Comments on: You Sore’n, Drew Storen?

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:30:16 +0000

@timSTi, me too

By: T-Rex

T-Rex — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:21:03 +0000

@chata, you think i shouldn’t have taken adam jones in the 10th? I dont understand your comment.

By: cubbies299

cubbies299 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:59:25 +0000

@Grey, No needs. Just trade value. My team’s where it needs to be.

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:56:47 +0000

@Wake Up, I didn’t draft any closers in my 14tm rotor auction so getting Motte & Wilson was huge. His elbow issues are making me nervous, especially with romo on his ass…

By: chata

chata — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:27:20 +0000

@T-Rex,

you might win SB category every week .

you took adam jones in the 10th round .
i can only imagine how good of a bat that you could have gotten
in the 9th round , instead of taking that POS (pitcher of significance)
gio gonzalez .

By: MH

MH — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:12:48 +0000

@Grey, Yeah I’ll agree with that, I’m hoping I created enough redundancy with the hitter types (i.e. Stanton/Bruce, Andrus/Gordon) to offset the lack of balance, and I’m definitely looking to acquire pitching right now. I think if I can get a low end #1 or high end #2 for Wright, I’m in pretty good shape, though since everyones so worried about Wright right now that prospect is debatable.

The reason I ultimately decided to make the trade was because my offense looked pretty weak. The corresponding move was to drop Nolan Reimold (who seems in danger of losing playing time and therefore sleeperishness) and Josh Thole. So basically the trade came down to Kershaw, Minor, Reimold, and Thole for Wright, Wieters, Niese, and Duffy (or Lidge since I’ve dropped Duffy, but at the time the intent was to grab him). I thought that was a pretty solid overall improvement for my roster. But I’m also not super comfortable having Strasburg alone atop my pitching staff.

I do agree that I prefer the side I gave in a vacuum though, and the dude who I sent it to had some really serious pitching issues, so it helped his team more than mine, but I liked what it did for mine enough to do it.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:12:04 +0000

@Grey, Sigh. Just the Ha. I almost prefer the Hehe.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:01:21 +0000

@L-Boogie, I’d go with Braun over Votto. It wouldn’t be crazy to do the opposite. They’re in the same tier… That Braun pairing makes sense…

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:00:17 +0000

*****THERE’S A NEW POST FOR FOLLOWUPS.****

By: L-Boogie

L-Boogie — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:59:53 +0000

I love Braun. I really do. Picked him up his rookie year after drafting Joe Crede at 3B. He helped me win my $$$ league that year. Haven’t been able to draft him since. He’s been falling to my pick (7) according to CBS ADP. Still, I just can’t see myself taking him over Votto. By my pick in round 2 Longo, Fielder, and every other 1B will be gone. My scenarios would look like

1) Braun
2) Kinsler/Reyes/reach for Tex
3) best available 3B
4) reach for Konerko/Hosmer

1) Votto
2) McCutchen
3) best available 3B
4) best available (pitcher, Bruce, Pence, Uggla, etc)

I saw that you didn’t update your pairings post to include him after his suspension was overturned. If Kemp is a good comparison for pairings, everyone you mention in his post will be gone for me in round 2 except Kinsler.

Based on all this, would I be crazy to go with Votto over Braun?

Any other round 2 pairing suggestions for Braun?

Thanks dude.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:56:55 +0000

Scherzer way over him in that scenario…

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:56:29 +0000

Thanks!

By: Schmohawks Bob

Schmohawks Bob — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:56:02 +0000

@Grey, Thanks. It’s a fourth starter versus a 5th closer. I know it’s apples and oranges but Scherzer seemed like a good guy to have.

By: JOBOOZOSO

JOBOOZOSO — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:54:06 +0000

I got the Grandmaster Melle Mel reference.

nice one

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:53:22 +0000

@Schmohawks Bob, I would prefer Scherzer though…

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:53:01 +0000

@Eddy, Nope

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:51:49 +0000

HA!

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:51:44 +0000

Grey, in the first week, from a H2H point of view, do you even bother sitting any pitchers?

Already over thinking Price v. Yanks…

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:50:21 +0000

You had Kershaw to deal, but I’m not sure it made sense to deal him for an injured guy… You have more faith in Wright than I do… The team looks pretty stacked in hitting and a tad weak on pitching… The one concern about hitting is it’s unbalanced… You don’t have many 20/20 guys… Instead you have 50 steals here, 35 homers there… Now I like this team, so it’ll finish last…

By: Goose

Goose — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:50:15 +0000

“There’s nothing sadder than a sad Japanese man.”
-Orgazmo

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:47:36 +0000

He will… My big takeaway from looking at the data is, in the end, people do what they want… Which makes sense, it’s their team…

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:46:22 +0000

Apples and oranges…

By: Schmohawks Bob

Schmohawks Bob — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:43:14 +0000

Kyle Farnsworth or Max Scherzer?

By: MH

MH — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:42:38 +0000

@Grey, My bad, 12.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:36:29 +0000

@Grey, He should definitely tally who reached the farthest for your biggest crushes (Gio Gonzalez, Cozart, Bruce, etc.)

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:32:58 +0000

And he’s done…

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:32:43 +0000

Around 200 overall…

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:32:22 +0000

Hehe

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:32:16 +0000

You should see some of the data VinWins is compiling about the drafts (you will see it at some point, everyone will…)

By: flesh castinets

flesh castinets — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:27:47 +0000

Best moment of our RCL draft last night was seeing Sparkakis drafted in the 10th round.

I guess a razzball commenter and a razzball reader can be mutually exclusive!