I've got wickman now, and I've been debating on dumping him... he just really hasn't been performing.

8/1/2007 11:40:39 AM

yeah he's not great...but he is going to be their 9th inning guy if Saves are a category in your league

I have

Joe Borowski (CL - Cle)
Todd Jones (CL - Det)
Kevin Gregg (CL - Fla)
David Weathers (CL - Cin)
Joel Zumaya (DL - Detroit)

8/1/2007 11:42:07 AM

I've got

Wickman
Isringhousen
Weathers
and just picked up Corpas who is perfect in his save opportunities this year (7).

8/1/2007 11:46:59 AM

Top 5 recent relief pitcher moves in Yahoo! leagues

C.J. Wilson (Tex - RP) 6145 Adds FA
Octavio Dotel (Atl - RP) 2555 Drops KilluminatiPanthers
Eric Gagne (Bos - RP) 2866 Drops TheMittPounders
Manny Corpas (Col - RP) 2912 Adds FA
Joakim Soria (KC - RP) 2603 Adds boogerweed braves

You can see people worried about saves were quick to drop Dotel and Gagne (except for the dumbasses in my league haha)

is CJ Wilson a decent closer to pick up? The Rangers suck but they'll also be in close games

8/1/2007 12:15:04 PM

I have both Papelbon and Gagne in one of my leagues. I'll drop Gagne and hope that I can still pick up Wilson (assuming he's taking over as the Rangers closer and that he's still available). I dropped Chris Ray from that same team last week and picked up Corpas. I also have Gregg and Capps so I'm not too concerned about saves. I've won that cat every single week this season. It is amazing how some people don't pay attention when teams change closers.

[Edited on August 1, 2007 at 12:36 PM. Reason : Oh yeah, I have Valverde too]

8/1/2007 12:15:56 PM

yeah i have 60 or 70 something saves on the season but 2 teams in my league have zero and three saves on the season, respectively

and i'm not sure if its gonna be Wilson or Otsuka as their closer...Wilson closed and got the save last night though...first save of the year for him!

[Edited on August 1, 2007 at 12:18 PM. Reason : .]

8/1/2007 12:17:43 PM

Quote :

"With Eric Gagne traded to the Red Sox and Akinori Otsuka sidelined, C.J. Wilson picked up the save for the Rangers on Tuesday night, retiring the final five batters of the game, according to the Dallas Morning News. Manager Ron Washington said Joaquin Benoit was ready to pitch in the ninth inning had Wilson allowed any runners. Washington has yet to designate a closer, but it still seems as though Benoit is the best bet to handle the majority of the closing opportunities until Otsuka returns."

I dont know here. I went ahead and picked up Wilson and Soria so now my closers are:

Valverde (ARI)
Weathers (CIN)
Reyes (TB)
Walker (Bal)
Wilson (Tex)
Soria (KC)

Those last 5 could be the 5 worst teams in the league, LOL.

8/1/2007 12:28:22 PM

^i dropped reyes after his 1 inning 4 hit 4 earned run performance shortly after coming off the DL

plus they've got Gary Glover listed as their closer? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/tam/depthchart;_ylt=ApBQfbucpsC_s.CkiARFoFGFCLcF

i dont know what to think about Reyes

8/1/2007 12:51:02 PM

When Otsuka returns from the DL he will almost definitely close. He started the year as the closer while Gagne was on the DL, and he finished off last year as the closer after they traded away Cordero (and did extremely well)

I think Wilson only got the chance last night due to circumstance, it looks more like they are going to go with Benoit, Wilson, and Francisco on a situational basis until Otsuka returns.

8/1/2007 1:27:39 PM

^^I wouldnt think that Gary Glover would be Tampa Bay's closer for long now that they just picked up Dan Wheeler from the Astros. If Reyes gets benched, then I bet Wheeler would get the nod.

8/1/2007 2:06:06 PM

Does anyone else stream pitchers?

I started doing it about a month or so ago and I have had at least 10 points every week since.

89 moves later, I have crept from 9th place to a sizeable lead in the 4th spot.

8/1/2007 2:11:24 PM

I havent done it, but there are some bottom-feeders in my league who have started doing it recently

I always want to sneak in and steal one of their above-average pitchers that get dropped to make room for a starter

8/1/2007 2:16:02 PM

Well, I reached a point in the season where I realized that I never, ever start my bench players over my starters...ever.

So why not drop/trade them for pitchers who I can start daily or as needed.

I now dominate Wins, K's, CG's, SHO's, but usually lose L's, ERA, and BB, but still, I'll take it.

8/1/2007 2:21:04 PM

i usually have one spot to stream

i always keep Johan, Sabathia, Kelvim Escobar, Fausto Carmona...just picked up Oliver Perez...cant stream too many pitchers though

i usually determine my strategy based on what the other person is doing...if he's not streaming i might not

but i have made some drastic saturday night moves to try and have 3 starters on sunday to go from down in wins to up in wins and i've had success

8/1/2007 2:42:43 PM

Quote :

"Aug 1 Mark Bowman, of Braves.MLB.com, reports Atlanta Braves RPs Octavio Dotel, Bob Wickman and Rafael Soriano could all be interchangeable in late-inning roles through the rest of the season, according to Braves general manager John Schuerholz. "

Quote :

"MINNEAPOLIS -- Thursday's Twins-Royals afternoon game has been postponed in light of the tragic I-35W bridge collapse that took place in Minneapolis on Wednesday night. "

8/2/2007 12:28:28 AM

Sabathia vs. Santana tonight

8/3/2007 11:18:32 AM

a few players not starting today:

Hideki Matsui
Gary Sheffield
Josh Willingham

fyi!

8/7/2007 6:36:05 PM

Yovani Gallardo is a piece of shit

8/8/2007 3:49:55 PM

yeah just saw my weekly era got raised to 8. barf.

8/8/2007 4:58:06 PM

yeah for real...Rockies up 16-3 on the Brewers in the 6th inning...didn't see that coming...at least I have Corey Hart, 2/3 with a 1rbi woot!

[Edited on August 8, 2007 at 5:17 PM. Reason : .]

8/8/2007 5:17:31 PM

hahah my era for today is 21.60, whip of 3.45. Thanks to guthrie and gallardo. My opponent has a 4.0 era and 1.89 whip and im losing... ugh.

8/8/2007 9:02:03 PM

5 homers today man i run shit...already got the asterisk by my name for the clinched playoff spot

8/8/2007 10:00:30 PM

I'm starting to run away with one of my leagues now too. After completing a sweet trade where I got Hanley Ramirez, Bedard and Alan Embree and gave up Jhonny Peralta, Isringhausen, Zambrano

now here's my team, which I think is a fantasy beast covering all stat categories:

C Joe Mauer (Min - C)
1B David Ortiz (Bos - 1B)
2B Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
3B Miguel Cabrera (Fla - 3B)
SS Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
OF Corey Patterson (Bal - OF)
OF Melky Cabrera (NYY - OF)
OF Chris B. Young (Ari - OF)
Util Felipe López (Was - 2B,SS)
DL Shane Victorino (Phi - OF)

SP Brad Penny (LAD - SP)
SP A.J. Burnett (Tor - SP)
RP Joe Borowski (Cle - RP)
RP Brad Lidge (Hou - RP)
P Jeremy Accardo (Tor - RP)
P Alan Embree (Oak - RP)
P Manny Corpas (Col - RP)
BN Erik Bedard (Bal - SP)
BN Doug Davis (Ari - SP)
BN Orlando Hernández (NYM - SP)
BN Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)

8/14/2007 2:55:30 PM

solid...almost as good as my squad (although we can play 3 RPs and 3 SPs per day)

C Russell Martin (LAD - C)
1B Lance Berkman (Hou - 1B,OF)
2B Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
3B David Wright (NYM - 3B)
SS Miguel Tejada (Bal - SS)
OF Torii Hunter (Min - OF)
OF Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF)
OF Aaron Rowand (Phi - OF)
Util Corey Hart (Mil - OF)
BN Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B,3B,OF)
BN Casey Blake (Cle - 1B,3B,OF)
BN Ryan Theriot (ChC - 2B,SS)


SP C.C. Sabathia (Cle - SP)
SP Johan Santana (Min - SP)
SP Oliver Pérez (NYM - SP)
RP David Weathers (Cin - RP)
RP Joe Borowski (Cle - RP)
RP Kevin Gregg (Fla - SP,RP)
P Kelvim Escobar (LAA - SP)
P Todd Jones (Det - RP)
P Yovani Gallardo (Mil - SP)
BN Fausto Carmona (Cle - SP,RP)
DL Joel Zumaya (Det - RP)

8/14/2007 3:00:16 PM

^ I had Cano earlier in the year, but couldn't keep waiting for him to breakout so I had to drop him. Luckily I swung a trade for Chone Figgins (before he got hot) so I am not hurting at 2B. I have Figgins and Reyes on that team so I own SBs.

8/14/2007 3:07:26 PM

^yeah Figgins is solid...I dropped Cano and was playing Orlando Hudson for awhile but picked Cano back up a few weeks ago...he has been on fire lately but yeah he definitely sucked ass in April and May (and most of June)

btw I had 18 homers and 53 RBIs last week...by far my best totals in those categories on the season,/]

8/14/2007 3:08:25 PM

^^^your RP can't being doing too much for your WHIP/ERA but I suppose they get the job done.

[Edited on August 14, 2007 at 3:37 PM. Reason : .]

8/14/2007 3:37:45 PM

^yeah Borowski and Jones havent been great with ERA and WHIP but I lead the league in saves and I'm usually really strong in WHIP

also about half my league streams a starting pitcher or two so sometimes my ERA/WHIP are 2.90/1.13 and other weeks its like 7.85/1.64 lol

[Edited on August 14, 2007 at 3:45 PM. Reason : .]

8/14/2007 3:41:16 PM

FAUSTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

8/15/2007 9:29:19 PM

Thoughts on Shelley Duncan? He's been hitting pretty well.. but not sure if hes really worth the risk, I have giambi at 1b currently but I don't know which of the two is going to be getting more playing time.

8/15/2007 11:06:07 PM

^^hell yeah Fausto with the W and Borowsko with the SV

8/16/2007 9:53:32 AM

so if I was going to have to drop either Casey Blake or Kevin Youkilis, which would it be? Both can play 1B,3B,OF in Yahoo! leagues...I have David Wright and Lance Berkman and some good 5-tool outfielders so I'm almost wasting a spot since Blake or Youks pretty much only play during double headers or days with only a few games where I want to maximize runs, rbis, etc...I'm leaning towards Blake but I'm hesitant

also my league has had TWO TRADES all season...both happening in April so I doubt anybody would want him

8/20/2007 5:39:19 PM

I believe Youks has the better trade value, but I would be a little more hesitant to trade him. Don't know how much value you'll get with Casey Blake however

8/20/2007 5:51:22 PM

heres my team if that helps:

C Russell Martin (LAD - C)
1B Lance Berkman (Hou - 1B,OF)
2B Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
3B David Wright (NYM - 3B)
SS Miguel Tejada (Bal - SS)
OF Torii Hunter (Min - OF)
OF Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF)
OF Aaron Rowand (Phi - OF)
Util Corey Hart (Mil - OF)
BN Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B,3B,OF)
BN Casey Blake (Cle - 1B,3B,OF)
BN Ryan Theriot (ChC - 2B,SS)


also i've since added Chris B. Young of Arizona...this weekend he became the first NL rookie to get 20 steals and 20 HRs in a season so I've got some nice 5-tool players at OF

8/20/2007 6:32:18 PM

good lord, my team was 20 for 40 last night with 15 runs and 13 rbi thank you mr. lowell and mr. ortiz

8/25/2007 6:52:12 PM

last week before the playoffs! at least in my league

8/27/2007 11:20:57 AM

damn Robinson Cano, 2-2, 2 HR, on my bench

8/30/2007 2:57:55 PM

eh maybe i shouldnt complain

Quote :

" C Russell Martin (LAD - C) CUtilBN -/- - - - - - 1B Lance Berkman (Hou - 1B,OF) 1B ^ StL Bot 7, 2-1 1/3 1 1 1 0 .333 2B Ryan Theriot (ChC - 2B,SS) 2BSSUtilBN Mil 8:05 pm -/- - - - - - 3B David Wright (NYM - 3B) 3B ^ @Phi Bot 7, 5-8 3/4 2 0 0 1 .750 SS Miguel Tejada (Bal - SS) SSUtilBN TB 7:05 pm -/- - - - - - OF Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF) OF ^ @KC Top 7, 6-1 3/4 1 1 3 0 .750 OF Aaron Rowand (Phi - OF) OF ^ NYM Bot 7, 8-5 1/4 2 1 1 0 .250 OF Chris B. Young (Ari - OF) OFUtilBN @SD 10:05 pm -/- - - - - - Util Corey Hart (Mil - OF) OFUtilBN @ChC 8:05 pm -/- - - - - - BN Torii Hunter (Min - OF) OFUtilBN -/- - - - - - BN Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B) BN ^ Bos Top 9, 5-0 2/3 2 2 2 0 .667 BN Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B,3B,OF) BN ^ @NYY Top 9, 0-5 0/1 0 0 0 0 .000 BN --empty-- - - - - - - DL --empty-- - - - - - - "

8/30/2007 4:11:38 PM

nvr mind

got it

[Edited on September 1, 2007 at 8:31 PM. Reason : .]

9/1/2007 8:27:01 PM

through 5

9/1/2007 8:54:31 PM

who all else is enjoying a bye week right now?

9/4/2007 1:02:56 AM

One of my leagues im making a comeback from last up into the playoffs.. currently up 7-1 on the guy, other league i've got a bye

9/4/2007 2:58:51 AM

lol @ all the people who picked up Buchholz after his no-hitter

Quote :

"Sep 4 Buchholz, who threw a no-hitter in just his second major league start, will pitch out of the bullpen for the near future, manager Terry Francona said Tuesday. Advice: Francona left open the possibility that Buchholz will get another start this season. The Red Sox are concerned that the 23-year-old right-hander threw 115 pitches in his historic outing, 21 more than in any Triple-A start this season. With a month to go in the season - plus playoffs - Buchholz is within 20 innings of his career high. "

Wakefield is starting tomorrow instead of Buchholz

question:

since Pedro is off the disabled list, which player should I drop to add him back in my regular lineup? I'm thinking Todd Jones but what do yall think?

C Russell Martin(LAD - C)
1B Lance Berkman (Hou - 1B,OF)
2B Ryan Theriot (ChC - 2B,SS)
3B David Wright (NYM - 3B)
SS Miguel Tejada(Bal - SS)
OF Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF)
OF Torii Hunter (Min - OF)
OF Aaron Rowand Phi - OF)
Util Corey Hart (Mil - OF)
BN Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
BN Chris B. Young (Ari - OF)
BN Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B,3B,OF)
BN --empty--
DL --empty--

SP Scott Kazmir (TB - SP)
SP Kelvim Escobar (LAA - SP)
SP Fausto Carmona (Cle - SP,RP)
RP Todd Jones (Det - RP)
RP Shaun Marcum (Tor - SP,RP)
RP Kevin Gregg (Fla - SP,RP)
P Joe Borowski (Cle - RP)
P David Weathers (Cin - RP)
P Johan Santana (Min - SP)
BN C.C. Sabathia (Cle - SP)
BN --empty--
DL --empty--
DL Pedro Martínez (NYM - SP)

Who should I drop to activate Pedro? Jones? Marcum? An outfielder?


[Edited on September 5, 2007 at 2:58 PM. Reason : .]

9/5/2007 2:54:42 PM

It looks to me like you have an empty BN spot. why would you need to drop anyone? I might be missing something though since I am not playing Fantasy Baseball.

9/5/2007 3:11:38 PM

nah it always says that...i can have 22 active players...i have 23 including pedro...need to drop one

9/5/2007 3:26:22 PM

sure am glad hudson and halladay both decided to give up 5 earned this week. that really helps the ol team ERA

9/5/2007 4:35:28 PM

First round of the playoffs in a H2H league. My team got 4th seed out of a 12 team league. Anyway the guy I am playing this week has fucking A-Rod, Carlos Pena, Brandon Phillips, Troy Glaus, and two other guys I can't remember. Anyway his team had 17 homeruns through Wednesday!! My team had 2

Plus his RBIs, BA, OBP, and SLUG were basically untouchable for me the rest of the week unless my guys go nuts. Needless to say I had to scramble and make bad roster moves in hopes of win some cats like SBs and all of the pitching cats. Fucking sucks that my season will go down in flames because he had a lucky ass week.

Oh well - rant....

I got a bye in my other league.

9/7/2007 12:09:21 PM

well, looks like i'm relegated to playing for 3rd place in both my leagues now. one i'm getting dominated, and the other i'm tied but losing in the tiebreaker. oh well

9/9/2007 7:21:33 PM

my team has 21 HR's this week

But if travis hafner walks at all, I will lose my H2H playoff

(we're tied in walks and he has hafner and I dont have anyone playing tonight )

9/9/2007 7:27:15 PM

bttt

hows everyone doing?

my 1st place seed got me a 1st round bye but i got beat by the hottest team in the league in the semifinals...i lost 5-4 (tied 4-4 in steals)...i picked up Furcal for the last day to try and get a steal to get the tie cause i had the lowest era between us (1st tiebreaker in playoffs)...couldnt get it

up 6-4 in the 3rd place game

Fantasy Football Season!

9/18/2007 11:35:38 PM