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.