[Qeltar]

Early in the season I made a trade for Wil Myers, who's a good player but not a superstar. He piqued some fan interest for my lousy team and I thought would provide some much needed offense. He's pretty quick too.

"On paper" -- based on his scouted stats and previous years -- he should be doing well. But he's not. In fact, since I traded for him, he's at the Mendoza line with 5 HR in 52 games for a whopping .596 OPS. This isn't merely bad. It's "why is this guy still in my lineup" bad.

So here's the question. Are the results on the field purely a function of stats and some element of randomness? Or is there some other element involved that determines performance and might have changed to permanently reduce his effectiveness? I realize that question is a bit vague but you guys probably know what I mean.

I do realize scouting isn't always completely accurate, but this guy just seems "off". Like, way off. I mean, he was never going to win any batting titles, but the "power outage" is hard to understand.

Maybe just a bad year? Maybe something else? I dunno. But it's July 31 and this may be my last-minute veteran dump.

(It's worth pointing out that I got SD to retain much of his salary, so keeping him for a few more years isn't a big issue contract-wise IF he starts producing. Otherwise, I'd rather play some kids in the outfield.)

Thanks.