How high would you draft Santana? (1 Viewer)

[Yankee23Fan]

He would be a 3rd rounder - last pick in the round actually. I was going back and forth with Hafner. My problem is eligibility - he is only a DH. If I could get him into 1st base (I think he missed by like 2 games) I'd love to keep him. Also, given where I see everyone going with their keepers, SP will be at a premium in the draft, so my thought was stay stocked there, and just take every hitter I can until I have to fill in the bench.As for Cano, that is solely value and value only.It's strategy as well. I don't think anyone will take Hafner in the first two rounds given his position status, so I think I can grab him again anyway.

I see he played 4 games at 1B last year which makes me think that 5 is your eligible number.From what I've read, there are intentions of playing Hafner at 1B about once a week. If that's true, he'd be eligible no later than mid May.The below is a 3/6 update on him from rotoworld via Cleveland Plain Dealer. I'd be looking into how much 1B time he got in spring as a gauge of how legit this is.

Travis Hafner is expected to play first base several times per week during spring training and said Monday that he may try to play the position once a week during the season.Hafner was limited to just four games at first base because of elbow problems last season. "We'll see how much or how little they need me once the season starts," Hafner said. "We have three or four other guys who can play over there. Throwing a few days in a row bothered me. That's why we talked about playing once a week so when interleague comes, my arm feels a little better."

Our eligibility is 10 - I was reading the stats wrong on the CBS site. Guillen played 8 at 1st and my eyes didn't work.But if they are going to do that with him, then it changes things...... thanks for the info.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

So if he plays once a week, that's 1B eligible in June......

Hmmmm....

 

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So if he plays once a week, that's 1B eligible in June......Hmmmm....

Hafner + Morneau =

 

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So is this now our new baseball forum?

 

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So is this now our new baseball forum?

Nice isn't it. I think Joe underestimated the momentum from fantasy cafe.

They have a football forum that is more active than the shark pool, PLUS one of the best baseball forums on the web and a solid hoops forum too :

http://www.fantasyfootballcafe.com/forums/index.php

 

[hook014]

I'm new to fantasy baseball this year and need help. Joined a weekly matchup points league at work and have no idea of player values.

Figured I'd pay the stupid tax this year in a low money league.

Need a good OVERALL cheatsheet for free. Looked into baseball cafe rankings and no way I'm gonna bring a 21 page list to the draft.

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

Copy and paste of the rules to follow.

Pool: AL and NL Players.

Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, DH, U, SP and RP.

Eligibility: Players are eligible at their primary position, plus positions they've played 20 games last year or 5 games this year.

Everyone is eligible at DH.

Transactions: • Lineups may be set daily up to 30 minutes before gametime.

• Owners may set lineups and change players' positions.

• Only players who are on the disabled list may be placed into Injured status.

• Owners may do add/drops.

• Trades are subject to a 3-day voting period, where at most 6 objections are allowed. Trades receiving more than 6 objections are sent to the commissioner for approval.

• No trades can be made after the trade deadline of 11:59 PM ET 8/23/07.

(Click Here to set a reminder)

• Owners may not make trades during the offseason.

Schedule: Weekly scoring periods, starting on Mondays.

Fees: League Entry Fee: $100

Add Fee: $1

Drop Fee: $1

Trade Flat Fee: $5

Scoring: Head-to-Head, Points Based System.

Ties go to the team with better BA.

Scoring based on total stats each period.

Ties in the standings are resolved in this order: Winning Percentage, Total Points.

Scoring for Batting Categories

1B - Singles 1 point

2B - Doubles 2 points

3B - Triples 3 points

BB - Walks (Batters) 1 point

HR - Home Runs 4 points

KO - Strikeouts (Batter) -1 point

R - Runs 1 point

RBI - Runs Batted In 1 point

SB - Stolen Bases 2 points

Scoring for Pitching Categories

BS - Blown Saves -1 point

CG - Complete Games 2 points

ER - Earned Runs -1 point

HD - Holds 1 point

INN - Innings 1 point

K - Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point

L - Losses -5 points

S - Saves 3 points

SO - Shutouts 5 points

W - Wins 10 points

Roster Limits

Status Min Max

Active Players 0 17

Reserve Players 0 6

Injured Players 0 1

Minors Players 0 0

Total Players 0 24

Position Min Max Tot

Active C 0 1

Active 1B 0 1

Active 2B 0 1

Active 3B 0 1

Active SS 0 1

Active OF 0 3

Active DH 0 1

Active U 0 1

Active SP 0 5

Active RP 0 2

Illegal rosters score zero

points in standings.

Also, are there any pitfalls I look out for under this format?

A BIG TIA for any help.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

So if he plays once a week, that's 1B eligible in June......Hmmmm....

Wanted to follow up on this given the discussion because it helped me going into my draft.I decided not to keep Hafner after hanging him out as trade bait to discover interest. Many a reply back was that no one valued him as high as he probably should have been given that he isn't eligible in any position yet. I did not reveal the possible 1B usage.Given those responses, I decided to throw him back into the pool thinking I could get him again at roughly the same cost he would have been as a keeper, only I potentially have an extra year with him. So, I kept Zambrano, Shmidt, Zito, Kazmir and Cano as previously posted. My team ended up as follows:(stats: HR, RBI, R, SB, SLG, OBP, BA, 2B+3B and W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, QS, H, APP)Current Active:B McCann C J Giambi 1B R Cano 2B E Chavez 3B C Guillen SS C Patterson OF J Bay OF R Freel OF T Hafner U B Zito SP C Zambrano SP J Schmidt SP S Kazmir SP T Glavine SP A Benitez RP B Wickman RP H Street RP S Torres RP Current Bench:M Barrett C C Jones 3B J Pierre OF R Baldelli OF C Hensley SP J Garland SP E Gagne RPI probably should have started Baldelli this week but some personal stuff got in the way. Anyhow, I find my pitching to be solid as compared to the rest of the league, and Torres has already paid dividends based on the 24th round I got him in (I think everyone forgot Pittsburgh had a baseball team). My OF needs help, and compared to the league I'm thinking my power numbers will be on the low end, but I should be ok as long as the other stats stay solid.Overall, at the draft I gave myself no more then a C+ with this team. But the more I look at it, I think it's a solid B with potential. I think defending my title will be tough, but I don't think I'll pull a Marlins title defense either.