"Always" Next wrote:Hey guys,
I just finished picking my active players for my keeper league and here is how I ended up. Its a 12 team league. This is an auction league....getting closers was a bitch, everybody overspent early and I had to pay $46 for Hanley so I had to stand on the sidelines until the cheaper closers came out. What do you think?

C. Jesus Flores
C. J. Salty
1B. K. Youkilis
2B. B. Phillips
3B. A. Beltre
SS. H. Ramirez
MI. B. Roberts
CI. M. Jacobs
OF. A. Ethier
OF. J. Hamilton
OF. C. Granderson
OF. Ichiro
OF. P. Burrell
DH. J. Thome

SP. U. Jiminez
SP. J. Jurrjens
SP. E. Bedard
SP. M. Garza
SP. D. Lowe
SP. J. Cueto

RP. M. Gonzales
RP. M. Lidstrom
RP. J. Hanrahan

I'm not sure any of us are as knowledgeable about fantasy baseball as you are Always. But from the looks of your team, I'd say you have a very strong hitting team. Your Starters are nothing spectacular, but have the potential to get the job done. As for your closers...are they even closers??

I'm more interested in reading about what you think about your team. Maybe I can learn something about fantasy baseball strategy.

Im pretty happy with my team Fine. I had to lay back after spending a bunch on guys like Han-Ram and Ichiro, but I got some good bargains in the bullpen. My 3 guys are closers at the moment and all I can hope is that I can squeeze 20-25 saves apiece out of them. Saves is not a really important category as far as Im concerned, if you cant win it...I just try not to lose it.

In this league, you have to get 1000 innings out of your pitchers, so you have to make sure you get some guys in your rotation that can eat some innings.

I tried to get in the mix on some frontline pitchers, but they went for ridiculous prices, so instead of going after #1 guys and having to balance them out with #5s, I tried to get mostly #2 starters with some potential aces like Ubaldo, Lowe and Bedard. I really like the auction / keeper style of league, to me, its a lot more about stragegy than the dumb luck of the line draft.

You definitely have not lost the race already.

I'm starting to understand why all the fantasy experts recommend not overreaching for closers. If you can get 20 saves out those three you should be pretty well off. Also pays to do your research before the draft, because I would not have known they were even closers.


I keep away from auction leagues. too much strategy = too much thinking = being owned.

fine wrote:You definitely have not lost the race already.

I'm starting to understand why all the fantasy experts recommend not overreaching for closers. If you can get 20 saves out those three you should be pretty well off. Also pays to do your research before the draft, because I would not have known they were even closers.


I keep away from auction leagues. too much strategy = too much thinking = being owned.

I have been in this league for, I think 12 or 13 years now. I did really bad the first several years, but I got my keeper roster built up by selling off my good players at the deadline, but I have won 3 of the past 5 years and finished 2nd and 3rd the other 2 years. I think I have the offensive firepower to win the offensive categories and if I can finish midway in the pitching, I should be right in the mix again.

DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO ME A FAVOR? I need an opinion on how i did on my draft. So in order to keep bias out, i wont tell u which team is mine (thus random). The teams will follow my message. There 8 teams. So just glance at em, and tell me what you think.

so if you want to:

1. tell me the best and worst team in your opinions (or if ur bored, rank all
2. Guess which team you think is mine (it might be hard)

Thanks!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
TEAM A
C Ryan Doumit (Pit - C)
1B Miguel Cabrera(Det - 1B)
2B Mike Aviles (KC - 2B)
3B Evan Longoria (TB - 3B)
SS Stephen Drew (Ari - SS)
OF Carlos Quentin (CWS - OF)
OF Vladimir Guerrero (LAA - OF)
OF Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF)
Util Jermaine Dye(CWS - OF)
SP Brandon Webb(Ari - SP)
SP Cliff Lee (Cle - SP)
RP José Valverde (Hou - RP)
RP Brandon Morrow(Sea - SP,RP)
P Dan Haren(Ari - SP)
P Daisuke Matsuzaka(Bos - SP)
P Randy Johnson(SF - SP)
BN Corey Hart(Mil - OF)
BN Andre Ethier(LAD - OF)
BN Bengie Molina(SF - C)
BN Pat Burrell(TB - OF)
BN Xavier Nady(NYY - OF)
-----------------------------------------------------
TEAM B
C Brian McCann (Atl - C)
1B Albert Pujols(StL - 1B)
2B Alexei Ramírez(CWS - 2B,SS,OF)
3B Álex Rodríguez(NYY - 3B)
SS Jimmy Rollins(Phi - SS)
OF Manny Ramírez(LAD - OF)
OF Ichiro Suzuki(Sea - OF)
OF Jacoby Ellsbury(Bos - OF)
Util Derek Jeter(NYY - SS)
SP Francisco Liriano(Min - SP)
SP Jon Lester(Bos - SP)
RP Joakim Soria(KC - RP)
RP Brian Fuentes(LAA - RP)
P Edinson Vólquez(Cin - SP)
P Ricky Nolasco(Fla - SP)
P Kevin Gregg(ChC - RP)
BN Jorge Cantú(Fla - 1B,3B)
BN Joey Votto(Cin - 1B)
BN Alex Gordon(KC - 3B)
BN Kevin Slowey(Min - SP)
BN Ted Lilly (ChC - SP)
--------------------------------------------------------
TEAM C
C Pablo Sandoval(SF - C,1B,3B)
1B Adrián González(SD - 1B)
2B Dan Uggla(Fla - 2B)
3B David Wright(NYM - 3B)
SS Troy Tulowitzki(Col - SS)
OF Jason Bay(Bos - OF)
OF Curtis Granderson(Det - OF)
OF Nate McLouth(Pit - OF)
Util Chris Davis(Tex - 1B,3B)
SP Tim Lincecum(SF - SP)
SP Johan Santana(NYM - SP)
RP B.J. Ryan(Tor - RP)
RP Chad Qualls(Ari - RP)
P CC Sabathia(NYY - SP)
P Zack Greinke(KC - SP)
P Aaron Harang(Cin - SP)
BN Ryan Ludwick(StL - OF)
BN Carlos Peña(TB - 1B)
BN Nelson Cruz(Tex - OF)
BN Matt Cain(SF - SP)
BN Mike González(Atl - RP)
----------------------------------------------------
TEAM D
C Joe Mauer(Min - C)
1B Aubrey Huff(Bal - 1B,3B)
2B Dustin Pedroia(Bos - 2B)
3B Garrett Atkins(Col - 1B,3B)
SS Jhonny Peralta(Cle - SS)
OF Josh Hamilton(Tex - OF)
OF Bobby Abreu(LAA - OF)
OF Raúl Ibañez(Phi - OF)
Util Chase Utley(Phi - 2B)
SP Roy Halladay(Tor - SP)
SP Jake Peavy(SD - SP)
RP Francisco Rodríguez(NYM - RP)
RP Joba Chamberlain(NYY - SP,RP)
P Ryan Dempster(ChC - SP)
P Justin Duchscherer(Oak - SP)
P Derek Lowe(Atl - SP)
BN Jay Bruce(Cin - OF)
BN Carlos Delgado(NYM - 1B)
BN Melvin Mora(Bal - 3B)
BN Randy Winn(SF - OF)
BN Justin Upton(Ari - OF)
--------------------------------------------------------
TEAM E
C Víctor Martínez(Cle - C,1B)
1B Justin Morneau(Min - 1B)
2B Brian Roberts(Bal - 2B)
3B Kevin Youkilis(Bos - 1B,3B)
SS Hanley Ramírez(Fla - SS)
OF B.J. Upton(TB - OF)
OF Alfonso Soriano(ChC - OF)
OF Carl Crawford(TB - OF)
Util Shane Victorino(Phi - OF)
SP John Lackey(LAA - SP)
SP Félix Hernández(Sea - SP)
RP Kerry Wood(Cle - RP)
RP Max Scherzer(Ari - SP,RP)
P Scott Kazmir(TB - SP)
P A.J. Burnett(NYY - SP)
P Justin Verlander(Det - SP)
BN Hunter Pence(Hou - OF)
BN Robinson Canó(NYY - 2B)
BN Lastings Milledge(Was - OF)
BN Miguel Tejada(Hou - SS)
BN Chris Iannetta(Col - C)
----------------------------------------------------
TEAM F
C Geovany Soto(ChC - C)
1B Ryan Howard(Phi - 1B)
2B Brandon Phillips(Cin - 2B)
3B Chipper Jones(Atl - 3B)
SS Rafael Furcal(LAD - SS)
OF Ryan Braun(Mil - OF)
OF Matt Holliday(Oak - OF)
OF Torii Hunter(LAA - OF)
Util Prince Fielder(Mil - 1B)
SP Rich Harden(ChC - SP)
SP James Shields(TB - SP)
RP Mariano Rivera(NYY - RP)
RP Carlos Mármol(ChC - RP)
P Yovani Gallardo(Mil - SP)
P Adam Wainwright(StL - SP)
P Francisco Cordero(Cin - RP)
BN Nick Markakis(Bal - OF)
BN Vernon Wells(Tor - OF)
BN J.J. Hardy(Mil - SS)
BN Conor Jackson(Ari - 1B,OF)
BN Adrián Béltre(Sea - 3B)
--------------------------------------------------------
TEAM G
C Russell Martin(LAD - C,3B)
1B Lance Berkman(Hou - 1B)
2B Ian Kinsler(Tex - 2B)
3B Ryan Zimmerman(Was - 3B)
SS José Reyes(NYM - SS)
OF Carlos Lee(Hou - OF)
OF Matt Kemp(LAD - OF)
OF Álex Ríos(Tor - OF)
Util David Ortiz(Bos - Util)
SP Chad Billingsley(LAD - SP)
SP Ervin Santana(LAA - SP)
RP Brad Lidge(Phi - RP)
RP Matt Capps(Pit - RP)
P Roy Oswalt(Hou - SP)
P Javier Vázquez(Atl - SP)
P David Price(TB - SP) NA
BN Matt Wieters(Bal - C) NA
BN Howie Kendrick(LAA - 2B)
BN Edwin Encarnación(Cin - 3B)
BN Chris Young(Ari - OF)
BN James Loney(LAD - 1B)
----------------------------------------------------
TEAM H
C Mike Napoli(LAA - C)
1B Mark Teixeira(NYY - 1B)
2B Chone Figgins(LAA - 2B,3B)
3B Aramis Ramírez(ChC - 3B)
SS Michael Young(Tex - SS)
OF Grady Sizemore(Cle - OF)
OF Carlos Beltrán(NYM - OF)
OF Adam Dunn(Was - 1B,OF)
Util Derrek Lee(ChC - 1B)
SP Cole Hamels(Phi - SP)
SP Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
RP Jonathan Papelbon(Bos - RP)
RP Joe Nathan(Min - RP)
P Jonathan Broxton
(LAD - RP)
P Bobby Jenks(CWS - RP)
P Carlos Zambrano(ChC - SP)
BN Johnny Damon(NYY - OF)
BN Mark DeRosa(Cle - 2B,3B,OF)
BN Jim Thome(CWS - Util)
BN Brian Wilson(SF - RP)
BN Matt Garza(TB - SP)
-----------------------------------------------------

After a quick 1 minute scan of all the rosters, I'd say teams B is on the top tier, with a bunch of teams on the second tier, and team A alone on the bottom.

My guess for your team is team F.

Thanks Fine. ill let u kno whcih one is mine soon

anyone else wanna give it a try..."always"? eman? xbay? I will give u 50 Billion Zimbabwean money (hopefully its still worthless... hope its not worth lots now).

Mr. Crackerz wrote:Thanks Fine. ill let u kno whcih one is mine soon

anyone else wanna give it a try..."always"? eman? xbay? I will give u 50 Billion Zimbabwean money (hopefully its still worthless... hope its not worth lots now).

It's worth a lot now. Didn't you hear? They recovered from inflation rather quickly.

total shot in the dark, and simply cuz im biased toward the letter...im gonna say your team is team E. really havent found the time to analyze the teams...maybe ill be able to this weekend..

xbay wrote:

Mr. Crackerz wrote:Thanks Fine. ill let u kno whcih one is mine soon

anyone else wanna give it a try..."always"? eman? xbay? I will give u 50 Billion Zimbabwean money (hopefully its still worthless... hope its not worth lots now).

It's worth a lot now. Didn't you hear? They recovered from inflation rather quickly.

SOB... damn, they fixed their inflation. How am i suppose to reward people now? (wow, i came across evilish there). SO long Zimbabwean expression of mine

Okay, fellas. Don't forget to set your rosters. Especially for tomorrow, if any of you guys have any Sunday game teams on your roster.

SO, yeah, the team fine said was the best (team B) is actually mine... not team F... But i guess you might of thought that my team was team F as many of those players make up my team in the Board's league.

I like team C's pitching, but he got not enough hitters. AND team A is real bad... he is gonna lose for sure.

-------------------------------------------
As for our team, i'm sending some trade proposals around, so you guys should check it out. Reject them, counter them, accept them, whatever.

Oh and do your lineups people... even though we all are making the playoffs!

Mr. Crackerz wrote:SO, yeah, the team fine said was the best (team B) is actually mine... not team F... But i guess you might of thought that my team was team F as many of those players make up my team in the Board's league.

Crackerz, you do know how to draft. But it remains to be seen how you well you perform during the season.

fine wrote:

Mr. Crackerz wrote:SO, yeah, the team fine said was the best (team B) is actually mine... not team F... But i guess you might of thought that my team was team F as many of those players make up my team in the Board's league.

Crackerz, you do know how to draft. But it remains to be seen how you well you perform during the season.

yes i do... but yea, i am pretty darn good in fantasy sports generally. I always win one league for each sport each year (usually have 2-3 leagues each time) so my success rate is pretty high. then if i don't win, im usually in the top half of the standings.

This year, i had a bunch of bad luck on one of my basketball teams (the board league), and got 7th place (out of 14) for an under performing squad. I'm in the finals on my third league (my homies suck in fantasy sports, so I usually beat them them). I was a part of 2 fantasy football leagues this year. I won a championship in one, and lost the other one, but was #1 in the standings for the regular season.

So im banking on going back on track.... HOPEFULLY!