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0In the first real game of the season (it was real, right? I looked for highlights, but ESPN was showing a Red Sox split-squad game instead). From the box score, I heart Brandon McCarthy. His line was 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners and 3 Ks. Yeah, the Mariners aren’t very good at hitting, but a quality start is a quality start. Brandon McCarthy celebrated by taking out a Tokyo girl with red streaks in her hair who lives on the other side of the tracks. Sorry Peking Ducky! I tried to get Rudy to draft McCarthy in one of our leagues on Tuesday night, and was disappointed to see he went to someone else for $9. I have his projections down as 8-11/3.50/1.17/140. Last year, his home ERA and WHIP was 2.65 and 1.11. He may not strike out many hitters, but there’s not many pitchers late I’d trust to actually help my WHIP. Anyway, here’s what else we saw in spring training (and real baseball) for 2012 fantasy baseball:
Justin Smoak – 0-for-5. That two day pick up has worked out well so far! While he’s at it, maybe he can hit a line drive into Florida and injure Anibal Sanchez.
Ichiro Suzuki – 5 ABs, 4 singles, 2 balls out of the infield. That’s a .800 AVG in baseball and .400 AVG in sumo.
Dustin Ackley – Home run and steal for the first official slam & legs of the season. Back in November, I went over my Dustin Ackley fantasy. I wrote it while beating Steve Wiebe at Donkey Kong.
Felix Hernandez – 8 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks. With the week layoff between the second and third Mariners game, is he gonna start twice in the first four games of the Mariners season? Cause that would be kinda awesome…If I owned him anywhere…which I don’t… Sticking with the dot, dot, dot theme:
Michael Morse – His collagen injection paid wonders and was able to secure a sugar daddy may make it back for Opening Day. If not, he shouldn’t miss much time.
Drew Storen – Expected to start the year on the DL. Of course he is. He’s only thrown 2 innings this spring. As I mentioned in our fantasy baseball podcast, Henry Rodriguez is looking to me like one of those middle relievers that comes out of nowhere and Ks a shizzton and ends up being more valuable than your number three fantasy starter that you were crazy about in March and wanted to kill in May. Think Venters instead of Liriano last year. Actually, think of Venters instead of Liriano last year as long as you don’t have any sharp objects around. No, a comparison to Venters isn’t completely apt. Rodriguez’s WHIP might be more in line with a Marmol. But he gets Ks, should get innings and may get saves. Who’s standing in his way? Lidge? Oy. If I wanted straight saves, I’d go Lidge first. He will probably be the first guy to see ninth inning looks. It doesn’t mean he will be the last guy to see saves in Storen’s stead.
Justin Morneau – The 2nd best Canadian 1st baseman is starting to heat up as spring training comes to a close. He’s hit 3 HRs in the past couple days. Hopefully, he doesn’t rub it in to Brian Roberts at the next Concussion Anonymous meeting.
Brian Wilson – His beard must be itchy because the Giants scratched him from Wednesday’s game. If you drafted him, hope you enjoy wild rides. Follow his gimp’s lead and handcuff him with Sergio Romo and/or Santiago Casilla. (For saves, I’d go Casilla first.)
B.J. Upton – Headed to the DL to start the year as B.J.’s back is still Upton-o-good after colliding with Desmond Jennings in the OF. They are just too fast. The Rays have to regulate them like NASCAR to avoid this stuff in the future. Steals ain’t got no face, but they require a functioning back. Upton said he could miss only a few games (three), and doesn’t expect to miss more than a few weeks. Gulp. Hopefully it’s the former if former means the first one. Brandon Guyer should get some playing time in the mean’s while. Take note those of you in 30-team MLB leagues.
Jed Lowrie – Jammed his thumb. Thumb up the jam, thumb it up! Sorry, that always gets me. Lowrie said he should be back in a few days. Sounds like a stereotypical Sparky Anklebiter injury. So a player with too much can’t-put-your-finger-on-it-ness needs to put his finger on ice.
J.J. Hardy – Received a cortisone shot in his shoulder yesterday, which is a steroid (tomato-potato, I guess). I didn’t like Hardy going into the spring, but the one thing he offered was power. How you think the power’s gonna be with a sore shoulder? Yup.
Chris Carpenter – Having a bone spur removed, will be sidelined a couple of months. No, this is not the Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter, it’s the Red Sox’s Chris Carpenter. What a jinxed name. This is a warning to anyone underage getting a fake ID. Don’t go with Leo Nunez or Fausto Carmona. The authorities will be all over you.
First!
I’m holding grey and rudy personally responsible if I wake up tomorrow to another 0fer from Jesus Montero. I woke this morning like a kid on christmas and dashed over to my laptop to see what contribution Montero had made to my team on the first day of the season…only to find a lump of coal.
@letsgobravos, Yeah, and at DH.
First of all: SONAVABENCH! I sat McCarthy thinking he’s the kind of pitcher to only start at home. Forgot who he was facing.
Secondly, we demand the lyrics to the Razzball Podcast! I might be able to come up with a melancholy acoustic version…
Finally, is it ethical to ask questions about my RCL team here? Cause if it is, I wouldn’t mind people’s opinion on my team (more specifically, people who aren’t in my league!).
@DrEasy, I don’t care if people ask about RCL teams. You’ll never get the lyrics… Never!
@DrEasy, and change your username if you dont want guys in your league to no your thoughts
“There’s no way Jack Hannahan will win the starting job unless he brings one of his ligers into the clubhouse and releases it on Chisenhall.” And, that’s me quoting January Grey!
Looks like Ligers do exist because the Chiz in the Hall has been demoted to AAA!!! But, enough razzing….the Chiz has been dropped in my league and I’m wondering if he might be a better pickup as a backup 3B for Wright than say, Brett Morel?? When do you expect Chiz to be back up??
Thanks!!
@Virinder, Yup, they do exist. Hold…
I was actually desperate enough for some fantasy action that I snagged Cliff Pennington to start him against King Felix yesterday. A 2/5 night/morning with a run and a steal later and I have a sudden urge to hit the casino and bet the farm on 00′s. But, really, why would a casino want my farm? …No real point to this post, I just missed real baseball.
@Marty Funkhouser, Ha!
Why do Asian women look so great with bright red highlights in their hair? Not into Asians, not into hair dye, not into redheads, but when they all come together…
@Brian, Ha
@Grey, asians look good any way
That didn’t take long. Carp to the DL with a sprained shoulder.
@Steve, Geez…
For H2H and needing avg, obp and hr in that order: Ike Davis, Jesus Montero, Delmon Young, a healthy Justin Morneau who gives you 120+ games. Thanks!
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, Yup
I left out the part about please rank.
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, You did.
I drafted this team the other day. 12-team, 5×5 (OBP instead of BA). I think I did all right.
C R. Martin
1B J. Votto
2B I. Kinsler
3B E. Longoria
SS M. Scutaro
MI D. Espinosa
CI C. Pena
OF H. Pence, M. Bourn, S. Soo Choo, N. Swisher, D. Fowler
UTIL B. Butler
SP M. Cain, D. Hudson, M. Latos, A. Sanchez, T. Cahill
RP R. Betancourt, B. League, F. Francisco, G. Holland
BENCH T. Clippard, V. Pestano, B. Matusz
I think I’ll drop Matusz. What categories should I look to strengthen?
@jonnycat, You don’t need Fowler with Bourn, I’d lose Matusz… Your team is fairly strong overall… Not something I usually say when I see Bourn on a team…
This Oak/Sea “game” is a turd sandwich washed down with a glass of cat piss. Wake me up next Thursday.
@emporersmonkey, Ha!
Dear past Grey and all Razzball readers: Smoak hits a HR on day 2. Feel free to play Ackley on day one and Smoak on day 2. Thank me later.
@Bourne, He hit one?! Oh, yeah!
@Grey — Long story short I’m jammed up at 3B and the only two viable options on the waiver wire are Morel and Prado. Thoughts?
@Loopid, Morel
Wow, Cespedes is built like a brick poo-house, dude’s jacked and just murdered a ball for his first MLB tater…already loving that I have him on 3 of 4 teams, including my RCL (happy emoticon)!
@MattTruss223, haha we’re you as happy after his 1-3 with 2 K’s on day 1? I’d temper my expectations of the guy. It’s good to see him hit a HR early, but he might not hit another for a month, ya just dont know about him….
@Tony, Don’t forget that “1″ was a double off King Felix. It’s fun to get excited.
@Tony, Nothing wrong with a 1-3 off King Felix. His double over the CF’s head was nice. So far, so good.
@Tony, oh, you mean against a top 5-10 MLB starter in King Felix? Yea…I was ok with a nice double and some expected Ks. Plus, the guy just looks the part of a power hitter. It was my first time seeing him play is all, I’m giddy, don’t rain on my Cespedes parade!
@MattTruss223, my only issue, besides the obvious Ks – but I could care less about those, is that he was playing in a little league field compared to the vast emptiness that is O.Co. I think he could be a monster, but he could also tail off once pitchers get into mid-season form and figure out how to pitch to him.
@Wilsonian, I hear ya. He still plays some games away though. And yes, there’ll be an adjustment period, as with every hitter. No one seems to mention that when they talk about Lawrie and his 150 career ABs so far though…weird.
@MattTruss223, true, but 81 in O.Co. is rough. They have to be no-doubters to get outta that joint. Nothing cheap there. I do like that he has a few games in Texas, though. I think what’s different about Lawrie is that he performed exactly how everyone expected when he got the call last year, and his MLB stats were fully in line with his Minor League stats. It’s also different when someone comes up in the minors and people can gauge how you may or may not perform against MLB pitching. When it comes to Cuban players, or Japanese for that matter, it’s tougher to tell. Their numbers are usually highly inflated compared to what their MLB numbers will be.
Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t be surprised if My Name is Yoenis hits 30 hrs this season. And I also wouldn’t be surprised if Lawrie struggled to get 12-15.
@Wilsonian, which is why there’s a discount on Yoenis. Lawrie went 28th in my RCL, Yoenis 150th.
@MattTruss223, haha can of worms, opened, didnt know such a convo would start…. I’d like to see him suceed, i dont own him anywhere, he’ll be a great value seeing most people got him relatively late, but I’d temper whatever expectations you have… I dont get too excited until a guy’s doing something for a long stretch. I know you’re all giddy haha, baseballs beginning, its that time of year….
@Tony, Do I need to temper 20 HRs, 10 Steals and a .250 avg? (He is on pace for a .300 avg and 81 bombs though!) Do you lift your hands and scream at the bottom of a roller coaster too? Or do you get excited in the anticaption? I just said he’s jacked and hit a bomb in his 2nd game. I wasn’t expecting his first homer to be so soon and I’m not expecting a 40 HR season.
@Tony, I fully expect him to keep his pace and go 80/80/160/.333 hopefully with a couple steals thrown in there.
@Wilsonian, FWIW, I checked out some field dimensions tonight. It’s 361 to the gaps at the Tokyo Dome, 367 at O.co. Tokyo Dome has a 14 foot wall, not sure the height on those O.co walls, they change up as it goes around. Not too far off…Cust Kayin’
@MattTruss223, I’m definitely excited from what I’ve seen from him so far — not only his homer, and double — just how composed he’s been so far. I think in his first ABs Felix started him off way inside and brushed him back, he then whiffed on 3 straight breaking pitches, second AB, again very inside and was HPB, then still roped that double on another breaking pitch. He wasn’t intimidated, and that’s what I liked the most.
@MattTruss223, He hit one too?! Nice! Maybe I should read the box score before commenting…
10 Team, 5 x 5, keeper league, drafted Tuesday night, thoughts?
C – Mesoraco
1 – Pujols
2 – Kinsler
3 – Sandoval
SS – Reyes
MI – Kelly Johsnon
CM – Aramis Ramirez
O – Standon, Bruce, Heyward, Bourjos, Crisp
DH – Cespedes, Lind
Bench Hitters: Rios, Rasmus, Bryce Harper, Eduardo Nunez, Yadier Molina, Joes Altuve
SP – Bumgarner, Gio Goncalex, D. Hudson, J Zimmerman, Marcum
RP – Farnsworth, Putz, Brian Wilson, De Los Santos
Bench Pitchers: Naftali Feliz, Roy Oswalt, Vinnie Pestano, Glen Perkins
My catchers are below average (would you start Molina over Mesoraco?)
My average will be…average, but I love my hitters.
Who would you drop to pick up more Starting Pitching (hitter or pitcher)? There are plenty of guys still out there.
@Dom, Drop one of your catchers. No idea how your keepers are set up, but a ton of your guys don’t need to be owned in a 10 teamer (Altuve or KJohnson, Pestano, Perkins, Oswalt)
yay !
no longer in last place .
@chata, Ha
Grey : Frank Frank is sitting on waivers, would you lose Marshall for him or hold tight in thinking Dusty is full of shiz on his committee crap?
@Mr2Bits, I’d hold tight, Marshall has upside to be top 10 closer. Of course he probably has more downside as well, he may not get any saves, though I think he will be the man.
@Jim, That’s what I was thinking too and hoping seeing as how I own him in 2 leagues.
Im hoping Ackleyd hot start drives up his value at my auction draft on Saturday bc i have no interest in him.
Question Razzball aces! 12team $260 auction 6×6 keeper league (standard plus holds and tb+bb) We keep 5 guys for up to three years and their cap number increases $5 in the first year, $10 in the second and $15 in the third. I’ve kept J.Upton $30 (1), G.Stanton $16 (2), C.Kimbrel $7 (1), and M.Napoli $6 (1). For my last keeper I can keep Jennings at $6 (1), I.Kennedy at $10 (1), Bumgarner at $14 (2) or Votto at $39 (3). I think Votto is too expensive. I’d like to keep Bumgarner but at $14 it is a tossup since I’m guessing he goes for under $20 in my league anyhow but I really don’t want to keep another outfielder especially when Jennings value is hurt a bit in my league type. Any help appreciated.
@Tom, Yeah, could be… Jennings…
@ Grey :
dude , no one watches espn anymore …. (yogi berra) .
get with the program …. mlbtv .
@chata,
maybe if they move the rcl leagues to a decent site ,
razzball can finally put espn to rest ,
including reports of their abandoned leagues and
inane player rankings/projections .
“dumb dumb dumb … dumb dumb dumb”
Woo! My last pick of Josh Reddick paid off! Riding him all the way to the championship, baby! 2/3 Double, HR, RBI
@theevilempire, ugh, stupid early game and my forgetfulness yesterday left me sonovabenched w/Reddick. I grabbed him last round too, hopefully it continues.
@theevilempire, He screwed me on my Razzball team. Big Bart too. Who do these A’s think they are? Vida Blue and Reggie?
@Grey, Every time Dustin Ackley comes up to bat it’s like seeing a Donkey Kong kill screen for the first time.
@3FingersBrown, Ha!
Grey with colon having a nice start today/yesterday. Is he worth a pick up in 12 team leagues?
@mikey boy324, Nope
I need to add an OaF to replace BJ. Your preference out of: Joyce, Moreland, A-JAX, Cain, Fowler, Brantley?
@Charles, Cain
@Tom, Fowler.
@Charles, Cain
Here is my team in a 5×5, 10 team, keeper league. Any areas you see that I MUST fix?
C – Posey
1B – Fielder
2B – Cano
SS – Reyes
3B – Youk
OF – Bruce, CarGo, Heyward, Werth
UTIL – Uggla, Bonifacio
Bench – Rasmus, Bourjos
SP – Hudson, Marcum, Scherzer, Morrow, Sale, Ubaldo
RP – Broxton, Addison Reed, Romo, Clippard, Pestano
I have thought about dropping Bourjos and picking up Lorenzo Cain. I have also thought about dropping one of my SP’s or RP’s and picking up Henry Rodriguez. We have a 150 starts limit. So I probably don’t need all of my SP’s I am just not sure which one to drop.
Any thoughts?
@Will, I’d keep Bourjos. I think you need help with saves but not sure what you could move unless you could get someone to give you a legit closer for Uggla
Just read Wilson is fine, It was a mix up. Just drafted him in my last draft and nervous as shit about him. Love that tm for save chances though.
@Jim, Nice…
I know Spring Training is Spring Training and the stats are meaningless, but Vance Worley gave up 11 runs yesterday, and no I didn’t just accidentally hit the “1″ key twice.
Too early to panic, but I gotta at least keep him on the bench for his first regular season start, right?
@xopchipili, He gave up 11 runs b/c Spring Training doesn’t matter. They’re leaving him in for 11 runs in a real game?
Sure wish Yahoo would DL BJ and Storen already. Why does it matter if they DL them now or next Wednesday? It’s gonna be backdated just in case, anyway. Don’t they know I’ve gotta pick someone up? They need to have my fantasy teams in mind when dealing with real life baseball shizz. Geez…
@Wilsonian, it’s not so much Yahoo’s fault as it is the Ray’s fault. It has to happen in real life before it can happen in fantasy land.
@brettj72, true, got a little ahead of myself. Just annoyed that everyone is saying “so and so will start the year on the DL.” Well, why the hell does it matter if you do it now or later? Like I said, it’ll get backdated anyway.
@Wilsonian, I think you are getting confused about retroactive DLing. It is to get guys off of the DL sooner, not throw them on there whenever and then get extra time out of it.
If I put BJ Upton on the DL today, he needs to come off in 15 days or go back on. If I wait until Thursday, I can backdate it to the last time he played (get him off earlier than 15 actual days from DL placement) or wait the full 15.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught, no confusion here. What I’m saying is: why not retroactively put him on now and backdate it until the last time he played? That was over a week ago. Meaning they could maintain an extra spot on their roster until he’s ready, be it in a week or whatever. I totally understand how the DL works, unless there is some magical formula that I’m unaware of that doesn’t allow players to be retroactively put on the DL during Spring Training.
@Wilsonian, Because he might be out for weeks and they don’t have to set their 25 man until their first game? If they put him on now and backdate it, they may have a decision to make before he is healthy. I just don’t see any benefit to a team putting a guy on the DL before they have to, short of you being able to pick up Michael Brantley or whoever, which I see you pointed out in your first post, so cheers.
*I had this same issue with Liriano going on the DL last spring.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught, that could be the variable I’m not looking at. But if they don’t have to set the rosters yet, why would it matter? Plus, I know people get on the 15 day DL and stay on it for longer than 15 days all the time. I may not fully know how all of that works, and what timeframe comes in to play making them come off. But I know people like Nelson Cruz hit the 15 day DL for a month at a time. So I’m not sure they would be forced to take him off before he is ready. You may know more on this and be able to ‘splain it better.
Luckily I only have him in my shallow league, so there are options out there. I just like to beat everyone to the punch.
Thanks for your input.
Are you dropping any of these guys in a 12-team H2H points league for Morneau? – Swisher, Duda, E. Encarnacion, Delmon Young, Lorenzo Cain
@nick m., I don’t like Edwin…
SP – Lee, Weaver, Beachy, Anibal, Wandy, Chacin, Cahill
RP – Betancourt, Motte, Jansen, Crain, HRod, Lidge
@Everyone – Should I drop Cahill to grab Casilla (or Romo)? Or drop Chacin? I think my pitching is deep enough to get rid of one of them and I could stream matchups there if need be. Thanks
@Ed Nugent, Hold for now. Sounds like Wilson is okay after all…
Have Bonifacio at 3B but could pick up Moustakas. Would have to drop one of these from my bench:
Logan Morrison
Torii Hunter
Jar Jar
Feel good about the team except for 3B.
@Mr. Rickey, I like Moose better than Boneface at 3B. Depending on the rest of your pitching and how deep a league it is, I’d probably lose Jar Jar. Hunter if you have the bench bats already.
Grey, What ya think of Allen Craig this year? Like a 4th-5th OF with upside?
@Jim, Like him better at 2nd.
RUDY!!! Begging you for those AL-Only Pointshares, man! Got an auction tomorrow – any chance they are going up at some point today? Thanks in advance – Rudy can’t fail…me!
@BigA, working on them now…should be up shortly.
@Rudy Gamble, They are up. http://razzball.com/2012-point-shares-12-team-al-2-catcher/
Is it time to go all-in on Morneau? People seem to like him less than Dunn, but I think he has more upside and a better chance of getting back to pre-injury form.
@Ralph, Not really going all-in when you draft someone in the 25th round… You can take the flyer if you like… I like him more than Dunn, but not by much…
In my 20 team h2h dynasty league, I was offered Ryan Zimmerman and Jay Bruce for my Longoria and Gamel. What do you think about this deal?
c jp arencibia
1b miguel cabrera
2b neil walker
ss yunel escobar
3b evan longoria
inf prince fielder
lf carl crawford
cf peter bourjos
rf justin upton
of carlos lee
util vernon wells
bn ryan lavernway
Bn miguel Sano
Bn mat gamel
sp clayton kershaw
sp cliff lee
sp ubaldo jiminez
sp jon lester
rp jason motte
rp matt throton
rp matt reynolds
rp matt capps
p scott downs
p brad peacock
bn aaron harang
bn scott downs
bn garrett richards
bn blake beaven
bn brian matusz
@Ryan, 20 teams and that’s your roster? Is the league even competitive?
@theevilempire, This is like my 4th year with this team. Every year I always traded up.
@Ryan, I’d take Zimm and Bruce…
grey or anyone- 14 team Yahoo H2H, not very deep benches, daily moves too, would you drop Chris Davis or Alex Presley to pick up Henry Rodriquez?
My staff is:
SP- Lester, Daniel Hudson, Beachy, Nova, chacin, wandy, & Jurjjens
RP-Marmol & Farnsworth….
@Tony, I’d drop Davis for Rodriguez.
@Tony, I’d drop Davis.
Bard or Vogelsong?
@BobbyVCard, Vogelsong
Any thoughts on Luis Mendoza? Worth a flier in mixed leagues over guys like Lynn, Sanchez, Peavy….? or just drinking some spring Kool-aid
@Chuck Norris, Mendoza sucks. AL 12-team only play.
AL 12 Team Point Shares are up -
http://razzball.com/2012-point-shares-12-team-al-2-catcher/
AL 10 Team Point Shares are up -
http://razzball.com/2012-point-shares-10-team-al-2-catcher/
Will try and update all Point Shares tonight as well as get the AL 10/12 links into the headers.
I need saves…Jesse Crain or Addison Reed?
@BobbyVCard, Reed
Chone Figgins is looking like the steal of my Razz draft; 4th rounder putting up 17 points through two mornings, nice.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught, Ha, nice…
I need to pickup a catcher. Ramos or Doumit?
@Ronkonkoma, Ramos
Any worries about Sweet Jesus Montero starting out with two DHs and no Cs?
@rvde, Yeah, it’s not great…
@rvde, I had a feeling this would happen. Olivo was their biggest HR threat last year (if you can call 19 HR a threat) so why would they take him out of their still crappy lineup? I see Jesus getting his C but it may take longer than people expected.
Giving up Santos and Beachy, getting Shields. I have 6 closers, so thats not the issue, I would likely replace Santos with a starter and Niemann, H Bailey, and Niciaso, or Terheran are the best available. Would you pull the trigger?
@xxxthetoadxxx, too much for Shields.
@xxxthetoadxxx, Why? I think Santos will be an awesome closer, and what are you gaining from Beachy to Shields?
@DonSlaughtOnslaught, exactly. Bad trade for you.
here’s my team from my shallow (but competetive) 8 team 6×6 (OBP and OBPA) family league:
C Wieters
1B Pujols
2B Kendrick
3B Prado
SS Han Ram
CI Fielder
MI Kelly Johnson
OF Bruce
OF Werth
OF Rasmus
OF Rios
Util Montero
BN Tabata
SP F-Her
SP Sabathia
RP Motte
RP Balfour
P Street
P Frank Frank
P Wainwright
BN Moore
BN Gallardo
BN Mad Bum
BN Zimmerman
BN Beachy
I think I’ve got holes at 3B and MI, and could use some outfield help, and my SPs are ridiculously strong. I offered Matt Moore to my cousin for Youk and he countered with Youk for Moore & Montero. Is that too much for Youk, or does it fill my needs nicely enough to go for it?
Thanks.
@farcus, You do have holes, too many of them for an 8 team league. That’s too much for Youk.
@Grey, thanks. How would you feel about countering Youk + McCutchen for Montero, Moore, Gallardo?
Better
Grey, you da man. Help me with a trade offer…
11 team 5X5 roto, obp instead of avg QS instead of wins.
Player one is extremely short on obp and has kinsler and cano. Player 2 is projected to win obp fairly easily but is starting jemile weeks at 2b (kelly johnson is on the FA wire). Player 1 gives up kinsler and greinke for Votto and Worley.
Thoughts?
@Luke, Terrible trade for Votto… Too much…
@Grey: Ok, here are the results of my money league, 12 team H2H, shallow rosters. Scoring categories are for hitters are: AB, H, 1B, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, BB, K, TB, AVG
Pitching categories are: IP, W, L, CG, SO, SV, ER, HR, BB, K, ERA, WIN%, BSV.
Some guys drafted pretty stupid, yes i know, get better competition. Been playing in leagues for years with these guys, they are fun, etc…I punted saves.
C Weiters
1B Votto
2B Espinoza
3B Lawrie
SS Cozart
OF CarGo
OF Stanton
OF Bruce
UTIL BJ
SP Bum
SP Latos
SP Gio
SP Zimm
SP Anibal
SP Beachy
SP Scherzer
SP Minor
There are still some decent guys on the wire. I am thinking of dropping an SP (Minor or Scherzer) and picking up an extra bat, OF for now to take BJ’s spot. I should be able to trade an arm for an upgrade at MI sometime after the season starts. What are your thoughts?
Pizza Buona! Yeah, your team is stacked… A deeper league would be better too… You get in an RCL?
@Grey, So tell me you tried the pizza?!?! Yeah we were a 16 team league two years ago, when i won it, a 14 team league last year. The commish has had trouble getting everyone to come back in past years obviously. It is still pretty competitive. Last year i finished 10th, horrible injury luck for my hitters. Anyhow, yes i got into an RCL, it was the team i posted on Tuesday night.
Ah… nice… Sorry, look at a lot of teams, I forget sometimes. Nah, haven’t tried the pizza yet, but it’s on the list of to-do.
@ThE sHiT,
perhaps the reason people aren’t returning to play in the league is
because some of your categories are …. what’s the word ? …. “wonky”?
IP is a category ??
also , by having no closers ,
you lose the Saves category every week ,
but win the BSV’s ???
as the say on the ‘shark tank’ ….. i’m out .
@Grey, Oh yeah, i almost forgot….I finally tried the Grilled Cheese Truck last night. Their signature one with the mac n cheese and pulled pork was excellent. But way too pricey imo. Either way, I’m tracking it down again sometime soon.
Yeah, that sandwich is kinda ridiculous. You know what’s great too… Fuku Burger’s Jazz Fries…
@Grey, I gotta find that and try it. I love good food.
It’s by Big Whang’s on Cahuenga.
“CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman reports the Royals are leaning toward Jonathan Broxton as their closer in the wake of Joakim Soria’s season-ending injury.”
Better long-term for saves: Holland, Lidge, or Reed?
Thanks dude.
Blech… Lidge…
@Grey, What’s the latest on Bourjos’ hip injury? Concern for this year? He was just dropped in my league and I’m wondering if his owner knows something I don’t. If he’s healthy, I have Rasmus and Alonso on my bench – who do you drop for him? Thanks!
Yeah, it’s a concern… But I’d own him over Alonso…
@Grey, same answer in a keeper league? Should have said that upfront.
Yup
ESPN already put BJ Upton on the DL. Now waiting for Yahoo to do the same.
@ThE sHiT, Probably be another week for Yahoo…
@ThE sHiT, no they didn’t
@Grey: I grabed Aaron Hill at the end bc I wasnt super stoked about having Tabata/Rasmus as my 3rd OF (I figured I could put Kendrick in OF and move Hill to 2B if they struggled). However, my pitching is weak and I plan on streaming a SP everyother day or so. I will need to drop someone on my team to make room, should I dump Aaron Hill or Greg Holland?
1. (2) Albert Pujols
(LAA – 1B)
2. (23) Andrew McCutchen
(Pit – OF)
3. (26) Adrian Beltre
(Tex – 3B)
4. (47) Jay Bruce
(Cin – OF)
5. (50) Paul Konerko
(CWS – 1B)
6. (71) Howie Kendrick
(LAA – 1B,2B,OF)
7. (74) Dee Gordon
(LAD – SS)
8. (95) Alex Avila
(Det – C)
9. (98) Gio Gonzalez
(Was – SP)
10. (119) Anibal Sanchez
(Mia – SP)
11. (122) John Axford
(Mil – RP)
12. (143) Brandon Morrow
(Tor – SP)
13. (146) Huston Street
(SD – RP)
14. (167) Max Scherzer
(Det – SP)
15. (170) Frank Francisco
(NYM – RP)
16. (191) Jose Tabata
(Pit – OF)
17. (194) Jhoulys Chacin
(Col – SP)
18. (215) Colby Rasmus
(Tor – OF)
19. (218) Roy Oswalt
(Phi – SP)
20. (239) Edwin Jackson
(Was – SP)
21. (242) Greg Holland
(KC – RP)
22. (263) Aaron Hill
(Ari – 2B)
23. (266) Jonathan Sanchez
(KC – SP)
@Chicago Mike, Holland
Not even Opening Day yet and my $1 auction investment on Yoenis has already paid dividends. Time to sell high!
@Awesomus Maximus, Nice… My pick up of Smoak paid off too…
@Grey, We’re geniuses, I tell ya’! I’ve got a plastic cup full of quarters and a bus ticket to Atlantic City. Meet me in front of the Borgata this time tomorrow and we’ll clean those bastards out!
BoSox send catcher Max St. Pierre down to AAA…in case anyone had him in the All Porn Star Friends and Family League…
@Wilsonian, HA!
Better UTIL bat to replace Felatio when he hits the DL:
Moose, D. Young, Rios, Freeman, Bourjos, Morales, Boneface?
Categories: H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBPS
@Wilsonian, Rios
@Wilsonian,
freeman
@chata, dammit chata, why you gotta go against Grey’s advice? Now you’re making me question the meaning of life, and who I’m supposed to pick up.
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If Lo Mo can’t go, which OF would you pick up, Reimold, Duda, Stubbs? H2h total points league. Thanks!