Rate your Draft, Quest for $100,000

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:29 pm

Wow you cant spell but you can sure pick.This team would scare me if things break right.The pitching staff is awesome , 3 good closers. Four stud pitchers and 2 good ones . PITCHING wont be a promblem. Hitting not bad . A LITTLE low on power but a lot of hit or miss picks. Ifpiazza can give you one more 30 100 season would be huge.I dont know what to think of swisher, rookie of the year possible.EVERTT AND JOHNSON need to stay healthy. Pena needs at least 400 at bats.Use the waiver wire right and this team is going to be fun . good luck

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eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:36 pm

fandango who's happier than you randy johnson in both leagues. If he stay's healthy watch out. Arizona lost 111 games yet when he pitched it was a different game. Fandango i love your main event team , like the r.i. workhorse would say it's over . Your in for a fun summer, stay away from injuries. good luck

p.s. what do you think of that team i just looked at.

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:43 pm

Any Shot..

C-AJ Pierzenski

C-P. La Duca

1st D. Lee

2nd Reyes

SS Nomar

3rd Hinskie

MI Polanco

Co C. Pena

OF Abreu

OF A. Jones

OF M. Bradley

OF Mondesi

OF Kotsay

UT Erstad

R-Crede, Hudson, Encarnacion

P Beckett

P Burnett

P J. Thompson

P Webb

P Lackey

P Madritsch

P Marquis

P Dotel

P Baez

Goggles Pisano · Post by **Goggles Pisano** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:44 pm

Originally posted by sandckaye:

OK guys I might as well see what a laughing stock of LV league #4 I am.PLEASE help me decide if I need to come to next yrs draft using a different name.

PITCHERS

OLIVER PEREZ

CARLOS ZAMBANO

RICH HARDEN

JERAMY BONDERMAN

SCOTT KAZMIR

DEREK LOWE

B.J. RYAN

AMANDO BENETIZ

MIGUAL BATISTA

RESERVE

RYAN DREES

ISHII

DENNEY BATISTA

POS PLAYERS

OF VAD

OF DYE

OF WILLEY MO PENA

OF N. SWISHER

OF R. HIDOGO

1ST N. JOHNSON

2B IQUCHI

3RD CUDDYER

SS M. YOUNG

CARCHER M. PIAZZA

CATCHER A.J. P

CI C. KOTCHMAN

MI A, EVERRET DH J. HERSTON

RESERVES

K. GINTER

CHO (1ST FOR DODGERS)

FORGOT BATALLACO ON PITCHING RESERVE

Beside lack of speed were did I go wrong AND DONT GRADE MY SPELLING

AGAIN I WAS IN LV 4 PK 3

Stan (DFW Rough Riders) I'll try not be arrogant and inconsiderate in evalations on your team like so many other on the message board tend to be, but I need to be honest. With that said, this may be the worst team I have seen posted as of yet.

Your pitching is very solid with 2 legit top 12 closers and Batista who will be good for atleast 10 before he loses his job. Lowe, Ishii, Drese are waiver fodder 4.00 plus Era pitchers that will hurt your club more than they help.

Kazmir likely won't be a solid 2005 pick but you never know. Your top starters are beautiful.

Your pitching aside, your hitters are majorly weak. You only have 2 legit top 100 players in Vlad and Young on your entire roster which is unacceptable. Piazza is very old, and will have the fewest AB's of any starting catcher in baseball that is not an offensive liability or a rookie. In other words he could be productive when he plays but chances will be limited.

I consider all your other hitters to be mid to late round picks or backups, but not legit starters that you are going to rely on for 6 months. How can you rely on Swisher and Willy MO Pena as starting outfielders and then not draft any backups????

Cuddyer, Nick Johnson, and Iguchi are not guys you build teams around. The way you constructed your team, you are relying on these guys to be major contributors to even be competitive and that is a huge error in judgement. They are nice players to have as backups or maybe 1 of them as a legit starter, but not all 3.

You negleted steals all together and that will give you no chance to win your league but an outside chance to be competitve for 3rd or 4th.

To sum up, even if all of your players were healthy all season and named starters in real life, which will never happen, your team still isn't good enough to win this year.

Spend every waiver dollar you have early on and get some backups that are veterans. You have enough rookie/Unproven players already and you need guaranteed at bats.

Diamond Dogs · Post by **Diamond Dogs** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:46 pm

Posted this elsewhere on another topic but thought we would try to get other's opinion:

Chicago 1: Pick 6

C: Loduca

C: Zaun

1B: Helton

2B: Uribe

SS: Nomar

3B: Huff

MI: O. Cabrera

CI: D. Wright

OF: C. Lee

OF: R. Winn

OF: R. Hidalgo

OF: C. Wilson

OF: J. Cruz

U: M. Kotsay

B1: N. Logan

B2: C. Barmes

B3: B. Ausmus

P: K. Escobar

P: K. Benson

P: R. Lopez

P: M. Redman

P: J. Pineiro

P: A. Harang

CL: D. Baez

CL: L. Hawkins, (caught a recent break with Borowski going down)

MR: G. Rusch, (too bad he's not slated for #5 starter)

BP: W. Ledezma

BP: K. Gregg

BP: S. Torres

BP: S. Etherton, (hopeful)

Personally think hitting is awsome w/ exception of speed and Pitching is looking for alot of expected upside.

Other Thoughts??????

Evil Empire · Post by **Evil Empire** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:47 pm

Member # 230

Member Rated:

posted March 22, 2005 07:08 PM

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OK guys I might as well see what a laughing stock of LV league #4 I am.PLEASE help me decide if I need to come to next yrs draft using a different name.

PITCHERS

OLIVER PEREZ

CARLOS ZAMBANO

RICH HARDEN

JERAMY BONDERMAN

SCOTT KAZMIR

DEREK LOWE

B.J. RYAN

AMANDO BENETIZ

MIGUAL BATISTA

RESERVE

RYAN DREES

ISHII

DENNEY BATISTA

POS PLAYERS

OF VAD

OF DYE

OF WILLEY MO PENA

OF N. SWISHER

OF R. HIDOGO

1ST N. JOHNSON

2B IQUCHI

3RD CUDDYER

SS M. YOUNG

CARCHER M. PIAZZA

CATCHER A.J. P

CI C. KOTCHMAN

MI A, EVERRET DH J. HERSTON

RESERVES

K. GINTER

CHO (1ST FOR DODGERS)

FORGOT BATALLACO ON PITCHING RESERVE

Beside lack of speed were did I go wrong AND DONT GRADE MY SPELLING

AGAIN I WAS IN LV 4 PK 3

Stan (DFW Rough Riders One of the better teams I have seen

Evil Empire · Post by **Evil Empire** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:50 pm

Whats up with your spelling? Seriously take a little pride in your post.

Ballfour · Post by **Ballfour** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:06 pm

OK, What do you guys think?

C J.Lopez

C D.Miller

1B D.Ortiz

CR R.Palmeiro

3B C.Koskie

2B L.Castillo

MD M.Tejada

SS E.Renteria

OF C.Crisp

OF B.Wilkerson

OF C.Floyd

OF R.Ibanez

OF R.Sanders

U J.Lugo

P M.Mussina

P O.Perez

P C.Carpenter

P B.Webb

P E.Milton

P R.Lopez

P J.Williams

P T.Percival

P B.Wagner

Reserves

F.Thomas

M.Byrd

L.A.Gonalez

J.Suppan

J.Contreras

T.Wakefield

B.Lyon

Return of the Aces · Post by **Return of the Aces** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:44 pm

Originally posted by Diamond Dogs:

Posted this elsewhere on another topic but thought we would try to get other's opinion:

Chicago 1: Pick 6

C: Loduca

C: Zaun

1B: Helton

2B: Uribe

SS: Nomar

3B: Huff

MI: O. Cabrera

CI: D. Wright

OF: C. Lee

OF: R. Winn

OF: R. Hidalgo

OF: C. Wilson

OF: J. Cruz

U: M. Kotsay

B1: N. Logan

B2: C. Barmes

B3: B. Ausmus

P: K. Escobar

P: K. Benson

P: R. Lopez

P: M. Redman

P: J. Pineiro

P: A. Harang

CL: D. Baez

CL: L. Hawkins, (caught a recent break with Borowski going down)

MR: G. Rusch, (too bad he's not slated for #5 starter)

BP: W. Ledezma

BP: K. Gregg

BP: S. Torres

BP: S. Etherton, (hopeful)

Personally think hitting is awsome w/ exception of speed and Pitching is looking for alot of expected upside.

Other Thoughts?????? From my perspective, your team will have a ton of fire power in the home runs and rbi categories with:

1B: Helton

SS: Nomar

3B: Huff

CI: D. Wright

OF: C. Lee

I think that you will be ok in runs, but you are on the weak side for sb.

On the pitching side, you took a lot of risks and do not have a real anchor. Several guys are also coming back from injuries or subpar 2004 seasons. Just keep your fingers crossed and make shrewd pick ups during the season.

I don't love your bench.

On a grading scale, I would give your offense a B (close to B+); your pitching a C; and your bench a C-.

Good luck and I also welcome your criticism of my team.

Return of the Aces · Post by **Return of the Aces** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:00 pm

Originally posted by CC Desperados:

Any Shot..

C-AJ Pierzenski

C-P. La Duca

1st D. Lee

2nd Reyes

SS Nomar

3rd Hinskie

MI Polanco

Co C. Pena

OF Abreu

OF A. Jones

OF M. Bradley

OF Mondesi

OF Kotsay

UT Erstad

R-Crede, Hudson, Encarnacion

P Beckett

P Burnett

P J. Thompson

P Webb

P Lackey

P Madritsch

P Marquis

P Dotel

P Baez Desperados,the easiest way to break it down is by separating offense and defense. You have 5 big guys on offense that I project having big years: Abreu, Garciaparra, Reyes, Jones, and Derek Lee. You could use rebound years from Hinske and/or Erstad and get at least average production from the other guys.

On the Pitching side, if Beckett and Burnett stay healthy, they will have big seasons. I like a rebound year from Webb and Mazzone will keep Thomson solid. I am not a big fan of the other starters, but Marquis has the Cards' offense, Madritsch has a pitcher's park, and Lackey has Vlad to pick him up. Your bullpen is ok, but lacks depth (I noticed that you did not include the rest of your bench).

Good luck and most of us have a "shot" on paper going into the season.

[ March 22, 2005, 09:02 PM: Message edited by: msamuels ]

Return of the Aces · Post by **Return of the Aces** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:13 pm

Originally posted by Ballfour:

OK, What do you guys think?

C J.Lopez

C D.Miller

1B D.Ortiz

CR R.Palmeiro

3B C.Koskie

2B L.Castillo

MD M.Tejada

SS E.Renteria

OF C.Crisp

OF B.Wilkerson

OF C.Floyd

OF R.Ibanez

OF R.Sanders

U J.Lugo

P M.Mussina

P O.Perez

P C.Carpenter

P B.Webb

P E.Milton

P R.Lopez

P J.Williams

P T.Percival

P B.Wagner

Reserves

F.Thomas

M.Byrd

L.A.Gonalez

J.Suppan

J.Contreras

T.Wakefield

B.Lyon Ballfour, I like your pitching staff, it has a lot of upside. The only guys I am not so big on are Jerome Williams and Eric Milton. Your bullpen is good, if they stay healthy. I would give your pitching a high B.

Your offense has big bats in Ortiz, Lopez and Tejada. You will need Wilkerson to pop another 30 hrs and raise his batting avg. You will also need to get better than avg. performances from at least 2 of the group of: Palmeiro, Koskie, Floyd, Ibanez, and Sanders. Your speed is ok. I would give your offense a C+.

Your bench is not spectacular, but Lyon could play a pivotal role if he gets the closing gig. I would give your bench a C.

Overall, you have a decent team.

scooter2022 · Post by **scooter2022** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:20 pm

ok guys give me some input on my team I drafed in the 10th spot in NY 1

c... pugde , posada

1... nevin

2...loretta

3... fleiz

ss...eckstine

mi..castillo

ci..palmerio

of...manny

d.roberts

b.williams

jayson lane

jose guillen

ut... caral everett

bench

mackaviak

ginter

d.bell

pitcher

schilling

oswalt

prior

halladay

j.williams

rp

graves

gauradado

l.hawkins

bench

ryan wagner

j.moyer

brando league

j.suppan

chimpat · Post by **chimpat** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:56 pm

Alright, here's our squad. We were pick #6 in Vegas League #4:

C- Varitek

C- Buck

1B- Thome

2B- Loretta

SS- Tejada

3B- Chavez

MI- Izturis

CI- Laroche

OF- Patterson

OF- Damon

OF- Garret Anderson

OF- Kearns

OF- Endy Chavez

U- Tino Martinez

B- Berkman

B- Grady Sizemore

B- Byrd

B- Frank Cattalonotto

SP- Pavano

SP- Radke

SP- D. Wells

SP- D. Davis

SP- Leiter

SP- Marquis

RP- Madson

RP- C. Cordero

RP- Aquino

B- Gavin Floyd

B- Huston Street

B- Lohse

Thanks,

Pat

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:17 pm

Originally posted by Spyhunter:

All,

First of all, thanks in advance for thoughts and projections. RT and I would love your input!! I am hoping NYDownunder and KJ aren't tired of running these!

We were in LV league #6, pick 10:

Offense:

C: B. Molina / B. Ausmus (not a strength)

1B: Sexson

2B: B. Boone

3B: Freel

SS: Guzman

OF: Abreu (1st pick)

OF: Suzuki (2nd)

OF: Edmonds (3rd)

OF: Sosa

OF: Berkman

1b/3b: Adam LaRouche

SS/2b: Womack

Util: David Roberts

Bench:

1b - Hatteberg

OF - Payton

3b/of - Mabry (hoping he will get catcher avail)

Pitching:

SP:

K. Wood

Lieber

K. Brown

Bonderman

Milton

Greinke

Capuano

Lowry, Noah

CL:

Rivera (4th)

Mesa

MR

Salmon Torres

Brazoban, Yhancy

Tim Worrell

Self assessment: A bit high on the speed front, but maybe that will help in the overall - plus, we can always sit someone and put in an emerging power hitter. Closers are a bit light, but hopefully we can add to that through Worrell or others....

Regards,

Chris Throop and RT Davis Hi guys, first of all, good luck on getting second place in LV6

On to the assessment ...

Way too many steals, while you score near the absolute top of NFBC in SB, it kills your power. Mediocre in runs scored, and very poor in HR and RBI (lower 20 pct rank in both). While Abreu and Ichiro were nice picks, personally I thought Edmonds and Boone were too soon for their age/ likely prodcn decline. LaRoche was nice late, bur Freel at 3B hurts you for a pwr position. No help at the C position either. Roberts would've been a nice pick for someone who needed SB, but he hurts you at the expense of getting another pwr hitter.

Pitching I like, though. Solid era and ratio, nice balance of W/SV and a few high K guys. Wood was a steal where you got him, and I think Lieber, Lowry and Greinke will be solid values.

For an overall rank, I'd slot you around 68th, or the 77th percentile, which should be good for 5th place in our lge. Bottom line, you just spent too much on speed.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:32 pm

Originally posted by Piggy:

Tell me what you think from dis squad picking out of da 9 hole...

Olivo

Barajas

Helton

Jimenez

Chavez

Furcal

Teixeira

Utley

Crisp

Mench

Monroe

Dejesus

Lane

AJ Burnett

Mussina

R.Lopez

Mandritsch

P.Byrd

Putz

BJ Ryan

Izzy

Bench of Lofton/Nix/Cantu/Gload/Colome/V.Zambrano/S.Etherton Piggy - two questions - what's with the name, what's with your spelling ... no "S" or "TH" on your keyboard?

Your team ...

Balanced hitting overall, weak in the OF obviously, but you make up for it with an absolute killer IF. Weak in RBI, probably the lack of 4-6 hole hitters, but solid everywhere else.

Pitching is weaker, but not horrible. ERA and WHIP are good, but you'll be weak in WINS and K's. Try to make up for it with second rate starters, and your ratios could hurt you since there's not a lot of room for error with your starting staff.

Overall, you rate around 55th overall, or the 81st percentile. This would put you in 4th place in our lge, just ahead of Spyhunter, but in truth he's got more room for error with his pitching staff and more upside to his hitting if he can find some power. So I'd say you've got more downside and he has some upside, which gives him a slight edge, dropping you down to 5th in the lge on a risk-adjusted basis.

Piggy · Post by **Piggy** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:17 pm

Itz just my style......Just curiouz,,,did you add Sanchez at my DH whom I had left out? As far as Winz/Kz, I expect V.Zambrano to take some stridez and add quite a few to those CATz for da squad as long as he is not walking everybody, could be his breakout year as a Met...thankz for da feedback, Rock on!!!

MGBMARTY · Post by **MGBMARTY** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:39 pm

Hey KJ and NY down under ifyou guys are not too bored running stats could you run mine if you want I could run yours Thanks in advance

NY#5 Pick 13

C Inge

C Molina

1b Casey

2b Soriano 1

3b Blake

SS Young 3

CI Phelps/Branyan

MI Everett

OF Cabrera 2

OF Pods 4

OF Burrell

OF Ibanez

OF Dye

DH Griffey Gathright/Mathews 1st drop

SP Beckett

SP Burnett

SP Halladay

SP Webb

SP Lowry

SP Loiazza

SP Capuano my 2nd cousin

SP Ishii

RP Cordero

RP Wickman

RP Worrell

RP Riske

RP MacDougal Affledt wont make it thru spring training

Relievers are weak but might get alucky break or 2 literall Wagner and Affledt

Thanks Again Guys

Marty

Mankind · Post by **Mankind** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:31 am

Please rate my team, SEABASS NATION: LAS VEGAS League #8 Team #2

1. PUJOLS 1B (1)

2. LORETTA 2B (7)

3. O. CABRERA SS (6)

4. BLAYLOCK 3B (3)

5. SHEFFIELD OF (2)

6. C. PATTERSON OF (4)

7. C. JONES OF (5)

8. J. BURNITZ UTIL (16)

9. E. CHAVEZ OF (14)

10. D. DEJESUS OF (15)

11. LODUCA C (13)

12. Y. MOLINA (24)

MIDDLE & CORNER INFIELDERS:

M. BELLHORN (17)

B. MUELLER (20)

C. GUZMAN (26)

J. WILSON (28)

PITCHERS:

M. MULDER (8)

B. ZITO (9)

M. BUEHRLE (10)

OD. PEREZ (11)

D. WELLS (18)

B. LAWRENCE (19)

J. MARQUIS (21)

J. SUPPAN (23)

C. CAPUANO (26)

J. MESA (12)

Y. BRAZOBAN (22)

R. MADSON (25)

B. DONNELY (29)

L. AYALA (30)

LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER, PRAY FOR NO INJURIES, GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE, PLAY BALL. "SEABASS NATION" m,

Spyhunter · Post by **Spyhunter** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:04 am

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Spyhunter · Post by **Spyhunter** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:29 am

Originally posted by Spyhunter:

quote:Originally posted by KJ Duke:

Hi guys, first of all, good luck on getting second place in LV6

On to the assessment ...

Way too many steals, while you score near the absolute top of NFBC in SB, it kills your power. Mediocre in runs scored, and very poor in HR and RBI (lower 20 pct rank in both). While Abreu and Ichiro were nice picks, personally I thought Edmonds and Boone were too soon for their age/ likely prodcn decline. LaRoche was nice late, bur Freel at 3B hurts you for a pwr position. No help at the C position either. Roberts would've been a nice pick for someone who needed SB, but he hurts you at the expense of getting another pwr hitter.

Pitching I like, though. Solid era and ratio, nice balance of W/SV and a few high K guys. Wood was a steal where you got him, and I think Lieber, Lowry and Greinke will be solid values.

For an overall rank, I'd slot you around 68th, or the 77th percentile, which should be good for 5th place in our lge. Bottom line, you just spent too much on speed. [/QUOTE]KJ,

Thanks for the thoughtful analysis. I bet several places where we differ is on Sosa's, Sexon's, and Boone's output. I have Sosa marked down for a huge comeback year with 45-50 HR. I have Sexon down (with fingers crossed) for 45 (please don't get injured). And I have Boone for 25-30 (due to eye surgery and better lineup) Agreed the steals went a bit much - we took roberts more to take away from others than to add to us. If we use him, we might get a 290-300 for steals

Our hope is that some hr hitters emerge or payton gets more playing time.

Here is the analysis I ran using Mastersball March 16, projections based upon our starting lineups. Places where you had 2 players, I took the higher value player.

Hitting Pick # HR$ RBI$ SB$ BA$ R$ Total $

KJ Team 13 $27.80 $27.07 $20.95 $28.70 $18.01 $122.53

Piggy Team 9 $29.79 $23.70 $36.04 $38.69 $35.70 $163.92

Spyhunter Team 10 $26.48 $28.15 $79.85 $33.26 $37.27 $205.00

Pitching Pick # W$ S$ ERA$ WHIP$ K$ Total $

KJ Team 13 $11.12 $24.63 $20.47 $15.83 $18.64 $90.71

Piggy Team 9 $19.38 $17.36 $11.24 $12.41 $18.54 $78.94

Spyhunter Team 10 $11.76 $21.36 $12.80 $15.45 $12.61 $73.98

Pitching Pick #

KJ Pick #13.00 Total $213

Piggy Pick #9.00 Total $243

Spyhunter Pick #10.00 Total $279

The reality is that the 40$+ difference in steals really only helps in the larger league - so there is a great chance that Teams 9 and 13 could finish higher in the 15 team league, but lower overall!!!

Thanks, and looking forward to LV Team #6league

Chris [/quote]

[ March 23, 2005, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Spyhunter ]

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:43 am

Originally posted by Spyhunter:

Here is the analysis I ran using Mastersball March 16, projections based upon our starting lineups. Places where you had 2 players, I took the higher value player.

Hitting Pick # HR$ RBI$ SB$ BA$ R$ Total $

KJ Team 13 $27.80 $27.07 $20.95 $28.70 $18.01 $122.53

Piggy Team 9 $29.79 $23.70 $36.04 $38.69 $35.70 $163.92

Spyhunter Team 10 $26.48 $28.15 $79.85 $33.26 $37.27 $205.00

Pitching Pick # W$ S$ ERA$ WHIP$ K$ Total $

KJ Team 13 $11.12 $24.63 $20.47 $15.83 $18.64 $90.71

Piggy Team 9 $19.38 $17.36 $11.24 $12.41 $18.54 $78.94

Spyhunter Team 10 $11.76 $21.36 $12.80 $15.45 $12.61 $73.98

Pitching Pick #

KJ Pick #13.00 Total $213

Piggy Pick #9.00 Total $243

Spyhunter Pick #10.00 Total $279

The reality is that the 40$+ difference in steals really only helps in the larger league - so there is a great chance that Teams 9 and 13 could finish higher in the 15 team league, but lower overall!!!

Thanks, and looking forward to LV Team #6league

Chris [/QB][/quote]

You and Gek are in agreement on how my tm rates out on publsihed numbers, very low but not surprising. After last yr's NL auction I looked bad too bec guys like Alou, R Freel, B Clark Aramis Ram, Clemens, D Wells and C Zambrano were all rated far too low by consensus (I ended up 2nd after leading most of the season).

No doubt, if consensus numbers are right, I'm screwed. lol. But if Willy Taveras ends up leading off full-time in front of that Houston lineup - well there go my two major weaknesses ...

Thx for running the numbers Chris, look forward to competing against you this yr.

[ March 23, 2005, 12:45 PM: Message edited by: KJ Duke ]

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:54 am

Originally posted by Spyhunter:

KJ,

Thanks for the thoughtful analysis. I bet several places where we differ is on Sosa's, Sexon's, and Boone's output. I have Sosa marked down for a huge comeback year with 45-50 HR. I have Sexon down (with fingers crossed) for 45 (please don't get injured). And I have Boone for 25-30 (due to eye surgery and better lineup) Agreed the steals went a bit much - we took roberts more to take away from others than to add to us. If we use him, we might get a 290-300 for steals

Our hope is that some hr hitters emerge or payton gets more playing time.

Chris Probably true ...

Sosa 270-35-104

Sexson 280-27-74

Boone 270-21-71

I have Sexson missing 5 weeks of the season, Sammy 3 and Boone 1. I agree with you on some upside to Sammy and Richie if they stay healthy (not 50 HR upside, but some). Boone would surprise me more if he did much better than my estimates. At 36, better vision is prob just offsetting declining visual response/reflexes.

Boone .212 this spring, zero HR.