Comments on: Peter Bourjos, 2012 Fantasy Sleeper

By: Pabs

Pabs — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:13:48 +0000

Peter is score some serious runs with Pujols in the line up

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:55:00 +0000

@royce!: I had noticed that stuff on Stubbs but his 40 steal speed makes the medicine go down a bit easier. His K-rate is insane. @TheNewGuy: Romero had an under 3 ERA and almost 200 Ks. That's all you need, no? You don't need Verlander or Halladay or Lincecum. @centralohguy: Thanks! And to you and yours! @A2K: Yeah, I'm Bubb Rubb from Oakland. @Vacation: What Tony said.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:25:31 +0000

@Wake Up: haha guess who KNOWS for a fact Heyward will have a monster year but wont draft him, this guy. Took him myself and it was a dreadful yr. I was actually the benefactor of picking up Uggla-face in the 2nd half. A guy couldnt take his garbage anymore, dropped him, he's my arch-enemy so i picked him up just in hopes he'd turn it around and I could rub his nose in the poo. Mission accomplished. You're right those guys are just examples i was trying to throw out that were "locks" and really didn't pan out, even tho uggla did have a good stat line, especially if you were a 2nd half only owner. Lawrie looks great, but he could go either way. Lince has done some work the past few years. He's earned more respect than to be traded for a "sleeper/upside guy".

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:30:43 +0000

@Vacation: I agree with Tony. Cruz, YoGa. I would try to lock up Lawrie before he breaks out but, you shouldn't have to give that much. @Tony: Heyward's going to have a big year. Uggla had 36 jimmyjacks. But, I pick up what you're putting down.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:59:04 +0000

@Vacation: I'd go Cruz and Gallardo.... I doubt i'd deal Lince for Lawrie either and Im thinking grey will say the same. Lawrie is liked, he's also expected to produce a nice line, but so was Heyward last year right? How about dan Uggla's first half? Lets just put it this way, Lince is proven, Lawrie hasn't done crap long enough to be dealt for Lince straight up. I'd want more for Lince. And I think u could get it. Merry xmas hope that helps.

By: Vacation

Vacation — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:59:38 +0000

Okay Grey (or anyone else), my third effort for your advice:

11 team league. 6 keepers can be carried over each year. Keepers can be kept indefinitely (the same owner has had Pujoles and Hanley on lockdown forever) and no draft rounds are surrendered in exchange for keepers. My keepers are:

Miguel Cabrera
Ellsbury
McCutcheon
Lincecum

Need to pick 2 more from this pool:

Nelson Cruz
Brian McCann
Yovanni Gallardo
Craig Kimbrel
Michael Young

Which two do I pick? Also, am I crazy to consider trading Lincecum for Lawrie straight up this offseason? At some point Lincecum has to fade or get hurt, right? And if Lawrie is everything Grey says he’ll be, shouldn’t I be doing everything in my power to lock him down now?

By: A2K

A2K — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:12:02 +0000

@royce! Thanks for that look into Stubbs’ HR distances, very telling; even in that potent Cincy lineup.

@Grey; do you live in east Oakland?
And yes, Delaware’s tax friendly laws are surely making Lew’s Wolff howl at the moon.

By: centralohguy

centralohguy — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:27:45 +0000

My well-wishes for your holidays of choice didn’t publish yesterday, so here’s another try today. Wishes of well to you all, and any drought-stricken areas!

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:58:32 +0000

Thanks for the reply Grey. You said you’d call Latos, Romero, Gallardo and Grienke aces, though aren’t they really no2′s. If they’re aces then whats the top pitchers like Verlander, Doc etc…super aces?

Anyway just to expand on my question from yesterday and clarify it a bit better, do you see any of the above guys (latos, ricky-ro etc) taking another step forward and therefore providing bang for buck on draft day? Or are they what they are.

By: royce!

royce! — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:41:44 +0000

It’s interesting to compare Bourjos and Stubbs’ numbers from last year. They had comparable BABIPs (.338 for Bourjos, .343 for Stubbs), and seemed equally suited for power and speed (though it seems Bourjos was given less opportunities to run, perhaps from his position in the lineup?), but Stubbs had a terrible K rate (30.1, second only to Mini Donkey), which is probably responsible for his average being 30 points lower than Bourjos’. I don’t know if I’ll reach for Bourjos, but Stubbs’ numbers will certainly scare me away. Dude could easily hit under .230 with that sort of K rate, and his initial power jump was more a product of luck than anything- his first 6 HR were Just Enoughs, and more than half of his total HR were Just Enoughs. Belch.

By: YoMammaSoUggla

YoMammaSoUggla — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:50:42 +0000

Tough crowd.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:37:13 +0000

@OaktownSteve: And cast Willie Ames and Scott Baio. @A2K: A move to anywhere but Delaware would be good. And maybe Newark, NJ.

By: A2K

A2K — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:33:41 +0000

@OaktownSteve
Might?
Billie Jean Beane (my best friend’s 2011 team name, it bluedolled [have to keep it respectable, 3 female readers] him all year) built a team around Kurt Suzuki and Daric Barton, how much worse could it get?

Yes @Grey a parentheses inside a parentheses (George Clooney to Vera Farmiga in ‘Up in the air).

I heard the Giants were going to grant the A’s the rights to San Jose in exchange for the remainder of Barry Zito’s contract.

In all honesty though, a move to SJ would be good for the franchise, bad for people like you and me.

By: OaktownSteve

OaktownSteve — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:57:15 +0000

That would be some pitch meeting. “No no…Bourjos is the plus defender! Stubbs has the higher power ceiling. Try to keep up.” I agree that the numbers are a little sexy. I cringed a bit when I saw the headline. Like to keep Peter a little secret. Of course there are no secrets in fantasy baseball any more.

A2K the Gio thing is the final signal that the A’s have finally given up the pretense of fielding a contending team. It’s basically an attempt at stadium blackmail. As a season ticket holder, my dream is that I continue to get 25 dollar seats right behind home plate, have only me and about 5000 others in attendance AND see a great team. But that ain’t gonna happen. At least Billy got something for Cahill and Gio, but it’s hard to be fired up for this season. Seeing Willingham go was the one that really hurt. They struggle so much to find right handed power bats. They might suck pretty bad this year.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:53:11 +0000

@A2K: @A2K: Merci beau, old champ. The moon's made of green cheese, for what it's Wuertz.

By: A2K

A2K — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:49:20 +0000

@Grey; if I sent you a hot lather shaving cream dispenser, would you make use of it?
If the moon were made from BBQ spare ribs, would you eat it?

Happy (late) holidaze Grey. 2011 was my first year of razzball regularity and needless to say, it was mild like soap helpful.

You still have 10% on the way…

By: A2K

A2K — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:44:08 +0000

@OaktownSteve
Would you delight in Bourjos switching identities with Jamie Lee Curtis or Lindsay Lohan?
What do you think about a possible move to San Hoe?
And that haul of prospects for Gio??(!)

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:41:47 +0000

@AL KOHOLIC: Real nice, maybe even a little sexy. @OaktownSteve: I think they made the most boring Freaky Friday ever. I'd like to see the one you're pitching.

By: OaktownSteve

OaktownSteve — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:34:48 +0000

Don’t look now but those numbers make him Drew Stubbs. Would that be the most boring Freaky Friday spin-off ever? Drew Stubbs and Peter Bourjos swap identities: “Hey! I feel pretty much the same!”

Stubbs last year: 92/15/44/40/.243. Currently ADP 75. Bourjos 145.

By: AL KOHOLIC

AL KOHOLIC — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:08:00 +0000

yeah,nice numbers,nothing sexy but end of year nice