Comments on: 2010 Astros Fantasy Baseball Preview

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:29:37 +0000

@the fake tom: That was the age of the interviewed blogger not Grey's age.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:58:01 +0000

@VanHammersly: I'd grab a closer. @Martin: Just above Stewart. @Harley: That's the whole team? Looks good so far. Manny's not a huge favorite of mine and Carlos Lee seems like he's the same player, but I can understand trying to balance Reyes and Grandy.

By: Harley

Harley — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:33:26 +0000

@Grey: I understand I won’t win a draft with the first few picks, but I can certainly lose it. I just did a 15 team mock, 10th pick:
-Longoria
-Reyes
-Granderson
-Manny
-C. Lee
-Butler
-Gallardo
-Nolasco
-Bruce
-Billingsley
-C. Davis
-Brett Anderson

Early thoughts?

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:25:31 +0000

According to ESPN, Gordan Beckham will gain 2nd base eligibility during the season. Where does that put him with the other 2nd baseman?

By: VanHammersly

VanHammersly — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:22:06 +0000

@Grey: Thanks Grey. Yeah, I agree speed is lacking on that mock team after Reyes and Kemp. Here's more of a general question: if you're in the last 4-5 rounds of your draft and you're in good shape with everything except SB, would you grab a 4th Closer (a Lidge/Qualls/Lyon-type) or nice Middle Reliever (Rodney) or a StealsAGNOF bench guy that could subbed in and out of your lineup? I tend to follow your set it and forget offensive strategy and only put Pitchers in my bench slots, but do you ever draft 1 or 2 offensive bench players?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:01:23 +0000

@VanHammersly: You have stable arms in Oswalt, Hamels and Johnson. Hopefully two of those three are fine. Don't mind your flier arms later either. The staff looks pretty solid. Love that Reyes is in the third round. But other then him and Kemp you might be low on speed. It's tough without the MI spot to sneak more speed in and you went pretty power heavy on the 2 UT spots.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:58:06 +0000

@Harley: You're not going to win on the first picks. I'd be fine with any of those first couple of picks, it's really how you draft the rest of the team. Howard, Rollins, Zimmerman is sweet... A-Rod, Sizemore and A-Gonz isn't bad either.

By: VanHammersly

VanHammersly — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:56:44 +0000

Much like Wyatt above, I tried out Yahoo’s mock draft tonight for the first time, drafted the following team, and am looking for a comment or two. Kind of odd their standard league now has 2 Utility spots. I had the 10th pick in a 12-team mock.

My biggest concern is SPs. Based on Grey’s projections, I like the staff; however, there are some question marks too. Kind of wished I’d grabbed a more stable arm (Hudson, for ex.) over E. Santana at the end.

C: Wieters (9)
1B: Morneau (4)
2B: Stewart (10)
SS: Reyes (3)
3B: Longoria (2)
OF: Kemp (1)
OF: Lind (5)
OF: Hamilton (8)
UT: Robot Jones (13)
UT: C. Davis (16)

SP: J. Johnson (6)
SP: Hamels (7)
RP: K-Rod (12)
RP: R. Franklin (15)
P: Oswalt (11)
P: Price (14)
P: Francisco (17)
P: Cueto (18)
BN: M. Gonzalez (19)
BN: E. Santana (20)
BN: Dotel (21)
BN: Lyon (22)
BN: Lidge (23)

By: the fake tom

the fake tom — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:26:18 +0000

@Grey: ha...too good. Finding out you're 24 now makes me feel like I haven't accomplished anything with my life...at 24...good or bad?

By: Harley

Harley — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:26:08 +0000

How about in a 15 team league – what draft spot do you like the best? In the NFBC you can set your preferences for a draft slot, and I like to spend some time using ADP figuring out my favorite spots. I am debating between:

-3/4 (Arod, Sizemore/Upton/Votto, Agonz)
-9/10 (Miggy/Longoria/Howard, Rollins/Reyes, Zimmerman/Morneau)
-14 (Wright, Kinsler, Morneau/Granderson)

My reasoning right now is that I definitely want top players at at least 2 of the following 3 positions: 1b, ss and 3b.

By: royce!

royce! — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:31:46 +0000

@Grey: Mmm....an incomparable omlette. Okay! Who wants to change the subject?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:20:38 +0000

@royce!: Putting all your eggs in a Pujols actually gave me a different image.

By: royce!

royce! — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:10:57 +0000

@Grey: I also got a great image of Pujols carrying a basket of eggs!

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:38:46 +0000

@royce!: You got the reason.

By: royce!

royce! — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:35:17 +0000

@Grey: For real? Why 12 and not 1? Actually, I think I have an idea of why- at 12 you can get 2 top 20s, at 1 you can't. So your eggs are all in Pujols' basket.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:11:09 +0000

@Eddy: Reyes @Tony: Nah, haven't been to Yahoo yet. I have a real auction draft tomorrow night.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:09:48 +0000

@ grey….. do you do alot of mocks? have you done one at YAHOO?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:02:08 +0000

@Eddy: Greyes?

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:02:03 +0000

Grey:

Yeah i figured he still has a lot of upside and in round 19, whats the risk? Lol, and thanks.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:00:26 +0000

Reyes who would you prefer in the 4th round presuming theyre there,

Jose Reyes or Brandon Phillips?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:50:16 +0000

@Wyatt: Real solid team. Trying the Gordon flier, huh? He's gotta be good one of these years, or not. Really like the Hudson pick there to balance the upside fliers you took earlier.

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:37:32 +0000

Grey: Just finished a yahoo fantasy Mock draft 12 team 5×5. I think its a pretty solid team, just wanted to get your thoughts on it?

1. Ryan Braun (Mil – OF)
2. Ryan Zimmerman (Was – 3B)
3. José Reyes (NYM – SS)
4. Brian Roberts (Bal – 2B)
5. Justin Morneau (Min – 1B)
6. Josh Johnson (Fla – SP)
7. Jon Lester (Bos – SP)
8. Hunter Pence (Hou – OF)
9. Matt Wieters (Bal – C)
10. Carlos González (Col – OF)
11. Brian Wilson (SF – RP)
12. Brett Anderson (Oak – SP)
13. Trevor Hoffman (Mil – RP)
14. Carlos Quentin (CWS – OF)
15. Roy Oswalt (Hou – SP)
16. Jonathan Sánchez (SF – SP)
17. Vladimir Guerrero (Tex – Util)
18. Frank Francisco (Tex – RP)
19. Alex Gordon (KC – 3B)
20. Clay Buchholz (Bos – SP)
21. Garrett Jones (Pit – 1B,OF)
22. Chris Davis (Tex – 1B,3B)
23. Tim Hudson (Atl – SP)

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:33:08 +0000

FULL YAHOO mock i just took fielder and tulo on the turn because i was bored… .coulda took fielder and miggy…. ? Or one of those two BIG 1B bats and wright was there….. from the 12th pick, WILDNESS.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:20:08 +0000

@Buck: http://razzball.com/top-80-starters-for-2010-fantasy-baseball/

By: Buck

Buck — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:06:38 +0000

Grey: Thoughts on Homer Bailey?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:02:31 +0000

@mrbaseball: 12

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:59:44 +0000

in a 12 man draft- it seems for the most part that Josh Johnson is avalible for round 6 – he is good enough to be the number 1 starter on a fantasy team

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:57:00 +0000

Mr Grey I know you been asked this question a million times so it will be easy for you to answer – what spot in the draft do you like from 1 through 12

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:49:54 +0000

@mrbaseball: I missed Lind. You're right, you're fine there.

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:47:49 +0000

1. Mark Teixeira (NYY – 1B) 30+
2. Ian Kinsler (Tex – 2B) speed 30+
3. Ryan Zimmerman (Was – 3B) 30+
4. Curtis Granderson (NYY – OF) speed 30+
5. Adam Lind (Tor – OF) 30+
6. Josh Johnson (Fla – SP)
Carlos Quentin – 30+

core of the power – wow still not enoght – thats cool then how much power would one want to get

Julio Borbón (Tex – OF) stolen bases – I could have traded in steals – they been drafting him like he is a superstar so I took a shot here