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Round Pick Player Pos

1 3 Ryan Braun OF

2 28 Dustin Pedroia 2B

3 33 Pablo Sandoval 1B

4 58 Ben Zobrist 2B

5 63 Bobby Abreu OF

6 88 Jason Bartlett SS

7 93 Wandy Rodriguez P

8 118 Heath Bell P

9 123 Geovany Soto C

10 148 Brett Anderson P

11 153 Chris Davis 1B

12 178 Johnny Damon OF

13 183 Martin Prado 3B

14 208 Aaron Harang P

15 213 Carlos Ruiz C

16 238 Stephen Strasburg P

17 243 Scott Podsednik OF

18 268 Brandon Wood 3B

19 273 Matt Lindstrom P

20 298 Ian Kennedy P

21 303 Kerry Wood P

22 328 Rick VandenHurk P

23 333 Nate Schierholtz OF

24 358 Andy Sonnanstine P

25 363 Kris Medlen P

26 388 Scott Feldman P

27 393 Fernando Rodney P

28 418 Travis Hafner DH

29 423 Doug Davis P

30 448 Carlos Carrasco P



Remember the this was a team from Baseball HQ behind Ron Shandler that brought you this Crowning Team.

Looks like a pretty good team to me....

Originally posted by Walla Walla:

Round Pick Player Pos

1 3 Ryan Braun OF

2 28 Dustin Pedroia 2B

3 33 Pablo Sandoval 1B

4 58 Ben Zobrist 2B

5 63 Bobby Abreu OF

6 88 Jason Bartlett SS

7 93 Wandy Rodriguez P

8 118 Heath Bell P

9 123 Geovany Soto C

10 148 Brett Anderson P

11 153 Chris Davis 1B

12 178 Johnny Damon OF

13 183 Martin Prado 3B

14 208 Aaron Harang P

15 213 Carlos Ruiz C

16 238 Stephen Strasburg P

17 243 Scott Podsednik OF

18 268 Brandon Wood 3B

19 273 Matt Lindstrom P

20 298 Ian Kennedy P

21 303 Kerry Wood P

22 328 Rick VandenHurk P

23 333 Nate Schierholtz OF

24 358 Andy Sonnanstine P

25 363 Kris Medlen P

26 388 Scott Feldman P

27 393 Fernando Rodney P

28 418 Travis Hafner DH

29 423 Doug Davis P

30 448 Carlos Carrasco P



Remember the this was a team from Baseball HQ behind Ron Shandler that brought you this Crowning Team. Where is your team Walla?

Originally posted by Walla Walla:

Round Pick Player Pos

1 3 Ryan Braun OF

2 28 Dustin Pedroia 2B

3 33 Pablo Sandoval 1B

4 58 Ben Zobrist 2B

5 63 Bobby Abreu OF

6 88 Jason Bartlett SS

7 93 Wandy Rodriguez P

8 118 Heath Bell P

9 123 Geovany Soto C

10 148 Brett Anderson P

11 153 Chris Davis 1B

12 178 Johnny Damon OF

13 183 Martin Prado 3B

14 208 Aaron Harang P

15 213 Carlos Ruiz C

16 238 Stephen Strasburg P

17 243 Scott Podsednik OF

18 268 Brandon Wood 3B

19 273 Matt Lindstrom P

20 298 Ian Kennedy P

21 303 Kerry Wood P

22 328 Rick VandenHurk P

23 333 Nate Schierholtz OF

24 358 Andy Sonnanstine P

25 363 Kris Medlen P

26 388 Scott Feldman P

27 393 Fernando Rodney P

28 418 Travis Hafner DH

29 423 Doug Davis P

30 448 Carlos Carrasco P



Remember the this was a team from Baseball HQ behind Ron Shandler that brought you this Crowning Team. The offense looks ok. The pitching is short.

Originally posted by CC's Desperados:

quote:Originally posted by Walla Walla:

Round Pick Player Pos

1 3 Ryan Braun OF

2 28 Dustin Pedroia 2B

3 33 Pablo Sandoval 1B

4 58 Ben Zobrist 2B

5 63 Bobby Abreu OF

6 88 Jason Bartlett SS

7 93 Wandy Rodriguez P

8 118 Heath Bell P

9 123 Geovany Soto C

10 148 Brett Anderson P

11 153 Chris Davis 1B

12 178 Johnny Damon OF

13 183 Martin Prado 3B

14 208 Aaron Harang P

15 213 Carlos Ruiz C

16 238 Stephen Strasburg P

17 243 Scott Podsednik OF

18 268 Brandon Wood 3B

19 273 Matt Lindstrom P

20 298 Ian Kennedy P

21 303 Kerry Wood P

22 328 Rick VandenHurk P

23 333 Nate Schierholtz OF

24 358 Andy Sonnanstine P

25 363 Kris Medlen P

26 388 Scott Feldman P

27 393 Fernando Rodney P

28 418 Travis Hafner DH

29 423 Doug Davis P

30 448 Carlos Carrasco P



Remember the this was a team from Baseball HQ behind Ron Shandler that brought you this Crowning Team. The offense looks ok. The pitching is short. [/QUOTE]I agree Shawn.



Harang is a #3 is VERY scary to me (especially when your #4 isn't going to be there at the beginning), and with Vandenhurk getting sent down... .



However, I do give credit to Ron for taking the guys he published in the Forecaster. Not everyone who touts projections does that.

So he's just another team that wins his draft using Roto Lab. Roto Labs has a hugh success rate on draft day. It must be over 95% winners. I wonder what the winning rate is at seasons end.

Originally posted by CC's Desperados:

So he's just another team that wins his draft using Roto Lab. Roto Labs has a hugh success rate on draft day. It must be over 95% winners. I wonder what the winning rate is at seasons end. THANK YOU.



Everybody has the best team in the world....Until they play.

I've got a Round 26 pitcher who is his MLB team's #1 starter and had a 3.56 ERA on the road last year. He'll be just fine at the tail end of my rotation.

Originally posted by RON@HQ:

I've got a Round 26 pitcher who is his MLB team's #1 starter and had a 3.56 ERA on the road last year. He'll be just fine at the tail end of my rotation. I'm glad you joined. It adds to the fun and intrigue. I also appreciate posts like you just made. Good luck.

Originally posted by RON@HQ:

I've got a Round 26 pitcher who is his MLB team's #1 starter and had a 3.56 ERA on the road last year. He'll be just fine at the tail end of my rotation. Ron, I can't tell you how happy I am to hear that you had a blast in your debut NFBC draft. I know it had more to do with drafting in your favorite team's ballpark, but glad you liked the NFBC format and leaguemates too!! Did you ever think you'd be drafting a fantasy baseball team at the Mets' spanking new ballpark for a shot at a $100,000 grand prize? I didn't think so.



Tom said you came up to him after the draft and let him know how much fun you had. That's great to hear because I know at this point in our careers it's more about the fun, the comraderie, and the competition than it is about the money. And I know that the format you have with your BaseballHQ team running this team should be even more fun. Good luck the rest of the way and stay active on the boards. You're a good addition to the fun we have here.

Originally posted by RON@HQ:

I've got a Round 26 pitcher who is his MLB team's #1 starter and had a 3.56 ERA on the road last year. He'll be just fine at the tail end of my rotation. And I took him in the 24th round. It's the front part of the staff that is short.

Hey Ron

Nice meeting you and drafting against you. Tough league. Agree on Feldman late and you can make a case for Davis late as well. Our free agent list is pretty thin. Do not usually post my teams but this is mine from same league.

C Wieters

C Pudge

1b Lee

2b Kendrick

SS Rollins

3b Cantu

CI N Johnson

MI Sizemore

OF J Upton

OF Cruz

OF Ibanez

OF Maybin

OF Gomez

UT Vlad

SP Greinke Cain Buckholtz Cueto Marcum Hammell

Norris Pavano Bedard

RP Qualls Nunez Feliz Gregg Gutierez McClelan

Good Luck

Marty

I would say for sure the staff is short....the 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th SPs taken on this team will all not be in their teams' rotation at the start of the season.

Originally posted by Gladiators:

I would say for sure the staff is short....the 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th SPs taken on this team will all not be in their teams' rotation at the start of the season. Stuff like this doesn't bother me. The percentage play is that half of all starters are going to end up on the DL. On my team, I may lose some innings in April; on your team, you may lose your innings in August. Either way, we're both losing innings. I'd rather be sitting with a Kris Medlen, speculating that a spot will open up, than a Barry Zito, praying he doesn't revert to his 2008 form. (And I'm not picking on Nate, but Zito is an easy target for me.)

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by RON@HQ:

I've got a Round 26 pitcher who is his MLB team's #1 starter and had a 3.56 ERA on the road last year. He'll be just fine at the tail end of my rotation. Ron, I can't tell you how happy I am to hear that you had a blast in your debut NFBC draft. I know it had more to do with drafting in your favorite team's ballpark, but glad you liked the NFBC format and leaguemates too!! Did you ever think you'd be drafting a fantasy baseball team at the Mets' spanking new ballpark for a shot at a $100,000 grand prize? I didn't think so.



Tom said you came up to him after the draft and let him know how much fun you had. That's great to hear because I know at this point in our careers it's more about the fun, the comraderie, and the competition than it is about the money. And I know that the format you have with your BaseballHQ team running this team should be even more fun. Good luck the rest of the way and stay active on the boards. You're a good addition to the fun we have here. [/QUOTE]Thanks Greg. I had only been to the NFBC as a facilitator in 2004, and was not anxious to return, but this experience was far better. I did have a good time, and look forward to donating my six-figure winnings to charity. As long as the timing coincides well with my spring travel, odds are I will be back.

Originally posted by RON@HQ:

quote:Originally posted by Gladiators:

I would say for sure the staff is short....the 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th SPs taken on this team will all not be in their teams' rotation at the start of the season. Stuff like this doesn't bother me. The percentage play is that half of all starters are going to end up on the DL. On my team, I may lose some innings in April; on your team, you may lose your innings in August. Either way, we're both losing innings. I'd rather be sitting with a Kris Medlen, speculating that a spot will open up, than a Barry Zito, praying he doesn't revert to his 2008 form. (And I'm not picking on Nate, but Zito is an easy target for me.) [/QUOTE]The problem with that is you get behind in wins and K's. Later in the year you will need to chase it with volume with risky starters.



Is it your goal to win your league or the overall title?



Even if there are a ton of pitching injuries, you will have to fight for any plus arm on the wire. The way it looks right now you need two already. I wish you the best, but I couldn't sleep at night with my ace being a 31 year old coming off a career year. He has bust written all over him.



[ March 31, 2010, 10:23 AM: Message edited by: CC's Desperados ]

To each his own, Ron....not picking on your team I just see you falling WAY behind in Wins and Ks for starters when sitting on 4 "potential" starters. To make it worse, your aces Wandy and Anderson (2 pitchers I do like) will probably not combine for much more then 20 wins because they play on bad teams.



I can see hanging onto 1 potential starter, but 4 is at least 3 too many for my tastes.



Good luck this season, however.

My problem with Ron's team is not the pitching, although I think much of the constructive criticism regarding the pitching is on point. The achilles heel of this team is structural. The offense/pitching ratio was split down the middle at 15/15. Offensively this leaves Ron with one reserve on the bench, and in this case it's Travis Hafner who is eligible at UTL only. True, many of his players have multi positional eligibility which will allow for some flexibility, but this team has little maneuverability to take advantage of the twice a week offensive changes introduced this year. It could lag in AB's (opportunities), especially when the injuries, great and small, start to pile up (and they always do ) Certain to be active in FAAB, you'll find Ron that, at least historically, it's been easier to find pitching in the NFBC than hitting. This is a team at risk when injuries and lagging performers start to manifest in your offense. As a matter of fact, the only one I've seen with greater risk (for other reasons) is MINE! Best of luck Ron and welcome to 'The Show'.

I don't dislike Wandy and, to me, landing Anderson in the 10th kept the pitching from being something short of a disaster, but it doesn't look great. Counting on guys like Medlen to show up requires that you use up extra bench spots which is difficult to do when you have three injuries and four other guys that are actually playing and have too much potential to drop, but no room in your lineup.



[ March 31, 2010, 11:52 AM: Message edited by: bjoak ]

Originally posted by Gladiators:

To each his own, Ron....not picking on your team I just see you falling WAY behind in Wins and Ks for starters when sitting on 4 "potential" starters. To make it worse, your aces Wandy and Anderson (2 pitchers I do like) will probably not combine for much more then 20 wins because they play on bad teams.



I can see hanging onto 1 potential starter, but 4 is at least 3 too many for my tastes.



Good luck this season, however. Is that an exaggeration? I think we get so caught up in thinking that wins come from offense that we forget that the actual pitcher and his bullpen are half of it.

No exaggeration at all....do you see the Astros or Athletics competing for the pennant in either division? I don't either. Take a good look at their offenses and that will tell you all you need to know. They both distribute lineups that rank among the worst 3 offensively (with the Pads) in the league. Both teams will be lucky to crest 72 wins on the year. I have Wandy and Anderson both down for 11-12 wins, which makes their combined win total (IMO)just over 20.

Originally posted by Gladiators:

No exaggeration at all....do you see the Astros or Athletics competing for the pennant in either division? I don't either. Take a good look at their offenses and that will tell you all you need to know. They both distribute lineups that rank among the worst 3 offensively (with the Pads) in the league. Both teams will be lucky to crest 72 wins on the year. I have Wandy and Anderson both down for 11-12 wins, which makes their combined win total (IMO)just over 20. I get what you're saying, but wins are such a finicky category, that I think you're better off drafting skill as opposed to team. How else do you explain Verlander, Felix, Halladay and Grienke last year? They all played for mediocre/bad teams yet still cranked out more wins than AJ Burnett, Pettite, Lester and Cliff Lee, who all played for offensive juggernauts. Chasing wins is an excercise in futility.

Originally posted by Rey:

quote:Originally posted by Gladiators:

No exaggeration at all....do you see the Astros or Athletics competing for the pennant in either division? I don't either. Take a good look at their offenses and that will tell you all you need to know. They both distribute lineups that rank among the worst 3 offensively (with the Pads) in the league. Both teams will be lucky to crest 72 wins on the year. I have Wandy and Anderson both down for 11-12 wins, which makes their combined win total (IMO)just over 20. I get what you're saying, but wins are such a finicky category, that I think you're better off drafting skill as opposed to team. How else do you explain Verlander, Felix, Halladay and Grienke last year? They all played for mediocre/bad teams yet still cranked out more wins than AJ Burnett, Pettite, Lester and Cliff Lee, who all played for offensive juggernauts. Chasing wins is an excercise in futility. [/QUOTE]The Tigers and Mariners were both nearly playoff teams, but your point is well taken.

Originally posted by bjoak:

I don't dislike Wandy and, to me, landing Anderson in the 10th kept the pitching from being something short of a disaster, but it doesn't look great. Counting on guys like Medlen to show up requires that you use up extra bench spots which is difficult to do when you have three injuries and four other guys that are actually playing and have too much potential to drop, but no room in your lineup. 2 innings, 9 runs for Wandy today. A terrible spring. I wonder if he is hurt.

I just want to see more debate between Childs and Shandler.



When the greatest fantasy baseball player in the world speaks I like to listen. Now get back to talking Shawn...