Archive for August, 2009

How did I do in drafting Fantasy Baseball 1-10, who should start, and comment?

Michael M asked: Standard 10 team H2H league.
My starting lineups:
C: Geovany Soto (CHC)
1B: Carlos Pena (TB)
2B: Mark DeRosa (Cle)
3B: Jorge Cantu (FL)
SS: Troy Tulowitzki (Col)
2B/SS: Jose Lopez (Sea)
1B/3B: Joey Votto (Cin)
OF: Grady Sizemore (Cle), BJ Upton (TB), Vladimir Guerrero (LAA), Ryan Lidwick (STL), Jay Bruce (Cin)
Utility: Jim Thome (CHW)
Bench: Melvin Mora 3B (Bal), Ken Griffy [...]

Who gets the better trade?

Austen K asked: Receive Aramis Ramirez, ChC 3B from Cohen to Bench
Receive Alex Rios, Tor OF from Cohen to Bench
Receive Tim Lincecum, SF SP from Cohen to Bench
Receive Manny Parra, Mil SP from Cohen to Bench
Receive Todd Wellemeyer, StL SP from Cohen to Bench
Send Carlos Guillen, Det 3B from 3B to Cohen
Send Ryan Braun, Mil [...]

Do we really need 33 players on an All-Star team?

Happy Bao asked: This is the official news release:
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NEW YORK — Baseball is expanding All-Star rosters yet again.
Each league will have 33 players for the July 14 game at St. Louis, with an extra pitcher added to bring the total to 13. The commissioner’s office said Wednesday the extra spot will be a manager’s choice.
There [...]

Fantasy Baseball - Who should I pick up?

redsoxfan561 asked: So, this is my team. It’s an 8-team league by the way.
C - Kenji Johjima
1B - Justin Morneau
2B - Chase Utley
SS - Jimmy Rollins
3B - Mike Lowell
OF - Grady Sizemore, Curtis Granderson, Lance Berkman
Util - Nick Markakis, Nick Swisher.
Bench - Orlando Cabrera, Michael Bourn.
SP - Carlos Zambrano, Dice-K, Rich Hill, Tim Lincecum, Chad [...]

Fantasy Baseball Help?

ronnieradkerocks asked: I need to drop 2 of the following for scherzer…
or should I wait until later in the season to get him?
C: Russell Martin
1B: Carlos Pena
2B: Brian Roberts
3B: Garett Atkins
SS: Hanley Ramirex
OF: Magglio Ordonez
OF: Bobby Abreu
OF: Vernon Wells
Util: David Ortiz
BN: Hunter Pence
BN: Chone Figgins
BN: Billy Butler
BN: Salty
SP: Brandon Webb
SP: Ben Sheets
RP: Francisco Rodriguez
RP: JJ [...]

Should I trade Jay Bruce?

8008 asked: Recently my offense has come alive, I’m averaging 40 R & RBI, 11 SB, 10 HR, and 320 avg over the past 2 weeks after completely suffering through cold starters (Mark Tex, Nick Markakis) and injury’s (A-Rod). Now, my biggest need is finally shown though, pitching..Chin-Meng Wang was amazing @ seasons begining but [...]

what do you think about my fantasy baseball team?

Kyle S asked: Here is my roster for this year. I admit I went a little pitcher crazy, but it always seems to work out for me:
C - Matt Wieters
1B - Carlos Pena
2B - Ian Kinsler
SS - Raphael Furcal
3B - Aramis Ramirez
OF - Corey Hart
OF - Johnny Damon
OF - Xavier Nady
UTIL - David Ortiz
BN [...]

Which team is better (easy 10 points)?

TheCoolKid asked: Team 1
C Ivan Rodriguez ,Jarrod Saltalamacchia
1B Adam LaRoche
2B Brandon Phillips
SS Jimmy Rollins, Stephen Drew, Julio Lugo
3B Garrett Atkins
OF Curtis Granderson, Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones, Jeff Francoeur, Nick Swisher, Bill Hall
DH David Ortiz
SP Justin Verlander, Roy Halladay, Tim Lincecum, Jeff Francis, Dontrelle Willis, Mark Buehrle, Jason Schmidt
RP Joe Borowski, B.J. Ryan, Al Reyes
Team 2
C [...]

Rate my Fantasy Baseball Team?

redsoxfan561 asked: This is a 10 man league with a 28 round draft and standard 5×5 scoring.
C - Brian McCann, Justin Towles
1B - Mark Teixeira, Justin Morneau, Conor Jackson
2B - Howie Kendrick, Aaron Hill
SS - Jimmy Rollins, Khalil Greene
3B - Chone Figgins, Mike Lowell, Andy Laroche
OF - Carlos Beltran, Chris Young, Brad Hawpe, Josh [...]

What do you think of this fantasy baseball team?

T Mac asked: *Standard H2H 10-team League…( I built around Pitching, Speed, and Avg.)
*What do you think? Any better strategies?
C - Russel Martin, Mike Napoli
1B - Carlos Pena, Adam LaRoche
2B - Miguel Tejada, Mark DeRosa
3B - Chone Figgins
SS - Derek Jeter
OF - Matt Kemp, Carl Crawford, Chris Young, Brad Hawpe, Mike Cameron
SP - Johan Santana, [...]