Comments on: 2011 Cubs Fantasy Baseball Preview

By: BleacherBum

BleacherBum — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:03:07 +0000

They’re still shitty

By: pubscout

pubscout — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:26:05 +0000

Grey: Which side do you like – Hamilton/Ubaldo for AGone/Marcum? Thanks.

By: Hennessey

Hennessey — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 06:10:10 +0000

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Should-I-keep:

$1…J.Hellickson
$2…J.Sanchez
$3…M.Bumgarner

Thanks!

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:58:34 +0000

@GopherDay: Yeah, they were kinda lame overall. @Eddy: I like the Living Social one too. Seamless action cuts are tough, they did it well. @Steve: True

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:39:16 +0000

@Grey: VW (and their agency) have been making great ads for the best part of 60 years.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:03:48 +0000

@GopherDay: @Grey: @Steve: Really? That topped the list for you guys? I don't know, I think it's all the hype it got since it was previously leaked that raised my expectations too high for it. I think Doritos nailed some pretty funny commercial. All the Bud Light ones were just annoying. And the Living Social one that played at the very beginning (the one where the guy went through so many changes he ended up being a woman at the end) was a top three for me.

By: GopherDay

GopherDay — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:44:25 +0000

@Steve: @Grey: The commercials this year were rather anti-climatic IMO. The VW, definitely topping the list though.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:41:46 +0000

@Earl Battey: Well, that is the thing with ten team leagues, plenty of useful pitchers on waivers. @Steve: Kiwi fever running wild! That VW commercial was the best one during the game.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:04:48 +0000

Y’all might have missed this (emoticon):

http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyid=190337

At this stage, not even useful in an NZ-Only 20-team league is my early analysis.

And while I’m here, a(nother) nift Volkswagen commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0

By: Earl Battey

Earl Battey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:40:04 +0000

@Grey: I love the suggestion of doing some 12 team mocks to prep for a 10 team draft. Regarding all the upside pitchers, I guess I could have gone a different direction with one of them. I suppose I could have had someone like Kuroda instead. On the other hand, I think I'd rather have all of them (and I have Volquez on the bench) and then I'd work the wire for a replacement if necessary. If I really wanted a safer alternative, I would have had to take one instead of one of my position players.

By: Roll It and Burnett

Roll It and Burnett — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:59:02 +0000

@Earl Battey: Wow, if that were your actual team, I think you'd run away with the league

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:50:07 +0000

@grey: ha believe it or not the STEELERS are actually the underdog! they’re getting 3 points.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:48:43 +0000

@Grey: Chet's a Steelers fan, so that behoves you to support the Packers.

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:44:03 +0000

@Tony: Whoever the underdog is... Packers?

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:43:34 +0000

@Earl Battey: Ten team leagues are obviously stacked. Even if you're in a ten team league, I'd mock 12 team leagues. This team is silly with good players. For a ten team league, I think your staff might be a bit too much on upside. Hudson through Chacin are obviously great, I love them, but it's a bit risky to have all of them in a 10 team league. I talk about 1st base not being that deep in the ESPN mock draft post.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:43:32 +0000

@grey: steelers or green bay?

By: Vincent Salvatore Delpino

Vincent Salvatore Delpino — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:01:38 +0000

There’s a very good chance that the Cubs will win it all this year.

By: Earl Battey

Earl Battey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:45:18 +0000

People out there think 1B is crazy deep. One of the other guys said something when I took Miggy and Prince with my first 2 picks and followed that with Morneau in the 6th. I checked after the draft, and he will be rocking Konerko and McGehee at 1B and CI. I feel pretty good about how things fell.

By: Earl Battey

Earl Battey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:39:11 +0000

@the fake tom: 10 teams, and all ten drafters were there. I waited forever on pitching and MI, though I think I took Kershaw in the 7th. I had the 2 slot, and took Miggy, Prince and Zimmerman with my first 3 picks.

By: the fake tom

the fake tom — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:15:25 +0000

@Earl Battey: How'd the draft fall for that team? How many teams in the league?

By: Earl Battey

Earl Battey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:01:43 +0000

What do you think of this team?
C Michael Napoli, TEX
1B Miguel Cabrera, DET
2B Aaron Hill, TOR
SS Alcides Escobar, KC
3B Ryan Zimmerman, WAS
CI Prince Fielder, MIL
MI Ben Zobrist, TB
OF Andrew McCutchen, PIT
OF Hunter Pence, HOU
OF Jay Bruce, CIN
OF Delmon Young, MIN
OF Chris Young, ARI
Util Justin Morneau, MIN

SP Clayton Kershaw, LA
SP Tommy Hanson, ATL
SP Dan Hudson, ARI
SP Gio Gonzalez, OAK
SP Jeremy Hellickson, TB
SP Jhoulys Chacin, COL
RP Jonathan Broxton, LA
RP Joe Nathan, MIN
RP Chris Sale, CHW
Bench:
OF Adam Jones, BAL [CF]
SP Edinson Volquez, CIN
OF Domonic Brown, PHI

I know the MI situation is a little scary, but I like the potential of having three good 1Bs in my lineup.

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:44:01 +0000

@Curt: I do think so, yeah.

By: Curt

Curt — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:41:09 +0000

Do you thing the signing of Damon in Tampa mean Desmond Jennings stays in the minors for a bit???

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:16:30 +0000

@grey: ya i guess it was just a mock, i wasn’t paying too much attention and filled my bench slots with extra OF’ers. I swap a few OF’ers for some decent SP’ing fliers and I think I did alright…. My middle infield will still suck/be weak. It is a 14 teamer tho….

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:35:22 +0000

@Tony: Team's a bit of a mess, no? @Mr2Bits: Don't think he's anywhere near a top 20 1st baseman, but he's okay in a very deep league for some upside. Though you should have a 1st baseman way before the end of a draft. As UTIL, it's not terrible. Best case scenario, 75/20/85/.260

By: Mr2Bits

Mr2Bits — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:19:48 +0000

Hey Grey : I was thumbing through your ranking and noticed no Matt LaPorta any where. Is he off your radar this year? If not, what are your projections and run down of him?

By: Kelder

Kelder — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:42:04 +0000

9 OF is okay if you are in a league that starts OF

By: Gordon Wittenmyer

Gordon Wittenmyer — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:18:26 +0000

Bad Kermit: LOOK IN THE F’ING MIRROR!

By: chata

chata — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:53:55 +0000

@Tony: yeah , the 9 outfielders is a bit much .

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:47:39 +0000

@ steve: haha…. hmmm shouldnt have taken him, now im down to 4 starters!