ask me about fantasy baseball v.2007

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I give up:
Lo Duca
Harang

I get:
Felix Hernandez
Russell Martin

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easy take

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Crockpot,

Can you give me your projections for Schilling and Willy Mo?

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ask your favorite projection system. pecota, zips, ron shandler, etc. can all answer this much more accurately. hard to say how much PT wily mo will get.

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

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probably giles just because he is guaranteed a job unless he is awful.

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This is my first year playing fantasy baseball for $$$. I'm in a 10 team H2H league. Stats are H, HR, RBI, AVG, W, SV, ERA, K, WHIP.

What sort of strategy should I be looking at? Do pitchers have less value in the format? Go offense crazy?

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no, in a 4x5 pitchers will have more value than in a 5x5, which is what most rankings are based on.

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Also I have pick 9 and pick 6 wants to swap. No brainer right?

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yes

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Whoops! I forgot to put SB's. It's 5x5 H2H. Anyway I swapped picks with #6 and this was my draft. 10 teams

1. (6) Álex Rodríguez
2. (15) Lance Berkman
3. (26) Matt Holliday
4. (35) Vernon Wells
5. (46) Rafael Furcal
6. (55) Johnny Damon
7. (66) Brandon Webb
8. (75) Paul Konerko
9. (86) Rickie Weeks
10. (95) Jim Thome
11. (106) Chris Young
12. (115) Rich Harden
13. (126) Prince Fielder
14. (135) Erik Bedard
15. (146) Chad Cordero
16. (155) Jason Isringhausen
17. (166) A.J. Burnett
18. (175) Scot Shields
19. (186) Dave Bush
20. (195) Salomón Torres
21. (206) Johnny Estrada

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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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A. great job getting value out of your picks. you miss a perfect score because any yahoo team should automatically include chris young and corey hart.

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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

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i'm not a fan of the manny, tejada, figgins, or sheffield picks, assuming this is 5x5. most of the rest of the draft is okay but not really good, though i have no clue why you took pods on a team that was already steal-heavy. C- overall.

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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

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manny and tejada are better in this setup with the emphasis on OPS guys. i don't like the damon, baldelli, and rios picks for that reason; speed guys are downgraded a lot here. pitching staff looks very good, but i think cain was a big reach and cost you a shot at a good hitter. C overall.

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Comments? 9 team, standard yahoo rules. I know Hamels was bad - I took too long to choose and got him, since he was at the top of my queue.

1. (9) Chase Utley 2B
2. (10) Miguel Cabrera 3B
3. (27) Joe Mauer C
4. (28) Miguel Tejada SS
5. (45) Vernon Wells OF
6. (46) B.J. Ryan RP
7. (63) Ben Sheets SP
8. (64) Carlos Delgado 1B
9. (81) Cole Hamels SP
10. (82) Prince Fielder 1B
11. (99) Corey Patterson OF
12. (100) Dan Haren SP
13. (117) Brad Lidge RP
14. (118) Pat Burrell OF
15. (135) Dave Bush SP
16. (136) Alex Gordon 3B
17. (153) Javier Vázquez SP
18. (154) Ervin Santana SP
19. (171) Salomón Torres RP
20. (172) Dave Roberts OF
21. (189) Curtis Granderson OF

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please grade my draft.

picked 1st in a 10 team league.

Roster positions:
C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL

Stat categories:
R, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, K, E, AVG, OBP, W, CG, SHO, SV, K, ERA, WHIP

My Draft:
1. (1) Albert Pujols 1B
2. (20) Chris Carpenter SP
3. (21) Derek Jeter SS
4. (40) Aramis Ramírez 3B
5. (41) Brandon Webb SP
6. (60) Juan Pierre OF
7. (61) B.J. Ryan RP
8. (80) Torii Hunter OF
9. (81) Trevor Hoffman RP
10. (100) Brandon Phillips 2B
11. (101) Jason Schmidt SP
12. (120) Mike Mussina SP
13. (121) Jorge Posada C
14. (140) Nick Swisher 1B,OF
15. (141) Barry Zito SP
16. (160) Raúl Ibañez OF
17. (161) Javier Vázquez SP
18. (180) Orlando Cabrera SS
19. (181) Joe Borowski RP
20. (200) Austin Kearns OF
21. (201) Jim Edmonds OF

[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.