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0From human trafficker to Rangers fifth starter, Alexi Ogando throws gas. (Maybe that’s how he got caught trafficking humans. He was mule-ing a human in his colon and accidentally threw gas. Not sure.) I say, mootie lootie doo to all of that, which means nothing, though it might in another language. Once an outfielder, but Ogando’s no herbathrowdite. Ogando tops out at 97 MPH, strikes people out and throws ground balls. That’s a yes, please and thank you. Unfortunately, he has a few things going against him. His home park, his control and he has no experience starting in the major leagues. In AL-Only leagues, I’d absolutely take a flyer to see if he can run with the rotation spot and force his way into the rotation even after Hunter returns. In mixed leagues, I’m taking a wait and see approach. In general, getting roofied is no fun, but it feels like it hurts more in April. Anyway, here’s what else is going on in fantasy baseball:
Mat Latos – Will start the year on the DL. Thanks a Latos, Mat! That’s you. I told you yesterday to trade him for sixty-five cents on the dollar. I might lower that to fifty-five cents today. It could be thirty-five cents by mid-April.
Chase Utley – Your first girlfriend says to you she’s ready to put out, but there’s no timetable for when. It’s not going to happen. Your friend works at Senor Frog’s and is in charge of hosing down drunk Spring Breakers, says they’ll hire you but there’s no timetable for when. You’re never working there. You see how no timetable works? Okay, the Phillies have no timetable for Utley’s return.
Alex Gordon – You know what would be nice? If he actually hit the ball when games mattered. I’d love to see that. Right now, I have John Bowker, Delwyn Young and Sean Rodriguez for you. Three guys that hit 6 homers in last year’s Spring Training. For all of last year, Sean-Rod hit 9, Young hit 7 and Bowker hit 5. Year before, Mike Wilson (no idea who this is; might be Dennis the Menace’s neighbor), Mike Jacobs, Mark Teahen and Wilson Betemit were killing the ball in spring training.
Carlos Beltran – Mets said he’ll be ready for the start of the season. Mets also said he’ll only miss week or so when he was first injured two years ago. Guess the emphasis was on the ‘or so.’ There will be no point when I’m excited about Beltran again in his career. You can own him, maybe I’ll own him, but he’s a slide into second away from a 60-day DL stint.
Max Scherzer – 2 1/3 IP, 11 ER. It’s the spring, it should be ignored, but it’s a tad disconcerting to me since Scherzer was so bad at the beginning of last season that he ended being demoted in May. Hopefully, it’s not a harbinger. Or in the German Scherzer’s case, Herr Binger.
Armando Galarraga – The Diamondbacks lied; Galarraga won the last starting spot over Heilman. May not have helped that Heilman was torched on Sunday. I’m sure this is not the last change that occurs to this rotation. I wouldn’t touch Galarraga outside of NL-Only leagues unless he’s pitching in Petco.
Matt Treanor – Sent to the Royals for cash. I’m hoping it was less than a hundred dollars. This leaves fantasy owners only able to get pissed off about Torrealba starting over Napoli.
Michael Pineda – Named the fifth starter for the Mariners. Here’s my Michael Pineda fantasy. Don’t stare directly into it, you’ll go blind.
J.J. Putz – Should be ready to go for the start of the season. Putz’s stiffness sure went away fast.
Laynce Nix – Beat Bernadina for a roster spot on the Nats. Layme.
Somehow, having the first comment on this post makes me a better person.
+1 Self Worth
Yo G-Money whatcha think?
Standard 5×5-H2H-12 team mixer
C- Bmac
1B- Prince
2B- Hill
3B- Youk
SS- Hanley
IF- Reynolds
OF- Stanton
OF- B.J. Upton
OF- ManRam
OF- Morse
Util- Borbon
Util- Pena
Bench- Ka’aihue, Venable, Smoak
SP- Verlander
SP- Yoga
SP- Dempster
RP- Papelbon
RP- Fuentes
P- Volquez
P- Hughes
P- E. Santana
P- Gregg
Bench- Madson, Contreras, Venters
Thoughts? Weaknesses?
I don’t mind that mispelled Lance got the spot over Roger. It just gives me more time to figure out how to add him to my roster when he does come back up
What are you hearing on James McDonald’s sore McRibs? Would you still rank him over say Wade Davis, Bud Norris or Derek Holland?
Jake Fox is just chris shelton with a goatee
@mike from jersey: And C eligible!
Scherzer.
Sounds a bit like Scheiße.
How do people feel about Dan Johnson? Haven’t heard much about him around here (or anywhere) and he was just dropped in my 16 team mixer. Right now I have Morneau and Berkman filling my CI and Util, so a solid backup CI would be nice to carry on the bench if (when) one of those two go down. Other top ranked CI eligibles that are available, for comparison: jose lopez, collaspo, juan rivera, kousmanoff, cantu, inge, helton, etc.
I would drop either ben francisco or melky to add him. Thoughts?
The cubs will win a world series, there’s just no timetable for when.
Grey,
I got Huston Street and Andrew Bailey (DL) as my only closers. Should I pick up Brandon League or Joel Peralta for the time being? If so, in what order?
Another closer question. . . . keep Dotel or pick up Balfour or Burnett? How would you rank these three?
@Grey: Read the book yesterday and really enjoyed it. I’ve always found it interesting how people get to where they are. While I found the entire thing interesting, here were some of the parts I found particularly amusing:
1. Joe’s reason for voting for Obama
2. The tiny man had a name – Flesch Kincaid. Of course he was a german. (Laughed pretty hard at that)
3. Your choice for wipe on the 405 (no socks?) and how it subsequently led to you being seen as the dirty, poor one.
After I was through, I went to Google where I thought I had you pegged on one of the Big Brothers, then I thought I had you on I Love New York 2, but my trail went cold.
Finally, I typed in “Linden man to be reality show contestant” hoping I would nail the headline on a local newspaper. This led into a very fun game where I just typed in “Linden man” and would crack up at the Google summaries below like “Linden man crashes into police cruiser after fleeing DWI stop…” Linden is wild yo!
btw…. nabbed Edwin Jackson, I’m all in.
I generally always start my first 3 SPs no matter where they pitch and I generally ignore Spring Training, but I think I’m gonna sit Scherzer on Sunday when he’s pitching at Yankee Stadium. Good idea? Like you said, getting roofied in April seems to hurt a little more and Max’s first start kinda has roofie written all over it.
I’m still not ready to give up on Gordon yet, but I was thinking this way even before the hot spring. In each of 2008-2010 he’s shown some flashes of being a useful asset with a strong walk rate and double digit HR/SB potential. If he can cut down the K% and have his HR/FB and FB% creep up just a bit more while bringing his BABIP to nominal levels, the walk rate and slightly above average speed could quickly turn him into a very valuable player, especially while he’s still got 3B eligibility. Then again, I also believe the word gullible isn’t in the dictionary, so, well, whatcha gonna do?
12-team H2H 6×6 (OBP, QS) 4-player keeper league (cannot keep anyone drafted in the first 4 rounds), Max moves= 50
Grey, what do you think?
C- Arencibia
1B- Votto (NK)
2B- Hill
3B- McGehee
SS- Desmond
MI- Espinosa
CI- Fielder (NK)
OFx5- Choo, Pence, Victorino, Chris Young (NK), Raburn
UTIL- Laroche
Bench- Bourjos, Brignac
SP- Kershaw, Oswalt (NK), Kuroda, Bumgarner, Volquez, De La Rosa, Zambrano, Niese, Vazquez, Cecil
RP- Valverde, Putz, Lyon, Capps, Sean Burnett
DL- Bailey
Are you still thinking Mike Morse is only going to be NL only worthy this year? I watched a few Nationals games and this guy swings harder than anyone I have ever seen, but it seems somewhat controlled. I see a Jack Clark Jr.. albeit a late bloomer. Your thoughts??
I ordered Who is Grey Albright from my iPad. Will it be sent to my home address? Do I get it through Ebooks and if so, do I need to download it? Do I need software such as Kindle to retrieve it?
A question for you, Grey:
Regardless of his final spring training appearance, would you consider sitting Max Scherzer for his start this coming week against the Yankees?
Grey, I did my main league’s draft this year, and this is probably my favorite team I’ve had. It was 10-team on ESPN, which helps influence others to make dumb decisions, but we had some smart “reaches” by their standards. I still can’t believe the team I got though. My pitching might be a weakness, but I’d prefer that to a hole on offense. What do you think?
C- Suzuki (theres 3 teams with a catcher on their bench for no reason)
1B- Fielder
2B- Kinsler
SS- Reyes
3B- Wright
1B/3B- Morneau
2B/SS- Hill
OF- Braun, Bruce, Tabata, Swisher, Byrd
UT- Alvarez
SP- Liriano, Marcum, Jhoulys, Morrow, Bumgarner, EJax, Beachy, Zimmermann
RP- Nathan, Capps, Storen, Rodney, Gregg, Nunez
@Grey – What would it take for you to trade Pujols in a dynasty league? I’m in rebuilding mode I got offered Cargo and C. Santana.
Hi Grey, looking forward to another great fantasy year reading your daily blog.
First question out of my cannon: For my DL spot – Brandon Webb or Johan Santana?
Webb seems to be healthier today, but he hasn’t pitched in 2 years… Santana might not pitch at all (worst case scenario), but his rehab is going well so far (ominous music plays).
There goes my number one starter Latos. Not to worry though, I have workhorse Bedard to step up and fill the void.
Hey, wait a minute…
Have to choose between 1 of these 3 starters:
Beachy: @MIL, PHI
Penny: @NYY, @BAL
Hellickson: ANA
Leaning towards Beachy but not so sure. Technically I could go with Hellickson for 1 start at home vs Anaheim but I prefer to get the 2 start pitcher since there is no inning restriction.
Got lousy closers, Thornton, Hanrahan, Madson, Venters. UGLY. Anyway, would you burn a waiver claim (i’m six of 12) to pick up Meek as Hanrahan insurance, or wait? Thanks dude.
Well some idiot in my league picked up Trumbo at 4:30 AM. Who should I pick up for 1B/3B from Morel, Mora, Inge and Nady?
Also, pick up Niese or hold Carrasco?
Grey, would appreciate your assessment of my team. Standard 12-team roto 5×5. I’m guessing I overdrafted speed and not enough power? I think I also lack another top-tier SP, do you think so too?
Also who is the most droppable? Soriano?
C Jorge Posada
1B Albert Pujols
2B Ben Zobrist
3B Pedro Alvarez
SS Elvis Andrus
OF Matt Holliday
OF Matt Kemp
OF Hunter Pence
Util Rajai Davis
Util Carlos Peña
BN Jose Tabata
BN Kila Ka’aihue
SP Cole Hamels
SP Tommy Hanson
SP Ted Lilly
SP Ricky Nolasco
RP Jonathan Broxton
RP Matt Thornton
P Fernando Rodney
P Brandon League
P Brian Fuentes
P Kyle Farnsworth
BN Rafael Soriano
Thanks in advance.
Hey Grey,
Two things in my 16 team league.
First, I got Weaver, Marcum, Kennedy, Chacin and T. Wood as my 1 thru 5. Grabbed Norris for Ks. Just noticed Brett Cecil on waivers. Wondering if I should put in a waiver claim on Cecil (and his battle with the AL East) or if I should ride out Norris’s upside (in the NL Central) until he gives up 8 ER in 3 IP.
Second, instead of grabbing a catcher (Arencibia) with my final pick, I grabbed Michael Morse. Now I have no catcher. I’m thinking…see if Morse gets off to a hot start and package him with someone else in a 2-for-1 for an upgrade at another position and then with that open spot, fill in a catcher. Is it worth the wait to be catcherless for the first couple of weeks or should I just drop Morse and grab Arencibia?
Carlos Sanatana or Wieters? OBP league.
@grey: I like the idea of starting padre pitchers at home, and even met pitchers for that matter but I never here much about harang or chris young (the pitcher obviously) on this site. I was wondering what your thoughts are on them as 1/2 a darting pitcher. Thanks
@Dim:
Santana by a landslide.
I have a question for those that have done auctions. When there is an auto-drafter in the room, when does the bot bid? Does it bid on every player? How high will it go? What is its cap?
I have Ogando in my 14 team mixed roto league and wondering if I should plug him in instead of Contreras or my other vulture save guys? He is eligible at RP in our league. Categories for pitching are wins, saves, era, whip, and K’s. Lineups are set weekly.
How do you rate a guy like Hellickson (who is eligible in our league at RP) in terms of value? Like a Feliz? a Thornton? a Rodney?
Grey, starting to worry a bit over Napoli in my C slot with no backup. Rangers stating he will not DH at all now as they don’t want to lose that spot if he has to move to C because the other guy gets hurt during a game. That seems like even less at bats for him instead of more with the Trainor trade. With Youngs contract seemingly immovable, this looks bleak for his AB’s. Best on the wire is Ruiz, upgrade in avg and obp, both cats in my H2H, downgrade in power which I have plenty of. Should I pick up Ruiz and drop Napoli, or pick him up and drop Howie Kendrick, my Roberts insurance?
@Eddy, depends on the site. Yahoo! auto-auctioners draft pretty aggressively, taking bids even up over their published values, whereas ESPN’s generally have different styles, some hold their money, some bid on every player. It’s a crapshoot and generally ruins the full auction experience because its very difficult to get someone cheap with an auto-auctioner there.
@Jrock: Team looks very solid, don’t have to hate on. Not crazy about the back end of your pitching staff, but that’s a small issue.
@Oregon Nut Cups: Hehe
@Chuck Norris: Sounds like he’s gonna be fine for the start of the season.
@mike from jersey: Ha
@Steve: True
@chunk: I’d hold
@Ben: League
@The Honey Badger: Burnett, Balfour…
@Carns: Thanks for the kind words! Not Big Brother.
@Salty Balty: Sure, but it’s not a roofie.
@Mark: You’re hooked.
@Child Please: Team looks well balanced. Not much to complain about.
@dave: Cause he swings hard?
@Giant JJ: You should have it now, thanks!
@101 MPH: Yup
@Josh: Team looks great. The pitching staff might be a little weak for a 10 teamer, but you’ll have waivers to work with.
@K: I wouldn’t rebuild in April.
@William: Webb
@papasmurf: Ha
@Eddie: Beachy
@Jangle: Wait
@Tom Emanski: Niese, Mora, but that’ll change once someone plays a game.
@Del Abbot: Usually when people say they overdrafted speed, they don’t. On the other hand, you did overdraft speed, not enough power but your pitching looks fine.
@CT Old School: Can’t imagine you have no one to drop for a catcher. Hold Norris for now.
@Dim: Santana
@Rick: Young’s toast, but we drafted Harang in a league.
@Boomer19: Depends if you need a starter or saves.
@nyydj2: Nope
In what order would you drop/trade these players (10 Team 5X5 Roto):
Posada
Manny Ramirez
Carlos Pena
Ryan Raburn
Jose Tabata
Contreras or Hanrahan?
@Chuck Norris:
Thanks. I’m doing my first auction and one of the managers may not make it.
@Grey:
I have 1 DL spot in my 12-team H2H league. I’m planning on using it for Frank Frank. I also have Peavy. Is he worth dropping?
Hey Grey, how would you rank Beachy, Pineda and Ogando?
Thanks for everything, love your site
Hi Grey: How to you handicap the OAK closer situation? If Bailey isn’t ready, how would you rank the following (please add a name if I am missing anyone) in terms of likelihood of picking up the odd SV: Fuentes, Ziegler, Breslow, Wuertz, Billy Beane.
is tony gwynn jr worth picking up? he’s had a lot of steals in spring training and mattingly said he’d start on thursday and prolly hit 2nd.
Grey,
Tell me why I shouldn’t panic on Scherzer (mind you I don’t think that waiver wire has a replacement of his caliber). I see a replay of last year all over again and I don’t think I can wait. Why will it be different this year? I tried to convince myself that his mechanics started to slip because he’s focused so much on his slider this spring.
@Grey – What about the trade alone on its merits – Pujols for Cargo/CSantana in a dynsaty.
Is Dan Johnson worth a spot on my bench as a backup to C. Pena in a daily league? I have a spot to fill with S. Downs on the DL and was trying to choose between D. Johnson and Zach Braddock in a holds league. I’m leaning towards Braddock, but I like to take flyers on guys who have some power. Thanks for all the advice thus far. Should be my last question for a while, I like to stick with my roster for at least a few weeks before doing anything drastic. Good luck in all your leagues!
my almost famous 20 team dynasty league question
I have Nick Hudley as my catcher – he had 8 homeruns and 43 rbi’s last year in 273 AB’s
now on the waiver market I might be able to pick up either – Iannetta or Saltalamacchia
I think you do have much hate for Hudley which I can’t blame you – He is the Moammar Gadhafi of catchers – so would Iannetta or Saltalamacchia be a nice upgrade here
@Greytech Drafting: If he is really focusing on his slider during the spring and during his last start, then it makes sense the hitters are going to lock in on it. Things like that are why people shouldn’t get worked up over spring stats.
@Mr. Rickey: Posada, Raburn…
@Ozzie: Hanrahan
@Eddy: Sure
@MylesKennefick: That order looks right, thanks!
@Enrique: Fuentes…
@frog: Eh, he’s gonna platoon.
@Greytech Drafting: Cause he hasn’t thrown one inning that matters.
@K: It’s fair.
@Salty Balty: Go with Braddock.
@Mr Baseball: Iannetta…
Here’s another “what do you think” of my team posts, which I’m sure you’re not sick of at all. Would like to hear anyone’s thoughts. It’s a 10 team mixed league, standard 5×5 scoring, with a 180 start cap. I think I went a little nuts on upside for my OF. Should have grabbed a more reliable vet like Markakis, Hunter, etc., but they went off the board sooner than expected.
C: Napoli
1B: Miggy
2B: Kinsler
SS: Desmond
3B: Zimmerman
CI: Teixiera
MI: Espinosa
OF: Heyward
OF: Bruce
OF: Rasmus
OF: Stubbs
OF: Torres
UTIL: Tabata
P: J. Johnson
P: Oswalt
P: C-Bills
P: Kuroda
P: Chacin
P: Volquez
RP: Papelbon
RP: Axford
RP: Storen
BE: Rodney
BE: League
BE: Edwin Jackson
Michael Pineda or
Jonathon Niese
not sure it will make much of a difference but if you think I should add Pineda and drop Niese – I am ready
Daric Barton or Juan Miranda – deep non keeper 20 team league
Grady Sizemore stole a base and was caught stealing yesterday. So either he feels better, or the Indians want to see how quickly he can get hurt again.
Grey, is Bochy going to commit to Romo as closer (in Wilson’s absence) or is he going to do the whole (dreaded) closer-by-committee thing?
12-team H2H yahoo non-keeper league, 7 (R, HR, RBI, AVG, SB, H, K) x 6 (W, SV, ERA, WHIP, K, H)
Grey, what do you think? Closers where getting nabbed extremely early so I went with some Brain Freezer
C- Russel Martin
1B- Miggy Cabrera
2B- Brandon Phillips
3B- Wright
SS- Stephen Drew
OFx3- J-upside, Chris Young, Victorino
UTILx2- Pedro Alvarez, Adam Lind (1B, OF)
Bench- Tabata, Raburn (2B, OF)
SP- Liriano, Hamels, Scherzer, Lilly, Kennedy, Edwin Jackson
RP- Rodney, Rauch, Fuentes, Farnsworth
@Eddy – autodraft on CBS blows. It doesn’t seem to register which players it’s already won. Our guy ended up with 3 SSs and 7 closers.
14 team draft tonight and I have the 2nd pick. My keepers are longoria and the upton brothers. We use ops. I am kicking around taking votto instead of hanley at 2 (miggy is kept) since by the time my 2nd pick comes up the top ten first basemen will certainly be gone. Am I overthnking this one?
@schlitzy: go hanley…. you can get a 1B to fill in thats going to be better than ANY SS schmoe you pick up to fill that position. HANLEY.
It is being reported that Zimmermann will probably be capped around 165 innings. Seems that if you can get a few good months from he could be a good trade piece depending on his innings pace.
@schlitzy: I’d go Votto there. I look at it this way. Most teams in the league are going to have a SS schmoe, so if you have a SS schmoe too you are not losing much to most of the league. Most teams are going to have a stud 1B. So if you don’t have a stud 1B you are losing to most of the league. I guess it depends on where you plan on getting your edge to put you over the top. While it is nice to have an edge at SS, I don’t like it at the cost of losing edge to most of the league at 1B.
Grey-12 team, h2h, 5×5
What do you think?
C- Ianetta
1B- Might
2B- Hill
SS- Al Escobar
3B- Alvarez
UT- Reynolds
DH- Lind
OF- Kemp
OF- McCutchen
OF- Tabata
SP- Kershaw
SP-Gallardo
SP- Hamels
SP- Hughes
SP- E Jackson
SP- Kuroda
RP- Kimbral
RP- Hanrahan
Bench- Sizemore- OF, Furcal, Volquez, Capps
Wondering if I should keep Capps or pickup League? Thanks
Any change to your Trumbo analysis now that Scioscia is trying to pull some Napoli-shizz on him? I saw yesterday that Kendrick was playing 1B and now there are reports that he and Trumbo will “split” time there, because Scioscia likes the “defensive alignment” with Kendrick playing 1B (I guess that’s all he could say about it, because one can certainly not make the argument that it improves their offense).
That should be Miguel Cabrera @ 1st
Aight, since Scherzer is mentioned in the main post …here’s my big time H2H mixed keeper league (HR, R, RBI, AVG, SB, OPS, K for hitters; W, SV, ERA, WHIP, K/9, K/BB for pitchers):
C – Soto
1B – M. Cab.
2B – Pedroia
3B – Sandoval
SS – Reyes
LF – Huff
CF – Ellsbury
RF – Vlad
UT – Fielder
SP – Haren
SP – Scherzer
RP – Feliz
RP – Soria
P – Thornton
P – D. Hudson
P – Lilly
BN – Colby Lewis
BN – Nolasco
BN – Lilly
BN – Span
BN – Nishioka
Minors slots, this year only, please rank: Minor, Jennings, Moustakas, Hosmer, Mesoraco. I can stash 2: Minor’s the obvious call, but after him I’m not sure. C is my greatest need, but would you take Mesoraco over any of the other guys?
Also, I’m assuming you still go Chacin over Zimmermann, esp. in a H2H, but just checking given Zimm’s strong spring. Gracias.
grey who would you rather have in a 12 team h2h bud norris or pineda?
@K: hells to the no. pujols ain’t going anywhere for a while value wise. CarGo is hardly a safe bet to get first round value.
@NoonTime: i know this is kind of grey’s philsophy, but if I can get Hanley at SS, then Morneau in the 5? or Konerko in the 9th or 10th? I’m liking that combo better than Votto/ian desmond….. You basically just stated the same thing twice yet sided with the Votto side. I think with Hanley you can find a 1B, there are NO other real options at SS.
Grey, Sean-Rod, Young and Bowker weren’t given a chance to play everyday & previously drafted #2 overall. Gordan was. I am bullish. Get on board!
hey grey,
first id like to say thanks for bringing me into the playoffs last year!
rookie year i went 10-12…last year i took 3rd…this year?
ok..should i grab nieman off the wire?let go braiden my brainfart pick? heres my team and how you ranked them. tell me what ya think..its a razzball team….got jeter and philliups as my dh hitters cause they were gonna go cheap and were good buys. we can start any ten batters.
hittters are the better buy i think with our h2h point system.ill show how the top scorers ranked,also my salary to start…lost 21 dollars trying to win it all last year so the 275 is what most other teams had .im showing my keepers and what they cost in trades.
OH AND EVERYONE LAUGHED AT MCCUTCHES $30 price tag
254 – 37[cabrera]-4[andrus]-28[longoria] = 185
$1 Dominic BROWN – possible keeper?
c – $1 pasada [9]
1st- keeper $37+3= $40 cabrera [2nd]
2nd- $26 each PEDROIA and phillips [3] [4]
3rd- keeper $28+2= $30 longoria [1]
ss- keeper $4+2= $6 elvis [4]
ss $21 jeter [6]
of-. $30 mccutcheN [9]
$18 pence [10]
$6 TABATA [11]
$3 RABURN [12] [46 of]
$5 PAGAN [48]
and then painfully picked pitchers…
$13 marmol …also got laughed at ..im a cubs fan and had to have one..
$2 bailey
$1 chris perez
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$3 Braden, Dallas
$3 Cecil, Brett [72]
$4 Kennedy, Ian [41]
$4 Kuroda, Hiroki [39]
$5 Pavano, Carl [54]
$1 McDonald, James [65]
$3 Niese, Jonathon
$4 Zimmermann, Jordan [63]
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top scorers last year..batters rock!
PITCHERS BATTERS
1/HALLADAY 502 1/ PUJOS 624
3/BELL 372 3/ CABRERA 575
10/VERLANDER 339 10/ J HAMILTON 483
20/ J.JOHNSON 297 20/ UGGLA 438
29/GALLARDO 279 30/ PIERRE 418
40/J SANCHEZ 247 40/ WRIGHT 403
60/ R CLAYTON 221 60/ PAGAN 371
190/ JULIO BORBON 221
oh ya… 12 team h2h point system
@Grey – 10 team 6×6 H2H with OPS, QS
Possible players to drop:
Kubel (current DH with no BN hitters)
McGee (have Broxton and Frank Francisco)
Nolasco
Niese
Possible players to add:
Beachy
Conteras
Morse
Trumbo
Romo
Do I make any moves before everyone hits the DL? Also, I will have 2 open spots after Johan and Francisco hit the DL. Who should I pick up?
Chris Iannetta or John Buck?
Who do you like best for the first week…. McDonald or Beachy?
@Grey: best power pick up off the ww? trumbo, l. scott or morse? also, better sagnof – farnsworth or madson?
thanks as always.
Damn. I guess neither Latos nor Kendrys are officially DL’ed yet. I am watching other managers pluck guys off WW. Meanwhile I can do nothing until they are DL’ed.
@Art Vandelay: Your team is high on speed, light on power and very strong on pitching.
@Mr Baseball: Niese
@Mr Baseball: Miranda for now.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught: Ha
@Trip Wildhack: It’s Romo.
@ProjectBadass: I like your team a lot. Not too many major issues as of right now.
@schlitzy: Agree with Tony, but it’s up to you.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught: Thanks for the heads up!
@the rockstar from Mars: League… Team looks light on average and speed which isn’t a killer in H2H. Pitching is stacked.
@royce!: I wouldn’t have Trumbo as a 1st baseman in a deep league or anything. As of right now, I want him for his upside in leagues where I can afford the flyer.
@tyler: No idea how many teams.
@Steve Stevenson: Minor, Jennings… Chacin…
@mets fan: Norris
@side: Could be…
@chiasports: Your pitchers are terrible and you’re a bit too heavy on speed. McCutchen is great, but Tabata and Pagan is too much.
@Jonesy: Morse over Kubel. Pick up McGee and Romo with DL spots.
@Stinky Cheese Man: Iannetta
@Euroalien: Beachy
@herschel: Farnsworth, Morse…
Hi Grey
I’m not going to ask what you think of my team generally – but have a couple of specific roster questions below. 5×5 HTH league w 2 Utils and (backups in brackets). I went stars & scrubs, heavy corners, and upside pitching… and have a few holes (MI, OF, RP)…
C: J Buck (J Lucroy)
1B: R Howard
Util: P Fielder
2B: T Wiggington (C Getz)
3B: A Rod
Util: D Wright
SS: Alexei Ramirez (A Gonzalez)
OF: J Werth, P Bourjos, M Brantley (C Coglan, G Jones)
(Util roster but not starting A Lind)
P: Y Gallardo, C Billingsley, C Hamels, E Jackson, J Vazquez, J Zimmermann (J McDonald, B Norris, M Minor, R Franklin)
Questions:
Would you take M Morse over one of my OF? If so, which
Would you take B Francisco over one of my OF? If so, which
Would you take J Rivera over one of my OF? If so, which
Would you take T Stauffer over one of my SP? If so, which
I’m guessing you’ll say just wait… but is M Morse for G Jones a no brainer?
Thanks so much Grey!
Bermuda Triangles
Get Lost!
@Grey:
I am running a team with a buddy of mine and he missed the beginning of the draft. Somehow, we auto-drafted all pitchers for the first 6 rounds or so. My roster is an absolute wreck. What kind of trades should I be targeting? I am thinking I need a solid OF and an upgrade over Gaby/Smoak (I like Ike). It’s pretty rough…..
C- Montero, Miguel
C- Wieters, Matt
1B- Davis, Ike
2B- Zobrist, Ben
3B- Reynolds, Mark
SS- Andrus, Elvis
MI- Hill, Aaron
CI- Sanchez, Gaby
OF- Bay, Jason
OF- Borbon, Julio
OF- Markakis, Nick
OF- Morrison, Logan
OF- Ordonez, Magglio
U- Ka’aihue, Kila
Smoak, Justin
Trumbo, Mark
Stewart, Ian
Brown, Domonic
Halladay, Roy
Haren, Dan
Hernandez, Felix
Kershaw, Clayton
Kimbrel, Craig
Lee, Cliff
McGee, Jake
Romero, Ricky
Storen, Drew
Greinke, Zack
Sale, Chris
@ Mr. Albright,
So you know those drafts where everything goes your way. Players fall to you…guys you didn’t think you will get, you do and your girl friend doesn’t complain about your dumb “draft thingy”… Well this wasn’t one of those, even my backup plans got taken. Please let me know what you think:
C-Posada
1b-Miggy
2b-Pedroia
3b-A rod
Ss-Drew
OF- Pence
OF- Pence 2.0 (Rasmus)
OF- Granderson
Utl. – McGehee
Utl. – Pena
BN – Berkman (flier) and Raburn
SP: Lester, Hamels, Weaver
Continued:
Bills, gio gonzalez , zimmerman and wilson
Rp: Perez and Nathan
10 team h2h 7×7…. Thanks Grey !!
so how about the dropping braiden for nieman part?
also just got an offer for pedroiia and jeter..i get hanley and kimbrel
i still have andrus and b phillips
@chiasports: I would. But remember, Grey hates Niemann. Rudy does not. But I’m thinking even Grey rates Braden as worse.
thanks..what do you think about the trade? money wise its the same dollars spent and i get hanley!kimbrel is just a nice toss in tio even players. would still have b phillips at second who grey likes
Hola grey -
Gotta love the last second curve balls on opening day rosters. Need to slide someone into my Util spot thanks to Jason Bays intercostal rib cage pull, which will likely DL him.
6×6 (ops, holds), 14 team mixer, h2h, Deep 30 man rosters so FA pool is gross.
Here are your outstanding choices (looking for overall production, but usually am more partial to the ‘pop’ guys cause of OPS) – please choose 2
Mark Trumbo
Danny Valencia
Cameron Maybin
Nate McLouth
Thx,
el burro
Grey when did you post this, at midnight?!
You could have your own show loosely based off of “Knight Rider” (you’d play the Hoff of course, or the car, really depends on how you feel)
- Grey Albright in the “Night Writer”.
Grey,
In a 16 team league where starting pitchers get points for innings pitched/k’s and negative points for HRs/Walks.
Would you take any of these guys over Brett Cecil:
Justin Masterson
Mike Pelfrey
Carlos Carrasco
Fausto Carmona
Felipe Paulino (could get holds)
Clayton Richard
Jonathan Niese
Or any suggestions for deep sleepers?
Thanks
@chiasports: like it for you.
@Scot Farkus: oof. how many teams? i’d probably try to move halladay for the best bat you can get. then i’d try to move felix or kershaw for the best bat you can get. then i’d try to move greinke + bay (or someone) for something like bumgarner + BJ, or better yet, stanton.
Grey: would you drop Javy Vazquez for either Drabek or Beachy? Thanks!!
Grey / Everyone – Had my draft last night – 10 team roto league Standard 5×5. Had the 4th pick overall. Rounds are in parenthesis.
C – Carlos Santana (12)
1st – Miguel Cabrera (1)
2nd – Ian Kinsler (4)
3rd – Ryan Zimmerman (3)
SS – Rafael Furcal (15)
MI – Nishioka (21)
CI – Prince Fielder (2)
OF – Andrew McCutchen (5)
OF – Chris Young (8)
OF – Brett Gardner (11)
OF – Colby Rasmus (13)
OF – Jose Tabata (23)
Util – Adam Lind (19)
SP Ubaldo Jiminez (6)
SP Jered Weaver (7)
SP Francisco Liriano (10)
SP Brett Anderson (16)
SP Colby Lewis (18)
RP Carlos Marmol (9)
RP Thornton (17)
RP K-Rod (14)
RP Gregg (20)
BN Michael Pineda (24)
BN Ian Kennedy (22)
BN Logan Morrison (25)
Grey- what are your thoughts on Freeman vs Moreland? Who’s better in a keeper league and who will be better this year? Both have been given the full time job and play in good lineups. I’ve heard the most about Freeman but no one really talks about Moreland.
@Bermuda Triangles: Morse over Jones.
@Scot Farkus: You need to trade three top SPs for better hitters. I’d start at a top outfielder. Maybe Halladay for Braun. Then F-Her for a top 2nd baseman or SS. And so on.
@The Blue Crew: Team looks fine. It’s a 10 team league you’ll be able to work the waivers and fix things in-season if need be. You are light on speed.
@Eng: @chiasports: They’re both bleh.
@chiasports: I’d do the trade.
@El Burro: Trumbo
@Nomar Mr. Nice Guy: New post goes up at 12:15AM… 6 nights a week.
@Joey: Hold for now.
@Joel: Nope
@Giacomo: Your team is light on power and very strong on pitching.
@Grey…..Lackey and porcello for McCutchen….in a deep 16 team points league where pitching is scarce, and these are my 5th and 7th pitchers, make this deal?
Grey – right now my closers are pretty thin with just Broxton and Kimbrel. There are plenty of options available on the free agent wire including Hanrahan, Lyon, Rodney, Aardsma (be back in May), League, Rauch and Capps. If you were in my shoes, would you drop Travis Wood for any of them, and if so who?
Thanks!
Grey,
Last question:
Would you keep Chris Coghlan at $12 in a 12-team NL-only keeper league ($280 cap)? how about Garrett Jones at $21? Scott Rolen at $18?
Also, would you keep Roy Halladay at $41 or Ryan Dempster at $14?
Thanks
@Grey:
Grey, I’m doing my first ever auction draft tonight with a group of friends. It’s a 12-team roto draft with 1,250 innings cap.
I plan on using the $180/$80 split. How much of the $80 should I devote to RP if i want to get about 1-2 donkeycorns and maybe a couple of brainfreezes?
@motorcitykitty:
Take that before he changes his mind.
I just traded my Brandon Phillips for Tex, and feel like dancing about, Risky-Business style, but without all the Scientology overtones. Sliding Raburn to 2B, and putting Venable into the opened up OF slot (my team’s a little light on speed, esp after the trade; I could also go for Morse). Am I missing something to be this pleased?
@motorcitykitty: Grey has McCutcheon as a top 40 player, and Lackey and Porcello not in the TOP 300.
Unless you meant Pirates/Indianapolis Indians pitcher Daniel McCutchen, in which case don’t make that trade.
@motorcitykitty: It’s not close… What Don said.
@Bob: Yup… Hanrahan
@Joey: Coghlan…
@Eddy: $10 each on donkeycorns. $5 on Brain Freezes.
@Long Bawls: Ha! Nice trade.
Sorry about the semi-repeat. Does anybody have any opinion about leashes/upside (sounds like an S&M pet salon with a climbing wall) for Ben Francisco, Venable and Michael Morse? I’d kinda rank them in that order if they were likely to have year-long slots, but feel like Ben has the least amount of time to prove himself, and that Venable’s the best pick of the three. Agree? Disagree? Debating the pronunciation of tomato?
@Eddy: Depending on how Razzsavvy the others are, you may even be able to get them to overtip on their $12 salads, leaving you the pick of the litter (as in trash) later on. Nothing like dumpster-diving!
@Long Bawls:
Definitely. My plan is to nominate top closers in the first 2-3 rounds when everyone thinks $20 for Mo isn’t that bad because they still have plenty left.
@Long Bawls: Morse, Francisco… In that order.
So my first auction draft ever (12 team H2H mixed) left me with an outfield that leaves something to be desired. Right now I have Kemp, Swisher, Fowler, Scott and Torres. We only start 3 OF. Would you add Venable, Colvin or Raburn over any of them? Thanks.
@Long Bawls: Depends what you need. If you need SBs, then definitely Venable. If you need runs, Venable is hitting in front of Bartlett and the O-dog. Seriously. If you need RBIs, he is going to be “driving in” the catcher and a HodgePadre.
I like Morse for power and RBIs (hitting behind Werth, Zim and LaRoche). If he can’t hit righties he may platooning quickly, though.
Francisco has the longest track record, but I haven’t seen anything concrete regarding whether he is starting or where anyone is going to hit other than Rollins and Howard (and the pitcher).
Long story short, I like Morse for now, but could see how Venable could fill a bigger need–for speed.
Is Trumbo still ownable in weekly leagues now that he won’t play everyday?
@Don:
@Grey:
Thanks! That adjusted my thinking.
@Prado: What’s your power/speed like for the rest of the team? It doesn’t seem to (clueless) me that there’s a clear take among the options you named. Scott is strangely unsatisfying, like an airplane whiskey bottle. I love Raburn but my mancrushes never got me anywhere but third place (and arrested).
Grey, what do you think of longoria for howard + feliz in a vacuum? Lind is my 1b right now, and pedro alvarez would replace longo. thanks
@Grey: 2nd question out of my cannon -
I’d like to pick 2 pitchers out of these options: Derek Holland, Mike Pineda, Jon Niese, Alexi Ogando, Chris Young, Aaron Harang, AJ Burnett, Brandon Beachy, Dice-K, and Jason Hammel
I’m leaning towards Holland and Niese… with an urge to play the roofie card with Ogando and Pineda. Dice-K is always intriguing because of his k-rate and the win factor.
Grey,
In a standard 5 X 5 10 team mixed league I get 5 keepers.
I’m keeping
Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Zimmerman, and Matt Kemp.
Would you keep Brandon Phillips or Jay Bruce?
Thanks.
@Long Bawls:
Rest of my offense is as follows:
C: Ianetta
1B: Dunn
2B: Uggla
3B: Reynolds
SS: Rollins
UTIL: Morneau
UTIL: Ortiz
I basically have an all power infield that will hit plenty of homers (good thing my league doesn’t count K’s), which is why I don’t need as much power from the OF but I’m just not very excited by the guys I have.
Hi Grey. What do you think about the following Staff in a 12 Team H2H Points League? Am I strong enough to deal off one of these guys to strengthen my OF or should I wait and see since there is some risk here? Thanks man…
Kershaw
Scherzer
Marcum
Volquez
Lilly
Zimmerman
T. Wood
C. Perez
Kimbrel
@TheBravesWearPrado: Ah, I gotcha. Well, like they say about Brazil (and like I said over on Rudy’s most recent post), Will V is like Brazil: “It’s the country of the future, and it always will be” (hey, it’s even got his name in it). He maybe has it in him to have a 20/40 season, but he’s 28 and hasn’t done it yet. The same rap could be made against Morse–he’s getting a little old to show the beef, though you could argue he’s at least on an upswing. Ditto Raburn. One thing about Raburn is that he has 2B eligibility, so if he’s looking good you can either trade him or Uggla for a good price, I’d bet. I like Kemp and Torres; Fowler still has mondo upside but who knows for how much longer?
In a small 8 team H2H, I’ve got Andrus starting at SS and Drew on my bench. With the lingering side issue that Drew is having, would you drop him for Furcal, Adam Jones, Pedro Alvarez (yes this is the team that I have Longoria and Wright), Pena, Tabata, Raburn, or a decent available closer/MR?
We count Ks/9, if it matters to ya.
@TheBravesWearPrado: Raburn over Fowler…
@SwaggerJackers: Eh
@Abe: Sounds fair…
@William: Niese, Beachy…
@Ike: Phillips
@Heavy Hitters: If you’re dealing Marcum or lower…
@Wilsonian: I’d grab a closer.
Someone dropped Volquez in my league.
Worth a waiver claim and drop Cahill or Vazquez?
@Long Bawls:
I think Fowler and Scott will make a great platoon if I only play each of them at home. Fowler is .300/.393/.470 career at Coors and Scott is .281/.370/.559 career at Camden Yards. Of course the problem is when both are on the road.
I was thinking the same about Raburn and potentially flipping him if he starts hot. I think Torres is the first player I would drop for him but I do need the steals.
I really need the season to start so I can stop staring at and over thinking my roster.
Razzballers…..I conceded getting a C until late, and ended up with Jaso. Saltalamacchia is sitting there available in free-agency, but is he going to get the majority of the AB’s in Boston? or at least enough to justify putting him in my lineup, which is set weekly?
@Grey: who do you snag: the Farns, McGee, Fuentes, League, Madson/old man river?
@Wilsonian: or Capps, forgot him.
@motorcitykitty: i’d roll with salty until you get sick of him, then move on to jaso, or martin, or grab napoli when someone drops him
@Grey:
Thanks Grey. I made the move. Hopefully Raburn starts off hot and I can flip him or Uggla for an OF.
Thoughts on this team? It is the 2nd year of a 12 team H2H keeper league. I feel pretty good about it considering I couldn’t really use 4 of my top 5 picks from last year (Utley, Sizemore, Bay, and Johan).
C Chris Iannetta
1B Justin Morneau
2B Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
3B Alex Rodriguez
OF Josh Hamilton
OF Chris Young
OF Mike Stanton
Util Mark Reynolds
Util Pablo Sandoval
Ben Jose Tabata
Ben Ryan Raburn
Ben Omar Infante
SP Jon Lester
SP David Price
RP Huston Street
RP Brandon Lyon
P Kevin Gregg
P Brian Fuentes
P Jordan Zimmermann
P Javier Vasquez
Ben Johnny Cueto
Ben Tim Stauffer
Ben Brandon Beachy
Ben James McDonald
Lidge out 3-6 weeks…no surgery. According to ESPN Radio.
And Chuck Manuel said if he HAD to choose, Contreras would be the closer.
5×5 12 teamer.
who wins this trade
scherzer and fowler for latos and victorino
i get the scherzer side. i’m trying to deal latos (kept him late).
should i offer this out?? i bet he might take it…
@Grey: Hello Grey! I am getting a little concerned about the less wussy Drew (Stephen) since he seems to have some stomach cramps. I am considering picking up a backup for him. Which one of the following:
A. Cabrera (I was leaning towards him)
Y. Escobar
M. Aviles
T. Nishioka (I have a decent amount of speed already)
A. Escobar (same comment as above)
Thanks much Grey and please continue to keep up the great work!
@Wilsonian: See?! I told you, I told you, I told you! (well, not specifically *you*, Wilsonian, but god alive, I love being right!
@JoeC: haha, I’m guessing you said something about Contreras already? I just snagged him in case. I’ll always take a closer from a great team, no matter how shizz he is.
@Long Bawls: I personally prefer Venable out of those 3, as I think he has the most “upside”. Yeah, I know, I got your upside right here, but seriously, Venable could conceivably steal 30 bases and hit 20 home runs. What are you gonna get from Francisco? 15/15? From Morse? 20/3?
Give me the guy with the most upside and, if he sucks, then I’ll just pick up some other jackwagon off the waiver wire.
Hey Greyson. 12 Team league. 3 keepers this year (5 for 2012). Here you go.
C – Doumit
1B – K. Morales
2B – D. Uggla
SS – H. Ramirez
3B – E. Longoria
UT1 – M. Ramirez
UT2 – V. Guerrero
LF – C. Gonzalez
CF – J. Tabata
RF – B.J. Upton
SP1 – C. Kershaw
SP2 – C. Carpenter
SP3 – J. Weaver
SP4 – D. Hudson
SP5 – J. Hellickson
RP1 – C. Kimbrel
RP2 – A. Bailey
BN Hitters – J. Pierre, T. Snider, M. Morse, O. Infante, M. Trout, B. Lawrie,
BN Pitchers – M. Pineda, S. Strasburg, A. Chapman
Taking a chance on Trout and Stras. playing this year and being potential keepers.
@Wilsonian: Yeah, I wrote this long comment the other day about why Contreras would be the closer and not Madson. Turned out my logic was 100% correct! Woot!
Now I just need to be right about Venable and I will dominate all!
Latos still worth hanging onto in a dynasty or should I still be selling for $0.65?
Also, who to grab: Stauffer, Beachy, or Norris?
Hey Grey….do you have anything on the site that estimates totals required to win a category? 5×5 AL 11 teams…..
Thanks dooode.
@JoeC: I gotcha. I hope Contreras has the gig for 6 weeks or so. It’ll definitely help me out.
I also agree about Venable. Just don’t tell anyone. Not a fan of him in PETCO, but he could be useful.
I just traded Latos and recieved Cahill in a 12 team roto. Good deal? I only did it because that 65 cent to the dollar quote. I hope this doesnt funk me later on!
@Grey: 6×6 12 team H2H mixed keeper with OBP and QS. I’m currently rolling with Infante @ 2B which I want to change fast.
Nishioka’s owner needs pitching. Is it worth offering Stauffer for him? If I offer Stauffer (hey that rhymes!) he’s going to counter by asking for Kuroda. I don’t think Nishioka’s worth it – especially since we’re counting QS.
After watching Nishioka play a few games, he reminds me of the 2nd coming of Kaz Matsui.
Stauffer for Nishioka?
Kuroda for Nishioka?
Toby Wang, Toby Chong… I’m channeling Lawrence Tierney now
If you need a second catcher, Kottaras looks to start for the first few weeks until Lucroy comes off the DL. Last year Kottaras hit 9 HR in 212 ABs, 33 BB/44 Ks, and is hitting .404 this spring in 47 ABs. You could do worse, especially in NL only formats.
@TheBravesWearPrado: Ha! I know just how you feel. I don’t like platooning players because then you’re not getting maximum value from each spot (hey, who is?) though it seems like you have a deepish bench so that might not hurt so much. I think that if Raburn’s looking good it might be even better to flip Uggla; he’d likely fetch more because he’s (suddenly/strangely) a known quantity, and you might be able to get a 3rd-round OF from some deluded soul. Despite the lack of a track record and the injury history I like Torres; he probably has a firmer grasp on the job than Fowler, and has more pop. Good luck, anyway! To us all!
@Melvin: http://razzball.com/winning-your-fantasy-baseball-league/
@JoeC: Hmmm…we think alike. I picked up Contreras at the very end of my draft. It’s pretty easy to pick up a guy like that; just offer him some Metamucil and a peek at the Andrews Sisters’ gams. Anyway, thanks!
@Grey: With the Treanor trade how many more at-bats do you see Napoli getting?
If Michael Young gets traded mid year, does Napoli become the full-time DH?
I see you have him predicted for 24 home runs, but you don’t refer to his number of at-bats and I’m not sure how recently it has been updated.
As another reference…inaccurate as they tend to be…on ESPN they have him projected for 18 homeruns over 297 at-bats. Using ESPN, if he were to get 100 more at-bats due to the trade, do you think he could hit 23-25 homeruns?
Thanks.
@andfog: Cahill
@motorcitykitty: What Brad said.
@Wilsonian: League
@blaster: You’re light on average but the team looks solid.
@Wilsonian: Damn
@anarchy burger: It’s fair.
@yankees2011: Asdrubal is speed too.
@Jack Burton. *Me.*: They’re not playing any significant time this year. Your team looks solid though, should be competitive.
@Craig: Hold… Beachy…
@Melvin: 10 teams and 12 teams…
@BlueKrew: Nah
@3FingersBrown: I’d give Stauffer.
@Cole: Yeah, saw that.
@Sean A.: He didn’t start last year and hit homers.
@Grey: Your current predictions for AB and HR? Effect of Treanor and/or Young trade?
@Grey: after the news about Lidge and Manuel’s comments about Contreras, I picked up the old man. Hang on to him, or pick up League?
Am I racist if I thought Freddie Freeman was black all this time?
@Grey: Yeah I don’t think he’ll be all that productive at year’s end.
I’ve got my eyes on a Ackley or Lawrie call-up. Until then I’m probably ok with Infante.
tabata or pierre for now (and sagnof)?
@Sean A.: There’s no effect. Napoli will play three different positions and get 20+ homers.
@Wilsonian: Contreras is fine for now.
@sean: Possibly, but not because of that.
@3FingersBrown: Yeah, big question mark.
@paulzone: Tabata
(Sighs happily) The first sit/start of the year. What’s the thinking on Kennedy at Coors on Friday?
@Steve: Wouldn’t mess with it in most leagues.
Bonjour! Reading your site paid off huge at my draft. Like always, I tried to get as many of your sleepers as possible and account for injuries and rotation battles and whatnot that I read here. Missed out on gallardo, tabata, and chacin by only a few picks. Other than that, how does my team look? What do I need to improve?
4th pick, 12 team, weekly opponents, daily roster changes, h2h categories – H, OBP, R, HR, RBI, SB, and IP, W, K, ERA, WHIP, SV:
C – posada (19)
1B – teixeira (2)
2B – raburn (20)
3B – longoria (1)
SS – reyes (3)
OF – mccutchen (4)
OF – heyward (5)
OF – stubbs (6)
UTIL – mark reynolds (9)
UTIL – adam jones (16)
SP – oswalt (7)
SP – scherzer (8)
RP – broxton (12)
RP – axford (13)
P – kimbrel (14)
P – brandon league (23)
P – marcum (10)
P – brett anderson (11)
bn – volquez (15)
bn – ian kennedy (17)
bn – edwin jackson (18)
bn – jon niese (21)
bn – beachy (22)
bn – mike pineda (24)
@Grey: Finished the draft in for favorite league that I play in. 12-team, standard 5×5, roto (and each player must keep 5-8 players). Only 9 hitters, 7 pitchers and 5 bench though, so pretty shallow. Draft went STRANGE, so I regret many more things than I normally do, but I still have to ask your thoughts on the team:
C – Geovany Soto – $3 (keeper)
1B – Adam LaRoche $2 (keeper)
2B – Aaron Hill – $7
3B – Ryan Zimmerman – $18 (keeper)
SS – Stephen Drew – $7 (keeper)
OF – Ryan Braun – $23 (keeper)
OF – Matt Holliday – $28
OF – Jay Bruce – $5 (keeper)
Util – Colby Rasmus – $10 (keeper)
SP – Josh Johnson – $27
SP – Jonathan Sanchez – $5 (keeper)
RP – Matt Thornton – $9
RP – Jonathan Broxton – $10
P – Daniel Hudson – $10
P – Shaun Marcum – $10
P – Ryan Dempster – $6
B – Jose Tabata – $8
B – Carlos Pena – $8
B – Ian Kennedy – $8
B – Tsuyoshi Nishioka – $8
B – Frank Francisco – $8
Aubrey Huff is on the waiver wire.
3 questions:
(i) Do I try to trade one of my OF and plug in Tabata, as I am in desperate need of steals? If so, Braun for an ace SP, or Bruce for a lesser SP?
(ii) Who do I keep in my lineup out of LaRoche, Pena and Huff? Drop 2 of them and keep one, or keep 2 and wait a few weeks to see who looks better?
(iii) Why did I pay so much for Josh Johnson?
Sorry in advance for the LONG post.
just finished some reading – you buying any of these dudes:
chipper (some knucklehead took him as their darkhorse for NL mvp!), carmona, nova, chris young (sp-mets), leake, teheran, trumbo
thanks.
Lidge now saying he hopes to be back FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON!!!! If Contreras is the guy, you gotta snag him yesterday…
@charlie batch: I like the team, especially the pitching. You’re a bit too heavy on speed and light on power.
@Sean A.: Huff over LaRoche, put Pena in your lineup. I wouldn’t trade any of your hitters right now unless you got a lopsided deal. No idea on Johnson. Team doesn’t look bad though.
@paulzone: Sure
@Wilsonian: Yup
@Grey: Thanks! Start Tabata over Bruce or Rasmus?
@Steve: Smokey’s taking a beating like Burnett in one of his starts.
@Sean A.: Nope
@Grey: He sure is. Had to stick up for him a little.
@Steve: Poor Smokey. I wouldn’t go near saying anything positive about Burnett, so he’s either brave or, well, let’s say he’s brave.
Hey Grey, drop Madson for McGee or Romo or stay put?
So Grey I might have been a wee bit high at the beginning of my draft and took Miggy with my 1st pick (so far so good) then in a smoky haze I took AGon with my 2nd. Its a 10 team league with two UTIL spots and I ended up with Reynolds as my 3B. Should I stay put and ride those stud 1 baggers as long as I can or ship one for a top 3 bagger?
Someone dropped Posada. Lose Arencibia for him?
@Grey: referring to the team i posted above, would you trade mccutchen for cruz for balance sake, or leave the team as is?