Does this team have a chance?

Likewhat17 · Post by **Likewhat17** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:01 am

I'm new to the NFBC this year and am starting off with a couple of satellite leagues to get my feet wet. I've been playing fantasy baseball in different formats for several years though, so I'm no stranger to the game. I had a $125 satellite draft on the 19th of February, and another one tonight. I'm just wondering if there were any opinions out there on how I did on my first draft, and what I can do to improve this next one. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated!

R7 P4 C Jorge Posada, NYY

R24 P12 C Chris Iannetta, COL

R27 P4 C David Ross, CIN

R4 P12 1B Carlos Pena, TB

R15 P4 1B Conor Jackson, ARI

R25 P4 1B Daric Barton, OAK

R30 P12 1B Kevin Millar, BAL

R12 P12 2B Placido Polanco, DET

R18 P12 2B Orlando Hudson, ARI

R1 P4 SS Jose Reyes, NYM

R13 P4 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff, SD

R2 P12 OF Magglio Ordonez, DET

R9 P4 OF Andruw Jones, LA

R14 P12 OF Moises Alou, NYM

R16 P12 OF Rick Ankiel, STL

R17 P4 OF Cameron Maybin, FLA

R26 P12 OF Dave Roberts, SF

R3 P4 SP Brandon Webb, ARI

R5 P4 SP Justin Verlander, DET

R6 P12 SP Francisco Liriano, MIN

R19 P4 SP Ubaldo Jimenez, COL

R20 P12 SP Jon Garland, ANA

R21 P4 SP Jason Schmidt, LA

R22 P12 SP Scott Olsen, FLA

R23 P4 SP Kenny Rogers, DET

R28 P12 SP Miguel Batista, SEA

R29 P4 SP Jair Jurrjens, ATL

R8 P12 RP Brad Lidge, PHI

R10 P12 RP Manny Corpas, COL

R11 P4 RP Rafael Soriano, ATL

Asumijet · Post by **Asumijet** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:42 am

As another NFBC 1st year player, take my advice with a grain (or rock) of salt. My quick observations are:

1. Pitching staff seems overloaded.

2. May not have supported the Reyes pick with enough SBs to get capitalize on Reyes' speed.

3. Look to be short on HR/RBI.

I think your team would be really balanced if you had taken a 20/20 hitter instead of Verlander or Liriano (very early given the risk). And an OF with upside instead of 1 of the 3 RPs. Now of course, balanced does not necessarily mean better. You seem to be a lock for 50+ pitching points. I just don't see much more than 40-45 points of hitting.

billywaz · Post by **billywaz** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:05 am

Likewhat 17,

I agree with pretty much what Asumijet said.

One thing I did notice, is you have 2 real nice pitchers, and a high risk/high reward pick in Liriano. The problem is your next starter wasn't taken until round 19, so the back half of your staff could negate the advantage of your "big 3".

I also agree that you didn't put too many steals around Reyes, so that might be somewhat of a problem.

I'm new too, but unlike Asumijet, I don't know much!

Good Luck!

[ March 05, 2008, 01:06 PM: Message edited by: billywaz ]

Likewhat17 · Post by **Likewhat17** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:28 am

Thanks guys, I appreciate the opinions from both of you. The reason that I didn't add too much speed after Reyes, is because instead of having a monster advantage in one category, I wanted to try to create a balanced team. I like that in my first 4 picks I went with an awesome speed guy(Reyes), a big Average/Rbi guy (Ordonez), good power pitcher (Webb), and a good power guy (Pena).. I also like the back end of my rotation, even though I dont have a lot of high picks there, there is enough depth to fill out nicely i think.. If Garland or Schmidt bounce back, I could be in for a big year