Comments on: Winning Your Fantasy Baseball League

By: Mo-lassy

Mo-lassy — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:29:40 +0000

Could you make any predictions about targets for holds, OPS, and QS for a 12 team league?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:25:58 +0000

@Dan:

Oh, me of little faith.

Grey, you magnificent bastard, I read your post!

http://razzball.com/10-14-16-mixed-league-and-nl-only-al-only-team-averages/

By: Bill Lumbergh

Bill Lumbergh — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:57:31 +0000

@Razzball Nation: Does anyone know of a tool that can assess the value of draft picks in trades (similar to the standard formulas that they use for moving up or down in the “real” NFL draft. For example, in my 16 team dynasty league, I’ve been offered an extra 1st round pick (#16) for my 3rd (#42) and 4th (#55) round picks. I’d also be curious what you think about this trade offer.

Thanks everyone!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:58:17 +0000

@Grey: > I’ll post a 10 and 14 team league one next week. So, uh, not to be a total ingrate or anything, but... how about it, Grey?

By: AaronJ

AaronJ — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:12:28 +0000

@D in Utah – that sounds like ‘baseball’, not fantasy baseball.

By: Derek in Utah

Derek in Utah — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:51:54 +0000

Hey Grey, have you ever done any NL Only or AL Only Leagues?

I’m in one of each, and here’s the kicker: 13 managers in each league.

Tough competition indeed.

By: yanee tan

yanee tan — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:53:55 +0000

hey grey, is the RCL still open for signup? I wanna join…

By: BPro

BPro — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:56:39 +0000

Thanks Grey!
So $35 for Zimmerman sounds ok – not overpaying?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:37:01 +0000

@AaronJ: I'll post a 10 and 14 team league one next week.

By: AaronJ

AaronJ — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:22:02 +0000

Any math types out there??? – Is there some kind of algorithm that I can roughly apply to these numbers for a 14 team league? Why we agreed to a 14 team league 10 years ago I don’t know, but we don’t have the heart to contract to 12. Thanks – Aaron

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:10:38 +0000

@pjtres: Sorry, no. That wasn't ranked. Miggy, Votto, Longoria, Upton, McCutchen.... @BPro: Hudson doesn't get kept there.

By: BPro

BPro — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:41:31 +0000

D Hudson – $1
C Kershaw – $5
D Pedroia – $10
N Cruz – $1
C Crawford – $16
R Zimmerman – $30
J Lester – $17

I have identified these guys as my keepers in an auction league. I can keep 6 of these guys for $5 more dollars for the 2011 season. (2010 price shown)
What 6 should I keep? I am torn between Zpack and Daniel Hudson..
Does anyone have any opinions?

By: pjtres

pjtres — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:36:39 +0000

thanks…so you think mcC is a better bet long term than j-up?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:30:28 +0000

@pjtres: Miggy, Votto, Utley, McCutchen, Justin Upton, Longoria...

By: pjtres

pjtres — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:24:25 +0000

grey, im in a keeper league we keep 6 with NO restrictions…as long as you want.

can you please tell how to rank which 6 youd keep?

Utley, votto, mccutchen, j-up, cliff lee, miggy cab, longo, jay bruce, uggla

thanks!

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:00:13 +0000

@MKEeast: Lots of reasons, the most basic one is if you're in a 12 team league, once you get a 12 in a category, you can't turn it to 13.

By: MKEeast

MKEeast — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:57:28 +0000

Why do you have arbitrary targets for each category? Seems like as the draft goes on, grab whatever value there is to be had…

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:56:16 +0000

@Steve: If my computer didn't crash causing me to lose all my programs, I wouldn't have downloaded the newest version. I didn't even really do it on purpose.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:54:44 +0000

@Grey: Look at you the early adopter! I am hearing some bad things about it. I use Firefox here at work, though it's crusty old 3.6 so it chugs along OK. Chrome or Safari on the Macbook at home though.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:52:48 +0000

@Hennessey: Your average is terrible, your power is decent, your steals are okay but reliant on Stubbs and Torres. Your pitching looks decent.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:51:07 +0000

@Steve: I found the mouse, but you know what sucks? Firefox Beta. I wish I didn't upgrade so quickly.

By: Hennessey

Hennessey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:50:51 +0000

Grey, I just did a 12 team mock, ESPN style. Was intending to try the back-to-back 1B thing, but changed my mind and took Longoria with the 5th pick over Votto. Anyway, I was wondering what you (and anyone else) might think about it.

C-(R12 #140)-Napoli, Michael1B (wanted Wieters, missed by 1 pick)
1B-(R4 #44)-Morneau, Justin (when I missed my 1B in round 2, it was Morneau or Dunn here, and Dunn went a few picks before)
2B-(R5 #53)-Kinsler, Ian
3B-(R1 #5)-Longoria, Evan
SS-(R24 #284)-Brignac, Reid (hey, why not)
OF-(R2 #20)-Kemp, Matt (almost went Holliday)
OF-(R3 #29)-Upton, Justin
OF-(R7 #77)-Bruce, Jay
OF-(R10 #116)-Stubbs, Drew
OF-(R19 #221)-Torres, Andres
MI-(R22 #260)-Rodriguez, Sean
CI-(R13 #149)-Pena, Carlos
UTIL-(R8 #92)-Lind, Adam

SP-(R6 #68)-Jimenez, Ubaldo
SP-(R9 #101)-Rodriguez, Wandy (top tier pitching started to get real thin so I reached)
SP-(R11 #125)-Hudson, Dan
SP-(R14 #164)-Vazquez, Javier
SP-(R16 #188)-Gonzalez, Gio
SP-(R17 #197)-Romero, Ricky
SP-(R20 #236)-Cueto, Johnny
SP-(R23 #269)-Norris, Bud

RP-(R15 #173)-Valverde, Jose
RP-(R18 #212)-Broxton, Jonathan
RP-(R21 #245)-Thornton, Matt
RP-(R25 #293)-Farnsworth, Kyle

Any thoughts? Thanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:46:25 +0000

@Grey: Good to have you back. Did the mouse fall off the wheel?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:40:57 +0000

@Tony: I'm tellin' ya. @Black Beard: I don't like Buchholz and after that you have upside that I like but very little to rely on. Your hitting is obviously stacked. @Tom Thumb: I'm not low on Jones. He will platoon though. Diaz is facing lefties. Morse could breakout and will cover him at some point. Jon Jay's kinda meh.

By: Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:28:01 +0000

Grey,

I saved these averages from last year and they were great! Just wanted to say thanks!

I have a few questions for you… I was wondering why you are so low on Garrett Jones. I know he was poised to break out last year and didn’t. Do you worry about possible platoon issues?

What are your thoughts on Jon Jay and Mike Morse? Think either of these guys get regular playing time/are worth a hoot?

By: Mike from Jersey

Mike from Jersey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:25:08 +0000

1. How much does Ryan Dempster’s massive slider usage (34-35% over the past 2 seasons) bother you? Big red flag?
2. How many innings do you think Brett Anderson throws this year.

3. Help me out. Im in a pitching tailored points league. 5 player keeper. a ton of pitchers are kept, so im taking a pitcher round 1 because the rest of the options aside from about 4-5 are tossups. i have josh johnson, gallardo, and hamels to start off with. The top available starters are scherzer, billingsley, wandy, d.hudson, nolasco, dempster, danks, b.anderson. After that it’s a bunch of toss ups (de la rosa, r. romero, beckett, etc.) im pretty sure billingsley and scherzer are taken before my pick. i dont want wandy cuz he’s old and bad team. and im dont want nolasco. leaving dempster, hudson, danks, dempster. so with the starting 3 i have, do you think i should take another solid guy in dempster/danks, or go upside with hudson/anderson?
please answer all 3. thanks!

By: Black Beard

Black Beard — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:21:45 +0000

Just did a mock, curious of what everyone thinks. 12 team, picked out of the 11 spot. All opinions welcome.

1. David Wright (NYM – 3B)
2. Ryan Howard (Phi – 1B)
3. Justin Upton (Ari – OF)
4. Nelson Cruz (Tex – OF)
5. Hunter Pence (Hou – OF)
6. Jay Bruce (Cin – OF)
7. Yovani Gallardo (Mil – SP)
8. Elvis Andrus (Tex – SS)
9. Colby Rasmus (StL – OF)
10. Clay Buchholz (Bos – SP)
11. Aaron Hill (Tor – 2B)
12. Francisco Rodríguez (NYM – RP)
13. José Valverde (Det – RP)
14. Jose Tabata (Pit – OF)
15. Daniel Hudson (Ari – SP)
16. Edinson Vólquez (Cin – SP)
17. Jhoulys Chacin (Col – SP,RP)
18. Johnny Cueto (Cin – SP)
19. Ryan Raburn (Det – 2B,OF)
20. Edwin Jackson (CWS – SP)
21. Frank Francisco (Tor – RP)
22. Chris Iannetta (Col – C)
23. Manny Ramírez (TB – OF)

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:13:14 +0000

Luke scott got $6.4 million? man i’m going to look for my glove and 34/29 inch easton right now…. I should be able to get $2.7 mil?

By: Eddy

Eddy — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:12:20 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: Duly noted. The Tabata pick was more so to help out AVG (Isn't he supposed to be a .300 guy?). I was actually debating that same exact issue: should i take power and low avg or avg and speed? Travis Snider is usually my util. man crush, and I'm sure he fits the bill of what you suggest I go after. Thanks.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:45:58 +0000

@Eddy: Love your first 3 picks. Matt Holliday in 3rd round of 12 team - that's great. My only comment is you went a little too SB happy for a H2H league at the potential expense of HR/RBI/AVG. Andrus and Tabata will be below average in all three while Chris Young will hurt you in the latter. I'd trade Tabata for an OF with 20 HR/90 RBI/.270+ potential.