Comments on: Can Ricky Rock It Less Poisonously In 2010?

By: Aaron Pil

Aaron Pil — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:58:39 +0000

“That worked out okay. ”

And by okay you mean “amazingly well”

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:56:46 +0000

@Trevor: Great deal for you!

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:55:17 +0000

Ricky is undoubtedly a keeper for me in my 16 teamer. On may 19th I got the mini Donkey, Nolasco, and Rich Hill for Chipper and Lilly. We keep 10 and have a draft for the rest. Was this as much of a steal as I think?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:09:04 +0000

@Myles: I'd go with Napoli. @Simply Fred: Votto, Davis, Butler... @mr baseball: Velez for speed, McGehee for power.

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:06:52 +0000

@Grey: I have zero interest in football. Am unwilling to sift through the plethora of football posts to Forums. I won't be going there anymore, and my loss will be missing some interesting baseball news. Will stick to these dailies for my info.

By: mr baseball

mr baseball — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:01:06 +0000

Eugenio Velez or Casey McGehee at second base next year in that 20 team keeper league – you think this is easy

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:55:57 +0000

@Grey: So far: Butler, Votto, Davis all as first base targets for 2010. Care to begin ranking them?

By: Myles

Myles — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:53:14 +0000

Grey,

I have Bengie Molina on my H2H team going into the playoffs next week.

Mike Napoli is in free agents right now. Should I stick with a questionable Molina or pick up Napoli?

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:38:15 +0000

@EricB: Is there something "magical" about ;ast 8, not 7 or 9?

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:32:09 +0000

@EricB: Always interested in results. The fact that you have turned around your performance based upon your spreadsheet is tantalizing. Willing to share criteria the criteria that you use in spreadsheet?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:13:21 +0000

@royce!: Ha! @royce!: Ha, that's totally emo.

By: royce!

royce! — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:02:12 +0000

Oh, and Jake Peavy’s apparently writing lyrics for an emo band (and/or taken an interest in writing girl’s high school poetry- take your pick):

“I feel so close, yet so far and not where I want to be,” Peavy said.

Whatever happened to “Sweet Home Alabama,” Jake?

By: royce!

royce! — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:56:34 +0000

bee tee dub, apropos the headline, grow your own!:

http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/Fun-to-Grow-Ricky-Rocket/productinfo/SE-SUFG-010/

By: royce!

royce! — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:23:05 +0000

@Corey II: Here are the no name pitchers that I picked up for my 20 team h2h playoffs, and they’re all 2 starters, as far as I know:

VandenHurk (@NYM and WAS)
Duensing (@TOR and OAK)
Manship (ditto)

Moehler and Paulino were also (terrible, terrible) possibilities, and Moehler should have PHI and PIT, Paulino ATL and PIT.

So it should be an interesting week…

By: knighttown

knighttown — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:08:07 +0000

@EricB: Very nice Eric. And accurate as usual Grey. So I guess dropping E-Jax for Scherzer makes some sense?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:51:04 +0000

@Tom: Ha! I like the first possible reason. @EricB: Looks like I pegged the bottom four as guys to be careful of.

By: EricB

EricB — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:47:40 +0000

@knighttown: Here’s how I’d rate your pitchers:

I have a spreadsheet where I analyze the last 8 starts of all starting pitchers. I was sucking big time in pitching until I built this spreadsheet and now I’m surging up huge in pitching from the data gleaned from it. It has 150 starting pitchers (5 per MLB team) ranked 1 through 150. Currently the top 5 are Cliff Lee, Sabathia, Greinke, Lincecum, Verlander based on most recent performances. As for your pitchers they are ranked:

9. Rich Harden
10. Javier Vazquez
29. Jonathan Sanchez
32. Max Scherzer
52. Roy Oswalt
70. Ervin Santana
76. Jered Weaver
108. Edwin Jackson

Based on that ranking Harden and Vazquez are As. Sanchez and Scherzer are Bs. Oswalt is a C. Santana, Weaver, and Jackson are Ds.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:44:17 +0000

So… as a Dodgers fan, I have trouble making sense of the Thome trade. I’m still trying to figure it out.

So far, I’ve come up with two possible hidden reasons for the move:

1. Ned Colletti actually traded for Bobby Jenks, but when Ozzie Guillen got up and said “They just $%&%-ing traded the #@^$%-ing big white guy,” Thome hopped on the bus before anybody could clarify. Sorry, Jenks. Maybe next time.

2. Thome’s not exactly a handsome man. Standing next to him will likely boost everyone’s self esteem. Playing with Andre Ethier has probably messed with everyone’s head anyway.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:41:23 +0000

@Jareth Cutestory: Ha!

By: Jareth Cutestory

Jareth Cutestory — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:17:56 +0000

Losing Votto for that month sure sucked. First they sent him to an analyst, then a therapist, then finally an analrapist which seemed to set him right. I am keeping him on my auction team, he could win a batting title while he knocks in 30+

By: Corey II

Corey II — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:06:44 +0000

@Grey: sadly Rowland Smith and West are both owned.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:03:54 +0000

@Corey II: I'd grab Padilla. Not sure who else is available, maybe Rowland-Smith? Sean West? @knighttown: I'd be careful with Ervin, Weaver, Oswalt and Edwin.

By: knighttown

knighttown — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:38:53 +0000

I’m on a bad run of poorly timed SP starts. I catch Harden and Vazquez getting hit hard but miss Weaver, Scherzer and Oswalt throwing gems. I’m still right there so I’m sure its not as bad as it seems but I’d like to know how you would rate my guys:

A- start against everyone
B- avoid only Yankees, Boston, Tampa, Angels and Philly (for instance)
C- start against SD, Sea, NYM, SF, Ari, Oak, KC, Pit (for instance)
D- never start

Vazquez, Oswalt, Harden, Sanchez, Weaver, Jackson, E. Santana, Scherzer (dropped but could pick up).

I suppose you need to know what I need. Wins=WHIP>K=ERA.

Also, are my 5 or 6 “good” matchups and “bad” matchups pretty accurate?

By: Corey II

Corey II — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:28:53 +0000

my rotation is seriously hurting heading into my 14 team league H2H playoffs next week, and the very thin waiver wire is my only hope at grabbing some potentially non horrible pitchers.

would you consider grabbing Vicente Padilla (dodgers have a really easy schedule the rest of the way)? Masterson? Hochevar? Fister? is Morrow supposed to come up soon? Any other very no-name SPs that are widely unowned you’d give a shot (even if just for next week’s matchups)

i’m already owning guys like Gio Gonzalez and Clayton Richard so i’ll take anything

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:17:49 +0000

@knighttown: Nah, not worth it. @mr baseball: Great for Ks, should be at least a #3, probably a #2. May not come until 2011 though, but there's a possibility of it in 2010.

By: mr baseball

mr baseball — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:09:01 +0000

Brett Cecil – what future value does he have – 2nd 3rd 4th fantasy starter for a team – how about future strike outs -

By: knighttown

knighttown — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:01:18 +0000

I loves me some loopholes. In a league where 6 teams are separated by 2 saves, I’m now rocking 6 relief pitchers in a 3 RP league. Rivera, Rodney and MacDougall are RP’s and Neftali, Morales and Gutierrez are in SP slots because of dual eligibility. I’m half thinking about going after Phil Hughes as well to get that ever elusive 7-save night but to make that happen I’d have to drop someone useful like E-Jax.

Not worth it right?

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:49:46 +0000

@Steve: Ha! @Taco: I'd lose him for Pie.

By: Taco

Taco — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:38:44 +0000

what are your thoughts on dye right now? H2H playoffs loom and I’m thinking about dropping him for pie.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:33:07 +0000

Just in case y’all are wondering what to do with all those old Bill James Abstracts and Handbooks and copies of Baseball Prospectus you don’t have room for anymore…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8L7TnWx8As