Homer Yankee fan in keeper league, picking in the 12th round. Slowey, Baker, Hughes are my options. I wanted Baker but now I'm torn.

Slowey

how far off is Hughes? 2-3 rounds?

Yeah, about that.

C. SP. Vazquez
1B. Votto. SP. Rodriquez
2B. Pedrioa. SP. Ubaldo
SP. Hughes. (1)
SS. ASDRUBAL(2) SP.
3B. Rodriquez. SP.
MI. SP.
CI. SP.
OF. Holiday.
OF. Bay.
OF. Lind. Cl.
OF. Snider. Cl.
OF. Rios
DH.
DH.

(Minor, bumgarner, hellickson, alonso)


Slowey went ahead of me, I took hughes over Baker, now I know I need to be sharp. I have two of next 6 picks; thr first pick I have to decide between jonathan sanchez and jorge de la rosa, I need 200k guy: who is more likely to be better in era and whip? Pick #2: a). do I have to go closer? b) If not, I see fowler and everth cabrera, I like getting the speed at MI, but I like fowler better, is fowler better enough to disregard position here?

Sp. Ubaldo
Sp. Wandy
Sp. Vazquez
Sp, Hughes
Sp
Sp
Sp
Sp
MR
CL
CL

Sanchez and Everth.

This is how I ended up. I see that I am going to have a long, hard, frustrating year working the pitching staff. I went to take Everth but at the time C. Perez was the only somewhat closer available, in a 13 team league (lol, I always thought it was 12 during my 7 years) some teams drafted 4 closers early.

LAA seem to be a good staff to follow for injuries, is there any other team I should be looking real hard for SP in the minors? I will sit tight using MR for the time being, and hope Brantley and / or E Young may be able to net me a closer at some point.

C. K. Suzuki
1b J. Votto
2b D. Pedrioa
Ss A. Cabrea
3b A. Rodriquez
Mi. R. Furcal
Ci N. Swisher
OF M Holiday
OF J. Bay
OF A Lind
OF T. Snider
OF D. Fowler
UT. J Cust
UT. A. Rios

Bench (E. Young, J. Francisco, M. Brantley, P. Burrell, A. Craig (StL) Alex Liddi (dropping for P Bourjus)

SP. J. Vazquez
SP. U. Jiminez
SP. P. Hughes
SP. W. Rodriquez
SP. J. Sanchez
SP. J. Masterson
SP. I. Kennedy
SP. L. Hochover
RP. C Perez
RP. J Rauch

Bench (A. Aceves, S. Downs, K. Medlen, J. Motte, D. Robertson, G. Gonzalez, T. Wood,)

Minor Spots (4 in season) Y. Alonso, S. Castro, J. Hellickson, M. Bumgarner

Not sure why LAA's a good team to monitor for SP injuries, but I'd just keep my eye out for SP injuries in general. Your pitching staff is weak at the bottom. Hochevar is projected to have near a 5 ERA. He's pretty terrible. Your hitting looks solid though, so that's good.

I see LAA having some opportunities for spot starts with Kazmir and Ervin Santana, not necessarily a major injury but enough to make their spot starter a good guy to have around early on, before actual injuries. Hochover will never see the active lineup, I'll put Middle Relievers in until I can figure out a decent trade or waiver wire option.