Guest Sores Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I always draft a couple teams early, before my league teams, just to see "whats what". Got my first team tonite (autopick Yahoo, Roto, 12 team league) C- Piazza 1st Base - Albert Pujols, M. Sweeney, J. Giambi 2nd Base - Mark Loretta 3rd Base - Chipper Jones SS - Ed Renteria OF - Francouer, Garret Anderson, C. Crisp, Shawn Green, J. Guillen SP - J. Peavy, Big Unit, C. Zambrano, Rich Harden, Danny Haren, Oliver Perez, Orlando Hernandez RP - Danny Baez and Billy Wagner For a first run of a team, I like it. I will have to find another closer if I want to stay competitive in Saves, but even with Baez and Wagner, I may be able to stay competetive there. Whatcha all think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 (edited) Hey man like your team a lot and for a closer may I suggest Ryan Dempster great pitcher or deep down there should be Chris Ray who will take over for Jorge Julio sometime this season. BTW who would you take in a salary league that I can sign a guy for up to 3 years 2 times before he becomes nonresignable. Pujols for 11 mil (age 26) or Crawford for 625k (age 24) Edited February 19, 2006 by broncosn05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrappy1 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 SP - J. Peavy, Big Unit, C. Zambrano, Rich Harden, Danny Haren, Oliver Perez, Orlando Hernandez RP - Danny Baez and Billy Wagner For a first run of a team, I like it. I will have to find another closer if I want to stay competitive in Saves, but even with Baez and Wagner, I may be able to stay competetive there. Whatcha all think? 1331504[/snapback] That's awesome starting pitching for a 12-team league! If Gagne is indeed healthy, Baez won't be getting many saves this year though, so you will definitely need to find another closer. for a closer may I suggest...Chris Ray who will take over for Jorge Julio sometime this season. 1331568[/snapback] Julio actually got traded to the Mets, so Ray is already slated to be the Orioles closer this year. I doubt he's available, but if he is I would definitely grab him up quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sores Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Yeah, Ray is already gone, but Reitsma is still avalable - I put in a waiver request on him, dropping Hernandez (gonna drop Perez to pick up Ryan Zimmerman). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegFuJohnson Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I see the logic in doing some early drafts before your "real" leagues take hold. You can see where potential position runs start, if starting pitching falls farther than expected, etc, etc. I am curious, however, what you think you get out of an autodraft league? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 That's awesome starting pitching for a 12-team league! If Gagne is indeed healthy, Baez won't be getting many saves this year though, so you will definitely need to find another closer. Julio actually got traded to the Mets, so Ray is already slated to be the Orioles closer this year. I doubt he's available, but if he is I would definitely grab him up quick. 1331591[/snapback] Very cool with Guardado gone from my roster I'll have to pick up Ray probably second round of FA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cherni Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 I know it was an auto-draft my obsession, so I'm not criticizing you, but you need some power. Your OF will produce terribly power numbers, even for a 12 team league. You're also in dire need of SB as your best SB guy at this point is probably (gulp) Coco Crisp and Pujols, neither of which will eclipse the 20 steal mark. Renteria used to be good for a bunch, but that was with LaRussa on STL. Boston doesn't send him, why get caught stealing when Papi or Manny will knock him in a lot of the time. Your SP are great and you need them to perform to be a factor in the league. Closers will pop up all over the place, so no worries on that. I would focus on getting a guy who steals bases, and I know I said it before, you need power numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrappy1 Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Renteria used to be good for a bunch, but that was with LaRussa on STL. Boston doesn't send him, why get caught stealing when Papi or Manny will knock him in a lot of the time. 1334963[/snapback] Renteria got traded to the Braves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cherni Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Renteria got traded to the Braves. 1334967[/snapback] That is correct, I forgot my copy of The Hot Stove Report. With that info, he will prob. get more SB's. However, the bottom line is that my obsession needs SB's, no matter where Renteria is playing. No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 You think Piazza will last catching all year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cherni Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 You think Piazza will last catching all year? 1335556[/snapback] He might last all year but that doesn't mean he'll be very effective. Offensively he is way past his prime, I've watched a good portion of his AB's over the last 7 years and there is a very noticable difference in everything he does. At this point in his career I think that having him as your backstop will be detrimental to any club. His numbers have declined every year for the past 5 years. Not just his HR, but his OB%, OPS, SLG%. Behind the plate he's a nightmare. He can't throw a runner out to save his life. He's way below average defensively. Combine that with his declining offensive production, one more year on his knees, I don't see very much there. However, a change of scenery sometimes has a big effect. But he's hitting in Petco, DOH!!! This is to take nothing away from what he's done over his career. He's a HOF player and is a complete class act. He was "the guy" on the Mets for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sores Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 He might last all year but that doesn't mean he'll be very effective. Offensively he is way past his prime, I've watched a good portion of his AB's over the last 7 years and there is a very noticable difference in everything he does. At this point in his career I think that having him as your backstop will be detrimental to any club. His numbers have declined every year for the past 5 years. Not just his HR, but his OB%, OPS, SLG%. Behind the plate he's a nightmare. He can't throw a runner out to save his life. He's way below average defensively. Combine that with his declining offensive production, one more year on his knees, I don't see very much there. However, a change of scenery sometimes has a big effect. But he's hitting in Petco, DOH!!! This is to take nothing away from what he's done over his career. He's a HOF player and is a complete class act. He was "the guy" on the Mets for a long time. 1335671[/snapback] There are NO good catchers not named Mauer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sores Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 C- Piazza 1st Base - Albert Pujols, M. Sweeney, P. Fielder 2nd Base - Rickie Weeks 3rd Base - Chipper Jones, R. Zimmerman SS - Ed Renteria OF - Francouer, Garret Anderson, C. Crisp, Shawn Green, J. Guillen SP - J. Peavy, Big Unit, C. Zambrano, Rich Harden, Danny Haren, RP - Danny Baez, Mike Gonzalez and Billy Wagner Ok....after making a trade (Giambi and Loretta for Weeks and Fielder) and picking up a couple FA (Gonzalez and Zimmerman), here is the team I think I will take into the season. I still want to move Crisp and possibly Francouer....but I still like the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrappy1 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 There are NO good catchers not named Mauer. 1335699[/snapback] Victor Martinez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 There are NO good catchers not named Mauer. 1335699[/snapback] UHHH let's see V. Martinez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cherni Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 UHHH let's see V. Martinez 1335873[/snapback] Pudge, Varitek... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sores Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I'll give you Martinez....but he is good...not great. Varitek is bleh....If Pudge outperforms Piazza this year, I will be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cherni Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I'll give you Martinez....but he is good...not great. Varitek is bleh....If Pudge outperforms Piazza this year, I will be surprised.1337617[/snapback] I'll take that bet in a heartbeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefjay Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I'll take that bet in a heartbeat. 1338183[/snapback] Tough call, both are on the downside but I do like Pudge to have a better fantasy year, more doubles then HR's then in the past. Maybe 285, 15 hrs, 85 Rbi's, and 80 runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cherni Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Tough call, both are on the downside but I do like Pudge to have a better fantasy year, more doubles then HR's then in the past. Maybe 285, 15 hrs, 85 Rbi's, and 80 runs. 1338322[/snapback] They're definitely both on their way down. If you look at Piazza's numbers over the last 5 years they get worse and worse. Pudge is in much better shape physically and that will certainly translate into better numbers. I think Pudge's numbers will be better than what you predict. His avg will be better than .285 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefjay Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 They're definitely both on their way down. If you look at Piazza's numbers over the last 5 years they get worse and worse. Pudge is in much better shape physically and that will certainly translate into better numbers. I think Pudge's numbers will be better than what you predict. His avg will be better than .285 I think. 1338379[/snapback] As a Tiger fan I hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I'll give you Martinez....but he is good...not great. Varitek is bleh....If Pudge outperforms Piazza this year, I will be surprised. 1337617[/snapback] Do you think Mauer will outperform Martinez this year? Don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cherni Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Do you think Mauer will outperform Martinez this year? Don't think so. 1339670[/snapback] That's a good question. They both have what seems like umlimited ceilings as they're both in their early 20's. Mauer seems a little more injury prone but who knows? If Martinez played well all season his numbers would have been huge. He turned it on after the break I think and finished really strong. I would say Martinez will def. outperform Mauer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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