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When you get to the pitchers please let me know what you think.
His gamelog fits the narrative too. When he first got dealt his BB's spiked, but slowly trended down as the last two months progressed. Discounting @COL since no one in their right mind starts him there, he had the shelling @LAD and outside of that to finish the year?
Looks pretty good. I generally invest more in hitters and than pitchers, but your bats might be good enough to pull 3-4 Cats each week and your pitching is stout. I'd focus on bats for a bit. If Stanton or Bautista underperform or get hurt which is quite possible, you'll be hurting on offense.
Those are some pretty huge rosters. I would be very tempted to wait on SPs till late and just pick up 8 or so to stream every week based on 2 starts if it's a weekly transactions league.
Just plucked Carlos Santana in the 13th. He's even better in OPS.bigmarc27 said:
I'd think about it to nab some of that pitching you listed above. You kind of need to rebuild the roster besides a few spots....what can you fetch for Kemp and/or Richards?
I'll have to send out some feelers for those guys. I thought about just hanging on to him as a 4th OFer. he does have some pop and may get me something more if he starts to tear it up.
Ramos is a good choice, given that your special categories are very bad for Anderson. But I can see the appeal in Anderson anyway. And I'd be worried about going into a league this deep without anybody at MI. And you already have a closer. I guess I'd lean towards Anderson, but hope he gets off to a hot start and maybe flip him before his warts get exposed. I like Segura but I'm not sure I can justify 14 bucks more than Anderson.
I keep getting offers for Kershaw in this league. Latest is Schwarber/Rodon/Kemp. My team isn't going to win this year and I don't have 10 legit keepers so a 1 for multiple where I get younger makes sense. A rule in this league is if you trade for a guy, you must keep him as one of your 10, so I don't love Kemp but if he swapped in one of Max Kepler, Maikel Franco or J. P. Crawford for Kemp, is that enough for Kershaw (I really like Schwarber...)
I wasn't sure if that was the order he liked them in or just the names he came across.
I don't think that's nearly enough for Kershaw. If you're rebuilding, I'd want like Bregman, Urias, and Buxton. If you love Schwarber, fine, but the rest of that package isn't even close for me.
I agree with this. Also agree with trying to deal Kershaw, just get way more for him imo.
The risk is baked into the price, but both of these guys had barking elbows / forearms last year and are ticking time-bombs for TJ.
I think if you go down this well then you really need to commit yourself to the quantity strategy. That's why I think it depends on the leeg and what you do prior to getting to this tier. If any of these guys throw 200+ IP's then they will be huge profits. If though.
I understand what you mean. I am a little stuck in that I don't have quality cheap options to fill out my 15 players which will hurt in the auction because I would have to spend more on my freezes to match those 3 serviceable arms. I think all three have some upside to be solid starters and the savings will help me be a player for Kershaw, Madbum, Strasberg, Scherzer, Archer, Lester, Carrasco, Darvish.....who will all be available.
Davies... maybe. Some hype around him as this year's Hendricks. Nova and Hellickson are both low-ish K guys. Not sure but maybe they could be good for QS. Davies isn't a big K guy right now. They're all kind of interesting but I agree that dealing Cueto seems risky. Can you really not just go get Lester or Carrasco if you have Cueto? Can you really not just keep Cueto and go get this year's Davies/Hellickson/Nova (let's say... Andrew Triggs, Daniel Norris and Jesse Hahn, or let's say Gsellman if your league isn't all over him like most)?
I could go get those guys while having Cueto but I will have less money for other players to fill out the roster and my 12-15 freezes suffer (and cost more). Making the trade or not making the trade doesn't preclude me from going after those other guys. I guess the other thing for me is I am not as high on Cueto as the ranks. I think he has topped out and will start to go down. Not necessarily drastically but I am just not quite as high on him.
Re K's - I don't think so, but Nova's Swstk finally returned to pre Tommy John form, got more bats to chase than ever before, and got his contact rate down near where it was pre TJ too. His BB rate isn't sustainable, but if it's just good then I like his chances for quality starts as he had 6 in his 11 starts (2 complete games) post trade.
He's basically telling me now one of them has to go. He wants gain some slottage in the draft and take a prospect. I don't think he realized I had #1 overall. I'm not swapping #1 for Cole (or Polanco) and #12 when I know he's under the impression he has to deal one.
What's the leeg format? I hate owning players that are already injured, but that's a good price.
12 team league with a $300 budget. Start 2 at C/1B/2B/3B/SS; 6 OF; 1 U; 10 P. Hitter cats are OBP/HR/R/RBI/SB; Pitcher cats are W:Hld+Sv:K/BB:ERA:WHIP
Given the depth of that lineup I'd dump him. I play in a league with a similar format and think that owning good injured players is difficult to manage, let alone starting out of the gates with one.
Bryant is fine at that price, I'd keep him.
Never, ever pay for a single SB or Sv. Too many categories. Get sluggers. Invest heavily in really good pitchers.
