Rate My Fantasy Team Thread

[Len B]

Won't be as popular as the NFL one, but wanted people's thoughts on my fantasy baseball auction team that I drafted in Hustlin Owl's league. If you want someone to rate a team post it in here.

14 teams, 29 man roster, $320 cap and this is what I ended up with:

C - Joe Mauer, $30
C - John Baker, $2
1B - Carlos Pena, $16
2B - Placido Polanco, $4
3B - Evan Longoria, $38
SS - Jose Reyes, $46
Corner INF - Gaby Sanchez, $1
Middle INF - Emmanuel Burris, $1
OF - Jermaine Dye, $13
OF - Pat Burrell, $12
OF - Brad Hawpe, $10
OF - Ben Francisco, $1
OF - Juan Pierre, $1
UTIL - Adam Lind, $2
SP - Jake Peavy, $34
SP - Francisco Liriano, $17
SP - Scott Kazmir, $17
SP - Adam Wainright, $12
SP - Paul Maholm, $1
CL - Carlos Marmol, $28
CL - Bobby Jenks, $15
CL - Chris Ray, $2
CL - Frank Francisco, $1
SP - Phil Hughes, $1 (DL)
SP - Ben Sheets, $1 (DL)
C - Nick Hundley, $1
OF - Franklin Gutierrez, $1
2B - Chris Getz, $1
MR - Rafael Soriano, $2

Overpaid for a couple, underpaid for a couple. Standard auction, I feel. Tried taking guys like Polanco and Mauer to balance out the average of guys like Burrell and Pena. Was lacking HR's so I had to snag Dye/Burrell/Pena all at once as they were the three big power hitters left.

Four closers for now in a 14 team league makes me happy, but those positions are always shuffling. Also think I should be fine with steals w/ Reyes and Pierre, but we'll see.

 

[Chrispy]

Your left side of the infield is nasty

 

[killgod]

14 team league


Pitchers

SP Josh Beckett - BOS
SP Dan Haren - ARI
RP Joe Nathan - MIN
RP Brian Wilson - SF
P Billy Wagner - NYM
P Josh Johnson - FLA
P John Maine - NYM

BN Chris Carpenter - STL


Batters

C Joe Mauer - MIN
1B Justin Morneau - MIN
2B Kelly Johnson - ATL
SS Hanley Ramirez - FLA
3B Carlos Guillen - DET
OF Jason Bay - BOS
OF Torii Hunter - LAA
OF Raul Ibanez - PHI

UTIL (3)/BN (3)

OF Kosuke Fukudome - CHC
1B/3B/OF Mark Teahan - KC
OF Willy Tavares - CIN
3B Mark Lowell - BOS
2B Aaron Hill - TOR
OF Andruw Jones - TEX

 

[JRoZe410]

Team 1(Yahoo Regular League)

C-Pablo Sandoval
1B-Justin Morneau
2B-Chase Utley
SS-Stephen Drew
3B-Mark Reynolds
OF-BJ Upton
OF-Corey Hart
OF-Jay Bruce
UTL-Joey Votto
BN-Kelly Johnson
BN-Matt Wieters
BN-Justin Upton


SP-Cole Hamels
SP-Chad Billingsley
RP-Brian Fuentes
RP-Francisco Cordero
P-Scott Baker
P-Joel Hanrahan
P-Chris Volstad
BN-John Maine
BN-Sean Gallagher

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Team 2/Still Drafting in a SLOW DRAFT(Yahoo KEEPER League)
C-
1B-Carlos Delgado
2B-Alexei Ramirez
SS-Jimmy Rollins
3B-Miguel Cabrera
LF-Carlos Quentin
CF-Alex Rios
RF-Corey Hart
UTL-Ryan Zimmerman
BN-Conor Jackson
BN-Adam Jones
BN-Kelly Johnson



SP-Johnny Cueto
SP-Carlos Zambrano
SP-Chien Mien Wang
RP-Chris Perez
RP-Francisco Rodriguez
RP-
P-Derek Lowe
P-Josh Johnson
BN-Ted Lilly
BN-Jered Weaver


MINOR LEAGUE TEAM(IN KEEPER)
1.Matt Wieters(C-BAL)
2.Will Inman(SP-SD)
3.Matt LaPorta(LF-CLE)
4.Brian Matusz(SP-BAL)
5.Brett Wallace(3B-STL)
6.Yonder Alonso(1B-CIN)
7.Jeremy Hellickson(SP-TB)
8.Wilmer Flores(SS-NYM)

 

[OKCL]

14 team league


Pitchers

SP Josh Beckett - BOS
SP Dan Haren - ARI
RP Joe Nathan - MIN
RP Brian Wilson - SF
P Billy Wagner - NYM
P Josh Johnson - FLA
P John Maine - NYM

BN Chris Carpenter - STL


Batters

C Joe Mauer - MIN
1B Justin Morneau - MIN
2B Kelly Johnson - ATL
SS Hanley Ramirez - FLA
3B Carlos Guillen - DET
OF Jason Bay - BOS
OF Torii Hunter - LAA
OF Raul Ibanez - PHI

UTIL (3)/BN (3)

OF Kosuke Fukudome - CHC
1B/3B/OF Mark Teahan - KC
OF Willy Tavares - CIN
3B Mark Lowell - BOS
2B Aaron Hill - TOR
OF Andruw Jones - TEX

6.5 out of 10, good all-around team, but not the greatest. Wagner is done for the season too.

Team 1(Yahoo Regular League)

C-Pablo Sandoval
1B-Justin Morneau
2B-Chase Utley
SS-Stephen Drew
3B-Mark Reynolds
OF-BJ Upton
OF-Corey Hart
OF-Jay Bruce
UTL-Joey Votto
BN-Kelly Johnson
BN-Matt Wieters
BN-Justin Upton


SP-Cole Hamels
SP-Chad Billingsley
RP-Brian Fuentes
RP-Francisco Cordero
P-Scott Baker
P-Joel Hanrahan
P-Chris Volstad
BN-John Maine
BN-Sean Gallagher

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Team 2/Still Drafting in a SLOW DRAFT(Yahoo KEEPER League)
C-
1B-Carlos Delgado
2B-Alexei Ramirez
SS-Jimmy Rollins
3B-Miguel Cabrera
LF-Carlos Quentin
CF-Alex Rios
RF-Corey Hart
UTL-Ryan Zimmerman
BN-Conor Jackson
BN-Adam Jones
BN-Kelly Johnson



SP-Johnny Cueto
SP-Carlos Zambrano
SP-Chien Mien Wang
RP-Chris Perez
RP-Francisco Rodriguez
RP-
P-Derek Lowe
P-Josh Johnson
BN-Ted Lilly
BN-Jered Weaver


MINOR LEAGUE TEAM(IN KEEPER)
1.Matt Wieters(C-BAL)
2.Will Inman(SP-SD)
3.Matt LaPorta(LF-CLE)
4.Brian Matusz(SP-BAL)
5.Brett Wallace(3B-STL)
6.Yonder Alonso(1B-CIN)
7.Jeremy Hellickson(SP-TB)
8.Wilmer Flores(SS-NYM)

1. 7 out of 10, great youth with guys who can breakout anytime along with solid pitchers.
2. 8.5 out of 10, very talented team with sick batters, but you need some better pitching.

 

[Len B]

Don't call me J.Hen ever again... lol

 

[killgod]

Got offered a couple trades......could use some input please.


Joe Mauer

for

Russel Martin
BJ Upton


and


Justin Morneau

for

Kevin Youkilis


thoughts?

I kinda like the first one as I feel it'll be a down year for Mauer and Martin is going to breakout......but I could be blowing smoke ...



p.s. thanks for the tip on Wagner. dropped him and picked up JP Howell. he's looked good in the WBC so far.

 

[killgod]

Id take Upton and Martin for average Joe's any day of the week. Thats a steal of a deal. I think Upton is prime for a breakout this season going back to leading off.

Keep Morneau, bad trade on the second one.

Killgod, care to join VSN Fantasy Baseball league?

Yeah I thought it was decent. I'm kinda loaded at OF but should give me some trading flexibility in case I need more depth at pitching.

Gonna take that one, passing on the other as mainly cause Morneau is a Canuck and Youk is a fucking douchebag.


Yeah I may join......i'll look at the thread for info.

 

[for surtain 22]

Won't be as popular as the NFL one, but wanted people's thoughts on my fantasy baseball auction team that I drafted in Hustlin Owl's league. If you want someone to rate a team post it in here.

14 teams, 29 man roster, $320 cap and this is what I ended up with:

C - Joe Mauer, $30
C - John Baker, $2
1B - Carlos Pena, $16
2B - Placido Polanco, $4
3B - Evan Longoria, $38
SS - Jose Reyes, $46
Corner INF - Gaby Sanchez, $1
Middle INF - Emmanuel Burris, $1
OF - Jermaine Dye, $13
OF - Pat Burrell, $12
OF - Brad Hawpe, $10
OF - Ben Francisco, $1
OF - Juan Pierre, $1
UTIL - Adam Lind, $2
SP - Jake Peavy, $34
SP - Francisco Liriano, $17
SP - Scott Kazmir, $17
SP - Adam Wainright, $12
SP - Paul Maholm, $1
CL - Carlos Marmol, $28
CL - Bobby Jenks, $15
CL - Chris Ray, $2
CL - Frank Francisco, $1
SP - Phil Hughes, $1 (DL)
SP - Ben Sheets, $1 (DL)
C - Nick Hundley, $1
OF - Franklin Gutierrez, $1
2B - Chris Getz, $1
MR - Rafael Soriano, $2

Overpaid for a couple, underpaid for a couple. Standard auction, I feel. Tried taking guys like Polanco and Mauer to balance out the average of guys like Burrell and Pena. Was lacking HR's so I had to snag Dye/Burrell/Pena all at once as they were the three big power hitters left.

Four closers for now in a 14 team league makes me happy, but those positions are always shuffling. Also think I should be fine with steals w/ Reyes and Pierre, but we'll see.

WOW, i love marmol, but $28??? (!!!!!!!!!) gregg could very easily get that job, pinella is capable of making that decision here. bad at 2B, terrible at INF spots and i'm not a fan of pena at all. OF is weak, you're going to have trouble on offense

good staff though. you'll compete in pitching.

 

[for surtain 22]

If Upton would make a better SS then what you have, I would be tempted in doing that.

wat.

killgod... if you got offered Upton and Martin for Mauer accept immediately. Upton alone is far more valuable than Mauer. if i had to put money down i'd bet on martin having a better year between the two catchers. Mauer is already having some trouble with injuries and isn't exactly known as durable.

...if it was just Upton for Mauer, i'd hit accept immediately

 

[JRoZe410]

Just drafted this team tonight on ESPN

C-Dioner Navarro
1B-Joey Votto
2B-Brian Roberts
SS-Hanley Ramirez
3B-Carlos Guillen
2B/SS-Jose Lopez
1B/3B-Kevin Kouzmanoff
OF-Manny Ramirez
OF-Matt Holliday
OF-Justin Upton
OF-Delmon Young
OF-Adam Dunn
UTL-David Ortiz
BN-Matt Wieters


P-Johnny Cueto
P-Carlos Zambrano
P-David Price
P-Johnathan Broxton
P-Trevor Hoffman
P-Danny Haren
P-Felix Hernandez
P-Chad Billingsley
P-Jon Lester
BN-Chris Volstad
BN-George Sherrill

 

[kmanharris]

Just drafted this team on ESPN. Head to head scoring league.

C-Ryan Doumit
1B-Carlos Pena
2B-Chase Utley
3B-Aramis Ramirez
SS-Jose Reyes
OF- Matt Kemp
OF-Jermaine Dye
OF-Shane Victorino
UTIL-David Ortiz
UTIL-Mike Aviles
Bench:
Brad Hawpe
Ryan Theriot
Adam Jones

SP-Dan Haren
SP-Felix Hernandez
SP-Yovani Gallardo
SP-Ted Lilly
RP-BJ Ryans
RP-Francisco Cordero
Bench:
Gil Meche- SP
Jered Weaver-SP
Brandon Lynn-RP

What do you think are my strengths and what can I look to improve on?

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

Just drafted this team on ESPN. Head to head scoring league.

C-Ryan Doumit
1B-Carlos Pena
2B-Chase Utley
3B-Aramis Ramirez
SS-Jose Reyes
OF- Matt Kemp
OF-Jermaine Dye
OF-Shane Victorino
UTIL-David Ortiz
UTIL-Mike Aviles
Bench:
Brad Hawpe
Ryan Theriot
Adam Jones

SP-Dan Haren
SP-Felix Hernandez
SP-Yovani Gallardo
SP-Ted Lilly
RP-BJ Ryans
RP-Francisco Cordero
Bench:
Gil Meche- SP
Jered Weaver-SP
Brandon Lynn-RP

What do you think are my strengths and what can I look to improve on?

look to improve your RP/CL. Bj Ryan might lose his closers job.

 

[FUSE]

Its a head to head league
categories are Hits, hr, sb, avg, obp, runs, W, CG, Saves, era, whip, k's and hr given up.

C: Dionner Navarro
1st: Justin Morneau
2nd: Dustin Pedroia
SS: Ryan Theriot
3rd: David Wright
OF: Matt Kemp
OF: Jacoby Ellsbury
OF: Vernon Wells
Util: Connor Jackson
Util: Jayson Werth
Util: Kelly Johnson
B: Pablo Sandoval
B: Jason Bartlett

Pitchers:
SP: Cole Hamels
SP: AJ Burnett
P: James Shields
P: BJ Ryan
RP: Joakim Soria
RP: Brian Wilson
B: Chris Volstad

 

[chazmaniandevil]

kman your team is primed to fail

your starting rotation is way too risky
the only sure thing you have is haren
hernandez and gallardo are both good k pitchers but gallardos an injury risk and hernandez is shaky every year

your hitting is great though, and youve got some good speed (kemp, reyes, victorino, jones)

dont worry about rp/cp, you should never pay for saves, youre bound to pick someone up who will get some saves, closers lose their jobs every year

just focus on improving that sp, trade either hernandez or gallardo (id say hernandez personally, more people want to have buttsecks with him) and get a nice productive starter where you know what youre going to to get (mark buehrle type)

 

[chazmaniandevil]

CBS head to head with modified scoring system. Scoring system rewards more for power and for complete game pitchers.

C Chris Ianetta
1st Lance Berkman
2nd Chase Utley
3rd Alex Rodriguez
SS Mike Aviles
OF Ryan Braun
OF Jay Bruce
OF Vlad Guerrero
Util Garrett Atkins
Bench
Derek Lee
JJ Hardy



Any 7 pitchers, closers and starters get 10 points for win/save
P Felix Hernandez
P Jake Peavy
P Yovanni Gallardo
P Jair Jurjjens
P Joakim Soria
P Brad Lidge
P Chris Carpenter
P Troy Percival
P Adam Wainwright
P David Price
P Josh Johnson

Overall, decent start. Position of possible weakness is shortstop which is why I went with two up and comers. Happy with the rest of the team, deep in pitching as usual.

i like this, a lot, you have a back up to aviles in hardy that can still hit for power, and, i dont see any real holes on youre team, other than maybe hernandez who wont get many wins on the mariners or peavy with the padres (a total of 19 between the two last year), overall, great team, id put money on them

 

[kmanharris]

kman your team is primed to fail

your starting rotation is way too risky
the only sure thing you have is haren
hernandez and gallardo are both good k pitchers but gallardos an injury risk and hernandez is shaky every year

your hitting is great though, and youve got some good speed (kemp, reyes, victorino, jones)

dont worry about rp/cp, you should never pay for saves, youre bound to pick someone up who will get some saves, closers lose their jobs every year

just focus on improving that sp, trade either hernandez or gallardo (id say hernandez personally, more people want to have buttsecks with him) and get a nice productive starter where you know what youre going to to get (mark buehrle type)

Yea I waited for SP. I picked felix before haren because I think felix is going to have a great year. What SP do you suggest? I don't think Buehrle was even drafted.

Edit: I just picked up Buehrle off of waivers and dropped Jered Weaver. Good move?

 

[NAHSTE]

Just finished my draft tonight, 10 team mixed leage, 5x5 H2H:

C Mike Napoli (wanted Iannetta but I'll be fine with Nap's above avg. power)
1b Albert Pujols (2nd overall)
2b Dustin Pedroia (worried about his ability to hit the high inside fastball)
3b Aubrey Huff (midround pickup)
ss Rafael Furcal (a reach that resulted from running short on time, hope he's healthy)
of Carl Crawford (steals, steals, and more steals)
of Brad Hawpe (steady production, dude is from LSU, and nobody was left)
of Torii Hunter (meh pick when there was not much left, wish I had it back though)
ut Alexei Ramirez (all around stud, bout to be a fucking force)

SP Roy Halladay (more than solid)
SP Roy Oswalt (ditto)
SP Erv Santana (d'oh)
SP AJ Burnett (just purely for Ks and Ws, hope he doesn't fuck my ERA too hard)
P Zack Greinke (late round value pick up, consistent and serviceable)
P Johnny Cueto (late flyer, dude has electric stuff and is 22)
P Brad Zeigler (mr irrelevant in our draft, but a sleeper pick, gonna close for the first month or so)
RP Carlos Marmol (expect him to win the CL job at some point, amazing WHIP/ERA)
RP Trevor Hoffman (creaky)

BN Mike Aviles (insurance for Fragile Furcal)
BN Andre Ethier (can't turn down .300 20 and 80 in the last few rounds)


Obviously, my bullpen could stand to improve. I got screwed with an end selection in a snake draft and kept missing out on the close runs. I was going BPA at that point, trying to stockpile as much talent to possibly work out a deal later. I can always find some cheap saves at some point during the season. Might try to dangle one of my OFs for saves, or just bottom feed all year and see what sticks.

But other than that, do you see any glaring weaknesses in any one category? I tried to get a decent blend of everything, with a heavier lean towards AVG and R than anything else. I think I'm a little short on HR with only really one true feared power hitter, but have several reliable 20-25 HR guys. Steals aren't great either but hopefully Raffy and Crawford run enough to keep me afloat there.

 

[spidey12293]

C Brian McCann (C,Util , ATL)
1B Ryan Howard (1B,Util , PHI)
2B Alexei Ramirez (2B,SS,OF,Util , CWS)
3B Adrian Beltre (3B,Util , SEA)
SS Jimmy Rollins (SS,Util , PHI)
OF Hideki Matsui (OF,Util , NYY)
OF B.J. Upton (OF,Util , TB)
OF Ryan Ludwick (OF,Util , STL)
U Mark Reynolds (3B,Util , ARI)
P Chicago Cubs (P , CHC)

Bn Cameron Maybin (OF,Util , FLA)
Bn Jorge Posada (C,Util , NYY)
Bn Orlando Hudson (2B,Util , LAD)
Bn Paul Konerko (1B,Util , CWS)
Bn Rickie Weeks (2B,Util , MIL)
Bn Placido Polanco (2B,Util , DET)

 

[NAHSTE]

C Brian McCann (C,Util , ATL)
1B Ryan Howard (1B,Util , PHI)
2B Alexei Ramirez (2B,SS,OF,Util , CWS)
3B Adrian Beltre (3B,Util , SEA)
SS Jimmy Rollins (SS,Util , PHI)
OF Hideki Matsui (OF,Util , NYY)
OF B.J. Upton (OF,Util , TB)
OF Ryan Ludwick (OF,Util , STL)
U Mark Reynolds (3B,Util , ARI)
P Chicago Cubs (P , CHC)

Bn Cameron Maybin (OF,Util , FLA)
Bn Jorge Posada (C,Util , NYY)
Bn Orlando Hudson (2B,Util , LAD)
Bn Paul Konerko (1B,Util , CWS)
Bn Rickie Weeks (2B,Util , MIL)
Bn Placido Polanco (2B,Util , DET)

Solid team, but I'm not crazy about your outfield. Also WTF is with this pick one team's pitchers crap? That's even lamer than the guys who pick team defenses for football.