Streaks are part of baseball both hot and cold. This season I have written about players in the midst of one streak only to have them reverse course such as Johnny Gomes and Juan Pierre. When a player starts the season with a cold streak you wonder if they will turn it around or if will be a sub par season for them.
When I wrote about Gomes he was having a career hot streak only to have the wheels fall off. Gomes has seen his average plummet to its current .191with his only hit in his last 10 games being a home run. He has been benched and is in danger of losing his starting position in left to the platoon of Chris Heisey and Fred Lewis. At present it doesn't look good for Gomes.
Juan Pierre has been on the other end of the spectrum his last ten games. I blasted him for being sub par in all five of the tool categories. Yet immediately after that post he went on to scorch opposing pitchers for a .341 average over those 10 games and picked up two stolen bases. I'll give him credit for helping spark the White Sox offense.
One player I gave up on too early this season and dropped from my roster was Michael Morse of the Nationals. After a stellar spring he came out the gates to start the regular season ice cold. His lack of production helped him lose his position in left but an injury to Adam LaRoche opened a new door at first. Morse flipped a switch to hit .355 with four home runs in the last ten games. I tried to pick him back up only to be outbid. A bit of flawed strategy on my part.
More on that next week.
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