***Fantasy Baseball Discussion Thread 2014***

[drock2190]

Thought I would start a thread, done this before and hasn't been very popular but its a new year so lets see how this goes.

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

[sircharles032]

Thought I would start a thread, done this before and hasn't been very popular but its a new year so lets see how this goes.

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

my primary draft is tonight and ive been without internet since last friday. brb no mocks no recent updates drafting from a local mexican restaurant with free wifi. fuk me this doesnt look pretty. very fortunate that ive got loaded keepers.

[drock2190]

my primary draft is tonight and ive been without internet since last friday. brb no mocks no recent updates drafting from a local mexican restaurant with free wifi. fuk me this doesnt look pretty. very fortunate that ive got loaded keepers.

haha that sucks. Post your team after draft. I got a draft tonight as well, will post results.

[catimmerman]

haha that sucks. Post your team after draft. I got a draft tonight as well, will post results.

roto keeper league?

[sircharles032]

roto keeper league?

Mine is a 10m H2H league with up to 6 keepers. If it tells you anything I traded Yu andhad to release Felix and Wright. Hopefully the restaurant will turn on Walking Dead for me @9 if so ill get my team posted up tonight. Ifnot itll be tomorrow. Good luck with yours tonight, DRock

[Father of Cajun]

8 man h2h 6 keeper league, how did I do?

[bballaman369]

In on this!

[Impurityz]

If any of you guys play in money leagues I would consider checking out this thread

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=160766491

I did NFL for the longest time for money 8 leagues this year and then I started playing daily.... I will never look back to season long ever again.

[drock2190]

8 man h2h 6 keeper league, how did I do?


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Not bad, outfield is stacked. You can expect some regression from Werth and Cuddyer though. Pitching is your weak spot obviously, no clear ace on your staff. I still dont trust Liriano (Am a Twins fan). Since your offense is stacked, your best bet would be to have all or almost your bench spots for pitchers as you can get more chances at winning categories such as wins and strikeouts.

[sn24]

8 man h2h 6 keeper league, how did I do?

Your team is stacked, especially on hitting. Pitching is really good too, I like Liriano and Fister

[bballaman369]

8 man h2h 6 keeper league, how did I do?

Who were your keepers?

Hitting is stacked pitching is weak considering its a 8 man league.

[Father of Cajun]

Not bad, outfield is stacked. You can expect some regression from Werth and Cuddyer though. Pitching is your weak spot obviously, no clear ace on your staff. I still dont trust Liriano (Am a Twins fan). Since your offense is stacked, your best bet would be to have all or almost your bench spots for pitchers as you can get more chances at winning categories such as wins and strikeouts.

Good idea on the bench spots. I picked up a spare catcher but I forgot mauer will be at 1b this year so injuries should be less of a concern. Definite weak spot is my pitching, but I can probably make a couple trades to get some decent pitchers. I'm thinking trade high on Chris Johnson, I got him really late.

[Father of Cajun]

Who were your keepers?

Hitting is stacked pitching is weak considering its a 8 man league.

On my phone but they have a k next to them. Yeah, I got caught up with my position players and let pitching slip. It seemed like each time I had a pitcher for my next pick someone else would get them, and my next best pick for that round looked like a position player.

[DonVonDuck]

Only pussies play in leagues with less than 12 teams. How many of you boys are pussies? Huh? I said how many?

[drock2190]

Here's my team after a 10 team draft. Plus the 6 keepers I had.





Happy with the results, got the players I was planning on grabbing.

[catimmerman]

Here's my team after a 10 team draft. Plus the 6 keepers I had.

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Happy with the results, got the players I was planning on grabbing.

how is such a thing even possible with 10 teams and so many players

[Father of Cajun]

Here's my team after a 10 team draft. Plus the 6 keepers I had.

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Happy with the results, got the players I was planning on grabbing.

Byron Buxton went to high school at my rival school. He graduated 3 years after I played. I went to go watch him and I have no phucking clue why he is the top prospect in baseball (srs) unless he has made leaps and bounds. Okay arm (he doesn't throw 99, that's bs), fast, and that was about all I saw. yes jelly, but i still honestly don't see it.







I am 5 out of 8 on waivers. Should I go ahead and use it trying to get pitching? I'm thinking of dropping Matt Garza and Wilson Ramos and picking up Ubaldo Jimenez and Alex Wood. Alex is a good pitcher and should get plenty of work early in the season with Medlen and Beachy being out of the Braves' rotation. Any other better picks/ideas on what to do?

[drock2190]

Byron Buxton went to high school at my rival school. He graduated 3 years after I played. I went to go watch him and I have no phucking clue why he is the top prospect in baseball (srs) unless he has made leaps and bounds. Okay arm (he doesn't throw 99, that's bs), fast, and that was about all I saw. yes jelly, but i still honestly don't see it.







I am 5 out of 8 on waivers. Should I go ahead and use it trying to get pitching? I'm thinking of dropping Matt Garza and Wilson Ramos and picking up Ubaldo Jimenez and Alex Wood. Alex is a good pitcher and should get plenty of work early in the season with Medlen and Beachy being out of the Braves' rotation. Any other better picks/ideas on what to do?


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Buxton is crazy fast. Plus he has good plate discpline and scouts project more power once he fills out his body. Plus I'm a Twins fan so I hang onto any hope of the future I can get.

Honestly, I wouldn't be so fast to dump Garza, hes a good player. Look to pick up Alex Wood because of the injuries. No to Jiminez though, he only pitched well at the end of the year because of his soft schedule. AL East is going to be a challenge for him. Ervin Santana is underrated though, he is going to the National League, which always helps pitchers.

[Father of Cajun]

Buxton is crazy fast. Plus he has good plate discpline and scouts project more power once he fills out his body. Plus I'm a Twins fan so I hang onto any hope of the future I can get.

Honestly, I wouldn't be some fast to dump Garza, hes a good player. Look to pick up Alex Wood because of the injuries. No to Jiminez though, he only pitched well at the end of the year because of his soft schedule. AL East is going to be a challenge for him. Ervin Santana is underrated though, he is going to the National League, which always helps pitchers.

I'll give you the hope, but it kinda sickens me seeing him compared to Ricky Henderson, Mike Trout, etc. But maybe he will fill in some, he was thin when I watched him play.

The Cactus league goings-on with Garza are worrisome, but I didn't realize until I picked him up. If I pick up both Alex and Ervin, I'll have to drop 2. I guess that it would probably come down to Utley vs. Murphy then as to who to drop.

[drock2190]

I'll give you the hope, but it kinda sickens me seeing him compared to Ricky Henderson, Mike Trout, etc. But maybe he will fill in some, he was thin when I watched him play.

The Cactus league goings-on with Garza are worrisome, but I didn't realize until I picked him up. If I pick up both Alex and Ervin, I'll have to drop 2. I guess that it would probably come down to Utley vs. Murphy then as to who to drop.

Well, he isnt creating the hype train, the analysts are doing that. But his numbers are similiar or slightly better then Trouts were. But Trout made the jump and did it very well.

Keep Utley, Murphey is an average player that is replaceable. Just looked up Garzas numbers, they are terrible lol. Your call though.

[Father of Cajun]

Well, he isnt creating the hype train, the analysts are doing that. But his numbers are similiar or slightly better then Trouts were. But Trout made the jump and did it very well.

Keep Utley, Murphey is an average player that is replaceable. Just looked up Garzas numbers, they are terrible lol. Your call though.

I guess we'll have to see how it plays out.



Okay, so I have Ervin Santana, dropping Wilson Ramos, and Alex Wood, dropping Murphy. I think I'll keep Garza unless something better comes up. I know he has to hate himself with a 19.xx ERA right now though. lol

[bballaman369]

Check out Dickey too. I know his numbers from last year look bad but check out after the allstar break. He killed it. Even though he's in the AL east I would consider him.

[thefullmonte]

Here's my team after a 10 team draft. Plus the 6 keepers I had.







Happy with the results, got the players I was planning on grabbing.

You got several guys last night that I thought were great values for where you drafted them. Specifically Rizzo, VMart, Shields, and Salazar.

[Father of Cajun]

Baseball can't get here fast enough. I'm usually good at fantasy, but I love summer and having baseball to watch every day. fuuuuu, hurry up pls

[sircharles032]

Better late than never. Finally got my net back, the day after I drafted from McDonalds fuking parking lot on their free wifi...

10 team league 6 keepers. Threw back Wright, Felix and traded Yu (allowed me to keep Votto and draft David Price, pretty good deal IMO).

A little different on the cats, we play R, HR, RBI, K, TB, AVG, NSB (SB-caught) for hitters and W, L, K, BB, ERA, WHIP, NSaves/Holds

I retained Votto, Cano, Hanley, CarGo, Trout, and Kershaw. Felt sick having to draft after not having had any internet or television access for over a week prior, but I did my best. With those keepers I have some margin for error, anyway.

C - Rosario
1b - Votto
2b - Cano
3b - Seager
SS - Hanley
OF - Trout
OF - CarGo
OF - Cuddyer
Util - Papi
Bench Billy Butler, Evereth (strictly for steals in certain matchups), Gardner/Revere (probably dropping both)

SP - Kershaw
SP - Price
SP - Cole
SP - Weaver
SP - Garza
RP - Holland
RP - Rosenthal
P - Rodney
Bn - Axford, Haren (I look for him to bounce back a little, if not he's highly expendable as pitching comes cheap)


I NEVER take closers high but I had the opportunity to land two 100k guys so I went for it to see how it pans out. I figure that allows me to get lower era/whip guys later on without having to worry about Ks too much.

Feel kind of weak with Seager/Cuddyer but I forgot that I traded a 10th round pick (4th round after keepers) in a deal to bring Cano over so there was a small run and I had Panda and Donaldson sucked up before I got a chance to grab them. With Ks and BA both as a cat I really wanted no part of Alvarez unless he was mad cheap, which he wasn't.

Anyway, Probably dropping my spare outfielders for Calhoun/Eaton or Khris Davis (kinda leaning here). I'll drop at least one of Rodney/Axford for Tommy Hunter (love plugging a RP into a SP spot when I can since Holds count in our league). Kennedy, Estrada, Gallardo all available as well as James Paxon and Tim Hudson. Got some room to play here, I guess. Also considering dropping Rodney for Clippard (high Ks and holds).

I got disconnected from their ****ty wifi with 5 rounds left and literally want to drop my last 5 autopicks. Let me know what moves you guys think I should or shouldn't make.

[drock2190]

^^^ Looks like another dominating year for you if the players stay relatively healthy.

A third baseman that is tearing it up this spring that is flying under the radar is Mike Moustakous. He's been known to disapoint, but maybe you want to keep an eye on him.

[Gooner89]

12 team H2H standard points league(never done one before) How'd I do? What should I look for? Measly reps.

C-Evan Gattis
1B-Pujols
2B-Jedd Gyorko
3B-Xander Bogaerts
SS-Rollins
2B/SS-Jeter
1B/3B-Morneau
OF-McCutchen
OF-Stanton
OF-Holliday
OF-Beltran
Util-Granderson

Bench: Brian Dozier and Melky Cabrera

SP-Scherzer
SP-Price
SP-Tanaka
SP-Hamels
SP-Michael Wacha
SP-Chris Tillman
SP-Lance Lynn
RP- David Robertson
RP-Addison Reed
RP-Ernesto Frieri

Bench: Jake Peavy

[Nick95GSX]

So this is my second year playing Fantasy Baseball, Im in a points league and Its the first year of our keepers league. I was the 9th pick and grabbed Goldschmidt in the first, Dustin Pedroia 2nd, Evan Longoria 3rd, Price 4th. We have 4 keepers, 2 must be batters, 2 must be pitchers. 12 man league, how does my team look? Im pretty happy with it, only real weakness I feel is C and slightly below par on pitching. Any suggestions?

[bballaman369]

Okay Brah's I have a trade proposed to me. I give up Daniel Murphy and I get Casey Janssen. It's a Roto League OBP, RBI, Runs, Stolen Bases, Strikeouts, and Total bases for hitters. WHIP, ERA, Wins, Saves, Innings pitched and Strikeouts for Pitchers. I can pretty much Lock down saves if I make this move. I am really worried about Street staying healthy for the whole year for me. So I feel like I need another closer. He is really weak with his middle infielders. He has Joe Nathan as his only other closer that I would be interested in.

What do you guys think? Reps for any answers.

Here's my team

C Carlos Santana, Cle C, 1B, DH
1B Joey Votto, Cin 1B
2B Chase Utley, Phi 2B
3B Xander Bogaerts, Bos 3B
SS Elvis Andrus, Tex SS
2B/SS Daniel Murphy, NYM 2B DTD
1B/3B Mark Teixeira, NYY 1B
OF Shin-Soo Choo, Tex OF
OF Curtis Granderson, NYM OF
OF Leonys Martin, Tex OF
OF Michael Bourn, Cle OF
OF B.J. Upton, Atl OF
UTIL Jimmy Rollins, Phi SS
Bench Dexter Fowler, Hou OF

P Francisco Liriano, Pit SP
P John Lackey, Bos SP
P Clay Buchholz, Bos SP
SP Yu Darvish, Tex SP
SP Stephen Strasburg, Wsh SP
SP Mike Minor, Atl SP
SP Homer Bailey, Cin SP
RP Rafael Soriano, Wsh RP
RP Huston Street, SD RP
Bench Fernando Rodney, Sea RP
Bench Yovani Gallardo, Mil SP
Bench Tim Lincecum, SF SP

[bballaman369]

So this is my second year playing Fantasy Baseball, Im in a points league and Its the first year of our keepers league. I was the 9th pick and grabbed Goldschmidt in the first, Dustin Pedroia 2nd, Evan Longoria 3rd, Price 4th. We have 4 keepers, 2 must be batters, 2 must be pitchers. 12 man league, how does my team look? Im pretty happy with it, only real weakness I feel is C and slightly below par on pitching. Any suggestions?

Looks alright. You only start 3 total pitchers?