Comments on: Mondo Ogando

By: charlie batch

charlie batch — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:03:25 +0000

@Grey: referring to the team i posted above, would you trade mccutchen for cruz for balance sake, or leave the team as is?

By: zzzzzz

zzzzzz — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:39:50 +0000

Someone dropped Posada. Lose Arencibia for him?

By: DSimms

DSimms — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:24:03 +0000

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?

By: Nuke LaDouche

Nuke LaDouche — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:35:06 +0000

Hey Grey, drop Madson for McGee or Romo or stay put?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:18:39 +0000

@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.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:05:52 +0000

@Grey: He sure is. Had to stick up for him a little.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:57:45 +0000

@Steve: Smokey's taking a beating like Burnett in one of his starts. @Sean A.: Nope

By: Sean A.

Sean A. — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:43:40 +0000

@Grey: Thanks! Start Tabata over Bruce or Rasmus?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:18:30 +0000

@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

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:56:06 +0000

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…

By: paulzone

paulzone — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:51:31 +0000

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.

By: Sean A.

Sean A. — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:37:48 +0000

@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.

By: charlie batch

charlie batch — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:29:57 +0000

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)

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:21:08 +0000

@Steve: Wouldn't mess with it in most leagues.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:14:37 +0000

(Sighs happily) The first sit/start of the year. What’s the thinking on Kennedy at Coors on Friday?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:10:47 +0000

@paulzone: Tabata

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:10:33 +0000

@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.

By: paulzone

paulzone — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:09:09 +0000

tabata or pierre for now (and sagnof)?

By: 3FingersBrown

3FingersBrown — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:05:09 +0000

@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.

By: sean

sean — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:04:21 +0000

Am I racist if I thought Freddie Freeman was black all this time?

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:01:03 +0000

@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?

By: Sean A.

Sean A. — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:54:01 +0000

@Grey: Your current predictions for AB and HR? Effect of Treanor and/or Young trade?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:46:13 +0000

@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.

By: Sean A.

Sean A. — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:16:00 +0000

@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.

By: Long Bawls

Long Bawls — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:22:13 +0000

@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!

By: JoeC

JoeC — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:19:23 +0000

@Melvin: http://razzball.com/winning-your-fantasy-baseball-league/

By: Long Bawls

Long Bawls — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:19:17 +0000

@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!

By: Cole

Cole — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:14:06 +0000

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.

By: 3FingersBrown

3FingersBrown — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:13:09 +0000

@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

By: BlueKrew

BlueKrew — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:12:40 +0000

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!