"Okay, I'm going to fall slowly back now, are you ready to catch me?"
"Go for it..."
"Okay, are you sure you're ready? You sound like you're 40 to 50 feet behind me and not right under me."
"I'm...right...behind...you."
"Okay, you sound like you've moved even further away. I know part of the exercise is just fall backwards and you're going to catch me, but I can barely hear you."
"Sorry, what did you say?"
"Damn it, I can hear you moving further away from me! This trust fall is not going to work, is it?" I turn around to find Bud Black is a football field away from me. "You weren't going to catch me!"
Bud Black screams, "I had you!"
That's Bud Black and every fantasy baseballer (<--my mom's term!). You cannot trust Bud Black. He's untrustworthy! I wouldn't trust him to suddenly play
Nolan Jones forever. I'm going one game at a time here with Jones. At some point, Curtis Jackson Cron will return and it'll be two tears in a bucket and Jones will be told to eff off. For now, Jones is a guy who has nearly 20/10/.330 between Triple-A and the majors in less than 60 games. Will it continue? Well, the power is real, the steals are real, but he is likely closer to a .260 hitter. Still very valuable. Just don't get on a chair and fall backwards into his expected production. Anyway, here's some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
