Sorry for the delay between installments, but it's been crazy here at the homestead! And speaking of which,
The 18th Out, Part 1 can be read
here. I recently had a neck surgery in late January, and we had a newborn baby boy (John Robert! What's up Bubba!) in October. Who would've thought the combination of the two would put some kind of restraint on free time (and ability to keep my arm extended on the keyboard)? I'm not exactly 100% and practicing fully in pads, but I'm off the DL (renamed the IL since I started) and I'm ready to score some goals...
The time has come for the second installment of my exploration into the red headed stepchild of fantasy stat-lines; the Quality Start. In this edition, we'll put the final touches on the efficacy of seeking out Quality Starts in the roto game and hopefully draw a cohesive conclusion before moving onto the fun part of QS talk; WEEKLY POINT LEAGUE DO-OR-DIE MAYHEM!!! However, before we can put the Brooklyn Brawler beat-down on that freckled miscreant under the stairs, I must unfortunately apologize for a specific inaccuracy in Part 1. As someone who is very particular when it comes to precision I got caught with my rosy red assumption out, pants down around my ankles. (Sorry, I didn't hear you coming ESPN, I would've freshened up...) I copied a 2018 Team Pitching Totals Chart from ESPN, sorted for Quality Starts (Provided below). I didn't even think to double check the once great sports network, turned annoying social justice warrior. Apparently Quality Starts are so overlooked that mega fantasy sites don't even know how to calculate them anymore. This being the glorious age of trolling on an internet that never forgets, I feel compelled to post their erroneous numbers below... (The cause for this detour, that better not turn this into a Deliverance situation. If you hear banjos in the background, start running and don't look back.)
