Comments on: Top 20 1st Basemen, 2011 Fantasy Baseball

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:09:04 +0000

Only five keepers in my league, and 6 viable choices: Tulo, Tex, Kinsler, Cruz, Beltre, Napoli. Who is the odd man out?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:21:34 +0000

@royce!: Didn't hear it... What did he say? @Steve: Ha!

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:53:03 +0000

Now the Brewers know what it feels like when you grab Loe or Estrada off the wire looking for a Hold.

By: chata

chata — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:50:11 +0000

if the cards prevail over the brewers , i don’t see any way that they
could afford to let pujols go .

imagine the curse THAT move would put in to place .

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:03:20 +0000

@Terrence Mann: According to the player rater, he just missed- 21st. There's some insane talent in 10-20- Longoria, Wright, Arod, Youk, Zimmerman. Gonna be a fun write up.

By: Terrence Mann

Terrence Mann — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:50:36 +0000

Valencia has to be top 20, right? 3b is a bigger abyss than Jenna Jameson.

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:19:53 +0000

@Grey: Yeah. I did like Francona's burn on Wakefield though.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:56:51 +0000

Nice to see His Phatness doing some work in the playoffs.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:52:05 +0000

@chata: He's such a monster if Cruz could only stay healthy... @Steve: Tigers bullpen isn't terrible either, but it hasn't shown as much thus far.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:51:05 +0000

That Rangers bullpen could carry them a long way.

By: chata

chata — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:46:15 +0000

fair …. this time

By: chata

chata — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:45:03 +0000

just …. foul

By: chata

chata — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:44:11 +0000

cruz .. batting 7th in the order ….
how is this game close ?

By: chata

chata — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:29:34 +0000

strike zone has been expanded for the extra frames

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:11:55 +0000

@royce!: That's hilarious. I miss McCarver with the addition of Francona.

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:08:58 +0000

You know that song they’ve been playing every five minutes or so during the playoffs? It asserts that something was “written in the stars, a million miles away.” Every time I hear that song I wish that the author’s mistaken calculations were correct; were we a million miles from a star, life on earth would have never existed. Sure, the universe may have therefore been bereft of sentience, but if all we’re doing with that sentience is writing horrible songs, well, let it burn!

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:46:41 +0000

@Erik Forstell: Read the title or the intro.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:41:58 +0000

@OaktownSteve: Yeah, I like Hosmer, but where is this 51% improve stated? That seems arbitrary. @Steve: We got a barn burner in Texas. @chata: That is humorous.

By: Erik Forstell

Erik Forstell — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:40:34 +0000

Paul Goldschmidt is not top 20 worthy? Definitely think he has more upside then some players at the end of your list.

By: chata

chata — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:24:48 +0000

benoit balls .
just think that’s humorous .

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:18:33 +0000

Holland normally has an 8-run lead by now.

By: OaktownSteve

OaktownSteve — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:12:23 +0000

51% of rookies improve slightly on their numbers in their second full season is the number I saw. The old sophomore jinx thing is overstated (which doesn’t surprise). All of which adds up to, I am going to have Hosmer in several leagues next year.

The guy passes the eyeball test. Nothing to suggest he’ll be anything but excellent for years to come.

By: Lance Berkman

Lance Berkman — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:21:47 +0000

>:O

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:11:52 +0000

@chata: Andrus over Hanson, yeah. Sure, if you can get Bautista in that scenario it would work. Don't worry about his runs and RBIs. Could have 35 homers and 120 RBIs next year.

By: chata

chata — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:05:12 +0000

@Grey:

in my 14 team league , last year my 6 keepers were :
a-gon , cano , hamilton ,
kershaw , felix , & hanson .

finished in 1st place in 2010 , so i had 14th and 15th picks and took
andrus and rasmus .

this year i finished in 3rd place and will have the 12th and 17th picks
(reverse snake) .

thinking about tossing hanson back into the pool and going with
andrus as my 6th keeper and maybe hoping that hanson falls to me
later in the draft , though with readers vinko and steve in this league
this might not be possible .

what do you think …. keep andrus over hanson ?

ideally would like to package felix and a lesser (melky or raburn)
for bautista , as my 2011 team was lacking in the power categories .
like that idea ??

i guess the question is ==> would you trade felix , straight up , for
bautista ???
i know you weren’t high on bautista before the start of 2011 , but now
that it seems like his power numbers are legitimate and repeatable ,
is this a dumb idea ????
am concerned about the age difference (i could keep felix forever) ,
and the fact that it took bautista 43 home runs to rack up 103 rbi
and score 105 times ……
i think i just answered my own question …. but am interested in
what you have to say .

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:57:51 +0000

@Brad: I'd definitely go with Napoli over Sandoval. Now that the Napper is getting his proper PT in TEX, he's the unquestioned #1 catcher in my eyes next year. A .300 AVG and 30 HR (with great R/RBI) from catcher, you gotta keep that especially at a fair price. Greinke over Bruce seems like it might be worth consideration too.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:57:00 +0000

@Mark: Yeah, there's definitely room every league for some error if other breaks go your way.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:53:00 +0000

I drafted Morse, but dropped him early so I could keep Brandon Belt. Hindsight may be 20/20, but in this case, foresight must have been 20/200. Whatevs though I still won my league in HR and tied for first in total offensive points, so that’s not what killed me. Pitching wasn’t quite as strong though so I finished second overall. Would have been better if Sabathia didn’t decide to take a nap right after I got him for Asdrubal and Hellickson at the trade deadline (I also got a blah outfielder, don’t even remember who but he didn’t pan out). Of course, I also managed to get Napoli and Pestano for Morrow and Ramos around the same time, which probably contributed to my HR success.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:14:11 +0000

@Jay: I don't think any of them will have huge hits in value unless they go to parks that you mention. I'm more worried about Prince's on again off again season production. @Brad: No problem. I agree with the five you're going with.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:11:01 +0000

Hi Grey,

Thanks very much for all the help (via your columns) this year. I joined the Razzball fanclub about halfway through the year and never looked back. Good stuff!

I had a question for you in regards to my keeper situation. I am in a 10-team league that keeps 5 players before moving on to the next season. For the 2012 auction draft we all are allowed $260. The players I am picking from are: Bruce ($21), Stanton ($30), Greinke ($21), Matt Moore ($10), Braun ($42), Teixeira ($35), Sandoval ($21), Morse ($6), Napoli ($19) and Ubaldo ($22). I was thinking that a five keeper group of Stanton, Bruce, Braun, Sandoval and Morse ($120 total) was the right way to go. I would have power up the wazu and would be in a position to try and go for Tulo or HanRam next year to finish off the core of my offense. Do you agree?

Thanks again – I appreciate your help.