Presenting YOUR_$100,000_Team!

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:17 pm

Originally posted by JEagle:

I think drafting 2 closers at 4 and 5 is a questionable move no matter how good they are. agreed. btw, nice chatting with you Jared!

Chest Rockwell · Post by **Chest Rockwell** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:18 pm

Originally posted by JEagle:

I think drafting 2 closers at 4 and 5 is a questionable move no matter how good they are. Jared- how did you make out on draft day? Good I hope. I drafted closers at 5 and 7 in the super and it certainly left some holes on my team that may be tough to fix.

JEagle · Post by **JEagle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:26 pm

you too mark..I guess I can post for my buddy chest so he we go NY3 pick 1

C C Snyder

C Y Molina

1B J Morneau

2B B Roberts

3B A Gordon

SS H Ramirez

MI M Fotenot

CI C Guillen

OF B Abreu

OF B Hawpe

OF R Ankiel

OF S Choo

OF P Burrell

OF A Rowand

P C Billingsly

P J Lackey

P J Danks

P J Jurrjens

P P Maholm

P A Reyes

P Krod

P T Percival

P J Arrendondo

bench

Leo Nunez

K Davies

F Rodney

S Lewis

R Sweeney

G Sanchez

B Giles

Feel pretty balanced, but have a little work to do but thats what FAAB is for..

Great job in NY had a great time

Chest Rockwell · Post by **Chest Rockwell** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:32 pm

Originally posted by JEagle:

you too mark..I guess I can post for my buddy chest so he we go NY3 pick 1

C C Snyder

C Y Molina

1B J Morneau

2B B Roberts

3B A Gordon

SS H Ramirez

MI M Fotenot

CI C Guillen

OF B Abreu

OF B Hawpe

OF R Ankiel

OF S Choo

OF P Burrell

OF A Rowand

P C Billingsly

P J Lackey

P J Danks

P J Jurrjens

P P Maholm

P A Reyes

P Krod

P T Percival

P J Arrendondo

bench

Leo Nunez

K Davies

F Rodney

S Lewis

R Sweeney

G Sanchez

B Giles

Feel pretty balanced, but have a little work to do but thats what FAAB is for..

Great job in NY had a great time Nice job Jared- IMO you are quietly one of the best players in the nfbc.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:33 pm

Originally posted by Chest Rockwell:

Nice job Jared- IMO you are quietly one of the best players in the nfbc. trust me, it doesn't go unnoticed by me. he IS one of the best. it makes me feel good that we have some players in common

Sebadiah23 · Post by **Sebadiah23** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:40 pm

My partner and I in NY3 had a big laugh over Burrell lasting to the 17th round. He wanted me to pick him and as a long-time Phillies fan I kept passing on him. Jared finally grabbed him.

RedRum · Post by **RedRum** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:48 pm

I dont see any reason why this team couldnt take the 100k... There are a lot of others out there as well...

Personally I love the this part of the team..

10 Milledge 11 A.Jones 12 E.Dukes 13 C.Gomez

Sebadiah23 · Post by **Sebadiah23** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:55 pm

I owned Milledge, D. Young, Dukes, and Gomez last year, and except for steals I ended up very disappointed. Tis' another year though.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:57 pm

Originally posted by Sebadiah23:

I owned Milledge, D. Young, Dukes, and Gomez last year, and except for steals I ended up very disappointed. Tis' another year though. yep, gotta get them the right year. one thing i learned is not to be biased because a player burns me the year b4 (unless it's injury related...like furcal).

RedRum · Post by **RedRum** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:58 pm

Originally posted by Sebadiah23:

I owned Milledge, D. Young, Dukes, and Gomez last year, and except for steals I ended up very disappointed. Tis' another year though. Like myslef.. you owned them 1 yr too early...

rkulaski · Post by **rkulaski** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:19 pm

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

I’m only in one on-line championship league, and my strategy for that (12 teamer) is different than I used for the main event (15 teamer). So, there are no worries in posting my main event team. If you have opinions, please post them. Thanks in advance.

From the 2 hole…

1 Poodles

2 Alex Ramirez

3 McCann

4 Billingsly

5 Beckett

6 Broxton

7 Hunter

8 Iannetta

9 J.Lopez

10 Milledge

11 A.Jones

12 E.Dukes

13 C.Gomez

14 Jurrgens

15 Lyon

16 Thome

17 Blake

18 S.Marshall

19 Zimmerman

20 A.Cabrera

21 Smoltz

22 Arrendondo

23 Blanton

24 Owings

25 Overbay (I think)

26 Happ

27 A.McCutchen

28 Crede (I think)

29 Saito

30 J.Lewis Gekko,

You're one of the few who I keep an eye on because of your previous track record. This team definitely looks like a contender. I love Marshall (who I drafted in both of my satellites but missed in the main) and Owings who I was able to get. If you saw what Happ did at the end of last year in the majors and combine that with his '08 minor league stats, I'm surprised more people aren't going after him sooner but I guess they want a pitcher who has already been given a job in the rotation.

Best part of the draft - accounting for ADP and adjusting to get your players you want i.e Alexei, McCann. Also, Broxton = potentially top 3 closer who could be had a couple of rounds later than papelbon and be just as good.

I'd like to get your opinion on the team my co- manager and I drafted. I'll try to post it tomorrow when I get home from work. Good luck to you this year. We picked #10 from Chicago league 4.

Rich

[ March 23, 2009, 11:42 PM: Message edited by: rkulaski ]

steve · Post by **steve** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:23 pm

Gekko looked at your draft board,,why did u pass on holliday and liriano,,especially since you had liriano last year and that he's doing great in spring training?

Dub · Post by **Dub** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:01 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

quote:Originally posted by EliGrimmett:

I see the 280+ HR with my projections, and I sure thought mine were on the conservative side, too.

GG, I'm curious what your actual projections are for each of the 10 cats for your team? Are you thinking you'll have more than the 150 SB's that I see? ya, it's 280 easy for hr. rbi/run can always flucuate so i don't really look at them as much. sb i got at 150 (without counting mccutchen).

backend pitching needs work, but when doesn't it?

[/QUOTE]Give me the under on the 280 Hrs (with this group)

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:06 am

Originally posted by Dub:

Give me the under on the 280 Hrs (with this group) well, i graded it out at 280. that means there's a 50% chance of going over and a 50% going under.

i'd love to see a team with more power than this one, that still met the batting avg and speed requirements. i don't think we'll see that happen.

Dub · Post by **Dub** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:15 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

quote:Originally posted by Dub:

Give me the under on the 280 Hrs (with this group) well, i graded it out at 280. that means there's a 50% chance of going over and a 50% going under.

i'd love to see a team with more power than this one, that still met the batting avg and speed requirements. i don't think we'll see that happen.

[/QUOTE]yeah- getting Pujols goes a long way. I give you credit for going pitching with 4, 5 AND 6 and still being able to draft this type of well balanced offense.

Biggest challenge will be whether any or all of your OF predictions truly break out- but then again, I am not " in the know."

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:45 am

Originally posted by Dub:

yeah- getting Pujols goes a long way. I give you credit for going pitching with 4, 5 AND 6 and still being able to draft this type of well balanced offense.

Biggest challenge will be whether any or all of your OF predictions truly break out- but then again, I am not " in the know." thanks! i'm not sure i'm "in the know" either. i just see numbers/talent and draft. i've always had my share of misses and i don't expect this year to be any different!

Jim Young · Post by **Jim Young** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:53 am

Originally posted by RedRum:

I dont see any reason why this team couldnt take the 100k... There are a lot of others out there as well...

Personally I love the this part of the team..

10 Milledge 11 A.Jones 12 E.Dukes 13 C.Gomez personally, i think the OF is the weakest part of this team. Hunter was a solid pick, but the rest of the guys could fizzle out real quick.

ESPN8 THE OCHO · Post by **ESPN8 THE OCHO** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:04 am

I think I have a team that meets the speed power requirement without sacrificing average.

C - Hernandez

C - Clement

1b- Pujols

2b- Johnson

3b- Mora

Ss- Peralta

Mi- Cabrera

Ci- Morales(Ishikawa 1st week)

Of- Manny

Of- Ellsbury

Of- Pence

Of- Ethier

Of- Matsui

Ut- Anderson/Gardner

P- Haren

P- Joba

P- Weaver

P- Er. Santana

P- Harang

P- Owings

P- Purcey

P- Broxton

P- Capps

B- Ishikawa, Gardner, F Sanchez, Gamel, Gerut, Braden, DeLaRosa

I know what my projections say, but would love to here from others. Obviously some line-up work needs to be done to get my steals up over 150.

Hopeful for Santana but took the risk because I liked some end game pitchers.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:12 am

Didn’t get there. I see 260 hr (which is still good, but not 280). I also see 120 stolen bases and that’s with Anderson/Gardner getting 25, which may not happen. You are correct, your avg looks very good at first glance.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:36 am

Originally posted by rkulaski:

Gekko,

You're one of the few who I keep an eye on because of your previous track record. This team definitely looks like a contender. I love Marshall (who I drafted in both of my satellites but missed in the main) and Owings who I was able to get. If you saw what Happ did at the end of last year in the majors and combine that with his '08 minor league stats, I'm surprised more people aren't going after him sooner but I guess they want a pitcher who has already been given a job in the rotation.

Best part of the draft - accounting for ADP and adjusting to get your players you want i.e Alexei, McCann. Also, Broxton = potentially top 3 closer who could be had a couple of rounds later than papelbon and be just as good.

I'd like to get your opinion on the team my co- manager and I drafted. I'll try to post it tomorrow when I get home from work. Good luck to you this year. We picked #10 from Chicago league 4.

Rich Rich - Thanks for the note. Shoot me a PM with your team if you want a personal Gekko review or just post it on the boards and i can get my machete out in public!

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:39 am

Originally posted by steve:

Gekko looked at your draft board,,why did u pass on holliday and liriano,,especially since you had liriano last year and that he's doing great in spring training? good question. i owned liriano last year and followed him daily. he faced a lot of cupcake teams last year which helped produce some nice numbers. this spring i read that he won't be throwing his slider as much as before and will now focus on a changeup. without the slider, liriano isn't the same pitcher. can i be wrong, yes! that's why they play the games!

holliday - didn't fit in my draft plan for a 15 team draft. much easier to "fit in" in a 12 teamer...at least with the strategy i will employ.

Snord35 · Post by **Snord35** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:17 am

OK this is what I get for your team

Avg-Runs-HR-RBI-SB

McCann C .294-65-22-89-3

Iannetta C .265-61-18-67-0

Pujols 1B .327-108-36-117-4

Blake 3B .270-70-18-72-3

Overbay 1B .272-70-15-68-0

A. Ramirez 2B .285-83-24-89-14

J.Lopez 2B .288-79-18-85-4

A. Cabrera SS .272-78-11-69-7

Hunter OF .282-88-24-92-17

Dukes OF .274-79-22-77-18

Gomez OF .273-89-11-68-38

Milledge OF .276-76-16-68-26

A. Jones OF .274-76-15-71-11

Thome DH .262-84-28-88-0

Totals

Avg .279

Runs 1081

HR 280

RBI 1112

SB 145

A very solid team, I had my team at .284, 1091, 264, 1118, 150. I'm thinking i should have jumped on Pena instead of Loney in the 9th because I wanted to be at 275+ for HR's at the end of the draft myself.

Pitching

Wins-Saves-ERA-WHIP-K

Beckett SP 17-0-3.65-1.18-185

Billingsley SP 16-0-3.29-1.30-195

Broxton RP 4-32-2.96-1.18-93

Jurrjens SP 14-0-3.60-1.31-136

Marshall SP 11-0-3.75-1.29-122

Zimmermann SP 8-0-4.15-1.26-118

Blanton SP 11-0-4.41-1.36-120

Lyon RP 4-14-3.86-1.37-43

Owings SP 7-0-4.22-1.38-102

Totals

Wins 92

Saves 46

ERA 3.80

WHIP 1.29

K's 1114

I have IP for Zimmermann at 141, Marshall at 156 and Owings at 145. So you could get a few more wins and K's out of that group.

I feel you have a very solid staff, some high WHIP guys but solid overall. I'm not a fan of Blanton but his 230 IP the year before has something to do with his bad numbers last year so I can see him doing much better this year.

I had Carpenter, Marshall, Owings, Zimmermann on my list to get but Zimmermann went in the 20th I got Marshall in the 20th and Owings went in the 22nd when I was looking to get him in the 23rd. Carp was drafted in the 12th right before Verlander and just after Kershaw.

cfolson · Post by **cfolson** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:26 am

Definitely don't see eye-to-eye with you on every player. Thought I got some good values, though. I see picks 3-5 as my biggest risks.

1. 3B David Wright

2. OF Nick Markakis

3. OF Ichiro Suzuki

4. SP Jake Peavy

5. 3B Chipper Jones

6. 1B Derrek Lee

7. OF Andre Ethier

8. SP Zack Greinke

9. RP Francisco Cordero

10. RP Chad Qualls

11. SP Kevin Slowey

12. 2B Kelly Johnson

13. 1B Adam LaRoche

14. OF Milton Bradley

15. SP Jered Weaver

16. OF Mike Cameron

17. CT Ramon Hernandez

18. CT Kurt Suzuki

19. SP Mark Buehrle

20. SP Paul Maholm

21. SS Edgar Renteria

22. RP Dan Wheeler

23. 2B Akinori Iwamura

24. DH Travis Hafner

25. OF Franklin Gutierrez

26. RP Jose Arredondo

27. SS Yuniesky Betancourt

28. SP Koji Uehara

29. SP Pedro Martinez

30. RP C.J. Wilson

[ March 24, 2009, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: Clark Olson ]

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:31 am

Snord - THANK YOU for giving such an in-depth analysis. while i'm higher on some of my player's batting avgs than you are, pretty good numbers.

although, if a.jones only steals 11 bases, i'll eat my shorts. one of my trusted "people" said he's good for 30 this year.

The Mighty Men · Post by **The Mighty Men** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:42 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

although, if a.jones only steals 11 bases, i'll eat my shorts. This would make for a great pre-draft event next year. I would even travel to NY next year to see that.