Comments on: 2011 Fantasy Baseball, Sleepers to Target

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:59:18 +0000

Hey Grey,

Do you put the sleepers in a particular order? And are your sleepers/overrated predictions reflected in your overall rankings? Sorry if this has been covered before.

Thanks,
Neil

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:09:26 +0000

@Wake Up: ...not that we have grass here in Dubai.

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:04:16 +0000

Hope you are sitting down…Harden has a setback and is shutdown indefinitely…in other news…the grass is still green…

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:56:47 +0000

@Grey: Mustard on it...Sling Blade reference...

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:35:01 +0000

@Grey: Re: mr baseball, well he did say it was a 16-team league, so prices should be about 30% higher than in 12-team. So I understand guys like Pujols and HanRam going for over 60. It's the guys like Zimmerman, Youkilis, Howard, etc that'd normally go for around $40 in a 16er instead of $50+. Youkilis for 83% of Pujols is nuts -- I think 60-70% is more common. Keeper inflation doesn't really account for that...

By: mr baseball

mr baseball — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:29:26 +0000

@Grey Says:
that was not a keeper league – its just a 16 team league
no one came cheap

Chris Johnson (Hou – 3B) $17 _MOZZYE’S_6-TOOLER$_

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:22:10 +0000

@Wilsonian: Yup

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:12:12 +0000

@Grey: would it be the same advice for Rodney? Hold him until confirmation on Bailey?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:10:20 +0000

@mr baseball: That's insane, people must have really good cheap keepers. @Ron Mexico's Papi: Starter @Wilsonian: Minor over Jackson if you like, you have enough closers. @Wilsonian: Hold League for right now until there's confirmation on Bailey.

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:55:40 +0000

Different league, would you take Fuentes over League?

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:31:37 +0000

@Ron Mexico's Papi: Agreed, slot him with those kinds of pitchers and see whatever the price range is.

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:31:11 +0000

@Ron Mexico's Papi: yeah, I totally agree with you. Plus Sosciapath has already said (in not so many words) that Rodney has a short leash and a lot of guys that could step in for him.

By: Ron Mexico's Papi

Ron Mexico's Papi — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:23:52 +0000

@Wilsonian: Personally, I trust Fuentes a lot more than Rodney, but I would want to be certain Bailey is done for the year. It doesn't sound good for him since Dr. Andrews' name has been mentioned and he is seeing him so fast.

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:22:48 +0000

@Wilsonian: that's Daniel Hudson, in case you're wondering.

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:21:39 +0000

Rotation of:

SP: Timmy
SP: Verlander
SP: Bills
RP: Soria
RP: K-Rod
P: Lyon
P: Rodney
P: Hudson
BN: E. Jackson
BN: Peavy

Usual 5 categories plus losses and ks/9. Minor, Kennedy, and Fuentes are on waivers. Do I pick up any of them? Thinking hard about Fuentes after the recent Bailey/Freeze news and I REALLY like Minor for some reason.

By: Ron Mexico's Papi

Ron Mexico's Papi — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:20:50 +0000

@Jay: That sounds pretty close. I was thinking about dropping him to $10 as well. That would put him around Buchholz, Billingsley and Hughes in my rankings, which sounds about right.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:18:33 +0000

@Ron Mexico's Papi: RPs are more scarce than SPs, plus Feliz's stuff will lead to a few more bumps in the road than out of the 'pen. I say drop him to around $10, depending on how the auction goes.

By: Ron Mexico's Papi

Ron Mexico's Papi — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:10:34 +0000

@Grey: Who is better: Neftali Feliz as a closer OR Neftali Feliz as a starter? If I was going to pay $16 for Feliz the closer ($260 budget for a 26-man roster in a 10-team mixed roto league) should I also pay $16 for Feliz the starter? That would put him at #22 in my starter rankings, which seems a bit high. I had him ranked as my top closer, but it is looking more and more like he will start and may even be their ace. Thanks.

By: mr baseball

mr baseball — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:44:33 +0000

Did my leagues draft last night 16 teams Auction Draft
All these players went for $50 or more in the bidding

Hanley Ramírez (Fla – SS) $69 Born This Way
Adrián González (Bos – 1B) $62 Doc.Lee.Os.Cole.Huff
Evan Longoria (TB – 3B) $61 Bruklyn BushLeaguhz®
Miguel Cabrera (Det – 1B) $61 BLAZE
Albert Pujols (StL – 1B) $60 Born This Way
David Wright (NYM – 3B) $52 the Hart Foundation
Carlos González (Col – OF) $52 Danks+Swisher=Smoak
Joey Votto (Cin – 1B) $51 Bruklyn BushLeaguhz®
Ryan Zimmerman (Was – 3B) $51 LeBraun James
Troy Tulowitzki (Col – SS) $50 THE BENEVOLENT ONES
Ryan Howard (Phi – 1B) $50 _ MOZZYE’S_6-TOOLER$_
Robinson Canó (NYY – 2B) $50 Born This Way
Kevin Youkilis (Bos – 1B) $50 the Hart Foundation

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:39:05 +0000

@Steve: Well, he's cooked.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:35:34 +0000

Bailey has an appointment with the good Dr Andrews.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:33:56 +0000

@mr baseball: Espinosa

By: mr baseball

mr baseball — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:32:44 +0000

Sean Rodriguez or Danny Espinosa in 20 team keeper league – I have no 2nd baseman at this point in time

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:23:59 +0000

@motorcitykitty: Go with Jaso. Anyone can win with any strategy. He's made it very hard for himself though, so it's not a good idea what he did.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:21:56 +0000

@cruisinkc: Lose McDonald for Fuentes. I like your team a lot. You might have some issues with pitching but good upside choices. Your hitting is very strong, so you might be able to trade some of that for pitching if you need to.

By: motorcitykitty

motorcitykitty — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:21:35 +0000

Sorry….Anyway, nevermind the list of players……but can he win with this strategy? He said he wanted two-start pitchers in every slot, as our league sets its lineups weekly. Also, I had the last pick, and conceded taking a catcher late in the draft. I have the #1 waiver, and somehow Jaso is sitting there on waivers, unpicked in the drafrt, and my C is Avila. We start only 1 catcher. Should I waste my #1 waiver pick to improve at C with Jaso?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:20:32 +0000

@Steve: Ha @Raj: Thanks... @Eddy: Zambrano if you need saves, though it doesn't look like you do. @motorcitykitty: No problem. You in a league with AJ Mass? Is there a question you're asking?

By: cruisinkc

cruisinkc — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:19:55 +0000

I’ll just jump on the bandwagon and get some feedback on my latest keeper league draft. Each team keeps 5. This league is 12 team 6 X 6 roto with doubles and quality starts as the extra categories.

C: Iannetta
1B: Teix
2B: Kinsler
3B: Wright
SS: Furcal
OF: Braun
OF: Holliday
OF: BJ Upton
UTL: Manny Ramirez
UTL: Dexter Fowler

SP: Billingsley
SP: Daniel Hudson
SP: Josh Beckett
SP: Edison Volquez
SP: Javier Vazquez
SP: Jorge de la Rosa
SP: James McDonald
SP: Tim Stauffer
RP: Jose Valverde
RP: Craig Kimbrel
RP: Frank Francisco
RP: Kyle Farnsworth

My draft was a little wonky as we are allowed to trade away picks during the season so my first pick was essentially the 8th round (after 5 rounds of keepers). I missed out on a lot of the top starters so I really loaded up on upside SP hoping 5 pan out. Also I’m thinking about dropping McDonald to pick up Fuentes just for RP backup.

Thoughts on my team?

By: motorcitykitty

motorcitykitty — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:17:05 +0000

Hey Grey. Thanks again for helping me win my league last year. Just had our 16 team H2H points draft (a little early, I know) and I have a couple ? for you and the razzballers. I’ll try to keep it short as possible so as not to waste your time. 1. One of the more experienced guys in my league employed a crazy strategy that kind of threw our draft out of wack. He took pitchers with about his first 10 picks. His team:

Pitchers Batters
Lester C John Buck
Verlander 1B Ike Davis
Cain 2B Neil Walker
B. Wilson 3B David Freese
Billingsley SS

By: Eddy

Eddy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:46:18 +0000

@Grey:

In my 12-team league, I’m kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel for saves.

I have

Fernando Rodney
Kyle Farnsworth
Brandon League
Brandon Lyon
Jake McGee

I want to pick up Ryan Madson, but I’m not sure if anyone here is worth dropping. I also have Carlos Zambrano on my SP.

Is anyone here worth dropping for Madson?