Bragging/Crying about your other leagues

[nymr83]

...and i'll do a little of both to start us off, my 10 team NL-only auction went pretty, i'm sure you'll all hear about it (or skim over it) later in the year, but first my 12-team NL-only auction...
i came into the draft with a bad set of keepers (Turnbow for $1 on a $260 budget and nobody else worth mentioning) and a partner who wouldnt let me bid on the guys i wanted, i ended up with this monstrosity:
C: Estrada, Ardoin
CI: Delgado, Bell, Sanchez
MI: Greene, Matsui (for $1), Aurilia
OF: P.Wilson, Edmonds, Pierre (at a whopping $44, i always punt steals, well not htis time), McLouth, Sledge
UT: Piedra
P: Turnbow, Weathers, W.Williams, Cain, Borowski, Schmidt, C.Young, Lidle, Claussen
Minors (the only area i'm happy with): Andy LaRoche, Carlos Quentin, and Carlos Gonzalez

This team is destined for the bottom of the standings.

[metirish]

I am in four leagues, the one I am in for money I just traded Jason Schmidt, Aaron Rowen and Juan Peirre for Seo, Delgado and Jose Guillen.

[Guest Rotblatt]

I missed my draft for a SABRE-oriented league which doesn't value steals at all. I neglected to pre-rank, so Yahoo! took Reyes & Furcal back to back in rounds 3 & 4.

Ugly.

I can't really complain, though, since it's my own fault. And it's kind of fun doing damage control. I traded in my worst picks for some high-upside youngsters who won starting jobs this spring. I doubt many of them will pan out, but it'll be fun to see how they do.

If it were my only league, I'd be pissed, but since I'm also in an NL-only keeper league & a public Yahoo! league where my drafts went pretty well, I'm looking at this one as a challenge.

[nymr83]

metirish wrote: I am in four leagues, the one I am in for money I just traded Jason Schmidt, Aaron Rowen and Juan Peirre for Seo, Delgado and Jose Guillen.

i'll assume this is a 10 or 12 team NL-only since all 6 players you mentioned are national leaguers? I hope you have another source of speed.

[metirish]

No it's an AL/NL league, as for speed I have Reyes, although Tejada is the SS.....

[Guest OlerudOwned]

I have a team in a league for another Mets board (forgive me, I've been unfaithful). 10 team, H2H.

C- Micheal Barrett
1B- Derek Lee/Jason Giambi
2B- Rickie Weeks/Placido Polanco (3B elig)
3B- Hank Blalock
SS- Miguel Tejada
LF- Johnny Gomes (RF elig)/Curtis Granderson (CF elig)
CF- Johnny Damon/Ken Griffey Jr./Willy Tavarez/Joey Gathright
RF- Jeff Francoeur

SP- Carlos Zambrano/Dontrell Willis/Scott Kazmir/Rodrigo Lopez/Ervin Santana/Jorge Sosa/Freddy Garcia
RP-Billy Wagner/Huston Street/Francisco Cordero

I figured I could move Damon or Griffey with a low starter to upgrade my pitching

[Guest GYC]

In the same league as OlerudOwned...:
C: Jason Varitek ©
1B: Carlos Delgado (1B)
2B: Felipe Lopez (2B, SS)
3B: Miguel Cabrera (3B, LF)
SS: Jimmy Rollins (SS)
LF: Carl Crawford (LF, CF)
CF: Torii Hunter (CF)
RF: Chad Tracy (1B, RF)
UTIL: Adrian Beltre (3B)
BN: Aaron Rowand (CF)
BN: Nick Swisher (1B, RF)
BN: Jose Guillen (RF)
BN: Luis Castillo (2B)
BN: Javier Valentin ©

SP: Mark Buehrle, Cliff Lee, Chris Capuano, Chris Young, Tom Glavine, Bruce Chen
RP: Mariano Rivera, Brad Lidge, Chris Ray, Mike Gonzalez

[Zvon]

a 6 team h2h league with my brothers and some friends. Many more catagories.

C - J. Mauer / M. Barrett

1B - R. Howard

2B - B. Roberts

3B - M. Ensberg / M. Mora

SS - J. Reyes / J. Peralta

OF - J. Bay / G. Sheffield / G. Sizemore / C.Floyd / J. Francoeur

Util - T. Hafner

SP - Jo. Santana / D. Willis / J. Smoltz / M. Buehrle / F. Garcia / J. Garland

RP - B. Lidge / T. Hoffman / J. Isringhausen

I figure Im gonna get 150+ games from Reyes, so Ill probly move Peralta for some insurance at 1b for Howard ( tho I dont think its needed - I expect great numbers from him ).

Does anyone else think maybe we should have split the CPF up into 2 leagues?

[nymr83]

no way, shallow leagues are B-O-R-I-N-G.

[Zvon]

Nymr83 wrote: no way, shallow leagues are B-O-R-I-N-G.

You think 9 teams would be shallow? Boring?
Not me.
According to statistics the ideal league is 12 teams.

[Diamond Dad]

The best night of the year is Draft Night in my main league, called Rotissaria. The league was founded in 1987 and I've been in since 1989. Back in the stone age when we did stats by hand and faxed them to the commish, who did the standings by hand (once per month).

League uses 13 stat categories -- 8 for hitters (.avg/runs/HR/RBI/doubles+triples/Walks-minus-strikeouts/Net steals/errors) and 5 for pitchers (net wins/ERA/WHIP/K/S) The league does not allow free agent acquisitions during the season, so you have to draft backups or wait for the supplemental draft in June. Keepers are allowed 15 picks earlier than drafted the prior year -- but you have to maintain the player on your roster all season -- can't keep players acquired in trades. It's very competitive! 16 owners, and we draft 40 rounds.

I had a great first 5 rounds, snagging Pujols (2nd overall), Damon, Rolen, Schilling, and Delgado (yea!). Then things started to fall apart. There had been a run on the best closers early, which I stayed away from figuring I could get a couple of useable closers later. Got Bobby Crosby in the 6th and then took Cliff Floyd (another Met!) but didn't get my closer. (Remember, I'm picking 2nd in the order, so I get 2 picks within 4 overall picks at each corner, then I wait 31 picks for the draft to get back to me). There was then a run on secondary closers while I waited for my 8th round pick. I was left with Foulke in the 8th and then grabbed Zito in the 9th (can't start him in week #1 after his bad outing, but should be a steal by the end of the year). So, after 9 rounds I had two starters (Schilling and Zito), two first basemen, a third baseman, a shortstop, a closer, and two outfielders.

Then things got ugly. I needed another closer (we use 3 relievers, one of whom must be a middle man) but everyone was gone by round 10 and I took injured Mike MacDougal, hoping to also get Ambroix Burgos later. I then took a flyer on Rocco Baldelli, who will either be the best pick in the 11th round or a dud. In retrospect, I should have taken a more solid outfield choice. 12-13 swing I took another starter (Jeff Weaver -- just missed out on Kelvim Escobar) and then jumped up way to early and took Fernando Rodney -- hoping to be able to trade him to the owner of Todd Jones. 14-15 got my second baseman (Josh Barfield) and the best available hitter (Frank Thomas), but ultimately I got shut out of several starters I wanted and several outfielders I wanted.

I did get some great prospects later in the draft (Ian Stewart, Jon Lester, Phillip Hughes, and Brandon Wood) and some great sleeper pitchers (Gil Meche, Angel Guzman, Rich Hill, Wade Miller) but I'm going to end up starting Juan Encarnacion and Casey Blake in my outfleld.

Still, it was 4 hours of pure adrenlin!!! Loved it, as always.

Now . . if Baldelli gets healthy . . and if Thomas stays healthy and hits big . . . and Crosby's hand injury isn't serious . . . and Zito bounces back . . . and . . . and . . . .

[nymr83]

Zvon wrote: Nymr83 wrote: no way, shallow leagues are B-O-R-I-N-G. You think 9 teams would be shallow? Boring? Not me. According to statistics the ideal league is 12 teams.

9 teams is mind-bogglingly shallow for a mixed league. 12 is the bear minimum i'd want in a mixed league. i am in a 12 team NL-only league right now that uses the standard 23 starting players, thats depth.

[Diamond Dad]

I've never been in an NL-only league, but I agree that 9 teams in a mixed league is ridiculous -- it's an all-star team. Stud at every position. Key is to pick the best studs.

9 teams means that your top 5 starters are only 45 pitchers -- that's basically the #1 and #2 starters from each ML team, with several to spare.

I like it better when you have to choose between starting Tomo Okha or Ryan Franklin this week, instead of whether to start Tom Glavine or Jason Schmidt

[nymr83]

Fantasy baseball is a funny game sometimes, i drafted a team (in an auction league) that i thought was short on power but full of steals... well i've got 2 steals and 14 homers so far

[Guest GYC]

GYC wrote: In the same league as OlerudOwned...: C: Jason Varitek (C) 1B: Carlos Delgado (1B) 2B: Felipe Lopez (2B, SS) 3B: Miguel Cabrera (3B, LF) SS: Jimmy Rollins (SS) LF: Carl Crawford (LF, CF) CF: Torii Hunter (CF) RF: Chad Tracy (1B, RF) UTIL: Adrian Beltre (3B) BN: Aaron Rowand (CF) BN: Nick Swisher (1B, RF) BN: Jose Guillen (RF) BN: Luis Castillo (2B) BN: Javier Valentin (C) SP: Mark Buehrle, Cliff Lee, Chris Capuano, Chris Young, Tom Glavine, Bruce Chen RP: Mariano Rivera, Brad Lidge, Chris Ray, Mike Gonzalez

Scoring didn't start until Week 2. I won easily. Glavine is looking like the steal of the draft so far. Unless, someone drafted Shelton. But probably not.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

OlerudOwned wrote: I have a team in a league for another Mets board (forgive me, I've been unfaithful). 10 team, H2H. C- Micheal Barrett 1B- Derek Lee/Jason Giambi 2B- Rickie Weeks/Placido Polanco (3B elig) 3B- Hank Blalock SS- Miguel Tejada LF- Johnny Gomes (RF elig)/Curtis Granderson (CF elig) CF- Johnny Damon/Ken Griffey Jr./Willy Tavarez/Joey Gathright RF- Jeff Francoeur SP- Carlos Zambrano/Dontrell Willis/Scott Kazmir/Rodrigo Lopez/Ervin Santana/Jorge Sosa/Freddy Garcia RP-Billy Wagner/Huston Street/Francisco Cordero I figured I could move Damon or Griffey with a low starter to upgrade my pitching

I did wind up moving Griffey during the 1st week of the season, for Josh Beckett. Then Griffey got hurt and the team who aquired him had no DL space left due to a rash of injuries was forced to drop him. I have an empty DL, so the waiver pick up is pending. I'm an asshole.

[nymr83]

what the hell kind of league is shallow enough that dropping griffey is even a choice?

[Guest cooby]

Beltran, from CBS Sports Fantasy:

Center fielder Carlos Beltran is not expected to play for the Mets during their three-game series at San Francisco, and he is to be re-evaluated when the team arrives in Atlanta. "We'll see how it feels Friday and go from there," manager Willie Randolph said. The worst-case scenario would be for the Mets to use him as a pinch hitter, have him get re-injured and then go on the disabled list. Should he not play against the Giants and still go on the disabled list, the move could be made retroactive to April 22.
(Updated 04/25/2006).
FANTASY ANALYSIS
Keep Beltran reserved in all Fantasy leagues until he can officially return and prove his health in consecutive games without any lingering effects of the injury


This is the same freakin place that told me to go ahead and keep him active for this coming week, mutter mutter mutter

[Guest cooby]

19-54, 0.352 BA, 4 2B, 7 RBI, 10 R, 2 SB, 3 BB
15.5 INN, 14 HA, 5 BBI, 12 K, 6 ER, 3.240 ERA, 1.140 WHIP, 4 W
My league stats for tonight; if I had this every night, I'd be in first place...


I had an open spot in my roster so I just picked up Phillies new phenom Cole Hamels (they went on and on and on about him on the Phillies broadcast). I hope he doesn't pitch against the Mets next week

[smg58]

He's pitching Friday, and not on the waiver wire in our league just yet. But he's had a great start to the year in the minors (1.04 ERA, 65 K's in 43 innings).

[Guest cooby]

All these extra inning games are doing a number on my batting average

[seawolf17]

You know, as soon as I drop El Duque and Soler, they turn into freaking Cy Young candidates. I'm going to go trade for Steve Trachsel and then drop him.

[nymr83]

i've had basically that kind of year myself

[Guest cooby]

Anybody else have a team at CBS Sportsline? I can't get on that website today at all


http://www.sportsline.com/fantasy

[Guest cooby]

Ouch my aching ERA...

[Guest cooby]

My husband and I have started a league where we work. It's slowly filling up but we should have the 10 we need by our draft.
We've been doing some recruiting in the meantime, and have some people thinking about it.

His assistant Chris, is so cute...
Today she said to me, "I don't know much about baseball, but I'm learning...I already know two pitchers!"

Now, the way she said it would be like if somebody else said "I know two pitchers' names"

But in her case, she actually does know two pitchers; she went to high school with both Mike Mussina and Eric Milton

[Guest cooby]

Guess Donner's gotta go...

[Guest cooby]

I need to figure out a way to weasel Beltran away from Mike

[nymr83]

we had the auction in my keeper league, heres my team (10 team nl only)

C (2)- Barajas, Miller
1B- Fielder
2B- Phillips
3B- Ramirez
SS- Everett
CI- Ensberg
MI- Hardy
OF (5)- Berkman, Bay, Cameron, Hart, Scott
UT- Kouzmanoff
P (9)- Reyes, Sheets, Lilly, Cook, Davis, K.Wells, W.Williams, Valverde, Lidge

Bench- Saltalamachia, Logan, C.Gonzalez, S.Hairston, M.Gonzalez, Humber

i like my hitting, i'm sure it looks weak to anyone who is used to shallow skill-less leagues but for a 10-team NL-only its good. i could use better starting pitching and their age worries me too, none of those middle of the road guys are going to breakout and join Sheets as aces. i like to stock my bench with prospects, it is a keeper league after all. i also took gonzalez in case wickman loses his job and logan for cheap steals if i need those.

[metirish]

For an NL only team that's pretty good,and your pitching isn't terrible by any means,hell if Lilly and Wells keep giving you good starts like they did this week then it's all good.

What about Lidge...fantasy owners don't know what to do with him.