2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Basically just use this to try and determine who to keep in your respective keeper leagues. Try to provide cats, teams, mixed or no etc. Ask away!

For me...

Mixed 12 Team H2H 7x7 Keep 4

Cats R HR RBI K SB AVG OPS - W L K SV K/BB WHIP ERA

Team...

C - Jason Varitek
1B - Jason Giambi
1B - Richie Sexson
1B - Conor Jackson
2B/SS - Felipe Lopez
2B/3B - Jorge Cantu
3B/OF - Miguel Cabrera
3B - Eric Chavez
3B - Melvin Mora
SS - Carlos Guillen
OF - Jason Bay
OF - Vernon Wells
OF - Torri Hunter
OF - Coco Crisp

SP - Johan Santana
SP - Roy Oswalt
SP - Chris Young
SP - Cole Hamels
SP - Justin Verlander
SP - Aaron Harang
SP - Matt Cain
SP - Bartolo Colon
SP/RP - Curt Schilling
RP - Jason Isringhausen
RP - Billy Wagner

DL - RP Eddie Guardado, SP Carl Pavano

Its keep 4 this year and we are expanding to 8 next year, this is year 4 we are entering and i am the defending champs. Very competitive, high ammount of trades and waiver activity. Im pretty sure im set at Wells, Cabrera, Bay & Santana. Any other options i should consider?

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Is there a maximum number of players that can be drafted from your team this year?

James

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Once you keep the 4 players the rest enter the draft pool and we then draft from it. Those players are no longer mine if i do not keep them.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Typical 5x5 Roto League, 14 teams.

We keep 8, also note that Barfield is a homegrown talent exemption, and I can keep him without using a keeper spot.

This is my team :

C - Jorge Posada
1B - Justin Morneau
2B - Josh Barfield
3B - Garret Atkins
SS - Jose Reyes
MI - Aaron Hill
CI - Derek Lee
OF - Rocco Baldelli
OF - Pat Burrell
OF - Coco Crisp
OF - Bernie Williams
U - Travis Hafner

SP - Tim Hudson
SP - Ted Lilly
SP - Rich Harden
SP - Jake Westbrook
SP - Barry Zito
RP - Joe Borowski
RP - Ambiorix Burgos
RP - Jason Isringhausen
RP - Brian Meadows
RP - Mike Timlin


Reserve

SS Bobby Crosby
3B Mark Teahen
OF Jose Guillen
OF Mark Kotsay
OF Cory Sullivan
2B Chris Burke

SP Matt Morris
SP Orlando Hernandez
RP Tyler Walker
RP Dan Miceli

Morneau, Atkins, Reyes, Lee, Hafner and Zito are locks.

So I need to pick 2 out of : Posada, Baldelli, Crisp, Burrell, Crosby, Hudson, Harden and Izzy.

Right now I am leaning towards Rocco and Harden, anyone think otherwise?

I'm pretty optimistic with my teams chances this year as having Morneau, Reyes, DLee and Hafner on one team in a 14 team league is pretty sick [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Those are some nice base keepers for a 14 Team league. I would add Harden and Baldelli prolly. Harden is a lock, And i dont see anyone thats a better chouice then Baldelli who i dont love either. So looks like your set.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Same league as Thayer.
8 keepers, 2 homegrown talent exceptions.

I also have a secondary question. Should I just fold my team and give up or do I have a shot at being competitive next year?

C: V-Mart
1B: Jason Giambi
2B: Robinson Cano
SS: Miguel Tejada
3B: Melvin Mora
MI: Rich Aurilia
CI: Freddy Sanchez
OF: Luis Gonzalez
OF: Ken Griffey Jr.
OF: Corey Patterson
OF: Randy Winn
Util: Dan Uggla

SP: Jose Contreras
SP: Chien Ming Wang
SP: Pedro Martinez
SP: Jeremy Sowers
SP: Joe Blanton
RP: Bobby Jenks
RP: Jonathan Broxton
RP: Latroy Hawkins
RP: Ron Villone
RP: Jamie Walker

Bench SP: Zach Duke, Tony Armas


Minor Leaugers of Note: Adam Lind, Rajai Davis, Hunter Pence, Scott Elbert.






The way I have it planned out in my head I'm gonna keep: V-mart, Tejada, Giambi, Cano, Patterson, Jenks, Contreras and Wang.

My 2 home-grown talent guys are between Uggla, Sowers and Broxton. I have to choose two of the three. I'm leaning towards dropping Broxton as he probably won't close next year.

Anyone think differently?

Should I just fold my team?

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

You will lose lots of respect if you fold your team.

Don't be a pussy.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Mixed 12 Team Roto 5x5 Keep 2

C Ramon Hernandez
1B Todd Helton
2B Brian Roberts
3B Alex Rodriguez
SS B.J. Upton
CI Jason Giambi
MI Mark Loretta
OF Johnny Damon
OF Carlos Lee
OF Juan Rivera
OF Clifford Floyd
OF Jeff Baker
U Russell Martin
B Kaz Matsui
B Adrian Gonzalez

P Mariano Rivera
P Todd Jones
P Jamie Moyer
P Jake Peavy
P Tom Glavine
P Jeremy Sowers
P Salomon Torres
P Jon Lieber
P Chuck James
P Kristine Benson
P Kevin Millwood
P Jason Jennings

ARod is obvious, I'm a bit torn on the second.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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You will lose lots of respect if you fold your team.

Don't be a pussy.

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LOL, I didn't know I had any respect anyway.

I didn't know this was such a serious league. I'll probably keep playing anyway even if it's hopeless because the league was a lot of fun but why would anyone care if I folded?

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Same league as Thayer and Rubeskies

C Kenji Johjima
C Ivan Rodriguez
1B Albert Pujols
1B Adam La Roche
2B/3B/OF Chone Figgins
2B/OF Ryan Freel
SS Yuniesky Betancourt
SS Clint Barmes
3B Eric Chavez
3B Pedro Feliz
OF Casey Blake
OF Johnny Damon
OF Melky Cabrera
OF Matt Murton
OF Jason Kubel
OF Frank Catalanotto
OF Shane Victorino
OF Aaron Rowand

SP Chris Carpenter
SP Josh Beckett
SP Cliff Lee
SP Greg Maddux
SP Livan Hernandez
SP Vicente Padilla
SP Woody Williams
SP Paul Byrd
SP Brad Hennessey
RP Joe Nathan
RP Bob Wickman
RP Chad Gaudin
RP Scott Proctor
RP Neal Cotts


Victorino and Cabrera are being kept with exemptions cuz I've pretty much got nothing else to use them on. So aside from those two, I need 8 more keepers. Right now I'm thinking Pujols, Figgins, Damon, Carpenter, Nathan and some combination of Johjima, LaRoche, Chavez, Beckett, Maddux, and Lee.

thoughts?

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Same league as Thayer.
8 keepers, 2 homegrown talent exceptions.

I also have a secondary question. Should I just fold my team and give up or do I have a shot at being competitive next year?

C: V-Mart
1B: Jason Giambi
2B: Robinson Cano
SS: Miguel Tejada
3B: Melvin Mora
MI: Rich Aurilia
CI: Freddy Sanchez
OF: Luis Gonzalez
OF: Ken Griffey Jr.
OF: Corey Patterson
OF: Randy Winn
Util: Dan Uggla

SP: Jose Contreras
SP: Chien Ming Wang
SP: Pedro Martinez
SP: Jeremy Sowers
SP: Joe Blanton
RP: Bobby Jenks
RP: Jonathan Broxton
RP: Latroy Hawkins
RP: Ron Villone
RP: Jamie Walker

Bench SP: Zach Duke, Tony Armas


Minor Leaugers of Note: Adam Lind, Rajai Davis, Hunter Pence, Scott Elbert.






The way I have it planned out in my head I'm gonna keep: V-mart, Tejada, Giambi, Cano, Patterson, Jenks, Contreras and Wang.

My 2 home-grown talent guys are between Uggla, Sowers and Broxton. I have to choose two of the three. I'm leaning towards dropping Broxton as he probably won't close next year.

Anyone think differently?

Should I just fold my team?

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Dont fold. Your keepers are fine. Sowers and Uggla are fine as well.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Mixed 12 Team Roto 5x5 Keep 2

C Ramon Hernandez
1B Todd Helton
2B Brian Roberts
3B Alex Rodriguez
SS B.J. Upton
CI Jason Giambi
MI Mark Loretta
OF Johnny Damon
OF Carlos Lee
OF Juan Rivera
OF Clifford Floyd
OF Jeff Baker
U Russell Martin
B Kaz Matsui
B Adrian Gonzalez

P Mariano Rivera
P Todd Jones
P Jamie Moyer
P Jake Peavy
P Tom Glavine
P Jeremy Sowers
P Salomon Torres
P Jon Lieber
P Chuck James
P Kristine Benson
P Kevin Millwood
P Jason Jennings

ARod is obvious, I'm a bit torn on the second.

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Carlos Lee

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Same league as Thayer and Rubeskies

C Kenji Johjima
C Ivan Rodriguez
1B Albert Pujols
1B Adam La Roche
2B/3B/OF Chone Figgins
2B/OF Ryan Freel
SS Yuniesky Betancourt
SS Clint Barmes
3B Eric Chavez
3B Pedro Feliz
OF Casey Blake
OF Johnny Damon
OF Melky Cabrera
OF Matt Murton
OF Jason Kubel
OF Frank Catalanotto
OF Shane Victorino
OF Aaron Rowand

SP Chris Carpenter
SP Josh Beckett
SP Cliff Lee
SP Greg Maddux
SP Livan Hernandez
SP Vicente Padilla
SP Woody Williams
SP Paul Byrd
SP Brad Hennessey
RP Joe Nathan
RP Bob Wickman
RP Chad Gaudin
RP Scott Proctor
RP Neal Cotts


Victorino and Cabrera are being kept with exemptions cuz I've pretty much got nothing else to use them on. So aside from those two, I need 8 more keepers. Right now I'm thinking Pujols, Figgins, Damon, Carpenter, Nathan and some combination of Johjima, LaRoche, Chavez, Beckett, Maddux, and Lee.

thoughts?

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C Kenji Johjima
1B Albert Pujols
2B/3B/OF Chone Figgins
3B Eric Chavez
OF Johnny Damon
SP Chris Carpenter
SP Josh Beckett
RP Joe Nathan

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

We can keep 6 in this league. Its a 10 team league and
the catagories are a little weird.
Offensive Categories: R, H, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB
Pitching Categories: W, L, Sv, Ks, ERA

Player - Batting
Carlos Beltrán (NYM - OF)
Miguel Cabrera (Fla - 3B,OF)
Luis Castillo (Min - 2B)
Brian Giles (SD - OF)
Marcus Giles (SD - 2B)
Vladimir Guerrero (LAA - OF)
Ramón Hernández (Bal - C)
Matt Holliday (Col - OF)
Julio Lugo (Bos - 2B,3B,SS)
Hideki Matsui (NYY - OF)
Justin Morneau (Min - 1B)
Mark Teixeira (Tex - 1B)
Josh Willingham (Fla - C,OF)

Player - Pitching
Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
Jeremy Bonderman (Det - SP)
Francisco Cordero (Mil - RP)
Tom Gordon (Phi - RP)
Bobby Jenks (CWS - RP)
Jon Lieber (Phi - SP)
Fernando Rodney (Det - RP)
Ben Sheets (Mil - SP)
Scot Shields (LAA - RP)
Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)
Tim Worrell (SF - RP) - Retired
Chris Young (SD - SP)

Beltran, Cabrera, Vlad, Morneau, Tex seem like they are definites.
Should I go with Holliday or a SP for my 6th keeper?

It would also be a hard pick between Webb, Sheets and Bonderman who I feel are all potential top 10SP.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

I would go with Webb.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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You will lose lots of respect if you fold your team.

Don't be a pussy.

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LOL, I didn't know I had any respect anyway.

I didn't know this was such a serious league. I'll probably keep playing anyway even if it's hopeless because the league was a lot of fun but why would anyone care if I folded?

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I'll take your team if you dont want it.

James

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

same league as Thayer, Rubeskies, and MEbenhoe

only, the last place team [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

C David Ross
1B Todd Helton
2b Jose Castillo
3b Hank Blalock
SS Jimmy Rollins
MI Khalil Greene
CI Joe Crede
OF Jason Bay
OF Jay Gibbons
OF Brad Hawpe
OF Craig Wilson
U Torii Hunter

SP Daniel Cabrera
SP Kelvim Escobar
SP Dan Haren
SP Brett Myers
SP Anthony Reyes
RP Juan Cruz
RP Brian Fuentes
RP Brandon McCarthy
RP Ramon Ramirez
RP Chris Ray

BN Eric Campbell
BN Jose Bautista
BN Brent Clevlen
BN Matt Kemp
BN Fernando Cabrera
BN Scott Cassidy
BN Octavio Dotel
BN Taylor Tankersley

DL Michael Barrett
DL Eric Gagne

Kemp and Reyes are my homegrown guys and i've got Markakis and Billingsley stashed away in my minors

obv Bay and Rollins, then the pitchers Haren, Myers, and Ray

so then three from this list: Hunter, Helton, Escobar, Fuentes, Barrett, maybe one or two more

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Just a friendly reminder. Markakis won't be eligible for your minor league roster next year. He's got too many ABs.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Just a friendly reminder. Markakis won't be eligible for your minor league roster next year. He's got too many ABs.

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yes that is true. Also, Rubeskies please make up your mind whether or not you're keeping your team and get back to me on the email I sent out ASAP.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

10 team ML 5x5 roto

We keep 8. Any not kept go back in the pool and anyone can draft them

My keeper candidates:

Pitchers:
Santana
Felix Hernandez
Schmidt
Lackey

Hitters:
Miguel Cabrera
David Wright
Tejada
Soriano
Jason Bay
Matt Holliday
Alex Rios

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Just a friendly reminder. Markakis won't be eligible for your minor league roster next year. He's got too many ABs.

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right, but he won't count against my keepers, right?

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Just a friendly reminder. Markakis won't be eligible for your minor league roster next year. He's got too many ABs.

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right, but he won't count against my keepers, right?

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Unless you use one of your two exemptions on him, he will. The rules are 8 keepers, 2 exemptions, and up to 10 minor league eligible players.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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10 team ML 5x5 roto

We keep 8. Any not kept go back in the pool and anyone can draft them

My keeper candidates:

Pitchers:
Santana
Lackey

Hitters:
Miguel Cabrera
David Wright
Tejada
Soriano
Jason Bay
Matt Holliday


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Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Just a friendly reminder. Markakis won't be eligible for your minor league roster next year. He's got too many ABs.

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right, but he won't count against my keepers, right?

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Unless you use one of your two exemptions on him, he will. The rules are 8 keepers, 2 exemptions, and up to 10 minor league eligible players.

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*sigh* there goes my master plan [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

same league as most here

top 8 possibles, with (E) denoting exemptable.

McCann
Dunn
Utley
MCab
BJ Upton (E)
Fielder
Francouer
Kearns
Swisher
Kendrick (E)

pitchers

Bush
Cain
Verlander (E)
KRod
Street

minor leaguers

erick aybar
justin upton
adam jones
chris young

brandon erbe
sean gallagher
eric hurley
franklin morales
donald veal
kevin slowey

So top 8 should look like

McCann/Dunn/Utley/MCab/Fielder

then a glut of closers/cain/swisher/francouer and having I think 3 non-minors eligible exemptables.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

TJ, your league setup is really weird. I highly suggest all keepers being hitters, specifically 6-7 cat guys, simply because they impact things more than pitchers do. Then fill the rest of the pitching staff with closers as possible, try to win L sv ERA and maybe get 4 pts in w/k

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

trades are allowed right? if anyone in the league wants 2 of my guys for 1 of theirs I'm all ears

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Just a friendly reminder. Markakis won't be eligible for your minor league roster next year. He's got too many ABs.

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right, but he won't count against my keepers, right?

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Unless you use one of your two exemptions on him, he will. The rules are 8 keepers, 2 exemptions, and up to 10 minor league eligible players.

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I thought as long as you kept the player on your minor league roster all of last year, he could carry over.

This is incorrect?

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Just a friendly reminder. Markakis won't be eligible for your minor league roster next year. He's got too many ABs.

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right, but he won't count against my keepers, right?

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Unless you use one of your two exemptions on him, he will. The rules are 8 keepers, 2 exemptions, and up to 10 minor league eligible players.

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I thought as long as you kept the player on your minor league roster all of last year, he could carry over.

This is incorrect?

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this is actually the impression i was under, and certainly the reason i didn't promote him last year

edit: that being said, i'm not gonna create a fuss about it

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Just a friendly reminder. Markakis won't be eligible for your minor league roster next year. He's got too many ABs.

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right, but he won't count against my keepers, right?

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Unless you use one of your two exemptions on him, he will. The rules are 8 keepers, 2 exemptions, and up to 10 minor league eligible players.

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I thought as long as you kept the player on your minor league roster all of last year, he could carry over.

This is incorrect?

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Yes, this was clarified about a million times, and is also stated clearly in the rules which I kept telling you guys to read last year, but it seems no one did.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

d'oh

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

a few things:

if anyone wants to trade either two for one or draft picks for players let me know. my biggest names who i am deciding on keeping are oswalt, weeks, granderson, so those guys might be a bit more expendable in trades.

can you clarify the exemption thing for long term? my understanding is that we can use an exemption on up to two players which lasts for two years and then resets? so if we only use one exemption this year, we can use another one next year?

is the e-mail you started mebenhoe going with multiple responses or was it a one and done thing. i got your pm but no subsequent e-mail.

when is the draft date? who has confirmed that they are in for next year? hopefully everyone who owned a team last year is in for another year.

what is the draft order?

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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can you clarify the exemption thing for long term? my understanding is that we can use an exemption on up to two players which lasts for two years and then resets? so if we only use one exemption this year, we can use another one next year?

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Lets say you use two exemptions on Player A & B this year. You can keep them exempt for two years, or you can keep A exempt for 2 years and instead of keeping B exempt a 2nd year switch the exemption to Player C and start over with a fresh 2 years on C. Basically you have 2 exemptions at all times, and the 2 years is simply the maximum amount of time any one player can be exempt for.

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when is the draft date?

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TBD

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who has confirmed that they are in for next year? hopefully everyone who owned a team last year is in for another year.

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Everyone but technologic, who I've yet to get a hold of.

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what is the draft order?

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reverse order of finish and then snake draft from there.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

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who has confirmed that they are in for next year? hopefully everyone who owned a team last year is in for another year.

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Everyone but technologic, who I've yet to get a hold of.


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i think he can afford it [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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who has confirmed that they are in for next year? hopefully everyone who owned a team last year is in for another year.

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Everyone but technologic, who I've yet to get a hold of.


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i think he can afford it [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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have talked to him now and he is in.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Not sure if this is the right place, but I am looking to deal one of my 1B(Hafner, Morneau, DLee) and maybe couple him with one of my players who I'm not going to keep, but good enough for someone else to keep(Posada, Burrell, Hudson, Izzy). Looking to get a stud SP(STUD) or a STUD OF.

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

thanks for responses.

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what is the draft order?

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reverse order of finish and then snake draft from there.

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do you have the actual order available?

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do you have the actual order available?

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1. Pryor15
2. Rubeskies
3. ahmngrn30
4. TeeJayOrTJ
5. MEbenhoe
6. UCFThayer
7. Bugstud
8. Aces McGee
9. doughhater
10. technologic
11. ogleflatts
12. Huskiez
13. Jim Kuhn
14. Baxter

note: myself and thayer were tied for the #5 pick, so I had Baxter run a tiebreaker for me, which I won. He can confirm if anyone thinks I'm a cheater. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Re: 2007 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread
 

Cheater!