POSTED 3-31-08

There are rotisserie heroes and fantasy goats. But some performances are so ugly, egregious or plain perplexing they demand a closer look. Here is Update's seriously twisted moment this week.

There's a fine line between fantasy experts and fools. Take, for example, rookies. Many fantasy baseball insiders and so-called "experts" touted Cameron Maybin as the sleeper rookie of this year's draft. The 20-year-old Florida Marlins phenom was supposed to be the secret weapon that would separate well-studied GMs that had done their homework from the pack and ensure a quality roto season. Those experts and GMs that landed Maybin must be feeling the backlash now. Maybin was sent to Class AA Carolina after going hitless in his final 18 at-bats this spring to finish with an unserviceable .190 batting average. Talk about a wasted draft pick. This guy was going as high as the 11th round in some drafts — a pick most owners would love to have back. Sure, he'll make it back to the big leagues at some point this season, but by that point he'll have been long lost to the waiver wire and up for grabs to everyone in your league. So, next season think twice about over drafting and grabbing the "next big thing" before his time is due. Sure, you may get lucky every once in a while. But more often than not, you're going to look foolish shuffling your roster at two in the morning the night before Opening Day.