I don’t want to believe a word I read by anyone in the New York Mets organization. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I’m in minayal. As the definition states, “Denial of the truth by a GM – either disingenuously to the press or, even sadder, they believe the lie. Includes denial of player injuries, trade rumors, manager firings, etc. Example, “If it weren’t for the Mets being in such minayal, Reyes would be on the DL and I could have an empty bench spot on my team!” Related adjective is Riccardulous.” So with that said, Jose Reyes was cleared to return to action. I haven’t been as interested by something I’ve read in the New York Post since they so delicately handled a recent crisis with the headline, “Holy Shiite!” Could Reyes really be good to go? I sure as heckfire hope so since I’ve drafted him already on a few teams. As I’ve maintained since he went down, this wasn’t another leg injury. It was his thyroid. It might phonetically sound like it’s located in the leg, but it’s not. Omar says Reyes could be ready for Opening Day. My best guess is he’ll miss the first week and a half and by May you won’t even remember he missed any time. I say grab him, hopefully I’m not in minayal. Anyway, here’s some more fantasy baseball news:
Albert Pujols – Went for an MRI with a sore back. The New York Post said, “Pujols is full of Shiite!” Actually, they didn’t. But could one day. Pujols played last season with one working elbow. I’m not too concerned about a sore back.
Brian Roberts – Speaking of sore backs, Roberts is set to return this week. I’m less confident about Roberts’s ability to run, but I’m not ready to move him down my rankings yet either. There’s still plenty of time left to have a good season. Guys (and two girls), it’s only March.
Tyler Flowers – Headed to the minors to start the season. To announce the move, Ozzie tweeted, “Flowers is a punta name. #KennyWilliamsSux”
Aroldis Chapman – Has muscle spasms. For most teams, this might be all they need to send him to the Minors. With Dusty, it’s hard to say.
Wade Davis – Should win the fifth starter job over Sonnanstine. As is the norm with the Rays, they make the right decision. Davis is in my top 80 starters post. Go ahead, click it. You know you wanna.
Madison Bumgarner – Heads to the minors to start the season as someone you don’t need to know about wins the 5th starter job.
Daniel McCutchen – Selected to be the Pirates fifth starter. In related news, the Pirates equipment man quit after learning his perfectly centered McCutchen had to be shifted for a first initial.
Would you pick any of these playes off waivers and who would you drop?
Y. Molina, Barmes, Morales, Posey, Jaime Garcia
Droppable Players
Johnson, Kelly
Barajas, Rod
Bush, Dave
Martinez, Pedro
Padilla, Vicente
Richard, Clayton
Young, Chris R.
12 team keeper H2H. This is the 5th year. FA to add include the following(few deep sleepers excluded, any ideas would be helpful)
Fowler
Morgan
Damon
Rivera
Hart
Wells
Stubbs
Pitchers
Wells
Marcum
Maholm
Lohse
Blackburn
McCarthy
Kawakami
Also, regarding the keeper league Im drafting in tomorrow — we all share who are keepers are and it seems an inordinate amount of top SPs are being kept. I am keeping lester, but thats the only P im keeping. Its a 10 team 6 keeper league and 20 SPs are being kept. Do I need to reach for a SP or two a bit earlier in the draft or what strategy should I employ to adapt to this? Thank you!
@stanley: I’d lose Padilla for Morales. And Barajas for Yadier, assuming this is a starter spot. If you have two catchers, I’d lose Barajas for Barmes.
@Mr2Bits: Some of those guys should be owned, but I have no idea who you’re dropping for them.
@Beau: No idea who you’re reaching for. So maybe.
@Mr2Bits: Damon should be rostered in a 12 teamer.
@Beau: 60 players kept and they’re keeping 20? Sounds a bit wild. I think pitching might be overvalued, I dont think that means you need to jump on pitching too, if its SOLID value for the draft slot OK, but not just to take pitching bc everyone else already did. There has to be some solid Offensive value if that much pitching is kept.
Do you think ESPN will bother to move Reyes up from 81st overall now? I hope not. Draft is on Friday.
[quote]Aroldis Chapman – Has muscle spasms. For most teams, this might be all they need to send him to the Minors. With Dusty, it’s hard to say.[/quote]
Actually, I’m pretty sure that Dusty recommends a 160-pitch start so the pitcher can get things nice and stretched out.
@Grey: Thanks Grey, love your stuff
The Reyes news is wonderful! Carefully optimistic….
It seems that my [quote] tags are no good here.
LMAO at the McCutchen comment. I didn’t craft a joke around it, but I had the same thoughts when I read the news. Thanks for saving me the trouble.
@Frank Rizzo: mines tomm, they moved him down to 81? what the Eff?
For Dusty Baker, back spasms in a pitcher are God’s way of saying “Don’t send him back out to start the 15th inning.”
Also: I imagine if you name your son “Madison Bumgarner,” you don’t expect him to grow up to play baseball. You expect him to grow up to be the white neighbor on ‘The Jeffersons.’
In a 14 team h2h league, which 3 of these people should I keep?
Chris Davis
Adrian Gonzalez
Carlos Gonzalez
Aaron Hill
Aubrey Huff
Garrett Jones
Nick Markakis
Carlos Quentin
Alexai Ramirez
Jimmy Rollins
Mark Tiexera
Matt Weiters
Chad Billingsly
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Franklin
Zack Greinke
Tommy Hanson
Edwin Jackson
Ricky Nolasco
Fernando Rodney
@Grey: Sorry, Grey. Posted again in the overrated blog re: Sizemore.
The Reds giving Dusty a 22 year old Chapman is akin to Elin giving Tiger the green light to spend a week at the Palms. How can anything good come of this?
@stanley: Cool, thanks!
@Awesomus Maximus: No problem.
@Baron Von Vulturewins: That’s hilarious.
@Terrence Mann: Ha!
@Grey: Just read about your Yahoo Friends and Family draft. How do you feel about it?
Looks like you got good value all the way through. I thought it was interesting you drafted Carlos Lee ahead of Josh Hamilton (didn’t matter because you ended up with Josh anyway).
@Tony: Now I’m not sure. After reading your response I looked at pre-draft default rankings and saw him at 40th. But I did a mock just this morning and he was 81st. I took him in the 6th round of the 10 team mock.
@bignasty: Tex, Greinke and Rollins…
@Grey:
Thats what I was hoping you could help me with. Anyone listed a better pick than what I’m sporting now? Was thinking about dropping Dice-K or at least waiting to DL him then adding one of those
@Tony: I just got into a mock in the draft lobby and there he was, sitting at 81st. I’m not sure what to think now for ESPN.
@Bob: I’ll have a post on it.
thank you grey
@Mr2Bits: What are you sporting now? Do I have this information… I’m sorry, I might be confused.
@bignasty: No problem.
@Tony: Yeah, a lot of pitchers are being kept, but a lot of good offensive players left unprotected (rollins, reyes, wright, adgon, votto, morneau, phillips, roberts, grandy, etc.). Its a league where keepers take the draft pick of where they were drafted the year before so things are all over the place, like the above players not being kept but adrubal, fowler, porcello, etc. all being kept in the last round. I dont have a pick until the 5th, so im hoping i can score a top ss/3b at that point and grab a couple pitchers somewhere betweel 6-9. Of course the upside of not having a pick until the 4th is that im keeping utley, prince, miggy, and holliday in those rounds
@Grey:
Are you going to make a post about your draft at Yahoo?
@preptime: It’s already written. Just needs time to post.
Heyman is reporting that Hughes has all but locked up the 5th starter spot for the Yanks with Joba returning to the bullpen. While I don’t agree with the Yankees pushing and pulling Chamberlain, let’s talk fantasy implications. At one point, Hughes was the top pitching prospect alive. Projections for Hughes as a starter? Also, is Joba draftable in a non-holds league as an eighth inning guy? Obviously he isn’t going to snipe many saves from Mo and he’s likely to tie you to the WHIPping post. I guess I answered my own question on Joba, ha! Help on Hughes? Over/Under on 12/4.00/1.30?
@Grey:
Yea previous story, looking for your input on what I need to drop and for who out of the list I gave you.
Im in a 12 team keeper league that is H2H 5X5 that uses OBP and QS instead of Wins and AVG. Please rate my team or tell me where I need to improve off the WW. It was a tough draft as some of my mid-draft target players went EXTREMELY early (Pence 4th round, Uggla 4th round, Carlos Gonzalez 5th round).
C Víctor Martínez (7th Round Keeper)
1B Derrek Lee (5th Round Draft )
2B Robinson Canó (2nd Round Draft)
3B Pablo Sandoval (12th Round Keeper)
SS Asdrubal Cabrera (8th Round Draft)
OF Michael Cuddyer ( 9th Round Draft)
OF Denard Span (11th Round Draft)
OF Kyle Blanks (19th Round Draft)
Util Garrett Jones (23rd Round Keeper)
Bench : Matt LaPorta (24th Round Keeper)
SP Roy Halladay (1st Round Draft)
SP Jon Lester (3rd Round Draft)
RP Rafael Soriano (6th Round Draft)
RP Joakim Soria (10th Round Keeper)
P Matt Garza (13th Round Keeper)
P Brad Lidge (15th Round Draft)
P Octavio Dotel (14th Round Draft)
P Hiroki Kuroda (16th Round Draft)
BN Franklin Morales (FA in anticipation of Lidge starting on the DL)
BN Jorge De La Rosa (17th Round Draft)
BN Daisuke Matsuzaka (18th ROund Draft)
BN Justin Duchscherer (20th Round Draft)
BN Wandy Rodríguez (21st Round Keeper)
BN Rick Porcello (22nd Round Keeper)
FA Batters
Fowler, Morgan, Damon, Rivera, Hart, Wells, Stubbs
Pitchers
Wells, Marcum, Maholm, Lohse, Blackburn, McCarthy, Kawakami
Your input is appreciated
@Mr2Bits: Your outfield is a bit of a mess for a 12 team league and it’s not like you have a ton of infield support to fix that. Your hitting is much weaker than it needs to be or than your pitching, that’s not a great thing. Looks to me like you just didn’t have the strongest keepers. I’d own Fowler over Porcello. Morgan over Kuroda. Hart over Blanks. Morgan and Fowler aren’t good fits for your team, but you need to make trades. Well… Start there and see where that puts you.
Grey. so let’s say I’m in the 10 spot of a 10 man 5×5. 1 & 2 I happen to get some combo of 1st & 3rd, as per your advice. On the second swing, would you go 2 OF’s, as you’ve supported before, or OF / Reyes. Being from NY, I’m a little gun shy on any Met Minayaganda. Reyes definately won’t make it back to me for the third swing, so would you bite or pass.
I have to keep 1 more pitcher (I’m a LIMA plan man to the core) and my options are what’s known as not good. I’m going for “reliable” in Oswalt, but my other options are: Scherzer, Burnett and Price. Or should I fully commit to the LIMA and keep Soria in hopes that other owners bite on the premium salad shortage?
@Grey:
Agree. I really had no choice as all top tier outfielders were kept from years past and gone by round 4.
Just saw your draft at yahoo. Maybe outwardly you dont think all of Behrens picks were garbage (on his site) but inwardly I know its a different story. Good work by the way, although you took a closer earlier than I expected you to!
Im usually waiting until the last possible time to take reyes, which is the 5th round in a 12-team league. Would you now take him earlier, say, round 3?
@ Grey:
4th year into a 16 team H2H dynasty league.
I’m trying to choose my last SP.
Charlie Morton or Ian Kennedy?
@Frank Rizzo: wild….
@Beau: wow my view, TAKE THE BEST AVAILABLE and DONT WORRY ABOUT PITCHING… these guys are keeping asdrubal and fowler? I mean i can SEE it if eventually that guy is going to be a 1st rounder, say you got kemp in the 15th round 2 years ago, then sure he’s money in the bank, but asdrubal is NEVER going to produce that high or get close to the top 50 even…. man take advantage of that, sounds like some of these guys are going about it all wrong OR i’m confused….
@Buge Hoobs: OF/Reyes is fine, as I’ve done it myself.
@Probable Party Starter: I’d go with Oswalt.
@charlie batch: I’d take him in the 4th round.
@Racehorse: Kennedy
I got offered Robot Jones for Geovany Soto. I like Soto this year, but I also like Robot and I could always pick up Ianetta or Martin of waivers. Deal or no deal?
@Asdrubal Bastardo: Take Jones if you need him.
do I win this?
I give
Longoria/Reynolds/Mad Max
get
Braun/Hunter/Andrus/Wandy
@Tony: Yeah, thats why im thinking. Nice to keep upside really late in the draft, for instance fowler is kept in the 25th round, but there are so many players with upside id rather keep my studs and just draft some upside. Of course heyward, strasburg are the excpetions, but certainly not fowler and the like. Sometimes its great though, like me keeping Lester in the 18th round this year because he was kept really late the year before and so on…
@and1mcgee: Depends on who you drop to make roster space, who else you have in OF, who you’d end up with at 3b, etc etc.
or would you rather have pence over hunter?
10 team, 5×5 mixed roto. Keep 4.
Wright – 2nd round
Braun – 3rd round
seem obvious.
Need help with the other two:
Votto (7th)
Kershaw (18th)
CarGo, Stewart, Hanson, Sanchez (22-25th)
My thought is Votto and Hanson. What do you think?
my OF is Lind, Quentin, CarGo, Pierre, Garrett Jones. (I would pursue a trade for another SP after this trade)
my 3B would be manned by Zimmerman.
i also have Chris Davis
Grey, how many starters do you generally try to get in a 12 team 1250 inning limit? 6X6 ROTO (K’s and Hlds added)
My team:
C: Mike Napoli
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Robinson Cano
SS: Jose Reyes
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
MI: Ian Desmond
CI: Ian Stewart
IF: Nick Swisher
LF: Carlos Quentin
CF: Curtis Granderson
RF: Josh Hamilton
OF: Vernon Wells
Util: Vlad Guerrero
SP: Johan Santana
SP: Cole Hamels
RP: Brian Fuentes
RP: Chris Perez
P: Mike Adams
P: Franklin Morales
P: Clayton Kershaw
P: Chad Billingsley
BN: Kevin Slowey
BN: Ervin Santana
BN: Roy Oswalt
BN:
BN:
I have two open bench slots due to trading Nick Johnson, Jay Bruce, and Edwin Jackson for Curtis Granderson.
I already have 7 starters, so do you think I should grab another one off FA?
Notable FA’s:
Matt Latos
Randy Wells
Aaron Haraang
Justin Duchersher
Bronson Arrayo
Nick Blackburn
Clay Bucholze
Chris Tillman
Chris Young
Homer Bailey
Joe Saunders
Robinson Tejada
Should I grab another starter, or sit tight and grab a couple of middle relievers to help me on holds?
Thanks!!
Sorry, it reads a bit confusing. Oswalt is for sure. Still need one of the following: Scherzer, Burnett or Price? Or ditch those medicore choices and go Soria?
@GopherDay: Okay….Jose Reyes was on my mind…not on my team. I have Jimmy Rollins at SS, not Reyes.
Holy crapper! Has anyone/everyone seen this?
While Liriano has been told he’s still competing for a spot in the rotation, there are indications the Twins may ultimately move Liriano to closer, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “There’s one guy we all know that probably can be a closer,” manager Ron Gardenhire said. “He’s got all the closing stuff, punch-out pitches, the whole package. Whether it’s the right thing, and whether he wants to do it or not, we’ll have to see.”
He immediately moves up in my ranks since he has a chace to close. A closer with SP eligibility. That’s gold Jerry. Gold!
@Bob: Where did you read about it? I’ve been keeping an eye on the various sites involved, and haven’t seen a full run down yet.
In one of my leagues I have Marmol, Aardsma, Franklin, Dotel, and Rauch as my RP.
Guys that were just dropped include Jenks and Mike Gonzalez. Do I make a move or sit tight?
@Gopher Day grab Clay Buchholz for sure!
@Eddy:
Oh and Chris Perez is in the FA pool too.
@Eddy: Id for sure drop Rauch for one them since we dont even know if he is closing. Id say they are both better than dotel as well. Man youve got a lot of closers!
What I should have asked is, are you taking Reyes over Rollins with this news?
@and1mcgee: Close call. You could use the upgrade at OF but at what cost. Is Reynolds currently manning 1B with longo/zimmerman at 3b/ci?
@Beau:
To be fair, this is a public league at Yahoo. I felt that taking part in 2 leagues (RCL and my main private league) wasn’t going to be enough. So I joined a public one. Unfortunately, two guys didn’t show up and one was throwing the draft. If I post my team here you’d swear it was an 8 team league, not a 12 team.
And I was thinking of possibly picking up Jenks b/c I have a feeling he may end up on the DL, use the DL spot, and go back and take another closer such as Perez. I know Grey favors Perez over Rauch. Not sure on his Gonzalez/Jenks take.
@Grey:
“If he gets traded to the Red Sox because they can’t compete with only four first basemen, then that’s just gravy. And, for what it’s Wuertz, I like gravy.”
Even when I’m not on Razzball you still manage to crack me up.
@ Grey: Saw you’re doing the Y! Friends and Family league this year. Congrats, kick some butt over there!
@ Eddy i would drop Rauch, who may not close and i would pick up Jenks for sure. He is still the closer and has been for years.
“It appears that Jaime Garcia has won the Cardinals’ No. 5 spot in the rotation and Kyle McClellan is headed back to a setup role, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Joe Strauss.”
Am I the only person excited to see what this guy can do in a full time role?
@Beau, thanks for the help :] ya I’m not sure the upgrade is worth it. I got Reynolds at 1B, Longoria at 3B, Derrek Lee at Util and Zimmerman at Util. I have Jose Lopez at 2B, so… I wanted to upgrade my OF and 2B, but I need sp
@Eddy I sent him over Lee and Chapman for Pence and Wandy to see if he bites
@Eddy he autodrafted, so his team is shit and he’s trying to clean it up. He has Lowell at 3B :] and Youk (1B, 3B) at 1B, so… ya. I want to pry Andrus away from him!!!
@and1mcgee: Prefer Pence.
@Wampa: Votto and Kershaw, but you really can’t go wrong going a few different ways.
@GopherDay: Seven is fine, but grab Buchholz anyway.
@Probable Party Starter: Burnett
@Frank Rizzo: Seems like nonsense, but I had heard it.
@Eddy: Jenks over Rauch sounds fine.
@charlie batch: Not over Reyes at this point.
@Eddy: Thanks!
@Denys: Thanks!
@Awesomus Maximus: I’m sure his family is happy for him.
@Denys: I’ll ask you maybe. Where did you read about it?
I love reading about the F&F league each year, as it has such a diverse bunch, many of which I read regularly.
@Grey: Ha! So, if he’s an orphan, then I might be the only one?
@Awesomus Maximus: As orphans age, they tend to keep close friends that they might consider family.
@Grey: True, I should set my sights a little lower. I’ll aim for being the only Razzball Commenter that’s excited… or do you want to tell me his “brother-from-another-mother” Luis posts regularly and ruin that for me, as well?
That’s what I was afraid you were going to say. 3 years running w/AJ
@Awesomus Maximus: I think you’re the only commenter, but, if he has RP eligibility, I imagine you won’t be alone for long.
@Grey: @Awesomus Maximus: Do you think he’s worth a FA flyer in a deep 14 team dynasty league?
@and1mcgee:
haha wow that’d be such a huge steal!
@Grey:
http://razzball.com/2010-fantasy-baseball-overrated-players/#comment-126524
You wound me. I thought we had an open relationship! I am ALWAYS here, just lurking sometimes…
Anyhoo, the draft is a slow standard 12-team roto at CBS (Chet got a free league from them or somesuch). Mainly his Twitter football followers but Mark G is there, obviously. Will post my team when it’s done, but suffice to say my Reyes pick at 40 just got a whole lot better-looking.
And has the added benefit of making me feel better about Beltran at 136.
Oops. You need to click here:
http://razzball.com/2010-fantasy-baseball-overrated-players/#comment-126799
@GopherDay: Depends who you’re losing for him.
@Steve: Ah… Hiding leagues from me. I see.
@ Grey: Keepers just released in a 12 team roto league with 3 OFs, CI and MI. I have the fourth pick and I am keeping Howard, Kemp, Tulo, Sandoval and Greinke. Best available players according to your rankings are Holliday, Sizemore, Rollins, Zimmerman, Sabathia, Votto, Granderson, Reyes, B.J. Upton, B. Phillips. Who should I target with the fourth pick? My thoughts are to fill my infield and take Phillips, especially because the only other decent 2b not being kept are Roberts and Hill and I don’t think they will make it to my next pick. However it will be hard to pass on Holliday, Sizemore, Zimmerman or Votto. What do you think?
@Grey: Not at all. (Don’t make me post relevant links!)
Think me as the Kwai Chang Caine to your Master Po…
@GopherDay: I think he’s only worth putting on your “Watch List” for now, unless you have an open slot (metaphorically or in actuality). If he continues to toss a K per inning in April like he’s doing now, I’d grab him.
@Ian: Holliday
@Steve: Never a big fan of that show.
Carmona has looked good this spring – I will keep an eye on him
@Grey: Say…..Jeremy Hermida???
@GopherDay: Ha! Yeah, I’d lose him.
@Grey: Neither. But the analogy seemed kinda apt.
Fear not. You’re with me in spirit – The 300 is at my side as I wander along.
Madison Bumgarner what is your read on him – over rated – struggled to top 89 mph this spring – I have him in a dynasty league and am not sure I really need to keep him for the future -
@Grey: I am 98% sure my season depends on your answer to this question: in an ops league do I go with Ruiz or Iannetta. I can only afford to carry one right now but this whole Olivo mess scares me silly. Why is Jim Tracy such a knucklehead?
@Grey: I am 98% sure my season depends on your answer to this question: in an ops league do I go with Ruiz or Iannetta? I can only afford to carry one right now but this whole Olivo mess scares me silly. Why is Jim Tracy such a knucklehead?
@mrbaseball: Depends what you’re losing him for, but I’d probably hold him.
@Critter Nagurski: Iannetta
@Mark Geoffriau: Brief flurry of activity there. Now a 5-hour wait by the look of it. As you were.
@Steve: Isn’t Doc on vacation?
@Grey: Yeah. But there’s wi-fi in New Mexico, apparently.
@Steve: Who goes to New Mexico? What’s he flea marketing for Southwestern tapestries?
@Grey: I just read the last blurb in the article….pure brilliance!!
Is Holliday/Madson too much to ask for Ethier/Kendry. Dude currently has Cuddyer at 1B, so I’m trying to work with that.
@GopherDay: Hehe
@Erock: That’s not too much. In fact, it could easily be in his favor.
@bignasty: How did you get all those guys on one team?
@Grey: When was the Yahoo friends and family draft? Pretty interesting that you took F-Her in round three.
Would you rather have picks 6, 27, and 59 or 16, 17, and 49?
@GopherDay: Drafted last week.
@Cheese: 16, 17…
Any idea when the AL only point shares are going to be posted?
what are your thoughts on Mat Latos this year and from here on out? I am in a keeper league and I am not sure if he is an actual ace or just a better version of a hodgepadre?
@Ham: I’ll see if Rudy has an ETA.
@chris: I’ve covered him:
http://razzball.com/top-80-starters-for-2010-fantasy-baseball/
someone dropped J borbon in a 12 teamer should i drop J pierre for him
they also dropped slowey should i drop liriano or konerko for him
Who is this someone I don’t need to know about fifth starter for the Giants? Is he Razzball league worthy?
@barker: I’d want Borbon and Slowey. Lose Pierre and Konerko.
@Voidoid: Yeah, he’s garbage.
Yahoo! F&F? Damn, going mainstream. Couldn’t you at least give the a picture of the stash? Good luck against all the other “perts” I folow.
@grey- so i drafted evercab to fill in for reyes but do you think i should drop him for pitching now? on waivers – e. santana, bedard, harden, gregerson, m. adams its a holds leaque and my pitching now is johan-hamels-nolasco-garza-sanchez-liriano-marmol-bailey-thorton-bard
@tourinct: The stash is for Razzball only.
@DSimms: I wouldn’t drop him yet.
@grey– thanks which of those pitchers should i look at the most? im feeling e.santana and gregerson for some reason–cant explain it
@DSimms: In the order you listed them.
@grey- mahalo im new to razzball and i love it. you guys are f’ing funny
In what order would you draft these guys in a 6×6 H2H league that counts OBP and QS:
Ellsbury
Sizemore
Sabathia
V-Mart
Pedroia
Bay
Jeter
Ichiro
Cano
Haren
Granderson
Markakis
Beckett
Cain
Hamels
Nelson Cruz
I have Pujols, Hill, Sandoval, Weiters and Wainwright kept from last season.
I’m thinking of going either Pedroia or Jeter then a starter – Beckett I like best from that list. One thing that I think about when considering V-mart though is addition by subtraction. I think position scarcity plays an even bigger role in H2H since having V-Mart means one more opponent has a fairly weak catcher playing every day – and I expect The Sox to have V-Mart play some 1B and DH in order to keep his bat in the lineup as much as possible. Last year having two catchers (Weiters-Napoli and later Weiters-Sandoval) did me right since I won my league. What say you’s?
10 team standard league, prefer picks (5 and 16) or (7 and 14)?
Hater Bell, we miss you!
@Lava: Sorry it took me so long to respond. It’s on Yahoo.
Grey, my offense is as follows:
C Doumit
1B Howard
2B Phillips
3B Stewart
SS Tulo
OF Lind
OF N. Cruz
OF Dunn
U Quentin
U C Gonzalez
B Hart
B Blanks
The league is 5×5 plus doubles, triples and OBP. I want to pick up Fowler and drop Blanks because I can’t picture a scenario where Blanks plays on this squad. Is that too many Rockies?
Also, do you buy the talk about Hafner finally being healthy, or is it just talk? Thanks, as always.
@DSimms: Mahalo!
@Andre: CC is over Beckett, so are few over names on that list. My rankings are at the top of the page. QSs won’t change that. Jeter seems fine there, but your team is shaping up to be light on power.
@Dim: 5 and 16.
@Dude: Hehe
@willclarkismyhero: Forget Hafner. Sure, go with Fowler. He’ll look better on your team.
@Grey: I must say I felt immense pride seeing you in the F & F league….hope you kick some Yahoo ass! Your “for what it’s Wuertz” line made me snarf my drink. Represent!
@Grey: My team is projected to be the 9th best team in a 10 team 5×5 league. Did I mess up that badly or are the website projections off?
Wieters
Teixeira
Kinsler
Longoria
Drew
Zimmermann
Polanco
B.J. Upton
Lind
Hamilton
Adam Jones
Bruce
Beckham
Milledge
Soto(22rd)
King Felix
Hamels
Beckett
Garza
Price
Liriano
Chapman
Morrow
Aardsma
Capps
Rauch
Frasor
Street
Also read the F&F league article. Good stuff.
In a vacuum: Stubbs or Pierre?
@Robert: click on the “Update V”, follow the instructions. This is based on Grey’s projections. It is VERY likely that the projections from your draft are off. A draft that rates against CHONE, for example, will routinely rate a high team low, vice-a-versa.
http://razzball.com/2010-fantasy-baseball-war-room/
@Grey… Washington says on the CBS site that Borbon will only play 130 games. Murphy will take time from him and Cruz. With that in mind and with draft night coming tomorrow, who do you like? Borbon or Stubbs?
@Grey:
Is there even a point to drafting (or picking up for that matter) guys that are only for SB in a weekly H2H league?
Btw: “Angels right-hander Ervin Santana(notes) was scratched from his spring start with elbow inflammation.
A team spokesman said Santana is expected to be sidelined for an exhibition start or two, but the club believes he will be ready for the start of the season.”
and
“Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia(notes) left Tuesday nights game against the Minnesota Twins with a strained left wrist.
“When he went after that ball, it was the back of his wrist,” Boston manager Terry Francona said. “He had limited swelling. We’re going to get him X-rayed in the morning, just because we should. Their doctor came over. I don’t think there’s a problem. He might be a little sore tomorrow. Hopefully that’s all it is.”
The Red Sox said Pedroia’s status was day-to-day.”
That Santana one kills me.
@Simply Fred: I will try to work with the spread sheet. Thanks for the input. I was just a little confused by my team being ranked so low. I thought I had done ok.
@Eddy: I thought I had read that Santana’s injury was not to the elbow he had problems with last year and that it was a not a big concern.
@Eddy: I wouldn’t worry too much. He only knocked his elbow on a chair (!?), and the Angels are being cautious. Neither him nor team expect him to miss his next spring training start from what I gather. He starts on Sunday.
@Eddy: I read into Ervin Santana, and apparently he just banged his elbow on some furniture the other day…not related to his injury last year….then again, its the classic: “Blame the injury on the furniture” trick….the Angels learned from the Mets I bet!! Don’t believe it…its all a lie!! Now I’m starting to sound like a conspiracy theorist…or maybe I’m not…who will you believe?
Grey, with this team do you drop Vernon Wells for Austin Jackson?
My team:
C: Mike Napoli
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Robinson Cano
SS: Jose Reyes
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
MI: Ian Desmond
CI: Ian Stewart
IF: Nick Swisher
LF: Carlos Quentin
CF: Curtis Granderson
RF: Josh Hamilton
OF: Vernon Wells
Util: Vlad Guerrero
SP: Johan Santana
SP: Cole Hamels
RP: Brian Fuentes
RP: Chris Perez
P: Mike Adams
P: Franklin Morales
P: Clayton Kershaw
P: Chad Billingsley
BN: Kevin Slowey
BN: Ervin Santana
BN: Roy Oswalt
Dang! I spit my iced tea all over my keyboard when I read your McCutchen crack. Thanks!
What do you all think? 12-team, H2H Y!, standard rules & rosters.
I hate taking OF early, because there are so many late values, but really liked where Braun and Upton fell. Because of that, I kind of lost my composure and took Reynolds/Haren way early because it seemed that only OF were falling to me. I hope I recovered to a degree by picking up some players with pos flexibility (Davis, Stewart, Beckham), which will give me a slight edge on off-days.
IMO, my biggest mess-ups were Rios over Quentin, Wagner over anyone, and taking two OF in the first two rounds.
1. Ryan Braun (Mil – OF)
2. Justin Upton (Ari – OF)
3. Mark Reynolds (Ari – 1B,3B)
4. Dan Haren (Ari – SP)
5. Nelson Cruz (Tex – OF)
6. Carlos Peña (TB – 1B)
7. Cole Hamels (Phi – SP)
8. Joakim Soria (KC – RP)
9. Elvis Andrus (Tex – SS)
10. Ian Stewart (Col – 2B,3B)
11. Brett Anderson (Oak – SP)
12. Gordon Beckham (CWS – 3B)
13. Mike Napoli (LAA – C)
14. Álex Ríos (CWS – OF)
15. Billy Wagner (Atl – RP)
16. Jonathan Sánchez (SF – SP)
17. Colby Rasmus (StL – OF)
18. Francisco Liriano (Min – SP,RP)
19. Chris Pérez (Cle – RP)
20. Aroldis Chapman (Cin – SP)
21. Chris Davis (Tex – 1B,3B)
22. Ted Lilly (ChC – SP)
23. Brad Bergesen (Bal – SP)
@chet steadman:
BTW, my roster re-arranged:
C – M. Napoli
1B – C. Pena
2B – I. Stewart
SS – Elvis A.
3B – Burrito
OF – H. Hammer
OF – J. Upside
OF – N. Cruz
UTIL – G. Beckham
UTIL – A. Rios
BN – C. Rasmus
BN – C. Davis
SP – D. Haren
SP – C. Hamels
RP – J. Soria
RP – C. Perez
P – B. Anderson
P – T. Lilly
P – J. Sanchez
P (BN) – B Wagner
P (BN) – F. Liriano
P (BN) – Chapman
P (BN) – Bergeson
@mc serch: Thanks!
@Robert: Projected by who? Your team looks solid. Some of your endgame picks are questionable, but those things can be fixed.
@DrEasy: Pierre
@BEASTDOG: Borbon
@Eddy: Not really, no.
@Eddy: Thanks for the heads up on Ervin. Hopefully it’s not serious as others are saying.
@GopherDay: Yeah, go with Jackson.
@manfromearth: No problem.
@chet steadman: Your hitting’s not bad, might struggle a bit on Runs and average. Your pitching a bit of a mess though. That’s not as a big an issue in H2H, but it’s still something to keep in mind.
I’m not sure I want to know the current Dbacks #4 starter is Rodrigo Lopez.
@Robert:
One thing that I noticed with the war room the last time I used it was that it ranked ERA and WHIP incorrectly. It gave the HIGHEST team ERA and WHIP the most points instead of the lowest ERA and WHIP. You may want to check and see if this is still happening, it could be why your standing looks wonky
@anon:
nope, just tested it and it looks like its working as intended
@Elijah: Yikes
@Grey: I’m hoping CC falls to me but I don’t think he will. I’d think Haren would be the next SP to go, who I think I’ll pass on this season. I love the guy until July and that’s when I need him most in H2H (I had the anti-CC last season and his pedestrian 2nd half almost tanked me and my otherwise overachieving pitching staff).
So if I can’t get CC, I’m thinking go MI with Pedroia or Jeter and then get either (in order of preference) Beckett, Cain or Hamels since I don’t have a 4th round pick. Next I’m thinking power OF with Quentin or C-Lee or Dunn if he falls to me.
@Chet I like your team dude. Nice snag on Davis late if he pans out. With such an excess of power you shouldn’t have a problem trading for a run producing speed guy at some point. The back end of your rotation is a little dicey. I like where you got those guys but I’d have drafted another 2nd or 3rd tier starter somewhere in the middle rounds. Also I think Andrus was a reach. Where did Al Escobar or E. Cabrera? I would imagine Andrus went a round or two before Yunny Escobar or A. Cabrera at that price. I don’t think he’s quite that valuable in a non-keeper league.
@Gopherday As a Mets fan, I say it’s a conspiracy. I was looking to snag Ervin late but I’m not so sure now. Might take a more dependable if limited upside Buehrle or Pettite instead.
@Grey: The projections came from the website that I drafted on. I am glad that it seems their stats are off. My end picks were Soto(afraid Wieters might not be ready), Rauch,Frasor(closers went real early), Chapman, and Morrow. They can always be let go for a sleeper who emerges. Thanks for the help.
@Anon: My team projections came from the website after the draft concluded. Not sure how to work the war room, but I will try it soon. Thanks.
@Grey:
Local feeling is Webb has no shot of being back before May. Big surprise of course.
Hey Grey, just drafted standard Yahoo roto (2 Util this year). Would appreciate your comments. I went power-hungry for too long and had to compensate with SAGNOFs Morgan & Pierre. Should I be worried?
Why no love for Rich Harden this year? I hated seeing him on my league-mates team last year.
1. (1) Albert Pujols (1B)
2. (24) Jimmy Rollins (SS)
3. (25) Ryan Zimmerman (3B)
4. (48) Justin Morneau (1B)
5. (49) Curtis Granderson (OF)
6. (72) Cole Hamels (SP)
7. (73) Ricky Nolasco (SP)
8. (96) Gordon Beckham (2B to be)
9. (97) Chad Billingsley (SP)
10. (120) Carlos Quentin (OF)
11. (121) Vladimir Guerrero (Util)
12. (144) Nyjer Morgan (OF)
13. (145) Rich Harden (SP)
14. (168) Ryan Doumit (C)
15. (169) Hiroki Kuroda (SP)
16. (192) Juan Pierre (OF)
17. (193) Ted Lilly (SP)
18. (216) Mike González (RP)
19. (217) Octavio Dotel (RP)
20. (240) Chris Pérez (RP)
21. (241) Matt Capps (RP)
22. (264) Everth Cabrera (SS)
23. (265) Ryan Madson (RP)
@WarHammer: I don’t think any team can compete that has Morgan and Pierre. It’s too much of the same thing. I’d trade one, or lose one. Also, you have Everth. That’s steals too. Lilly’s out a month and Harden will be out for at least that long at some point, so I think you might have issues there, as well. I do like your team, but I think you have a few holes.
@WarHammer: My draft tomorrow is going to look a lot like this one (except I’ll have Hanley and Gonzo/Votto instead of Pujols and Rollins).
I have to autodraft since I’ll be at work, but I’ll go with two pitchers from the Hamels tier at 71/74, will target Beckham at 95, and I’m targeting Rajai at 167. Not going to go as power heavy as you did. I plan on taking two OF at 47/50. Morneau kind of tied your hands behind your back in round 4. On it’s own, I think it’s fine. But then you grabbed Quentin AND Vlad. Offensively, your team is really stacked.
I don’t really have much criticism. I’ll be targeting Harden and Lilly, too. Taking Oswalt where you grabbed Morgan or Price where you took Pierre would make this a little more solid, IMO. I’ll post my team tomorrow. But it’s going to look A LOT like this one. Good to know I’m not the only one that has this drafting train of thought….
@Terrence Mann: Awesome! Thank goodness you are not in my league LOL!
I can tell that we both planned a lot for the draft – planning on getting value at every round and still fill all the position-needs. I was very lucky to have executed it as I did. Yeah, I was planning 2 power-speed OF in Grandy, Werth or Cruz for Round 4,5 but I couldn’t pass up Morneau when he fell that far.
I still don’t get the lack of love for Harden. I don’t rely on him for more than 140, if he can get me 10 K-per with good whip. The upside is huge though if he gets lucky (contract year). And for Lilly, he’ll be back mid April so what’s the problem?
As for Price, my advise is: Why risk it? Go safe with an NL West pitcher…
@WarHammer:
Draft didn’t go as I expected. Still ended up with a lot of similiarities. http://razzball.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6577