***Fantasy Baseball Discussion Thread 2015***

[drock2190]

It's that time of the year again brahs, football is almost over and thoughts turn to spring and baseball.

Let this thread be for advice, discussion, criticisms, and general fantasy baseball discussion.

[drock2190]

Alright, so i'll start the discussion too. In my roto keeper league, I can have 6 keepers. I already picked out 5 of them I need help deciding the last one.

Keepers:
Miguel Cabrera
Josh Donaldson
Andrew McCutchen
Yasiel Puig
Felix Hernandez

Other players:
Cory Kluber
David Price
Victor Martinez
Dee Gordon
David Oritz
Jonathon Lucroy

Who should it be?

[tmd17]

In.

See the ZiPS projections for the twins this year? Only 2 pitchers on our whole squad projected to be under a 4.00 ERA (Hughes/Perkins).....

65 wins, calling it right now.

[drock2190]

In.

See the ZiPS projections for the twins this year? Only 2 pitchers on our whole squad projected to be under a 4.00 ERA (Hughes/Perkins).....

65 wins, calling it right now.

Yeah saw that. I'm not overly optimistic about the club but I believe more then two pitchers will do better then that mark. I guess another high draft pick can't hurt either.

72 wins prediction and hopefully the top prospects keep from getting hurt and perform well.

[blvd5]

Alright, so i'll start the discussion too. In my roto keeper league, I can have 6 keepers. I already picked out 5 of them I need help deciding the last one.

Keepers:
Miguel Cabrera
Josh Donaldson
Andrew McCutchen
Yasiel Puig
Felix Hernandez

Other players:
Cory Kluber
David Price
Victor Martinez
Dee Gordon
David Oritz
Jonathon Lucroy

Who should it be?

No to Vmart, No to Gordon, No to Ortiz
Not so to Price
Kluber - Lucroy
Lucroy? Aside from Posey best fantasy catcher. Klub going around 3rd or 4th rounds in Yahoo right now. Maybe keep him then go after Lucroy

[drock2190]

No to Vmart, No to Gordon, No to Ortiz
Not so to Price
Kluber - Lucroy
Lucroy? Aside from Posey best fantasy catcher. Klub going around 3rd or 4th rounds in Yahoo right now. Maybe keep him then go after Lucroy

It boils down to Kluber, Lucroy and Price. Price is too valuable to give up. Once ESPN gets their fantasy baseball updated, I'm going to look to do some trades. Whoever bites on Kluber or Price is the one I'll give up. Maybe even Felix if I get a really good offer. One worry about Kluber though is that the fairly decent jump in innings may come back to haunt him.

Can't believe this team I had lost by half a point on the final day lol. So much talent in my opinion.

[Father of Cajun]

In for a new season. Our league just got renewed today and the commissioner is asking if people want to up it to 8 keepers. That seems a bit much to me, but if it ends up going through then I'll definitely benefit off of it. I would probably be able to afford keeping tanaka (He would draft as a keeper in the 13th round) and then I would have one more slot to fill.

The original 6 I have picked are Trout, Tulo, Goldy, Adam Jones,Chris Davis, Corey Kluber. Then I would probably venture the 7th as Tanaka. For the last slot it would come down to

Ortiz (too old, he has to decrease productions sometime right)
Todd Frazier (don't think so)
Jayson werth (?)
If I REALLY need steals, there's always Ben Revere

P:
J. Zimmerman
Aroldis Chapman
Doug Fister






I also have a big list of picks for the draft already made up. I have my second and third round picks open, so I should do well.

[drock2190]

In for a new season. Our league just got renewed today and the commissioner is asking if people want to up it to 8 keepers. That seems a bit much to me, but if it ends up going through then I'll definitely benefit off of it. I would probably be able to afford keeping tanaka (He would draft as a keeper in the 13th round) and then I would have one more slot to fill.

The original 6 I have picked are Trout, Tulo, Goldy, Adam Jones,Chris Davis, Corey Kluber. Then I would probably venture the 7th as Tanaka. For the last slot it would come down to

Ortiz (too old, he has to decrease productions sometime right)
Todd Frazier (don't think so)
Jayson werth (?)
If I REALLY need steals, there's always Ben Revere

P:
J. Zimmerman
Aroldis Chapman
Doug Fister






I also have a big list of picks for the draft already made up. I have my second and third round picks open, so I should do well.

Do you have to keep Davis? What I read about him lately makes me leery. Also Zimmerman would be a solid keeper.

[Father of Cajun]

No, not necessarily, but what have you read? Including Zimmerman and tanaka I would have 8 with davis. I'm not sure who would be better than Davis as a keeper. I'll show you my lineup when I get home if you don't remember my lineup.

Edit, phone screenshot

[blvd5]

It boils down to Kluber, Lucroy and Price. Price is too valuable to give up. Once ESPN gets their fantasy baseball updated, I'm going to look to do some trades. Whoever bites on Kluber or Price is the one I'll give up. Maybe even Felix if I get a really good offer. One worry about Kluber though is that the fairly decent jump in innings may come back to haunt him.

Can't believe this team I had lost by half a point on the final day lol. So much talent in my opinion.

In Yahoo right now Price and Klub are almost in the same round 3/4 in 12. Both are #1 starters for their respected teams and are projected almost identical K/W/ERA. I dislike Price because he gets into jams and can give up the long ball just like Scherzer where they like to throw a fastball right down the middle to get the inning/batter over with. Klub will get into a Jam and if he gives anything up its because of the defense. Also going to note Yu Darvish can fall in the same round as those 2 and I'd definitely take him over Klub/Price. Dat dere K/9 HNNNNNNG and if fully healthy TOP 5

[blvd5]

In for a new season. Our league just got renewed today and the commissioner is asking if people want to up it to 8 keepers. That seems a bit much to me, but if it ends up going through then I'll definitely benefit off of it. I would probably be able to afford keeping tanaka (He would draft as a keeper in the 13th round) and then I would have one more slot to fill.

The original 6 I have picked are Trout, Tulo, Goldy, Adam Jones,Chris Davis, Corey Kluber. Then I would probably venture the 7th as Tanaka. For the last slot it would come down to

Ortiz (too old, he has to decrease productions sometime right)
Todd Frazier (don't think so)
Jayson werth (?)
If I REALLY need steals, there's always Ben Revere

P:
J. Zimmerman
Aroldis Chapman
Doug Fister






I also have a big list of picks for the draft already made up. I have my second and third round picks open, so I should do well.

I told ya already I like Frazier I expect atleast 20HR and atleast 15SB (projected 10+). Power and speed. But if you don't likey maybe Aroldis Chapman or Zimmerman they go in the early rounds
Chris Davis ADP right now is low so you can probably target him in the draft.

[drock2190]

In Yahoo right now Price and Klub are almost in the same round 3/4 in 12. Both are #1 starters for their respected teams and are projected almost identical K/W/ERA. I dislike Price because he gets into jams and can give up the long ball just like Scherzer where they like to throw a fastball right down the middle to get the inning/batter over with. Klub will get into a Jam and if he gives anything up its because of the defense. Also going to note Yu Darvish can fall in the same round as those 2 and I'd definitely take him over Klub/Price. Dat dere K/9 HNNNNNNG and if fully healthy TOP 5

Darvish's groundball rate has been worrisome. He went from 46% to 41% to 36%. His ERA is going to spike if he starts giving up homeruns in bunches.

No, not necessarily, but what have you read? Including Zimmerman and tanaka I would have 8 with davis. I'm not sure who would be better than Davis as a keeper. I'll show you my lineup when I get home if you don't remember my lineup.

Edit, phone screenshot

I see. I'm not sure how your draft works since you said Tanaka is a keeper but is a 13 round keeper. If you had the rounds next to the player, we could see if they are worth keeping in that round.

List what round you would keep Wood, hes legit.

[Father of Cajun]

I can't see last year's draft now for whatever reason. I do remember that I have trout in round one, goldy round 4 I believe and jones round five (possibly switched), tulo 6. I'll check again to see if I can view the draft.

Edit:



Wood is good but he bounced back and forth between the bullpen and the starting position last season. Do you think he'll hold the starting position the whole year?

[drock2190]

Wood is good but he bounced back and forth between the bullpen and the starting position last season. Do you think he'll hold the starting position the whole year?

Yeah they did that to limit his innings so that he wouldn't breakdown. He pitched only 77 innings two years ago and then 170 some last year. Go look at his perpherials, they are pretty good.

[Father of Cajun]

Yeah they did that to limit his innings so that he wouldn't breakdown. He pitched only 77 innings two years ago and then 170 some last year. Go look at his perpherials, they are pretty good.

ah, I think I heard that during a game, makes sense. I'll check them out.

[blvd5]

Wood>Teheran

Teheran goes earlier than Wood so that helps alot

[SoutheastBeast1]

Braves fan here

Wood will be a starter all year


Edit:

You live in statesboro, how do you not already know this on your own?

[Father of Cajun]

Braves fan here

Wood will be a starter all year


Edit:

You live in statesboro, how do you not already know this on your own?

in savannah now. i knew, i had just forgotten. this year is going to be abysmal though.

[drock2190]

Alright, so i'll start the discussion too. In my roto keeper league, I can have 6 keepers. I already picked out 5 of them I need help deciding the last one.

Keepers:
Miguel Cabrera
Josh Donaldson
Andrew McCutchen
Yasiel Puig
Felix Hernandez

Other players:
Cory Kluber
David Price
Victor Martinez
Dee Gordon
David Oritz
Jonathon Lucroy

Who should it be?

Forgot I had Jose Bautista as well. I guess Kluber, Price and Lucroy will be gone then.

[Father of Cajun]

Lol, how do you forget about him?

[JWilli9m]

Anyone interested in a 14 or 15 team non-keeper misc league? Drafting next sunday if possible. I've got a few friends IRL who are down but I would need to fill out most of the rosters. If you have a similar league like this let me know and maybe I can fill a spot instead of starting a new league.

I like these deeper leagues, at least deeper than 10 or 12.

[blvd5]

Anyone interested in a 14 or 15 team non-keeper misc league? Drafting next sunday if possible. I've got a few friends IRL who are down but I would need to fill out most of the rosters. If you have a similar league like this let me know and maybe I can fill a spot instead of starting a new league.

I like these deeper leagues, at least deeper than 10 or 12.

Cheaaaa buddy
The deeper the better no homo. Plz be Yahoo

[JWilli9m]

Cheaaaa buddy
The deeper the better no homo. Plz be Yahoo

Cool, I'll send you a pm with the details once I have it up and running. Do you prefer snake or auction?

Draft is next sunday, if anyone else is interested send me a pm!

[DatFatWhale]

Anyone interested in a 14 or 15 team non-keeper misc league? Drafting next sunday if possible. I've got a few friends IRL who are down but I would need to fill out most of the rosters. If you have a similar league like this let me know and maybe I can fill a spot instead of starting a new league.

I like these deeper leagues, at least deeper than 10 or 12.

Down for a 14-20 keeper league. Clear ur PM brah. My brah and I down so please reserver 2 spots

[Father of Cajun]

My keeper deadline is today, and I think I'm going with

Trout
Adam Jones
Goldschmidt
Tulo
Todd Frazier
Kluber
Zimmerman
Chapman

I took Tanaka off the list because he's just too big of a gamble this season. I'll look to pick up Alex Wood under the radar, Doug Fister as well.


Edit: Also, **** me for dropping Anthony Rendon last year. Did he have 2B eligibility last year? I feel like I dropped him because I had Beltre at 3rd and I think my utility spots were filled by Jayson Werth and Charlie Blackmon (earlier in the season). Or something like that.


edit edit: maybe I'm thinking about nolan arenado.

[Big_Spaz]

Trying to compile a list of middle round/late round guys who are "names" that I'm looking to bounce back this year ...

So far I have:

Fielder
Tanaka
Darvish
Chris Davis
Joe Mauer






-Spaz

[Father of Cajun]

Trying to compile a list of middle round/late round guys who are "names" that I'm looking to bounce back this year ...

So far I have:

Fielder
Tanaka
Darvish
Chris Davis
Joe Mauer






-Spaz

Darvish is averaging 3rd round on yahoo, I don't think you'll get him unless you keep him or use an early pick. Fielder 5th round.

Tanaka maybe, I toyed with keeping him but he's a big gamble. Averaging 11th round on yahoo. I'm looking to pick up Davis as well, he's averaging 10-11.

Mauer has lost his C eligibility and I don't think he will be super relevant at 1B since he's never been good for much power/RBI production.



EDIT:

Look for big things from George Springer this season, averaging 5th to 6th round.

[SoutheastBeast1]

Need to keep 6. Two pitcher slots, two hitters slots. One is a flex spot of pitcher or hitter. And the last needs to be a player who was drafted after the 10th round which I have denoted eligibility with an asterisk (can also be pitcher or hitter).

Thoughts?


Adam Jones
Prince Fielder
Evan Longoria
David Wright
Julio Teheran
Johnny Cueto*
Alex Wood*
Alex Gordon
Ian Kinsler
Jorge Soler*
Craig Kimbrel*
Jacob deGrom*
Kolten Wong*

[Father of Cajun]

Need to keep 6. Two pitcher slots, two hitters slots. One is a flex spot of pitcher or hitter. And the last needs to be a player who was drafted after the 10th round which I have denoted eligibility with an asterisk (can also be pitcher or hitter).

Thoughts?


Adam Jones
Prince Fielder
Evan Longoria
David Wright
Julio Teheran
Johnny Cueto*
Alex Wood*
Alex Gordon
Ian Kinsler
Jorge Soler*
Craig Kimbrel*
Jacob deGrom*
Kolten Wong*

Jones/Fielder (? in a hurry, not sure if i'd pick him over others)

Teheran/Cueto

Kinsler

Wood


at first glance anyway

[MyOwnSummer12]

Cool, I'll send you a pm with the details once I have it up and running. Do you prefer snake or auction?

Draft is next sunday, if anyone else is interested send me a pm!

I'm putting together a 20 team H2H league this season, specifically for this forum. If you like deep leagues then this is the one for you.