The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur News and Links for Thursday, May 14

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 11: Mathys Tel of Tottenham Hotspur reacts during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Leeds United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on May 11, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by James Gill - Danehouse/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Tottenham’s injury crisis took an unexpected turn: Your hoddler-in-chief’s fantasy baseball team.

My league is only one-third of the way through the season, and already injuries have derailed it. Even worse, I am on track for my worst-ever finish in this fantasy baseball league.

This is my ninth season in the league and I’m competitive just about every year. Here are my previous finishes: First, Eighth, Third, Third, Ninth, Third, Third, Fourth.

Now I’m sitting in 12th place out of 12 teams. My last two weeks I went 0-9 and 0-10.

The culprit: Injuries.

At one point there were seven players on the Injury List (the 10-day, 15-day and 60-day lists). I ended up dropping three but I still have four on the IL. And I can’t really drop them: Ronald Acuna Jr, Wyatt Langford, Ryan Helsley and Josh Hader.

They occupy all four of my IL spots. I was forced to drop the other three because they were occupying valuable bench slots. It looks like some of the injury crisis will fade by the end of May or early June, but a lot of time will be lost since then.

In the meantime I’m trying to plug as many holes as I can to not fall too far behind in the playoff spots (currently 16 games back – that’s a lot). I’m not sure how I’m going to make up the gap, and it’s probably too late already which sucks because I’m used to fighting for a top-four place.

At least I know when it’s time to panic. The problem is I feel like I don’t stand a chance this year. Nevertheless I’ll keep pushing to claim each category and maybe – maybe – I’m through the other side of this dark tunnel next month.

Fitzie’s track of the day: The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon, by The Cramps