It would be great if Grey did another cheat sheet for us, but in reality you can do it yourself. Simply see how Grey values a player and then compare it to the pre-rankings and see if a player Grey (and you like) is likely to be there by the next round. Of course, you never know. Players always go “too early” or “too late” in every draft. For example, I live in the S.F. Bay Area, and I know in this local that Stoner Lincecum and Fat Man Sandoval will go ahead of their pre-ranks. But I can use this to my advantage because I know Dodgers will drop because many of these “homers” don’t want to have a Dodger on their team. So I might be able to nab Matt Kemp out of one of the later slots.

Doing the 2 for 1 deal is also a tough sell. At this point in the offseason, everyone is convinced their keepers are the best and they’ve got to be the one moving 2 players and upgrading to 1 better player.

ps GO BUCKEYES

PSS this is a great site, i feel like i’m about 3 days ahead of my league, plus what other fantasy site gets 50+ replies to EVERY post? NONE…. i read everything and there’s not a site that gets half the good posts this one does. Many solid thoughts, observers, and ideas…. keep up the good work grey and the rest of the razzers keep helping out…

@matthole: I suspect Grey isn’t touching the subject because he has contracts with the ad people. They tend to frown on falsely generated ad clicking for obvious reasons. If Grey publicly condones it he could be penalized. But yeah, why have ads if they don’t make you any $$?

Anyway, back to more important issues…

@Grey: I’ve now got King Felix and Greinke in my stable and am debating between Ichiro and Wainright as my final keeper. I know you’re not a big Ichiro fan, and apparently neither is anyone in my league, but he still seems like a keeper when there’s 12 teams keeping 8 players each. Thoughts?

Thanks!

@Shmorgie S. Board: Ha!

@Mikey boy324: Draft for value, maybe the 10th round, depends on the draft.

@Doc: Mid-to-bottom Donkeycorn. Great closer if healthy, has a wonky elbow, terrible team.

@Dave: Around 150 could work.

@jaysfan2020: I’d take Holliday.

CHONE’s projection for Mauer doesn’t seem unreasonable, but I’m hesitating to keep a catcher above Holliday.

“And now you’ve drafted Randy Wolf and you’re getting a divorce.”

Hello, Win-Win scenario.

Zing!

Of course you are right. I kid because I love. And I’ll buy Grey a daiquiri this weekend because I definitely owe him for my #2 finish in my league last year. In the future, I’ll leave the humor attempts to the professionals.

@Grey: Well said. The Glossary here is one of my favorite parts of the site — I now exclusively refer to Adam Dunn as “Country Strong” and Dan Uggla as “Mini Donkey.” The explanation of Donkeycorn is maybe the most convoluted yet appropriate analogy in fantasy sports.

@Steve: Ha!

@Jeff W.: I thought the glossary already drove enough people away with sentences like, “SAGNOF great, but schmohawks pulling a Kotchman will kill you.”

@Nate Marcum: Ha!

@The Dude: Thanks!

@Frank Rizzo: Cool story.