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.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:06:49 +0000

@CocoPoolies: I have Hill and Zobrist above him, but that's for non-keepers. Go for Beckham. Riskier, but it could be a greater reward.

By: CocoPoolies

CocoPoolies — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:57:14 +0000

@CocoPoolies: also, a keeper league.

By: CocoPoolies

CocoPoolies — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:52:08 +0000

What do you think of grabbing Gordon Beckham in the late 7th/early 8th round to start at 2b? The league counts OPS. My open batting slots would be 2b, MI, Util, and the last of four OF spots.

I’m crushing on Beckham….hard. I need someone to reign me in or set me loose. If Hill or Zobrist are there, should I take one of them instead?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:27:34 +0000

@Don Slaught’s Onslaught: Tex/Wright is a better pairing. Longoria/Howard might get a .250 average. Then Sizemore's not exactly known for his average, so it would've been an issue here. That's a stacked team you drafted. No reason for Quentin and Vlad if one's on the bench, but if you have two utility spots, it's fine. Not much flexibility though. Nolasco, Lester and F-Her's a lot of pitching. In some more competitive leagues, you might have hurt your offense by taking all of that pitching. Finally, your team's light on speed. I counted 95 steals + Alcides. It's not a bad thing to leave a draft needing steals, cause those you should be able to find. But it's something to keep track of.

By: Don Slaught's Onslaught

Don Slaught's Onslaught — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:21:41 +0000

Feedback from anyone on this draft would be appreciated. 12 team, 3 OF 2 UTIL, I had pick 8.

1. Mark Teixeira (NYY – 1B)
2. David Wright (NYM – 3B)
3. Grady Sizemore (Cle – OF)
4. Félix Hernández (Sea – SP)
5. Jayson Werth (Phi – OF)
6. Jon Lester (Bos – SP)
7. Adam Jones (Bal – OF)
8. Ricky Nolasco (Fla – SP)
9. Carlos Quentin (CWS – OF)
10. Ian Stewart (Col – 2B,3B)
11. Francisco Rodríguez (NYM – RP)
12. Miguel Montero (Ari – C)
13. Vladimir Guerrero (Tex – Util)
14. Billy Wagner (Atl – RP)
15. Johnny Cueto (Cin – SP)
16. Leo Núñez (Fla – RP)
17. David Price (TB – SP)
18. Stephen Drew (Ari – SS)
19. Octavio Dotel (Pit – RP)
20. Travis Snider (Tor – OF)
21. Tim Hudson (Atl – SP)
22. Brandon Lyon (Hou – RP)
23. Alcides Escobar (Mil – SS)

Are Quentin and Vlad redundant at UTIL? I also could have gone Longoria/Howard in 1 &2, but I seem to be pairing Tex & Wright in a lot of mocks and am starting to like it.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:56:42 +0000

@simply fred: Wright's above Zimmerman (at 3rd base), so that makes up for Holliday to Werth (in the outfield).

By: simply fred

simply fred — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:29:54 +0000

@Grey: @Eddy: Grey, you want to take a second look at your #45 advice. Wright/Zimm pretty close. A little power for a little speed. Wright: 100 25 110 .300 17 Zimm: 105 30 110 .295 5 Holliday: 105 28 115 .320 15 Werth: 85 30 100 .270 18 Seems like quite a gap to Werth. What am I missing?

By: Real Tom

Real Tom — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:22:56 +0000

Nice. Dodger fans keep acting like Abreu was ready for the Majors, but that’s probably because he’s better than Jamey Carroll.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:01:38 +0000

@Real Tom: Tony Abreu's not an every day major leaguer. Don't even think he's Johnson's backup. Ryan Roberts, probably would be that.

By: Real Tom

Real Tom — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:49:57 +0000

I don’t mean to be a Grey Hater, but I heard a whole lot about the D-Backs picking up Tony Abreu to be their second baseman before Kelly Johnson moved in. Is there any chance Johnson is on a short leash?

By: Eddy

Eddy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:59:26 +0000

@Eddy: ok nvm then, it'd be 2nd by a bigger margin if Youk was the sub. Looks like Zimm is not falling as far as I thought he would

By: Eddy

Eddy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:57:53 +0000

@Eddy: scratch that, make that Youk instead of Zimmerman

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:57:47 +0000

@Eddy: 2, by a hair.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:56:56 +0000

@Grey:
Which set would you prefer for the first 3 rounds?
1) Tex/Holliday/Zimmerman

2)Tex/Wright/Werth

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:48:59 +0000

@GopherDay: Overall, I'd agree. Look at that value on Soto and Hudson. That's great value. Pence and Butler -- same thing, great value. Your pitchign staff is pretty stacked, but in a ten team league, it should be. Now mock draft 12 team leagues, 10's too easy. @Steve: I know! Who do I give it to if I win? Behrens is gonna be in it. (And some other 'perts.) Should be fun.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:42:22 +0000

@Grey: I haven't previously, but may have to this year. Could be a set and forget situation, however, as my current three leagues are pushing the envelope of domestic acceptance. But the anguish should I win! Who to give it to?

By: GopherDay

GopherDay — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:40:06 +0000

Hey Grey, what do you think about this mock I just did? 10 team, standard positions with 2 Util.

1. David Wright (NYM – 3B)
2. Mark Teixeira (NYY – 1B)
3. José Reyes (NYM – SS)
4. Ryan Zimmerman (Was – 3B)
5. B.J. Upton (TB – OF)
6. Curtis Granderson (NYY – OF)
7. Cole Hamels (Phi – SP)
8. Josh Johnson (Fla – SP)
9. Josh Hamilton (Tex – OF)
10. Ricky Nolasco (Fla – SP)
11. Matt Garza (TB – SP)
12. Billy Butler (KC – 1B)
13. Hunter Pence (Hou – OF)
14. Francisco Rodríguez (NYM – RP)
15. Francisco Cordero (Cin – RP)
16. Rickie Weeks (Mil – 2B)
17. David Aardsma (Sea – RP)
18. David Price (TB – SP)
19. Johnny Cueto (Cin – SP)
20. Mike González (Bal – RP)
21. Geovany Soto (ChC – C)
22. Clay Buchholz (Bos – SP)
23. Tim Hudson (Atl – SP)

It was kind of a wierd draft. I normally end up with either Phillips or Cano at the end of the 5th round, but they went right before me. I really regretted drafting Zimmerman because I got Butler and Pence at such great prices. CarGo also made it really late.

Overall, I think I have a pretty good team though.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:38:17 +0000

@David: Sounds like a Sage Francis rap song.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:34:55 +0000

@Steve: Okay, I got it. Thereabouts! BTW, you going after the hot tub? @David: Ha

By: David

David — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:29:49 +0000

I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase.