ask me about fantasy baseball v.2007

[Pat Southern]

Just had my draft last night, 10 teams H2H scoring, no max innings. Positions are C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, UTIL. SP SP SP RP RP P P P BN BN BN BN. Categories are R, RBI, HR, SB, TB, OBP X 5. I had the first pick. How's my team, I could use more speed I think.

1. (1) Albert Pujols 1B
2. (20) Manny Ramírez OF
3. (21) Miguel Tejada SS
4. (40) Brandon Webb SP
5. (41) Ben Sheets SP
6. (60) Johnny Damon OF
7. (61) Matt Cain SP
8. (80) Rocco Baldelli OF
9. (81) Álex Ríos OF
10. (100) Justin Verlander SP
11. (101) Eric Gagne RP
12. (120) Bob Wickman RP
13. (121) Dave Bush SP
14. (140) Marcus Giles 2B
15. (141) Chipper Jones 3B
16. (160) A.J. Burnett SP
17. (161) Todd Helton 1B
18. (180) José Contreras SP
19. (181) Kelvim Escobar SP
20. (200) Rafael Soriano RP
21. (201) Russell Martin C

[sylar]

grade my draft. this is my first ever fantasy baseball, so i had no clue. besides a few re-orderings at the top, i didn't do anything, and nothing really exciting happened to me. i picked 2nd out of 8.

1. (2) Johan Santana SP
2. (15) Manny Ramírez OF
3. (18) Travis Hafner Util
4. (31) Miguel Tejada SS
5. (34) Derrek Lee 1B
6. (47) Chone Figgins 2B,3B,OF
7. (50) Brian McCann C
8. (63) Gary Sheffield 1B,OF
9. (66) Rickie Weeks 2B
10. (79) Daisuke Matsuzaka SP
11. (82) Corey Patterson OF
12. (95) Bobby Jenks RP
13. (98) Chris Ray RP
14. (111) Jason Schmidt SP
15. (114) Francisco Cordero RP
16. (127) Rich Hill SP
17. (130) Felipe López SS
18. (143) Nomar Garciaparra 1B
19. (146) Scott Podsednik OF
20. (159) Joe Crede 3B
21. (162) Marcus Giles 2B

[WillMagic]

Grade my draft please:

Standard Yahoo 5x5 roto, 12-man draft:

1. David Wright (6)
2. Matt Holliday (19)
3. Hanley Ramirez (30)
4. Garrett Atkins (43)
5. B.J. Ryan (54)
6. Ben Sheets (67)
7. Jeremy Bonderman (78)
8. Prince Fielder (91)
9. C.C. Sabathia (102)
10. Brian Fuentes (115)
11. Willy Taveras (126)
12. Ryan Freel (139) (2B eligible! hooray!)
13. Coco Crisp (150)
14. Alex Gordon (163)
15. Joe Borowski (174)
16. Kelvim Escobar (187)
17. Greg Maddux (198)
18. Russell Martin (211)
19. Ian Snell (222)
20. Dave Roberts (235)
21. Tim Lincecum (246)
22. Conor Jackson (259)
23. Chris Burke (270)
24. Jhonny Peralta (283)

EDIT: Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, P, with the rest bench

[g-bebe]

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Grade my draft please:

Standard Yahoo 5x5 roto, 12-man draft:

1. David Wright (6)
2. Matt Holliday (19)
3. Hanley Ramirez (30)
4. Garrett Atkins (43)
5. B.J. Ryan (54)
6. Ben Sheets (67)
7. Jeremy Bonderman (78)
8. Prince Fielder (91)
9. C.C. Sabathia (102)
10. Brian Fuentes (115)
11. Willy Taveras (126)
12. Ryan Freel (139) (2B eligible! hooray!)
13. Coco Crisp (150)
14. Alex Gordon (163)
15. Joe Borowski (174)
16. Kelvim Escobar (187)
17. Greg Maddux (198)
18. Russell Martin (211)
19. Ian Snell (222)
20. Dave Roberts (235)
21. Tim Lincecum (246)
22. Conor Jackson (259)
23. Chris Burke (270)
24. Jhonny Peralta (283)

EDIT: Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, P, with the rest bench

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Why'd you draft Atkins when you had Wright?

EDIT: I didn't notice there were 2 UTIL positions, but I think at that stage in the draft you could have been better off picking someone who would be a starting positional player.

[WillMagic]

The OF/2B/1B/C guys I wanted I was able to wait for...I thought I'd be able to pick up guys like Fielder/Crisp/Chris Young(just missed him) and others. And based on PFM Atkins was far and away the best player on the board.

[Pat Southern]

In a league that counts total bases and OBP instead of AVG, who's a better 2B, Marcus Giles or Jorge Cantu?

[ASPoker8]

12 Team League (Roto)
H, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP, IP, W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP

C
1B
2B
SS - Miguel Tejada
3B - Garrett Atkins
OF - Alfonso Soriano
OF - Matt Holliday
OF - Andruw Jones
Util
SP - Jason Schmidt
RP
P
P
P
P

Best Players Available:

Victor Martinez (C, 1B)
Carlos Delgado (1B)
Gary Sheffield (1B, OF)
Richie Sexson (1B)
Todd Helton (1B)
Rickie Weeks (2B)
Howie Kendrick (1B, 2B)
Jeff Kent (1B, 2B)

Jered Weaver (SP)
Erik Bedard (SP)
Justin Verlander (SP)
Chris Young (SP)
Randy Johnson (SP)
Curt Schilling (SP)

JJ Putz (RP)
Huston Street (RP)


MY PICK, WHO DO I TAKE???

[Pat Southern]

[ QUOTE ]
12 Team League (Roto)
H, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP, IP, W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP

C
1B
2B
SS - Miguel Tejada
3B - Garrett Atkins
OF - Alfonso Soriano
OF - Matt Holliday
OF - Andruw Jones
Util
SP - Jason Schmidt
RP
P
P
P
P

Best Players Available:

Victor Martinez (C, 1B)
Carlos Delgado (1B)
Gary Sheffield (1B, OF)
Richie Sexson (1B)
Todd Helton (1B)
Rickie Weeks (2B)
Howie Kendrick (1B, 2B)
Jeff Kent (1B, 2B)

Jered Weaver (SP)
Erik Bedard (SP)
Justin Verlander (SP)
Chris Young (SP)
Randy Johnson (SP)
Curt Schilling (SP)

JJ Putz (RP)
Huston Street (RP)


MY PICK, WHO DO I TAKE???

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I'd go with Weaver, VMart right behind him.

[THAY3R]

I'm in a traditional 5x5 Roto league with one exception :

It has the typical 12 Offensive positions but only 6 Pitcher slots.

How should this effect my draft?

I'm thinking Santana's value goes way up, and maybe the other top tier goes up a bit too, but then every other pitcher is pretty much replaceable.

Does that make sense?

[J.R.]

The elite SPs (maybe top 10 or so) really go up at the expense of crappy SPs. Middle of the road SPs only see marginal worth improvement.

In H2H I'd punt saves as even the best closer will only average like 1.5 - 2 saves a week and at most you can only carry 1 and the variance will lead to a few blowouts and a few dry weeks.

Even in rotisserie, saves go down because there will be lots of freely available saves on the waiver wire as most teams can carry only 1 closer.

Which scoring format is it and what is your innings minimum?