IF THIS IS YOUR TEAM....

LONG GONE · Post by **LONG GONE** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:31 pm

What would you start working on to make it better? Never competed in a 12 man mixed league. This is my 1 and only shot for 40K.

C Russell Martin

C Victor Martinez

1B Joey Votto

1B Pablo Sandoval

2B Brandon Phillips

SS Jimmy Rollins

SS Stephen Drew

3B Evan Longoria

OF Jay Bruce

OF Chris Young

OF Justin Upton

OF Delmon Young

OF Jeremy Hermida

OF Ryan Spilborghs

OF Randy Winn

OF Jeff Francoeur

OF Dexter Fowler

OF Jason Kubel

SP Cole Hamels

SP Zack Greinke

SP Derek Lowe

SP Erik Bedard

SP John Smoltz

SP Glen Perkins

RP Jonathan Broxton

RP Chad Qualls

RP Max Scherzer

RP Chris Volstad

RP Brandon Lyon

RP Rick Porcello

Cole Hamels might suck...Down she goes.

fandango · Post by **fandango** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:53 am

nice squad, a bit weak in OF but nice IF..nice first effort...

MichiganFantasyTeam · Post by **MichiganFantasyTeam** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:59 am

I agree with getting upside players...but this team is filled with them. I think thats a big risk, or maybe high reward?

Having Phillips, Martin, Rollins as your only solid veterans is a little odd. You need proven veterans with great numbers to balance your team a little.

I think this team really struggles out of the gate, but makes up ground to finish in the mid half of the pac.

Like I said on my other posts. I am not a pro, just giving my rookie fantasy thoughts.

I can't wait for more Online Championship teams to be posted! WAKE UP PEOPLE...POST UM

Dyv · Post by **Dyv** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:19 am

Nailing down your catching with 2 studs is a viable way to create value in a scarce spot. Even in a 12 team league, 24 productive catchers are hard to come by.

I think your best 5 OF right now are Bruce, Hermida, Spilborghs, Franceour and Kubel... the rest you really need to see how the playing time competition effects all of them. Make sure you start the season with whoever has the clearest path to full time. Filling your OF with misc. 2/3 and timeshare guys will kill ya. In spite of having a roster full of OF potential you may still be better off surfing the waiver wire for guys who will get 500 at bats.

You'll need to be smooth at mix and match with your SP since you can only play 7 per week (and should be 6 if you can nail that 3rd closer somewhere). You're behind in saves unless Lyon emerges.

Not a bad roster, just be aware of your holes and work on 'em

Dyv

LONG GONE · Post by **LONG GONE** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:09 am

Nailing down your catching with 2 studs is a viable way to create value in a scarce spot. Even in a 12 team league, 24 productive catchers are hard to come by.

I think your best 5 OF right now are Bruce, Hermida, Spilborghs, Franceour and Kubel... the rest you really need to see how the playing time competition effects all of them. Make sure you start the season with whoever has the clearest path to full time. Filling your OF with misc. 2/3 and timeshare guys will kill ya. In spite of having a roster full of OF potential you may still be better off surfing the waiver wire for guys who will get 500 at bats.

You'll need to be smooth at mix and match with your SP since you can only play 7 per week (and should be 6 if you can nail that 3rd closer somewhere). You're behind in saves unless Lyon emerges.

Not a bad roster, just be aware of your holes and work on 'em

Would you start outfielder Chris Young?

Dyv · Post by **Dyv** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:25 am

Originally posted by LONG GONE:

Would you start outfielder Chris Young? Yes I would, sorry if I missed him. It's mostly the Upton/Byrnes thing I'm worried about (Upton batting .200 in Spring training)

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:38 am

OK Mel OTT WITH YOUR 511 career homer's,how's this 12 teamer.

1 Puljos

2 Kemp

3 Fielder

4 Ellsbury

5 R Martin

6 R Furcal

7 Oswalt

8 Gallardo

9 Lester

10 Ludwick

11 Motte

12 Either

13 Josh Johnson

14 J Lopez

15 Cantu

16 E Santana

17 B Ziegler

18 Kershaw

19 J Loney

20 Delmon Young

21 F Lopez

22 Kawakami

23 R Hernandez

24 D Span

25 Escobar

26 Uehara

27 Renteria

28 Hafner

29 R Soriano

30 Cust

LONG GONE · Post by **LONG GONE** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:56 am

Hello Eddie,

That team looks like a monster! I like the pitching.

Jackstraw · Post by **Jackstraw** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:05 am

1 6 Grady Sizemore CF Trenton Roadkill

2 7 Dustin Pedroia 2B Trenton Roadkill

3 6 Jason Bay LF Trenton Roadkill

4 7 Chipper Jones 3B Trenton Roadkill

5 6 Russell Martin C Trenton Roadkill

6 7 Corey Hart RF Trenton Roadkill

7 6 Brad Lidge CL Trenton Roadkill

8 7 Felix Hernandez SP Trenton Roadkill

9 6 Daisuke Matsuzaka SP Trenton Roadkill

10 7 Michael Young SS Trenton Roadkill

11 6 Raul Ibanez LF Trenton Roadkill

12 7 Rich Harden SP Trenton Roadkill

13 6 Jorge Cantu 3B Trenton Roadkill

14 7 Pat Burrell LF Trenton Roadkill

15 6 Ryan Dempster SP Trenton Roadkill

16 7 Randy Johnson SP Trenton Roadkill

17 6 Cameron Maybin CF Trenton Roadkill

18 7 Elvis Andrus SS Trenton Roadkill

19 6 Troy Percival CL Trenton Roadkill

20 7 Fernando Rodney CL Trenton Roadkill

21 6 Yunel Escobar SS Trenton Roadkill

22 7 Ty Wigginton 3B Trenton Roadkill

23 6 Jarrod Saltalamacchia C Trenton Roadkill

24 7 Melvin Mora 3B Trenton Roadkill

25 6 Clay Buchholz SP Trenton Roadkill

26 7 George Sherrill CL Trenton Roadkill

27 6 Shairon Martis SP Trenton Roadkill

28 7 Jeremy Guthrie SP Trenton Roadkill

29 6 Gary Sheffield DH Trenton Roadkill

30 7 Dallas Braden SP Trenton Roadkill

Very tough draft in this league... Plan A went out the door in the first round. Plan B went out the door in the third. Plan C went out the door in round four. After that it was me, a couple of bratwursts, a bowl of chili, and the largest White Russian ever made (for some reason there was never enough vodka in it, so I had to keep putting more in). Needless to say I passed out around the 24th - 25th round. Thank God I had some players in the que.

Jackstraw · Post by **Jackstraw** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:07 am

oops, forgot why I posted... saw eddie's and got sidetracked.

The smartest thing for anyone to do is take advice from someone on the messageboards who is competing against you for the $40K. Dyv's advice sounds good but I would take it with a grain of salt... I'm sure he was trying to figure out ways that he can win the big $$$

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:23 am

Originally posted by Jackstraw:

...it was me,.... and the largest White Russian ever made (for some reason there was never enough vodka in it, so I had to keep putting more in). Needless to say I passed out around the 24th - 25th round. Thank God I had some players in the que.

Snord35 · Post by **Snord35** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:15 pm

I had the 4th pick and not as many players slipped as I hoped. You had a lot of value in your draft I didn't even have a shot to get most of your team where you got them.

1 Puljos (Gone 2nd overall)

2 Kemp (mid 4th round)

3 Fielder (My pick in 3rd)

4 Ellsbury (Gone 2 picks before me in 4th)

5 R Martin (Gone 4th round)

6 R Furcal (mid 5th)

7 Oswalt (1st pick 7th)

8 Gallardo (last pick of 9th)

9 Lester (mid 8th)

10 Ludwick (end 9th)

11 Motte (mid 12th)

12 Either (last pick 10th)

13 Josh Johnson (last pick 11th)

14 J Lopez (mid 12th)

15 Cantu (3rd pick 14th)

16 E Santana (1st in 15th)

17 B Ziegler (end 17th)

18 Kershaw (mid 15th)

19 J Loney (end 12th)

20 Delmon Young (mid 22nd)

21 F Lopez (end 21st)

22 Kawakami (my pick in 22nd)

23 R Hernandez (mid 20th)

24 D Span (1st pick 23rd)

25 Escobar (mid 23rd)

26 Uehara (mid 25th)

27 Renteria (3rd pick 28th)

28 Hafner (2nd pick 23rd)

29 R Soriano (not drafted)

30 Cust (mid 28th)

Some very nice picks in there. Again I wish I had some guys like Loney, Kershaw, Ellsbury, Martin around when you got them!

All drafts are different. My partner Stan had a team start out like this in one of his online teams picking 9th.

Hamilton, Texiera, Morneau, Roberts, Furcal, Martin, Nathan, Kazmir, Fuentes, Bruce for his first 10 picks. Some other steals Wainwright 13, Myers 14, Weaver 17, Gomez 19, Street 21.

Gerry ScottoDiMarco · Post by **Gerry ScottoDiMarco** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:42 pm

Rd Pick Pos Player Name

15 178 C Wieters, Matt

29 346 C Inge, Brandon

1 10 1B Howard, Ryan

21 250 2B Getz, Chris

9 106 SS Peralta, Johnny

7 82 3B Jones, Chipper

25 298 MI Barmes, Clint

2 15 CI Teixeira, Mark

3 34 OF Markakis, Nick

4 39 OF Granderson, Curtis

12 135 OF Hawpe, Brad

14 159 OF Gomez, Carlos

18 207 OF Maybin, Cameron

11 130 3B Zimmerman, Ryan

Rd Pick Pos Player Name

5 58 SP Liriano, Francisco

6 63 SP Billingsley, Chad

10 111 SP Kazmir, Scott

19 226 SP Perez, Oliver

20 231 SP Zimmerman, Jordan

22 255 SP Saunders, Joe

8 87 CL Jenks, Bobby

13 154 CL Street, Huston

23 274 SP Pettitte, Andy

Rd Pick

16 183 3B Encarnacion, Edwin

17 202 OF Hermida, Jeremy

24 279 SP Litsch, Jesse

26 303 SP Galarraga, Armando

27 322 OF Dickerson, Chris

28 327 CL Corpas, Manny

30 351 SP Olsen, Scott

Fast Eddie, don't make too much fun of my team! I already know I need to work on my catchers!!!

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:33 pm

Originally posted by Snord35:

[Q. You had a lot of value in your draft I didn't even have a shot to get most of your team where you got them.

B] I had the 4th pick and not as many players slipped as I hoped

1 Puljos (Gone 2nd overall)

2 Kemp (mid 4th round)

3 Fielder (My pick in 3rd)

4 Ellsbury (Gone 2 picks before me in 4th)

5 R Martin (Gone 4th round)

6 R Furcal (mid 5th)

7 Oswalt (1st pick 7th)

8 Gallardo (last pick of 9th)

9 Lester (mid 8th)

10 Ludwick (end 9th)

11 Motte (mid 12th)

12 Either (last pick 10th)

13 Josh Johnson (last pick 11th)

14 J Lopez (mid 12th)

15 Cantu (3rd pick 14th)

16 E Santana (1st in 15th)

17 B Ziegler (end 17th)

18 Kershaw (mid 15th)

19 J Loney (end 12th)

20 Delmon Young (mid 22nd)

21 F Lopez (end 21st)

22 Kawakami (my pick in 22nd)

23 R Hernandez (mid 20th)

24 D Span (1st pick 23rd)

25 Escobar (mid 23rd)

26 Uehara (mid 25th)

27 Renteria (3rd pick 28th)

28 Hafner (2nd pick 23rd)

29 R Soriano (not drafted)

30 Cust (mid 28th)

Some very nice picks in there. Again I wish I had some guys like Loney, Kershaw, Ellsbury, Martin around when you got them!

All drafts are different. My partner Stan had a team start out like this in one of his online teams picking 9th.

Hamilton, Texiera, Morneau, Roberts, Furcal, Martin, Nathan, Kazmir, Fuentes, Bruce for his first 10 picks. Some other steals Wainwright 13, Myers 14, Weaver 17, Gomez 19, Street 21. [/QB]Was hoping Liriano would get back to me at 6 rd pick 10 but went 2 picks in front of me,so then gambled on Furcal.Really happy Ludwick made it at 10th round pick 10,thought that was a good buy.Could have taken Lindstrom,Ray ,or Hoffman in the 15th round but couldnt pass on Cantu and then was lucky Ziegler was there in the 17th.Loney in the 19th was a value pick thought he should have gone a few rounds earlier.I think i have Uehara in 6 of my 9 leagues.Biggest regret not taken Carmona in the 22nd round and setteling on Kawakami.Hafner in the 28th was another value pick. good luck