Shawn Childs and Greg A. Live Chat Wednesday, 6 PM ET

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:24 am

Okay, if you want to know how much any of the players went for in LABR, let me know. I can answer that here. I'll also post the second round of this USA Today draft, too. Give me 2 minutes for that.

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:24 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Okay, so here goes another NL Auction story with Shawn:

So before the AL Auction League we practiced some of the bids where I was the field and he was our team. I'd say a number and see if he would go higher. That way we were on the same page on how much we'd pay for some of the top stars.

On Sunday night before the NL Auction League, we were heading to the auction and going down the elevator when I said let's practice one more player. "Tim Lincecum, $32." He says "$34". I say "$35". He says I'll let you have him.

So we're at the auction and Lincecum is one of the first 10 or 12 players thrown out. The guy from Yahoo, Brad Evans, throws him out at $35!! Seriously. I turn to Shawn and say meekly "damn" knowing that Shawn wanted to build the staff around him. The auctioneer goes "Tim Lincecum for $35, going ONCE, TWICE" then Shawn says "$36". I turned to him and said "We just practiced this one!!!" We both laughed and had our staff ace.

Damn I thought it went 26 then 35..oh well I'm glad I went the extra buck in the end!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:26 am

USA Today Second Round:

13. Dustin Pedroia

14. Carl Crawford

15. Ian Kinsler

16. Joe Mauer

17. Jacoby Ellsbury

18. David Wright

19. Ryan Howard

20. Roy Halladay

21. Ichiro Suzuki

22. Matt Holliday

23. Jimmy Rollins

24. Pablo Sandoval

Thoughts?

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:32 am

Originally posted by bigdaddyk:

Which late bargains were you guys really happy with in the AL and NL? I thought Bailey and Uribe made our NL team.

Middle infielders were running short and we were calling them on our turn. We called out Uribe and he was dying at $5 when I said we better take that gift. He probably won't start all year, but we can expect double digit homers and he qualifies at the positions.

In the AL, believe it or not I thought Jack Wilson was a deal at $2. At that point of the draft we were looking for at bats from complementary players. I was really surprised no one when $3 on Adam Moore. we were prepared to go $4.

FFBL23 · Post by **FFBL23** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:33 am

Greg,

Tulowitzki in the 3rd round of this mixed draft?? wow.

Red Sox Nation · Post by **Red Sox Nation** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:34 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

USA Today Second Round:

13. Dustin Pedroia

14. Carl Crawford

15. Ian Kinsler

16. Joe Mauer

17. Jacoby Ellsbury

18. David Wright

19. Ryan Howard

20. Roy Halladay

21. Ichiro Suzuki

22. Matt Holliday

23. Jimmy Rollins

24. Pablo Sandoval

Thoughts? This league is a joke

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:35 am

On Friday we went to the A's-Brewers game and say Ben Sheets against Yovani Gallardo. Sheets did NOT look good, although Jason Grey said he hit 92-93 on the radar guns. It looked more like 82-83 as the Brewers teed off on everything and seemed to be way out in front of most pitches. They hit him for two runs in the first inning and he only went 1.1 innings before hitting his 50-pitch limit. None of us were impressed, but it was only his first outing.

Weeks led off the first with a single, stolen base, went to third on the overthrow and scored. Childs' fascination with Weeks went up two-fold after that inning!!

Gallardo looked very good. Carlos Gomez batted second, although McGahee should go there. He didn't play on Friday. Rajai Davis made one of the best spring training catches diving on the warning track that you'll ever see. Great fun, although the A's battled back from a 6-0 deficit with a 7-run sixth to beat my Brewers 8-7.

FFBL23 · Post by **FFBL23** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:36 am

Greg,

What were the dollar values of the following players:

Josh Hamilton

Carlos Quentin

Ian Stewart

Francisco Liriano

Ben Sheets

Wade Davis

Aramis Ramirez

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:37 am

Originally posted by FFBL23:

Greg,

Tulowitzki in the 3rd round of this mixed draft?? wow. 29. Justin Upton

30. Troy Tulowitzki

34. Zack Greinke

35. Jose Reyes

39. B.J. Upton

41. Mark Reynolds

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:38 am

shawn - better bowler, you or cindy?

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:39 am

Originally posted by Red Sox Nation:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

USA Today Second Round:

13. Dustin Pedroia

14. Carl Crawford

15. Ian Kinsler

16. Joe Mauer

17. Jacoby Ellsbury

18. David Wright

19. Ryan Howard

20. Roy Halladay

21. Ichiro Suzuki

22. Matt Holliday

23. Jimmy Rollins

24. Pablo Sandoval

Thoughts? This league is a joke [/QUOTE]Let's just say they haven't been following the NFBC slow drafts ADP.

They know the players for sure, but they didn't have them in a 12 team structure. With the growing high stakes market, they probably don't want to drop the ball with good information.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:39 am

Originally posted by FFBL23:

Greg,

What were the dollar values of the following players:

Josh Hamilton

Carlos Quentin

Ian Stewart

Francisco Liriano

Ben Sheets

Wade Davis

Aramis Ramirez Josh Hamilton, $17

Carlos Quentin, $21

Ian Stewart

Francisco Liriano, $14

Ben Sheets, $11

Wade Davis, $9

Aramis Ramirez, $25

FFBL23 · Post by **FFBL23** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:42 am

Greg and Shawn,

What player's price surprised you the most, not just your team but all of them. Give us one NL and one AL player.

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:45 am

Originally posted by Gekko:

shawn - better bowler, you or cindy? The last time I saw her she was headed up the elevator in the Mirage in Las Vegas. She was looking to score, but it wasn't at the alleys! In pure ball size, she has that on me! Let's just say we'll settle that score at a later date.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:46 am

Originally posted by Red Sox Nation:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

USA Today Second Round:

13. Dustin Pedroia

14. Carl Crawford

15. Ian Kinsler

16. Joe Mauer

17. Jacoby Ellsbury

18. David Wright

19. Ryan Howard

20. Roy Halladay

21. Ichiro Suzuki

22. Matt Holliday

23. Jimmy Rollins

24. Pablo Sandoval

Thoughts? This league is a joke [/QUOTE]Was Clark Moberly a part of this draft and organization?

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:48 am

Originally posted by FFBL23:

Greg and Shawn,

What player's price surprised you the most, not just your team but all of them. Give us one NL and one AL player. Dukes in the NL - $20 and Nelson Cruz in the AL - $28.

Dukes was a last guy battle. Cruz was late, but better outfielders went in the $25 range.

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:50 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

quote:Originally posted by Red Sox Nation:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

USA Today Second Round:

13. Dustin Pedroia

14. Carl Crawford

15. Ian Kinsler

16. Joe Mauer

17. Jacoby Ellsbury

18. David Wright

19. Ryan Howard

20. Roy Halladay

21. Ichiro Suzuki

22. Matt Holliday

23. Jimmy Rollins

24. Pablo Sandoval

Thoughts? This league is a joke [/QUOTE]Was Clark Moberly a part of this draft and organization? [/QUOTE]With a comment like that, it might be a smart move to be in St. Louis and Chicago!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:55 am

Originally posted by FFBL23:

Greg and Shawn,

What player's price surprised you the most, not just your team but all of them. Give us one NL and one AL player. Stephen Drew for $23. Like Shawn said, we battled the Rotoworld team for Tulowitzki at $31 and they seemed happy to get Drew at $23. I thought that was a bit high, but that's just my opinion.

In the AL, I was surprised that speed didn't go higher. Juan Pierre for $20 seems like a bargain if Ozzie runs him as much as we all expect him to. But we'll see.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:56 am

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FFBL23 · Post by **FFBL23** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:57 am

Greg or Shawn,

What percentage of players that you guys called out actually made it on your team?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:59 am

Originally posted by FFBL23:

Greg or Shawn,

What percentage of players that you guys called out actually made it on your team? Not many in either league, especially the NL. By the time it got around to us the third time, we were out of money and pushing shortstops and second basemen each time. In the AL, we also went through money early and just kept calling out the top players to get money off the table. Later on we strategically called out players we wanted, but not much early on.

I don't know Shawn, but I'd say 10-15% probably we called out and got. Doesn't seem like much more than that.

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:08 pm

Originally posted by FFBL23:

Greg or Shawn,

What percentage of players that you guys called out actually made it on your team? We tried to sneak a couple by, but it didn't work in our favor.

In the AL, I wanted to know where we stood with Andrus so we called him out. I think we went as high as $19, but we missed on him.

In the NL, we tried to roster a $13-$14 outfielder with our first call. We called out Lasting Milledge. We were thinking maybe $12 tops. We tried to buy him and went as high as $15 which was too high. Three hours later I bet he goes for less.

For the most part we didn't call out players we wanted. We spent early so we calling out the high end inventory to get money out of the other players.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:15 pm

Shawn, are you worried that Upton is supposedly hitting seventh in that lineup? We do have $31 invested in this speedster.

Make me feel better about this bid, please.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:23 pm

Shawn,

What do you expect of Delmon Young?

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:26 pm

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Shawn, are you worried that Upton is supposedly hitting seventh in that lineup? We do have $31 invested in this speedster.

Make me feel better about this bid, please. I don't care where he starts. It's where he finishes the season! I say it's better than 7th.

And by the way Eddie, you being a Pena fan. Does Blalock cost him any at bats?