$$Gekko Saturday Chat$$

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:28 pm

who's the better fantasy player? GEKKO or GEKKO II

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:29 pm

Originally posted by FFBL23:

3) Do you go into an auction with a few guys that you will get no matter what or do you have a backup plan for those guys? there's certainly guys i like and i will try to acquire them below my price points. there are not any players i MUST have.

and yes, your second question is the perfect segway. i do have backup plan to all KEY players. for instance if i really want torii hunter and the bidding gets to high, i will wait on a corey hart who will be much cheaper and will likely go for under my custom auction value...meaning more % profit

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:30 pm

Originally posted by FFBL23:

GG,

Rank the following pitchers:

Ben Sheets

Kevin Slowey

Daisuke Matsuzaka i think you have it right. however, if slowey is healthy and is on track to start the season (i personally doubt it), i will push him above or at least equal to sheets.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:34 pm

Originally posted by Kentucky Reign:

mark

how do you feel about Yovani this year? i've seen a lot of mixed opinions regarding him.

i think he's capable of 15, 3.30, 1.22, 200+

what do you think? he's dead to me unless he can get his walks under control. if you remember a year ago or two, he had knee surgery and has never had the control that he had in the majors or minors.

if his BB are under control (watch spring training), he moves up my board quickly. he was/is a top talent, ace quality.

FFBL23 · Post by **FFBL23** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:34 pm

GG,

Yes you have my name right. I appreciate the honesty on the auction questions. It's going to be interesting with the new Auction championship this year seeing how many different strategies are out there, it will be fun to evaluate the top teams and see how they acquired their team. GG, will you be playing in that new 5 letter league that was introduced a few weeks ago? Not mentioning the name due to the respect I have for Greg.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:35 pm

Originally posted by FFBL23:

GG,

Aside from catcher, what is the shallowest fantasy position this year? 3B

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:37 pm

Originally posted by Kentucky Reign:

who's the better fantasy player? GEKKO or GEKKO II

Which is a better movie, Wall Street or Wall Street II

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:40 pm

Originally posted by FFBL23:

GG,

Yes you have my name right. I appreciate the honesty on the auction questions. It's going to be interesting with the new Auction championship this year seeing how many different strategies are out there, it will be fun to evaluate the top teams and see how they acquired their team. probably the league with the most inexperienced AUCTION players will produce the most top 10 overall teams.

i'm doing the $1,300 mixed auction (which is part of the 15K overall championship), however there are more sharks in that league than the typical $800 auction league.

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:41 pm

who's the biggest impact player you're looking at going into and coming out of spring training?

for me it's reyes

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:41 pm

What's the most leagues you've ever done?

What's the most leagues you think you could handle without passing the point of diminishing returns?

Glenn

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:42 pm

Originally posted by FFBL23:

GG, will you be playing in that new 5 letter league that was introduced a few weeks ago? Not mentioning the name due to the respect I have for Greg. negative.

1. i'm out of money

2. i don't want to have to learn and play a game with a different format

3. no time left for me to manage more faab teams

also,i'm not doing any 12 team leagues either. the faab pools are entirely different than the 15 team leagues and require too much sunday time to manage.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:46 pm

Originally posted by Kentucky Reign:

who's the biggest impact player you're looking at going into and coming out of spring training?

for me it's reyes there's plenty of them.

reyes, slowey, gallardo, liriano pitching against major leaguers and not double A and 17 year olds, sheets....

there's too many to list. i will be watching as many players as i can. there's also numerous playing time battles to keep track of, ie Rockies OF. if seth smith gets his foot in the door, it's time to downgrade gonzo, fowler AND hawpe. if any of those guys get in a 2 week slump, they may be part time players.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:47 pm

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

What's the most leagues you've ever done?

What's the most leagues you think you could handle without passing the point of diminishing returns?

Glenn last year i did 6 weekly faab teams...and that turned out to be too many.

this year, i have 3.

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:47 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:

What books or mags are a must for you in draft prep?

Can't make it through winter without the Baseball Forecaster. Last year I bought Baseball Prospectus, but I thought it was HORRIBLE, esp their projections. [/QUOTE]This is too bad.

My wife bought me the Prospectus for Christmas this year (along with a couple other baseball books I wanted). I received an E-mail the other day that its finally arrived & is shipping. I should get it any day.

First time I'll be reading this book. Hopefully you're wrong and it'll be enjoyable & informative read.....

Glenn

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:48 pm

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

This is too bad.

My wife bought me the Prospectus for Christmas this year (along with a couple other baseball books I wanted). I received an E-mail the other day that its finally arrived & is shipping. I should get it any day.

First time I'll be reading this book. Hopefully you're wrong and it'll be enjoyable & informative read.....

Glenn if i'm not buying it this year (and i'm not), what does that tell you about its usefullness

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:50 pm

Originally posted by Chest Rockwell:

Mark- great chat today. thanks Chest. alright guys, that's all i got in me. i still have projections to get through. hope the chat brightened your day a bit (it did mine)

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:50 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:

This is too bad.

My wife bought me the Prospectus for Christmas this year (along with a couple other baseball books I wanted). I received an E-mail the other day that its finally arrived & is shipping. I should get it any day.

First time I'll be reading this book. Hopefully you're wrong and it'll be enjoyable & informative read.....

Glenn if i'm not buying it this year (and i'm not), what does that tell you about its usefullness [/QUOTE]Well....couldn't hurt. I hear their projections are pretty good.

Glenn

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:54 pm

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

Well....couldn't hurt. I hear their projections are pretty good.

Glenn not so sure about that. as soon as you get 'bad' information in your head, you'll remember that on draft day.

in last year's book they had tommy hanson with 129 innings, 4.90 era and a 1.45 whip

projections were **** , which really turned me off to them. their writeups on each player were alright i guess

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:02 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:

Well....couldn't hurt. I hear their projections are pretty good.

Glenn not so sure about that. as soon as you get 'bad' information in your head, you'll remember that on draft day.

in last year's book they had tommy hanson with 129 innings, 4.90 era and a 1.45 whip

projections were **** , which really turned me off to them. their writeups on each player were alright i guess [/QUOTE]Thanks Bud, I appreciate the advice.

This is the first year I'm actually trying out these pre-season draft prep books and I'm giving a few of them a read. Therefore, I don't see any one "forecaster" having too great an influence over me. I'm mostly reading them to check out the underlying stats each provide (turns out most look at the same stats but sometimes in a different way or from a different viewpoint) and to see if any of them provide an insight I may not have caught onto myself.

Funny thing is the one I'm enjoying the most thusfar is one you barely hear anything about....

Great chat today Mark....

PS...still an opportunity to switch draft venues out west. See you in a few weeks if you decide to stay....

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DiamondKing · Post by **DiamondKing** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:50 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:

Well....couldn't hurt. I hear their projections are pretty good.

Glenn not so sure about that. as soon as you get 'bad' information in your head, you'll remember that on draft day.

in last year's book they had tommy hanson with 129 innings, 4.90 era and a 1.45 whip

projections were **** , which really turned me off to them. their writeups on each player were alright i guess [/QUOTE]And your projection for Hanson last year was ...

[ February 13, 2010, 08:52 PM: Message edited by: DiamondKing ]

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:06 am

Originally posted by DiamondKing:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:

Well....couldn't hurt. I hear their projections are pretty good.

Glenn not so sure about that. as soon as you get 'bad' information in your head, you'll remember that on draft day.

in last year's book they had tommy hanson with 129 innings, 4.90 era and a 1.45 whip

projections were **** , which really turned me off to them. their writeups on each player were alright i guess [/QUOTE]And your projection for Hanson last year was ... [/QUOTE]Let me help you out with that, Dave.

From Gordon Gekko II last year in June....

"hanson is a bum.

29 IP

17 BB

18 K

those numbers predict a horrible future. he's getting by on luck, which still counts. however, luck eventually runs out. jordan zimmerman is a much better pitcher. again, sorry for bursting your bubble. "

Jordan Zimmerman's ADP just went through the roof!

The RoundTrippers · Post by **The RoundTrippers** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:40 am

edward...gekko had a off year we all know that and he even admitted with the birth of his baby it threw him out of whack. i remember gekko having a radioshow with koq. he was blasting hanson on air so i chimed in and touted hanson. hanson was not getting any love/respect from gekko in just a handful of innings in the majors. hopefully, gekko is a believer now. something about once you own a skill......

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:48 am

Originally posted by DiamondKing:

And your projection for Hanson last year was ... on draft day my projection for hanson was MUCH better than BP.

remember, i was a Hanson owner last year.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:50 am

Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

29 IP

17 BB

18 K

those numbers were and still are horrible. if you think they are good, i think Joel Hanrahan would look good on your team

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:00 am

Originally posted by The RoundTrippers:

edward...gekko had a off year we all know that and he even admitted with the birth of his baby it threw him out of whack. i remember gekko having a radioshow with koq. he was blasting hanson on air so i chimed in and touted hanson. hanson was not getting any love/respect from gekko in just a handful of innings in the majors. hopefully, gekko is a believer now. something about once you own a skill......

in late June through the end of the season, when my time available to spend on fantasy football went from 25 hours a week to less than 5, difficult decisions had to be made. i said all my leagues will take a back seat to the $1,300 mixed auction (which i did pull out the win). it was unfortunate because i don't like giving up in any leagues. i know my decision cost me money in the main event. however, family had to come first.

with that said, last year was my most successful fantasy baseball season from a prize winnings standpoint.

for this year:

1. we are not having a baby

2. i cut down on my weekly manage teams (from 6 to 3)

for all of you out there, good luck trying to stop me (you're going to need it)

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