Vegas Watch: CBS Sportsline Is Lazy

CBS is Lazy?...Hell, they’ve even gone out of their way to bring back the controversial Dimetrios Synodinos ML ranking system!

What do both of these guys have in common? Race, of course. As it turns out, this is true of pretty much the entire list. Here’s my count:

Both White: 17
Both Hispanic: 2
Both Japanese: 1
Both Black: 1

That leaves four more. They have no comp for Aaron Laffey. As a comp for Fukudome, they use Damon a second time. They compare Price with Kazmir, who, not coincidentally, is on his team. And I’m not exactly sure what Andre Ethier’s background is, but they certainly didn’t contrast Carlos Gonzalez with a white guy.

This is such lazy writing. People do this all the time, and it really is just counterproductive. Kuroda is similar to Matsuzaka? What a crazy coincidence! Nevermind that in Kuroda’s final year in Japan he averaged 6.1 K/9 to Matsuzaka’s 8.5, or 0.9 BB/9 to Daisuke’s 1.4; let’s mention “Dice-K” four times in our paragraph write-up of the new Japanese guy!

This is truly the kind of analysis that helps you win your fantasy league. Thanks, Sportsline.