against him. His rise in ERA was just him getting unlucky in terms of runners scoring on base becuase almost all of his stats improved. One thing that has not changed about Randy Johnson is that he still dominates Lhers only allowing them to hit .194.

Randy Johnson is not what he once was but with a trip to the Nl in a fairly weak NL West combined with his slightly better second half numbers i think he is fully capable of 15 wins, sub 4 ERA, 1.1 whip and around 200 K's.

So if you guys email me some questions at ajopiela@yahoo.com i will email you back as soon as i can and will adress the good ones in upcoming posts. So once again sorry for the temporary delay i will try to get in a few posts this week.