Fantasy Baseball Advice Thread

[AlexV]

ok so i rejected and he came back with this offer:

I get:
Lowe
Pierre

I give:
Valverde
Hawpe

I really want Lowe because Halladay just went into the DL and I dont really give a crap about closers, it's Hawpe I have problems giving away.

[ColoradoCub]

<!--quoteo(post=44821:date=Jun 17 2009, 07:43 PM:name=AlexV)-->QUOTE (AlexV @ Jun 17 2009, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->ok so i rejected and he came back with this offer:

I get:
Lowe
Pierre

I give:
Valverde
Hawpe

I really want Lowe because Halladay just went into the DL and I dont really give a crap about closers, it's Hawpe I have problems giving away.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I wouldn't do it.

[Brock]

I just inherited a keeper league team and I need to pick out 5 keepers. My top 3 for sure (I think) are Hanley Ramirez, Kevin Youkilis, and Cliff Lee. I need 2 others.

Options: Brian Roberts, Hunter Pence, Alfonso Soriano, Jason Kubel, Nate McLouth, John Danks, Matt Garza, Daisuke Matsuzaka.

What do you think?

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=82033:date=Mar 8 2010, 09:27 PM:name=Brock)-->QUOTE (Brock @ Mar 8 2010, 09:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I just inherited a keeper league team and I need to pick out 5 keepers. My top 3 for sure (I think) are Hanley Ramirez, Kevin Youkilis, and Cliff Lee. I need 2 others.

Options: Brian Roberts, Hunter Pence, Alfonso Soriano, Jason Kubel, Nate McLouth, John Danks, Matt Garza, Daisuke Matsuzaka.

What do you think?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'd keep Pence.

[Brock]

Yeah I was thinking it's probably between Roberts, Pence, and the 3 pitchers.

[biggz]

Credentials: Rookie to fantasy sports last year. Won my (nonkeeper) fantasy baseball league championship.

I'd probably keep Pence and Garza.

[biggz]

Does anyone know a good site for Razzball rankings? I checked razzball.com, but couldn't find it. Of course, maybe I'm just dumb. (Hint: Probably)

[The Dude]

I need to decide my 6 keepers in a 12 team league. Standard 5x5 scoring. Basically when you keep a player you lose the pick 4 rounds earlier than you drafted him the year before.

Here are my no-brainers and the round of the pick they will cost me:

Andrew Bailey: 21
Tim Hudson: 20
Adam Jones: 14
Matt Weiters: 10
Joey Votto: 7

And I need to decide between these guys for the last one:

Javier Vazquez: 9
Jair Jurrjens: 13
Ryan Franklin: 19
Randy Wolf: 17
Clay Bucholz: 18
Johnny Damon: 11


I was leaning towards Franklin so I would have 2 closers locked up with late round picks, but I'm not really sure what I want to do. Any thoughts?

[biggz]

I'd go Jurrjens. Franklin faded in September/October, while Jurrjens improved all around in the 2nd half. I knew Jurrjens was having shoulder inflammation, but he threw live batting practice and his on track for his spring start.

[liner]

new standard keeper league drafted last night. i had the first pick and took pooholes. for personal reasons i'd like to get rid oh him and wainwright. i have an offer for those two and mccann and i get morneau, mauer and halladay. i want to do it. what do you think?

[ColoradoCub]

<!--quoteo(post=85049:date=Mar 29 2010, 01:50 PM:name=liner)-->QUOTE (liner @ Mar 29 2010, 01:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->new standard keeper league drafted last night. i had the first pick and took pooholes. for personal reasons i'd like to get rid oh him and wainwright. i have an offer for those two and mccann and i get morneau, mauer and halladay. i want to do it. what do you think?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

You're getting ass raped in that deal.

[bz]

Yea, that's not even close.

[Brock]

I don't think it's that bad of a deal. Is there another not quite as good of a starting pitcher other than Wainwright you could substitute in there instead? I might try something like that if you really want to trade Pujols.

[liner]

he's a cards fan and i, of course hate them. was thinking my hatred was going to lose me money, that's why i posted. he wants waimwright because he says it's his favorite pitcher. i'm trying to make it a little more even by adding kendrick for hill

[ColoradoCub]

1. Catchers are overrated in fantasy baseball. There is a marginal difference between Mauer and McCann for fantasy purposes.

2. Wainright for Halladay is pretty much a wash. Maybe Halladay gets a minor bump for the switch to the NL, but Wainwright is younger and in his prime. Since it's a keeper league, I'd much rather have Wainwright.

3. So essentially it comes down to trading Morneau for Pujols. Even if Morneau wasn't coming off of shoulder surgery, it would be a bad trade, but the fact that he is makes it that much worse.

I understand not wanting Cardinal players on your team, but you need to get more for a Cy Young runner-up and the NL MVP and consensus #1 fantasy player. Mauer might be an MVP, but he's not on Pujols' level for fantasy purposes.