Comments on: Top 80 Outfielders for 2010 Fantasy Baseball

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:30:04 +0000

@Phil: Liriano, Jackson and Maybin. If you're feeling Sheets, go with him. I wouldn't.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:38:44 +0000

hey grey.. what if i expanded it to 3 keepers out of this 6:

Matt Laporta
Francisco Liriano
Austin Jackson
JJ Hardy
Ben Sheets
Cameron Maybin

My team is pretty balanced.. so im just trying to keep the best keepers for now and for the future… hitting/ pitching, nor position scarcity means too much to me…to keep the 3 hitters of austin jackson, laporta, maybin i could do, even if i would have to trade later

I was thinking of going laporta, maybin, sheets…. i think sheets could put up some decent numbers in oakland… but then again theres liriano…and sheets is really tough to trust… so im kinda conflicted… regarding austin jackson.. i have a feeling i may be able to redraft him

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:39:01 +0000

@YouthofToday: Guess depends if Conor's beaten Valley Fever yet, but Conor gives decent average and little to no speed or power so he needs to show something before he's a worthwhile gamble.

By: YouthofToday

YouthofToday — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:31:07 +0000

No faith Conor Jackson will start 125 games? By ranking Parra over Conor I presume you think Parra wins out at LF at some point.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:39:48 +0000

@IowaCubs: How many outfielders the Cubs playing this year?

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:36:52 +0000

X-Nady is now a Cub, so now we can expect me to draft him in my All-NL Central League. You’re welcome.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:05:05 +0000

@Phil: Maybin and LaPorta...

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:02:50 +0000

quick keeper question… really deep 16 person league and i need 2 keepers from:

LaPorta
Maybin
JJ Hardy
Ben Sheets

any thoughts?

By: ThePoonTycoon

ThePoonTycoon — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:00:29 +0000

@Simply Fred: while perhaps true, we've seen swisher's ceiling, at least we have some upside with blanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:35:58 +0000

10 million for a year? Sheets will have trouble out-performing his agent.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:33:03 +0000

@Steve: Thanks for the heads up!

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:32:09 +0000

Sheets signs with Oakland. It was on Twitter so it must be true.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:06:37 +0000

@Grey: @ThePoonTycoon: @brad: Thanks, all. I'm trying to strong-arm this change in a league... in the interest of increasing parity and because I want to.

By: Simply Fred

Simply Fred — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:00:42 +0000

@Steve: Swisher tantalizing, especially with that 1B/CI eligibility. He gets you 20 R more and .015 AVG less than Blanks, so about a push on projections. However, Swish seems to be going at least 5 rounds before Blanks. Not sure if the eligibility returns 5 rounds of value--??

By: brad

brad — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:53:02 +0000

@peter: in my league the value doesn't appreciate at all. keep votto in the 10th for as many years as you want. (number of keepers is limited though, and we have sort of a tiered keeper approach - you must keep a player from rounds 2-5 for example.) undrafted guys are valued like grey said.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:42:35 +0000

@Neil: Yeah, there's some names that didn't make the 80. I did a sleeper post about Gardner last year and probably will again. I like him for SAGNOF.

By: ThePoonTycoon

ThePoonTycoon — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:38:57 +0000

@peter: my league doesn't do keepers this way, but i think most leagues maybe bump up a guys keeper cost 1-2 rounds per year if they go that route. i could be wrong though.

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:34:54 +0000

What about Brett Gardner (Yankees)? He will hit 9th, but with full-time at bats (and pinch running duties when he doesn’t play), 35 steals is his floor (he stole 26 in 2009 in only 248 at bats). His BB% and K% improved a ton from 2008 to 2009 and he has great contact numbers (89% overall, 93% in the zone). I think he will hit .275 with 40+ steals and 75 runs. He has no power, but hitting 9th he could get 45 RBI in that stacked OBP lineup.

.275, 4 HR, 75 runs, 45 RBI, 42 steals – not terrible towards the end of the draft.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:34:29 +0000

@peter: First off, anyone can appreciate Votto's value. It's like Salieri in Amadeus. Guys that were waiver wire adds last year are kept in the last round, 2nd guy kept from the waiver wire is kept in the 2nd to last round and so on.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:27:06 +0000

Do any of you play in keeper leagues that tie a player’s value to a pick in the draft? (e.g., you took Votto in round 10 in 2009, so you can keep him in exchange for your 2010 10th round pick, etc.) If so, how do you value keepers from year-to-year who haven’t been drafted? (e.g., how would you appreciate Votto’s value in 2011 if he’s kept this year?)

By: peter

peter — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:24:19 +0000

@Grey: Not pitchers? DoH!

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:49:18 +0000

@Jo: Yeah, that would be solid.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:46:36 +0000

I just got votto, utley, and wright in a 10 team mock… im gonna call this the dream team and shoot for these guys in every draft

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:43:17 +0000

@Grey: ah, just kill me now

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:31:11 +0000

@Mikey boy324: DHs tomorrow. @Jo: I will when the starter rankings come out on Thursday.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:28:23 +0000

@grey: i’ve found a lot of drafts where I have to choose between this group of pitchers: Lester, Wainwright, C Lee, Dan Haren, Verlander… I usually take haren or lee because they seem like the safest picks. Would you rank these guys in order for me?

By: Mikey boy324

Mikey boy324 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:11:58 +0000

Grey are we finally gonna get the long awaited pitcher rankings tommorow?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:57:58 +0000

@dean: It's how they should be drafted when all things considered, risk, playing time, upside/downside and, most importantly, how you build your team. I can't build your team in a draft. If you've drafted, say, Justin Upton, Bruce, Fowler and Dukes, then you better draft from the boring tier of Juan Rivera. I would not build my team like that, but doesn't mean I should leave off every name I probably won't own. If I did that, I would only draft about 30 outfielders in total, but if I listed, say, Maybin in my top thirty and left off 40 other outfielders it would be real confusing. I say I won't draft Josh Willingham, but I think he will produce something. Just not something I would want at that point if I were building my team. @Steve: Ibanez is good for that. Swisher would work for that too. But he'd be better at the corner. @Real Tom: Yup @pwire: Cool, no problem. @BadNewsBears: He has more risk because of youth and playing time. @big o: That's with 500 ABs. @PJtres: Hmm... That's not easy. I'd go Latos and Blanks. @Tarasco’sSecretStash: They hold if he breaks camp with the A's, it'll be a spring training decision. @brett: In 12 team leagues, that's all most of these guys are. @Quintero: Shake it off, man. No one owns you. You're Quintero.

By: Quintero

Quintero — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:41:38 +0000

Master Grey, I got owned in MDC just now…someone draft Brett Anderson in 20th round on me! (and I panic and drafted Oswalt in 12th…kill me…) Batting looks fine tho, thanks to you!

By: brett

brett — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:27:49 +0000

@PJtres: Ah, I had completely forgotten about Latos. There's a Hodgepadre I wouldn't mind owning. Thanks! As for the list: I like Swisher, Heyward intrigues me, and i'm jumping all over Jennings as soon as the Rays hint at his call-up. If nothing else, there's a lot of watch list fodder on here.