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Originally Posted by dawade
Ugh. I played all cash games today. ~15% of BR. Most I've ever put in play on a single day.
I rostered Kershaw on every LU and I *still* lost money. Someone give me some good cheer, because I feel terrible.
Baseball is pretty high variance. Good players in good spots can struggle for extended periods (Votto). Bad players can hit like all-stars for a long time and the fish will pay a king's ransom for them (Parra). I began last season by losing 50% of my br in two months before I got hot in the 2nd half and ended with ~8x of my starting br. I didn't really change my approach much, just kept looking for value while constantly evaluating/scrutinizing my process.
Also, having Kershaw in every lineup isn't really the key detail for yesterday. A lot of cash lineups were going to have Kershaw, and once you pay 13k for a pitcher, that leaves a relatively small set of good spots to choose from for the other 8 positions. I would expect a ton of overlap vs. the field, which means the outcome will be decided by a relatively few number of hitters. So maybe you (1) ran cold on hitters, (2) chose poorly, or (3) were playing mostly against decent opponents who didn't make any huge mistakes.