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Pitching looks as good as any staff I would ever draft. You got an ace and then a bunch of nice complimentary pieces - I'm high on Gauseman, low on Gio for some reason, but looks pretty good. For hitting, love Steve Pearce. It wouldn't shock me to see him be one of your top 5 contributors by year end. The OF is decent and can good depending on what Ellsbury you get this year. I see why you'd take Cutch out of the 4 slot, but I find him to be underwhelming considering his "stud" status. I'd rather take Trout, Stanton, Gomez, or Bautista at OF. I'm assuming the first two were gone, but we're just splitting hairs. Should be competitive in a 12 teamer no problem.
I like it maybe down the road, but don't see this team contending in the near future. But so many Cubans!
Great job. I'd dump Alfredo for something with an ounce of upside, but despite normal disagreements about specific players...that's it. This is a great template to build from.
Yeah, this is a quality foundation to build from, but a lot needs to go right to compete this year. If you're able to manufacture enough pitching until your staff is healthy that could change things though. Still, looking for selling opportunities for your vets would be wise. Probably can't do it now, nor would you want to before the season starts, but as contender's go down with injuries, re-eval.
Thanks. I didn't want to complicate the OP more than needed, but Rendon was a keeper. (My only one) I lost a 17th rounder for him.
I agree. Your pitching looks real good and you have a solid OF. Your IF is struggling a bit.
Yeah definitely needs work. I underestimated how quickly talen goes in a 14 team compare to 12 and lots of people employed similar strategies. My goal is playoffs. By the ASB if that doesn't seem likely, I'll look to build for next year. If I'm in it, getting JoFer back should help.
Simone is interesting to me. He had a real good year last year and I drafted him in the 25th. I thought he had good upside vs his adp and after 25 rounds I'm happy with anyone able to contribute. But yes, I'll likely be dropping him for a 2B to fill in for Rendon.
I really like the offense. I was hoping for Stanton and Brantley from the 4. I'll be rooting for Pooholes with you. I didn't realize he put up a pretty good stat line last year until I was about to draft him. Pitching could be ok, especially if Jake has a year like last.
I love this team. I'm very worried about Verlander and I'm assuming Parnell is a dl stash (I wouldn't bother personally) but that's all the criticism I have. Injuries and ineffectiveness may force your hand, but if you still have this much talent on your offensive bench come May I'd start looking to cut some two for one like deals to open up roster spots so you can speculate on some arms.
Very nice template to work from. Looks like you were awarded some flexibility with a bunch of cheap keeper arms. Not knowing the available player pool and the auction flow my knee jerk says I don't like the prices for Ellsbury and Weaver, but they aren't terrible over pays either and looking at your team I can probably guess why you paid what you did for Ellsbury.
I love that first team, even in a ten teamer that thing should be great.
How many teams?
What do you mean by this?Doctor Detroit said:
If you have one catcher on the roster on Monday morning and he is off on Thursday, you can't pick up another catcher on Wednesday and throw him in. Same goes for starting pitchers, if you start week with 5 in your rotation with 7 total starts, you can't exceed 7 starts.
lolDaywalker said:
Not even sure what to recommend replacing Baez with on team one, I guess if there isn't a glaring bpa then pick a C to swap in for McCann when he gets the day off. That team is loaded.Dickie Dunn said:
I like the team a lot. Big fan of 'Raco this year. Your entire infield is elite IMO. Then you've got Belt and LaRoche at the util spot, gotta love both of those guys this year. OF is solid as well. Pitching obviously the weak point, but you have upside. Giles should get the closer job at some point. I've never drafted in a league for this format, but I gotta think if I come out of the draft with this team I'm feeling pretty good.
A lot of risks in there, but if it's a guppy league then I'd be looking to do the same since I'm sure you'll be the first to waivers too.Daywalker said:
Given your format change, I like the decision to go with riskier SP's. If they stay healthy then you'll be setup for success. If they don't then you can find replacements since it's just a 10 team league.
This is one of the strangest quirks I've seen in a league.
Seems like this would be a ##### to enforce.
No, I can't do that, no streaming. Basically this is a weekly league with flexibility. So if I have three relievers to start the week for 19 total games from those projected relievers, I can't stream other relievers in a P slot that at the beginning of the week had a starter slotted there. Where this comes in handy is if one of your starters is scratched or hurt, then you can pick up a FA and slit him in where the other guy was supposed to be.So yeah, this is gonna take getting used to. I tried to create a list based on the scoring system, but this is going to take a year in the league to get a feel. League has been around 12 years, so I wasn't sure how the draft would go.This is one of the strangest quirks I've seen in a league.
Ah, gotcha. Definitely weird but kinda cool. Basically a weekly league with daily moves for injury protection.No, I can't do that, no streaming. Basically this is a weekly league with flexibility. So if I have three relievers to start the week for 19 total games from those projected relievers, I can't stream other relievers in a P slot that at the beginning of the week had a starter slotted there. Where this comes in handy is if one of your starters is scratched or hurt, then you can pick up a FA and slit him in where the other guy was supposed to be.So yeah, this is gonna take getting used to. I tried to create a list based on the scoring system, but this is going to take a year in the league to get a feel. League has been around 12 years, so I wasn't sure how the draft would go.This is one of the strangest quirks I've seen in a league.
I passed on a starting pitcher on the first turn, and then most starters were going 10+ spots above their adps from there. I love Cole as a borderline one anyway, so getting him in the 7th round was fine. I think guys like Gausman and Petit might be good because you get 5+ innings a week as a reliever, and also some spot starts with good returns.
This is different than any league I've ever played in so I think it's weird but cool.
Ok. I can play anyone on my roster that was on my roster at the beginning of the week, anytime I want. So as long as I get 35 innings, I could throw five or six relievers in there. I have 4 now, I'll find one or two more and go that route.Ah, gotcha. Definitely weird but kinda cool. Basically a weekly league with daily moves for injury protection.No, I can't do that, no streaming. Basically this is a weekly league with flexibility. So if I have three relievers to start the week for 19 total games from those projected relievers, I can't stream other relievers in a P slot that at the beginning of the week had a starter slotted there. Where this comes in handy is if one of your starters is scratched or hurt, then you can pick up a FA and slit him in where the other guy was supposed to be.So yeah, this is gonna take getting used to. I tried to create a list based on the scoring system, but this is going to take a year in the league to get a feel. League has been around 12 years, so I wasn't sure how the draft would go.This is one of the strangest quirks I've seen in a league.
I passed on a starting pitcher on the first turn, and then most starters were going 10+ spots above their adps from there. I love Cole as a borderline one anyway, so getting him in the 7th round was fine. I think guys like Gausman and Petit might be good because you get 5+ innings a week as a reliever, and also some spot starts with good returns.
This is different than any league I've ever played in so I think it's weird but cool.
Nice.Ok. I can play anyone on my roster that was on my roster at the beginning of the week, anytime I want. So as long as I get 35 innings, I could throw five or six relievers in there. I have 4 now, I'll find one or two more and go that route.Ah, gotcha. Definitely weird but kinda cool. Basically a weekly league with daily moves for injury protection.No, I can't do that, no streaming. Basically this is a weekly league with flexibility. So if I have three relievers to start the week for 19 total games from those projected relievers, I can't stream other relievers in a P slot that at the beginning of the week had a starter slotted there. Where this comes in handy is if one of your starters is scratched or hurt, then you can pick up a FA and slit him in where the other guy was supposed to be.So yeah, this is gonna take getting used to. I tried to create a list based on the scoring system, but this is going to take a year in the league to get a feel. League has been around 12 years, so I wasn't sure how the draft would go.This is one of the strangest quirks I've seen in a league.
I passed on a starting pitcher on the first turn, and then most starters were going 10+ spots above their adps from there. I love Cole as a borderline one anyway, so getting him in the 7th round was fine. I think guys like Gausman and Petit might be good because you get 5+ innings a week as a reliever, and also some spot starts with good returns.
This is different than any league I've ever played in so I think it's weird but cool.
I think that's the play here. Ratio boosters, tacking on some innings, helping the Ks, shouldn't hurt the negative cats. Might even vulture a win or two to help there.
Pitching should be studly. Offense should be solid. Will need to get some steals somewhere. Maybe Pompey delivers them. I like him and Travis as end-game upside plays.
Offense should be good. Some injury risk there, but you have nice bench options for depth. Jones isn't as valuable in an OBP league, but still has some value.
