Comments on: Diamondbacks Call Up Max Scherzer

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:09:18 +0000

@IowaCubs: Those options are like, "Do you prefer a stabbing or a bowling ball dropped on your head?" Aaron Cook.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:08:38 +0000

Looking at it again, it sounds like like robbery (that doesn’t make sense). But the guy with Tulo is on record as wanting steals.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:06:22 +0000

Steve – love the trade if you can get it done. i think you’ll need to package them both to have a chance…

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:54:47 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: How does Bourn for Tulo sound? Or maybe Bourn + Renteria for Tulo?

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:51:26 +0000

Quick waiver wire help for my 5×5 mixed:

I just traded for JJ. Putz, and now need SP help. Who should I pick up in place of Jeremy Acardo, who I plan on dropping in place of a starter?

Two options: Mark Hendrickson or Aaron Cook?

I need some help in wins, i’m okay in whip, era and k’s.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:01:59 +0000

@Dave: Ha, yeah should've known mookiewilsonforpresident.com wasn't trustworthy.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:31:57 +0000

Re: Rollins. Nobody seemed to mention/notice that the reports of the broken ankle were from a Mets blog. It quoted Philly radio WIP. I was listening that day. Never happened. The lesson as always – never EVER trust a Mets fan

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:28:19 +0000

@G-Men:

SS — Peralta, Greene, Hardy, Keppy — these aren’t that close.
1B — Jackson, Votto, Loney — these are very close.
C — Doumit, Navarro, Suzuki — these aren’t that close.

By: G-Men

G-Men — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:06:39 +0000

FYI – My team is weak in R, HR, RBI. Should be decent in AVG & SB.

Currently Platooning the three 1b and EE in my Util & 1B spot. Just dropped S. Drew and added Peralta, and also fell victim to the shoulder de Posada.

By: G-Men

G-Men — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:54:15 +0000

Trying to fill some holes on my team, rank these players for me at their positions (this is kind of a combination of my team and the waiver wire)…

SS: Peralta, Hardy, Greene, Keppinger
1B: Loney, C. Jackson, Votto
C: Navarro, Doumit, Suzuki

Thanks

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:45:33 +0000

@jason: Actually I don't mind that trade. You're fine in saves and you never know when more come into the league so you could get more at any point. I'm all about trading closers. If you need average, can't do much better than Helton and when looking at only average, like him a lot better than Beltre and Konerko.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:19:32 +0000

Trading Rauch + Salty for Helton is a bad idea, right? My average is godawful and although I have Lee I could use him in Util. I also have Soria, Street, and Fuentes, so I’m second in saves and that’s not really an issue. Still, I don’t know if Helton is worth the upgrade at Util over say Beltre or Konerko.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:54:52 +0000

@Lolhamburger: Honestly, I think Butler’s going to be great but he’s not hitting more than 22 home runs this year. He’s a weirdly-shaped average hitter. Maybe next year he gets to 30 home runs as his power continues to grow, but anyone who thinks he’s a home run hitter this year, I think is mistaken. I think people look at him and see a 40 home run guy. But he’s not.

I think Melky is going to hit between 15 and 20 home runs and steal the same amount while keeping a decent average. So he’s already better than Butler for roto when you include the steals.

Ethier — I’m not that excited about him. He’s got some hype (which I have no idea where it’s coming from, considering he doesn’t do anything really exceptional). He’s not going to get to Melky’s numbers in power or steals. His at-bats should be okay, probably reach 450 to 500 for the year, but the numbers are kinda — whatever. I’d drop him. Considering your league’s not that active, you’ll probably be able to get someone as good anyway in case of an injury.

By: rudygamble

rudygamble — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:20:56 +0000

accardo hasn’t looked too hot this year but i like your strategy in general. i’d consider him the first guy to drop in case you need to bench a starting player for some reason. i held onto rafael perez for a week in one league in case he got a cheap save until posada went down…

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:12:31 +0000

Another question…

I drafted the following 3 closers all after round 15:

Soria, Corpas, and Brian Wilson. I currently lead in saves due to my pickup of Rauch when Cordero initially went down and I’ve held onto him since. Someone recently dropped Accardo and I scooped him up. Closers and their possible set-up men heir apparents are few and far between on our league’s waiver wire so would you hold onto Accardo b/c of this fact or is he not himself at this current point in time?

By: Lolhamburger

Lolhamburger — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:29:01 +0000

12 team, standard 5×5, H2H league, with 5 OF and 1 UT spots:

I have Victorino coming off of DL. Drop Ethier, Melky or Butler? Cameron is a FA, surprisingly. Trading is not really an option because half of the teams are not paying attention, making the FA pool rich for the other half.

I’m leaning Ethier at the moment given the crowded LAD OF situation, but part of me has a hunch that Butler was a pre-season projection mistake, though it’s admittedly too early to tell. Haven’t checked batting statistics yet to see who might be flukish. If forced to guess blindly, would think that Butler’s AVG is real, Melky’s power is fake and Ethier’s AVG is fake. All in a relative sense, of course.

Anyway, interested in your thoughts, especially since these names were often mentioned in the past.

Thanks in advance. I’m a big fan of this site. I sit at work hitting refresh all day hoping for new content. I don’t think that I’m the only one that does this!

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:56:11 +0000

I definitely wouldn’t drop Bourn. At the very least, I’d trade him. I’d drop Adam Jones out of the three. Milledge second.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:49:32 +0000

Would you drop Milledge, Adam Jones or Bourn (all bench guys for me) for Cameron? Bourn is the most likely candidate – I have Crawford, Rios and Markakis for steals.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:54:32 +0000

@Tony B.: Your starters are pretty solid. I'd drop Aybar. You don't need to be backing up Furcal and Cano. Plus, Aybar's pretty one-note. You'll get some occasional steals for Aybar and some average, but nothing you'll miss. I like him, but at the end of the year, you're not going to be saying, "Man, I'm really glad I got Aybar." You could be saying that about the Nazi.

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:32:27 +0000

I own that Nazi from Arizona in my CBS Keeper and have to now activate from him his Minor League status. Which pitcher would you drop to make room for him?

McGowan
Clay Buchholz
Jurrjens
Ervin Santana

The rest of my SP’s go: DL Lackey, DL Kazmir, Bedard, and Lincecum

Or should I just cut ties with Erick Aybar as my super 2B/SS sub to Furcal and Cano?