Comments on: 2010 Cincinnati Reds Fantasy Baseball Preview

By: papasmurf

papasmurf — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:25:14 +0000

I am a homer for Homer, so I am hoping for good things. I say he becomes staff ace by the end of the year (not saying much given his rotation mates but I think he’ll be clearly above league average)

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:11:54 +0000

@Seth: Thanks for the kind words! Don't love those potential guys in the draft. There's gotta be other guys. I'd trade for Votto.

By: Seth

Seth — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:18:56 +0000

** warning tl;dr keeper question from new reader**
i love the site and really enjoy the humor combined with real e-journalistic opinions. i’m so tired of PC boring shit.

here goes:

12 team mixed 9×9 h2h inc. standard +h, ops, xbh, and Ks for hitting categories.
3 required keepers (36 total keot for the league) so drafting starts in round 4. mine are braun, longoria, and morneau. not thrilled about morneau but other options are roberts whom i’ve grown tired of and aramis or i could trade a 10th rd pick for votto.

potential targets with the 4th pick overall if the following are available (need CI MI SS 2B)?
morales, jeter, zobrist (SS elig.), Vmart, m’oobs, aramis etc. i hate all of them!

hoping to snag beckham with pick 57.

thx.

By: mc serch

mc serch — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:02:05 +0000

@Grey: yeah, I know, I'm reachin' kid, still might take the flier though. thanks.

By: david

david — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:27:36 +0000

Stephen, I guess I meant that it devalues elite pitchers. For instance, say there was a 300 games limit for outfielders; you’d want only the best outfielders on your roster.

Also, I’m not sure I understand your point regarding unlimited IP decreasing WHIP and ERA, while at the same time: “ratios will be hard to maintain.” Please explain.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:20:58 +0000

@david: No, don't punt anything. Go for the numbers I outlined in that post.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:15:38 +0000

@david: I wouldn't say it devalues pitching. It might actually enhance their value as having tons of innings usually decreases WHIP and ERA. Ratios will be hard to maintain. It also depends on how deep your league is before the value of the pitchers are substantially devalued.

By: david

david — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:10:22 +0000

Thanks! Also- I’m not a “punting” kinda guy (never had a strong leg), but is going with all relievers, winning Saves/ERA/WHIP and punting wins and Ks a valid strategy?

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:59:55 +0000

@david: You might have reevaluate your team’s pitching come June as to whether or not you can do well at ERA/WHIP, and if you can’t you may have to go all out to win Wins and Ks by streaming and picking up starters. To start, I’d aim to have 6 starters, 3 closers and go with the pitching numbers I laid out here:

http://razzball.com/fantasy-baseball-draft-strategy-winning-it/

By: david

david — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:53:07 +0000

My league went without an IP limit this year. I know this devalues pitching. How does this exactly change drafting/rostering strategy from playing with an IP limit? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:51:34 +0000

@matthole: I actually like the weekend of the 19th to the 21st myself. My league is drafting then and that should be good enough for most position battles and returning injured players to prove themselves.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:50:44 +0000

@PJtres: I have these guys all ranked. I like Span, Abreu and Hamilton -- Hamilton is more risk and much more reward. Abreu is 17/17. Span is 14/25. @matthole: I did one last week, but I'd try to hold off until mid- to late-March.

By: matthole

matthole — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:48:22 +0000

@Grey: whats the earliest date would you do a real draft? My league can only draft on weekends and we're having complications setting on a date. Do you think the first weekend of March is too early to draft? Do you know when rotations and lineups get sorted?Thanks BIG WIN USA HOCKEY!!!

By: PJtres

PJtres — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:43:16 +0000

would you consider span and abreu solid?

or would you consider hamilton (more risk reward) a more solid option..

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:41:19 +0000

@PJtres: 1. Check the rankings or Point Shares. 2. I'd want at least two solid outfielders.

By: PJtres

PJtres — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:28:51 +0000

grey…

2 questions

1/any guys you could recommend in OF (after the top guys are gone) who will most likely have high hit totals and a really good balance of runs & rbis (and possibly sb?)

braun/kemp/sizemore/werth/grandy/choo/pence/markakis/cruz/manny/lind/ellsbury/dunn/ethier/mccutcheon/crawford/quentin/both uptons/adam jones…are all taken…

2. if most of those OF were taken…woudl you try to draft OF early (after keepers) and try to pick up like a span/abreu/carlos lee OF? or would you continue to wait and address other needs (since thats where the other teams will prob look too)

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:43:10 +0000

@mrbaseball: Take Markakis.

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:39:19 +0000

The Keeper – DYNASTY – keep all 20 team

1. (14) Matt Kemp —————————OF
2. (27) Carlos Quentin ——————–OF
3. (54) Shane Victorino ——————OF
4. (67) Joey Votto —————————1B
5. (94) James Shields ——————–SP
6. (107) Jhonny Peralta ——————–SS
7. (134) Cameron Maybin —————UTLTILTY
8. (147) Adrián Béltre ———————–3B
9. (174) Ian Desmond ———————–BENCH
10. (187) Ubaldo Jiménez ——————SP
11. (214) Heath Bell —————————–RP
12. (227) Jonathan Sánchez —————SP
13. (254) Wandy Rodríguez —————–SP
14. (267) Jarrod Saltalamacchia ——-CATCHER
15. (294) Chad Billingsley (LAD – SP)
16. (307) Clay Buchholz ————————-SP
17. (334) Scott Podsednik ——————-BENCH
18. (347) David Aardsma (Sea – RP)
19. (374) Madison Bumgarner (SF – SP)
20. (387) Brandon Morrow (Tor – SP,RP)
21. (414) Casey McGehee (Mil 2B,

C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL

Markakis OR Borbon FOR for Bumgarner – SHOULD I MAKE THE TRADE AND IF SO WHICH ONE SHOULD I TAKE

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:31:14 +0000

@GopherDay: Tough choice, but I'd have to go with Lincecum.

By: GopherDay

GopherDay — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:19:04 +0000

Dynasty League, which side do you like better?

Tim Lincecum

for

Clayton Kershaw and Matt Wieters

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:43 +0000

@Eddy: Strong pop, decent speed.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:56:40 +0000

@Grey: would you prefer an outfield of two pure power no speed guys and a pure speed no power guy or 3 guys with good pop and good speed but not extraordinary in either category?

By: Clodbuster

Clodbuster — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:32:30 +0000

Sweet, thanks guys! Two years of ignorance can’t be erased but you may have prevented another two.

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:21:50 +0000

@JordanRoyal: Pence

@Clodbuster: http://razzball.com/2010-fantasy-baseball-rankings/

@eltoo: It hurts LaPorta.

By: brett

brett — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:32:46 +0000

I win.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:28:51 +0000

@Clodbuster:
you mean these?http://razzball.com/2010-fantasy-baseball-rankings/

I think you may be a tad bit confused. When you hover over the “2010 Fantasy Baseball Rankings” box, the 12 team point shares box appears, but that’s not the only route. Click the actual box that say “2010 Fantasy Baseball Rankings” and it’ll lead you to the above link.

By: brett

brett — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:28:31 +0000

Click on “2010 fantasy baseball rankings” don’t click on the box that opens underneath it.

By: brett

brett — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:27:18 +0000

Directly under the giant baseball, to the right of “Home”

By: Clodbuster

Clodbuster — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:53:00 +0000

I’m aware of the straight CHONE rankings, but thanks Eddy.

I’m looking for a quick link to Grey’s rankings by position, with the coinciding player blurbs, like the one you linked me to.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:30:43 +0000

@Clodbuster: http://razzball.com/top-20-1st-basemen-for-2010-fantasy-baseball/

Kendry is #13

and for future reference, just scroll all the way up and directly under the gigantic baseball you’ll see “2010 Fantasy Baseball Rankings”. Click it if you wanna have a damn good shot of winning your league.