Rolling Dumb FAAB Pickups Thread

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:05 am

Originally posted by Hells Satans:

quote:Originally posted by Big Fish:

I think Maybin will lose the most time. However if Coghlan struggles he might sit against lefties. I just can't see Freddie derailing his most productive hitter over the past 10 days. Coghlan still struggles against lefties but he has earned a few extra feet of leash. He looks like a completely different player at the plate. I think he is primed for a great second half. Probably right - for now at least. Coghlan needs to keep hitting though because a Coghlan-Ross-Stanton OF aligmnent is horiffically bad defensively. If he slumps, it will be very easy to slot Maybin back in CF and move Ross back to a corner position.

If Fla. drops out of it, I could definitely see them trading Ross. [/QUOTE]Uggla can also be dealt while Coghlan can also play 2B or 3B and Cantu can play 3B or 1B so there are a lot of moving parts.

Hells Satans · Post by **Hells Satans** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:31 am

Very true. Good point.

MichiganFantasyTeam · Post by **MichiganFantasyTeam** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:59 am

I don't know about you guys, but I think this was one heck of a week for LOW FAAB spent.

Seems like more people are saving on FAAB...maybe it's the economy?

I really thought players like Neil Walker, Galaragga, Feldman, Colvin, Niese, etc., would go for more bucks. Esp Walker...I really think people hit a homerun with a guy with full-time ab's, hitting in the 2 hole behind McCutchen, 2nd/3rd base eligibility after this week, AND 5 tool talent. Congrats on those winners (so far). I know anything can happen , but geeezzz, what a nice addition.

I lost my bid on him

Money · Post by **Money** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:26 am

In a Super league Livan Hernandez went for 189 with the second bid being 8. That team still has 644 left so they haven't been throwing it around.

Hells Satans · Post by **Hells Satans** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:15 pm

um, the team at the top of one of my DP leagues spent $856 on Edinson Volquez

High Octane Baseball · Post by **High Octane Baseball** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:20 pm

Stanton just went for 341 with a runner up bid of 43 in my online league...crazy

husky88fan · Post by **husky88fan** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:40 pm

Stanton $626! in my sat league.

frank&beans · Post by **frank&beans** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:42 pm

$325 for stanton in my 12 team league

$672 for stanton in my 15 team league.

and i thought i actually had a chance...

husky88fan · Post by **husky88fan** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:46 pm

Looks like $938 is the highest.

GoodnGodless · Post by **GoodnGodless** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:57 pm

I picked up C. Perez for $97 runner up $57. Not too bad except for the fact that I was the one who dropped him last week. What can I say I have Aardsma.

whipsaw · Post by **whipsaw** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:12 pm

my dumbest bid of the year by far in one of my leagues, spent over 100 on arrieta with no runner up. f me.

Layin'theSmackDown · Post by **Layin'theSmackDown** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:04 am

Dumb seems a little harsh but....Edinson Volquez $856 runnerup $19...in a Live DP lg at that.

Sebadiah23 · Post by **Sebadiah23** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:27 am

Not to open up a can of worms but how could that $856 for Volquez NOT be a mis-typed bid. Its insane. It would be insane in a 24-team league.

-Craig

Layin'theSmackDown · Post by **Layin'theSmackDown** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:06 am

Originally posted by Sebadiah23:

Not to open up a can of worms but how could that $856 for Volquez NOT be a mis-typed bid. Its insane. It would be insane in a 24-team league.

-Craig it would be resonable bid with a 100 000 FAAB budget though.

rkulaski · Post by **rkulaski** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:52 pm

Originally posted by Hells Satans:

um, the team at the top of one of my DP leagues spent $856 on Edinson Volquez Whew. And I thought my $550 or so bid on Nolasco last year was high.

converge241 · Post by **converge241** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:11 am

If it was a typo they should have been able to double check it as it pended and all, right?

I cant imagine someone, after seeing the reaction, coming out and saying it was a typo and asking for it to be fixed. I have seen people try stuff like that @ auctions, throwing out a way high starting bid and *crickets* and they try to take it back..no dice haha

Volquez was a polular pickup this week/last week in many elagues with positive news. Maybe that team just really felt he could make a huge impact in their opinion.

whipsaw · Post by **whipsaw** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:15 pm

holy aaron heilman batman... i did not expect $200+ bids for that guy

High Octane Baseball · Post by **High Octane Baseball** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:19 pm

Originally posted by whipsaw:

holy aaron heilman batman... i did not expect $200+ bids for that guy ya he just went for 268 in my lg

converge241 · Post by **converge241** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 2:09 pm

Heilman went in the teens in mine

Money · Post by **Money** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 2:35 pm

Picked up Pedro Alvarez for 45 second was 5. A week ago this guy would've went for hundreds. I probably screwed up again......

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:44 am

I think this topic should be renamed "Rolling Dumb Thread on FAAB Pickups".

If you bid 50 or 100 bucks over the #2 bid in your league, that doesn't make it a dumb bid. If you think you overbid, look at all the main event leagues and see what the player went for. If you bid 100 on a guy and the next bid was a buck, but if he was picked up in 5 other leagues in the same neighborhood of your bid, it was a reasonable bid. If it was just you and Ron Schandler bidding 100 bucks over everyone else in the contest, go ahead and post here.

Coach Taylor · Post by **Coach Taylor** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:59 am

Got Heilman for $12, and may have overspent!

Spartacus · Post by **Spartacus** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:56 pm

Originally posted by Coach Taylor:

Got Heilman for $12, and may have overspent!

A fair price. I dropped him in two Live DP's on Sunday, realizing full well that when you play by your gut you also run the risk of getting gutted. It was a strategic choice based on my choosing to play other categories instead. Besides, that team (AZ) is in 'take down mode', and is more apt to trade him than run the season with him. Besides, his 6 year history and skill set suggests that he's miscast as a long term solution at closer. Need makes for strange bedfellows I suppose and while we've all seen stranger success stories*, to pay two hundred dollars?

*On a side note and speaking of stranger outcomes, this past pre-season Dan Kenyon (Doughboys), confided in me that he thought that Carlos Silva was a decent sleeper

Yup, that's what I thought then....................................................... That was one helluva call Dan

rkulaski · Post by **rkulaski** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 3:10 pm

See my thread from 3 wks ago... Heilman was going to take over as closer - it was just a matter of time.

I'll go on record as saying he's solid the rest of the way... unless he's traded of course and goes back to being a setup man.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:00 pm

Originally posted by rkulaski:

See my thread from 3 wks ago... Heilman was going to take over as closer - it was just a matter of time.

I'll go on record as saying he's solid the rest of the way... unless he's traded of course and goes back to being a setup man. I'd set his over/under for saves at 6.