Comments on: Top 20 Middle Relievers for 2009 Fantasy Baseball

By: dude

dude — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:22:40 +0000

SAITO

By: papasmurf

papasmurf — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:47:39 +0000

Haha, I am playing the part of the dense American. Didn’t get it. My bad.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:06:32 +0000

@papasmurf: See, I am ignorant! Cust kiddin'. I knew the above, I was just playing the stupid American.

By: papasmurf

papasmurf — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:59:32 +0000

Grey, this has nothing to do with baseball, just a little correction about the Japanese. Even though they do have their last names listed first in Japan, when they come over to the States, they list their first names first. So the Hidekis actually share a first name. The Matsui boyz share a family name. Their ancestors could have been cutting up bellies on the same clan back in the day.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:49:30 +0000

@sean: Nah, handcuffing's a waste of time. Just stay near Razzball and I'll tell you when you need to vulture.

By: sean

sean — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:12:46 +0000

@Steve: Masterston strikes me as the typical 6th starter who gets chucked into the pen. Is there any indication that he is going to inherit the 8th inning from Okajima or the save ops when Papelnuts is taking a day off? If not, then I don’t think he has much value save for a spot start if a starter gets injured. Also, he’s probably got extra value for you personally with dual eligibility for your RP-only squad.

@grey: do you suggest focusing specifically on MRs that handcuff my own shaky closers? Or should I just vulture away?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:47:33 +0000

@Grey: Yeah – and the way Villanueva was used last year was not always ideal for the MR. B. He seemed to come in a bit when a starter got shelled early and go 2-3 innings before handing over to the real setup guys – inasmuch as the Brewers had any.

That said, he was a pretty good bet for a couple of scoreless innings even if he came in too early to ‘earn’ a Hold.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:32:58 +0000

@Carl: Let's hope you get the Santana then. Sorta joking. I would grab Billingsley then if I was super worried about starters not coming back to me. I just figured since Fielder would be there there would be other worthwhile hitters. @Steve: Good points. I almost had Villanueva in there but he seems barely draftable outside of Holds leagues. Then he's just outside the 20.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:15:04 +0000

@Grey: Small point, but could be useful for someone - Buchholz has lost his SP eligibility (in Yahoo anyway) for this year. As you know, I was relievers-only last year and being able to plug him in at SP was very handy. Kuo (who was also good to me) still has his SP eligibility, though. Villanueva and Masterson (assuming he stays in the pen) are a couple of other interesting dual-eligibility options.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:59:53 +0000

But remember we have 8 keepers each, so 56 players are already gone, maybe drafting strong pitchers is not such a bad idea? Technically our first round is *kinda* the 9th round, if you know what I mean.