Comments on: 2009 Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Top 20

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:34:25 +0000

@Tony Danza: Joanna Kerns. I’d take Miggy and hopefully Utley on the way back. There’s a top ten too:

(http://razzball.com/2009-fantasy-baseball-rankings-top-10/)

By: Tony Danza

Tony Danza — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:22:39 +0000

Who’s the Boss Grey?

Anyways, I got the 5th pick in an 8 team snaker H2H league. Who would you take #5 now that A-rod is down, and who would you hope to target at #12 coming back?

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:28:46 +0000

@mikey boy324: re: Arod: Sometime in the third to fourth round now seems the most likely place. Say 40th to be safe. I like Phillips a hair better than Kemp only because of his position. I do think Kemp's a better talent. EDIT: Typo.

By: mikey boy324

mikey boy324 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:15:00 +0000

grey two questions
1.with the news about a rod today where would you draft him?
2.ive been doing mock drafts on espn the past couple of days and i notice in every draft brandon philips and matt kemp have been falling to the 4th round which one do you think is better value?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:32:15 +0000

@Fman99: Razzball, the gift that keeps on giving.

By: Fman99

Fman99 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:23:44 +0000

Ha! I just got the “Unhealth Lee” joke.

I’m a retard.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:16:26 +0000

@cole: Thanks and I agree with you. Go for solid producers early and your breakouts in the later rounds.

By: cole

cole — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:29:47 +0000

Ha! I like the Bubbles refererence on Hamilton. I got the guy in the 10th rd last year and won my h2h league based largley on that (along with late kinsler and lincecum picks). I think it is important not to dwell on last year’s breakouts. It is better to try to find ’09’s breakouts later in the draft and look to realiable and consistant HITTERS in the early rounds. Get your pitchers later. This blog is one of the better ones i have run across. Keep it up, guys.

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:17:45 +0000

@waters95: I think Crawford is being underappreciated a lot this year. As I've said in past posts, there's a lot of this "What have you done for me lately?" attitude with fantasy baseball. Better off looking at three year averages and trends. But when you look at those things, Crawford and Victorino are pretty similar, with Crawford being a bit more valuable. So Crawford is a third to fourth round pick and Victorino is a 5th. I think for the first time in a while, Crawford is actually being ranked correctly. Funny you should mention Rice, he also stopped hitting around 33. Ortiz is showing signs of the Big Man Cecil Fielder trend where guys who are big-sized power hitters, decline rapidly. I don't want Ortiz on any teams with that in mind and his Utility only eligibility.

By: waters95

waters95 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:27:53 +0000

The two players who have dropped like a stone and in my opinion should not are:

1) Carl Crawford – I’ve always regarding speed as a scarce resource. Although Crawford might never hit 20 HR’s, he still hits a lot more than zero, which is what happens if you get Dave Roberts, etc. as your late round speed. In addition, he gives you help in the other four categories. I know I’m going against the grain, but I will probably pick him in any draft where I don’t get one of the top five picks or six picks. BTW, speed combined with his SS position elevates J. Rollins in my book to the number six or seven pick.

2) David Ortiz – First, let me start off by saying I really hate Boston. I think the only reason Jim Rice got in the HOF is because he played for Boston. But I think it’s ridiculous that Ortiz is going as late as 72 in some drafts. I think he will decline some from his peak seasons, but he’s healthy and if you can get him in the late second, or early third rounds, you are stealing (there goes that word again) him.