Comments on: MLB Fantasy Baseball Player Rankings Now Posted

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:47:24 +0000

@Peoria: Point Shares have Botto and Morneau about even. There's a wildcard with Morneau b/c he's playing in a new park this year. Morneau at #50 is a much better value than Votto at #36. But I wouldn't bet on Morneau lasting that much after Votto....

By: Peoria

Peoria — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:03:50 +0000

If you had the choice between Votto and Morneau, who would you rather have? In my ESPN mock draft Votto went 36th and Morneau went 50th. I really like Votto and want him on my team, but would it be wise to hold off on Morneau if I can? Getting him 50th overall seems like a ton of value. Thanks!

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:40:24 +0000

@Jeff Jaffee: Thanks Jeff. A few options. You could copy/paste to Excel or you could right click in the spreadsheet and choose 'Open in New Tab'. This should expand the frame and make it easy enough to print. Let me know if you have any issues!

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:40:40 +0000

@Ernie: Hey Ernie. I just use the playing time estimates from BP. Last year, I made a few adjustments based on injury prone players (Josh Hamilton comes to mind). They have Harden at 168 IP. The last two years he's pitched 148 and 141 innings. So I think you've got a point there. If you knock his IP back to 140 IP he tumbles about 80 spots in value. Translation: If there's any pitcher that you don't feel confident will give you at least 160 IP, don't draft them until the 15th round or so. That includes Jean-Luc Bedard.

By: Jeff Jaffee

Jeff Jaffee — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:38:29 +0000

Love your point of view. Great sense of humor plus superior knowledge of the game, but how do you print out this point share list? Thanks. Jeff Jaffee

By: Ernie

Ernie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:56:04 +0000

Rudy, explain something to me. On your 12-team Point Shares, I’ve noticed that Harden is estimated to give 1.18 points AND is ahead of SPs as: Nolasco, J.Johnson, and Wandy to name a few. For one, I can’t remember the last time having Harden on my team has added anything except for frustration. The guy is the 2010 version of Glass Joe. Just so I understand, are the point shares taking into account that a player will stay healthy all year because I thought it took projected innings into account?

By: Goat Slywinkle

Goat Slywinkle — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:12:29 +0000

Apologies, I meant he has the second highest point share for strikeouts. If that is fixed he’s presumably much lower than 93rd.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:42:10 +0000

@Goat Slywinkle: 2nd highest? He's down at #93 overall....still inflated due too his hybrid SP/RP stats but not as crazy as #2 overall....

By: Goat Slywinkle

Goat Slywinkle — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:23:41 +0000

Kris Medlen has the second highest point share among pitchers in a ten-team league.

This seems like a mistake.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:15:03 +0000

I don’t like speed-only guys to begin with but I like them even less in SBs. You can’t really count on SBs on a week-to-week basis. They come in bunches. I’d punt it for H2H and maybe keep a guy on the bench you can swap in if need be (and maybe trade to a sucker)…