***Official A-League Fantasy Baseball Keeper Thread II***

[SpeedDemon9]

Man I missed a lot since last night.

[SoutheastBeast1]

The only thing you missed is Bateman made his pick and Iceman is up

[JayDubbs932]

14 team keeper, 5x5. Need suggestions on who to keep. Can keep up to 6 players. Round cost in (). * next to who I'm leaning towards:

Jonathan Villar (6)
Jeff McNeil (15)
Jean Segura (4)
Aaron Hicks (9)*
Mallex Smith (18)*
Eddie Rosario (12)*
Francisco Mejía (15)
Eloy Jiménez (15)*
David Dahl (14)*
José Leclerc (13)*
A.J. Minter (15)
Arodys Vizcaíno (11)
Kyle Freeland (15)
Corey Knebel (13)

Also have an offer on the table to acquire Khris Davis. Would require me to give up a 5th rounder and keep him for a 3rd. Doing this would also mean I have to drop a keeper from above since 6 is the max. Reps for advice. Thx.

[Jyeatbvg]

14 team keeper, 5x5. Need suggestions on who to keep. Can keep up to 6 players. Round cost in (). * next to who I'm leaning towards:

Jonathan Villar (6)
Jeff McNeil (15)
Jean Segura (4)
Aaron Hicks (9)*
Mallex Smith (18)*
Eddie Rosario (12)*
Francisco Mejía (15)
Eloy Jiménez (15)*
David Dahl (14)*
José Leclerc (13)*
A.J. Minter (15)
Arodys Vizcaíno (11)
Kyle Freeland (15)
Corey Knebel (13)

Also have an offer on the table to acquire Khris Davis. Would require me to give up a 5th rounder and keep him for a 3rd. Doing this would also mean I have to drop a keeper from above since 6 is the max. Reps for advice. Thx.

Rosario, Mejia, Eloy, Dahl, Leclerc, Minter

[propreffered7]

14 team keeper, 5x5. Need suggestions on who to keep. Can keep up to 6 players. Round cost in (). * next to who I'm leaning towards:

Jonathan Villar (6)
Jeff McNeil (15)
Jean Segura (4)
Aaron Hicks (9)*
Mallex Smith (18)*
Eddie Rosario (12)*
Francisco Mejía (15)
Eloy Jiménez (15)*
David Dahl (14)*
José Leclerc (13)*
A.J. Minter (15)
Arodys Vizcaíno (11)
Kyle Freeland (15)
Corey Knebel (13)

Also have an offer on the table to acquire Khris Davis. Would require me to give up a 5th rounder and keep him for a 3rd. Doing this would also mean I have to drop a keeper from above since 6 is the max. Reps for advice. Thx.

If you keep a 15th rounder does that mean you forfeit a 15th round pick?

[JayDubbs932]

If you keep a 15th rounder does that mean you forfeit a 15th round pick?

Whichever player you keep, you forfeit that round. If you keep multiple 15 round picks, one becomes a 14 etc

[Iceman1800]

Luis Urias

[SoutheastBeast1]

By proxy heyquikquestion selects Brendan Rodgers

Mel is up

1. Jesus Luzardo
2. Wander Franco
3. Alex Reyes
4. Jo Adell
5. Royce Lewis
6. Yusei Kikuchi
7. Brent Honeywell
8. Sixto Sanchez
9. Luis Urias
10. Brendan Rodgers

[propreffered7]

If you keep a 15th rounder does that mean you forfeit a 15th round pick?

So, basically if you drafted a guy too high, youd want to throw him back in the draft. Cause you could get someone better in the draft

Would also be nice if you nail on a guy late.

4th is close for segura. But id prob. Keep him

Segura, rosario, eloy, leclerc, arodys

And mejia i guess. 15th is close for him. But having a stud catcher would be nice. Id contemplate just picking 5 and retaining the picks

Dahl is ok but rockies will have a log jam. And dont have anywhere for rodgers or hampson

A 3rd and 5th for davis is too much.

[SoutheastBeast1]

Dahl, Rosario, Freeland, Jimenez and id just let the rest of that garbage fall back in the draft

Mejia for a 15th is an overpay.

ADP has him going 274th. In your league 15th round with 14 teams is 210 picks.

It’s not a bad keep if you’re high on him but it is a slight overpay than where he’s been going. So if you’re not totally convinced in him there’s better ways to spend that pick.

He’s had a nice spring but his bat didn’t exactly light the MLB on fire with his shirt sample size for games that actually mattered last September. So I’m a skeptical hippo here. I don’t know if I’d overpay for him

And technically it will cost you a 11th if you kept all the aforementioned players (Eloy 15th, Dahl 14th, thus Freeland 13th, Rosario 12th)

Mejia is a definite no go. I’m even hesitant of Freeland for a 13th now but would probably still take him there considering you have no pitchers orherwise

[propreffered7]

I like segura on the phils. In that ballpark. Most likely leading off for the best team hes ever played for

A little bit of an overreach but better than not getting a ss

[melanimal_old]

one sec

[Jyeatbvg]

Dahl, Rosario, Freeland, Jimenez and id just let the rest of that garbage fall back in the draft

Mejia for a 15th is an overpay.

ADP has him going 274th. In your league 15th round with 14 teams is 210 picks.

It’s not a bad keep if you’re high on him but it is a slight overpay than where he’s been going. So if you’re not totally convinced in him there’s better ways to spend that pick.

He’s had a nice spring but his bat didn’t exactly light the MLB on fire with his shirt sample size for games that actually mattered last September. So I’m a skeptical hippo here. I don’t know if I’d overpay for him

And technically it will cost you a 11th if you kept all the aforementioned players (Eloy 15th, Dahl 14th, thus Freeland 13th, Rosario 12th)

Mejia is a definite no go. I’m even hesitant of Freeland for a 13th now but would probably still take him there considering you have no pitchers orherwise

I disagree that Mejia is an overpay. In leagues like this where players are kept where they're drafted, being drafted late bumps a player's value (similar to 10+ in our league). It's incorrect to take normal ADP to use that as a bearing as to where guys should be drafted here. Now, there's obviously risk that Mejia becomes nothing more than a highly-touted prospect who never sees the light of day. But I think Mejia with a 15th can return tremendous value considering the state of the catcher position and what his upside is, and there isn't much risk keeping him this year for a 15th knowing you have all of your early picks still intact to round out the rest of your roster. That said, op mentioned that he doesn't have to keep 6 players (I initially thought he had to) so knowing that now I'd throw everyone back in the pool but Eloy, Dahl, Rosario and Leclerc. But I still don't think Mejia is an overpay.

[melanimal_old]

Chris Paddack

[Jyeatbvg]

Chris Paddack

Damn had him on my list, might be the steal of the N/A draft if he makes the opening day roster. Well done A-league, only three picks left.

[saaltydog]

Chris Paddack

Nice pick, was in my short list. Still needs to develop that third pitch so I went with Luzardo. Paddack has some serious potential though

[SoutheastBeast1]

I disagree that Mejia is an overpay. In leagues like this where players are kept where they're drafted, being drafted late bumps a player's value (similar to 10+ in our league). It's incorrect to take normal ADP to use that as a bearing as to where guys should be drafted here. Now, there's obviously risk that Mejia becomes nothing more than a highly-touted prospect who never sees the light of day. But I think Mejia with a 15th can return tremendous value considering the state of the catcher position and what his upside is, and there isn't much risk keeping him this year for a 15th knowing you have all of your early picks still intact to round out the rest of your roster. That said, op mentioned that he doesn't have to keep 6 players (I initially thought he had to) so knowing that now I'd throw everyone back in the pool but Eloy, Dahl, Rosario and Leclerc. But I still don't think Mejia is an overpay.

Have fun overpaying for him in our draft while he hits .200

[SoutheastBeast1]

FYI if you do the math he’d be keeping Mejia 60 spots above his ADP

So even if it’s incorrect to take a normal ADP because some guys are drafted later than normal, you’d need 60 guys kept later than the 15th round that should be kept earlier in order to push up where he should be selected.

With a max of 6 keepers, 14 teams, that totals 84 players MAX.

Only way it’s not an overpay based on your dismissal of his normal ADP is if 60 out of 84 players kept in that league are kept for a 16+ round when they should be selected in the 15th or lower


Let that math sink in, there’s a lot to absorb there. Read it twice if need be. Some SAT level sh*t going on there.


Tldr
-it’s an overpay cupcake

Even if he hits and Mejia is great by definition it’s an overpay based on the average selection.

It’s ok to overpay (we all do it probably multiple times in a draft) but only if you’re really confident about that guy should you do it.

[JayDubbs932]

Dahl, Rosario, Freeland, Jimenez and id just let the rest of that garbage fall back in the draft

Mejia for a 15th is an overpay.

ADP has him going 274th. In your league 15th round with 14 teams is 210 picks.

It’s not a bad keep if you’re high on him but it is a slight overpay than where he’s been going. So if you’re not totally convinced in him there’s better ways to spend that pick.

He’s had a nice spring but his bat didn’t exactly light the MLB on fire with his shirt sample size for games that actually mattered last September. So I’m a skeptical hippo here. I don’t know if I’d overpay for him

And technically it will cost you a 11th if you kept all the aforementioned players (Eloy 15th, Dahl 14th, thus Freeland 13th, Rosario 12th)

Mejia is a definite no go. I’m even hesitant of Freeland for a 13th now but would probably still take him there considering you have no pitchers orherwise

Keep in mind 14 teams are keeping around 6 players so 80ish players not in pool. And no keepers for anyone drafted in first 2 rounds so obv no one is keeping grade A studs

[SoutheastBeast1]

Keep in mind 14 teams are keeping around 6 players so 80ish players not in pool. And no keepers for anyone drafted in first 2 rounds so obv no one is keeping grade A studs

Yeah well keep in mind you’re also likely giving up an 11th for him, not a 15th

So even if you disagree on keeping him for a 15th discussion going on that’s not actually your situation anyway.

[JayDubbs932]

Yeah well keep in mind you’re also likely giving up an 11th for him, not a 15th

So even if you disagree on keeping him for a 15th discussion going on that’s not actually your situation anyway.

I’m not even talking about Mejia. I’m givinf you a broader idea of the league settings. With your theory, mallex smith should be the best keeper I have. ADP 105, costs me an 18th rounder. 18x14 is 252. Where’s your value on that

[propreffered7]

Sidenote. Nothing to do with ranking, but talking purely mallex as a keeper. Mallex is good but mariners outfield has some depth

Haniger, smith, domingo santana

Jay bruce needs to play somewhere. Same with healy and edwin encarnacion. They traded for jp crawford at ss but have tim beckham and dee gordon. I doubt mallex is lock in as lf'er

To me, beckham, gordon, even seager with healy, bruce, crawford all could switch around with some of them seeing the OF.

Hes always injured too. Id take him in the 200 range, but not 100

[SoutheastBeast1]

I’m not even talking about Mejia. I’m givinf you a broader idea of the league settings. With your theory, mallex smith should be the best keeper I have. ADP 105, costs me an 18th rounder. 18x14 is 252. Where’s your value on that

I don't keep Mallex because you've already got a full squad of outfielders with Eloy, Rosario, and Dahl. Yeah you might technically get the best bang for your buck in terms of where Mallex is kept but at the end of the day you also want the best players possible filling up your slots.

I really like Mallex as a player but he's one dimensional from a fantasy perspective. Can't even really trust he'll hit .300 for you.

[SoutheastBeast1]

1. Jesus Luzardo
2. Wander Franco
3. Alex Reyes
4. Jo Adell
5. Royce Lewis
6. Yusei Kikuchi
7. Brent Honeywell
8. Sixto Sanchez
9. Luis Urias
10. Brendan Rodgers
11. Chris Paddack


LG is up

[JIGSAW]

[propreffered7]

Mets shot themselves in the foot by saying theyd carry alonso north if he was doing well in spring

Since hes raking it becomes super clear if hes down its only for service time manipulation

[SpeedDemon9]

Mets shot themselves in the foot by saying theyd carry alonso north if he was doing well in spring

Since hes raking it becomes super clear if hes down its only for service time manipulation

He is clearly ready, but this service time bullchit comes up again.

[saaltydog]

Can't wait until teams start giving Alonso a healthy dosage of breaking balls.

[propreffered7]

He is clearly ready, but this service time bullchit comes up again.

Honestly, its smart to send him down cause apparently its only for 2 weeks. But at the same time the BVW dude has committed that theyre trying to win it all, and every game matters. And if that division is close 14 games could mean a lot

[saaltydog]

Honestly, its smart to send him down cause apparently its only for 2 weeks. But at the same time the BVW dude has committed that theyre trying to win it all, and every game matters. And if that division is close 14 games could mean a lot

That's what every GM/Owner says. The truth is, it all comes down to money. If they were serious we wouldn't see the service time issues we do and we wouldnt have the free agency problem that exist. Baseball is definitely broken right now.