Comments on: Top 100 for 2011 Fantasy Baseball

By: Derrick

Derrick — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:38:06 +0000

I get – Hanley
I give – Marmol, Gallardo and Andrus

My team
1B – Miggy
2B – Phillips
SS – Andrus
3B – Reynolds/Pedro Alvarez
OF – Kemp/Justin Upton/Tabata and Swisher
Util – Fielder

SP – Brett Anderson/Gallardo/Volquez/Dempster/Zambrano/Liriano/Gio/Kennedy/Edwin Jackson/

RP – Hanrahan/Broxton/Valverde/Marmol/Contreras/Lidge (DL)

Do I accept this offer?

By: Jangle

Jangle — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:07:43 +0000

When was the last time this was updated? Just curious, drafting tomorrow…

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:18:48 +0000

110 rbis for Crawford? is that a typo?

By: Brettj72

Brettj72 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:00:43 +0000

@Nate: I would say the same order as they are ranked, no? 46. Krispie 67. BJ Upton 84. Bruce 98. Stubbs

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:18:35 +0000

I’d like to sign up here for the Forums but when I get to the part of the registration where it ask me to complete the question,”Razzball.com is dedicated to fantasy…” I can’t seem to give the right answer to complete my registration.Is there anyone who could tell me how to complete that please?

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:23:27 +0000

How would you rank these 4 outfielders in the order of which you would draft first?

Bruce
Stubbs
Krispie
BJ. Upton

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:41:14 +0000

Hey Grey, Awesome job as usual! Just had our 12 team draft and I was picking from the 11th spot. Here goes, as always I appreciate any thoughts or ideas on trades to improve my lineup:
C- Posada
1B- Howard
2B- Kinsler
3B- A-Rod
SS- S. Castro
OF- Heyward, Pence, Krispie
Util- J. Bay, A. Lind
Bench- A. Hill, Robot, Chipper
SP- Liriano, Gallardo, Billingsley, Dempster, Stauffer
RP- Axford, Hanrahanananan, Chapman, Meek, Clippard
Thanks!

By: Johnny Cueto

Johnny Cueto — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:58:14 +0000

Grey,

I have been offered Jason Heyward (5th round) for my Carlos Gonzalez (4th) in a 12 team keeper league. I am tempted to do this. The rest of my offensive keepers are solid: MCab, Teix, Utley, Alvarez, McCutchen. What are your thoughts?

By: Steve V

Steve V — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:22:54 +0000

Grey,
In holding with your theory being conservative in the first couple rounds, do you consider J. Upton and Heyward conservative picks at the end of round 2 (picks 22, 23)?

By: Dirty Jersey

Dirty Jersey — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:53:57 +0000

Grey,

Sorry to repeat, but I don’t know if I got my point across:

What do you think of using the 12th AND 13th pick on power 1Bs?

WIll that leave a team too short elsewhere?

By: JoeC

JoeC — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:43:23 +0000

@chata: Really? Huh… I didn’t notice it last year. A year older, a year grumpier, I guess!

Maybe Wilsonian should post an after-season report each year then so we can see how Grey did! :p

By: Tomas

Tomas — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:12:07 +0000

I’m surprised Greinke is so low. He’s gotten a lot of hype because of the trade, but I still think he’s going to be underrated on draft day and via projection systems because of his fluke ERA in 2010. Even Bill James only gives him a 3.57 ERA projection.

Considering he has more upside than any other pitcher in the major leagues, is moving to a contending team for the first time in his career and, depending on your opinion of peak ages, is entering his prime, I’m not sure there’s a pitcher I’d rather have in 2011.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:05:41 +0000

This was a great list.

Thanks Grey.

By: BKK

BKK — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:57:45 +0000

@Grey: Sorry to blow your cover.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:45:09 +0000

@Wilsonian: No problem. @LMack: Thanks! @corey: Cause Stubbs could hit .220 and Dusty may bench him cause Dusty's crazy. Lot more risk with Stubbs. @BKK: I did rejigger them, yeah. @ThE sHiT: Thanks!

By: ThE sHiT

ThE sHiT — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:28:58 +0000

@Grey: Great shizz az alwayz Grey! Keep up the great work. Can't wait for the drafts and season to start.

By: chata

chata — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:24:53 +0000

@JoeC: in wilsonian's defense , he's been doing this for 2 years now .

By: BKK

BKK — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:05:16 +0000

@BKK: that shoud be "re-jigged"

By: BKK

BKK — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:04:41 +0000

@Grey:You rigged your 3B rankings, right. Originally you had Bautista, Sandoval, Alvarez and Ramirez as 10 through 13. I like this better. You're good, not only did they change here but you updated the third base rankings too.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:50:29 +0000

@JoeC: Ha! I’m a roto guy myself now, but sometimes find it hard to shake my fantasy baseball roots

By: JoeC

JoeC — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:46:26 +0000

@Steve:
Head-to-head is for… uh… *cats*.

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:45:44 +0000

@JoeC: I'm also probably the only one with a 16 team h2h draft going right now with 12 hour pick windows. If you notice, I had my picks (EJax and Raburn) and wanted to know what he thought about those picks with my team? If they were good targets there. How is that different than someone asking who they should target in the late 3rd round in a draft that hasn't started yet, or someone wanting his opinion on a mock draft? I don't know where all this garbage talking has come from this year when people come to a fantasy site and ask fantasy related questions. Geez...

By: corey

corey — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:35:15 +0000

@ Grey- I see you have B.J. Upton at 67 and Drew Stubbs at 98, aren’t they pretty close to the same player? Why the big gap in draft position?

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:22:26 +0000

@JoeC: And you just know that Pierre is going to hit his 1 home run for the year when he's on your opponent's team in a tight H2H match-up. Or am I the only one that thinks like that...

By: JoeC

JoeC — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:17:47 +0000

Hey Wilsonian, how about you just let Grey take over your team? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone ask for advice pick-by-pick in a draft. Where’s the fun in that?

I guess I just put on my grumpy pants today. Maybe it was the effect from the fantasy mag I read the other day that had Juan Pierre as the 11th-rated outfielder, with Rajai Davis right behind him at #12. I seriously laughed out loud when I saw that.

I have no idea how some of these guys stay in the biz (but then again, I bought the magazine, so who’s the chump?!).

By: LMack

LMack — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:38:35 +0000

Christmas in February. Loving it.

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:10:20 +0000

@Grey: no problem, sorry it took 14 posts to get it right. After that second pick I'll have about 4 more picks and then it's back to me, if Lyon or another closer is still there, I'm sure I'll go with one of them. Thanks again man.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:04:59 +0000

@Wilsonian: Thanks for putting it into context. Jackson and Raburn look fine there.

By: Wilsonian

Wilsonian — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:50:37 +0000

@Grey: well, I was basically looking at picking some up off of waivers, or take someone like League or the like with a later pick. Not necessarily punt closers, but look more for some Ks/9 guys.

Here’s my lineup in a better format:

C – Napoli
1B – Dunn
2B – Hill
3B – Wright
SS – Andrus
OF – Hamilton
OF – Heyward
OF – Tabata
UTIL –
UTIL -

SP – Lester
SP – Marcum
SP – Gio
RP – Kimbrel
RP –
P – Cueto
P –

5 Bench Spots

Still think a closer and EJax is the route? I was looking at Raburn for one of those UTIL spots, thinking he had decent value there.

Thanks man, and sorry for being a pain in the ascot…

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:36:00 +0000

@Steve: Ha... Yeah, sounds -- literally -- like a terrible idea. @Wilsonian: Are you punting closers? Take a closer and Jackson. Also, because of the way you list your team, I have no idea what holes in your lineup you have. Looks like you don't need a 2nd baseman though so pass on Raburn. @Cheese: That gives me a headache.