Comments on: Jay Bruce, 2010 Fantasy Sleeper

By: Colin

Colin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:17:33 +0000

This is the 3rd year I am hanging on to this guy and I think I will be rewarded. I expect him to easily hit the 30 homer mark with a .270 avg and double digit steals.

By: sean

sean — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:44:00 +0000

@sean: In my RCL defense, the team that won our league drafted 8 players who finished in the top 35 in ESPN’s player rater:

7 Cabrera (10)
31 Halladay (15)
55 Haren (12)
79 Abreu (31)
90 Jeter (10)
193 Mauer (17)
247 Bartlett (34)
282 Bourn (32)

I think he auto-drafted, PS. He also added Kendry Morales, Ian Stewart, Andrew Bailer, Edwin Jackson, Carlos Gonzales, and Joel Pineiro off of waivers.

Dude just had a sick, sick year.

By: sean

sean — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:28:54 +0000

@Simply Fred: No problems at all here. In the RCL when I saw that it was going to be a competition to see who could draft the most like Grey's gameplan, I decided to go contrarian. Much like picking an NCAA pool, I figured the only way I could be outside the middle of the pack (high or low) was to do something the others wouldn't. I wasn't going to waste my time trying to out-razz Razzballers, so I zagged.

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:24:46 +0000

@Grey: That's what I needed to know. @sean: My apologies to Sean and you. I have spent countless hours trying to put together a plan that I thought mirrored your thinking (including waiting until at least the 7th before drafting a SP). Then when shot down, I got defensive--a real character flaw of mine.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:15:37 +0000

@Simply Fred: I'd probably pass on Rollins and take Desmond, Andrus, Everth, etc much later on.

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:11:03 +0000

@Grey: I am cooled down. Wanting to work out the nuance. "A-gonz at 22 isn't terrible" doesn't sound like a resounding, hey Rollins was bad. It was/is a tough call. The position scarcity got the balance in the close call. Would you say take A. Gonz there knowing that the next available SS would be Bartlett in the 6th or some schmohawk later. I am really struggling with these.

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:07:11 +0000

@Grey: I wasn't being critical of Sean drafting Peavy and Liriano (I had them on my teams). It was just that he criticized my picking SP 7, 8, and 9 "before some might even select their first SP." Seemed a bit hypocritical to me. Heck, I can give him credit for learning from experience. I am thinking it is more the Webb pick rather than drafting an SP in the seventh. BTW: There are 3 pitchers who finished in the top ten in three of the last four years: Sabathia, Santana, and Webb. I ain't gonna get the first two in the seventh. I will monitor Webb's health in the spring. Maybe if enough others feel the same, Webb drops to ADP 10. I appreciate the discussion (but was a little put off by what I perceived to be a holier-than-thou don't-pick-SP-in-early-rounds, when he had). @sean: I know you were trying to be helpful. It's all good.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:50:11 +0000

@Simply Fred: Think it's unfair to fault someone for drafting Peavy and Liriano last year. A-Gonz at 22 isn't terrible.

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:46:15 +0000

@Grey: I appreciate the feedback, especially not knowing a good balance of speed/power. Will consider Jones good, seek Bruce rather than Davis, and stay with McGehee. Not sure how to improve power at the corners. With Utley the 3rd pick, by the time it got back to 2nd round number 22, none of the next seemed stellar. Who would you recommend rather than Rollins amongst: Sandoval, Zimmerman, Youklis, V.Martinez, Hill, J-Up, A. Gonzalez?

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:29:58 +0000

@sean: Is this the same Sean that drafted Peavy in the 4th and Liriano in the 7th and finished 6th your RCL league last year?