Comments on: 2010 Rockies Fantasy Baseball Preview

By: The Dude

The Dude — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:08:58 +0000

@Grey: Team B is mine, so I’m pleased you like it. Now I just need to nail the draft

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:37:48 +0000

@The Dude: B, by a small margin. @CocoPoolies: Utley side, barely.

By: CocoPoolies

CocoPoolies — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:04:41 +0000

Ten team, 7 keeper.

Utley and Pujols for Hanley and Fielder?

By: The Dude

The Dude — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:58:48 +0000

Keepers were due today and I estimate that it’s between myself and another team for the best set pre-draft. Which would you prefer? 12 Team, 5×5 -HR -AVG +TB +OBP (Std Pitching cats).

Team A:

A. Pujols
J. Reyes
G. Sizemore
T. Lincecum
D. Pedroria
J. Bay
J. Verlander
M. Ramirez

Team B:

A. Rodriguez
M. Kemp
R. Howard
Z. Greinke
F. Hernandez
I. Suzuki
R. Cano
S. Choo

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:59:40 +0000

@The Dude: After 220.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:14:31 +0000

@Grey: where's a good spot to target Liriano?

By: mc serch

mc serch — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:46:23 +0000

@SamYo: I've been drafting wood as a second or third closer late in every draft

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:39:47 +0000

@Steve: True @SamYo: Nothing wrong with Pence. I'd draft both. Wood first.

By: SamYo

SamYo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:38:41 +0000

@Grey: @mc serch: Thanks for the feedback. I did another draft and people were avoiding Hunter Pence like he had a disease. I had to google to see if he was injured or something. I took him in the 15 (th!!!) round. Unbelievable. haha. Would you draft either Kerry Wood or Kevin Gregg ?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:17:49 +0000

@mrbaseball: @Grey: You can rest assured that now matter how many bases Ricky says a guy could steal, Ricky thinks HE could steal more himself.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:14:23 +0000

@CocoPoolies: If you take them late, I wouldn't be too worried.

By: CocoPoolies

CocoPoolies — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:59:39 +0000

@Grey: Thanks Grey. I'm a little worried about those two guys and the hit to OPS. How do you feel there?

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:50:02 +0000

@mrbaseball: Ha!

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:49:47 +0000

@CocoPoolies: After the amount of teams, whatever is necessary -- keeper, roto, H2H, who the other keepers are... But the amount of teams is most important, without that I'm just guessing 12. re: I'd feel good about the steals I have from the first three guys, I'd probably fill my MI with steals too though. Think Everth, Andrus, etc. @GopherDay: I'd take Reynolds in the 5th. Your team's a bit light on speed and power. Nothing too dramatic. I think the hitting will be fine with in-season tweaks. Your average is pretty poor. Your pitching's very strong. A bit too strong. If this were a real team, I'd probably tell you to trade Ubaldo for a different piece. You know you took too many starters when your last one needed (the 6th) is Burnett in the 15th round.

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:41:53 +0000

A’s legend Rickey Henderson declared Saturday first baseman Steve Bye Bye Balboni could steal between 0 and 1 bases – he made this statement in 1985 and that was the year that Steve Balboni got his only steal of his career

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:27:57 +0000

A’s legend Rickey Henderson declared Saturday that outfielder Rajai Davis could steal between 75 and 80 bases this season.

By: GopherDay

GopherDay — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:22:50 +0000

@Grey: What do you think of this mock I just did? 12 team 5X5

1. Hanley Ramírez (Fla – SS)
2. Matt Holliday (StL – OF)
3. Grady Sizemore (Cle – OF)
4. Brandon Phillips (Cin – 2B)
5. Johan Santana (NYM – SP)
6. Ubaldo Jiménez (Col – SP)
7. Adam Dunn (Was – 1B,OF)
8. Ricky Nolasco (Fla – SP)
9. Scott Baker (Min – SP)
10. Matt Wieters (Bal – C)
11. Ian Stewart (Col – 2B,3B)
12. Roy Oswalt (Hou – SP)
13. David Price (TB – SP)
14. Billy Wagner (Atl – RP)
15. A.J. Burnett (NYY – SP)
16. Mike González (Bal – RP)
17. Leo Núñez (Fla – RP)
18. David Ortiz (Bos – 1B)
19. Octavio Dotel (Pit – RP)
20. Dexter Fowler (Col – OF)
21. Phil Hughes (NYY – SP,RP)
22. Colby Rasmus (Stl – OF)
23. Brandon Lyon (Hou – RP)

I almost never draft from the number 2 slot, so this was a change for me. I was suprised that both Holliday and Sizemore were left. All the 1B were taken really early, so I had to settle for Dunn.

A question regarding Reynolds, though. I almost had to option of drafting him int the 5th round. At what point do you give the green light to draft him?

Thanks Grey!

By: CocoPoolies

CocoPoolies — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:07:43 +0000

Grey, in a 7 keeper, ten team, +OPS, h2h, 4 OF, +MI league with Hanley, Sizemore, and Granderson, and Bay as keepers would you target steals somewhere in the draft or would you feel good about the foundation they offer?

Also, out of curiosity, how much info about the league in question is necessary to include (5×5, keeper, etc.)?

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:06:42 +0000

@matthole: A 3 would be fine, a 4 would be ideal. Around the 8th or 9th sounds fine.

By: Smokey

Smokey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:59:35 +0000

@Tony: Larouche gets moved early, for pitching prospects that suck awfully, may 15 is my best guess. @mikey boy324: i likey me some Marcum @Martin: prime spot to have your pick of Howard, Mcab, Fielder or Tex.

By: matthole

matthole — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:49:25 +0000

@Grey: u like span in which rd and as an OF3 or 4?

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:12:12 +0000

@Tony: June at the earliest is my guess. @mikey boy324: The RZE @Martin: Get a big 1st base bat there no problem, so it's fine.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:54:12 +0000

what do you think of the 7th spot out of 12 in a draft?

By: mikey boy324

mikey boy324 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:32:23 +0000

grey who do you like better rzepenski or marcum on the jays?

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:40:25 +0000

@Grey: will P. Alvarez see time this year for pittsburgh? how soon?

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:34:07 +0000

@paulzone: My guess is when I looked at your team, I scrolled slightly too far and saw Frogurt's Bartlett rather than your Reyes. You look to be around 160 steals, which is fine. And your homers are around 280 which is perfect. So, yeah, your team is real solid. @peter: Cool, make sure you get a bat or two. @nate marcum: Yeah, always enjoy a few Chuck Norris facts. Too many Rangers is like having too many Rockies hitters or too many Padres pitchers when they're at home. It's nearly impossible. Imagine Kevin Correia on the Orioles or Iannetta on the Marlins. Different ballgame. @sean: Ha! Rolen won't last more than 80 games anyway.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:20:43 +0000

@sean: hahahah…. 2 hole? lol

i wonder about some of these major league managers….

By: sean

sean — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:14:34 +0000

Reds manager Dusty Baker confirmed on Sunday that 2B Brandon Phillips will bat cleanup for him again this season, reports MLB.com. “He’s the best selection I’ve got,” Baker said. “He has power and speed. Especially now that he’s learned to be an RBI man. I like [Scott] Rolen in the fifth spot more than the fourth spot. He might getter pitches to hit because Brandon might steal.”

WTF???? ROLEN?!?! Where you batting Bruce, douche?

By: nate marcum

nate marcum — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:42:16 +0000

@Grey: Sorry about not being more informative. It was a 12 person league. I guess I am wondering if loading up too many players from the same team is a bad idea. I think there could be a case where I have up to 4 Rangers on my team. Kinsler, Cruz, Andrus, and Borbon are all nice talents that I like to contribute this year, but that is a lot of Texas Rangers….Now if I could only draft Chuck Norris….the real Texas Ranger.

Speaking of Chuck Norris…go to google…type in Chuck Norris and look for the “do you feel lucky” or “find chuck norris” link. Pretty funny stuff.

By: peter

peter — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:41:57 +0000

@Grey: I have 3 consecutive picks in round "1" (received 2 in trades) so I can grab both Greinke and Sandoval. And then grab a Lind-type bat, too.