Comments on: Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy, Winning It

By: DominicanRepublican

DominicanRepublican — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:26:47 +0000

Why do you think it is that different fantasy websites (Yahoo, ESPN, etc.) don’t make the league numbers readily available? It makes much harder to prepare for anything but default settings.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:58:36 +0000

@Atherton32: Rudy says by the end of the weekend he'll have them.

By: Atherton32

Atherton32 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:48:52 +0000

any luck on the 14 team league numbers?

By: Tom Reale

Tom Reale — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:59:29 +0000

@majortommy: "Now I’m not saying I’d keep Kershaw over a known hitter commodity"...That's me quoting Grey, quoting Grey, out of context to suit my arguement, sure, but it works for Foxs News right? How can you compare Kershaw, who walks like he lost his license, to Haren, who walks less than the 700 pound man?

By: majortommy

majortommy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:20:56 +0000

@Tom Reale: His percentages stack up nicely next to Sanchez with the exception of the HR/9. His BABIP also is nearly the same as Haren(.280) and better than Cain, and Chris Carpenter. His strand rate was lower than Cain, Wainwright, Carpenter, Halladay and Greinke. So it is not as if he was completely lucky. The walks will come down(32 after the all star break in 71 innings compared with 59 in 99 before) the BABIP will go up(because it has to) but his ERA should still hover around 3.00

By: fantasyphil

fantasyphil — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:08:55 +0000

building on Atherton32′s request and #20 sean’s coment, quick way to convert/comfirm these #’s for a 10 team league?
muchas gracias

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:14:54 +0000

@Atherton32: Oh, it'll probably be this weekend. @Buge Hoobs: Nice username. I'd take the 10 hole.

By: Buge Hoobs

Buge Hoobs — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:37:31 +0000

In a 10 team std 5×5 roto league (starting 12 hitters/7 pitchers), any thoughts on who holds the best draft seat? We draw for where we want to sit. I typically take a middle seat fearing the long stretch between picks and thus inability to jump in on position bandwagons, but I’m now considering the ends. How important is it to you to get a top 3?

By: Atherton32

Atherton32 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:12:31 +0000

@ Grey Still no hurry but when you have the numbers for the 14 team league will they be on the comments page or will you put them somewhere else. Thanks

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:45:11 +0000

@Chris: I'd want the Pence side.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:44:06 +0000

I am in a dynasty keep everyone keeper league and was wondering what you thought of this deal.

I would be sending Carlos Lee for Hunter Pence and Jose Lopez. How do you feel about this deal, he said I could have Pence or Reimold but I can’t decide who I like more. I am not overly excited about Lopez but my second base position consists of Ian Desmond and Felipe Lopez, neither of whom are guaranteed starters. Lemme know what you think thanks

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:33:31 +0000

picking Hanley Ramírez first does fill you SS slot a weaker position -then when you are ready to draft at 1B you steal can get 40 homeruns from that spot and then add a solid thirdbaseman

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:31:00 +0000

@mrbaseball: They fits you well. Hehe... What?

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:29:21 +0000

when I picked at that spot as per your rankings – Peavy and Scherzer,were rated highest on your rankings – so I took them
The Rays Pitchers add up to 355 K’s – those are fits that I can deal with

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:25:25 +0000

@mrbaseball: I'm actually drafting right now.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:25:00 +0000

@mrbaseball: Solid team... You know how I feel on Peavy and Scherzer, and two Rays pitchers could give you fits, but I do like those two. Pierre and Morgan's one way to get your steals... I'd prefer balance, but I guess whatever gets you there.

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:24:13 +0000

Grey you are The Fantasy Baseball Council, and you are like Yoda – and we are all your students – may the draft be with you

By: PJtres

PJtres — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:20:32 +0000

hmmm…gotcha…
do you think longo will eventually be a 40 HR threat though? b/c wright is looking like a 20/20 guy…which is good…but how many 40 HR 3b are there…

i think that holliday is solid and so is wright…but do you think that longo is going to be a top 5 guy in the future? or do you see wright/longo being pretty even for the next few years?

By: mrbaseball

mrbaseball — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:19:30 +0000

Hey Gray – I did a 12 team draft and took the 1st spot to see how a draft would go if you draft Hanley Ramirez instead of Albert Pujols
The players are shown in order that I picked – I had to go through this crap this way because Yahoo has not been sending me my Mock Drafts – not sure why

1- I always wait to pick number 7 to start picking my starters – I try to the best availble starter with as many K’s as I can get and use your rankings

I punt 2b and catcher

I draft 4 relief pitchers that give me 120 saves
as my bench goes – depends what is there but I am interested in one hitter and 4 pitchers for my bench – its kind of streaming from your own team to have a bench full of pitchers and you know what you have and you don’t know what you get

I draft as much power as I can get – and then pick up late cheap steals

Hanley Ramírez (FLA)-SS —–100/25/110/.320/25

Adrián González (SD)-1B——- 90/38/100/.280

Ryan Zimmerman (WAS)-3B—105/30/110/.295/5

Jayson Werth (PHI)-OF———–85/30/100/.270/18

Adam Lind (TOR)-OF————–85/35/110/.300/2

Adam Dunn (WAS)-OF———— 80/40/100/.250

Josh Johnson (FLA)-SP———– 14-6/3.35/1.22/175

Jake Peavy (CWS)-SP————10-5/3.35/1.15/145

Matt Garza (TB)-SP————— 12-9/3.80/1.24/200

Carlos Mármol (CHC)-RP——–4-3/3.15/1.30/100, 38 saves

Francisco Rodríguez -RP——– 5-2/3.10/1.30/70, 40 saves

Carlos Quentin (CWS)-ULTILTY-80/28/95/.275/5

David Price (TB)-SP——————12-9/3.75/1.30/155

Nyjer Morgan (WAS)-ULTILTY—-105/4/45/.300/45

Max Scherzer (DET)SP————-12-8/4.00/1.32/165

David Aardsma (SEA)RP———– 5-2/3.10/1.30/70, 40 saves

Ryan Franklin (STL)-RP————- 4-2/3.75/1.25/40, 30 saves

Clay Buchholz (BOS)-SP————14-9/3.95/1.34/155

David Ortiz (BOS)-BENCH———–70/27/90/.265

Juan Pierre (CWS)-BENCH———-95/1/40/.300/45

Clint Barmes (COL)-2B—————-65/15/75/.255/12

Joba Chamberlain (NYY)- BENCH- 9-6/3.85/1.34/160

Chris Iannetta (COL)- CATCHER—50/17/65/.265

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:34:13 +0000

@Stephen: I hear ya. @PJtres: Sure

By: PJtres

PJtres — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:26:19 +0000

grey…would you trade longo and vmart for wright and holliday (keeper league)

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:22:41 +0000

@Grey: Not a bad top four, but the what I struggled with was finding value while keeping flexibility. There were just a lot of Outfielders and my roster couldn't hold to many more outfielders. Further, I essentially punted my left side of my infield until the end of the draft and banking on Steward and Davis to play well.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:21:04 +0000

@Grey:
all right then I made the right choice in my current mock.

First 6 picks, what do you think (had the 12th pick)

Tex
Longo
Granderson
Werth
Verlander
Lester

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:15:09 +0000

@Eddy: Longo, Tex

By: Eddy

Eddy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:13:21 +0000

@Stephen: That team looks fine to me. The only complaint would not be getting Elvis as my SS, but that's just me being fickle. Man, I haven't used the word fickle in a while. Fickle. Anyways, that's a very solid offense, and the potential downside of Davis, Stewart, and EverCab is easily offset by your insane OF. Needless to say, if you gave me that offense and told me to run with it, I would. Very, very, far away. @Grey: Grey would you prefer a Longo/Fielder combo or a Longo/Tex?

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:08:30 +0000

@Stephen: That doesn't look like a bad top four.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:05:57 +0000

I got Kershaw in the 7th and used the 8th on another starter and the 9th on a closer (Bell).

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:05:36 +0000

I got Kershaw in the 6th and used the 7th on another starter and the 8th on a closer (Bell).

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:04:57 +0000

@Eddy: I haven’t received the email with my roster, but IIRC this is what I had:

C- Miguel Montero
1B- Joey Votto
2B- (in honor of Razzball) Ian Steward (10th round)
3B- Chris Davis
SS- Everth Cabrera (22nd round)
OF- Braun
OF- Holliday
OF- Granderson
UTIL- Lind
UTIL- Adam Jones

SP- Clayton Kershaw
SP- ?
after this I cannot remember.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:00:44 +0000

@Stephen: Well on the bright side, you'd have the most dominate OF in your entire league. AND Adam Jones/Lind could always be trade bait for some position you ended up hurting on due to the suckassness of 6th pick. Not to mention it wont be such a huge problem if your infield isn't stacked with power at the corners. If you don't mind, what was the infield you ended up with?