[J.R.]

10 team 5x5 H2H w/ OBP instead of AVG.

Auction draft, $258 to spend (I had a 12 dollar penalty associated with cutting players from last year, I made some draft mistakes last year).

The league is together for 2 more years after this season, and we can keep as many newly drafted players as we like for 1, 2 or 3 years with no inflation. To the right in parenthesis are the player's "salary" and if they have been signed to a multi-year contract, their contract's length. The dash indicates a player whose contract length is undecided.

This may be asking too much and/or beyond your comfort level, but assuming you could keep any of the unsigned players below for 1, 2 or 3 years, who would you keep?

FWIW there is a penalty of 1/3rd of the contracts value, rounded up, for a player signed to a multiyear deal who is cut for each year of their deal. We have an extended DL if a keeper suffers a big injury (like TJ surgery and will miss most of the year) that allows us to free up their salary for use on other players, so there isn't much risk to a big money keeper suffering an injury.


C: R.Martin (3) -
1B: M.Teixera (30) -
2b: O.Hudson (1) -
SS: J.Reyes (21) 3 years
3B: M.Cab (29) -
MI: S.Drew (7) -
CI: P.Fielder (7) 3 years
OF: A.Dunn (23) 3 years
OF: B. Giles (4) -
OF: C.Young (8) -
OF: C.Hart (1) -
OF: C.Granderson (4) -
Util: T.Helton (10) -

Bench: R.Sexson (14) 2 years (my keeper mistake from last year)
Bench: C.Tracy (1) -
Bench: N.Markakis (8) -


SP: J.Santana (32) -
SP: F Hernandez (16) -
SP: I. Snell (5) -
SP: N.Robertson (1) -
SP: R.Clemens (1) -
SP: P.Hughes (6) -
RP: B.J. Ryan (15) 3 years
RP: J.Zumaya (5) -
RP: S.Torres (1) -

Bench: N. Lowry (1)-

We also have 2 "prospect" slots that count against the cap

Prospect: C.Maybin (1) -
Prospect: B. Wood (3) -


I spent all the loot I had. I am pretty happy with my offense but think my starting pitching is a little thin on the back end. I'll hurt a bit early but think I'll be OK when the playoffs arrives as Hughes should be up and Clemens (hopefully) will have returned. We can't truly stream (we have weekly bidding on waiver wire free agents, rosters are locked at the start of the week), but I'd imagine I can find an improvement over Lowry and/or Robertson. I overpaid a bit for Nick.M but still think he is a long term value. He's my favorite player and this stuff has to be a little fun too.


I am planning on signing these guys to 3 year deals: R.Martin ($3), S.Drew ($7), Markakis ($8), C.Young OF ($8), Granderson ($4), Hart ($1), Tracy ($1), Snell ($5), Hughes ($6), Maybin ($1) and Wood ($3).

I am leaning towards keeping MCab ($29) and Felix ($16) for 3 more years at that price.
Teixera ($30) and Santana ($32) are my uncertainties, but I'm tempted to lock them up for three more years.

In an ideal world I'd trade Helton or more of a longshot, Sexson, for a stud starter.

Any comments on my plans, my draft, other ideas or comments about my team are greatly appreciated. Thanks, J.R.