Official rate my team thread

[thefullmonte]

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?

you know....I've seen it done every which way....and I truly believe the mantra that you can't win your league in the draft but you sure can lose it.

I can tell you know that I don't think you did what you needed to do during the draft to set yourself up as a contender. I'm not trying to be rude....just trying to give you some feedback here.

[BrianK.]

10 team money league...28 minimum innings pitched...Head to head.

R,2B,3B,HR,RBI,SB,GIDP,E,AVG,OBP

C- Victor Martinez (C,1B)
1B- Albert Pujols
2B- Brandon Phillips
3B- Chone Figgins
SS- Jose Reyes
LF- Carlos Lee
CF- Jacoby Ellsbury
RF- Adam Dunn (1B,LF,RF)
Util- Michael Bourn
Util- Jason Kubel (LF,RF)
Util- Johnny Damon
BN- Jorge Cantu (1B,3B)
BN- Geovany Soto
BN- Marco Scutaro
BN- Magglio Ordonez
BN- Orlando Hudson

W,L,CG,SV,HR,K,ERA,BS

SP- Justin Verlander
SP- Randy Wolf
SP- Carlos Zambrano
RP- Heath Bell
RP- Jose Valverde
P- Huston Street
P- Jorge De LaRosa
P- Bronson Arroyo
BN- Scott Kazmir

Pitching isn't the strongest, but I won it all last year with the same strategy.

I doubt I will ever lose the SB category, which I guess means nothing. But it sounds cool.

[thefullmonte]

10 team money league...28 minimum innings pitched...Head to head.

R,2B,3B,HR,RBI,SB,GIDP,E,AVG,OBP

C- Victor Martinez (C,1B)
1B- Albert Pujols
2B- Brandon Phillips
3B- Chone Figgins
SS- Jose Reyes
LF- Carlos Lee
CF- Jacoby Ellsbury
RF- Adam Dunn (1B,LF,RF)
Util- Michael Bourn
Util- Jason Kubel (LF,RF)
Util- Johnny Damon
BN- Jorge Cantu (1B,3B)
BN- Geovany Soto
BN- Marco Scutaro
BN- Magglio Ordonez
BN- Orlando Hudson

W,L,CG,SV,HR,K,ERA,BS

SP- Justin Verlander
SP- Randy Wolf
SP- Carlos Zambrano
RP- Heath Bell
RP- Jose Valverde
P- Huston Street
P- Jorge De LaRosa
P- Bronson Arroyo
BN- Scott Kazmir

Pitching isn't the strongest, but I won it all last year with the same strategy.

I doubt I will ever lose the SB category, which I guess means nothing. But it sounds cool.

Decent team. That first pick can sometimes be a gift or a curse and it looks like you made out ok.

Agree on the SP....but I think you should be fine if you pay attention during the season.
My one suggestion re your SB cat....is to maybe look for a guy that needs SB and try and deal Figgins for someone with a bit more power at the 3B spot.

Potential target for you: Michael Young

[iliveinjersey]

you know....I've seen it done every which way....and I truly believe the mantra that you can't win your league in the draft but you sure can lose it.

I can tell you know that I don't think you did what you needed to do during the draft to set yourself up as a contender. I'm not trying to be rude....just trying to give you some feedback here.

i got you, not taking it as rude

[iliveinjersey]

Ok new team
1B- Albert
2b- Dustin ****ria
ss- Jason Bartlett
3b- Kevin Youk
OF- Manny
OF- Abreu
OF- carlos gonzo
utli- chipper
utli- brian roberts
bench- dexter fowler
-----
sp- verlander
sp- weaver
rp- krod
rp- leo nunez
p- jorge de le rosa
p- arroyo
p-cueto
p- pineiro
bn- joba
bn- saunders
bn- dice k
bn- howell

pitching is might be the weak spot but what about my O any thoughts?

[thefullmonte]

Ok new team
1B- Albert
2b- Dustin ****ria
ss- Jason Bartlett
3b- Kevin Youk
OF- Manny
OF- Abreu
OF- carlos gonzo
utli- chipper
utli- brian roberts
bench- dexter fowler
-----
sp- verlander
sp- weaver
rp- krod
rp- leo nunez
p- jorge de le rosa
p- arroyo
p-cueto
p- pineiro
bn- joba
bn- saunders
bn- dice k
bn- howell

pitching is might be the weak spot but what about my O any thoughts?

Is that from our Yahoo league? (too lazy to look)

[iliveinjersey]

Is that from our Yahoo league? (too lazy to look)

yes sir which team r u

[GetBigyo]

C-McCann
1B-Morales
2B-Prado
3B-Longoria
SS-Escobar
OF-Crawford
OF-Span
OF-Kubel
Util-Ludwick
Util-Morgan
Bench
Aybar
Hart
Dejesus
Blake

SP-Wainwright
SP-Vasquez
P-Jurrgens
P-Porcello
P-Slowey
P-Price
RP-Rivera
RP-Feliz

[thefullmonte]

C-McCann
1B-Morales
2B-Prado
3B-Longoria
SS-Escobar
OF-Crawford
OF-Span
OF-Kubel
Util-Ludwick
Util-Morgan
Bench
Aybar
Hart
Dejesus
Blake

SP-Wainwright
SP-Vasquez
P-Jurrgens
P-Porcello
P-Slowey
P-Price
RP-Rivera
RP-Feliz

i think your assertion about your team was spot on....you do lack power. And in a league that uses OPS that is going to be an issue. I would be a bit worried about the SP. I dont necessarily trust Vasquez or Jurrgens

[thefullmonte]

yes sir which team r u

TheFullMonte

[pedobearu_aware]

C Kurt Suzuki (Oak - C)
1B Billy Butler (KC - 1B)
2B José López (Sea - 1B,2B)
3B David Wright (NYM - 3B)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
OF Matt Kemp (LAD - OF)
OF Josh Hamilton (Tex - OF)
OF Nate McLouth (Atl - OF)
Util Rajai Davis (Oak - OF)
Util Garrett Jones (Pit - 1B,OF)
BN Skip Schumaker (StL - 2B,OF)
BN Hideki Matsui (LAA - Util)
BN Mark Teahen (CWS - 1B,3B,OF)
BN Gerardo Parra (Ari - OF)

SP Johan Santana (NYM - SP)
SP Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)
RP Jonathan Papelbon (Bos - RP)
RP Andrew Bailey (Oak - RP)
P Ricky Nolasco (Fla - SP)
P Billy Wagner (Atl - RP)
P Kevin Correia (SD - SP)
P Mike Adams (SD - RP)
BN Justin Duchscherer (Oak - SP)

[Pad264]

This is a competitive 14-team Head to Head league, 7x7, with the base 5x5 + OPS, Offensive K's, Loses, and Innings Pitched as the additional four categories.

C: Matt Wieters
1B: Prince Fielder
2B: Scott Sizemore
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
SS: Derek Jeter
OF: Carlos Lee
OF: Jay Bruce
OF: Julio Borbón
Util: Billy Butler

Bench: Juan Pierre

SP: Jon Lester
SP: Brett Anderson
SP: Rich Harden
SP: Clay Buchholz
SP: Max Scherzer
SP: Scott Kazmir
SP: Brad Bergesen

RP: Francisco Rodríguez
RP: Trevor Hoffman
RP: Matt Lindstrom
RP: Ryan Madson (Starting Closer; Lidge is hurt)

Bench: Brad Lidge (Expected to be moved to DL soon)

Since IP is a category, I'll play as many SP as I need to win that category, but since I have seven, I expect I can be weary of the weaker ones in tough matchups (most people have 5-6 starters on their roster). Pierre also will probably spend a good deal of time in my lineup, but it'll depend on the matchup and the steals I need each week.

Overall, I love my offense, though it terrifies me to play a rookie at 2nd (some fool in the league took Polanco as a backup 2nd fairly early and I was left with no options...). The biggest concern will obviously be my pitching...after Lester and Anderson, my staff is a huge lump of question marks, especially Buchholz, Kazmir and Bergesen. Fortunately, I was able to steal a lot of closers late in the draft, so I expect I should win Saves most weeks if I'm running four closers.

[thefullmonte]

C Kurt Suzuki (Oak - C)
1B Billy Butler (KC - 1B)
2B José López (Sea - 1B,2B)
3B David Wright (NYM - 3B)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
OF Matt Kemp (LAD - OF)
OF Josh Hamilton (Tex - OF)
OF Nate McLouth (Atl - OF)
Util Rajai Davis (Oak - OF)
Util Garrett Jones (Pit - 1B,OF)
BN Skip Schumaker (StL - 2B,OF)
BN Hideki Matsui (LAA - Util)
BN Mark Teahen (CWS - 1B,3B,OF)
BN Gerardo Parra (Ari - OF)

SP Johan Santana (NYM - SP)
SP Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)
RP Jonathan Papelbon (Bos - RP)
RP Andrew Bailey (Oak - RP)
P Ricky Nolasco (Fla - SP)
P Billy Wagner (Atl - RP)
P Kevin Correia (SD - SP)
P Mike Adams (SD - RP)
BN Justin Duchscherer (Oak - SP)

Solid team. OF and MI depth are the only concerns I would have

[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)

No one gonna rate? reps

[thefullmonte]

No one gonna rate? reps

Good pitching....offense is weak for a 10 teamer. Def gonna have an issue with AVG

[thefullmonte]

This is a competitive 14-team Head to Head league, 7x7, with the base 5x5 + OPS, Offensive K's, Loses, and Innings Pitched as the additional four categories.

C: Matt Wieters
1B: Prince Fielder
2B: Scott Sizemore
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
SS: Derek Jeter
OF: Carlos Lee
OF: Jay Bruce
OF: Julio Borbón
Util: Billy Butler

Bench: Juan Pierre

SP: Jon Lester
SP: Brett Anderson
SP: Rich Harden
SP: Clay Buchholz
SP: Max Scherzer
SP: Scott Kazmir
SP: Brad Bergesen

RP: Francisco Rodríguez
RP: Trevor Hoffman
RP: Matt Lindstrom
RP: Ryan Madson (Starting Closer; Lidge is hurt)

Bench: Brad Lidge (Expected to be moved to DL soon)

Since IP is a category, I'll play as many SP as I need to win that category, but since I have seven, I expect I can be weary of the weaker ones in tough matchups (most people have 5-6 starters on their roster). Pierre also will probably spend a good deal of time in my lineup, but it'll depend on the matchup and the steals I need each week.

Overall, I love my offense, though it terrifies me to play a rookie at 2nd (some fool in the league took Polanco as a backup 2nd fairly early and I was left with no options...). The biggest concern will obviously be my pitching...after Lester and Anderson, my staff is a huge lump of question marks, especially Buchholz, Kazmir and Bergesen. Fortunately, I was able to steal a lot of closers late in the draft, so I expect I should win Saves most weeks if I'm running four closers.

SOlid team in a 14 team league.

[Arthur Ave]

12 man league

C Bengie Molina (SF - C)
1B Justin Morneau (Min - 1B)
2B Ian Stewart (Col - 2B,3B)
3B Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B)
SS Alexei Ramírez (CWS - SS)
OF Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - OF)
OF Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - OF)
OF Andrew McCutchen (Pit - OF)
Util Mark DeRosa (SF - 1B,3B,OF)
Util Johnny Damon (Det - OF)
BN Adam LaRoche (Ari - 1B)
BN James Loney (LAD - 1B)
BN Ryan Theriot (ChC - SS)


SP Zack Greinke (KC - SP)
SP Matt Cain (SF - SP)
RP Brian Fuentes (LAA - RP)
RP Rafael Soriano (TB - RP)
P Jonathan Sánchez (SF - SP)
P Ted Lilly (ChC - SP)
P Kenshin Kawakami (Atl - SP,RP)
P Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)
BN Ryan Rowland-Smith (Sea - SP)

[thefullmonte]

12 man league

C Bengie Molina (SF - C)
1B Justin Morneau (Min - 1B)
2B Ian Stewart (Col - 2B,3B)
3B Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B)
SS Alexei Ramírez (CWS - SS)
OF Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - OF)
OF Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - OF)
OF Andrew McCutchen (Pit - OF)
Util Mark DeRosa (SF - 1B,3B,OF)
Util Johnny Damon (Det - OF)
BN Adam LaRoche (Ari - 1B)
BN James Loney (LAD - 1B)
BN Ryan Theriot (ChC - SS)


SP Zack Greinke (KC - SP)
SP Matt Cain (SF - SP)
RP Brian Fuentes (LAA - RP)
RP Rafael Soriano (TB - RP)
P Jonathan Sánchez (SF - SP)
P Ted Lilly (ChC - SP)
P Kenshin Kawakami (Atl - SP,RP)
P Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)
BN Ryan Rowland-Smith (Sea - SP)

No power in your OF and SP gets real sketchy after Greinke

[Pad264]

SOlid team in a 14 team league.

Thanks, brah.

No power in your OF and SP gets real sketchy after Greinke

Cain is sketchy?

[Pad264]

C Kurt Suzuki (Oak - C)
1B Billy Butler (KC - 1B)
2B José López (Sea - 1B,2B)
3B David Wright (NYM - 3B)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
OF Matt Kemp (LAD - OF)
OF Josh Hamilton (Tex - OF)
OF Nate McLouth (Atl - OF)
Util Rajai Davis (Oak - OF)
Util Garrett Jones (Pit - 1B,OF)
BN Skip Schumaker (StL - 2B,OF)
BN Hideki Matsui (LAA - Util)
BN Mark Teahen (CWS - 1B,3B,OF)
BN Gerardo Parra (Ari - OF)

SP Johan Santana (NYM - SP)
SP Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)
RP Jonathan Papelbon (Bos - RP)
RP Andrew Bailey (Oak - RP)
P Ricky Nolasco (Fla - SP)
P Billy Wagner (Atl - RP)
P Kevin Correia (SD - SP)
P Mike Adams (SD - RP)
BN Justin Duchscherer (Oak - SP)

An awesome starting three for your staff, but I think your offense puts a lot of weight on Hamilton...if he doesn't pan out this year, you won't have the power to stay competitive.

12 man league

C Bengie Molina (SF - C)
1B Justin Morneau (Min - 1B)
2B Ian Stewart (Col - 2B,3B)
3B Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B)
SS Alexei Ramírez (CWS - SS)
OF Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - OF)
OF Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - OF)
OF Andrew McCutchen (Pit - OF)
Util Mark DeRosa (SF - 1B,3B,OF)
Util Johnny Damon (Det - OF)
BN Adam LaRoche (Ari - 1B)
BN James Loney (LAD - 1B)
BN Ryan Theriot (ChC - SS)


SP Zack Greinke (KC - SP)
SP Matt Cain (SF - SP)
RP Brian Fuentes (LAA - RP)
RP Rafael Soriano (TB - RP)
P Jonathan Sánchez (SF - SP)
P Ted Lilly (ChC - SP)
P Kenshin Kawakami (Atl - SP,RP)
P Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)
BN Ryan Rowland-Smith (Sea - SP)

I think the pitching is fine, but you don't have the offensive power to win a league in my view.

[thefullmonte]

Thanks, brah.



Cain is sketchy?

he is. Need to dig a bit deeper with his stats

[Max~Power]

Good pitching....offense is weak for a 10 teamer. Def gonna have an issue with AVG

Hopfully I will always win Steals. And I hope to be .500 with my average (win some lose some)

[grrp28]

12 teams - point based (hitting Ks count, saves are worth a lot and get points for holds)

c - olivo/ianneta
1b - morneau
2b - cano
3b - m reynolds
ss - e andrus
lf - damon
cf - victorino
rf - ethier
util - ...

bn - helton
bn - nyger morgan
bn - orlando cabrera
bn - brandon wood


sp - verlander
sp - j vazquez
sp - kershaw
sp - jered weaver
sp - d price
rp - k-rod
rp - francisco cordero
rp - aardsma

bn - buerhle
bn - lilly
bn - chris perez
bn - k gregg

[thefullmonte]

You pitching is really solid....but I think you kind of shorted yourself on offense.

[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?

reps for more advice!

[Chill Will 33]

reps for more advice!

Team looks young, but with tons of upside, i'd start stubbs over Jackson, but other then that it looks good.

[thefullmonte]

Team looks young, but with tons of upside, i'd start stubbs over Jackson, but other then that it looks good.

Co-sign. Strong squad for a 20-teamer

[young_nick]

10 team league: Head to Head

Batting stats: R, H, HR, RBI, BB, TB, FPCT, AVG, OPS, NSB
Pitching stats: IP, W, L, SV, K, HLD, ERA, WHIP, NSV

C - Mike Napoli
1B - Mark Teixeira
2B - Robinson Cano
3B - Mark Reynolds
SS - Elvis Andrus
MI - Marco Scutaro
IF - Prince Fielder
IF -Adrian Gonzalez
LF - Shin-Soo Choo
CF - Michael Bourn
RF - Andre Ethier
OF - Noland Reimold
OF - Conor Jackson
UTIL - Milton Bradely
UTIL - Aubrey Huff
BN - Brandon Wood

SP - Jon Lester
SP - John Lackey
SP - A.J. Burnett
SP - Carlos Zambrano
SP - Kevin Slowey
SP - David Price
SP - Erik Bedard
RP - Andrew Bailey
RP - Heath Bell
RP - David Aardsma
RP - Matt Guerrier
RP - Ryan Madson
BN - Derek Lowe
BN - Joe Saunders

Thoughts?

[thefullmonte]

10 team league: Head to Head

Batting stats: R, H, HR, RBI, BB, TB, FPCT, AVG, OPS, NSB
Pitching stats: IP, W, L, SV, K, HLD, ERA, WHIP, NSV

C - Mike Napoli
1B - Mark Teixeira
2B - Robinson Cano
3B - Mark Reynolds
SS - Elvis Andrus
MI - Marco Scutaro
IF - Prince Fielder
IF -Adrian Gonzalez
LF - Shin-Soo Choo
CF - Michael Bourn
RF - Andre Ethier
OF - Noland Reimold
OF - Conor Jackson
UTIL - Milton Bradely
UTIL - Aubrey Huff
BN - Brandon Wood

SP - Jon Lester
SP - John Lackey
SP - A.J. Burnett
SP - Carlos Zambrano
SP - Kevin Slowey
SP - David Price
SP - Erik Bedard
RP - Andrew Bailey
RP - Heath Bell
RP - David Aardsma
RP - Matt Guerrier
RP - Ryan Madson
BN - Derek Lowe
BN - Joe Saunders

Thoughts?

power, power and more power in the infield. I might consider trying to deal for some help with your SP though

[pedobearu_aware]

Stats are Batters: R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG. Pitchers: W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP.

Starters
Russell Martin (LAD - C)
Billy Butler(KC - 1B)
Brandon Phillips (Cin - 2B)
Jason Bartlett (TB - SS)
David Wright (NYM - 3B)
Ryan Braun (Mil - OF)
Nick Markakis (Bal - OF)
Jacoby Ellsbury (Bos - OF)
Shane Victorino (Phi - OF)
Michael Bourn (Hou - OF)

Dan Haren (Ari - SP)
Cliff Lee (Sea - SP)
Andrew Bailey (Oak - RP)
Brian Fuentes (LAA - RP)
Ricky Nolasco (Fla - SP)
Ryan Dempster (ChC - SP)
John Danks (CWS - SP)
Kevin Slowey (Min - SP)


Bench
Howie Kendrick (LAA - 2B)
Stephen Drew (Ari - SS)
Adam LaRoche (Ari - 1B)
Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)
Ted Lilly (ChC - SP)