Losses are even more arbitrary than Wins – and that’s saying something.

First things first, did you catch the premiere of the new RW Vegas? Looks like a promising season… and by that, of course, I mean tons of self-destructive, attention seeking behavior which the camera crew will hopefully catch a little more than just the tail end of.

In other news, my league wants OPS and Ks added to the standard 5 batting cats, and QS and Ls added to the standard 5 pitching cats this year. Just wondering if there are any big names that jump out at you as losing/gaining significant value given those extra cats (not looking for a list of 20 players here, maybe just a few of each). Your wisdom is greatly appreciated, Sensei.

/bow

Hajimemashite.

not knowing letterman ,
i come to you , (all) .

“how do you trade with a Razzball Dummy ?”

I want to trade away Ellsbury for Heyward who has LAST round value (Heyward, that is). If the owner has any smarts, he’d also want a pick.

If you were the owner of Heyward, what would be FAIR pick value in addition to Ellsbury? Obviously you want to squeeze every drop of juice out of me, but we’re pretending that you care for me here, best friend.

To put my plan into prespective, how does this team project in a 10 team H2H 6 by 6 league (add Total Bases and Quality Starts)

C, Geovany Soto
1B, Ryan Howard (1)
2B, Dan Uggla (3)
SS, Ian Desmond
3B, Mark Reynolds (10)
OF, Jose Bautista (4)
OF, Jay Bruce (6)
OF, Mike Stanton (8)
UTL, Mark Teixeria (2)
UTL, Adam Dunn (5)
BENCH, Curtis Granderson (11)

SP, Max Scherzer (9)
SP, Chad Billingsley (12)
RP, Carlos Marmol (7)
RP, Francisco Cordero
P, Jonathan Sanchez
P, Ryan Dempster
P, Daniel Hudson
P, John Axford
Bench, CJ Wilson
Bench, Craig Kimbrel
Bench, Starting Pitcher
Bench, STREAM SPOT (5 ADDS PER WEEK)

Give or take on all the rounds but i feel i can put that type of offense together, is that good enough with good streaming to consistently be 8-4 or 7-5 in a competitive, yet young league?

Thanks! I’m assuming Freebase won here? Or am I reading the points wrong?

I give Tabata and Gallardo and receive McCutchen.

My Starting Pitchers after the trade would be Kershaw, J.Johnson, B. Anderson, Morrow, Lilly, D. Hudson and Gio (there is a 200 start limit).

My Outfield would be Kemp, McCutchen, Bruce, Stubbs and Gardner.

Good deal?

And then load up on pitchers, stack my bench with them, and stream with my 5 pickups, (also 3-4 closers like Cordero, etc.) 3-4 closers, 9-10 starters, and stream 5 a week.

Thoughts? Winning 8-4 every week is a championship in my mind.

I know they all look good, I was kinda thinking mine looked the best out of them, but that’s just me. I was really looking hard at Drew, as well, I actually missed the fact that he was available. Should I use my #1 waiver option on Drew and drop Kendrick?

@Wilsonian: It’s an 8 team league, all the teams are going to look good. Yours does. Drew over Kendrick… Cueto over Edwin…

Here’s my team in an 8 Team H2H. Our categories are:

H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBPS, W, L, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, Ks/9

C – Napoli
1B – Fielder
2B – Zobrist
3B – Longoria
SS – Andrus
OF – CarGo
OF – Kemp
OF – Krispie
UTIL – Wright
UTIL – Bruce
BN – Rasmus
BN – Kendrick

SP – Lincecum
SP – Verlander
SP – Bills
RP – Soria
RP – K-Rod
P – Rodney
P – Lyon
P – D. Hudson
BN – Peavy
BN – Gio
BN – E. Jackson

I just barely missed Aaron Hill, which really pissed me off, and left me with Zobrist and/or Kendrick at 2B. But I was wondering if you would pick up any of these available FAs and swap them for what I have:

S. Drew, Lind, Raburn, Furcal, Alcides, Man-Ram, Nolasco, Cueto, Ian Kennedy, DLR, Shields, Garza, Cecil, Matusz, Rafael Soriano, Motte, Dotel, Sale?

Thanks man. What do you think of my team overall, as well?

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/razzball13.

Nicky D (Sacramento, CA)

Karabell, horrible team in the NL LABR league. Too many risks at pitcher, not enough AB. Horrendous overpay for the K-machine Rasmus. Be honest, you got railroaded this year, huh?

Eric Karabell

Ha! Absolutely not. In fact, I think this is a very good team, and others agreed (and they weren’t just being nice. When it’s a bad team, they say so.) Thanks for the kind words, though. Rasmus is totally worth $24. I don’t know why you people care about the strikeouts when there is power, the potential for average and enough steals to matter. And Carpenter is not a risk. He’ll be fine. To each his own!

Grey, did you tell him he has a very good team?

@Eddy: If you can find it, go for it. I don’t have it handy. I’d search schadenfreude on the top left.

Chris (Phoenix)

In a restart Keeper league draft. I have the 5th pick and I expect to take Longoria, but I REALLY want Michael Stanton this year, what is the Highest you would take Stanton in a Keeper League? I am thinking 5th maybe 4th?

Eric Karabell

I know someone in our start up draft today that took Stanton in round 1… I can see it. A little bit of a stretch with all things equal, but if you really want him and can draft wisely later, sure.

Stanton in rd 1, make up for it with smart picks later? Really?

Really?

Is it too much to ask to see the “winning” fantasy razzball team last year? Or, if it’s easier, just the league page?

Oh and what’s your take on Krispie hitting in 3 or 5 slot as its starting to seem likely? Probably doesn’t change his overall value much I guess.

Random comment but I’m basically taking Utley off my board at this point…I already had decided he wasn’t really a good choice in r2 as I’d prefer to lockdown a 1b and 3b in the first 2 rounds if I can, plus Phillips or Kinsler is usually available in r5. The knee thing just clinches it.

@Black Beard: I love him even more now.

http://detnews.com/article/20110309/SPORTS0104/103090424/1129/rss15