Comments on: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft, My Team

By: Ben the M

Ben the M — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:39:53 +0000

Should read – “focus in on certain players and get max value out of others”

Sorry deleted too much.

By: Ben the M

Ben the M — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:38:33 +0000

Just wanted to stop in and say thanks for all the work Grey. Reading this website has helped me focus in and get max value out of others. So far this offseason in my keeper league (20 teams first 6 picks are your keepers) I have turned the following players on my roster last year:

Mauer
Morneau
Reynolds
Markakis
Abreu
Soriano
Felix
Greinke
Papelbon
Nathan
Bailey
Wainwright

into-

(my 6 keepers)
Miguel Cabrera
Joey Votto
Matt Holliday
Ryan Zimmerman
Felix Hernandez
Zach Greinke
and and upgrade from the 7th to the 3rd round draft pick

and still have Abreu, Papelbon, & Bailey sitting around to play with the rest of the offseason.

I would never have even thought of trading Reynolds and Mauer without your words of warning.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:33:28 +0000

Love the team Grey,
That OF is ridiculous and Cano, Stewart, Pena, Reyes around the diamond is nice, nice, nice. Greinke, Lincecum, and a probable good first half from Bills give you great footing in ERA, WHIP, and K’s. Because the league’s so shallow I’m sure you can find other worthwhile starters as the season goes on. No doubt your team’s weakness is closers, but like you said, they should be all over the waiver, though of course the other owners know that too.

By: papasmurf

papasmurf — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:47:09 +0000

Not much love for Chipper this year. Understandable, but I think the old man still has production left in him. You know he busted his ass this offseason. 110 games of the Larry is still better than 150 games of a lot of other 3bs. I’ll just play the WW for the time he’s out. Casey McGehee! Alex Gordon!

Of course, I could be biased cuz he’s my starting 3b. First time I’ve owned him on any team and it’s at the end of his career. Reminds me of the time I dated this chick who used to be hot. Story of my life.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:05:27 +0000

@Rob: I'd keep A-Rod, Reyes, Upton and Howard. 2) Who to choose about what? Choose 4 again? No idea what you're asking. Go to the new post with the followup if it's not about this post. @Giacomo: Yeah, I try not to go above $29. Point Shares is more unbiased the way it is.

By: Giacomo

Giacomo — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:25:57 +0000

@Grey: Was your strategy to intentionally not spend $30 or more on any one player or did it just work out that way? Also, regarding the $ values from point shares, wouldn't it be better if you used point shares based on your projections instead of chone? Is such an idea something that we might expect to see in the future?

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:59:30 +0000

Two keeper league questions

1) who to choose from a-rod, pedroia, reyes, cc, j. upton, howard and vazquez. I get to keep 4. I get 9th pick, so io doubt whoever i dont take will make it back to me (besides pedroia and vazquez) I’m leaning towards not keeping pedroia, vazquez and howard cuz the other 4 just have too much upside

2) who to choose pujols, tulo, philips, sizemore, hamels and carpenter. Im considering only keeping the hitters cuz both carp and hamels have some inj risk. I have the 8th pick

Thanks for all the great help in advance Grey!

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:06:44 +0000

@Chris: I'd like to see him in Spring Training before I say yay or nay, but he has the potential to be a solid number three in fantasy. I don't expect he'll be an ace this year, or at least not right out of the gate.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:52:39 +0000

Hey Grey,

What do you think of Shaun Marcum coming off Tommy John. He put up pretty good numbers and figures to be there “ace” in Toronto

By: simply fred

simply fred — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:11:24 +0000

holliday/zimm best wright/werth in 4 of 5 roto cats. The real difference-makers are:

(Comparative to Grey’s cat targets)
h/z bring +8% in average. w/w bring +9% in SB. So, it really comes down to: is your team, overall, short on average, or steals?
(h/z +2% R, +1% HR, +1% RBI)

Neither cat is that solid. Average is tough to predict. Steals can be made up during the season.

Grey’s “by a hair” relevant to whichever side seems favorable to your team.