Comments on: 2012 Fantasy Baseball All-Star Squads

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:08:49 +0000

Rudy, should Lester be cut in your typical RCL? Hasn’t helped me a bit in the first half; what he has done besides giving me few wins is destroy my peripherals.

Thanks

By: chunk

chunk — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:32:58 +0000

@Rudy Gamble, Thanks for the thoughtful response. I get 3 keepers and also own Prince. Since the last place team has made everyone available in exchange for draft picks next year, a ton of huge names have been flying around and I’m partly just trying to stay in on the action. In the last week my outfield has gone from reddick/jones/hunter/aoki (Kemp DLed) to ruggiano/jones/upton/cutch. I think you’re probably right though and I should quit while I’m ahead, try trading jones later on.

By: later tater

later tater — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:41:39 +0000

hi rudy,

props on the list. thanks for the hard work. love the site. love the podcasts.

i’m hoping i could use the slow day for some advice in a long post

one of my teams is like this:

standard yahoo 12 team mixed 5×5 roto league

now 3rd of 12 – 84 pts (leader has 93.5, 2nd is 87, 4th is 77.5)

roster is

c j montero
1b rizzo
2b a craig
3b miggy
ss jeter
of beltran
of melky
of hamilton
util austin jackson
util q berry/he run
bn carlos quentin
dl lucroy

sp felix
sp j johnson (just got him)
p capuano
p anibal
p burnett (new waiver pickup – started 1 time for me)
p scherzer
p m leake (just got him)
rp soriano
rp casilla
rp janssen
rp broxton
rp holland

ok in most categories (3rd place) except whip (1.33) and era (4.17) which are like 2-3 or 3-4pts (leader is 1.17/3.24) and sb (4 pts with 58; 7-8 pt teams have 77)

leading saves with 82, next 2 teams have 65 each – one is punting sp and has all closers

was leading league from week 3 until early june, then started slipping; holding steady last 7 days before asb;

overall, what do you think of this team?

generally, what to do? stand pat? obviously pitching needs help, but i just traded for j johnson and have not had him start for me yet; also got burnett off waivers and leake as fa – both started 1 time so far

should i try to flip a closer in a package for a starter?

as for sb’s, i’m thinking to stand pat, as maybe he run and jackson will keep me competitive

as always, thanks for your help

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:28:57 +0000

@thebadger, for season to date, our player rater (http://razzball.com/playerrater/) has Cano at $29, Bruce at $19, Reyes at $8. So it’s not an overpay based on season to date performance. Just hard to imagine a healthy Reyes isn’t at least $15 which would start to make it an overpay…

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:26:40 +0000

@TheNewGuy, he’s just not as good as he was in years past. he wasn’t too far off in the 1st half from a peripheral standpoint but i have him ranked lower than i did in the preseason. still heavily invested him for better or worse…

By: tggq21

tggq21 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:26:09 +0000

Nevermind… Saw your post above!

By: tggq21

tggq21 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:24:55 +0000

Rudy,

What do you think the chances are of Cischek getting the closers roll for the second half. (Keeping it). Just debating on picking him up or not.

By: thebadger

thebadger — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:58:09 +0000

@Rudy Gamble, yes thats correct

In your opinion is Bruce/Reyes an overpay

Jemille wouldve been dropped hence the inclusion

So in essence its just Bruce/Reyes?

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:53:20 +0000

@Rudy Gamble, I wonder how he survived in years past, never had him before this year. Maybe he didn’t survive the Yanks before, maybe he just beat up on the O’s/Rays real bad.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:51:46 +0000

@thebadger, That sure seems like a big overpay. Wouldn’t you then have to pick up an additional MI?

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:50:44 +0000

@beardcrabs, Reynolds is droppable. Alvarez doesn’t give much value over Prado. If you can trade any of those closers – or even two of Motte/Johnson/Betancourt/Casilla for zimmerman – probably worth it.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:49:11 +0000

@TheNewGuy, I’d probably feel a little safer with Wainwright than Lester given the league/division.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:48:29 +0000

@TheBravesWear Prado, I think Bell’s had a long enough leash at this point. He’s a sunk cost – I think they’ll move on and give the role to the best pitcher. I think Cishek has maybe a 20% shot at taking over the closer role and keeping it for the year. Worthy of a pickup.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:46:59 +0000

@The Talented Mr. Dope Man, Cain just b/c I think he’s a little more assured of playing time but that goes by the way side if/when they bring up Wil Myers. I’m not a huge fan of Leonys Martin for fantasy baseball. Doesn’t seem to have huge power or speed which is what I look for in a prospect.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:45:42 +0000

@GeeWhiz, i’d go Floyd or McAllister then.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:45:02 +0000

@Millsy, yeah, that sucks.

By: thebadger

thebadger — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:42:31 +0000

trade advice if poss….

I give Reyes/Bruce/J Weeks

i get Cano

standard cats plus OBP. too much of an overpay?

My starting offence is AJ, Prince, Altuve, Lawrie, Reyes, Weeks, Rizzo, Braun, Bruce, Victorino, Ethier, DeAza, Butler,

Thank You

By: beardcrabs

beardcrabs — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:23:51 +0000

10 team keeper league, I have Martin Prado manning 3rd base with Mark Reynolds on the bench…

I have 6 closers: Motte, Nathan, J. Johnson, Frieri, Betancourt, and Casilla.

Would you trade any of them for Zimmerman or P. Alvarez…

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:46:39 +0000

Wainy a good buy? Looking at getting him in my league as I think he should be in for a nice 2nd half, trade Lester for him? Not gonna be pitching Jonny in any more Yanks-Sawx games after his last outing.

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:33:19 +0000

@frank rizzo, My thinking too when I saw that this morning!

Im kinda glad I don’t own him in any leagues, if he falls off this 2nd half, we know to blame Kate Upton lol

By: GeeWhiz

GeeWhiz — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:26:08 +0000

@Rudy Gamble, Ah sorry should have mentioned it’s H2H points: W=10, QS=5, S=7 which is probably why he’s still out there, scoring skews towards starters.

By: TheBravesWear Prado

TheBravesWear Prado — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:21:30 +0000

Ozzie Guillen said he’s going to a closer committee to start the second half. Sounds like Cishek is the short term add. Do you think there’s a chance he takes the job and runs with it or is Bell’s contract and Oviedo’s return too much for him to keep the job?

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:20:08 +0000

@GeeWhiz, Ryan Cook is on waivers? As long as Saves in a category, i’m making that switch. Seems like your league is deep enough on waivers not to worry about dropping Gee.

By: The Talented Mr. Dope Man

The Talented Mr. Dope Man — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:19:57 +0000

RUDY!!!!

ROS do you want Leonys Martin or Lorenzo Cain?

In a dynasty league what do you think Leonys Martin’s value is?

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:19:09 +0000

@Principal Blackman, Ha, this reminds of the SNL clip where Dana Carvey plays Derek “Chopping Broccoli” Stevens and the record execs suggest he kills himself using Peter Frampton as the example of a rock musician whose career went down b/c he stayed alive.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:10:04 +0000

@Tom, Ha. Thanks. Here’s last year’s study in case you didn’t see it – http://razzball.com/review-of-2011-fantasy-baseball-player-rankings/

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:09:17 +0000

@chata, How could I not admit that after publishing this study…
http://razzball.com/review-of-2011-fantasy-baseball-player-rankings/. Even my Point Shares – which were about +14% better than ADP – would only be ‘better’ in a random draft something like 57% of the time (57-43=14).

Added Crawford as a special mention. My working list didn’t include anyone with 0 AB or IP. IMO, he was known damaged goods from the start…

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:55:42 +0000

@STRAWberry, I think it’s a real concern. I think what they should do is sit him in August so he can pitch in September/October vs. the other way around. Fielder is definitely too much for him – especially in H2H.

By: GeeWhiz

GeeWhiz — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:19:59 +0000

Are we holding on to Dillon Gee? Waiver options: Z McAllister, F Morales, G Floyd, JA Happ, R Cook, G Holland

By: chata

chata — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:58:07 +0000

^…..^
screw it .
doesn’t matter .