If you had to choose one word to describe the 2017 fantasy baseball season, where would your imagination take you? 'Disastrous' for all the ESPN leagues you're in that don't have enough DL spots to let you breathe? 'Unexpected' for one guy in the history of the universe that selected Ryan Zimmerman and Aaron Judge at the turn of the first round? Or what about 'covfefe' for all the unbelieveable coverage Razzball's fantastic hub of writers has bestowed to the masses?
My darkhorse pick is 'superteam.'
With Trout hitting the DL for six to eight weeks after shredding his thumb on the home run statue in centerfield of Marlins Park, we've stumbled into a glorious window of time where the construction of superteams is possible without the complaint of collusion. Imagine this window for superteam construction as the parallel universe where all those Crawford-esque Red Sox contracts actually worked themselves out. I've done my best impression of what I'd like to call "rational Dave Stewart" and wheeled my way into one more share of Mike Trout, with aspirations for more. The titan of baseball is now embodied in all his thumb-less glory on two of my most coveted teams (I detailed my portfolio of fantasy baseball assets back in March). My intention with this column is to breakdown the rationale behind that acquisition and help all of you not only acquire Trout, but understand the thought process around acquiring any injured player of this caliber in the future.
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