I really wanted to avoid writing this post. I figured calling Rickie Weeks overrated was too easy. Like your Moms. Snap! Oh, no Grey didn’t! I did. But then I started thinking about my 25-for-26 record being right calling guys overrated. Then I started to think if I don’t do some of these broadside of the barn ones, my record might look worse than it is at the end of the year. Yes, I’m basically saying that if it’s the last day of the season and I’m batting .3995, I’m sitting out the game. Hey, Ty Cobb did it! (Or at least he did it as portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones.) So why is Rickie Weeks overrated for 2011 fantasy baseball?
Health risk. End of post. See if I can break this down to you a’la the SATs. Which number doesn’t fit? 96, 95, 118, 129, 37 or 160. I’ll wait for you to answer. *taps finger, scratches head, yawns* C’mon, it’s 160! (If you answered C, you answer C for everything even if there are no corresponding letters.) 160 games is the number he had last year. So he went from unable to get insurance from Geico to being Cal Ripken? Um, okay. If he clears 110 games again, I’d be impressed. That would reduce his stats to that of, say, Gordon Beckham, who’s being drafted about 150 picks later. Right now, Weeks is being drafted on average at pick number forty. Forty, indeed. As in these people are drinking one. Seriously, that’s Milton Bradley crazy. Speaking of which, I’m dating this one girl that is Milton Bradley crazy. She has cat eyes and whiskers tattooed just above her nether regions. Yes, I’m dating The Girl with the Catgina Tattoo. Any the hoo! Don’t draft Weeks. He’s far too risky for where he’s being drafted.
I’ve never trusted weeks, never ever…. 26 for 27 grey, good job.
Hey Grey sorry about that. It would be a 12 team league.
I did my first mock last night using the war room spreadsheet. Overall I’m fairly happy with my team, though my pitching is too upsidey. What does razzball think.
1. Ryan Braun (Mil – OF)
2. Prince Fielder (Mil – 1B)
3. Ian Kinsler (Tex – 2B)
4. Jason Heyward (Atl – OF)
5. Hunter Pence (Hou – OF)
6. Pedro Alvarez (Pit – 3B)
7. Max Scherzer (Det – SP)
8. Elvis Andrus (Tex – SS)
9. Colby Rasmus (StL – OF)
10. Chad Billingsley (LAD – SP)
11. Brett Anderson (Oak – SP)
12. Geovany Soto (ChC – C)
13. Adam Lind (Tor – 1B,OF)
14. Jose Tabata (Pit – OF)
15. Travis Snider (Tor – OF)
16. Craig Kimbrel (Atl – RP)
17. Edinson Vólquez (Cin – SP)
18. Jhoulys Chacin (Col – SP,RP)
19. Frank Francisco (Tor – RP)
20. Ian Kennedy (Ari – SP)
21. Johnny Cueto (Cin – SP)
22. Kyle Farnsworth (TB – RP)
23. Manny Ramírez (TB – OF)
Can I get 1/2 credit for answering “37″?
You mean you were.
I like that offense Nuke
@Tony: Yup
@Nuke LaDouche: I don’t understand your pitching. Why are you taking Scherzer so early? I like him, but that’s kinda crazy. Then you don’t really have a staff after that, just a bunch of upside picks. All could work out, but more than likely they won’t.
@KeeblerMN: You do!
@Steve: Hmmm… Maybe.
Depends if she’s a Razzball reader I guess (emoticon)
Catgina- Ha!!
And I can’t help but ask: which player was the one that got away?
Yeah, I know its upsidey. I took Scherzer then because the draft was going really pitcher heavy and he was really the only pitcher left I felt I could possibly hang my hat on. He is going in the 9th round on average in Yahoo, so in a draft where lots of pitchers get taken early the 7th really isn’t reaching.
Grey, I was excited about Alvarez after last season. Coming into this year he looks over weight and out of shape. What do you think? Does this effect his stats this year?
Do you feel Grey that you have disavantages in the fantasy drafts you do because pretty much everyone knows the players you want to draft
In an auction draft – there is a budget of $260
just in case they are doing a draft with you
which 3 hitters you would target and spend most of your budget in an auction draft -
Grey – you love power – late into a draft name a few players we can get some hidden power from that will come cheap
@Nuke: Who was available at SP in the 5th round? Pence may have been overkill for your OF.
Grey, who was that illusive #26?
Grey, in a 12-team keeper league, 5×5, auction draft. Must keep at least 5, but no more than 8. Price increases are 25% (rounded up for any fraction) or you can sign any player to a 2-year deal for a $5 increase. e.g. someone at $13 would cost $17 to keep on a 1-year deal or $18 on a 2-year deal.
My list is as follows (with CURRENT salary in parentheses):
Stephen Drew ($5)
Ryan Zimmerman ($13)
Ryan Braun ($18)
Sup, Grey, used the War Room last night in an Espn 12-team mock (5 OF, 5 SP, 3 RP, 3 Bench), how’s this looking? Also, I know it’s tough to gauge .avg (i.e. Uggla last year)…how worried are you if you project a low avg?
Thanks for the guidance.
1. Braun – OF
2. Howard – 1B
3. Reyes – SS
4. Kershaw – SP
5. Phillips – 2B
6. Bruce – OF
7. Hamels – SP
8. Gallardo – SP
9. Quentin – OF
10. Broxton – RP
11. Putz – RP
12. Reynolds – 3B
13. Colby Lewis – P
14. Pena – CI
15. Torres – OF
16. Fowler – OF
17. Lidge – RP
18. Volquez – SP
19. Smoak – DH
20. Posada – C
21. Edwin Jackson – SP
22. Brignac – MI
23. Madson – RP
24. Stauffer – SP
25. Ka’aihue – 1B
I’m on board with Weeks. Not going to be close to last year’s stats. But, on the whole, I think injury risks are overrated. Or underrated really. To use your example, if Weeks misses a bunch of games and he ends up with the same stats as Beckham, you get to replace Weeks when he is not playing. So, it is really Weeks + (replacement MI). Same goes for a J Johnson type. While he’s pitching, his stats are going to be great. The unknown is, will he miss significant time? If he goes on the DL, you pick up the flavor of the week and get J Johnson + (flavor of the week). Am I way off base here?
I can’t believe the minimal catgina talk here. You guys are reeeeealllly focused. Good on ya.
@Steve: She’s not. To my knowledge.
@Eddy: I called Cliff Lee overrated after his breakout season (2008) and he didn’t flop the next year (2009).
@Nuke LaDouche: Gotcha
@RemDog Whisperer: I like him a lot, but it seems like everyone does which makes him no bargain.
@mr baseball: Hey, Mr. B. Long time no see. Every draft’s different. In my rankings, it’s pretty clear the guys I really like. Lind’s going around 185 right now. That’s great value.
@jongenes: See above.
@Exactly: I wouldn’t be too concerned about a low average since it’s fluky. I really don’t even need to look at your hitting to know it’s not as good as it should be because you have too many front line starters.
@RemDog Whisperer: You’re not way off base in a ten team league, but in deeper leagues you can’t count on a replacement. Not to mention, what about the days he’s hurt but not DL’d.
@Cotton: I was thinking the same thing.
@Sean A: Is there a question?
@Nuke LaDouche: I think you could’ve fixed your staff a lot if you’d taken a Top-20 pitcher with pick #5 instead of Hunter Pence. With Braun and Heyward in your top 4 picks, you’ve already got a stacked outfield, and you managed to add Rasmus, Lind, Tabata, and Snider as well. Putting a Lester/Greinke type at the top of your pitching staff would outweigh the loss of Pence.
Right after reading this post I reread the Bautista post. Mock Draft Central has Weeks at 40 ADP and Bautista at 47, so I can’t see either of these guys on any of my teams. Bautista will regress. Weeks will get hurt. But isn’t an injury easier to deal with than plain suckitude? And 2B is shallower than 3B or OF.
I know it’s like asking would you rather have gonorrhea or syphilis, but of the two, which one has the best chance of meeting their high ADP, Weeks or Bautista?
Grey, in a 12-team keeper league, 5×5, auction draft. Must keep at least 5, but no more than 8. Price increases are 25% (rounded up for any fraction) or you can sign any player to a 2-year deal for a $5 increase. e.g. someone at $13 would cost $17 to keep on a 1-year deal or $18 on a 2-year deal.
Positions are C 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, 3xOF, Util, 2xSP, 2xRP, 3xP
Total salary is $180 (not standard, I know)
My list is as follows (with CURRENT salary in parentheses):
Stephen Drew ($5)
Ryan Zimmerman ($13)
Victor Martinez ($15)
Jay Bruce ($4)
Colby Rasmus ($8)
Adam Jones ($3)
Pedro Alvarez ($10)
Kelly Johnson ($10)
Adam LaRoche ($1)
Ryan Braun ($18)
Geovany Soto ($2)
Logan Morrison ($10)
Madison Bumgarner ($10)
Javier Vazquez ($10)
Craig Breslow ($10)
Chris Capuano ($10)
Jonathan Sanchez ($4)
Brian Matusz ($10)
Daniel Hudson ($10)
Carlos Zambrano ($10)
Johan Santana ($10)
Jorge De la Rosa ($10)
Who would you keep?
Obviously Zimmerman, Braun and Bruce.
Do you keep Rasmus? Jones? Neither? Both and lock up Utility pre-draft?
Soto at $3?
Sanchez at $5?
Santana at $13?
Any others (Johnson, Hudson, Vazquez)?
Help!!
@CT Old School: Bautista simply because he’s more unknown. Weeks’ history of injury is too vast to mess with at 40.
Rickie thinks Kinsler is a wuss.
Can you justify having Kinsler in the 20′s and Weeks in the 60′s?
@Sean A: Braun, Zimmerman, Bruce, Rasmus, Soto, Sanchez, LaRoche, Drew…
@ScottyM: Kinsler’s been under 120 games once in his career. Weeks has been above it twice in 6 years.
I wanted to say something about Catgina, but it speaks for itself. So I’ll say don’t you think Weeks has extra excentive to play hurt in the final year of his contract? Maybe he was just mailing every bump and bruise before.
trying to figure out my sixth and final keeper (12 team league). who would you keep out of this list (draft round I’d sacrifice to keep each player in parenthesis):
Wieters (13)
Dan Hudson (15)
Tabata (15)
Marcum (19)
Morrow (24)
@Grey: Surprised about your opinion on LaRoche, even more on Drew.
That being said, your picks only leave me with 2B and Util/OF on offense. Who do you target? Or, at least, what stats?
@Wally: I’m not sure who was available in the 5th anymore honestly, but I think you are absolutely right. Someone like Gallardo was probably available then and I should have taken him. It was in that mid 5th to mid 6th that people really went pitching nuts and by the time I got a chance to see that it was sort of too late. I really don’t like taking a pitcher before the 6th, but here I should have.
@NewBVick: Don’t think his contract will matter.
@PepeSilvia: In a bubble, Morrow…
@Sean A: I have no idea what’s available. Target Utley if you can.
Catgina?!? Mmmmmmmmeeeoooowww!
Pictures, or it never happened…….
@Grey: Utley is available, but tends to go for way more than he’s worth.
What about for Util and/or OF? You thinking i need steals? Or go for more power?
Catgina?
Best super villain name evah!!
Catgina?
Not in the first, but maybe on the wraparound.
@CT Old School: and @All This is kind of the point I was trying to make. I would rather have a player, that when he’s playing he’s great, but you know he’s gonna get hurt. Then have a player that is gonna be bleh and stay healthy and bleh all year.
However, I am not trying to make a case for ethier Weeks or Bautista. Nethier will be on my roster(you ethier Andre).
@Grey: I have never played in a 10 teamer Sir. Surely you jest! (Does that mean that when you eat…..it’s a Fancy Feast?)
@Grey: Cat’s whickers hmmm. I saw a girl once at Hott 22 that had that. Maybe we run in the same “make it rain” circles. I wish that cat had my tongue.
@Smokey: “I wish that cat had my tongue”. That might be the best non-ffb remark ever made at this site.
@Steve: Oops. Non-fbb, is what I meant. Doh.
@Smokey: Damn it! I was all ready to type that exact same thing. Well played Smokey.
@BookieBob: Ha… Yeah, that ain’t happening.
@Sean A: You do need steals.
@BookieBob: Ha!
@RemDog Whisperer: Ha
@Smokey: Well played.
In a league with Ks/9 and you already have Kimbrel and Hanrahan on your team, who would you rather have:
League or Frank Frank?
In an auction, is it bad form for me to say things like, “Oh my god! I can’t believe Grey is gonna get Longoria for $20!” Or, “Man, if we let Grey get Lester at that price, no one will ever catch him in pitching!”
Or is all fair in love and war rooms?
Need some help here February Grey.
I can keep two of the following:
Longoria, Cano, Crawford, and Agonz
Before Crawford and Agonz went to Boston I had Longo and Cano locked in. Now it seems Agonz has a legitmate case to be picked before Cano.
I like the idea of having 2nd and 3rd locked up for the next few years and there a several legit first basemen reentering the draft that can be had.
Do I pass on a potential Al mvp in Agonz? Does Crawford enter the discussion?
Its great to be talking baseball again!
@Grey:
12 team league. Here’s the team again in draft order. 1st position.
1. Miguel Cabrera (Det – 1B)
2. Matt Holliday (StL – OF)
3. Kevin Youkilis (Bos – 1B)
4. Jason Heyward (Atl – OF)
5. Brandon Phillips (Cin – 2B)
6. Francisco Liriano (Min – SP)
7. Jered Weaver (LAA – SP)
8. Colby Rasmus (StL – OF)
9. Roy Oswalt (Phi – SP)
10. J.J. Putz (Ari – RP)
11. Aubrey Huff (SF – 1B,OF)
12. Jose Tabata (Pit – OF)
13. Josh Beckett (Bos – SP)
14. Craig Kimbrel (Atl – RP)
15. Leo Núñez (Fla – RP)
16. Edinson Vólquez (Cin – SP)
17. Joel Hanrahan (Pit – RP)
18. Alcides Escobar (KC – SS)
19. Adam Lind (Tor – 1B,OF)
20. Kurt Suzuki (Oak – C)
21. Peter Bourjos (LAA – OF)
22. Stephen Strasburg (Was – SP) (oops. pretend this is Homer Bailey)
23. David Freese (StL – 3B)
Anything you would have done differently?
I just noticed the part: I’m dating the “one” girl. Obvious brag post ha.
Chuch Tanner Rip great underappreciated manager.
@Grey:
so , do you avoid taking her for sushi ,
fearing that she may get uncontrollably squiggly ,
and people would stare ?
Hey Grey love the website. I am in a 5×5 h2h dynasty league and have Adam Lind (who i’m hoping plays 1B) and Justin Smoak. Do you think that with a starting lineup of…
C Wieters
1B Lind
2B Roberts/Beckham
3B Reynolds
OF Hamilton
OF McCutchen
OF Heyward
…that i need to pursue more power at first or do you think Lind will bounce back enough to be viable?
Shoot i forgot Andrus at SS
@Wilsonian: Francisco
@Al Swedgin: It’s fair, but it would help if I were in your leagues, no?
@cincinnasty: It’s A-Gon and Longoria.
@Chunk: I’m gonna have to do a post about drafting pitchers. If you have Liriano, you don’t need to take another pitcher immediately, let alone two within the next few picks. It hurts your hitting.
@NewBVick: Ha
@chata: Ha!
@westly: Power won’t be the issue with Lind.
@Grey: ok, now would you rather have Chris Johnson as your second UTIL bat or Frank Frank as your third closer?
Basically, if I take Johnson, I’ll be guaranteed League, but most likely not Frank, and if I take Frank, I’ll lose out on Johnson.
That sounds dirty…
Hey Grey, nice work on the ranks again, quality and hilarity as usual. So I just pulled the #3 pick in in a 12 team 5X5. Do I have to go Hanley if Miggy and Pujoles are gone? Would I be frackin crazy to take Votto so I don’t have to reach for Yooooooouk in the 2nd to fill my gape at 1B? I’m so confused! I just don’t want to end up with Adam LaRoche at first. What do you think?
@Wilsonian: I would take Johnson. No guarantees Frank is going to close anymore games than League will.
@Grey:
keeper league question :
http://www.tmz.com/2011/02/10/charlie-sheen-baseball-ucla-batting-practice-baseball-rehab/
gotta drop one .
i’m thinking …. the guy with the palm tree tee ?
@Smokey: thanks man. I worry about Frank closing, too. Especially with Dotel there.
@Grey & Razzball Nation:
I’ve joined a 12 team roto keeper money league where 4 teams were abandoned. The restructure draft is coming up, 4 new owners selecting our 13 “keepers” from the rosters of the abandoned teams. The 13 keepers are restricted by player type: 6 hitters, 4 SP, & 3 RP.
As shown below, top available talent is heavy on the hitters and light on pitching:
HITTERS: (1B) Miggy, Votto, A-Gon, Howard, & Dunn; (SS) Reyes; (C) V-Mart & Posey; (3B) Beltre & Young; (OF) CarGo, Crawford, Holliday, McCutchen, Heyward, J-Upton, Bruce, Rasmus, & BJ Upton
SP: Josh Johnson, Hamels, Greinke, Price, B. Anderson, Carpenter, Nolasco, Volquez, Lilly, Kuroda, Dempster, Chacin, Cueto, Edwin Jackson, Colby Lewis, Danks, & Shields
RP: Marmol, Bell, Rivera, Papelbon, Perez, Gregg, Nunez, & Bailey
Normally I would wait on pitching, but given the league’s roster restrictions and limited availability of top pitching (just 4 of your top 20 and 11 of your top 40 on the board), should I deviate from that strategy? Once those first few SP are taken the drop-off is much more significant than the drop-off after a few hitters, so should I target the top SPs early and take the best available hitting late or go for the elite hitters (since this is a keeper) and hope that a staff full of #3 and #4 starters, plus late round upside starters can carry me through the year?
How would you approach this kind of draft? Rosters do include CI, MI, DH, & 4 OF slots and I’m drafting from the 3rd position.
Any and all insight is greatly appreciated!
I wonder at what point in the relationship it is that Grey comes clean and admits is Razzbaldness to his ladies…
I’m kind of thinking after sex but before meeting the parents…
@Bill Lumbergh: Do the picks snake? League settings?
@anon: Thanks for the kind words! I think you take Hanley and Morneau, Dunn or Kendry.
@chata: Palm tree guy punched out the cameraman right after the pic was taken.
@The Dude: You have the timing about right.
@Smokey: Snake draft. 4,500 min ABs and 1,000-1,350 IP. 9×9 w/categories below
Batting Categories
3B – Triples
AST – Assists
BA – Batting Average
DPT – Double Plays Turned
FPCT – Fielding Pct
HR – Home Runs
OPS – On Base plus Slugging Pct
R – Runs
RBI – Runs Batted In
SB-CS – Stolen Bases – Caught Stealing
Pitching Categories
BAA – Batting Average Against
BSL – Blown Save Losses
ERA – Earned Run Average
HD – Holds
K – Strikeouts (Pitcher)
QS – Quality Starts
RW – Relief Wins
S – Saves
W – Wins
WHIP – Walks + Hits / Inning
@Bill Lumbergh: Awesome thanks for making it easy.LOL. Lots of categories and with 8 teams having keepers that are not listed means that the keepers from those teams are going to lack that punch in hitting i would load up on top hitting guys and plan to get one of the top 4 SP listed. After that fill in with upside SP like Shields and Chacin way later. So if by all means you have 2 of the top 4 1b and 2 of the top 4 OF all consecutive i wouldnt complain at all.
@Smokey: Thanks Smokey! You just made me emoticon!!!
I love Yovani Gallardo as much as any straight man should. That being said, is his 1.37 WHIP from last year worth worring about?
lulz, grey, ur awesome. Funny shit today! have a good weekend
@Cole: It’s something to be aware of, for sure.
@byrone: Thanks, you too!
@Grey:
In an OBP league, do you prefer The Dread Pirate in the 3rd or J.Reyes in the 3rd?
@Eddy: Dread P.
I’m in a 14-team h2h points league where the scoring has been adjusted to make top pitchers roughly on par with top hitters, scoring wise. Also things like losses, earned runs and home runs against for pitchers count negatively against your cumulative score. In a format like this do you condone drafting two top pitchers in the first 6 rounds? Or still draft all hitters early and go with high-upside (but high-risk) pitching later? Ks for hitters are -1, HRs are 4 (plus 2 for every RBI and 1 for R). SBs are also 2 making them on par with RBIs. Any specific players you feel would increase/decrease in value to you?
@Grey: 6×6 H2H 10 team daily league with OPS and QS. Fairly deep with C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, CI, MI, 5 OF, UTIL, and 13 additional spots for any allocation of pitchers and bench hitters without restrictions. I’m planning on punting SB and SV to try to go 10-2 every week. Also plan on having an OF as my DH and 1 bench OF to maximize ABs and all SPs. Thoughts on this strategy?
Grey,
I’m with your strategy to stock up on pitching for bench spots. I guess as I was writing this I answered my own question, but here it is. When you’re a couple weeks in and Luke Scott has hit 3 home runs in 2 games and is obviously on a streak, do you recommend dropping a fringe starter for him, plugging him into your lineup, and then drop him for another pitcher when he cools out? I always get drafter’s lock when a offensive guy starts out slow. I don’t want to drop them. But if you don’t have a filled up bench with offensive guys you can be flexible with pitching instead. Is that the idea? Sometimes it’s hard for me to pass up on big upside offensive guys at the end of the draft and just stock up on pitching. This issue gets me every year because you write blurbs about picking up certain hot players for the week and I don’t have any room because I’ve spent a middle to end draft pick on Julio Bourbon and I can’t bring myself to drop him because I know he’s going to heat up at some point and I don’t want it to be on someone else’s team.
I’m gonna try going with 0 – 2 offensive bench spots and then the rest pitching. This way you can be more flexible as the season wares on. Does that sound about right?
@Captain Yesterday: That sounds like a circumstance where I’d take two top pitchers and bump up steals guys.
@Jonesy: I’d believe in punting any categories. One closer could win you saves, no reason to punt it.
@Bobby Nice: It’s part of the reason why I don’t take bench bats. You end up waiting for Borbon for a month and meanwhile a guy like Bautista’s hitting 30 homers in April.
@Grey, in a dynasty league vacuum in which just about every imaginable category counts, which three of these guys would you most like to have on your roster moving forward? LCain, Nishioka, Bourjos, Moreland, and I’ll throw Motte, Stauffer, and Frasor in there just to consider some pitching. I’m guessing you’ll say the order I have them listed. Close? Cheers!
@Yep, I said it!: That order for hitters… Stauffer, Motte…
Need to decide on my 5th keeper; Weeks, Victorino, or Bruce.
Any insight? (12 man league; 5×5 stats)
@Grey:
@Bobby Nice:
i know what you’re saying , and i’ve fallen into that same “trap” , myself ,
but , theoretically , it should be just as easy to drop a sitting borbon
(for a hot bautista) as it is to drop an extra pitcher .
i reconcile it by rationalizing that , at the time of the draft , i don’t
know which extra pitcher will get off to a fast start and which will not ,
and focusing on the added “flexibility” of this future decision … besides ,
who wouldn’t want more pitching ? (trade-ability) .
but , i think i’m just kidding myself .
better to let an unproductive borbon sit on someone else’s bench .
“a bench spot is a bench spot is a bench spot .”
that’s what i’m going to say to myself this year .
Final Roster
Pos Name Team Pick
C Carlos Santana CLE R7 P8
1B Adrian Gonzalez BOS R1 P8
2B Aaron Hill TOR R12 P5
SS Stephen Drew ARI R11 P8
3B Aramis Ramirez CHC R8 P5
OF Carl Crawford BOS R2 P5
OF Jose Bautista TOR R5 P8
OF Jay Bruce CIN R6 P5
OF Jose Tabata PIT R15 P8
OF Andres Torres SF R17 P8
OF Travis Snider TOR R20 P5
OF Ryan Raburn DET R22 P5
DH Luke Scott BAL R23 P8
SP Felix Hernandez SEA R3 P8
SP Zack Greinke MIL R4 P5
SP Max Scherzer DET R9 P8
SP Brett Anderson OAK R14 P5
SP Brian Matusz BAL R16 P5
SP Ian Kennedy ARI R19 P8
SP Derek Holland TEX R21 P8
RP Neftali Feliz TEX R10 P5
RP Huston Street COL R13 P8
RP Joel Hanrahan PIT R18 P5
How did I maul this draft so easily. I think I’d end up with 105 points in an 12-team roto league with this. My weakest hitter is Drew or Hill, but they’re above average for their positions and my pitching staff would easily average around 1 K/IP.
@yo-yo: Bruce
@chata: It is a bench spot. But I’d grab closer handcuffs for bench spots. Might get some trade saves/trade bait.
@Calogero: Were there all autodrafters? Did you mock at ESPN? Is this an 8 team league?
@Grey: Out of curiosity, what do you think about this 12 team ROTO Auction league results AL Only?
C- John Jaso
1B – Billy Butler
2B- Aaron Hill
3B- Alberto Callaspo
SS- Derek Jeter
OF- Shin Choo Soo
OF- Coco Crisp
OF- Johnny Damon
Util- David Dejesus
SP- Jon Lester
SP- Dan Haren
RP- Joakim Soria
RP- Fernando Rodney
@GopherDay:
Add in….
SP: Porcello
SP: , Marc Rzepczynski
RP: Balfour
RP: Takahashi
SP: Derek Holland
BN:Juan Rivera
BN: Mike Aviles
BN: Felipe Lopez
BN: Jason Kendall
@Grey: So if Yo is your SP1 is it worth it to sacrifice k’s with a dude like Cain as your SP2 over Schezerererer so as not to ghostride your WHIP?
Anyone know anything about Chris Coghlan? Is he going to be ready for the start of the regular season?
Catgina! Ahaha! You always keep me laughing grey and that’s what makes your site so much better than anyone elses.
in my league you can keep a guy in the round they were drafted inthe prior year. so the owner of weeks thinks its a no brainer to keep weeks in the 7 th rd. im of the opinion that’s still too high.please tell me you back me on that shizz.
Injury risk should get its own post.people don’t respect it!
Hey Grey, last off season you came out with a post about combinations of players to draft. Like if you got Pujols at #1, jump on Zimmerman next since 3rd was really shallow. Are you going to do a similar post for 2011? It was super helpful. If not, can you direct me to last years? Thx!
@GopherDay: Pretty shallow team for an AL-Only but looks like a solid team. Oh, just saw the 2nd half of the team. Yeah, they look awful. Blech.
@Cole: Yeah, it’s hard to team Gallardo with Scherzer.
@Kid ‘n Play: Thanks! Yeah, I’d be hesitant about going with Weeks even in the 7th round, unless it’s a 15 team league and the 7th round is further back.
@Kazmere: I just wrote the post today, will put it up on the site sometime in the next week or so.
Hey Grey I am always close by man – been dealing with football and basketball and now am slowly getting ready for baseball – I see I have alot of reading to catch up with – My first draft is in 28 days – I just finished giving chet a beating in one of the football leagues
Grey, I hear you on Weeks in terms of his ADP being 40.
Thing for me is that I am in a $260 5×5 Mixed League auction where we are allowed to keep three players.
I have Votto for $1 and Stanton for $1.
My last keeper is a $4 Weeks or a $1 Carlos Santana. My thinking is that Weeks will command $20 and Santana $12. For that reason, I feel like I need to keep Weeks. Additionally, Santana is coming off a nasty injury.
I’ve asked before, but I am curious. Do you agree that I should keep Weeks for $4 instead of Santana for $1?
Note: If Santana absolutely crushes in Spring Training, all bets are off.
If anyone is interested in a test of drafting ability only, I set up a league with no bench or transactions.
Just an added contest which won’t take up any of your time during the season.
It is open to the public.
Roto 12-team, 13 hitters, 9 pitchers, 180 GS max, 750 IP min
ESPN
Title: Draft Challenge
Wednesday, Feb 23 7:30 PM ET.
there is nothing to do all season that sounds like fun
@mr baseball: Ha. It’s just another practice draft but it keeps track of how your drafted players do.
If you plan on having 10 teams on ESPN already, you won’t want to do it for sure.
Grey-the first line in the Weeks post was hilarious. Good stuff. It seems alot of people are down on Weeks though. I think the new manager has him running more, could steal 20.
I am a hater. I had this dude every year and he kept going down. First year I didn’t have him, he finally has a big year. But if you believe that Papa Smurf is Lady Luck’s nemesis, it probably means a 155 game season is on the way.
Grey called my two choices between #5 keepers shmohawks! Who would you keep between Ethier and Weeks?
LMAO weeks is over rated? so the best 2nd baseman in baseball is overrated? and you would think his stats of 83 rbis 112 r and 29 homers are a longshot again why? injury? remember it wasnt like his wrist just decided to break itself he was hit by a 94 mph fastball, now he wheres protection….he will probably have even better numbers as he continues to get better the things he did this year is what he was on pace to do every season after his 2nd…. 3 homers, what 5-7 rbi already?…..his numbers under the more aggresive manager will probalby include 20-25 stolen bases….i look for him to drive in 90 sroce 120 hit 35 long balls with 25 stolen bases, ave of .283 obp of 350 …