Better Lucky than Good.

Especially when half of your team is Day to Day...

My team is facing a very strange week this week with Hanley, A-Ram, Thome, Hawpe, and Ziegler(already missed 1 save chance) all day to day and have yet to play so far. I'm still sitting in a decent position for the week with Grienke/Joba pitching lights out giving me a big edge in ERA/WHIP. Pujols has singlehandedly kept me competitive the last two-three weeks in offense, further validating my buy of him. Brian Roberts, Adam Jones, and Fukodome have also been keys to my surviving offensive categories the last three weeks. Here's a list of players on my offense who have either done very little to nothing or haven't been playing regularly due to injury:

Holliday: Been an absolute corpse at the plate, but hit his first home run in his last at-bat last night. My offense is decidedly average without Holliday producing.

Ortiz: Still without a homer, but quite a few doubles, Ortiz is right up there with Holliday as a corpse at the plate at the moment. He's hit a few doubles that could have been homers outside of Fenway, but he has looked absolutley horrible at times at the plate. This is all very frightening, but it is still possible that he either gets his timing down or starts joining Bitch Tits himself by starting a strong drug regimen.

Thome: Thome is hitting well enough when he plays but he has already missed 6 games to either a bad heel or lefty starters. He is still valuable, but I have to closely manage him to make sure I bench him against lefties.

Burrell: His onbase is improving, .450 in the last 15 games, but no signs of power yet. This is exactly what I am expecting out of Burrell, that he has a solid on-base when he isn't hitting homers, I just need him to start cranking a few every now and then.

Aramis: Obviously fantastic when he plays, but he hasn't played a full game since April 23.

Hanley: Has been solid when he's played, and has been robbed of a few homers that turned into doubles, but he hasn't played a full game since the 26th due to John Fucking Maine hitting him in the hand with a fastball. Luckily there was no fracture or my team would be in SERIOUS fucking trouble for the year. Hanley has yet to catch fire and play to his potential this year, pre injured hand, so I have that to look forward to at some point. Hanley has also been caught stealing quite a bit this year so far as well.

I still think that once my team starts getting 3-4 of the above guys playing full time at their potential my offense is the best in the league. So far it just hasn't happened yet. I am very very fortunate that my lackluster offensive weeks have been getting matched up with other teams who have had off weeks as well and that mine were slightly better. My team is still leading the league in runs and rbi, as expected, and third in On Base; but I am second to last on homers which I expect to turn around dramatically at some point. On the steals front I am currently 6th, and my steals leader is Pujols with 4...once Hanley gets going again and Roberts stops getting thrown out at a 50% clip I should be in the top 4 or 5 in steals as well.