Official rate my team thread

[thefullmonte]

Ok so I missed the start of the draft, when I came into the draft it was the 6th round and all good pitching was long gone.

My first 5 auto picks were, Longoria, Reyes, Morales, Butler, and Crawford



C Bengie Molina
1st Kendry Morales
2nd Howie Kendrick
3rd Evan Longoria
SS Jose Reyes (drafted Asdruble Cabrera just in case)
RF Jay Bruce
CF Rajai Davis
LF Carl Crawford
OF Raul Ibanez
Util Billy Butler

Bench Asdrubel Cabrera
Bench Alex Gordon
Bench Travis Hafner
Bench Matt Laporta


SP Roy Oswalt
SP David Price
SP Eric Bedard
RP Brad Lidge
RP Hideke Okajima
SP Clay Bucholtz
Bench Kerry Wood
Bench Madison Bumgardner
DL Edison Volquez


and I have a waiver claim in for Octavio Dotel





16 teams, head to head



Stat cats;

OBP, avg, steals, k's, bb's HR, RBI, R, hits, total bases


Pitching,

IP, K, BB, Whip, ERA, saves, holds, CG

For a 16 teamer I don't think you are in TOO bad a shape. Stay active...do some reading and you should be fine.

[beevee]

Thanks thefullmonte. Didn't realize this thread was here.


Had my money league draft last night and am really liking my team. Got some guys I was definitely targeting. Standard 5x5 roto; I had the 5th pick. I always seem to be able to pick up steals and saves half-way through the year so I'm usually a little low on those at draft time. Anything else glaring I need to address?

C -Wieters
1B - Votto
2B - Utley
3B - Youkilis
SS - Alexei Ramirez
OF - J. Upton
OF - Lind
OF - Choo
Util - Berkman
BN - Kubel, Hawpe, Fowler

SP - Lester, Nolasco, B. Anderson (man-crush), Scherzer, Oswalt, Harden, Wade Davis, Latos
RP - Gonzalez, Linstrom, Perez

[thefullmonte]

Thanks thefullmonte. Didn't realize this thread was here.


Had my money league draft last night and am really liking my team. Got some guys I was definitely targeting. Standard 5x5 roto; I had the 5th pick. I always seem to be able to pick up steals and saves half-way through the year so I'm usually a little low on those at draft time. Anything else glaring I need to address?

C -Wieters
1B - Votto
2B - Utley
3B - Youkilis
SS - Alexei Ramirez
OF - J. Upton
OF - Lind
OF - Choo
Util - Berkman
BN - Kubel, Hawpe, Fowler

SP - Lester, Nolasco, B. Anderson (man-crush), Scherzer, Oswalt, Harden, Wade Davis, Latos
RP - Gonzalez, Linstrom, Perez

Looks like a decent squad....though I'm not sure what the league size/scoring is.

I think you are going to need on breakout performance from a SP and you should be good.

[beevee]

Looks like a decent squad....though I'm not sure what the league size/scoring is.

I think you are going to need on breakout performance from a SP and you should be good.

Appreciate the feedback. It's an 11-team, standard 5x5 roto. I realize I don't have a true ace on my staff, but I'm high on all the guys I do have, especially Nolasco and Anderson. I think this is the year they do some crazy ****.

[E_P_C]

I know my pitching is a little weak, but I like my offense.

C Matt Wieters, Bal C 102/354 35 9 43 0 .288
1B Albert Pujols, StL 1B 186/568 124 47 135 16 .327
2B Brandon Phillips, Cin 2B 161/584 78 20 98 25 .276
3B Chipper Jones, Atl 3B 129/488 80 18 71 4 .264
SS Troy Tulowitzki, Col SS 161/543 101 32 92 20 .297
2B/SS Martin Prado, Atl 2B, 1B, 3B 138/450 64 11 49 1 .307
1B/3B Justin Morneau, Min 1B 139/508 85 30 100 0 .274
OF Matt Holliday, StL OF 182/581 94 24 109 14 .313
OF Nelson Cruz, Tex OF 120/462 75 33 76 20 .260
OF Andre Ethier, LAD OF 162/596 92 31 106 6 .272
OF Andrew McCutchen, Pit OF 124/433 74 12 54 22 .286
OF Brad Hawpe, Col OF 143/501 82 23 86 1 .285
UTIL Adrian Beltre, Bos 3B DTD NYY 8:00 PM 119/449 54 8 44 13 .265
Bench Nate McLouth, Atl OF 130/507 86 20 70 19 .256
Bench Jorge Cantu, Fla 3B, 1B 169/585 67 16 100 3 .289
Bench Ryan Doumit, Pit C 70/280 31 10 38 4 .250


P Ricky Nolasco, Fla SP 185.0 188 104 44 195 13 0 5.06 1.25
P John Lackey, Bos SP NYY 8:00 PM 176.1 177 75 47 139 11 0 3.83
P Ted Lilly, ChC SP 177.0 151 61 36 151 12 0 3.10 1.06
P Ben Sheets, Oak SP -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
P Jonathan Sanchez, SF SP 163.1 135 77 88 177 8 0 4.24 1.37
P Brad Lidge, Phi RP 58.2 72 47 34 61 0 31 7.21 1.81 --
P Stephen Strasburg, Was SP -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
P Neftali Feliz, Tex RP 31.0 13 6 8 39 1 2 1.74 0.68
P Francisco Liriano, Min SP 136.2 147 88 65 122 5 0 5.80 1.55

agreed

offense looks good but the pitching is gonna hurt you

[sharkpreyzim]

10 team, keeper league(first year), keep up to 3 players, 10 batting categories and 8 pitching. I know my SP is weak, but besides wins our pitching categories favor RP's and starters went really early in our draft. 1st overall pick in a snake draft so I had to over value on some of my back to back picks. What do you think?

C A.J. Pierzynski
1B Albert Pujols
2B Aaron Hill
3B David Wright
SS Yunel Escobar
OF Carlos Quentin
OF Justin Upton
OF Andre Ethier
Util Joey Votto
Util Hunter Pence
BN Corey Hart
Orlando Hudson
Matt LaPorta
Rafael Furcal


SP Jair Jurrjens
SP Jon Lester
RP Joakim Soria
RP Brian Wilson
P Carlos Mármol
P Leo Núñez
P Matt Thornton
P Matt Garza
BN Ervin Santana
Max Scherzer
Joe Saunders

Being a Cub fan it killed me to take poo holes, but I might try and trade him if i get the right offer

[thefullmonte]

10 team, keeper league(first year), keep up to 3 players, 10 batting categories and 8 pitching. I know my SP is weak, but besides wins our pitching categories favor RP's and starters went really early in our draft. 1st overall pick in a snake draft so I had to over value on some of my back to back picks. What do you think?

C A.J. Pierzynski
1B Albert Pujols
2B Aaron Hill
3B David Wright
SS Yunel Escobar
OF Carlos Quentin
OF Justin Upton
OF Andre Ethier
Util Joey Votto
Util Hunter Pence
BN Corey Hart
Orlando Hudson
Matt LaPorta
Rafael Furcal


SP Jair Jurrjens
SP Jon Lester
RP Joakim Soria
RP Brian Wilson
P Carlos Mármol
P Leo Núñez
P Matt Thornton
P Matt Garza
BN Ervin Santana
Max Scherzer
Joe Saunders

Being a Cub fan it killed me to take poo holes, but I might try and trade him if i get the right offer

I think you have a pretty good team. If Jair can bounce back and repeat last year you'll be in good shape

[sharkpreyzim]

I think you have a pretty good team. If Jair can bounce back and repeat last year you'll be in good shape

I hope so. I'm putting a lot of faith in some young players

[TexasHeat]

I expect Brett Anderson to be the Zack Greinke for this year... he was flat out dominating the 2nd half last year with a sub 3 era and lots of strikeouts.

[Max~Power]

Please be nice to my team, it's not the best, but I think I can do some damage:

10 team, h2h, 7x7 (R H HR RBI SB AVG OPS) (W L SV K ERA QS BSV)

C Miguel Montero (Ari - C)
1B Carlos Peña (TB - 1B)
2B Brian Roberts (Bal - 2B)
3B Chipper Jones (Atl - 3B)
SS Jason Bartlett (TB - SS)
IF José López (Sea - 1B,2B)
LF Ryan Braun (Mil - LF)
CF Josh Hamilton (Tex - CF,RF)
RF Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - RF)
OF Carl Crawford (TB - LF)
BN Mark DeRosa (SF - 1B,3B,LF,RF)
BN Miguel Tejada (Bal - SS)

SP CC Sabathia (NYY - SP)
SP Justin Verlander (Det - SP)
RP Jonathan Papelbon (Bos - RP)
RP José Valverde (Det - RP)
P Chad Billingsley (LAD - SP)
P Jake Peavy (CWS - SP)
P A.J. Burnett (NYY - SP)
BN Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)
BN Rich Harden (Tex - SP)

[SpeedDemon9]

Here is my team from last nights draft:

12 team H2H (R HR RBI SB AVG OPS) (W L SV K ERA)

Catcher: Miguel Montero
1st Base: Prince Fielder
2nd Base: Ben Zobrist
3rd Base: Evan Longoria
SS: Troy Tulowitzki
OF: Andre Ethier
OF: Brad Hawpe
OF: Jason Kubel
Util: Adrian Gonzalez
BN: Chone Figgins, will use him at 2B once he has that status back

SP: Jon Lester
SP: Tommy Hanson
RP: David Aardsma
RP: Francisco Cordero
P: Dice K
P: Jorge de la Rosa
P: Jonathan Sanchez
BN: Max Scherzer
BN: Matt Capps (didn't pick him, since I left the draft because it was getting late)

[E1GHTY_PR00F]

Ok so my draft was yesterday, everyone went pitcher crazy in the first 2 rounds for some reason but I restrained myself but I think I have a very weak staff. My league weighs HEAVILY on power, it is a h2h 10 team league.

I got Reyes in the 6th round and Beltran in the 16th. Also got Ted Lilly in the 21st. I think if these 3 guys bounce back from their injuries I could have a real solid squad.

Here's my team, had the 8th pick (one of our UTIL spots must be manned by someone with multiple position eligibility:

C - Geovany Soto
1B - Mark Tiexiera
2B - Dan Uggla
3B - Kevin Youkilis
SS - Jose Reyes (Orlando Cabrera until he comes back)
OF - Justin Upton
OF - Jason Bay
OF - Carlos Beltran (Jay Bruce until he comes back)
UTIL - Nick Swisher
UTIL - Adam LaRoche
BENCH - Chris Young

SP - Yovani Gallardo
SP - Tommy Hanson
SP - Clayton Kershaw
SP - Jorge DeLaRosa
SP - Jonathan Sanchez
RP - Brian Wilson
RP - Andrew Bailey
BENCH - Ted Lilly
BENCH - Huston Street
BENCH - Barry Zito

Now I'm trying to spin a trade with some guy who is in love with Andrew Bailey. I'm gonna trade my Bailey and Swisher for his Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Marmol. This will provide an upgrade in my hitting as I can then insert Youk in my UTIL multiple position slot and put A-Ram at 3rd.

Then I might try to swing a trade for Zack Greinke or another stud pitcher.

Let me know what you guys think.

[Foxy Ronnie]

20 teams H2H keeper league (8 kept from last year)
* denotes my keepers from last year

C - Mike Napoli
1B - Mark Teixeira*
2B - Ian Kinsler*
3B - Chase Headley
SS - Evereth Cabrera
LF - Conor Jackson
CF - Carlos Gonzalez*
RF - Nelson Cruz*
UTIL - Jay Bruce*
Bench - Stubbs, Murphy, D. Jennings

SP - Justin Verlander*
SP - Yovani Gallardo*
SP - Brett Anderson
SP - David Price*
SP - Stephen Strasburg
RP - Jeremy Affeldt
RP - Ryan Perry
RP - Nick Masset
RP - Matt Guerrier

Saves/hold are a combined category

You guys think I should try to trade Gallardo for an upgrade at 3B?

[blackberries]

12 team league, how do I look? This league is head-to-head scored batting heavy: R, H, HR, RBI, AVG, OPS, SB, Wins, Saves, K, ERA, WHIP

Batters
C: Victor Martinez
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Chone Figgins
3B: Jorge Cantu
SS: Yunel Esobar
OF: Denard Span
OF: Brad Hawpe
OF: Juan Rivera
Util: Jose Lopez
Util: Garrett Jones

Pitchers
SP: Zack Greinke
SP: Adam Wainwright
RP: Joakim Soria
RP: Huston Street
P: Jair Jurrjens
P: Michael Wuertz
P: JP Howell
P: Ricky Romero

Bench
OF: Carlos Beltran
C: John Baker
SS: Ryan Theriot
Util: Travis Hafner (apparently he's healthy and chances are numbers will be similar to 2006)
P: Francisco Liriano (possibly closing for the twins)

[thefullmonte]

[QUOTE=CAPump;466466291]20 teams H2H keeper league (8 kept from last year)
* denotes my keepers from last year

C - Mike Napoli
1B - Mark Teixeira*
2B - Ian Kinsler*
3B - Chase Headley
SS - Evereth Cabrera
LF - Conor Jackson
CF - Carlos Gonzalez*
RF - Nelson Cruz*
UTIL - Jay Bruce*
Bench - Stubbs, Murphy, D. Jennings

SP - Justin Verlander*
SP - Yovani Gallardo*
SP - Brett Anderson
SP - David Price*
SP - Stephen Strasburg
RP - Jeremy Affeldt
RP - Ryan Perry
RP - Nick Masset
RP - Matt Guerrier

Saves/hold are a combined category

You guys think I should try to trade Gallardo for an upgrade at 3B?[/QUOTE


If i were you I would try to keep that pitching staff intact. i would try dealing from one of your OF

[thefullmonte]

12 team league, how do I look? This league is head-to-head scored batting heavy: R, H, HR, RBI, AVG, OPS, SB, Wins, Saves, K, ERA, WHIP

Batters
C: Victor Martinez
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Chone Figgins
3B: Jorge Cantu
SS: Yunel Esobar
OF: Denard Span
OF: Brad Hawpe
OF: Juan Rivera
Util: Jose Lopez
Util: Garrett Jones

Pitchers
SP: Zack Greinke
SP: Adam Wainwright
RP: Joakim Soria
RP: Huston Street
P: Jair Jurrjens
P: Michael Wuertz
P: JP Howell
P: Ricky Romero

Bench
OF: Carlos Beltran
C: John Baker
SS: Ryan Theriot
Util: Travis Hafner (apparently he's healthy and chances are numbers will be similar to 2006)
P: Francisco Liriano (possibly closing for the twins)

I assume you went Albert, SP, SP? That offense is really really weak

[blackberries]

I assume you went Albert, SP, SP? That offense is really really weak

Yeah I had the first pick so I went back to back SP...should I trade for some hitting?

[thefullmonte]

Yeah I had the first pick so I went back to back SP...should I trade for some hitting?

to be honest bro....i have no idea what to suggest. Your offense is really weak...but I dont think your pitching staff is deep enough to deal one of your aces for some help.

that team is going to take some very creative work

[blackberries]

to be honest bro....i have no idea what to suggest. Your offense is really weak...but I dont think your pitching staff is deep enough to deal one of your aces for some help.

that team is going to take some very creative work

Thanks. Decided to make a second team. Gonna try my best with the first one but I'm much more confident about this team. It feels more well-rounded

Head-2-Head, 12 teams, Scoring is 7x6: R, H, HR, RBI, SB, K, AVG, W, SV, BB, K, ERA, WHIP
Batting
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Pablo Sandoval
2B: Aaron Hill
3B: Jorge Cantu
SS: Jason Barlett
OF: Carl Crawford
OF: Jason Heyward
OF: Garrett Jones
Util: Juan Rivera
BN: Yadier Molina
BN: Travis Hafner

Pitching
SP: Javier Vazquez
SP: Adam Wainwright
RP: Jonathan Broxton
RP: Rafael Soriano
P: Huston Street
P: Brian Wilson
P: Brian Fuentes
BN: Mike Gonzalez
BN: Ben Sheets
BN: Scott Kazmir

[HollywoodBody]

Offense is sick, drafted all offense first. I'm aware my 2 closers (at the very bottom) suck balls but I'll find replacements easy enough, closers aint worth much in trade value. 10 team league. picked 3rd. GO!

Brian McCann
Adrian Gonzalez
Ian Kinsler
Ryan Zimmerman
Hanley Ramirez
Curtis Granderson
Andre Ethier
Adam Dunn
Torii Hunter
Alex Rios
Dan Uggla
Jorge Cantu

Matt Garza
AJ Burnett
Tim Hudson
Ubaldo Jimenez
Jake Peavy
Clayton Kershaw
Rick Porcello
Leo Nunez
Jon Rauch

[iliveinjersey]

Mauer
Canto
Aaron Hill
Casey Blake
Escobar
Holliday
Cuddyer
Ludwick
Pena
Johan
CC
Zambrano
Arroyo
Feldman
Saunders
KROD
Nathan
---
bench
barnes
jose lopez
juan rivera
Branyan
Peralta

auto picked nathan will drop for rauch or howell

[thefullmonte]

Thanks. Decided to make a second team. Gonna try my best with the first one but I'm much more confident about this team. It feels more well-rounded

Head-2-Head, 12 teams, Scoring is 7x6: R, H, HR, RBI, SB, K, AVG, W, SV, BB, K, ERA, WHIP
Batting
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Pablo Sandoval
2B: Aaron Hill
3B: Jorge Cantu
SS: Jason Barlett
OF: Carl Crawford
OF: Jason Heyward
OF: Garrett Jones
Util: Juan Rivera
BN: Yadier Molina
BN: Travis Hafner

Pitching
SP: Javier Vazquez
SP: Adam Wainwright
RP: Jonathan Broxton
RP: Rafael Soriano
P: Huston Street
P: Brian Wilson
P: Brian Fuentes
BN: Mike Gonzalez
BN: Ben Sheets
BN: Scott Kazmir

How did you "make" a second team? Are you just joining random leagues?

[thefullmonte]

Offense is sick, drafted all offense first. I'm aware my 2 closers (at the very bottom) suck balls but I'll find replacements easy enough, closers aint worth much in trade value. 10 team league. picked 3rd. GO!

Brian McCann
Adrian Gonzalez
Ian Kinsler
Ryan Zimmerman
Hanley Ramirez
Curtis Granderson
Andre Ethier
Adam Dunn
Torii Hunter
Alex Rios
Dan Uggla
Jorge Cantu

Matt Garza
AJ Burnett
Tim Hudson
Ubaldo Jimenez
Jake Peavy
Clayton Kershaw
Rick Porcello
Leo Nunez
Jon Rauch

Good offense. I think you made some good investments ina couple older guys that could be in for bounce back seasons.

SP staff worries me....but you're right about the closers.

[thefullmonte]

Mauer
Canto
Aaron Hill
Casey Blake
Escobar
Holliday
Cuddyer
Ludwick
Pena
Johan
CC
Zambrano
Arroyo
Feldman
Saunders
KROD
Nathan
---
bench
barnes
jose lopez
juan rivera
Branyan
Peralta

auto picked nathan will drop for rauch or howell

How many teams?

[blackberries]

How did you "make" a second team? Are you just joining random leagues?

I joined a second league...yeah they're random ones I find with draft times I can attend. None of my friends are into fantasy baseball.

[iliveinjersey]

how many teams?

12.

[thefullmonte]

12.

Mauer in the first round?

[iliveinjersey]

Mauer in the first round?

well I had the 9 pick i think. Why no good in the first round? his average pick is in the top 10

[thefullmonte]

well I had the 9 pick i think. Why no good in the first round? his average pick is in the top 10

Because your offense is really really weak. Especially since I assume you picked CC in the third?

That is no better than a middle of the road team in a 12 man league

[iliveinjersey]

Because your offense is really really weak. Especially since I assume you picked CC in the third?

That is no better than a middle of the road team in a 12 man league

I got CC in the fifth i believe possibly forth again autopicked most of the draft. I suppose Ill have to make due. So when should I look to draft pitching? what round?