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[Willco]

Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball team.

... And before anyone asks, we have 15 teams total in the group. And we score HR, RBI, R, SB, AVG, K and OPS for hitting, and W, L, ERA, WHIP, K, HOLDS and SAVES for pitching.

C M. Barrett (ChC - C)
1B A. Dunn (Cin - 1B,OF)
2B B. Roberts (Bal - 2B)
3B A. Ramirez (ChC - 3B)
SS J. Uribe (CWS - 2B,3B,SS)
OF V. Wells (Tor - OF)
OF A. Rowand (CWS - OF)
OF J. Bay (Pit - OF)
OF M. Cabrera (Fla - OF)
Util T. Nixon (Bos - OF)
BN C. Koskie (Tor - 3B)
BN C. Guzman (Was - SS)
BN K. Millar (Bos - 1B,OF)
BN T. Sledge (Was - 1B,OF)
BN R. Adams (Tor - SS)

Pitchers

SP T. Hudson (Atl - SP)
SP R. Halladay (Tor - SP)
P J. Mesa (Pit - P)
P M. Batista (Tor - SP) (Editor's Note: In case you didn't hear, Miguel Batista is now Toronto's closer)
P R. King (StL - P)
P B. Howry (Cle - P)
P Fe. Rodriguez (NYY - P)
BN J. Lieber (Phi - SP)
BN B. Lawrence (SD - SP)
BN W. Williams (SD - SP)

 

[Boomer]

F-

Did you get the last pick? :lol

 

[Triumph]

Yeah, not looking so hot. Where'd you pick, out of curiousity?

 

[Willco]

Yeah, not looking so hot. Where'd you pick, out of curiousity?

I got to pick 7th. Stuck right in the middle.

 

[Willco]

F-

Did you get the last pick? :lol

Oh, it's certainly not that bad. We have 14 other teams and I like most of my picks. And last year, someone said I drafted the worst roster he had seen in fantasy baseball, yet I got 2nd place. SUCK IT DOWN.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

i think you did well considering the number of teams and your draft position.

 

[Boomer]

You didn't get Griffey Jr., you're at a slight disadvantage. Seriously though, who'd you waste your first pick on? Hudson? Eh...I missed the draft last year and got stuck with Halladay as my first pick...he definitely wasn't a #1 pick the way he pitched last year.

 

[Triumph]

I got to pick 7th. Stuck right in the middle.

I dunno dude. Who'd you take in the first round? I don't really see a legit first round pick on your roster, even for picking seventh. :/

 

[Willco]

I dunno dude. Who'd you take in the first round? I don't really see a legit first round pick on your roster, even for picking seventh. :/

I traded down to the last pick to take Ramirez and Cabrera since pretty much all the elite players (Bonds, Pujols, Johnson, etc.) had been picked by then.

If you do the numbers, there is a significant dropoff in value from the first six players to the rest of the draft.

I have arguably one of the best lineups in terms of power and production, but I definitely need more SBs and I'm like to get ~ 50 from my current crop.

On the pitching side, I'd like more stable closers than Mesa and Batista, but there's always one or three closers that pop up on waivers before All-Star break.

 

[Triumph]

With the seventh pick, you should have still been able to get someone like Beltran or Bobby Abreu.

 

[Boomer]

I traded down to the last pick to take Ramirez and Cabrera since pretty much all the elite players (Bonds, Pujols, Johnson, etc.) had been picked by then.

If you do the numbers, there is a significant dropoff in value from the first six players to the rest of the draft.

Pujols, Bonds, Johnson, Prior, Arod, Vlad, Griffey..I dunno dude, you could have gotten one of those guys.

I got a question, when do you guys pick your closer?

 

[Willco]

With the seventh pick, you should have still been able to get someone like Beltran or Bobby Abreu.

Beltran was gone.

I think it went Pujols, Bonds, Johnson, Beltran, Vlad and Santana. Then me.

I think Beltran is also one of the most overrated players in the draft. Now Abreu is nice, but the only advantage he has over Cabrera is SBs, which I learned last season, don't make or break your team. And stuck in the middle of the draft, I would've gotten none of the top IFs (Tejada, Rolen, A-Rod, Beltre or Ramirez), so I traded down and got Cabrera and Ramirez. It was a toss between Beltre and Ramirez, but Beltre might be a fluke and he's hitting in a park that'll severely limit his power, whereas Ramirez is in a contract year.

Pujols, Bonds, Johnson, Prior, Arod, Vlad, Griffey..I dunno dude, you could have gotten one of those guys.

I got a question, when do you guys pick your closer?

Prior and Griffey in the first round? You've got to be kidding me. Never pick pitchers that high unless it's Johnson or Santana.

There was a run on closers right after I picked up Rowand in the fourth and into the fifth.

Pitching is so dicey. I wish I had followed my friend's strategy where he drafted no SPs whatsoever.

 

[Boomer]

I was kidding about Griffey..I've been burned by him the past 3 years. But I'll pick him again. In the 5th round maybe.

Prior is a first rounder IMO. I'd pick him over Johnson.

 

[Willco]

Here is the lineup 2004 stats...

M. Barrett (ChC - C) .287, 16 HRs, 65 RBIs
A. Dunn (Cin - 1B,OF) .266, 46 HRs, 102 RBIs
B. Roberts (Bal - 2B) .273, 4 HRs, 53 RBIs, 29 SBs and 107 Rs
A. Ramirez (ChC - 3B) .318, 36 HRs, 103 RBIs
J. Uribe (CWS - 2B,3B,SS) .283, 23 HRs, 74 RBIs
V. Wells (Tor - OF) .272, 23 HRs, 67 RBIs <--- and he lost 30 games due to injury, in great condition this Spring.
A. Rowand (CWS - OF) .310, 24 HRs, 69 RBIs and 17 SBs
J. Bay (Pit - OF) .282, 26 HRs, 82 RBIs
M. Cabrera (Fla - OF) .294, 33 HRs, 112 RBIs
T. Nixon (Bos - OF) Played only 48 games, but had: .315, 6 HRs, 23 RBIs
C. Koskie (Tor - 3B) .251, 25 HRs, 71 RBIs
C. Guzman (Was - SS) .272, 8 HRs, 46 RBIs and 10 SBs
K. Millar (Bos - 1B,OF) .297, 18 HRs, 74 RBIs
T. Sledge (Was - 1B,OF) .269, 15 HRs, 62 RBIs <--- in reserve role
R. Adams (Tor - SS) .306, 4 HRs, 10 RBIs <--- in one month

 

[Willco]

Prior is a first rounder IMO. I'd pick him over Johnson.

Then you probably shouldn't play fantasy baseball. Pitchers are always dicey and it's a crapshoot, but Johnson has a record, the awards and now the pinstripes. He's going to rack up wins so fast it's sick.

 

[Fifty]

You guys count holds as a stat? :lol :lol Oh man, that sucks. I like the Jays representing on your squad.

 

[Willco]

You guys count holds as a stat? :lol :lol Oh man, that sucks. I like the Jays representing on your squad.

I think the Jays have a great team. And - yeah! - I'm not thrilled about holds either.

I think Vernon Wells is going to have a monster year and as he was taken in the sixth, I think he'll be a steal.

I pray Doc Halladay bounces back, though.

 

[Fifty]

I projected Wells as a pick around the 90 spot, so he'll be good value probably where you picked him. Halladay...I don't know. So far all spring training reports have been negative, but I'm hoping he'll have his game together for opening day. I'd love to have Koskie on a team, but on all of my teams I have a better 3B, so I have nowhere to store him. In a 15 man league he'll be a great addition.

 

[Bristow]

I've only got 8 people in my league, but check out my roster...

C J.Lopez
1B A.Huff
2B J.Vidro
3B A.Rodriguez
SS D.Jeter
OF C.Jones
OF J. Damon
OF C.Lee
Util S.Rolen
Util A.Ramirez

Bagwell, Cabrera, and Ford on the bench.

SP J.Vazquez
SP J.Smoltz
SP G.Maddux
SP Od.Perez
SP C.Sabathia
SP L.Hernandez

Foulke, Hoffman, and Gagne are my closers.

 

[Willco]

That's sick.

 

[BigJonsson]

I'm tempted to pick up Gabe Gross in all my leagues

 

[Fifty]

That'd be insane. He probably won't even make the team, let alone be a worthwhile pickup at this point. IF he makes the team, IF he gets at bats, and IF he plays well in the majors, then maybe you could pick him up. Otherwise it would just be a crazy homer pick.

 

[neonglow]

I just got into fantasy sports. How would you guys rate this team in a 12 team league?

C I. Rodriguez (Det - C)
C J. LaRue (Cin - C)
1B J. Bagwell (Hou - 1B)
2B J. Kent (LAD - 2B)
3B M. Lowell (Fla - 3B)
SS M. Tejada (Bal - SS)
IF A. Boone (Cle - 3B)
OF J. Damon (Bos - OF)
OF J. Drew (LAD - OF)
OF S. Finley (LAA - OF)
OF L. Walker (StL - OF)
Util R. Palmeiro (Bal - 1B)
BN C. Biggio (Hou - OF)
BN M. Grissom (SF - OF)


P E. Gagne (LAD - P)
P C. Schilling (Bos - P)
P K. Wood (ChC - P)
P M. Mussina (NYY - P)
P G. Maddux (ChC - P)
P J. Weaver (LAD - P)
P A. Leiter (Fla - P)
P T. Glavine (NYM - P)
P K. Rogers (Tex - P)

 

[Willco]

That's a pretty good squad for a 12 man league. Weird. I guess my league drafts better.

 

[Boomer]

Are you sure you're not in bristow or neonglow's league?

 

[calder]

12 teams in my league. God I love my squad. 3 keeper league, and my team lasted year sucked so Teixeira, Oswalt and Matsui were my keepers. I picked third this year...


C I. Rodriguez (Det - C)
1B M. Teixeira (Tex - 1B)
2B J. Vidro (Was - 2B)
3B S. Rolen (StL - 3B)
SS R. Furcal (Atl - SS)
OF H. Matsui (NYY - OF)
OF V. Wells (Tor - OF)
OF J. Bay (Pit - OF)
Util J. Morneau (Min - 1B)
BN K. Matsui (NYM - SS)
BN R. Durham (SF - 2B)

Pos Pitchers Edit Opp Status IP W SV K HLD ERA WHIP
SP R. Oswalt (Hou - SP)
SP B. Radke (Min - SP)
RP Fr. Rodriguez (LAA - RP)
RP T. Hoffman (SD - RP)
P A. Otsuka (SD - RP)
P Y. Brazoban (LAD - RP)
BN Ja. Wright (NYY - SP)
BN B. Arroyo (Bos - SP)
BN K. Benson (NYM - SP)
BN A. Eaton (SD - SP)

Obviously I picked mainly high-level infielders and thin positions the first several rounds, then switched to closers and finally picked up a few younger OF and SP. I picked up a few extra SP late (Benson was my final pick) because I passed on so many of the top starters to get guys like Pudge and K-Rod. I'm a big fan of setup guys (especially this year since we count holds, which I'm a bit meh about) so my RP are good, probably better than my starters even with Oswalt. Just missed out on Tom Gordon and Mota but Otsuka and Brasoban should be good for holds and good pitching numbers overall. As soon as I have a better idea which of my lower-tier SP are going to start the year well (Eaton? Arroyo? I can't imagine it's Wright but who knows) I'm going to drop some of my extra depth starters and get a few more bats. Nice thing about OF is there are always a few hot ones on waivers good to ride for a few weeks.

After I picked up Morneau I was going to get Corey Koskie as a backup 3B and try to institute a league rule that everyone had to have 3 canadians but no dice.

 

[AntoneM]

what all this way and no "C minuses" or "six point eight's"?

Yes, I spelled them out since I am afraid of being slapped by the mod cock.

 

[BigJonsson]

That'd be insane. He probably won't even make the team, let alone be a worthwhile pickup at this point. IF he makes the team, IF he gets at bats, and IF he plays well in the majors, then maybe you could pick him up. Otherwise it would just be a crazy homer pick.

I know I know

 

[Brian Fellows]

Then you probably shouldn't play fantasy baseball. Pitchers are always dicey and it's a crapshoot, but Johnson has a record, the awards and now the pinstripes. He's going to rack up wins so fast it's sick.

Not to mention Prior is a fucking pansey and is hurting already.

 

[AstroLad]

what all this way and no "C minuses" or "six point eight's"?

Yes, I spelled them out since I am afraid of being slapped by the mod cock.

It's because us fantasy baseballers are far too mature to resort to such juvenile wit.

 

[hobart]

Offline drafts take awhile... but they are so worth it if you are good at striking deals.

Here's my 12-team League H2H team thus far:

C:
1B: Albert Pujols, StL
2B: Marcus Giles, ATL
3B: David Wright, NYM
SS:
Util: Todd Helton, COL
OF: Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
OF: Gary Sheffield, NYY
OF: Shawn Green, LAD
SP: Livan Hernandez, WAS
SP: Mark Buehrle, CWS
SP: Jared Wright, NYY
SP:
SP:
RP: Armando Benitez, SF
RP: Octavio Dotel, OAK

Stats: OPS, HR, RBI, SB, R / W, SV, WHIP, K, ERA

BTW... this has to be one of the deepest drafts I can remember in awhile. Every time I look at the draft board I see constant value everywhere... even risks that in taking (and them coming through) could mean big time stats in the long run. It's also about being confident in picking talent later on in the draft and in the free agent pool (as well as later on in the season).

I think some of you could have done better... but if you are stuck in a Yahoo online draft... you cannot trade picks (like I clearly did). There are pluses and minuses to each type of draft.

 

[MaverickX9]

Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball team.

... And before anyone asks, we have 15 teams total in the group. And we score HR, RBI, R, SB, AVG, K and OPS for hitting, and W, L, ERA, WHIP, K, HOLDS and SAVES for pitching.

C M. Barrett (ChC - C)
1B A. Dunn (Cin - 1B,OF)
2B B. Roberts (Bal - 2B)
3B A. Ramirez (ChC - 3B)
SS J. Uribe (CWS - 2B,3B,SS)
OF V. Wells (Tor - OF)
OF A. Rowand (CWS - OF)
OF J. Bay (Pit - OF)
OF M. Cabrera (Fla - OF)
Util T. Nixon (Bos - OF)
BN C. Koskie (Tor - 3B)
BN C. Guzman (Was - SS)
BN K. Millar (Bos - 1B,OF)
BN T. Sledge (Was - 1B,OF)
BN R. Adams (Tor - SS)

Pitchers

SP T. Hudson (Atl - SP)
SP R. Halladay (Tor - SP)
P J. Mesa (Pit - P)
P M. Batista (Tor - SP) (Editor's Note: In case you didn't hear, Miguel Batista is now Toronto's closer)
P R. King (StL - P)
P B. Howry (Cle - P)
P Fe. Rodriguez (NYY - P)
BN J. Lieber (Phi - SP)
BN B. Lawrence (SD - SP)
BN W. Williams (SD - SP)

I don't think that roster is that bad.

I'm not sure how well your SP will be after Hudson and Halladay, but it is a solid roster. I'd also be inclined to try to get another closer. Your pitching is definitely your weakest part.

Offensively, you've got at least 6 or 7 players that will probably hit 30 HR or more. That will take care of RBI, runs, and probably OPS for most players. Good average for most everybody on your roster and a few that can steal some bags.

I like it. Especially for 15 teams.