Other Sports *** Official 2009 Rate My Fantasy Baseball Team Thread ***

The Rick · 03-30-2009, 10:35 AM

Don't know if this has been done or not, but I thought I'd start a "rate my fantasy baseball team" thread since we seem to see a lot of those each year and many people are probably doing their drafts now.

My league has 8 teams and we drafted auction style. Here's my team:

C - Geovany Soto, Chris Iannetta

1B - Derrek Lee, Pablo Sandoval

2B - Chase Utley

3B - Chipper Jones

SS - Hanley Ramirez, Mike Aviles

OF - Carlos Beltran, Shane Victorino, Chris B. Young, Johnny Damon, Shin-Soo Choo, Adam Jones

SP - CC Sabathia, Johan Santana, Justin Verlander, Aaron Harang, Chris Carpenter, Max Scherzer

RP - Francisco Rodriguez, Bobby Jenks, Brian Fuentes

Overall, I'm pretty happy with my draft. I think I'm a little light when it comes to 1B, 3B, and OF, but my strategy was to get elite players for C, 2B, and SS. It seems like you can always find 1B, 3B, and OF on waivers.

As far as pitching goes, I feel really good there too.

What do you guys think?

DrRyan · 03-30-2009, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Rick

Don't know if this has been done or not, but I thought I'd start a "rate my fantasy baseball team" thread since we seem to see a lot of those each year and many people are probably doing their drafts now.

My league has 8 teams and we drafted auction style. Here's my team:

C - Geovany Soto, Chris Iannetta

1B - Derrek Lee, Pablo Sandoval

2B - Chase Utley

3B - Chipper Jones

SS - Hanley Ramirez, Mike Aviles

OF - Carlos Beltran, Shane Victorino, Chris B. Young, Johnny Damon, Shin-Soo Choo, Adam Jones

SP - CC Sabathia, Johan Santana, Justin Verlander, Aaron Harang, Chris Carpenter, Max Scherzer

RP - Francisco Rodriguez, Bobby Jenks, Brian Fuentes

Overall, I'm pretty happy with my draft. I think I'm a little light when it comes to 1B, 3B, and OF, but my strategy was to get elite players for C, 2B, and SS. It seems like you can always find 1B, 3B, and OF on waivers.

As far as pitching goes, I feel really good there too.

What do you guys think?

Your pitching definitely is solid with the top two SPs or at worst two of the top three SPs. My question is are you in a four team league or something that you end up with HanRam, Utley, CC and Santana? Keeper league maybe?

soundmind · 03-30-2009, 11:44 AM

8 teams.....that's like a talent fire-sale. Good Christ, the worst team in that league is loaded, this is impossible to rate without seeing the other squads really.

The Rick · 03-30-2009, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrRyan

Your pitching definitely is solid with the top two SPs or at worst two of the top three SPs. My question is are you in a four team league or something that you end up with HanRam, Utley, CC and Santana? Keeper league maybe?

Nope, 8 teams and the league is not a keeper league.

The draft was auction format. We had $260, I paid in the $30s for each of those 4.

Again, my strategy was that there's a lot of depth when it comes to 1B, 3B, and OF, but not a lot of depth at 2B, SS, C, and RP. So, I tried to outbid others to get elite players at each of those 4 positions.

As for my SPs, my goal was to get at least 1 elite SP and I somehow ended up with 2 of them.

**The Bad Guy** · 03-30-2009, 12:04 PM

10 team, 10x10 league.

C- Victor Martinez
1st- Albert Pujols
2nd - Jose Lopez, Mike Aviles
3rd - Alex Rodriguez, Alex Gordon
SS- Troy Tulo
LF- Johnny Damon, Connor Jackson
CF- Matt Kemp, Denard Span, Cameron Maybin
RF- Bobby Abreu

SP- Roy Halladay, Francisco Liriano, Joba Chamberlain, Chris Carpenter, Aaron Harang
RP- Jon Papelbon, Joakim Soria, Joey Devine, Jose Arredendo, J.P. Howell

soundmind · 03-30-2009, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Rick

Nope, 8 teams and the league is not a keeper league.

The draft was auction format. We had $260, I paid in the $30s for each of those 4.

Again, my strategy was that there's a lot of depth when it comes to 1B, 3B, and OF, but not a lot of depth at 2B, SS, C, and RP. So, I tried to outbid others to get elite players at each of those 4 positions.

As for my SPs, my goal was to get at least 1 elite SP and I somehow ended up with 2 of them.

In that respect, I think you did well.

However, I disagree with 3B. It's the most deceptive position to me, because there really isn't "depth". It drops off heavily after the top few guys. The rest of your stuff looks good, but again, with only 8 Teams its kind of tough to gauge.

soundmind · 03-30-2009, 12:22 PM

I had my other league's draft last Wednesday, curious to hear any comments, as I'm not exactly seasoned at Baseball drafts, but I felt good.

We have a 12-team league, and you'll notice we have "pure" position OF slots, so position plays a role out there....and RP is bolstered a bit in the scoring system, but I still think I'll need another SP.

C - Chris Iannetta
1B - Mark Teixeira
2B - Brian Roberts
3B - Aramis Ramirez
SS - Jimmy Rollins
LF - Raul Ibanez
CF - Chris Young
RF - Jermaine Dye
IF - Jason Giambi
OF - Xavier Nady
BN - Adam LaRoche
BN - Troy Glaus
BN - Randy Winn
BN - Shin-Soo Choo

SP - James Shields
SP - Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP - Ted Lilly
SP - Hiroki Kuroda
RP - Brad Lidge
RP - Joakim Soria
RP - Joel Hanrahan
RP - Hong-Chih Kuo
P - JJ Putz
P - Juan Cruz
BN - Jered Weaver

blazzin311 · 03-30-2009, 02:14 PM

My 12x12 Team League

BATTERS
C -A.J. Pierzynski (CWS - C)
1B - Carlos Delgado (NYM - 1B)
2B - Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
3B - Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B)
SS - Jhonny Peralta (Cle - SS)
OF - Matt Holliday (Oak - OF)
OF - Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF)
OF - Johnny Damon (NYY -OF)
Util. - Travis Hafner (CLE - Util.)
BN - Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
BN - José Guillén (KC - OF)
BN - Mark Teahen (KC - 1B,3B,OF)
BN - Clint Barmes (Col - 2B,3B,SS)

PITCHING
SP - Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP)
SP - Erik Bedard (Sea - SP)
RP - Francisco Rodríguez (NYM - RP)
RP - Joe Nathan (Min - RP)
P - Brad Lidge (Phi - RP)
P - Oliver Pérez (NYM - SP)
P - Bronson Arroyo (Cin - SP)
BN - Huston Street (Col - RP)

**The Bad Guy** · 03-30-2009, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blazzin311

My 12x12 Team League

BATTERS
C -A.J. Pierzynski (CWS - C)
1B - Carlos Delgado (NYM - 1B)
2B - Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
3B - Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B)
SS - Jhonny Peralta (Cle - SS)
OF - Matt Holliday (Oak - OF)
OF - Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF)
OF - Johnny Damon (NYY -OF)
Util. - Travis Hafner (CLE - Util.)
BN - Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
BN - José Guillén (KC - OF)
BN - Mark Teahen (KC - 1B,3B,OF)
BN - Clint Barmes (Col - 2B,3B,SS)

PITCHING
SP - Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP)
SP - Erik Bedard (Sea - SP)
RP - Francisco Rodríguez (NYM - RP)
RP - Joe Nathan (Min - RP)
P - Brad Lidge (Phi - RP)
P - Oliver Pérez (NYM - SP)
P - Bronson Arroyo (Cin - SP)

BN - Huston Street (Col - RP)

Is there an innings minimum? If so, get yourself some reliable starting pitching. Your top 3 starters have huge question marks.

blazzin311 · 03-30-2009, 03:53 PM

Yea the innings min. is 7. Good thing is every year i do fan football, baseball, and sometimes basketball. But i've always been really good at putting together patchwork teams due to injuries, or just bad depth to start with. There are a few sp's that i'm thinkin about that are available. Just waiting to see who starts the season off better of the pitchers i have in mind. just to name a few: SP - Edwin Jackson (Det.)
SP - Ubaldo Jiminez (Col.)
SP - Jered Weaver (LAA)
SP - Nick Blackburn (Min.)

DrRyan · 03-30-2009, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Rick

Nope, 8 teams and the league is not a keeper league.

The draft was auction format. We had $260, I paid in the $30s for each of those 4.

Again, my strategy was that there's a lot of depth when it comes to 1B, 3B, and OF, but not a lot of depth at 2B, SS, C, and RP. So, I tried to outbid others to get elite players at each of those 4 positions.

As for my SPs, my goal was to get at least 1 elite SP and I somehow ended up with 2 of them.

Interesting. I have never been in a league w/ an auction draft but have always wanted to try one.

Hootie · 03-30-2009, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Rick

Don't know if this has been done or not, but I thought I'd start a "rate my fantasy baseball team" thread since we seem to see a lot of those each year and many people are probably doing their drafts now.

My league has 8 teams and we drafted auction style. Here's my team:

C - Geovany Soto, Chris Iannetta

1B - Derrek Lee, Pablo Sandoval

2B - Chase Utley

3B - Chipper Jones

SS - Hanley Ramirez, Mike Aviles

OF - Carlos Beltran, Shane Victorino, Chris B. Young, Johnny Damon, Shin-Soo Choo, Adam Jones

SP - CC Sabathia, Johan Santana, Justin Verlander, Aaron Harang, Chris Carpenter, Max Scherzer

RP - Francisco Rodriguez, Bobby Jenks, Brian Fuentes

Overall, I'm pretty happy with my draft. I think I'm a little light when it comes to 1B, 3B, and OF, but my strategy was to get elite players for C, 2B, and SS. It seems like you can always find 1B, 3B, and OF on waivers.

As far as pitching goes, I feel really good there too.

What do you guys think?

Were you drafting with idiots?

Hootie · 03-30-2009, 04:41 PM

You got the top SS, top 2nd baseman, two of the top three starting pitchers, the top closer...one of the best 3rd baseman (as long as he's healthy), a top five catcher...a 3rd or 4th round pick in Beltran to go along with two top 100 picks in Damon and Victorino who are solid in a bunch of different offensive categories...scored two more quality closers and a few sleepers...I'd be curious to see what some of those idiots were bidding on.

RJ · 03-30-2009, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

10 team, 10x10 league.

C- Victor Martinez
1st- Albert Pujols
2nd - Jose Lopez, Mike Aviles
3rd - Alex Rodriguez, Alex Gordon
SS- Troy Tulo
LF- Johnny Damon, Connor Jackson
CF- Matt Kemp, Denard Span, Cameron Maybin
RF- Bobby Abreu

SP- Roy Halladay, Francisco Liriano, Joba Chamberlain, Chris Carpenter, Aaron Harang
RP- Jon Papelbon, Joakim Soria, Joey Devine, Jose Arredendo, J.P. Howell

In this league, can the OF's have multi field eligibility? For instance, is Ichiro eligible as RF and CF?

RJ · 03-30-2009, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Rick

Nope, 8 teams and the league is not a keeper league.

The draft was auction format. We had $260, I paid in the $30s for each of those 4.

Again, my strategy was that there's a lot of depth when it comes to 1B, 3B, and OF, but not a lot of depth at 2B, SS, C, and RP. So, I tried to outbid others to get elite players at each of those 4 positions.

As for my SPs, my goal was to get at least 1 elite SP and I somehow ended up with 2 of them.

I play in a 20 team keeper auction league and each team rosters 35 players. Pickings are mighty slim when we get down to the $1 bids.

I'm curious.....in a league that small, what did Pujols go for? What did you pay for Ramirez?

03-30-2009, 10:35 AM
The Rick Veteran Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Milwaukee, WI Casino cash: $7581320	* Official 2009 Rate My Fantasy Baseball Team Thread * Don't know if this has been done or not, but I thought I'd start a "rate my fantasy baseball team" thread since we seem to see a lot of those each year and many people are probably doing their drafts now. My league has 8 teams and we drafted auction style. Here's my team: C - Geovany Soto, Chris Iannetta 1B - Derrek Lee, Pablo Sandoval 2B - Chase Utley 3B - Chipper Jones SS - Hanley Ramirez, Mike Aviles OF - Carlos Beltran, Shane Victorino, Chris B. Young, Johnny Damon, Shin-Soo Choo, Adam Jones SP - CC Sabathia, Johan Santana, Justin Verlander, Aaron Harang, Chris Carpenter, Max Scherzer RP - Francisco Rodriguez, Bobby Jenks, Brian Fuentes Overall, I'm pretty happy with my draft. I think I'm a little light when it comes to 1B, 3B, and OF, but my strategy was to get elite players for C, 2B, and SS. It seems like you can always find 1B, 3B, and OF on waivers. As far as pitching goes, I feel really good there too. What do you guys think?
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03-30-2009, 11:44 AM	#3
soundmind EB:29 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Casino cash: $10004900	8 teams.....that's like a talent fire-sale. Good Christ, the worst team in that league is loaded, this is impossible to rate without seeing the other squads really.
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03-30-2009, 12:04 PM	#5
The Bad Guy Scott Pioli Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: The Copacobana Casino cash: $9363645	10 team, 10x10 league. C- Victor Martinez 1st- Albert Pujols 2nd - Jose Lopez, Mike Aviles 3rd - Alex Rodriguez, Alex Gordon SS- Troy Tulo LF- Johnny Damon, Connor Jackson CF- Matt Kemp, Denard Span, Cameron Maybin RF- Bobby Abreu SP- Roy Halladay, Francisco Liriano, Joba Chamberlain, Chris Carpenter, Aaron Harang RP- Jon Papelbon, Joakim Soria, Joey Devine, Jose Arredendo, J.P. Howell __________________
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03-30-2009, 12:22 PM	#7
soundmind EB:29 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Casino cash: $10004900	I had my other league's draft last Wednesday, curious to hear any comments, as I'm not exactly seasoned at Baseball drafts, but I felt good. We have a 12-team league, and you'll notice we have "pure" position OF slots, so position plays a role out there....and RP is bolstered a bit in the scoring system, but I still think I'll need another SP. C - Chris Iannetta 1B - Mark Teixeira 2B - Brian Roberts 3B - Aramis Ramirez SS - Jimmy Rollins LF - Raul Ibanez CF - Chris Young RF - Jermaine Dye IF - Jason Giambi OF - Xavier Nady BN - Adam LaRoche BN - Troy Glaus BN - Randy Winn BN - Shin-Soo Choo SP - James Shields SP - Daisuke Matsuzaka SP - Ted Lilly SP - Hiroki Kuroda RP - Brad Lidge RP - Joakim Soria RP - Joel Hanrahan RP - Hong-Chih Kuo P - JJ Putz P - Juan Cruz BN - Jered Weaver
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03-30-2009, 02:14 PM	#8
blazzin311 Blazzin311 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL Casino cash: $9455101	My 12x12 Team League BATTERS C -A.J. Pierzynski (CWS - C) 1B - Carlos Delgado (NYM - 1B) 2B - Chase Utley (Phi - 2B) 3B - Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B) SS - Jhonny Peralta (Cle - SS) OF - Matt Holliday (Oak - OF) OF - Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF) OF - Johnny Damon (NYY -OF) Util. - Travis Hafner (CLE - Util.) BN - Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B) BN - José Guillén (KC - OF) BN - Mark Teahen (KC - 1B,3B,OF) BN - Clint Barmes (Col - 2B,3B,SS) PITCHING SP - Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP) SP - Erik Bedard (Sea - SP) RP - Francisco Rodríguez (NYM - RP) RP - Joe Nathan (Min - RP) P - Brad Lidge (Phi - RP) P - Oliver Pérez (NYM - SP) P - Bronson Arroyo (Cin - SP) BN - Huston Street (Col - RP)
Posts: 1,429

03-30-2009, 03:53 PM	#10
blazzin311 Blazzin311 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL Casino cash: $9455101	Yea the innings min. is 7. Good thing is every year i do fan football, baseball, and sometimes basketball. But i've always been really good at putting together patchwork teams due to injuries, or just bad depth to start with. There are a few sp's that i'm thinkin about that are available. Just waiting to see who starts the season off better of the pitchers i have in mind. just to name a few: SP - Edwin Jackson (Det.) SP - Ubaldo Jiminez (Col.) SP - Jered Weaver (LAA) SP - Nick Blackburn (Min.)
Posts: 1,429

03-30-2009, 04:41 PM	#13
Hootie Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas, Texas Casino cash: $10004900	You got the top SS, top 2nd baseman, two of the top three starting pitchers, the top closer...one of the best 3rd baseman (as long as he's healthy), a top five catcher...a 3rd or 4th round pick in Beltran to go along with two top 100 picks in Damon and Victorino who are solid in a bunch of different offensive categories...scored two more quality closers and a few sleepers...I'd be curious to see what some of those idiots were bidding on.
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