So, bunch of Razzballers got together for an auction draft at NFBC and I drafted a team I would never draft in any league. If you showed me this team, I’d say, “Looks like crap, get it out of my face!” Actually, I’d prolly say, “Cool, nice team,” but then I’d snicker! I’d snicker something awful! Real passive aggressive shizz from me! Just a snickering fool! So many snickers until I’m self-satisfied. Then I’d shove your team out of my face and say, “Begone!” I would hate this team if it’s yours, and at least I practice what I preach because I hate this team as mine too! Alas, we must muster on. For those not in the know, it’s a 15-team auction with two catchers that is a weekly league. Unlike a lot of NFBC leagues we play in, it is not draft and hold. There’s a $1000 FAAB budget with weekly pickups. Anyway, here’s my 15-team NFBC auction draft:
C: Yan Gomes – $1
C: Alejandro Kirk – $1
1B: Triston Casas – $13
2B: Luis Rengifo – $5
SS: Trea Turner – $34
3B: Alec Bohm – $13
CI: Spencer Torkelson – $12
MI: Gunnar Henderson – $25
OF: Bryan Reynolds – $18
OF: Jarren Duran – $17
OF: Riley Greene – $10
OF: Sal Frelick – $3
OF: Jose Siri – $1
UT: Christian Encarnacion-Strand – $6
Bench: Nolan Schanuel, Johan Rojas, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Hunter Goodman
P: Gerrit Cole – $34
P: George Kirby – $25
P: Emmanuel Clase – $17
P: Kenley Jansen – $10
P: Jose Berrios – $6
P: Kenta Maeda – $2
P: Reese Olson – $2
P: Brayan Bello – $2
P: Kutter Crawford – $2
Bench: Ricky Tiedemann, Zack Littell, A.J. Minter
OKAY, NOW WHERE IS YOUR TEAM?
That is my team.
THEN EVERYTHING YOU’VE TOLD ME IS LIES. I’M TAKING MY DISEMBODIED VOICE AND FINDING SOMEONE ELSE TO HAUNT WITH MY CAPITALIZED AND BOLDED WORDS. YOU’RE NOT WORTH MY TIME!
I know! I’m not happy with it either! The auction war room likes it:
[SOBBING] I DON’T CARE WHAT RUDY’S WAR ROOM SAYS! I HATE THIS TEAM!
Well, I do too! You know how they rate your team after the draft? It was rated well. That’s how I know how much this team sucks! I’m so doomed because it rated the best of any of my teams ever have rated! It’s all because of that stupid Gerrit Cole.
I DON’T EVEN WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU, BUT I’M STILL CURIOUS. WHY DID YOU BID ON COLE AT ALL?! YOU ABSOLUTE JERKFACE!
See, in a snake draft, someone takes a moment and actually drafts guys they want. In an auction, I’m footloose and fancy free! I need John Lithgow dressed up as a reverend screaming at me to stop! What a disaster. So, I saw Strider go for $41 and who is everyone’s consensus number two? Cole, right? He’s at least neck and neck with Burnes. So, I saw Cole go to $32 and I was like, “Strider went for $41! Let’s see someone pay $35-40 for Cole! C’mon, it’ll be so funny!” Well, joke’s on me. No one wanted to pay $35. Cole’s average auction price at NFBC (this is all in the war room) was $41.9, so in a lot of leagues he goes for more than $42! Well, not in this one, apizzarently. Therefore, ergo, vis-a-vie, I got myself Gerrit Cole for the first time maybe ever. You know what’s funny?
I DON’T CARE!
You can see so clearly where I was like, “Forget being the Auction Sheriff, and draft some guys you actually like, you full-grown idiot.” Look at from Jarren Duran down in my hitting. Ha! I just went crazy upside and grabbed guys I love, no matter the cost. The same can be said for my pitching at Maeda and below with guys like Bello, which is not pronounced the same as below. Though, before it got better, it gets worse with this team.
HOW? HOW COULD IT GET WORSE?
I don’t like Cole, but appreciate how good he is. I drafted Bryan Reynolds and Emmanuel Clase and actively don’t like them. Similar nonsense with me acting as Auction Sheriff. Clase is $17 in my auction values and top closers were going for $20 or more, so I went to $17, assuming someone would go to $18. What do they say about assuming? Yeah, I’m an ass. Bryan Reynolds is $18 in my values, so I went to $18, expecting someone to go to $19, and expecting is the same as assuming.
THIS IS LEGIT DEPRESSING. I MIGHT NEED TO SIT DOWN. CRAP, I DON’T HAVE A BODY TO SIT.
Wait, there’s more reasons for me to hate this team.
I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW IF I CAN TAKE MORE.
I drafted Tigers like I’m Axel Foley wearing the old English D while drinking Olde E. I like Riley Greene, Maeda, and Olson but all on the same team? And throwing in Torkelson? Jesus, move to Detroit and steal a hubcap, why don’t you?
OKAY, I NEED TO GO LAY DOWN WITH MY NON-BODY. CAN YOU WRAP THIS UP?
I just want to say I overbid on CES as my utility, but I drafted this team in February, and we need just one Reds injury in March to clear room for him, so I’m fine with him, and I can just play Johan Rojas, who I like, and stash CES until that inevitable injury happens. Also, I love Rengifo in deep leagues. This is the 3rd of three teams that I’ve drafted him. He has so much eligibility and Ron Washington likes him more than blowing lines of coke, saying Rengifo would bat leadoff on some days and play every day.
GREAT, THAT IS A SUPER POSITIVE NOTE TO END ON, LUIS FREAKIN’ RENGIFO. MORE LIKE LUIS REN-GTFO!
Sigh. To play against us for free, hit up the below links (there’s a draft tomorrow night vs. The Great Knoche, jump in!):
Ah. So I see you are in a single-league auction league. Now try it our way – 12 keepers max., 14H/10P, $270 salary cap, no reserves, 2 rounds farm draft and 5 minor league keepers max. Makes Biden inflation look tame.
Haha
For years I have listened to you harp on how you don’t need to draft top pitchers. I should excoriate you, but you did what any auction drafter should do, take bargains where you can. Those top three Ps are all great prices. But justice will be served. You will lose to a guy in the league who spent $20-$30 less than you did on pitching and will finish in the Top Ten Overall. We draft and the Sybils Laugh.
I’ve been there many times myself, getting your pants caught down high price bid enforcing someone you’d almost never draft. Cole is a great trade chip mid-season. Hopefully, get half a season of his freakish stats, then with all that FAAB you’ll find his replacement who will pitch close in value to Cole.
12 team league and need to pick 4 keepers standard scoring.
Acuna
Carroll
Yordan Alvarez
Bichette
Guerrero
De La Cruz (would be kept in the 20th round)
If I were to keep De La Cruz I would get a pick in the 4th round and he would be a 20th round keeper. Not sure if its worth the gamble though to lose out on a potential higher caliber keeper.
Thank you sir!
Do you think Casas could be more valuable in a keeper over Alonso? I generally don’t like looking out too far but Casas’ second half and age, pedigree etc has me interested and curious how much you believe in the future of him.
Thanks!
LG
Not over Alonso
Thanks Grey!
No problem
Hey Thanks for your for your info I made it to championship last year… and then lucky me lost on a ozuna walk off hr on last day. Cool
Well anywho I was wondering in a 12 team Yahoo H2H league 5×5 CAT. R, RBI, SB, HR , AVG… W, SAVES, KS, ERA, WHIP… how would the rankings differ? What strategy would you change if any for pitchers and closers. Thanks in advance
Ha, damn! That’s what my rankings are for, 5×5
Perfect Senor Grey muchas gracias!
No problemo
I know you have Braxton Garrett ranked higher but with his shoulder issue would you take Ryan Pepiot over him at keeper pick #180? I can only keep one. Intrigued by both.
I prefer Braxton
Trying to figure out how much to value a min-priced ($4) Evan Carter in a keep forever 5 OF league.
Is there anyone here that you would NOT trade him for?
$24 Yordan
$28 Devers
$15 Adolis
I feel like Yordan is too much unless I can get another stud with Carter (eg he has a $15 Luis Castillo I think I could get with Carter for him), but the rest feel fair for a risk/reward tradeoff…
I’d take any of them
Sorry, I may have worded that poorly (shoulda said trade * for him*) – anyway, the other team has Carter + is trying to trade Carter to me. So, sounds like you’d hold and avoid Carter on all of those, right?
thanks again!
My brain’s all frazzled with this gushing Cole love from you! hahahah
Haha…Shogun is awesome, btw
SO GOOD! halfway through episode 1
So good!
Hold, yeah
What about his $4 Carter for my $9 Lowe and $4 Yainer? Still hold?
Yainer is prob a guy I’m not able to fit into my keepers even though I love him.
Meh, don’t love it
Thanks. Also forgot that Yainer is tied up in an offer I’m sitting on just to make sure there’s no injuries before keeper deadline . . . Yainer and ERuiz (both 4 bucks) for $16 Freddy P to pair with my Strider then phone in SPs in the draft…
That’s better
Thanks! Yeah agreed, though honestly I’m having trouble being totally off of ruiz…
Who’s your third SP if your first two are strider Freddy? I tried the pairing tool but it reached out a slapped me when I tried to select Freddy as my second sp…
What do you mean?
Thinking ahead to auction draft. If you roll in with Strider and Freddy, what pitching tier to you look at for your last 4-5 SPs? My gameplan is budget like $10-15 max for an SP3 and then just grab $1 guys for the rest….
Re: Ruiz, in a roto format with trading there’s something I sorta like to the idea of having Ruiz win you the SB category, then if you have a nice cushion, trade him before trade deadline to an owner desperate for steals. Unless he totally busts and gets benched of course!
Prolly $10-15 for SP3, then $4-7 for #4 then $2-3 then $1…something like that…Ruiz won’t be benched bc the A’s suck…he should be fine for SBs, but yeah that’s about it…it’s fine to then trade if you don’t need him, yeah
Grey! Would you trade Estuery Ruiz for Mikolas? Trying to get a little more but that might be the best I can do.
Nah
Might look at Ruiz for Jordan Montgomery. How’s that? Probably a good time to buy before he signs.
That works for me
Projections Smerjections I’m winning this league. War room be damned!
Haha, Grimey!
3 damn RCLs my picks are 9th 10th and 11th lmfao… Razzslam I pick 11th!
WTF!?!
RIP Richard Lewis one of the all time greats!
RIP to one of the best
If you love Richard and Curb this is a amazing…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2eXVkEFg7o
Love love lurve him
yesh don’t love that JLowe news. seems minor but so did Kodai and Bradish! Unfortunately keeper lock is right at the end of his shutdown window!
Ha damn
Clears throat…deploys Chris Farley interview voice…
Remember last year when you had Cristian Javier ranked as the #20 SP? That was awesome.
I don’t have any particular reason for arguing with you about Javier right now except for I’m eating and I don’t want to finish and go move a half ton of groceries around, by the way.
The reports on him are that he had a great off season. Tweaked his mechanics, lost weight yadda yadda. Nice article on him in fangraphs which gave one important note: in ’22 with the Astros run he threw close to 50 more innings than he’d ever thrown in a year. That’s a huge jump. He started out last year with diminished fastball velo and never got right all year.
One season removed from 11.74 k/k9 and a sub-1 whip. He’s only 26. Just the scout in me thinks he’s much more the ’22 guy that the ’23 guy. This is the break out season. I see big things in my crystal ball.
Yeah, that could be on him…wouldn’t be the first guy to bounce back…guess depends on the price and whether you want to try him…could see it but also prefer to go for other guys around his price that don’t have same baggage
And by baggage, I mean killed me everywhere last year
that is really hard to get past, ain’t it?
It’s the toughest baggage to carry!
I got him for 5 the other night. Woukd have gone a bit higher.
Yeah, $5 is a great price, prolly a $25 pitcher if he’s right
Keeper question Fantasy Master Lothario… 12 team mixed league, OBP instead of average, must keep four – no restrictions (they don’t get more expensive), 3 OF slots and 1 utility:
Ohtani
Treat Urner
Matt Olson
Luis Robert
Jackson Chourio
Mike Trout
Josh Jung
Eury Perez
Keeping Ohtani, don’t think Perez and Jung make the cut. So three spots for Trea, Olson, Robert, Chourio, Trout.
Who would you keep?
Trea, Olson, Robert
Sagnof. Who would you rather have will smith or Estevez? Robert stephenson signed with LAA but he may be the fireman. Estevez didn’t finish well though. Smith is also iffy but is making the most money in their pen so the job is probably his to lose until or if he gets traded. MacArthur is available too if you think he may get the role.
I rank everyone https://razzball.com/top-500-for-2024-fantasy-baseball/
Thanks. I checked after I wrote that. My bad.
It looks like Estevez is the preferred option. Of course I just read his velocity is down 4 ticks. I try to ignore early readings since that is why pitchers are in spring training. And I also read that stephenson now has a shoulder issue and may not be ready.
Ron Washington also said he is the closer. Man I am way behind. This thing called work really inhibits my ability to do things that I like. Lol.
Wash said Estevez is the closer, think that seals it unless he’s hurt
Howdy Grey.
Finished my 12 team keeper H2H fairly standard categories league. Just wanted to get your take on it. Thanks!
C – O’Hoppe
1B – Olson
2B – Estrada
3B – Elly De La Cruz
SS – Lindor
OF – Betts
OF – Carroll
OF – Duran
UTIL – Ke’Bryan Hayes
UTIL – Swanson
BN – India, Eloy, Greene, Noot, Varsho, L. Gurriel
SP – Luis Castillo, Logan Webb, Luzardo, Grayson Rodriguez, Bobby Miller
RP – D. Williams, Doval
Team looks stacked, was it a keeper? Not sure how you got all of these guys…
Yeah, a keeper league. Essentially I got Carroll as a rookie, Olson 1st, Lindor 2nd.
They have a franchise player rule where you have to keep a player for 3 years, that’s how I ended up with Betts.
Ah okay yeah makes sense
Edwin Diaz and Hunter Greene or Logan Webb and Romano ?
Webb
I don’t understand these auction values. The top end pitchers are in line with my league ($320 salary cap), but $10 is the cost of FA pick-ups off the wire in season (meaning that is the auction value of a league average guy). Only garbage guys in my league go for $2. And closers like Jansen go for $25-35 range
This is $260, so prices will be lower
Cracking up this whole post. I feel like you’re going to be so confused / torn if Cole has an awesome year and leads this team to a crown. Reminds me of the time I tried to price enforce Rizzo and accidentally drafted him like 3 years ago.
Trade talk picking up with keeper locks coming in a couple weeks. Here’s a couple I was recently offered for my $29 Shohei in my 12 team roto keep forever (lineups lock weekly so Shohei is basically just a DH, and every year inflation is +$3).
A: $29 Shohei for $23 Seager and guys I won’t keep (it’s a no for me, dawg)
B: $29 Shohei for $24 Trea (no idea how to look at that one)
C: $29 Shohei + either $9 J Lowe or $4 E Ruiz for $17 Tucker
Thanks!
Haha, I know! I’m going to be conflicted all year, wanting this team to be bad as it ends up great…
No on these trades
Thanks – I thought about countering for Shohei – Tucker straight up. That work or still hold with Shohei bc sky’s the limit?
Yeah exactly – fast forward to Feb 2025 and you’re going to be like GUYS HEAR ME OUT – DRAFT GERRIT COLE.
I’d hold Shohei in a keeper…Haha, exactly!
Going back to kirk? I had him last year and regretted every second of that decision. I am now facing the same issue. I’m in a slow draft in obp. Do I take one of campusano, t stephenson, Jeffers, Elias Diaz now? Or wait longer and go back to the well one more time with a Kirk/janson combo?
I think Kirk sucks, but there’s only so many $1 options…I like those guys better, some much better
Yep that is about as direct as it gets
Haha
It’s consistent with the Axel Foley theme–fell for the ol’ Alejandro Kirk in the tailpipe again, just like Taggart and Rosewood.
Ok…I love Ron Washington. Maybe my favorite guy in baseball. He’s bringing the run game back to the LAAs. Who does that help there? Rengifo, Moniak, Ward, Neto.
For those of you who like to wager, go bet the Angels over 71.5 wins. Wash will have them playing defense, running the bases and playing 27 outs. Everywhere he goes teams improve.
Agree, I think that’s why I’m so in on Rengifo, Neto and Moniak…Think they’re gonna all surprise… Ward needs to stay healthy, but I like him
Grey!! We almost made it!! I have a question and it’s one I only trust with the number 1 fantasy baseball ranker.
10 team, h2h, 6×5 including ops, keeper league where a player’s keeper value is tied to the round they were drafted. I have a deal lined up where I give up Michael Harris (round 24 keeper) and get Corbin Carroll (round 3 keeper). I haven’t pulled the trigger yet as I want to see how spring plays out.
I know in your OF podcast that you said you could see Harris turning into a 30/30 guy and BDon is trying his best to will him into the 2 spot behind Acuña.
I know it’s a small sample size but Harris has hit 2 hrs in 8 abs this spring and Carroll is hitless.
I know you have Carroll ranked higher in your ranks, but given the keeper round value (Carroll at round 3 and Harris at round 24), who would you rather have between the two?
Thank you!
Haha, thanks! I’d go Corbin
The man has spoken! Carroll it is. Thanks!!
No problem
Hey Grey!! Reynolds is gonna be so good now.
Here’s my question for the day…
In a shallow 10 team, 5×5 h2h keep 4 league, I’m keeping Yordan, and picking on the end. What I’m wondering is, how much would you avoid no speed guys if you’re going in with one already banked?
Realistic scenarios:
Would you take Bo or Altuve over Seager there despite your rankings?
Would you pass on Alonso for Vlad, or take an OFer and grab Bellinger/Goldy the next round, despite the rankings?
Do you have a limit in your head in a snake draft of how many of these no speed guys you will roster, and does it change for the size of the league?
Thank you sir!
Haha, I hope so! I think you’re okay to go with any of those MIs, but I’d lean Bo or Altuve and I’m fine with Alonso, but you know you have to draft speed aggressively…like Duran, Gimenez or Ruiz…a guy like that later
Hi Grey! In a league with ~15 keepers, no draft round or $ inflation implications
Struggling with my final slot; bellinger, gleybar and Musgrove.
SP is always there in the draft, but given keeper structure it’s tough to get any overlooked top-talent comps in the mid-rounds.
Cody
Thank you!
No problem
You had me at Bryan Reynolds Grey !
Also question for you, did you watch the new True Detective ?
Haha…I did! I liked it better than most of the past seasons…I think the Woody Harrelson season is still best prolly
Yes agreed, still think S1 is one of the greatest shows I’ve seen in a long time.
Jodie Foster is so awesome !
Agreed!
You think you over paid for cole??
I paid $71 for Acuña hahahaah
Your Acuna is my road not taken
HAHA…You drafted him for $71, and then basically were in on every player, I don’t know how you did it
Did you start with more than $260?
I figured my pitching would suck but then decided to blow off middle infield and grab some $10 pitchers. I kept missing out on a second closer tho!
Yeah, but you can get that off waivers (fingers crossed)
Lots of FAAb! Main reason I went heavy “stars and scrubs”
Yeah, it could absolutely work
It’s like being at the strip club… you start throwing money around next thing you know you feeling like Dennis Rodman up in there.
Hey Razzballers, if you’re baffled by Grey’s bizarre auction results, you can show him how it’s done in a 16 team, $260 auction, weekly head-2-head, 6×6 league on CBS I run that needs one more team. Great group of active and engaged owners.
$360 buy-in with a lot of ways to win money (4 division winners, best reg season record, top 3 in playoffs, consolation round champ).
The team you’d be taking on has good keeper options: $2 Encarnacion-Strand, $3 Nico Hoerner, $4 Josh Naylor, $14 Freddy Peralta, $34 Cease, among a few other cheap SPs. Can keep up to 5 guys each year, for a max of 3 years.
We’re targeting Friday March 15th around 8pm EST for our auction.
It’s quite a different set-up from our beloved RCLs–which you should also join!–so let me know if you’d like more info: [email protected]
My bad, got teams confused: these are the keepers to consider: $25 Bryce Harper, $51 Alonso, $8 Contreras, $2 Ozuna, $2 Renfigo, among a few other cheap SPs.
Ha, nice
What happens if this team wins? I mean for years the pair of aces has been NFBC dogma for years. Cole was a $35 player on the award winning player rater last year and a buck is a buck, right? Bucks are points.
You offense is maybe a little speed and power light but there’s a decent core for average and counters. I like Bohm and Casas. Reynolds is fine. Maybe not the sexiest offense. Touch magooish, which isn’t the worst thing. With a donkey and some sagnof in faab you can coach it up.
I think one thing that’s scary about a pitching heavy team is the idiotic W category can eff with you. But you don’t have to squint too hard to see 60 points possible in the pitching side, which mean 8’s average on the hitting side gets you to where you can be in contention.
I kind of hope you lean into this team even though you hate it. It’s healthy to put your own dogma to the test, right?
Oh I’m leaning! I’m leaning! I’m hoping this team wins the league and throws everything I think out the window…I’ll come back next year with 4 starters in the top 15 and tell everyone to draft them! You know what is funny though, this year (at NFBC at least) it feels like people are waiting on pitching more and I’ve naturally gone the other way…If everyone’s doing it, I find it suspect
my other NFBC Strider went 45 and Cole went 38. I feel like with Scherzer, deGrom and Verlander aging out and Shane Mac on IL, there are fewer top end bankable guys folk wanna pay up for. Both leagues had 12 guys go for 25 and above so there’s iind of a conensus first round where prices are pretty flat.
I was shocked I got Cole for that price…I didn’t want him, but as I say in the post, I’m fine with him for that price and think he’s good…Clase and Reynolds were much worse bc I actively should’ve been out on them…It’s just so easy to push the up bid button!
I did some price enforcing on Tuesday where I did get bailed out in a couple guys I did not love. Had that sigh of relief.
Thee button is easy. I like their interface. That quick close out glich happened in the other auction too but the moderator fixed it. Other than that very smooth.
if someone went one dollar more on Clase, Reynolds and Cole, my team would look completely different…I did have a few sighs of relief on guys too, who I don’t remember now…After I took my 2nd closer and 2nd high end starter, I didn’t even look at prices for those two slots bc I didn’t want to get caught enforcing another guy I didn’t want…I remember thinking I thought Gallen was a great price, but I wasn’t going to enforce
Well that was fun in RCL draft last night (1st one of the year). Got to still learn how to get ahead of certain runs before they happen lol.
Anyway, here is what I wound up with:
c – Yainer Diaz
1b – Matt Olson
2b – Matt McLain
3b – Spencer Steer
ss – Trea Turner
CI – Ke’Bryan Hayes
MI – Anthony Volpe
OF – Adolis Garcia, Sal Frelick, Jackson Chourio, Jack Suwinski, Matt Wallner
Util – Jordan Westburg
Bench – Colt Keith, Pete Crow-Armstrong
SP – George Kirby, Sonny Gray, Braxton Garrett, Ryan Pepiot, Marcus Stroman, Jordan Hicks, Frankie Montas
RP – Camilo Doval, Ryan Helsley, Alex Lange
Was thinking about Colton Cowser instead of Crow-Armstrong. Wanted to get a 1B with some power but kind of missed out on that one with a run around 11/12 rounds.
Also debating if Mackenzie Gore might be better than one of Stroman, Jordan Hicks or Montas??
Gore over Montas
I love the pitching, though I think Hicks and Montas are pretty droppable, but are fine to hold for now if you want…I like the hitting a lot too, looks maybe a tad light on outfield and you have a lot of flyers
Do you think Mackenzie Gore would be good addition for pitching to replace either Montas or Hicks??
I am little worried about Suwunski avg drain and perhaps even Wallner. What about Colton Cowser for OF or does he even have spot in Baltimore OF?
I do perhaps have alot riding on Frelick and Chourio in the OF and not sure if it was wise to grab 2 Brewers lol!
Guess I can start season with what I have and see where it gets me.
Thanks man!
Gore over Montas…Cowser doesn’t have a spot right now, but you can hold him for now
For my 4th and 5th OF spots, which 2 of the following would u rather have:
Suwinski (249)
Wallner (307)
Henry Davis (325)
Alex Kiriloff (365)
Mitch Haniger (456)
I know I am grasping for straws here lol!
Suwinski, Wallner
thanks. Why did I know u were going to say that (oh yes it is the rankings). Was maybe hoping u might say Davis over Suwinski perhaps but think u really like Suwinski!!
They’re not that close
Grey (or anyone else), with the 2nd overall pick in a 14-team dynasty startup draft, is there any way you’re passing over JRod for Witt? A better question might be, who has the better career, or at least the next 4-5 years? JRod has incredible talent, but Witt seems more explosive and perhaps less prone to injury. The league uses 5 OF, so I’m leaning Julioooo, but open to ideas. Thanks!
No way
Much appreciated. I took Julio.
Nice!
Try single-league auction with salary cap, minimum ABs & IPs, either traditional 4×4 or 5×5, if you dare. We’ve been at this since the book came out — yes, the original book! — and all you experts would be hard pressed to make firth place in our 12-team league. But if you managed that, you’d get the first pick in the farm draft.
Haha, amazing!
Sir Grey!
I hope all is well with you!
Here in the low countries it is rain, rain and rain for the last few months. So what else can you do than looking outside the windows of your house and staring at your computer and hope Razzball valuate your potential keepers as high as I do.;-)
Today is my last day to decide on my keepers for my 12 team 5×5 league (with 5 outfielders and 2 catchers) I did win last year (I hope you also enjoyed the champagne;-)).
My keepers look like this:
Acuna
Robert
Semien
Riley
Devers
Webb
Bednar
For my 8th and final keeper I am thinking of keeping C.Walker or Snell. Potentially I could try and trade Riley for Harper, but It feels like that is only a marginal trade.
In our league people love closers and starting pitching is undervalued.
So would you keep as your final player and would you try to make that trade?
I can also keep 7 guys and try to get an upgrade in the pre-draft (although a lot of owners only keep 5/6 players.
Many thanks for the advice Sir Grey!
Best, Bas from Holland
Bas!!
Ik vind you keepers alle heel goed. Ik zou Snell bij 5*5 houden. Ik denk dat Riley beter dan Harper in 5*5 is.
I’m still dreaming of going to The Netherlands for work. Our son is doing well in Eindhoven at the technical university.
Cheers,
Ante
Ante!!
Dank je wel! Ik denk ook dat Riley voor een keeper in een 5×5 league wat handiger is dan Harper.
Jij zou dus Snell houden en Walker laten gaan? Ik ben benieuwd wat Sir Grey vindt.
I did not know your son is at Eindhoven. Their technical University is great and he can join ASML or one of the other tech companies afterwards.;-) Please let me know if you ever visit The Netherlands. Would love to meet up.
Hartelijke groet,
Bas
Bas!
Dank je wel, mijn vriend.
Ik denk in 5*5 dat Snell beter is. Walker is oud voor baseball – dreiendreitig. Walker hat heele jahr baseball gespelen. Ik ook denk dat we zallen voor Master Albright voor de vraag Walker of Snell gewetten.
Het speijt me, maar mijn vrouw en ik waren in Nederland op augusti 2023. We waren er op het te Jan helpen. De naam van uns zoon is Jan, een goede naam voor Nederland, he?
Next time, I promise to let you know. My wish is to go to Utrecht, Rotterdam, Den Haag or anywhere in The Netherlands.
Cheers,
Ante
Ante!
Aaah in Augustus normal een goede maand .
Jan is inderdaad een goede naam. Open top Nederlands.;-)
I was born and raised in Utrecht, best city in the world Ante. I now live 15 miles from the city. We still go to every home game from our local football team FC Utrecht.;-)
Ik ga Snell houden en hopen dat ie snel ergens tekent.
Best,
Bas
Good to see you, Bas! Don’t make the trade, keep Snell or Walker is a coin flip, I think Snell has more keeper value, so I’d go him
Sir Grey!
Many thanks for the warm words and advice, good to be back.
I will keep Snell as my final keeper and won’t make the trade.
No problem!
Grey!!!!
Great team!!
a. Seriously, I know you’re at least a little sarcastic on the comments vis-a-vis why you drafted Cole etc. You don’t like him etc. I had the same feeling as I drafted Teoscar H as my #2 OF recently. You don’t have to like guys, like their potential to hit 32 HR or win 20 games.
b. In round 28.10 of a 12-team bestball, points draft. Here’s the team.
Hitting – 17
O’Hoppe
Casas, C-ES
Thairo, Hoerner
Hayes, Colt, Marte
Abrams, Lindor, Winn
Benson, Frelick, Teoscar, Jung Hoo Lee, Soto, Velasquez
Pitching – 11 (8 SP and 3 RP)
LAllen, Bibee, Garrett, Gausman, SGray, Lugo, Schmidt, Montas
EDiaz, Duran, Jansen
Here’s the queue. What’s your ranking of that queue looking at team needs?
Tiedemann
Schanuel
Bader
Bouchard
Busch
Cole Irvin
WCastro
Laureano
DFletcher
SGarrett
Rojas
Raley
Canzone
Stewart
Olivares
McCarthy
Paxton
Finnegan
Harvey
Dominguez
c. Chris Rock quote of the day for February 29, 2024
[on John McCain being too old] When you die at 72, no matter what you die of, it’s natural causes. Even if you get hit by a truck, it’s natural causes. ‘Cause if you was younger, you’d have got out the way!
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks! Schanuel, Tiedemann, Castro, Bader, Dominguez…
Grey!!
Thanks man. Took Schanuel at 29.6, Tiedemann is next in the queue followed by Castro, Bader and Jasson.
Cheers,
Ante
Nice!
In a 12 team H2H with 2 sp 2 rp and 4 p, how many sp do you like to take with your 4 p slots? I appreciate your help and love your writing. I even like your laugh.
Take 4 SP’s.
Agree with packers