Comments on: Rudy’s NL 12 Team Draft – Catcher Fever!

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:57:08 +0000

@cubbies299: He might be effective for the first month or so when hitters aren't familiar with him, but he doesn't have the best stuff.

By: cubbies299

cubbies299 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:37:40 +0000

What are y’alls thoughts on Koji Uehara? Great spring k/bb ratios. I don’t usually use spring stats, but control never hurt anyone.

By: cubbies299

cubbies299 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:30:08 +0000

@Noontime: Regular league. 14 Team mixed. OPS is a category

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:09:28 +0000

@Steve: Yeah, switch them out. There's an entire closer report coming on Thursday. Yeah, my top 300 is in front of me.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:03:32 +0000

@Grey: In your Top 300, I mean. Supplementarty question: What do you have in front of you in an auction? Apart from beer, of course.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:00:35 +0000

@Grey: Just ranking my boyz for the big RCLORD draft this coming weekend. Does Motte essentially take Perez's place in the rankings?

By: NoonTime

NoonTime — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:28:23 +0000

@cubbies299 (and others): if/when talking trades about an RCL team it would be cool to let us know it was RCL so we can all Oooh and Ahhh with appropriate interest.

By: cubbies299

cubbies299 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:08:43 +0000

@Grey: Trade’s through. I’m loving what that deal did to my team. Literally just added a net 56 hrs to a power-weak team… so happy

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:39:45 +0000

@cubbies299: That's solid for you.

By: cubbies299

cubbies299 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:33:13 +0000

I think I just finagled the trade into working terms. In a trade that involves 4 owners:

I trade Chipper/Crawford and net Hawpe/Ibanez/Quentin. I think this is a great deal

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:12:06 +0000

@brad: i guess it was a commentary on the crazy bids for the top players. @JR: lopez and teahen have catcher-eligibility? i'm lost. at 2B, i'll take felipe for the speed potential. plus, i think teahen will get about 150 less ABs than Lopez.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:04:25 +0000

@JR: Grab them both if you can, but I prefer Lopez because of steals upside.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:03:23 +0000

Punting 2B, that is. Sorry.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:50:02 +0000

Since it’s looking like this whole Teahen at 2B thing is going to happen (and Hillman has suggested he might hit third), is Teahen now a sleeper at 2B?

I’m punting catcher in a 14-team league and thinking about Felipe Lopez, would Teahen be better? Do I grab them both at the end?

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:10:24 +0000

Consider ‘em busted!

By: ep

ep — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:02:10 +0000

I’ve been in several very deep 16-team mixed leagues, they are my favorite because of the players being taken late, but never joined any AL- or NL-only leagues.
It’s something I’ve gotta try.

By: brad

brad — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:47:42 +0000

Rudy: wtf is up with the Editor’s comment by the way? Is that guy really an ass or does he just come across that way? Since when is any auction draft typical?

By: brad

brad — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:44:51 +0000

@Simply Fred: Yeah, there's no A-Rod, or CC Sabathia either, no Yankees at all for that matter, and no Red Sox! It's like these guys just overlooked a full half of the players in MLB. Just bustin' your balls. When you said that at first I was like, holy shit, dude should jump on that right away. Then I remembered, ohhh NL only.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:44:47 +0000

@Simply Fred: I thought about it but figured there was a low % chance that he'd get traded to an NL team at some point this year. @peter: Yeah, I'm hoping a healthy Sanchez returns to hitting .310+...we'll see. But I'll definitely be dangling the catchers at some point this year...especially if I snag a decent 3rd catcher at some point...

By: peter

peter — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:42:23 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: Ha.. it's an ironic/obvious suggestion, given the point of the post, but I'd dangle Martin and see what I'd get. In a deep 2 catcher league, last year, I ended up in the same position as you; I somehow ended up w/ McCann AND Martin (hats off to you for scoring 2 in an NL-only league, though). I got rid of Martin just after the ASB. I'm convinced he's overrated. Who knows, maybe Sanchez will save you by winning another batting title.

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:30:54 +0000

Rudy, I didn’t see Chris Davis on the draft list. How does he get overlooked in this format?

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:00:55 +0000

Accardo was optioned to AAA so I guess it’s all Downs if Ryan is a no go.

Sean Marshall was lit up today. Hate to see that.

By: john

john — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:53:16 +0000

lol, yea those are my thoughts too…ziegler is on waiver cuz the kid just dropped him for devine so i don’t think he knows about devine yet

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:49:47 +0000

@john: My thoughts are, why isn't he picking up Ziegler? Drop Thome for him.

By: john

john — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:38:09 +0000

I’m thinking about dropping Wandy or Thome and picking up Ziegler to trade to the guy who has Devine for somethin like Jobacum (he’s desperate for closers)…thoughts?

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:07:45 +0000

@NoonTime: Yeah, that would be cool. @Johnny: Well, I wasn't super-high on Joba for this year anyway. Just hasn't shown he can stay healthy and has to pitch in AL East. I'd discount him in drafts b/c of the reports by a pitching spot. I'd take him as a 5th or 6th mixed league starter. @peter: Hell yeah i'm concerned! Still mulling over trade options. I didn't really want Bourn - should've never bid on him. Hopefully he starts hot and I can trade him to an SB-hungry team.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:06:18 +0000

@JR: I see your Keppinger and I raise you an Alfredo Simon, the Orioles new starter. @Cubbies299: Drop Nunez for Marshall. Do what you want on Bonderman, but I don't want him in any league. Grab Zumaya. @Billy: Sounds fine. I'd prefer Dukes.

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:02:38 +0000

What do you think me trading Dukes for Maholm if I need SP and already have too many OF…is that deal just too lopsided for me?

By: Cubbies299

Cubbies299 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:59:03 +0000

btw is rich hill the 2nd add or zumaya?

By: Cubbies299

Cubbies299 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:51:08 +0000

Hey. Bonderman just got put on the DL. I’m in a league with 2 slots. I wanna grab him and DL him, as it’ll cost me nothing. However, I’d have to drop nunez or morales. I’m thinking nunez, and I can just put in a waiver claim on him again if i need to. For now, I can also grab rich hill too and DL him and top that off by grabbing, say Jorge De La Rosa or Sean Marshall. Thoughts?