Some of those media members may have had an axe to grind with former Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen (yep, that really happened). Hell, he may have been a victim of the New York City media machine hyping him up to legend status after the Mets traded him away. Right now some poor fantasy manager is in their bedroom gently turning their lamp on and off again while whispering to themselves about how they will not fall for the Jarred Kelenic hype again. And when the hope meets the hype, you better take cover, son. With that said, I would like to officially claim Tyler Anderson as 2023’s Danny Santana Tribute Award winner! Brandon Crawford wanted to be here to hand over the trophy from the 2022 season, but he couldn’t be here. I rarely miss on these regression candidates. Clearly his 261 ADP since March 1 in NFBC expresses the lack of trust most high stakes players have in Anderson repeating his 2022. Even though his 3.31 FIP gives some credence to his 2.57 ERA, he still got a bit lucky by finishing with a career best 77.8% strand rate last season. To use his own words after signing with the Angels in the offseason: It’s a no brainer! Anderson has flashed stretches of impressive ball in his career outside of his stellar 2022 campaign. The takeaway from all this is clearly that regression is coming for Tyler Anderson. Former Detroit Tiger Chris Shelton hit 9 homers in his first 13 games in 2006. Sometimes it happens in shorter bursts where we’re all stupefied by a player’s unexpected prowess for only a month instead of a season. That’s why these guys play the game! Every season, hundreds of dudes are giving their all, clinging to the hope that they too can seize the glory of a season like any of these three players were able to do. So you enjoy the season for what it is: A fluke that remains the possible constant for every player who isn’t Mike Trout. 298/.373/.522 slash line paired with 138 wRC+ goes way beyond his career norms in those departments. Crawford defenders will tell you he had shown similar power and patience in other seasons comparable to 2021. So what does Tyler Anderson have to do with Danny Santana? Well, just like Brandon Crawford in 2021, all three of these dudes were too weird to live and too rare to die. Especially when they produce way beyond the norm of a large sample size to analyze. Whether you prefer the fairy tale of Cinderella (not to be confused with Spinderalla who was always on point) or the true to life disappointment that was Adam Morrison’s career, anybody with a few years of experiential knowledge watching sports will tell you that one shining moment doesn’t last for most athletes. I have the receipts making it crystal clear in 2020 that Danny Santana was not worth his ADP after that magical 2019 run. Unfortunately, it was always going to be this way. It’s possible he may have been thrown off by the COVID-19 bozo season in 2020, but he only had 190 more PA in MLB. 283/.324/.534 slash line and a slightly above-average 111 wRC+ in 511 PA. In 2019, Santana hit 28 dongs, stole 21 bases and produced a. The difference was that Garcia backed up his out-of-the-blue 2021 with an improved 2022. He could almost be lumped in with the late arrival of another recent Ranger who displayed a similar power/speed profile named Adolis García. What Santana did in 2019 never seemed to make much sense based on what we knew about his past.
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