"I'll have to admit, the roller coaster ride I went on last season took a lot out of me and made me very unsure of what to do regarding the future," Ken said.
"But this year I feel so much better about my team and feel I have plenty of talent to compete and also some young talent that I'm excited about the future for."
Those words are a bit ambiguous and tough to interpret, so take them for what they're worth. But one thing we know for sure: Ken is back, and possibly better than ever. With a 4-2 record, he sits alone atop a weak Twitter Division with a team built from the draft.
His keepers - Cliff Lee, Carl Crawford, and Bronson Arroyo - have been arguably the worst trio of keepers among all teams. But he's managed to win, regardless, and often he's won handily.
"I believe that the beginning of my draft wasn't anything too special, but I excelled in the later rounds with picks like (Neil) Walker, (Carlos) Beltran, (Ricky) Nolasco and Jaime Jesus Garcia. My latter part of the draft definitely is directly linked to our success thus far."
But let's get back to the keepers for a second. We really ripped Ken's decision to go with Arroyo, and he finally admitted it was a mistake, along with a trade he made - Clayton Kershaw for Corey Hart and Derek Lowe - last year during a mediocre season.
That's left him thinking - hoping - that at the very least Lee and Crawford will come around as the season progresses.
And now that Ken is back and enjoying life as a fantasy manager again, he's not afraid to throw some verbal barbs. No surprise, as our sources tell us he has posters of Rex Ryan hanging in his room.
- When questioned about not having any real huge wins: "I felt beating Jack, who is ranked above me, was a good win and beating the scrubly team we played last week (Andy) for the division lead was a big win as well."
- When questioned about this week against his rival, Mike, who is also the #1-ranked team: "I got this week for sure."
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Should be fun winning this week.
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