Comments on: Top 40 Starters, 2011 Fantasy Baseball

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:52:15 +0000

Got it! Thanks, I’m just curious as I own JG in a heavily starting pitching skewing H2H league and am considering him as a keeper, but he’s not getting any mention here or from those trouble makers at fangraphs. So I’m just trying to get a read on what other folks think of him.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:48:09 +0000

@Jeremiah: “It wouldn’t be fair for me to preseason rank the players then rank them again in the postseason based on my opinion, so these postseason top 20 lists are ranked according to ESPN’s Player Rater. It may not be wholly accurate, but it’s wholly unbiased.”

http://razzball.com/2011-final-fantasy-baseball-rankings/

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:41:36 +0000

So that means that Jaime Garcia was worse than Josh Collmenter in 2011? (JG: 13-7/3.56/1.32/156, JC: 10-10/3.38/1.07/100)

Or for that matter Marcum (13-7/3.54/1.16/158) or Vazquez (13-11/3.69/1.18/162)?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:34:17 +0000

@Jeremiah: This is a recap of last year. It's not 2012's rankings.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:28:12 +0000

Sorry, I’m either confused, slow on the uptake or most likely both. That is to say, what do you mean, exactly?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:23:22 +0000

@Jeremiah: Read the post.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:15:37 +0000

What’s the deal with the lack of love for Jaime Garcia?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:31:48 +0000

@Wake Up: Ha! @Steve: Really? I'll have to check it out. I need a new book.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:51:44 +0000

@Grey: Ha, yeah - though I think gambling was MJ's major vice (often in Tiger's company). There's a great, great Jordan biography written by David Halberstam (of course).

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:48:27 +0000

Wait…Madson dressed as Jose Bautista???

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:45:21 +0000

@Steve: Not a huge basketball guy, but Jordan always struck me as the most straight laced guy. Kinda like Tiger Woods. Oh, yeah.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:41:37 +0000

@Grey: Yeah - I imagine it's what I'd look like trying to be cool at Legends of Hip-Hop gathering. Dunno on Jordan. Must be someone's idea of a 'zany' guy.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:31:02 +0000

@Steve: Why is Michael Jordan in every other picture? My favorite was Kuroda's interpreter. @SwaggerJackers: At some point, not really that major of news. Cordero can still be the closer for the Reds and the Blue Jays never had a closer.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:47:57 +0000

@royce!: Yeah, they looked a little too comfortable in those outfits.

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:45:34 +0000

@Steve: Awesome...I'm not sure that the Brian Wilson or Matsui outfits were truly costumes.

By: SwaggerJackers

SwaggerJackers — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:35:59 +0000

@Grey: Are you going to write a reaction post to all the FA news from today? I'm curious about your take on situations like Grady as a FA and the closer situations in Cincy and Toronto. Maybe the blockbuster signing of Derek Lowe in Cleveland???

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:52:41 +0000

In the spirit of Halloween.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1010/athletes.in.costume/content.12.html

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:11:36 +0000

@Steve: I hear ya. I never had that problem with The Wire, breeze through it the moment it aired live on HBO, but I'm having that issue with Breaking Bad. Great show that everyone tells me to watch that I have sitting on my coffee table or watch some crappy reality show. I've been going crappy reality show for the last two weeks.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:06:57 +0000

@Grey: No - that would be your predilection for karaoke (emoticon). It's weird, when I watch it, I really watch it, but other times it's one of those things that doesn't really occur to me to do. "Hey, I've just spent an hour comparing Ernesto Frieri and Sergio Romo. I could have been watching an episode of The Wire!"

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:34:32 +0000

@Steve: Steve, Steve, Steve... You tell the wife you need to watch The Wire and eat, now make me dinner! Is this why I'm single?

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:22:45 +0000

@Grey: Seriously. Wife is going away next week, so should be able to plough through a few eps then though.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:18:18 +0000

@Steve: You're taking slower with The Wire than a Livan fastball.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:16:17 +0000

@Grey: Be cool if he was traded to Baltimore - then we could really get some Prop Joe action going. *No spoilers! Still on Season 4!*

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:44:17 +0000

@Steve: Ha!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:42:21 +0000

Bronx hot-dog and pulled-pork sandwich vendors rejoice – CC is coming back!

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:01:23 +0000

@ChrisV82: Someone should just start a fireeveryonebutme.com...

By: ChrisV82

ChrisV82 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:54:05 +0000

I noticed you don't care much for Verducci. Time to start a spinoff, Fire Tom Verducci?

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:40:24 +0000

@The Miracles: Sure, take Upton.

By: The Miracles

The Miracles — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:06:36 +0000

How am I holding up? Well, I made my keeper trade– thanks Grey for replying in the forum– of getting Longoria and Halladay and giving up Adr. Gonzalez and Lincecum, so that was good. I still have Ryan Braun to either drop (for a third round pick) or trade… maybe for J Up straight up? Has to be an outfielder.

Hey… I hear fantasy hockey’s pretty exciting. Wonder if I can still get in.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:57:25 +0000

@NotKyle: You'll have to ask ESPN. Grey's using their player-rater...