ask me about fantasy baseball v.2007

[crockpot]

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I guess you find these 2 plays to be average/bad
Waiver 1: Josh Willingham for Gary Matthews Jr. pending until Mar 27
Waiver 4: A.J. Pierzynski for Jacque Jones pending until Mar 27

also doing a trade
Brian McCann & Chris Capuano for Tadahito Iguchi & Billy Wagner

I like the trade because i dont need 2 stud catchers and i am not a fan of Capuano. I also felt i needed another closer and this fills that void. Iguchi is an upgrade to the 2b i have now and will allow me to cut Brandon Phillips and get someone else.

p.s. those rookies you mentioned are taken

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well, since pierzynski has no value, you'll still gain by replacing him, just not as much. jones is likely to get squeezed for playing time this year, not to mention how unlikely he is to repeat '06. as for matthews...he will disappoint. protrade pegs his true batting average last year at .262, and this was by far the best year of his career. at least he is likely to rack up PA if he bats leadoff.

trade seems okay given you're forced to deal mccann anyway. no reason to hate on capuano, though.

[mblax10]

12 team league, weekly Head to Head, Daily lineup changes, 11 offensive starters (4 OF, IF, UTIL)

Stats=R, H, 2B, HR, RBI, SB, BB, AVG, OPS, W, SV, K, HLD, ERA, WHIP

I planned to load up on hitting and completley scrap relief pitchers. Good idea? How was my draft?

1. (5) Ryan Howard 1B
2. (20) Travis Hafner Util
3. (29) Bobby Abreu OF
4. (44) Víctor Martínez C,1B
5. (53) Chone Figgins 2B,3B,OF
6. (68) Ryan Zimmerman 3B
7. (77) Carlos Guillén SS
8. (92) Delmon Young OF
9. (101) Willy Taveras OF
10. (116) Kevin Youkilis 1B,3B,OF
11. (125) Brad Hawpe OF
12. (140) Rich Hill SP
13. (149) Rich Harden SP
14. (164) Derek Lowe SP
15. (173) Jon Garland SP
16. (188) Scott Olsen SP
17. (197) Javier Vázquez SP
18. (212) Chad Billingsley SP
19. (221) Chuck James SP,RP
20. (236) Ian Snell SP
21. (245) Clay Hensley SP,RP
22. (260) Chris B. Young OF
23. (269) Dustin Pedroia 2B,SS

[Kneel B4 Zod]

tx. also, to anyone else reading this, switch to an auction draft. it's sooo much more fun & better than a snake draft.

[KUJustin]

My main league doesn't draft for several more days, but I have another one going early this evening and I have basically no preparation.

It's 8 teams I believe, standard 5x5 on Yahoo. What draft rankings could I work off of given that I have pretty minimal preparation?

[crockpot]

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12 team league, weekly Head to Head, Daily lineup changes, 11 offensive starters (4 OF, IF, UTIL)

Stats=R, H, 2B, HR, RBI, SB, BB, AVG, OPS, W, SV, K, HLD, ERA, WHIP

I planned to load up on hitting and completley scrap relief pitchers. Good idea? How was my draft?

1. (5) Ryan Howard 1B
2. (20) Travis Hafner Util
3. (29) Bobby Abreu OF
4. (44) Víctor Martínez C,1B
5. (53) Chone Figgins 2B,3B,OF
6. (68) Ryan Zimmerman 3B
7. (77) Carlos Guillén SS
8. (92) Delmon Young OF
9. (101) Willy Taveras OF
10. (116) Kevin Youkilis 1B,3B,OF
11. (125) Brad Hawpe OF
12. (140) Rich Hill SP
13. (149) Rich Harden SP
14. (164) Derek Lowe SP
15. (173) Jon Garland SP
16. (188) Scott Olsen SP
17. (197) Javier Vázquez SP
18. (212) Chad Billingsley SP
19. (221) Chuck James SP,RP
20. (236) Ian Snell SP
21. (245) Clay Hensley SP,RP
22. (260) Chris B. Young OF
23. (269) Dustin Pedroia 2B,SS

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loading up on hitters = good in this setup. i would draft middle relievers, though; the good ones return nearly as much value as closers but can be had late in the draft.

draft grades out at B-. this isn't the kind of setup where you want to own figgins and taveras.

[crockpot]

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My main league doesn't draft for several more days, but I have another one going early this evening and I have basically no preparation.

It's 8 teams I believe, standard 5x5 on Yahoo. What draft rankings could I work off of given that I have pretty minimal preparation?

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there's going to be a limit to how much you can get out of any free set of projections, because anyone who really knows what they're doing will put a price on it. ZiPS projections are good for free ones, but translating them into rankings will require some work on your part.

i endorse baseball hq and pecota projections, if you're willing to open your wallet.

[SuperUberBob]

I think I made a mistake proposing this trade:

I get:

Jermaine Dye

Opponent gets:

Rocco Baldelli
Todd Helton

[THAY3R]

[ QUOTE ]
I think I made a mistake proposing this trade:

I get:

Jermaine Dye

Opponent gets:

Rocco Baldelli
Todd Helton

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Most likely yes.

[jaymajik]

How did I do?

First draft of the year. ESPN standard league. C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, Of, OF, Util, 6 pitcher slots, 5 bench slots, 1 DL. 5x5 roto

I had 7th pick

(round drafted)

C: Russell Martin (19)
1B: Fielder (9)
2b: Barfield (14)
3B: Miggy Cabrera (1)
SS: orlando Cabrera (20)
OF: Holliday (3)
OF: Bay (4)
OF: Delmon Young (11)
UTIL: Hafner (2)

SPs: C Zambrano (5), Lackey (8), CC Sabathia (10), Haren (12), Jered Weaver (16)
RPs: Rivera (6), Hoffman (7), Ray (13), Fuentes (15), Valverde (17), Shields (18)

[Sluss]

I'm not real happy with this draft.

10 Team 5x5 Roto C,1B,2B,SS,3B,5 OF,UTIL, CI,MI, 9 Pitchers

C Brian Mcann (4)
1B Prince Fielder (6)
2B Rickie Weeks (5)
3B Alex Rodriguez (keeper)
SS Orlando Cabrerra (20)
OF Matt Holiday (1)
OF Jason Bay (2)
OF Ryan Freel (7)
OF Brad Hawpe (12)
OF Chris Young (17)
U Alex Gordon (21)
MI Howie Kendrick (14)
CI Adrian Beltre (15)
P Jake Peavey (keeper)
P Jeremey Bonderman (8)
P Curt Schilling (9)
P Anthony Reyes (10)
P Ian Snell (16)
P Adam Wainright (18)
P Jason Isringhausen (13)
P Tom Gordon (11)
P Billy Wagner (3) Closer run
B Mike Piazza (19)
B Jake Westbrook (22)
B Ted Lilly (23)
B Orlando Hudson (24)
B Jamie Shields (25)