ask me about fantasy baseball v.2007

[Rubeskies]

Same League as most of those other dudes

C:Victor Martinez
1B:Jason Giambi
2B:Robinson Cano
3B:Aubrey Huff
SS:Miguel Tejada
MIan Uggla
CIan Johnson/Brandon Inge
OF:Corey Patterson
OFave Roberts
OF:Jaque Jones
OFavid Dellucci/Marcus Thames
U:Moises Alou/Sammy Sosa

SP:Jose Contreras
SP:Chien Ming Wang
SP:Barry Zito
SP:AJ Burnett
SP:John Patterson
SP:Jeremy Sowers
SP:John Maine
RP:Bobby Jenks
RP:Ryan Dempster
RPavid Weathers
RP:Bill Bray
RP:Josh Sharpless

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

I know I'm thin at OF but I have 2, possibly 3 impact minor leauge OFs that might come up this year.

[4 High]

How worried should i be in a 10 Team Keeper League with these SPs...

Bonderman
Haren
Young
Beckett
Pettite
Patterson
Burnett

I also have Nathan, Wagner, Gagne and Saito.

[whipsaw]

Any advice? 12 team 5x5 roto, max innings 1225 and max games 155. I'm most concerned about only four starters and three (lol) second basemen.

1. (6) Álex Rodríguez 3B
2. (19) Travis Hafner Util
3. (30) Jason Bay OF
4. (43) Michael Young SS
5. (54) Joe Nathan RP
6. (67) John Lackey SP
7. (78) Félix Hernández SP
8. (91) Rickie Weeks 2B
9. (102) Howie Kendrick 1B,2B
10. (115) Bobby Jenks RP
11. (126) Pat Burrell OF
12. (139) Ramón Hernández C
13. (150) Adrián González 1B
14. (163) Jason Isringhausen RP
15. (174) Willy Taveras OF
16. (187) John Patterson SP
17. (198) Mike Pelfrey SP
18. (211) Corey Hart OF
19. (222) Jonny Gomes OF
20. (235) Jorge Cantú 2B
21. (246) Scott Linebrink RP

[westside8]

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Keepers league draft, 14 keepers. First 14 draft picks are my keepers...

10 teams...C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, IF, IF, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, UTIL, UTIL, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, P, P, 4x BN

Standard 5x5 cats

1. (3) Robinson Canó 2B
2. (18) Carlos Guillén SS
3. (23) Derrek Lee 1B
4. (38) Carl Crawford OF
5. (43) David Wright 3B
6. (58) Justin Morneau 1B
7. (63) Rickie Weeks 2B
8. (78) Jeremy Bonderman SP
9. (83) Barry Zito SP
10. (98) Scott Kazmir SP
11. (103) Joel Zumaya RP
12. (118) Bobby Jenks RP
13. (123) Brad Hawpe OF
14. (138) Cliff Lee SP
15. (143) Chris B. Young OF
16. (158) Josh Beckett SP
17. (163) Jeff Francoeur OF
18. (178) Francisco Cordero RP
19. (183) Scot Shields RP
20. (198) Carlos Quentin OF
21. (203) Kevin Kouzmanoff Util
22. (218) Bobby Crosby SS
23. (223) Adam LaRoche 1B
24. (238) Kei Igawa SP
25. (243) Eric Chávez 3B
26. (258) Jason Varitek C
27. (263) John Maine SP

I definitely reached to take Chris Young with my first round pick, I am not sure about the rest...
Note: I am not going to win this year, but I'm hoping to build a contender by 2009.

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i don't think young is a reach at all, especially if you're playing for 2009. but why give up on 2007 when it looks like you have a solid core of keepers to build on?

A- for the non-keeper portion of the draft. lots of value.

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The reason I won't win in 2007 is because the top two teams are absolutely gross. This is the fifth season and I've only been here for 2 of the previous 4, so I have no clue how he accumulated that team, but probably through semi-decent drafting and excellent trading.

Team 1's hitters consist of "Mauer, Utley, Reyes, A'Rod, Miggy, Manny, Ortiz, Bay, JSantana, Peavy"
Team 2 has "Pujols, Soriano, Jeter, V'Mart, A. Ramirez, V. Wells, A. Jones, Doc, Carpenter, K'Rod"

[ftball0000]

In draft #1 of 2 tonight I am in a weird points H2H league. 10 teams w/ the following point values
hitting
r=1
h=1
2b=2
3b=4
hr=5
rbi=2
sb=2
bb=1
k=-1
pitching
ip=1
w=20
l=-5
sv=5
h=-1
er=-1
bb=-1
k=3

any suggestions on a draft strategy to take? Value SP more than usual?

Here is the rumor on the 1st 6 picks
Santana
Pujols
Reyes
Ortiz
Howard/A-Rod
Utley
then me

I'm thinking either Howard or A-Rod whoever doesn't get taken

Thoughts? comments?

thanks,
-ftball

[A S U]

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How'd I do?

10 Team H2H. 5x5 H, HR, SB, RBI, AVG, W, K, ERA, SV, WHIP

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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B+. i like that you acquired mostly guys who collect a good number of hits, including a few leadoff men, but you should go even farther out of your way in this setup where hits are basically 40% of the batting poitns. vlad, cabrera, and crawford are all preferable to a-rod here. holliday may be the steal of your draft.

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Thanks for the grade. So you would recommend trading a-rod? Guy with V-lad has D. Wright. I could try AROD and Wells for Vlad and Wright. Is that good for me? As far as pitching goes should I load up on middle relievers? Not sure what I should be aiming for. Lot's of quality on WR.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

ok 2 trade proposals:

1: I trade Greg Maddux ($3) for Akinori Fortsuka ($2). On an island, Maddux is a much better player, however:

- I have a very shaky save situation, with Gagne my only legit closer
- Gagne is injury prone so I have an insurance policy now
- my replacement for Maddux is Gorzelanny, who actually projects roughly the same

2. I trade Frank Thomas ($17) for Mike Cameron ($15). Again, Thomas projects as a better player, but my model says I'll gain standings points b/c I have all kinds of other power in my lineup, but a poor steal situation. in this deal I gain 3 standings point, my opponent gains 2, and I go from 9 back of 1st place to 6 back.

(again, notwithstanding variance)

[whipsaw]

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In draft #1 of 2 tonight I am in a weird points H2H league. 10 teams w/ the following point values
hitting
r=1
h=1
2b=2
3b=4
hr=5
rbi=2
sb=2
bb=1
k=-1
pitching
ip=1
w=20
l=-5
sv=5
h=-1
er=-1
bb=-1
k=3

any suggestions on a draft strategy to take? Value SP more than usual?

Here is the rumor on the 1st 6 picks
Santana
Pujols
Reyes
Ortiz
Howard/A-Rod
Utley
then me

I'm thinking either Howard or A-Rod whoever doesn't get taken

Thoughts? comments?

thanks,
-ftball

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i'd take soriano, giving you the combo of power and speed that could really make him takeoff. roughly calculating, soriano's numbers last year make him less valuable than howard but more valuable than arod. this year howard might not get enough pitches to make it back to that many hrs, and soriano plays in a smaller park. my 2 cents.

[Aces McGee]

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ok 2 trade proposals:

1: I trade Greg Maddux ($3) for Akinori Fortsuka ($2). On an island, Maddux is a much better player, however:

- I have a very shaky save situation, with Gagne my only legit closer
- Gagne is injury prone so I have an insurance policy now
- my replacement for Maddux is Gorzelanny, who actually projects roughly the same


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Given point three, I'm not sure why you wouldn't do this, but what format is your league? All my leagues are 5x5 roto, and I'd definitely do this deal in that format.

-McGee

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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ok 2 trade proposals:

1: I trade Greg Maddux ($3) for Akinori Fortsuka ($2). On an island, Maddux is a much better player, however:

- I have a very shaky save situation, with Gagne my only legit closer
- Gagne is injury prone so I have an insurance policy now
- my replacement for Maddux is Gorzelanny, who actually projects roughly the same


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Given point three, I'm not sure why you wouldn't do this, but what format is your league? All my leagues are 5x5 roto, and I'd definitely do this deal in that format.

-McGee

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7x5 roto