Rate My Team 2010

[Rat_Tail]

C Jorge Posada (NYY - C)
1B Prince Fielder (Mil - 1B)
2B Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
3B Evan Longoria (TB - 3B)
SS Jason Bartlett (TB - SS)
OF Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - OF)
OF Carlos Lee (Hou - OF)
OF Andre Ethier (LAD - OF)
Util Johnny Damon (Det - OF)
Util Mark DeRosa (SF - 1B,3B,OF)
SP Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)
SP Adam Wainwright (StL - SP)
RP Mariano Rivera (NYY - RP)
RP Joe Nathan (Min - RP)
P Jered Weaver (LAA - SP)
P Randy Wolf (Mil - SP)
P Derek Lowe (Atl - SP)
P Jake Westbrook (Cle - SP)
BN Miguel Tejada (Bal - SS)
BN Casey Blake (LAD - 3B)
BN Miguel Olivo (Col - C)
BN Orlando Hudson (Min - 2B)
BN Bronson Arroyo (Cin - SP)

A guy is offering J.A. Happ for one of my shortstops. You think I should do it?

[pup]

6 team league?

[Rat_Tail]

It's a 10 team league. Top 4 make playoffs.

[pup]

Redraft or keeper?

That is a pretty good team.

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

12 team roto league:

C Bengie Molina
1B Justin Morneau
2B Ian Stewart (also 3B)
SS Jason Bartlett
3B Evan Longoria (1st round pick, 8th overall)
OF Justin Upton
OF Andrew McCutcheon
OF Vernon Wells (hate this pick, but modem crashed for a minute and got autopicked)
U Pablo Sandoval (great value in the 5th, eligible at 1B and 3B)
U Todd Helton (same as with Wells, but only hate it due to having 2 1B already)
Bench Colby Rasmus
Bench Milton Bradley

ZacK Greinke
Josh Beckett
Chad Billinglsey
Gavin Floyd
James Shields
John Danks
Rick Porcello
Jorge K La Rosa
Scott Feldman
Madison Bumgarner (that name just does not sound like MLB success)
RP Mariano Rivera
RP Neftali Feliz
RP Matt Thornton

My team is a GM's dream. Pretty much all young guys with lotsa upside.

Thoughts anyone?

[skatingtripods]

CTB 07, like the starters. Bullpen's brutal unless Jenks shits the bed. Feliz is getting blown up this spring.

Your OF is weak for sure.

[skatingtripods]

Forgot about this draft on the 16th.

1. (5) Ryan Braun LF
2. (16) Troy Tulowitzki SS
3. (25) Joey Votto 1B
4. (36) Brian McCann C
5. (45) Aaron Hill 2B
6. (56) Derrek Lee 1B
7. (65) Billy Butler 1B
8. (76) Torii Hunter CF
9. (85) Clayton Kershaw SP
10. (96) Ricky Nolasco SP
11. (105) Michael Bourn CF
12. (116) James Shields SP
13. (125) Brett Anderson SP
14. (136) Chipper Jones 3B
15. (145) Álex Ríos CF,RF
16. (156) Hiroki Kuroda SP
17. (165) Roy Oswalt SP
18. (176) Chad Qualls RP
19. (185) Matt Thornton RP
20. (196) Erik Bedard SP
21. (205) Frank Francisco RP
22. (216) Paul Maholm SP
23. (225) Corey Hart RF
24. (236) Chris Young CF
25. (245) Mark Teahen 1B,3B,RF
26. (256) Jermaine Dye RF
27. (265) Skip Schumaker 2B,LF,RF
28. (276) Elijah Dukes CF,RF
29. (285) Ted Lilly SP
30. (296) Peter Moylan RP

So far, I've replaced Dukes with Pettitte, Young with Laffey, and Hart with Chris Perez.

Runs (R), Hits (H), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Walks (BB), Strikeouts (K), Total Bases (TB), Fielding Percentage (FPCT), Batting Average (AVG)
Innings Pitched (IP), Wins (W), Saves (SV), Home Runs (HR), Walks (BB), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Quality Starts (QS)

[skatingtripods]

Here's the one I drafted tonight. First pick in a 12-team H2H.

C Soto
1B Pujols
2B Hill
SS Peralta
3B Figgins
OF Markakis
OF Cuddyer
OF Gutierrez
UTIL Kubel
UTIL Hafner
BN Prado
BN L. Scott

SP Lester
SP Peavy
RP Aardsma
RP Bell
P Pineiro
P Porcello
P M. Gonzalez
P Madson
BN Westbrook
BN Carmona
BN Pettitte

Runs (R), Hits (H), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Walks (BB), Strikeouts (K)
Innings Pitched (IP), Wins (W), Losses (L), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

Sure you got enough Indians on that team? Was Markakis your 2nd rounder? I like your 1st team much better than the 2nd.

[skatingtripods]

Sure you got enough Indians on that team? Was Markakis your 2nd rounder? I like your 1st team much better than the 2nd.

My second rounder was Lester. My third rounder was Figgins. Markakis was in the 6th round.

When it came down to it, my SS choices were Asdrubal, Peralta with two eligible positions, and some other lower tier guys. Peralta's a gut feeling.

Hafner was my 17th rounder. I probably could have gone with Helton or Chris Davis, but I'd rather take a gamble on Hafner.

Westbrook and Carmona were my 19th and 21st rounders. The other guys who went around there were Chamberlain, Lowe, Bedard, Lilly, Harang. Nothing really special there and Carmona's got bigger potential upside than all of them.

I got a lot of underachieving guys last year who should go back to their mean this year. Take Geovany Soto for instance. Same with Carmona. Same with Peralta.

Outside of Fausto, my only other guy with an ERA over 4 last year was Pettitte.

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

Markakis in the 6th was a steal. I was just about to blast you for taking him too early, but that's great value where you got him.

I've got my H2H draft tonight so I'm a bit curious - you took Lester 24th, I cant imagine there were so many SPs off the board there. Lincecum, Greinke, Halladay, Felix, CC, Carpenter, Wainwright, Haren had all been taken already? Or are you just that high on Lester?

[skatingtripods]

I've got my H2H draft tonight so I'm a bit curious - you took Lester 24th, I cant imagine there were so many SPs off the board there. Lincecum, Greinke, Halladay, Felix, CC, Carpenter, Wainwright, Haren had all been taken already? Or are you just that high on Lester?

Pitchers that were gone before I took Lester: Lincecum, Halladay, Felix, Greinke. CC went last pick of the 3rd round.

I also took Peavy before Haren. Verlander went before Haren and Carpenter. Wainwright went two picks after Verlander.

Just high on Lester. He figured it out in the 2nd half last year going 7-2 2.82 with 94 K in 89 IP. He plays on a better team than Haren too. Not to mention, after Haren's insane start, 5-5 4.62 in the second half.

In retrospect, I could have taken CC before Lester, but Lester's just hitting his prime and has a better bullpen.

[Rat_Tail]

Sure you got enough Indians on that team? Was Markakis your 2nd rounder? I like your 1st team much better than the 2nd.

My second rounder was Lester. My third rounder was Figgins. Markakis was in the 6th round.

When it came down to it, my SS choices were Asdrubal, Peralta with two eligible positions, and some other lower tier guys. Peralta's a gut feeling.

Hafner was my 17th rounder. I probably could have gone with Helton or Chris Davis, but I'd rather take a gamble on Hafner.

Westbrook and Carmona were my 19th and 21st rounders. The other guys who went around there were Chamberlain, Lowe, Bedard, Lilly, Harang. Nothing really special there and Carmona's got bigger potential upside than all of them.

I got a lot of underachieving guys last year who should go back to their mean this year. Take Geovany Soto for instance. Same with Carmona. Same with Peralta.

Outside of Fausto, my only other guy with an ERA over 4 last year was Pettitte.

Yeah I drafted Westbrook in the later rounds. Hopefully he's going to be the steal of the draft.

Before I drafted him I was telling the other players that my next pick would be the steal of the draft. After I drafted him they just laughed.

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

Did my 10 team H2H last night. This is the league I care about the most.

C Chris Ianetta (last round)
1B Joey Votto
2B Chone Figgins (he is moving to 2B in Seattle. I wont have him eligible there the first week so I had to take Asdrubal in the 2nd to last round as a stopgap)
SS Jason Bartlett
3B Alex Rodriguez
OF Justin Upton
OF Carlos Quentin
OF Jason Heyward
U Mark Reynolds (K's dont count against you)

You can start any 7 pitchers regardless of SP/RP; I just didnt bother taking any closers.
Adam Wainwright
Yovanni Gallardo
Ubaldo Jiminez
Gavin Floyd
Ricky Nolasco
Johnny Cueto
David Price
Aroldis Chapman
JA Happ
Rick Porcello
Randy Wolf

I think the most interesting thing about this team is that 8 of 21 players are 24 or younger, and only 3 are above 30. So I got tons of upside. I really wanted Fausto but effed up and took Randy Wolf with my 3rd to last pick, and had to use my last 2 picks to fill C and 2B.

[skatingtripods]

CTB07, you really took some chances with that lineup. If it was a keeper, you'd be in great shape. Tons of K's in the rotation. Tons. You shouldn't lose that category at all this season.

You've got some pop in the lineup. I'm not buying Bartlett this year. I think he was a fluke. I think Zobrist really overachieved and I think people blowing 3rd and 4th rounders on him can only help me.

Shit, I hope Figgins keeps his 3B eligibility. I've got Aaron Hill for 2B already in that one league where I have Chone.

[skatingtripods]

Here's my team in the league I created. 1st damn pick again.

Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Walks (BB), Total Bases (TB), Batting Average (AVG), On-base + Slugging Percentage (OPS)
Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9), Quality Starts (QS)

C Montero
1B Pujols
2B Uggla
SS Scutaro
3B Figgins
OF Bay
OF Sizemore
OF Hawpe
CI Helton
UTIL Drew
BN Peralta
BN M. Izturis
BN Cody Ross (last pick)

SP Verlander
SP Burnett
SP Lackey
SP Carmona
RP Aardsma
RP M. Gonzalez
P Pineiro
P Wuertz
P Buehrle
P Sherrill
BN Westbrook
BN Okajima

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

How many teams?

[skatingtripods]

How many teams?

12. It was max 14, but we only got 12 by draft time.

[pup]

10 team, NL only, auction, 5 keepers. 23 man rosters, $260. Only stats that matter are Hits, runs, home runs, rbi, stolen bases on offense (win 3 of 5 to win the week) and wins, saves and strikeouts in pitching (2 of 3).

C- Soto
1B - Prince
1B - Gabby Sanchez
2B - Rickie Weeks
SS - Rafael Furcal
SS - Cristian Guzman
3B - Ryan Zimmerman
OF - Andre Ethier
OF - Andrew McCutcheon
OF - Cameron Maybin
OF - Connor Jackson

S - Matt Cain
S - Jonathon Sanchez
S - Jonathon Niese
S - Chris Volstad
S - Matt Latos
S - Jason Hammel
S - Charlie Morton
S - Dave Bush
S - Sean West

R - Matt Capps
R - Leo Nunez
R - Hung Chi Kuo

[The Cutthroat]

Ok, first time playing fantasy baseball in quite a few years (and it probably shows), would appreciate any commentary. I see SS/2B as my biggest weakness.

12 team head-to-head league
Offensive Categories: R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG
Pitching Categories: W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP
Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF (x3), Util, SP (x2), RP (x2), P (x2) + BN (x4), DL (x2)

Jobu's Bartenders
1. (1) Albert Pujols, 1B
2. (24) Zack Greinke, SP
3. (25) Ichiro Suzuki, OF
4. (48) Chris Carpenter, SP
5. (49) Shin-Soo Choo, OF
6. (72) Aramis Ramírez, 3B
7. (73) Mariano Rivera, RP
8. (96) Shane Victorino, OF
9. (97) Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B, SS
10. (120) Jered Weaver, SP
11. (121) Jake Peavy, SP
12. (144) Russell Martin, C
13. (145) Jason Heyward, OF
14. (168) Stephen Drew, SS
15. (169) Bobby Jenks, RP
16. (192) Iván Rodríguez, C
17. (193) Francisco Liriano, SP
18. (216) Vernon Wells, OF
19. (217) Aaron Harang, SP