Quote :

"I'd have to see what other OF you have on your team but at face value I don't like it. Mauer is an offensive force at a value position and I think Chipper has a huge year knowing it's Cox's last. Hamels should improve after his Verducci effect season, but it's always a risk in that ballpark and he is still having trouble leaving his pitches up in the Spring (not that the Spring really matters but that was a huge issue for him last year). "

My other OFs are pretty thin. I tried to focus on getting a good C, 2B, SS, and 3B as those positions can be harder to find good hitters than in the OF. I took Miguel Montero C for the D-backs (I think that is his name) late in the draft because of Mauer being an injury risk. He'll be my primary C now. He was decent last year.

My other OFs are Andre Ethier, Alfonso Soriano, and Carlos Beltran. I had Chipper and Billy Butler as Util players. My 2B is Kinsler, SS is Andrus (not who I wanted, but dudes overdrafted at SS so I waited til late to take Elvis), 3B is Zimmerman, 1B is Reynolds.

12 team league H2H with standard 5X5 scoring so I was focusing heavily on runs scored, RBIs, and SBs. Basically punting BA (Kinsler, Soriano, and Reynolds = blah) and hoping for enough HRs. I should win pitching stats each week too.




[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 11:17 AM. Reason : m,]

3/23/2010 11:16:55 AM

^Kinsler just had a bad season last year and I think he should be back to at least .280 or maybe even .300

I drafted this team this weekend in a 10-team H2H points league. Starts C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, LF, CF, RF, UTIL, UTIL, 5 SPs, 5RPs.

1 Albert Pujols, StL 1B
20 Matt Holliday, StL LF
21 Cliff Lee, Sea SP
40 Robinson Cano, NYY 2B
41 Jose Reyes, NYM SS
60 Justin Morneau, Min 1B
61 Brian McCann, Atl C
80 Manny Ramirez, LAD LF
81 Jake Peavy, CWS SP
100 Roy Oswalt, Hou SP
101 Huston Street, Col RP
120 Michael Young, Tex 3B
121 Ryan Ludwick, StL RF
140 Rafael Soriano, TB RP
141 John Danks, CWS SP
160 David Price, TB SP
161 Chris Perez, Cle RP
180 Nate McLouth, Atl CF
181 Kerry Wood, Cle RP
200 Ben Sheets, Oak SP
201 Erik Bedard, Sea SP
220 Brandon Morrow, Tor SP
221 Jason Heyward, Atl RF
240 Colby Rasmus, StL CF
241 Jeff Francis, Col SP
260 Daniel Bard, Bos RP
261 Wade Davis, TB SP

3/23/2010 11:28:39 AM

C Jorge Posada, NYY
1B Billy Butler, KC
2B Ian Kinsler, Tex
3B Gordon Beckham, CWS
SS Hanley Ramirez, Fla
2B/SS Rickie Weeks, Mil
1B/3B Casey Blake, LAD
OF Jacoby Ellsbury, Bos
OF Jason Bay, NYM
OF Jayson Werth, Phi
OF Carlos Gonzalez, Col
UTIL Chris Coghlan, Fla
Bench Vernon Wells, Tor OF
Bench Jhonny Peralta, Cle SS, 3B
Bench Chris Iannetta, Col C
Bench Justin Smoak, Tex 1B

P Josh Johnson, Fla SP
P Matt Garza, TB
P Gavin Floyd, CWS
P Clay Buchholz, Bos
P Bobby Jenks, CWS
P Kevin Correia, SD
P Takashi Saito, Atl
P Leo Nunez, Fla
P Joba Chamberlain, NYY


5x5 roto league with 12 teams... yes I know my pitching sucks but this was my first auction draft so I had a feeling I'd have some issues this year. I fucked up not getting a decent 1B and getting Smoak in the very last pick was just to be stupid because my brother went to South Carolina. I think I'll probably drop Correja for decent middle reliever before the season starts too.

I just feel like we have way too many positions

3/23/2010 11:44:55 AM

FYI, Reyes was just cleared and will be back in camp tomorrow. Still might make it for opening day but more realistically he'll be back in the starting lineup the second week of the year.

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM. Reason : you shut your whore mouth slave]

3/23/2010 12:12:39 PM

and back on the DL the third week

3/23/2010 12:13:23 PM

I'm baseball's Kanye West

-Milton Bradley

how many fantasy points is this worth?

[Edited on March 24, 2010 at 8:51 PM. Reason : ]

3/24/2010 8:50:47 PM

what do you guys think about this trade:

I give:

A-Rod
Stephen Drew
Matt Garza

I get:

David Wright
Jose Reyes
Fausto Carmona

3/25/2010 8:47:51 PM

^ I do not like it for you. Wright is great, but A-Rod does everything Wright does with a lot more power. Reyes is a big question mark now and Carmona is too. Do not take that trade in my opinion unless you truly believe Reyes and Wright are going to put up 07-08 numbers.

3/25/2010 9:13:32 PM

1. (5) Chase Utley
2. (16) David Wright
3. (25) Félix Hernández
4. (36) Víctor Martínez
5. (45) Ben Zobrist
6. (56) Nick Markakis
7. (65) Josh Johnson
8. (76) Derrek Lee
9. (85) Jonathan Papelbon
10. (96) Joakim Soria
11. (105) Hunter Pence
12. (116) Lance Berkman
13. (125) Raúl Ibañez
14. (136) Carlos González
15. (145) Alexei Ramírez
16. (156) A.J. Burnett
17. (165) Jorge De La Rosa
18. (176) Scott Kazmir
19. (185) Ryan Franklin
20. (196) Stephen Strasburg
21. (205) Adrián Béltre
22. (216) Scott Feldman
23. (225) Fausto Carmona

3/28/2010 8:54:37 PM

I accidentally selected Jeter instead of CC. Problem is I had just selected Tulo. Stuck with Billy Butler at 1B, so would I be wise to trade Jeter for Morneau (moving Butler to 1 of the 2 util spots) & Rafael Soriano or could I do better?

3/28/2010 9:24:08 PM

^I wouldn't use the word "stuck" with Billy Butler as I believe he was second in the MLB in doubles last year. Also I don't know anyone in their right mind that would trade Morneau for Jeter's old ass.

3/28/2010 10:06:16 PM

I need help selecting my outfield/utility players (3 OF, 1 U). Here's who I have to choose from:

J. Hamilton (OF/U)
C. Quentin (OF/U)
M. Bourn (OF/U)
D. Ortiz (1B/U)
-----------------
V. Wells (OF/U)
N. Swisher (1B/OF/U)
M. Cameron (OF/U)

the top four are the one's i'm considering starting, let me know if you have a different opinion (I have Morneau at 1B so Ortiz and Swisher would obviously not get the start there)

[Edited on April 3, 2010 at 12:11 AM. Reason : -]

4/3/2010 12:10:26 AM

thats probably who I would run to start the season

Who should I start in my Utility spot?

Adrian Beltre
----
Alexei Ramirez
Raul Ibanez

Basically Ibanez had a bad spring (4/40) and Ramirez is batting 9th for now...Beltre is batting 6th for Boston...Ibanez might turn it around but he's batting 7th for Philly this year

4/3/2010 12:36:58 AM

i got an offer:
i receive prince fielder
i trade mark teixeira

part of me thinks it's a trade up, but it wouldn't be huge step up, and maybe an equal trade. however, this a keeper league, and prince is 4 years younger.

the guy offering is a yankees homer, so i could probably make it a 2-for-2 swap and get another piece to upgrade. that's pure speculation right now though.

what to do?

4/3/2010 9:35:42 PM

^Fielder has the higher upside in my opinion. You would get more homers out of Fielder but probably a higher average out of Tex so it really depends on what you need.

4/4/2010 1:45:06 AM

^^^I would probably stick with Ibanez for now, I don't know that I trust any of them but he's got the better track record

^^ definitely take that trade, if you can get more, even better, but as it is, you're benefiting already. Teixeira was probably on HGH and roids and all sorts of shit anyways, so just take the natural 40+ HR hitter and you should be great, especially for a couple years to come in a keeper.

4/4/2010 2:25:42 AM

just had a draft with some friends (including NyM410 , ncstatetke , saps852 and a few others from tww). Its an 8 team, head-to-head league, so we all have pretty good teams. Let me know how you think I did (strengths, weaknesses, way to improve, etc.), I had the third pick and it was a typical snake draft:

C - Joe Mauer
1B - Mark Reynolds
2B - Robinson Cano
3B - Alex Rodriguez
SS - Stephen Drew
OF - Grady Sizemore
OF - BJ Upton
OF - Josh Hamilton
Util - Manny Ramirez
Util - Carlos Pena
SP - Zack Greinke
SP - Yovani Gallardo
RP - Jonathan Broxton
RP - Francisco Rodriguez
P - Justin Verlander
P - Jake Peavy
P - Trevor Hoffman
P - Jorge De La Posa

BN - Jason Heyward
BN - Michael Young
BN - Alfonso Soriano
BN - Ian Desmond
BN - Stephen Strasburg

I am in love with my team, I wish we had more starting positions so I wont have to make the tough decision on who to start and who to bench among my hitters

4/4/2010 7:43:08 PM

1. ARod
2. Mauer
3. Greinke? or Grady

4/4/2010 9:25:38 PM

grady, I reached a few spots up to swipe him. But I have a mancrush on him and hes had a good spring so I feel good about the pick

4/4/2010 9:27:16 PM

his numbers this spring are awesome

i have similar hopes for Hunter Pence this year

4/4/2010 9:28:39 PM

yeah, based on spring training I'm pretty high on Stephen Drew, Fausto Carmona, Jorge De La Rosa, Robinson Cano, BJ Upton, Ricky Nolasco, Jason Heyward, Ian Desmond (Nats rookie SS/2B) and a few other players

I picked up Michael Young in the 17th round, which is crazy. Any thoughts on the team? The most glaring weakness that I can see is my lack of speed/stolen bases.

Also, Strasburg isnt considered to be on the DL, he is labelled as NA, so I cant put him on the DL and use his roster spot for someone who will actually be playing to start the year. Is it worth wasting a roster spot on him, or should I gamble on dropping him and trying to pick him back up when he gets called up from the minors?

4/4/2010 10:01:10 PM

^4 def Greinke.

4/4/2010 10:16:45 PM

I think you missed the question. He was asking who I took with my third round pick - Grady Sizemore or Zack Greinke. I took Grady in the 3rd round and Greinke in the 4th

4/4/2010 10:31:02 PM

Sultans of Swing

5 Alex Rodriguez 3B NYY
16 Dan Haren SP ARI
25 Zack Greinke SP KC
36 Adam Lind LF TOR
45 Nick Markakis RF BAL
56 Jered Weaver SP ANA
65 Kendry Morales 1B ANA
76 Robinson Cano 2B NYY
85 Jose Reyes SS NYM
96 Ichiro Suzuki RF SEA
105 BJ Upton CF TB
116 Randy Wolf SP MIL
125 Francisco Rodriguez RP NYM
136 Joakim Soria RP KC
145 Tim Hudson SP ATL
156 Matt Wieters C BAL
165 Hunter Pence RF HOU
176 Jeff Niemann SP TB
185 Alexei Ramirez SS CHW
196 MartinPrado 2B ATL

Not sure what to make of this team. Haren was actually the 6th pitcher taken, and was 16th overall. My computer kept giving me issues, so my 4th and 5th round picks were auto. I wanted someone instead of Markakis, but it is what it is. I see some potential, but there are a couple of spots I'd like to improve on.

4/5/2010 12:39:06 AM

I like Strasburg, keep him if you can afford too, don't drop him or someone will pick him up

^you might have reached on Haren, in fact I think you did, but I like where you got Morales, Reyes and Ichiro

4/5/2010 12:55:36 AM

Yeah, I was thinking about Geinke in round 2, and Haren in 3 or 4 originally, but I got both. Pitching has a little more importance in this league than most I've seen, so people got a lot early. I got my computer issues taken care of, in time to see Morales, Ichiro and Reyes up there. I do think a few of the guys I got were available later than I expected, such as the 3 mentioned above. I think I have a good team, but I don't know that I have the best team in the league.

4/5/2010 1:01:14 AM

my 205th pick backup 3B Adrian Beltre did ok tonight, 1-3 with 2 RBIs

^who went 3/4 in your draft, Utley then Lincecum/Mauer?

4/5/2010 1:21:50 AM

Halladay went 3rd, Lincecum went 4th.

4/5/2010 1:53:39 AM

colby lewis (SP rangers) is projected to have a pretty decent year. could end up being a hell of a sleeper.

4/5/2010 2:13:10 AM

Chris Young looks like he might have a nice bounceback season...he was pretty beastly for San Diego as the #2 behind Peavy a couple years ago...but Pujols blasted a line drive off his nose and fucked him up good last year or the year before...but he's pitching strong so far tonight @ Arizona

4/6/2010 10:52:51 PM

2nd inning of the Rockies Brewers game...and Carlos Gonzalez already has his 3rd multi-hit game of the season

btw ^Young finished last night 6 innings of 1 hit ball, 5 Ks, 3 BBs

4/7/2010 1:50:02 PM

I'm doing fantasy baseball for the first time. I picked my players using some combination of a fancy statistics program that I wrote, whether they're near the top of the rankings, and my brother telling me if they're hurt.

Most of my players seem pretty respectable and have high % owned rates, but I'm getting murdered in virtually every category (head to head). Does anybody have a quick explanation or advice? Bad luck? Need to rotate players off the bench more to get more playing time?

4/9/2010 8:04:05 AM

It's been a week.

4/9/2010 8:28:03 AM

^haha, exactly. The program you wrote probably took into account statistics that were gathered over an entire season, not one week.

If theres anything I've learned about fantasy baseball its that players tend to be very streaky, and its a good idea to play the hot hand - but stick with your big guns. Dont go dropping Josh Hamilton for Edgar Renteria just cause Josh doesnt have a hit yet and Edgar is lighting it up. If you have a hot hitter on your bench (i.e. Garrett Jones) then sure, bench your stud for a game or two while the hot hitter plays his streak out - but dont drop your studs unless they:

a) have a season-ending injury
b) are benched for a prolonged period of time by their coach (i.e. keep your eye on Corey Hart)
c) dont produce halfway respectable numbers at all through the all-star break
d) you have a stud who isnt producing, but there is a stud on the waiver wire that was dropped by another manager and is starting to outproduce your player

*by studs I mean players that are considered everyday starters at a certain position (i.e. Robinson Cano) and arent everyday bench players for your team (i.e. Josh Willingham, Rajai Davis)

4/9/2010 8:49:27 AM

^ too much "stud" usage in that post


I was reading some fantasy chat the other day - the dude never keeps bench hitters and never keeps a backup catcher and just keeps a bunch of extra pitchers. That would be brutal to me... if you had a guy like Hamilton that was in a slump that you definitely didn't want to drop but you had nobody to replace him with. I can't believe that's a successful strategy either but I guess he has to be the fantasy "expert" on ESPN for a reason, right?

4/9/2010 8:56:13 AM

there's merit to having a stable of pitchers, and just every day players for your hitters

idk why you'd ever keep a backup catcher

that's a waste of a roster spot

4/9/2010 9:00:03 AM

well I have one now because I have Posada but I guess Ianetta's not any better than somebody I could get as a free agent if Posada gets hurt

4/9/2010 9:24:26 AM

My strategy is usually to try and keep just one bench hitter. Usually a guy like DeRosa that is eligible at multiple positions in case of injury to another player or to fill in on days off. I like having a stable of pitchers because pitching is so unpredictable.

I'll pick up and drop so-so pitchers a lot depending on their recent starts (guys like Washburn or Contreas for example - streaky as hell). Plus I try and load up on closers and bad ass setup guys to help my K and ERA results to cover for some of the so-so pitchers. I've had success with this strategy in the past.

And yeah having a backup catcher is about as worthless as tits on a nun. Unless for some reason you drafted a combo of McCann/Mauer/V-mart and you can use one in your Util position.





[Edited on April 9, 2010 at 9:54 AM. Reason : bn]

4/9/2010 9:53:22 AM

Quote :

"Chris Young looks like he might have a nice bounceback season...he was pretty beastly for San Diego as the #2 behind Peavy a couple years ago...but Pujols blasted a line drive off his nose and fucked him up good last year or the year before...but he's pitching strong so far tonight @ Arizona"

just heard he's gonna miss his next start due to soreness in his shoulder. The same shoulder he had surgery on over the winter...

4/9/2010 10:20:27 PM

great...

at least my boy Jorge De La Rosa had a nice outing today

7 innings of 1 hit ball, 9 strikeouts and the win

4/9/2010 10:48:07 PM

I also have de la rosa. really, it's been a weird week for starting pitching--not surprising since it's opening week but my middle of the road guys have been carrying me

and sean marcum

4/9/2010 10:53:34 PM

My team is wrecked with injuries right now:

Huston Street - should have never drafted his ass
Ian Kinsler - the dreaded final week of spring training injury
Beltran - knew he'd start the year on the DL, but drafted him because it was a steal late in the draft.
Chipper - came back last night, but not 100% so I don't want to play him yet
Miguel Montero - had a great first week, now on the DL. Had to drop him because he's not worth stashing on the bench for 2+ weeks. Picked up fucking I-Rod as a fill-in.
Andre Ethier - out for the last few games with some sort of injury...

Needless to say I did not win my first week in my H2H league.

4/13/2010 10:07:25 AM

Who should I drop when Scott Kazmir comes off the DL for Thursday's game?

Ryan Franklin
Ryan Madsen
Max Scherzer

(note: I have Papelbon, Soria and the two closers above)

4/13/2010 2:23:27 PM

Madson


I'm dropping him when Lidge comes back so I mean, you'd be dropping him eventually anyways

[Edited on April 13, 2010 at 2:31 PM. Reason : .]

4/13/2010 2:30:19 PM

Yeah I just don't know if I'm sold on Lidge. He was lights out in 08, but pretty pedestrian in 07 and pretty terrible last year

Still probably the right guy to drop though

4/13/2010 2:42:32 PM

everything I read said they're probably going to give him a long leash even if he struggles so holding on to Madson wouldn't pay off for a while

4/13/2010 2:44:23 PM

Don't think I've posted in this thread yet. But here's my team. We are H2H in seven pitching categories (W, L, saves, Ks, ERA, complete games, WHIP) and seven hitting categories (runs, hits, HRs, RBI, batting average, stolen bases, OPS).

C Brian McCann, Atlanta
1B Albert Pujols, St. Louis
2B Martin Prado (1B, 2B, 3B), Atlanta
SS Ben Zobrist (2B, SS, OF), Tampa Bay
3B Chone Figgins, Seattle
OF B.J. Upton, Tampa Bay
OF Torii Hunter, LAA
OF Michael Bourn, Houston
UTIL Jorge Posada (C), NYY
UTIL Jason Kubel (OF), Minnesota
BN Mark DeRosa (1B, 3B, OF), San Fran
BN Johnny Damon (OF), Detroit
BN Alexei Ramirez, CWS
DL Carlos Beltran (OF), NYM

SP Zack Greinke, KC
SP Felix Hernandez, Seattle
RP Francisco Rodriguez, NYM
RP Heath Bell, SD
P David Aardsma (RP), Seattle
P Ryan Franklin (RP), St. Louis
P Chris Carpenter (SP), St. Louis
BN Justin Verlander (SP), Detroit
BN Scott Feldman (SP), Texas

4/13/2010 3:16:50 PM

I have Halladay and was offered this:

Chris Young and Josh Beckett for Roy Halladay.

Is this a good trade?

4/13/2010 5:47:15 PM

no

if its Chris Young the pitcher, he has too many question marks with his shoulder

if its Chris Young the hitter, he is trying to sell while he is hot, because he'll be lucky to bat .260 this year

4/13/2010 5:47:31 PM

help ?


EEP trades Chone Figgins, Sea 3B to The Dynamite

DONG trades Jeff Francoeur, NYM OF to Panic



I'd trade chone figgins for jeff francoeur

4/13/2010 5:54:18 PM