Comments on: Razzball Historical Spotlight: Billy Ripken (1988)

By: Zebo

Zebo — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:48:56 +0000

what is the trade value of Jonathan Broxton right now? I would like to move him with Chris Perez in the wings, and Santiago Casilla coming off DL soon. We count holds, so Broxton has some extra value in addition to his normal stats.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:48:39 +0000

@cruisinkc: Yup. **Do followup questions in new post. Thanks.**

By: cruisinkc

cruisinkc — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:31:46 +0000

Is bruce for billingsley still a good deal with bruce up in the bigs now?

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:59:41 +0000

@BSA: The trade would be Beckett/Kinsler/Papelbon for Lincecum/Utley/Penny? I think Beckett and Lincecum are comparable and Penny is useless. So Kinsler and Papelbon for Utley? I don't hate it. Utley is that good. But there's no burning reason to make this trade. If you could avoid giving up Pap or swapping in Kershaw instead of Beckett, I'd be more excited. @cruisinkc: If you have 2B and MI depth, I guess. But Hafner out of that lineup makes me like Sizemore a bit less.

By: cruisinkc

cruisinkc — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:34:24 +0000

Trade BJ Upton for Sizemore?

By: BSA

BSA — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:26:28 +0000

The Beckett/Kinsler for Lincee/Utley trade is in barter mode. I offered Kershaw and he came back adding Penny and wanting Papelbon.
My closers are Papelbon, Rauch, Ryan
His starters are Cook CYoung, Penny, volquez, Burnett, Jurrj, gsmith
Our free agent closers are:Wilson (both of them), Capps, Acosta, Torres

What next? I think Penny is junk and Pap is too much.

By: Freak

Freak — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:24:57 +0000

"there is also Danks,Garza,Scott Olsen,Pettite,Francis,Bergmann,Ed. Jackso,Zito and Duscherer. Any of them beat out Pedro?" @Dr.J: Uh, so what made you include Zito? Were you seriously giving an iota of consideration to picking him up? The only place Zito has any value is in a razztastic league.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:18:41 +0000

@Grey: Cruise - I'm disagreeing with Grey and Porkburn. I like Lackey. Soto is giving you above average HR/RBI but I don't think he's a safe bet for AVG, R, or SB. Lackey will give you 4 stats out of 5. V-Mart could probably give you everything except the HR. See if he'll thrown in V-Mart. If not, offer him back your most expendable player.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:59:56 +0000

@cruisinkc: Lincecum, Hamels, Zambrano, Shields, Billingsley and Kazmir. They're all really close. Billingley and Shields will give you the most value considering what people think of them.

By: cruisinkc

cruisinkc — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:55:55 +0000

@Grey: Could you rank these pitchers for how they will perform for the rest of the season: Billingsley, Kazmir, Hamels, Lincecum, Shields, and Zambrano. All i'm looking as possible trade targets.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:29:46 +0000

@cruisinkc: It's fair,, but I'm not crazy about Lackey, so no.

By: cruisinkc

cruisinkc — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:27:09 +0000

@p0rk burn: Thanks for the advice. The weird thing is the guy that wants soto has v-mart but is trying to move him because of his power outage this year. Maybe I should get v-mart and lackey for soto! I do need pitching with only having King Felix, Vazquez, Cain, and Ted Lilly....

By: p0rk burn

p0rk burn — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:16:16 +0000

Cruisin: My vote is no depending on what you need. I think it goes to all that Average Replacement Value stuff Rudy is so fond of, but a catcher like Soto (to me) is hard to come by whereas pitchers of Lackey’s caliber are much more common. Then again I’m the Joe Blow coming here for advice too. Grey isn’t sold on Soto and I don’t think he is going to bat .330, but I think he will still end up in the top tier of catchers. Call me stupid for going out on a limb – peg him a few notches below Martin last year without the steals.

By: cruisinkc

cruisinkc — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:03:52 +0000

Trade Soto for Lackey?

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:00:26 +0000

He threw in Jurrjens, so now it’s

Miggy – Bedard – Kershaw

for

Aramis – Rios – Billingsley and Jurrjens

I accepted…

By: Chase

Chase — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:27:02 +0000

OK, Putz is very frustrating…He’s almost matched his walk total for last season already…What do I do? Keep em and wait for him to turn it around or Deal him?

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:13:36 +0000

@Tony B.: Don't like it as much, but I still like it. @Endless Summer: Bedard, Marcum, F-Her, Maine, Greinke, McGowan, Cabrera then Punt.

By: Endless Summer

Endless Summer — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:04:57 +0000

How do these pitchers rank?

Bedard, Felix Hernandez, Marcum, Maine, McGowan, Greinke, Cain, Daniel Cabrera, Darrell Rasner

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:04:28 +0000

Now he’s asking for Bedard (round 9) , Kershaw, and Miggy

I still get the same… Billingsley, Rios, and Aramis.

I still like it b/c I like Billingsley over Bedard…

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:36:02 +0000

@Tony B.: I like the deal a lot for you. A lot.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:33:32 +0000

@Dr.J: Garza, Jackson, Dook-sheer, Bergmann, Danks, Pedro... So yeah, a few before Pedro.

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:33:24 +0000

FYI – With the keeper status, whatever round the player is, you give up your draft pick in that round in exchange for the player…

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:31:29 +0000

What do you guys think about this deal?

I give Miguel Cabrera (round 1 keeper) and Clayton Kershaw (round 24 keeper) Brian Wilson (round 17)

and I get in return

Chad Billingsley (round 12) Aramis Ramirez (round 4) and Alex Rios (round 10)

I already have Longoria on my team as a round 21 keeper for the next 3 years. Giving up Cabrera will give me a brand new first round pick in next year’s draft and I can use an Aramis/Longoria combo at 3rd for the rest of this season. I have a surplus of closers so giving up Wilson doesn’t hurt me. I know Kershaw is something special but I think Billingsley is as well. I would add Rios to my OF which already consists of Holliday, Hamilton, Pence, and Quentin (I can always play the other 2 at my UTL spots)

Should I do it, or keep what I have?

By: Dr.J

Dr.J — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:26:21 +0000

there is also Danks,Garza,Scott Olsen,Pettite,Francis,Bergmann,Ed. Jackso,Zito and Duscherer. Any of them beat out Pedro?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:18:26 +0000

@Julius: Pedro

By: Julius

Julius — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:15:18 +0000

Who is more worthy of a pick-up in a 5×5 roto league?

Clay Buchholz
or
Pedro Martinez

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:12:42 +0000

@DFNMwillwin: I'm going Guthrie first then. Guthrie, Jackson, Bergmann, Punt.

By: DFNMwillwin

DFNMwillwin — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:10:47 +0000

Jeremy Guthrie also available

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:10:00 +0000

@DFNMwillwin: Perez and Jackson.

By: DFNMwillwin

DFNMwillwin — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:04:36 +0000

In need of a middle reliever to help in K’s, WHIP, ERA. Some guys available are Chris Perez, Scherzer and Heath Bell. I also need another pitcher. Some guys available are Bergmann, Arroyo, Edwin Jackson. Who should I look at?