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Alright everyone, this is THE post you’ve been waiting for! Who will be THE #1 FAAB pickup this week? I’m a pessimist (realist) at heart so I tend to see things a bit more negatively than most.. Enjoy!



Max Schrezer

Good: He looked great this week coming out of the bullpen. Fastball looks nasty. Had real nice minor league numbers (albeit in 30 innings).



Bad: Couple things.

One – Inexperienced above Double-A level…along the same lines as Cueto. Last year, Schrezer had trouble with walking Double-A hitters.

Two – Having only pitched a little over 100 innings last year, his innings will be capped this year, meaning at some point he will have to return to the bullpen if the DBacks want him to still be pitching in August.



Ugly: Here is a partial transcript taken from yesterday’s Web chat with D-backs club president Derrick Hall. It seems as though Schrezer will be returning to the bullpen rather quickly. Good for the D-backs, but bad for fantasy owners.



D-backs club president Derrick Hall fielded questions from fans during his monthly Web chat Thursday. Hall discussed Max Scherzer, the ballpark, the team's upcoming Mother's Day event and more.



punterjoe: Mr. Hall, when Doug Davis returns will Max Scherzer return to the bullpen or be sent down?



Hall: At this point, the plan would be to put him back in the 'pen. Assuming everyone else remains healthy, with Brandon Webb, Dan Haren, Randy Johnson and Micah Owings, it's the likely scenario. We are excited for his starting debut on Monday though.



FAAB analysis:. I’ll take a stab and say the winning bids will avg out to around $250-$275. I imagine a few bids will be in the mid-upper $300’s and someone from Orlando will win him for $10 (with the bid unopposed)!!!



Jeff Clement

Good: Nice all around batting numbers (other than sb). He very well may gain catch eligibility IN THE MONTH OF MAY. It’s not often you can pick up an impact catcher off the waiver wire (20+ hr .285+ avg). I tried to pick him up LAST week, but was overbid. Ugh!

Bad: Couple things.

One – He should play everyday, but I’m not 100% certain about that. MAYBE he will sit against lefties or tough lefties?

Two – Begins the year as only Utility eligible.

Ugly: Small chance that he doesn’t get catcher eligibility until June/July.



FAAB analysis: For some reason, I think a lot of people will be asleep at the wheel with Clement…thus keeping his bids lower than what they should be. Again, I’ll take a stab and say the winning bids will avg out to around $150-$175. I imagine a few bids will be in the $200’s and someone from Orlando will win him for $5 (with the bid unopposed)!!!



Wladimir Balentien

Good: Premier power hitter in the minors. Already hit a homer the first game he was called up to Seattle!! Has some wheels as well.

Bad: He should play everyday, but I’m not 100% certain about that. What happens if he is only hitting .220 a month from now. Will he go back to Triple-A?

Ugly: Strikeout numbers can be excessive. Will keep avg below .280. Maybe below .270.



FAAB analysis: Can be all over the board come Sunday. If he mashes another homer or two between now and Sunday, I’ll say he goes for an average of $200 - $225. NFBC owners LOVE homers, don’t they!! If he doesn’t hit another hr, I’ll say the avg is around $175.



And yes, someone from Orlando will win him for $5 (with the bid unopposed)!!!!!!!!



Running out of time here, so I’ll wrap this up quick…



And now to Mr Liriano….

As most of you know, I mistakenly drafted Liriano in the 8th round this year. He’s been a bust (no surprise there) and can’t even get Triple-A hitters out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heck he had trouble with SINGLE-A hitters this spring!!!!!! For some reason I get the uneasy feeling that he won’t be useful this year, or at least until August or September. Even then, he might simply be an average pitcher that you can get off the waiver wire on any given Sunday. Rosters spots are too valuable to waste on someone who is a ZERO now and could be a ZERO the whole year.



With that said, I told everyone that I will be dropping Liriano this week, and I’m not wavering on what I said. Here is the situation in which Liriano will get waived and back in my league’s FAAB pool…



There are two players right now that I’d consider taking over Liriano, if the price is right. One is Schrezer and the other one will remain a mystery (until Sunday). I will be making bids on both players such that if I acquire them it will be at a discount…which would justify (in my eyes) dropping liriano. If I don’t acquire them, at least I made another owner bid a respectable amount to get them.



REV UP THE FAAB ENGINES!!!! AND IT’S ONLY MAY 2ND!!! GOTTA LOVE IT!!!



See you Sunday!

Really? You mistakenly drafted Liriano??



Good post, GG.

Originally posted by The Mighty Men:

Really? You mistakenly drafted Liriano??



Good post, GG. I've already beat the liriano mistake into the ground. Last time, here goes, I was looking at the wrong data (adp) when I selected liriano. That is a mistake and one I hopefully won't make going forward.



Yes, I may be an idol to some of you but I do make mistakes.

Someone asked about N.Adenhart in another thread. Thankfully for Adenhart supporters he got destroyed yesterday. This means he will be flying below most folks radar this sunday. I think he is the PERFECT guy to pick up for $2 this weekend. Doesn't he get to face everyone's favorite punching bag, the royals, next week?

Gordon, you are a smart player but you frequently make stupid and ignorant comments like you did in the post above when you talk about the FAAB bidding in Orlando. You want to put some money to back up those statements about the Orlando FAAB bidding this week? Of course you won't, you are too smart for that but why make those inflammatory statements? If you think Orlando is so easy come on down and give it a shot. I was with you in Chicago when you gave it a try there and if I remember correctly it did not turn out to be that easy there either. Yes, I drafted in Orlando and yes I am in about the middle of the pack in Orlando 3 but I just get sick and tired of you and others looking at Orlando leagues now and bitching about how easy the leagues are, no one stopped you from going there.



Keep up the good work Gordon but save some dignity and quit making some of those ludicroius statements that you are so famous for. They do make for a good laugh at times but sometimes (like this) your posts wear a bit thin.



OK, I am done complaining about GG and all you others that think that Orlando leagues stink. One more thing Gordon, you say you are in it for the money, if so, why aren't you smart enough to come to Orlando where the pickins are easy? Next year you say? I think I have heard that story before.



I feel better now!

Originally posted by Plymouth:

Gordon, you are a smart player but you frequently make stupid and ignorant comments like you did in the post above when you talk about the FAAB bidding in Orlando. You want to put some money to back up those statements about the Orlando FAAB bidding this week? Of course you won't, you are too smart for that but why make those inflammatory statements? If you think Orlando is so easy come on down and give it a shot. League vs League

LEAGUE PTS

New York League 3 30541

New York League 2 30458

Chicago League 4 30365

Las Vegas League 5 30098

New York League 7 29969

Chicago League 2 29967

Las Vegas League 7 29923

Las Vegas League 1 29838

Las Vegas League 8 29819

Las Vegas League 6 29734

Las Vegas League 9 29691

New York League 9 29655

Chicago League 1 29376

New York League 4 29287

New York League 8 29153

New York League 6 29149

New York League 5 29121

Las Vegas League 3 29059

New York League 1 28643

Las Vegas League 2 28624

Las Vegas League 10 28510

Orlando League 2 28405

Las Vegas League 4 28345

Orlando League 1 28342

Chicago League 3 28289

Orlando League 3 28096

checkmate?

So, tell me how this makes the Orlando weak and why their FAAB bids will be abnormal compared to the other leagues? Enlighten me please.

Originally posted by Plymouth:

So, tell me how this makes the Orlando weak and why their FAAB bids will be abnormal compared to the other leagues? Enlighten me please. currently all orlando leagues are among the 5 lowest scoring leagues as measured by the table on the front page of the NFBC website. don't shoot the messenger, i'm just relaying a FACT. sorry if that upsets you, that is not my intent.

Gordon, those standings mean very little as you well know, particularly at this time of the year. Stay on course here Gordon, the standings don't upset me, what upsets me is how you try to belittle the Orlando players. Why do you have to belittle others to try to make a point? You need to learn to accept the fact that there are many ways to skin a cat and that your way is not the only way to do things.



By the way didn't Balentien and Clement just get picked up in your league last week for $36 and $32 respectively? They sound like cheap bids to me.

Originally posted by Plymouth:

Gordon, those standings mean very little as you well know, particularly at this time of the year. Stay on course here Gordon, the standings don't upset me, what upsets me is how you try to belittle the Orlando players. Why do you have to belittle others to try to make a point? You need to learn to accept the fact that there are many ways to skin a cat and that your way is not the only way to do things.



By the way didn't Balentien and Clement just get picked up in your league last week for $36 and $32 respectively? They sound like cheap bids to me. If one orlando league was in the bottom 5, no one would notice. BUT ALL THREE LEAGUES!!!! Come on, gotta face the music on this one.



As for my league, yep those guys were picked up last week. As judged by the league strength table, I AM IN THE TOUGHEST LEAGUE. Some people have already said to me that I am swimming with the sharks in this league, and I coulda been swimming with the minnows in orlando. I wouldn't say that just yet.

Enlighten me on how league ranking work. I'm in Chi3 and my league is below two of those three Orlando minnows. Is a league that has Bruce, Rasmus, & Headley on the rosters and not getting stats better or worse then a league that has Wilkerson, Andrew Jones, Jacque Jones? Are Kershew and Mad Max better or worse then Zito and Willis?

Oh Gordon, you are amazing. We could go on with this discussion but we would both be wasting our time. We will see where things end up when the smoke clears at the end of the season.



I do however; wish you the best of luck as you do have a good team, not great but good and you should be competitive. Hang in there buddy and I am sure our paths will cross again. I gotta tell you GG, if nothing else, you are entertaining.



Good luck!

N.Adenhart must be available in your league. He maybe a flyer like all of the players you listed, but he is worth more than 2 faab points.

Originally posted by BudFox:

N.Adenhart must be available in your league. He maybe a flyer like all of the players you listed, but he is worth more than 2 faab points. of course he's worth more than $2. but worth and paying price aren't the same thing

Gentlemen,



Do not rise to rank and demeaning innuendo. It does no good for you or the NFBC.



The way I look at it, within the cumulative scores of 15 teams in 26 leagues, there is only 8% difference in total points between the league in "first" place and the league in "last" place. I am sure many of you recognize exactly how insignificant that is statistically as well as in the overall competition. In April. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

Gentlemen,



Do not rise to rank and demeaning innuendo. It does no good for you or the NFBC.



The way I look at it, within the cumulative scores of 15 teams in 26 leagues, there is only 8% difference in total points between the league in "first" place and the league in "last" place. I am sure many of you recognize exactly how insignificant that is statistically as well as in the overall competition. In April. :rolleyes: plymouth was looking for an answer...i gave him one. don't ask if you don't want to know.

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by BudFox:

N.Adenhart must be available in your league. He maybe a flyer like all of the players you listed, but he is worth more than 2 faab points. of course he's worth more than $2. but worth and paying price aren't the same thing [/QUOTE]He's not. LOL.



They brought him up on 3 days rest(98 pitches). Real bad idea. He retired the first 4 nicely, then totally lost his release point on his fastball.



Lackey made a 3 IP rehab start and they're not going to bench Saunders, Ervin, Jered or Garland. They're paying Garland a lot of money and he does have 3 wins, despite some bad games. He's not Jeff Weaver.

I gotta bump his value up after learning this!



Reminds me of my favorite childhood dog (A female malamute that was awesome with kids, and beat up no less than 2 pitbulls during her life.)



~Lance





"Interesting factoid about Scherzer: he's heterochromatic, the official name for having different colored eyes. But while many heterochromatic folks' differential is minor -- say one hazel and one blue, or one blue and one green -- Scherzer's is startling to anyone who meets him for the first time as he has one dark brown eye and one pale blue eye. He says, however, it does not affect his vision at all."

Ufs - I'd pick YOU up for $2 if u were pitching against the royals!

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

Ufs - I'd pick YOU up for $2 if u were pitching against the royals! I have a nice knuckler..



BTW, If you have not seen the fly ball Cust dropped with no on, two out, that lead to five runs, it is a classic.

Originally posted by UFS:

quote:Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

Ufs - I'd pick YOU up for $2 if u were pitching against the royals! I have a nice knuckler..



BTW, If you have not seen the fly ball Cust dropped with no on, two out, that lead to five runs, it is a classic. [/QUOTE]I actually missed that, but I did catch the rest of the game in which the Angels sucked spectacularly.

And now to Mr Liriano….

As most of you know, I mistakenly drafted Liriano in the 8th round this year. [/QB]Gordon, every time you refer to Liriano do you have to mention that you mistakenly drafted him? Maybe if you say it enough times you may just believe it.

U are free to believe whatever u want.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

[qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Plymouth:

[qb]











Gordon,This is one Orlando owner that would welcome the challenge of drafting against you next year.I must be a poor judge of the other owners though,as I have nothing but respect for my fellow Orlando roto players.I fit your image of the Orlando player.No computer just my pens and a spiral notebook.But,then again my computer does not tell me who to pick in the eighth round that is my job alone.



[ May 02, 2008, 05:42 PM: Message edited by: DiamondKing ]