Next year will be a different story.
Murphy was 83-percent owned in CBS leagues at the end of the year, which was about right considering his steady, but unspectacular production.
He's absolutely raking right now, a sizzling-hot streak of not just career, but historic proportions. However, it's unsustainable over the long haul; he's only hit 62 home runs in 3,354 career at-bats. He seems like a great guy and is certainly a quality major-league player, but I hope somebody in my fantasy league drafts him in the first round next year, because he won't return first-round production.
Maybe, but Arrieta was a decent yet unspectacular pitcher before he changed his whole approach at age 29 and became a consistently excellent pitcher.
Murphy was a decent yet unspectacular hitter until he changed his approach to batting.
Both are in many ways different players than they used to be.
Murphy may revert to the mean, or he may have finally found what works after years of doing things the wrong way.
He’s 30 and maybe he becomes top 2B HR guy for the next couple of seasons.
I had Dee Gordon this season and he was spectacular in BA and SB,had Correra at SS and Tulowitski at 2B/SS.
Murphy was unowned most of the season in my league, I picked him up for a couple of games when the Marlins were off and know he is good but like you say, this is a real outlier.
I do the autopick, feel like it almost sets up a secondary draft because you can grab guys that are high value but are still available, good test of skill.