Comments on: OPS Fantasy Baseball Leagues: Hey, Hey, How Ya Doin’?

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:42:00 +0000

You’ve got some very solid OPS players. I don’t really like Dee Gordon in OPS leagues, and your team looks fine in steals (especially with Campana), so I’d shop Gordon to somebody in need of SS or steals. Also, I know LaHair is crushing right now, but I don’t trust him long-term. Maybe you could try trading LaHair with Gordon for an outfielder upgrade? Another option could be pairing Gordon with Butler for a first baseman with more power, since Butler loses some of his value with average no longer a category. Otherwise, I like your team, especially in a 14 team league.

By: Chips Winston III

Chips Winston III — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:51:43 +0000

14 Team 5×5 League (OPS instead of Avg)…..can you give me your take on my lineup, and if I should be strong enough with this offense OPS wise, or if it’s something you believe I will need to address/upgrade.

C – Montero
1b – Butler
2b – Zobrist
3b – Longoria
SS – Hanley
OF – McCutchen
OF – Bruce
OF – LaHair
Util – Dee Gordon

B – Ellsbury
B – Howard
B – Campana

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:34:27 +0000

@chata, Yes! Glad you noticed the reference. And thanks for reading!

By: chata

chata — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:21:55 +0000

nice article , Tom .

is that bourdain’s line that you used to describe pablo ??

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:30:52 +0000

@ryan, I’d rather have Cuddyer than Luebke.

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:28:50 +0000

@mike, I love Grienke and don’t trust Billingsley. Trading Freese and Billingsley to get Grienke sounds like a good deal.

Freese for Luebke is close, but I’d probably keep Freese unless you need pitching. I like Luebke, but feel there’s decent amount of starting pitcher depth on the waiver wire in 10 team leagues.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:26:16 +0000

cuddyer and billingsley for Luebke?

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:20:28 +0000

@CL, Yeah that’s a very solid core. I agree with your thinking that if nobody is trading what you need, it’s better to hang onto your trade chips.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:13:21 +0000

THanks..i am in a standard 10 team league…would u trade freese or AROD and billingsley for GReinke? too much?

How about freese for Luebke?

By: CL

CL — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:01:36 +0000

@Tom Jacks,

Just to toot my own own a bit more… Sandoval is the only original draftee of this group. I traded for Longoria 3 or 4 years ago, Votto 2 years ago, and Mauer at the end of last year.

My weakness is at 2B for sure… Aaron Hill & Jemile Weeks. No one seems to want to give me an improvement there, so I guess I keep my two catchers.

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:43:41 +0000

@Eric, I know he’s off to a slow start, but I’m a believer in Ike Davis. I think he’ll be near or above all of those other players in every category except for steals.

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:34:11 +0000

@Chunk, Sounds like he is improving, but will not begin baseball activities for at least another week. I don’t expect him back for at least a month.

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:31:12 +0000

@mike, In OPS leagues, I’d still go with AROD. Freese has an unsustainable BABIP right now (over .400) that will come down soon enough. I think Freese’s upside is an .800 OPS, which is probably AROD’s downside.

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:26:07 +0000

@CL, Haha my money’s on you to win with those players. Napoli is absolutely crushing right now, so I wouldn’t recommend benching him. Maybe you can trade one of your catchers to fill a weakness (if your team even has any)?

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:23:36 +0000

@bean, Thanks! I’ll hadn’t looked at this split, but will keep an eye on it.

By: Tom Jacks

Tom Jacks — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:22:15 +0000

@TheBravesWear Prado, I think his OBP will definitely improve, just not to the levels we’re used to. If you’re thinking of trading him, I wouldn’t sell low right now.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:59:07 +0000

AROD or Freese ROS?
Thanks!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:54:02 +0000

Ike Davis, Aaron Hill, Cody Ross, Alejandro De Aza, or Alex Rios who do you like for the rest of the year?

Stats
R HR RBI SB OBP XBH

By: CL

CL — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:42:52 +0000

10 team, dynasty year 5, OPS and strikeouts… Did I really just bench Mauer so I can start Napoli Da Man at C, and get Sandoval off my bench and into my UTIL?! Votto & Longoria are making this difficult for me… Thoughts? I feel like I’ve been building to this year all of my life….!

Now I just jinxed myself.

By: bean

bean — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:37:06 +0000

Pandaval is seeing the ball much better and is extremely patient compared to his hackitis self of the last few years. Occasionally he bites on the high fast ball but nothing near what pitchers were suckering him into before. The walks will go up but more importantly the average will hover around that .320/.330 mark if he can continue to mature at the plate.

One thing to watch for is his right handed ABs vs. LHP which has always been his trouble spot. When he is going good the RH BA is above .280 but he has only had 12 ABs vs. LHP. Give it another few weeks vs. quality LHP to see if this is the Panda of 2009.

By: TheBravesWear Prado

TheBravesWear Prado — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:10:45 +0000

I’m not in an OPS league but I am in a league that uses OBP and total bases and I have Heyward, Ortiz and Holliday. I’m hoping Holliday gets more patient. He may be pressing to pick up the slack without Pujols.

By: Chunk

Chunk — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:05:34 +0000

Any word on how Ryan Howard’s meeting went yesterday?