Comments on: Top 80 Starters for 2010 Fantasy Baseball

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:16:56 +0000

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:14:50 +0000

Grey, what about Jeff Niemann?

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:35:15 +0000

@IdahoMsfan: Ha, like the idea of an incentive for a fantasy team. Harden, you will help me win the envy of my 11 high school buddies who I don't talk to that regularly anymore, c'mon!

By: IdahoMsfan

IdahoMsfan — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:23:39 +0000

@grey You’re #61 post had me laughing so hard man. I’ve owned all three of those guys in the past two seasons. Gotta love the incentives based deal the M’s gave Bedard. Too bad I can’t come up with something like that for my fantasy team.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:44:15 +0000

Sorry for the double post.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:41:40 +0000

Just had a mock draft and I was predicted to finish last in the league.

1-7: Cabrera, Miguel (1B)
2-6: Holliday, Matt (OF)
3-7: Rollins, Jimmy (SS) I think this was my worst pick
4-6: Youkilis, Kevin (3B)
5-7: Upton, B.J. (OF)
6-6: Lester, Jon (SP)
7-7: Wieters, Matt (C)
8-6: Bruce, Jay (OF)
9-7: Jiminez, Ubaldo (SP)
10-6: Billingsley, Chad (SP)
11-7: Borbon, Julio (OF)
12-6: Valverde, Jose (RP)
13-7: Davis, Chris
14-6: Hart, Corey (OF)
15-7: Lidstrom, Matt (RP) Assuming he’s closer by spring
16-6: Weeks, Rickie (2B)
17-7: Strasburg, Stephen (SP)
18-6: Cabrera, Everth (SS)
19-7: Snider, Travis (OF)
20-6: Heyward, Jason (OF)
21-7: Nunez, Leo (RP)

So my team is
C: Wieters
1B: Cabrera, Davis
2B: Weeks
SS: Rollins, Cabrera
3B: Youkilis
OF: Holliday, Upton BJ, Burce, Borbon, Hart, Snider, Heyward
SP: Lester, Jiminez, Billingsley, Strasburg
RP: Valverde, Lidstrom, Nunez

I know that my team is full of young guys that might break out or might implode like Wieters, Davis, Cabrera, Upton, Bruce, Borbon, Heyward, Billingsley and Strasburg but there is only 1 injury risk in Weeks and 1 guy over the hill in Rollins.

What do you think?

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:41:13 +0000

Just had a mock draft and I was predicted to finish last in the league.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:00:45 +0000

@rafi: I like Rzepczynski... Good K rate, solid GB rate, but needs a rotation spot. Hochevar probably has a rotation spot, but I don't like him going into the season. Too much risk right now.

By: rafi

rafi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:53:28 +0000

what are your thoughts on rzepczynski and hochevar as al-only sleepers for 2010?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:13:13 +0000

@DocNo: I agree with what you're saying. Matusz is better for the next two years, but Alvarez will be better after that. If you don't need a starter this year, I'd just hold Alvarez.

By: DocNo

DocNo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:55:49 +0000

wanted to get your take on two rookie keepers:
I have to decide to keep either Matusz or Pedro Alvarez for 2010-11 seasons. Who will give the most bang for the buck in their first two years? I’m leaning Matusz but ALEast is a beast, particularly for a rook.
Alvarez might only see half of 2010 and might be Andy Marte in his first year. I only expect something real from him in 2011.
So…Matusz or Alvarez?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:30:45 +0000

@sean: Ha!

By: sean

sean — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:45:23 +0000

ESPN ‘pert mock: Cockroft goes Braun, Doc Halladay, Jeter, Panda

Any way I can get a spot in their cash league?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:42:38 +0000

@sean: Yeah, it's written. Just need a time to post.

By: sean

sean — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:41:15 +0000

@Grey: still thinking about the pairings post after the starters are (now?) done? Team composition is an oft-overlooked part of drafting by plenty of ballers, myself included.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:26:44 +0000

@Brian: And their team is terrible. Eh, I wouldn't own a Pirates pitcher coming out of a draft. More of a pickup in-season. @Vinnie: Thanks! Kinsler @Hebrew Hammer: Decent name in 15 team leagues or deeper. @Tony: He's SAGNOF, steals if you need them. @Mike: I wouldn't draft any of them unless they look great in the spring and they fall to me after the top 200 or so.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:59:18 +0000

So is a third of the Benrich Shadard worth taking over players from the next couple tiers (ie Sheets over Wade Davis), or is “his” inclusion only to say some combo of the three will be excellent?

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:55:25 +0000

@grey, you have Juan Pierre in your top 40 OF’ers or like 40.5 or whatever… how much do you personally like him this year?

With a full time gig you estimated him at 45 steals which i see as a lock and he should push 50 some…. no HR’s, no RBI’s, but solid average and doesn’t K….

By: Hebrew Hammer

Hebrew Hammer — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:52:00 +0000

perhaps i’m glad he didn’t make this list, but my sleeper pitcher this season is Felipe Paulino.

I know everyone thinks he’s awful. His K/9 rate is fantastic, his walk rate is also terrific. He was hurt by bad luck in the BABIP and also in the strand rate. His home run rate was pretty poor but i feel like if he can cut that down will be money.

Decent Park to pitch in which includes a great division for pitchers. He’s only 26, throws hard, and had excellent numbers in the swing and miss department in 09. Be very quiet.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:35:14 +0000

@airlifting: bat shizz crazy, i like it....

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:16:43 +0000

@Grey – I know. Just having some fun. Plus I’m a homer Giants fan.

By: Mikey boy324

Mikey boy324 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:12:58 +0000

I read I pretty good article in the latest sports illustrated about ohlendorf it made me think he can be a usefull pitcher in 12 or more team leagues I dunno if he’s gonna be drafted though so he might be some1 to keep an eye on during spring training…

By: airlifting

airlifting — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:08:48 +0000

you are bat shit crazy if you’d take kevin correia before gavin floyd.

By: Vinnie

Vinnie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:05:59 +0000

Hey guys….love the blog Grey. Protect Matt Holliday or Kinsler in a roto league? Already protecting Pujols and HanRam. We start 2 2B and 7 OF. Thanks in advance.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:04:49 +0000

Are any of the Pirates top three (Duke, Maholm, Ohlendorf) ownable? They don’t walk guys and it’s a crappy division.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:48:38 +0000

@Drew _Pelham: Dur, my bad. @Real Tom: Nah, Washburn wasn't drafted anywhere. You have to be ready to grab pitchers off waivers. @Tony: Sanchez is someone to look at. @Jeff: I'm just putting him a bit lower to highlight him. I already wrote the sleeper post. You should know how I feel about Sanchez. @Eddy: Thanks! @Antrim Warriors: Yeah, decent flier. @matthole: I decided he was someone better to go over in Spring Training because of he's recovering from the injury. @Fman99: He's getting his own sleeper post. @Mikey boy324: Probably 18th to 20th. @Nate: He's not going to be drafted outside of NL-Only leagues, there he'll be a decent late flier. As you said, good Ks, good park. @sean: He's a waiver wire pick up. Unless your league is 18-20 team.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:44:01 +0000

@nate marcum: @Tarasco’sSecretStash: I dont think alot of people are gonna be jumping on that bandwagon again this year... he burned a ton of people, thankfully NOT ME. Where have you seen him go in mocks (talking liriano here)?

By: nate marcum

nate marcum — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:36:29 +0000

@Tarasco’sSecretStash: Yeah guys, I have heard the same thing. Supposedly he has regained faith in that slider that had batters peeing their pants. I was burned by him last year, so I am a little hesitant, but i think as long as the hype machine doesn't churn out article after article about his winter league, he should outproduce his ADP.

By: Tarasco'sSecretStash

Tarasco'sSecretStash — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:14:49 +0000

@Frank Rizzo: I heard that too, he was supposedly sitting 92-93 in the DR, and more importantly he cut way down on his walks.

By: Tarasco'sSecretStash

Tarasco'sSecretStash — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:13:24 +0000

I’ve waited to write the following sentence since I started playing fantasy ball back in the early-aughts: I’m excited about Brad Penny! Duncan’s pixie dust is a powerful dust, and Penny’s my target to be this year’s Piniero Project. Last year his heater regained the couple ticks it was missing post-injury and again became a plus pitch (.22 R/100), and he throws it over 70% of the time, – a combination that puts him squarely in Duncan’s philosophical wheelhouse. If Duncs can lower his walk rate (a specialty of his) down into the low 2′s, Penny’s got the chance to be a really valuable league-average innings eater with win potential to stabilize the back of your rotation in a deep league.