Comments on: 2010 Baltimore Orioles Fantasy Baseball Preview

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:57:58 +0000

@Grey: Gotcha, thanks Grey, I'll probably end up keeping him then, using him for matchups this year.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:55:26 +0000

@Dave: Yeah, probably a #2, maybe 2011, but probably 2012.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:35:19 +0000

Grey,
What do you think Tillman’s future looks like, potential 1-2 down the road? I have him in a huge roster (35 slots) dynasty, and need to cut a couple guys to free up some bench room for draft picks, and he’s one of the guys on the possible list.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:26:33 +0000

@Cold Feet: No, I'd recommend you go with my rankings while factoring in when people will draft guys per Yahoo's. @The Dude: Thanks for the reminder!

By: The Dude

The Dude — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:37:47 +0000

@Grey: P.S. Someone tell Saturday Grey: "Tomorrow's daylight savings, and if you don't adjust it all your timestamps are gonna be off on Sunday".

By: The Dude

The Dude — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:35:43 +0000

@Grey: Yeah, my solution for the speed issue was to take one of the 4 SS with high speed upside that got snaked from me. I guess I should have been more aware and snagged EverCab before he was lost. Though there’s a decent chance he’s dumped to waivers or I can trade for Elvis considering their owners were foolish enough to double draft at the SS spot.

Steven Drew was still available when I took Alexei, but I went with “The great 2009 bust” because of his better speed (not Elvis speed, but still).

The good news is, after adding up my starting roster (everyone but Maybin), according to your projections I’ll have ~127 steals. Last season in this league that would have been good enough for 5th in steals, so considering my dominance elsewhere I think that should be enough.

However, for some reason I sense this season is going to be “speedier” than last season, so here’s hoping Ichiro goes all 2008 on me and nabs 40+

By: Cold Feet

Cold Feet — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:08:37 +0000

@Grey: So, even though it might get a little ugly at some points, you WOULD recommend going with your rankings and going balls to the wall? I'm game, just trying to figure out how some of these picks may go. I have no problem being the laughing stock the day after the draft, as long as I win.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:02:39 +0000

@mc serch: No problem. @Cold Feet: It's not going to be that easy, unfortunately. I'd adjust the Yahoo rankings to per mine, but you don't want to take guys way before others take them. Your Quentin example is the reason.

By: Cold Feet

Cold Feet — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:43:04 +0000

I’m looking at your Top 300 rankings and wondering how this would all pan out in an 11-12 team mixed roto league– and here’s the clincher– if I plugged in YOUR 300 and went with AUTO DRAFT. Yeah. Auto. Circumstances beyond my control.

Do you suggest this, or should I stick with Yahoo’s rankings as my auto , assuming most of my competitors will be drafting based on Yahoo’s rankings?. That’s about how it went last year– one after another via Yahoo draft order.

I’m picturing a situation where I end up going with someone like Carlos Quentin (ranked at 54 on Razzball) when Verlander might still be on the board in Yahoo world.

By: mc serch

mc serch — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:25:01 +0000

@Grey: thanks!

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:07:47 +0000

@grandysdandy: Latos

By: grandysdandy

grandysdandy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:57:12 +0000

grey…colby lewis or matt latos?

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:51:26 +0000

@mc serch: 4th round.

By: mc serch

mc serch — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:49:08 +0000

@Grey: my money draft is manana...depending on what pick i get i've been thinking about buying low on Reyes and then covering him late with Cabrera/Escobar....at what pick is reyes a reasonable risk/reward selection?

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:44:58 +0000

@Schlitzy: Jones

By: Schlitzy

Schlitzy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:26:59 +0000

robot jones or adam laroche?

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:20:42 +0000

@Tony: There was no 1st baseman in the 4th round for you? I keed. Team looks fine, not crazy about your first couple of selections together, but it didn't seem to hurt you too much.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:51:11 +0000

@Tony: If you can get Miggy and Prince at 12 and 13, the Kubel guy obviously wasn't the only one who didn't have a grip on things.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:48:06 +0000

what do you think of of this yahoo drafted mock? 12 teams, from the 12th draft slot, H2H……

1. Prince Fielder (Mil – 1B)
2. Miguel Cabrera (Det – 1B)
3. Pablo Sandoval (SF – 1B,3B)
4. Robinson Canó (NYY – 2B)
5. Adam Wainwright (StL – SP)
6. Nelson Cruz (Tex – OF)
7. Ricky Nolasco (Fla – SP)
8. Hunter Pence (Hou – OF)
9. Elvis Andrus (Tex – SS)
10. Carlos Quentin (CWS – OF)
11. Julio Borbón (Tex – OF)
12. Miguel Montero (Ari – C)
13. Kevin Slowey (Min – SP)
14. Huston Street (Col – RP)
15. Jonathan Sánchez (SF – SP)
16. Jason Heyward (Atl – OF)
17. Octavio Dotel (Pit – RP)
18. Matt Capps (Was – RP)
19. Juan Pierre (CWS – OF)
20. Kerry Wood (Cle – RP)
21. Everth Cabrera (SD – SS)
22. Travis Snider (Tor – OF)
23. Bronson Arroyo (Cin – SP)

and a guy talked shizz to me mosta the draft about my pitching? when his 1 and 2 were hanson and edwin jackson? wow…. he also took jason kubel in the 8th round?

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:07 +0000

@The Dude: I count low on speed, great on power, fine on OBP, nice on TB, and your pitching is obviously buoyed very well by your top two aces. Overall, it's a solid team. I love the Oswalt pick and the Weaver pick is good. No issue with Tillman late, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's the first guy gone. @mrbaseball: Correia @Bill Lumbergh: Depends what you need. LaPorat has the best upside, so if that's all you're looking for, there ya go. @drew: It will be this week.

By: drew

drew — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:28:49 +0000

can you do a starting pitchers to target article this week?! Drafting next sunday and would like to see your input on this years SPs.

By: Bill Lumbergh

Bill Lumbergh — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:27:21 +0000

dynasty league reserve outfielder: Blanks, LaPorta, or A. Jackson?

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:25:47 +0000

dynasty league – Kevin Correia or Brian Duensing

By: The Dude

The Dude — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:08:25 +0000

Just finished my draft in my 12 team Roto 5×5 (+OBP, +TB, -AVG, -HR) league. Here’s the damage…

Note: I traded away my 2nd (10th round) pick and had 2 picks in the last round as a result.

Note 2: This is a straight draft, no snake action and since I got 2nd place last year I drafted from the 11 hole.

I was thrown off by the fact that Andrus was picked #3 overall after keepers (by the team that kept Rollins?!), then Alcides and Asdrubal in the 3rd (before my 2nd pick), and then EverCab in the 9th by the same team that took Asdrubal (What up Vic are you a fellow Razzer?!?). So I ended up with Alexei in the 10th…

Closers go fast in this league and I think I’ll be a MrB this year, and hope Bell gets traded sooner rather than later

1. (11) Álex Rodríguez (K)
2. (23) Matt Kemp (K)
3. (35) Ryan Howard (K)
4. (47) Zack Greinke (K)
5. (59) Félix Hernández (K)
6. (71) Robinson Canó (K)
7. (83) Shin-Soo Choo (K)
8. (95) Ichiro Suzuki (K)
9. (107) Nelson Cruz
10. (131) Carlos Mármol
11. (143) Geovany Soto
12. (155) Jered Weaver
13. (167) Roy Oswalt
14. (179) Octavio Dotel
15. (191) Phil Hughes
16. (203) Jason Frasor
17. (215) Alexei Ramírez
18. (227) Mike Adams
19. (239) Michael Wuertz
20. (247) Chris Tillman
21. (251) Cameron Maybin

I probably won’t hold onto Tillman or Maybin long, unless they start strong. Anyone I should target off waivers? Here are a few available prominent names:

HItters: Mad Vlad, Mark DeRosa, Scutaro, Corey Hart, Vernon Wells, Krispy Young, Adam LaRoche, Colby Rasmus, Jhonny Peralta

Pitchers: Randy Wolf, Buehrle, Ervin Santana, Scott Downs, Dice K, D Lowe.

Cheers!

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:37:19 +0000

@J!m Future: Rodney for potential saves, Adams for WHIP help and saves down the road.

By: J!m Future

J!m Future — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:26:11 +0000

@Grey: Oh, or I could handcuff Mike Adams to Bell.

By: J!m Future

J!m Future — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:18 +0000

@Grey: Huh. I thought he was supposed to be their set-up man, since Johnson didn't exactly inspire confidence in the closer's role late last season. Would you recommend dropping him for Kuo or Romo, or maybe Rodney (you KNOW he's gonna get saves at some point, but I feel like I'm gonna need the WHIP help more)? Thanks for the thumbs up on the roster, though. Most of the credit is due Razzball!

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:47:15 +0000

@Adam: Ah, yeah, points. Then keep Ubaldo and get back Hanley for the money saved. No, I wouldn't keep Zo. @J!m Future: Eh, he's okay for WHIP. He's not getting saves unless something dramatic happens in the O's pen.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:25:26 +0000

@AL KOHOLIC: Not everyone’s

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:22:40 +0000

@Adam: Could probably also get Jeter ($12, 3.3) if you like him...the scoring system in this league is ridiculous, I'm confused