New Fantasy Baseball Keeper League

[GreyhoundJet]

I know this is the fantasy football forum but I was looking to form a second TGG fantasy baseball keeper league. I know there is one on here which already exists but if anyone else is interested in joining one post in this thread. If there is enough support and people who want to join we can start it up on Yahoo when fantasy baseball starts.

PLAYERS:

jets526
10Pennington10
TheGreenDude
AnyGivenSunday
DBlitzer28
wildthing2022000
DonnieIstheKing
SteelCurtain
MSUJets
jetsfan119
FITM
ScotsJets

WAITING LIST:
KevMVP
Chad10
KingKoops
jetsfan119

Unavailable Draft Times:

Monday: 4-11

Tuesday: 6-10

Wednesday:

Thursday: 4-11

Friday: After 7:30

Saturday: After 7:30

Sunday: After 7:30

[FITM]

*post*

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[ScotsJet]

I would be interested, on the assumption it's full of active playerse and isn't a pay league. :)

[GreyhoundJet]

I would be interested, on the assumption it's full of active playerse and isn't a pay league. :)

Not a pay league and I'm hoping we can get people who are reputable posters here who have proven that they are around...

[Exit 117]

I'd like to be in it if you can't get enough people. I'm in the other league, but it's not a keeper league, I don't think.

[MSUJet85]

I'll join

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[SteelCurtain96]

I know I'm not a Jets fan, but I love fantasy baseball. I'm also a very active owner.

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Thanks!

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I'll join up.

[GreyhoundJet]

I know I'm not a Jets fan, but I love fantasy baseball. I'm also a very active owner.

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Thanks!

Definitly, Just looking for people who are around the board... don't really want some person with a few posts joining cause chances are they won't stick around

[wildthing2022000]

I'll play, it'll give me something to do during the football offseason.

[GreyhoundJet]

8 people so far... pretty good start

[dBLitzer28]

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[AnyGivenSunday]

I'd definately join...

[The Green Dude]

hey pm me the info and sign me up

[The Green Dude]

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my info just in case

[AMJets]

I'll join if you do it.

[GreyhoundJet]

got 12 people which was around what I was aiming for.. more people are welcome to post here to try to join but it might just stay at 12... if someone drops out i will just take the next post and plug them in...

right now the players are:

jets526
10Pennington10
TheGreenDude
AnyGivenSunday
DBlitzer28
wildthing2022000
DonnieIstheKing
SteelCurtain
MSUJets
Exit117
FITM
ScotsJets

[kevmvp]

If someone drops out i would be interested in joining.

[Chad10]

Im def in if theres open spots, PM me the info if any spots are availible.

[GreyhoundJet]

Now that we have 12 spots filled we need to set up some rules. How many keepers we will have? How long we can keep them? How many people in the league? Different questions like that. If you have any suggestions post them here and we can start to set this up.

[dBLitzer28]

It should have 12 teams and we could keep 2 players as long as we want ... just a suggestion .. cuz Players change in a yearly basis .. so keeping a player as long as you want should be reasonable

[SteelCurtain96]

A keeper league I am in with Mantana Soss has 5 keepers carryover from year to year. No limit on how long you want them...Every year you choose 5 holdovers from last year's roster. This is a nice limit. Allows for teams to build a strong core of players.

[ScotsJet]

I've never known a Yahoo! Keeper league before - will it be self-administered? Or do they have a facility to manage this? Just out of interest?

[GreyhoundJet]

I've never known a Yahoo! Keeper league before - will it be self-administered? Or do they have a facility to manage this? Just out of interest?

The post by Steelcurtain was the way I was planning on doing it. 5 holdovers every year.

Yahoo doesn't have a way to manage a keeper league so the keeper league offseason stuff will be done through the site. The first year can be a yahoo draft and the following years can be done through an instant messanger chat room or even on TGG.

[SteelCurtain96]

Might I make suggestions now based on problems we have in my other keeper league.

There has to be some disadvantage for teams that finish high. Doing an offline draft will allow some flexibility for this.

I propose that the draft order this year be a snake draft typical with fantasy leagues just so all players are distributed fairly. Starting next year (the Keeper phase) the draft order would be set based on final standings from the year before (including playoffs). The Champ would draft last in each round and then downward. This will allow some parity in the league.

The way our current league is setup...The one team has 5 of the absolute best keepers and at worst gets bookend picks every year. His team never gets worse. This was the result of some very poor trades made by owners not even in the league anymore.

Everyone wants a chance to win every year. This will definitely keep the game exciting.

[The Green Dude]

Might I make suggestions now based on problems we have in my other keeper league.

There has to be some disadvantage for teams that finish high. Doing an offline draft will allow some flexibility for this.

I propose that the draft order this year be a snake draft typical with fantasy leagues just so all players are distributed fairly. Starting next year (the Keeper phase) the draft order would be set based on final standings from the year before (including playoffs). The Champ would draft last in each round and then downward. This will allow some parity in the league.

The way our current league is setup...The one team has 5 of the absolute best keepers and at worst gets bookend picks every year. His team never gets worse. This was the result of some very poor trades made by owners not even in the league anymore.

Everyone wants a chance to win every year. This will definitely keep the game exciting.


agree

I never do ANY fantasy sport with out a snake draft.

[GreyhoundJet]

Might I make suggestions now based on problems we have in my other keeper league.

There has to be some disadvantage for teams that finish high. Doing an offline draft will allow some flexibility for this.

I propose that the draft order this year be a snake draft typical with fantasy leagues just so all players are distributed fairly. Starting next year (the Keeper phase) the draft order would be set based on final standings from the year before (including playoffs). The Champ would draft last in each round and then downward. This will allow some parity in the league.

The way our current league is setup...The one team has 5 of the absolute best keepers and at worst gets bookend picks every year. His team never gets worse. This was the result of some very poor trades made by owners not even in the league anymore.

Everyone wants a chance to win every year. This will definitely keep the game exciting.

Great idea. I like the idea of keeping every team in it every year.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

jets526, just remind me when draft time rolls around and please send me a PM about all the info (just incase i forget to check this a lot).

[GreyhoundJet]

jets526, just remind me when draft time rolls around and please send me a PM about all the info (just incase i forget to check this a lot).

No problem, I will send out the info by PM in a few days when Yahoo starts up their fantasy baseball. After that, we will try to find the best time to draft. It will probably be some time during a weeknight.

[SteelCurtain96]

Also, Owners need to be aware going into trades, that teams might be trading younger unproven players for veteran talent in an attempt to "win it all" that year.

We'll need to know the "Veto process" ahead of time so that we're all comfortable with it.

[GreyhoundJet]

I actually have a pretty good system to take care of trades but I'm not sure how it will work in this league. I run a league with friends and we have a set trading system. After a trade is processed 2 out of 3 people must approve a trade for it to go through. These three people are decided upon by the commishener before the league started. For example, in my league those three people are me and the two other people who have been in the league the longest. The list goes in order of seniority. I don't know how we could determine a list of "commishes" to evaluate trades.

[SteelCurtain96]

Only problem with that is if any of those owners are involved in the trade itself.

There has to be a better system than what our leage had last year....barely any trades ever went through.

[GreyhoundJet]

Only problem with that is if any of those owners are involved in the trade itself.

There has to be a better system than what our leage had last year....barely any trades ever went through.

If any of the owners are involved in a trade the next person on the list fills their spot.

We don't have to use it or anything.. just throwing it out there

[dBLitzer28]

HOw do we deal with the owners who fail to rejoin the season after the 1st year. Do we drop all his players that he kept? or do we give it to the new owner? If all his players are dropped how will the new owner go about getting his players? I was thinking more like the expansion draft in the NFL were the new owner drafts whatever number players before the actual draft plus he also gets 1st pick. Just a suggestion

[GreyhoundJet]

I think we should just give it to the new owner and let him deal with the team like he had been there the whole time. He can pick his 5 keepers and the rest will be released for the draft. There will be plenty of people on here who would want to join. We already have a waiting list of 2 people.

[SteelCurtain96]

Not sure I agree with a new owner getting first pick in each round...You have a dispersal draft to let him/her balance out their roster then they get the draft pick based on last years standings...

[wildthing2022000]

Can we have a vote on the rules before we start? I'd like to see what stuff is available in order to be satisfied with the rules we start with for year 1.
New owners should pick where the old owner would be unless it's an expansion team in which they can start in the middle so newbies don't get an advantage by coming into the league.

[GreyhoundJet]

Can we have a vote on the rules before we start? I'd like to see what stuff is available in order to be satisfied with the rules we start with for year 1.
New owners should pick where the old owner would be unless it's an expansion team in which they can start in the middle so newbies don't get an advantage by coming into the league.

Thats the way I feel also.

As we get closer to the season I will compile these discussions into a set of rules which we can debate and change if needed.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Not sure I agree with a new owner getting first pick in each round...You have a dispersal draft to let him/her balance out their roster then they get the draft pick based on last years standings...
I agree with you 100%... just not fair to the other owner's if a brand new owner gets the first pick. What if he's replacing a 2nd or 3rd place team, and getting the 1st pick in every round (like you said we'd do for parity, which I like)?

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball begins Feb. 15, just in case everyone didn't know.

[AnyGivenSunday]

Another question, are we gonna use minor leaguers too? I know in some leagues, they let you draft the rights to minor leaguers so if they come up, you have them on your team (so each team gets their own farm system, per se)

[wildthing2022000]

No minor leaguers, not everyone follows the lower levels of baseball.

[ScotsJet]

So? This would give them an incentive to learn/guess/get lucky. I like the idea.

[King Koopa]

man i would have liked to get int his one....if anyone drops out, can I be first on the list?

[jetsfan119]

Im really interested. I love being part of things like this. Im involved in quite a few fantasy legaues, and i started up a mock draft for this site, so im not one of those people who join but give up. Add me to the list if possible

[wildthing2022000]

So? This would give them an incentive to learn/guess/get lucky. I like the idea.

Do you know how many lower levels there are in baseball? AAA, AA, A, High A, Low A, Short Season A, Rookie League, Advance Rookie League, Independent, NCAA, & high school. I really don't want to follow Pacific Coast baseball to follow people that'll never make it.

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[GreyhoundJet]

I agree that we don't really need to add in minor leaguers to this league. If you have an interset in joining something like that I can give you the link to a dynasty league I am in which is looking for some new owners.

For the people above you can definitly be added to the list which already has either one or two names on it. If we decide ot expand to 14 or more teams I will let you know in here and send you a PM.

Another thing we need to figure out are the stat catagories. Does everyone want a standard 5 by 5 set up or do you want more, different stats added to each side.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I would personally like to add OBP and I'm not sure on what to add for a pitcher. The 5 normal stats are W, ERA, WHIP, K, and... what (blanking out right now)? Maybe IP or OBP-against would be good.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I would personally like to add OBP and I'm not sure on what to add for a pitcher. The 5 normal stats are W, ERA, WHIP, K, and... what (blanking out right now)? Maybe IP or OBP-against would be good.
Ah, saves... how easily I forget :shit:

In that case, I think OBP and OBP-against should be added.

[ScotsJet]

I don't know, I like IP - it adds value to those guys who eat innings, but aren't big stats guys, weighted right it won't skew in their favour either.

[dBLitzer28]

wut about Hits, and Homeruns allowed. Also my last league included errors

[SteelCurtain96]

I like 5x5 H2H personally..

Offense - HR, RBI, R, SB, AVG
Pitching - W, ERA, K, WHIP, SAVES

Getting away from that can cause confusion.

[GreyhoundJet]

I like 5x5 H2H personally..

Offense - HR, RBI, R, SB, AVG
Pitching - W, ERA, K, WHIP, SAVES

Getting away from that can cause confusion.

I think 5x5 is probably best also only because it is hard to find another catagory for pitchers.

[AnyGivenSunday]

I like 5x5 H2H personally..

Offense - HR, RBI, R, SB, AVG
Pitching - W, ERA, K, WHIP, SAVES

Getting away from that can cause confusion.

I agree, 5x5 is the best way to go

[ScotsJet]

So, yahoo leagues are available today, if we're using that I guess we can expect a PM with the signup details imminently? :excited:

[ScotsJet]

Bah, they've put it back to tomorrow.

[GreyhoundJet]

It will be put up tomorrow around 1:00 when I get back from school.

[ScotsJet]

sweet. cannae wait... :so excited:

Baseball is back. :yay:

[dBLitzer28]

Do we have Themes for our Team names or are we just going to use our named here in TGG

[GreyhoundJet]

Do we have Themes for our Team names or are we just going to use our named here in TGG

I think using our TGG names would probably make it easier for all involved.

[GreyhoundJet]

The league has been made and the league ID and password will be PMed to you in a little while.

[GreyhoundJet]

Ok.. all pm's have been sent out to the 12 owners.. if people fail to respond and join the league I will go to the waiting list that is in the first post..

[dBLitzer28]

Just got the PM and im in

[dBLitzer28]

I just noticed, can we change the Draft date or time? ... cuz i have class that time. Monday/Wednesday/Friday same time is fine or Tue/Thurs like 11pm is fine too.

[GreyhoundJet]

I just set up that draft time because I had to pick something. We will see when everyone is available before deciding a real draft time.

If everyone could post when they aren't available like Dblitzer28 did above that will definitly be a good start to determining when to hold the draft.

[wildthing2022000]

no Monday/Thursday nights from (4-11) & anything later than 8 on Fri/Sat/Sun.

[ScotsJet]

11pm there is 4am for me and not good!

[GreyhoundJet]

So right now we have 8:00-9:00 on a Wednesday night as our best time to draft. If anyone objects to that please post in this thread.

[SteelCurtain96]

I did not receive the PM info to get in...

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I am available on any weeknight after 8 PM or any time on the weekend.

[MSUJet85]

So right now we have 8:00-9:00 on a Wednesday night as our best time to draft. If anyone objects to that please post in this thread.

I like it....

[wildthing2022000]

8:00 Wednesday works for me

[The Green Dude]

sorry I was away for a couple days... i will jump in as soon as I get out of work.

[dBLitzer28]

Wed at 8 pm is works for me too.

[SteelCurtain96]

Not my first choice, but I can make it.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Wednesday at 8 is perfect, let's try and have it in mid-March so we're a solid way into Spring Training.

[ScotsJet]

Weds at 8 = 1am on a work night, it's unlikely I would be available, but I'm prepared to go with pre-ranking if needs be. :)

[GreyhoundJet]

Weds at 8 = 1am on a work night, it's unlikely I would be available, but I'm prepared to go with pre-ranking if needs be. :)

I'll do my best but it seems like the best time for everyone to do it here is sometime on a weeknight. Since Wednesday seems the best one so far for everyone we will probably have to keep it. Sorry that you can't make it but I'm sure preranking will give you a good enough team.

[ScotsJet]

Heh, I'll probably just end up with the Cubs lineup :grin:

[The Green Dude]

Anytime 8:30-9 and above mon - thursday is good for me

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Ah guys, I just realized that March 7 is a really bad night for me.

Maybe we can push it back a week or two, especially so we can see a little bit of the players in spring games before guessing who's going to get starting roles. If not no problem and I'll be picking a large part, if not all, of my draft from pre-set rankings.

[MSUJet85]

Actually I just realized that that week is very bad for me maybe the same time the next week will be good

[DonnieIsTheKing]

^That sounds like a very good idea to me.

[GreyhoundJet]

No problem.. I'll change it to the next week.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Thank you very much.

[GreyhoundJet]

If everyone can look over the draft time and let me know if it is ok. Right now it is March 13 at 8:30.

[AnyGivenSunday]

If everyone can look over the draft time and let me know if it is ok. Right now it is March 13 at 8:30.

That time is fine for me

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I am available, just may be a few minutes late. But that's fine, keep the time and I'll just set a top 50 pre-rankings just in case (I don't want to stay up until the brink of dawn, and 8:30 to 10 is long enough for me).

[ScotsJet]

1.30am on a Wednesday morning, ouch. I'll pre-rank. :grin:

[The Green Dude]

perfect time... make sure you send a pm to everyone to remind them

[Exit 117]

If everyone can look over the draft time and let me know if it is ok. Right now it is March 13 at 8:30.
13th or 14th? You said 13 here, but the league is set for the 14th.

[GreyhoundJet]

13th or 14th? You said 13 here, but the league is set for the 14th.

sorry about that... it is going to be WEDNESDAY MARCH 14 because Wednesday was the only day that everyone seemed to be free.

[GreyhoundJet]

A PM has been sent out to KingKoopa to replace Exit117

[AnyGivenSunday]

Quick question about draft order: Is it going to be randomized the day of the draft, or are we going to have an order before hand?

[dBLitzer28]

^^ yea i also want to know how the draft order is going down .. And how are we going to resolve trade situiations? ... and we also need 1 more player

[GreyhoundJet]

The draft order will be random and will be determined 30 minutes before the start of the draft. Anybody who has any ideas about a fair trade review process post it in here.

Our 12th person is jetsfan119.

[The Green Dude]

The draft order will be random and will be determined 30 minutes before the start of the draft. Anybody who has any ideas about a fair trade review process post it in here.

Our 12th person is jetsfan119.

I say no review, let people use their heads and if they are dumb enough to make a stupid trade it is to their disadvantage. Thats just me. Or have Yahoo! review it.

Imagine if 30 other NFL teams had to review the Thomas Jones trade? :lol:

[AnyGivenSunday]

I say no review, let people use their heads and if they are dumb enough to make a stupid trade it is to their disadvantage. Thats just me. Or have Yahoo! review it.

Imagine if 30 other NFL teams had to review the Thomas Jones trade? :lol:

I agree, if your smart enough to rape someone in a trade, why be held at a disadvantage?

[DonnieIsTheKing]

^Agreed. And it'll come down to if there's a good team that needs a good RP, the other good teams will block any trade where that team gets a RP. Not exactly fair.

[GreyhoundJet]

Looks like people favor a "no review" process. That is fine with me and that is what we will do.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Draft tomorrow at 8:30 PM... don't forget!

[The Green Dude]

send out some pm's...

[The Green Dude]

by the way with Exit gone we should fill his spot up... I have a bad feeling about this league...

[dBLitzer28]

by the way with Exit gone we should fill his spot up... I have a bad feeling about this league...

I beleived exit117 was already replaced

[GreyhoundJet]

by the way with Exit gone we should fill his spot up... I have a bad feeling about this league...

Exit117 was replaced the day after he quit by taking the most active member from the waiting list.

I was just logging on to send out PM's but saw you beat me to it. Thanks. Draft tonight at 8:30.

[The Green Dude]

Exit117 was replaced the day after he quit by taking the most active member from the waiting list.

I was just logging on to send out PM's but saw you beat me to it. Thanks. Draft tonight at 8:30.

good stuff man... i was worried because i haven't heard much about this. I will be there by 8:30 hopefully!

[GreyhoundJet]

Everyone remember that this is a KEEPER LEAGUE and that we will holdover 5 players every year.

[The Green Dude]

you guys best be ready

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I'm all set to go, draft strategy and everything. I have something set up if I have a high 1st rounder or a low 1st rounder, so knowing my luck I'll get a middle 1st rounder and have to wing it.

[wildthing2022000]

draft is up.

[GreyhoundJet]

Good draft guys.. my internet went out for the last 3 picks and the draft screen won't load but still was a great draft.. hopefully everyone sticks around and we can make this successful

[FITM]

Had to work....

[DonnieIsTheKing]

C Ramon Hernandez
1B Paul Konerko
2B Chase Utley
3B Garrett Atkins
SS Derek Jeter
OF Grady Sizemore
OF J.D. Drew
OF Raul Ibanez
UTIL Coco Crisp
BN Moises Alou
BN Bengie Molina
BN Shea Hillenbrand

SP John Smoltz
SP Ben Sheets
RP Trevor Hoffman
RP Bob Wickman
P Dontrelle Willis
P Derek Lowe
P Javier Vazquez
BN Octavio Dotel
BN Tim Lincecum

I have a few injury-risk sleepers such as Sheets, Drew, and Dotel, but Sheets and Drew are beasts, and Dotel is very easy to replace if he winds up being a bum. I am also estatic with picking up Lincecum, who may get a starting job right out of camp, and if he doesn't he'll likely be a reliever (and could at some point fill in for Armando if he sucks too bad).

Trading Block
Grady Sizemore (need a Great OF; pretty good utility IF in return)

[dBLitzer28]

SHould we add Slugging to one of the stats????

[MSUJet85]

I am happy with my team

[DonnieIsTheKing]

SHould we add Slugging to one of the stats????
Can't now, that would've effected the draft.

[ScotsJet]

I'm off to see how pre-ranking worked out for me. Was hoping for Soirano and D-Lee...

[ScotsJet]

Yay, got them. Bit weak at 2B and 3B though. Actually quite pleased overall.

C Jason Varitek
1B Derrek Lee
2B Julio Lugo
3B Bill Hall
SS Hanley Ramírez
OF Alfonso Soriano
OF Torii Hunter
OF Mike Cameron
Util Prince Fielder
BN Tadahito Iguchi
BN Ray Durham
BN Austin Kearns

SP Brandon Webb
SP Aaron Harang
RP Francisco Rodríguez
RP Francisco Cordero
P Erik Bedard
P Rich Hill
P José Valverde
BN Kerry Wood
BN Noah Lowry

[The Green Dude]

Hey can someone post my team? Work blocks it

[GreyhoundJet]

THE GREEN DUDE's TEAM

1. (10) David Wright
2. (15) Chris Carpenter
3. (34) Roy Halladay
4. (39) Chone Figgins
5. (58) Rafael Furcal
6. (63) Billy Wagner
7. (82) Richie Sexson
8. (87) Bobby Jenks
9. (106) Chipper Jones
10. (111) Corey Patterson
11. (130) Bronson Arroyo
12. (135) Jeff Francoeur
13. (154) Jeff Kent
14. (159) Jason Isringhausen
15. (178) A.J. Pierzynski
16. (183) José Contreras
17. (202) Adrián González
18. (207) Bobby Crosby
19. (226) John Patterson
20. (231) Orlando Hudson
21. (250) Dave Roberts

[The Green Dude]

^ Thanks man

Anyone need some speed? I need a power hitter ha ha

[wildthing2022000]

C Michael Barrett
1B Jason Giambi
2B Brian Roberts
3B Joe Crede
SS Miguel Tejada
OF Carl Crawford
OF Vladimir Guerrero
OF Adam Dunn
Util Pat Burrell
BN Lyle Overbay
BN Aubrey Huff
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP Dan Haren
RP B.J. Ryan
RP Huston Street
P Takashi Saito
P Dave Bush
P Brad Penny
BN Freddy García
BN Kenny Rogers
BN Jorge Julio

Nice team figuring I picked 12th, I like the rotation and the bullpen. Team BA will suck but they can hit the long ball and steal bases(100+ for the year), runs is not a strong point nor is RBIs

[wildthing2022000]

Does anyone like to take a guess on who has the best/worst team in your own opinion?

Best: MSU but not by much IMO

Worst: jets526

[SteelCurtain96]

I don't expect anyone to give my team any respect until I win the championship :-)

C - McCann
1B - Helton
2B - Freel
SS - Reyes
3B - Gordon
OF - Ichiro
OF - Bay
OF - Damon
UT - Taveras
BN - Podsednik

SP - Peavy
SP - Lackey
SP - Schilling
SP - Mussina
SP - Pettitte
SP - Igawa
SP - Bonser

RP - C. Cordero
RP - Lidge
RP - Torres

SP - Pedro* Will go on DL and get replacement

[wildthing2022000]

I don't expect anyone to give my team any respect until I win the championship :-)

Well you were the close 2nd but it is the old pitchers is what lowers you IMO.

[SteelCurtain96]

I prefer the term...veteran leadership hehe

[The Green Dude]

I don't expect anyone to give my team any respect until I win the championship :-)

C - McCann
1B - Helton
2B - Freel
SS - Reyes
3B - Gordon
OF - Ichiro
OF - Bay
OF - Damon
UT - Taveras
BN - Podsednik

SP - Peavy
SP - Lackey
SP - Mussina
SP - Pettitte
SP - Igawa
SP - Bonser
SP - Can't remember my other pitcher.....work is blocking the site

RP - C. Cordero
RP - Lidge
RP - Torres

SP - Pedro* Will go on DL and get replacement

Jason Bay for Roy Halladay straight up?

[The Green Dude]

Does anyone like to take a guess on who has the best/worst team in your own opinion?

Best: MSU but not by much IMO

Worst: jets526

when i get home i will toss in my opinion

[SteelCurtain96]

Not a Halladay fan....he's a goodp itcher but I expect his arm to blow up

[The Green Dude]

Not a Halladay fan....he's a goodp itcher but I expect his arm to blow up

alright... offer is on the table, I'm goin on the trade train come 6pm! :breakdance:

Make me some offers if you guys would like. I'm a fair dude.

[GreyhoundJet]

1. (8) Miguel Cabrera
2. (17) Mark Teixeira
3. (32) Jimmy Rollins
4. (41) Matt Holliday
5. (56) Félix Hernández
6. (65) Matt Cain
7. (80) Delmon Young
8. (89) Jeremy Bonderman
9. (104) Chris Ray
10. (113) Rocco Baldelli
11. (128) Rich Harden
12. (137) Nick Markakis
13. (152) Chris Capuano
14. (161) Russell Martin
15. (176) Jorge Cantú
16. (185) Eric Chávez
17. (200) Chris Duffy
18. (209) Ian Kinsler
19. (224) Akinori Otsuka
20. (233) Bartolo Colón
21. (248) Kevin Millwood

I don't see myself having the worst team at all. I have tons of power with Teieira, Cabrera, and Holliday plus some speed with Rollins. Rollins also contributes HRs, RBIs and Runs. Felix and Cain are both 3rd year pitchers (the year pitchers break out). Bonderman is a young pitcher with over 200 K's last year. I am short one reliever but that isn't a big deal because they can be found. My OF past Holiday isn't the strongest but its good for a keeper league and they are both pretty good players.

But, I guess we will find out.

[dBLitzer28]

1. (7) Ryan Howard 1B
2. (18) Aramis Ramírez 3B
3. (31) Víctor Martínez C,1B
4. (42) Joe Nathan RP
5. (55) Juan Pierre OF
6. (66) Chris Young SP
7. (79) J.J. Putz RP
8. (90) Freddy Sánchez 2B,3B,SS
9. (103) Michael Cuddyer 1B,OF
10. (114) Brandon Phillips 2B
11. (127) Adam Wainwright RP
12. (138) Anibal Sánchez SP
13. (151) Chad Tracy 3B
14. (162) Scott Olsen SP
15. (175) A.J. Burnett SP
16. (186) Gary Matthews Jr. OF
17. (199) Rich Aurilia 1B,2B,3B,SS
18. (210) Chuck James SP,RP
19. (223) Dan Wheeler RP
20. (234) Frank Thomas Util
21. (247) Clay Hensley SP,RP


I dont think my draft was bad. I have a pretty good core of young players with a mix of veteran players.

Im pretty solid at the RP position. My SPs arent that good in paper but they all look very promising.

My Offense has a mix of power hitters and some base stealers .. so im pretty happy with my draft.

Btw: Freddy Sanchez, Chad Tracy and Rich Aurillia are on the Trading block ...

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Yay, got them. Bit weak at 2B and 3B though. Actually quite pleased overall.

C Jason Varitek
1B Derrek Lee
2B Julio Lugo
3B Bill Hall
SS Hanley Ramírez
OF Alfonso Soriano
OF Torii Hunter
OF Mike Cameron
Util Prince Fielder
BN Tadahito Iguchi
BN Ray Durham
BN Austin Kearns

SP Brandon Webb
SP Aaron Harang
RP Francisco Rodríguez
RP Francisco Cordero
P Erik Bedard
P Rich Hill
P José Valverde
BN Kerry Wood
BN Noah Lowry
Julio Lugo has a lot of potential for you at 2B, but you are correct in saying that you're weak at 3B. I like the Berdard pick btw - very consistent and posts good ERA, WHIP, and W stats year-in and year-out.

[dBLitzer28]

Julio Lugo has a lot of potential for you at 2B, but you are correct in saying that you're weak at 3B. I like the Berdard pick btw - very consistent and posts good ERA, WHIP, and W stats year-in and year-out.

Bill hall is pretty solid. Not the best but he is solid

[AnyGivenSunday]

C - Kenji Johjima
1B - Justin Morneau
2B - Robinson Cano
3B - Alex Rodriguez
SS - Carlos Guillen
OF - Nick Swisher
OF - Curtis Granderson
OF - Chris Duncan
Util - Adam LaRoche

BN - Andre Ethier
BN - Jhonny Peralta
BN - Mark Teahen
BN - David DeJesus

SP - Justin Verlander
SP - CC Sabathia
RP - Johnathan Broxton
RP - Joe Borowski
P - Jonathan Papelbon
P - Fernando Rodney
P - Zach Duke

BN - Josh Johnson (will be moved to DL)

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I like my team. We're gonna hit alot of homeruns and rbi, score alot of runs, and hit for a pretty good average. The only thing that we're not really that good at is stealing bases, but whatever.

My pitching has two anchors in Verlander and Sabathia, plus Papelbon who will probably be pretty good. I'm hoping Duke can get back to the form of two years ago, and if not, Johnson will take his place in a couple months. I like Borowski in that Cleveland pen, and Rodney is going to be nasty for Detroit. Broxton will be good also, and if he becomes the Dodger's closer, it will be an added bonus.

[The Green Dude]

C A.J. Pierzynski
1B Richie Sexson
2B Chone Figgins
3B David Wright
SS Rafael Furcal
OF Corey Patterson
OF Jeff Francoeur
OF Dave Roberts
Util Chipper Jones
BN Jeff Kent
BN Adrián González
BN Bobby Crosby
BN Orlando Hudson


SP Chris Carpenter
SP Roy Halladay
RP Billy Wagner
RP Bobby Jenks
P Bronson Arroyo
P Jason Isringhausen
P José Contreras
BN John Patterson


Solid all around but i'm missing that power hitter. This is the yahoo default so thats not the set lineup

[SteelCurtain96]

How the hell did I forget I had Schilling? You guys are dead lol

[The Green Dude]

How the hell did I forget I had Schilling? You guys are dead lol

dont worry my pitching is a FORCE :breakdance: I'm going to add another pretty soon. Common you know you wanna give me Bay. :ohmy:

[SteelCurtain96]

Why on Earth would the Pirate fan wanna trade Bay? Is Chone Figgins part of the deal coming back? I MIGHT consider it :-)

[The Green Dude]

Why on Earth would the Pirate fan wanna trade Bay? Is Chone Figgins part of the deal coming back? I MIGHT consider it :-)

Baaah I should just give you Halladay for being a Pirate fan!

[AMJets]

C - Jorge Posada
1B - Howie Kendrick
2B - Marcus Giles
3B - Troy Glaus
SS - Michael Young
OF - Carlos Beltrán
OF - Manny Ramírez
OF - Andruw Jones
Util - Jim Thome
BN - Conor Jackson
BN - Eric Byrnes
BN - Morgan Ensberg
BN - Carlos Quentin

SP - Jered Weaver
SP - Chien-Ming Wang
RP - Joel Zumaya
RP - Mike González
P - Cole Hamels
P - Tom Glavine
P - Scot Shields
BN - Mike Pelfrey

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For a keeper league, I really like the long term potential of some of my pitchers. I really like my power for this year with Manny, Thome, Jones, and Beltran specifically.

[ScotsJet]

OK, so I cut Varitek for the Rockies catcher and Kearns for Felix Pie - with this being a keeper league, I just don't see the veterans giving me enough extra at the moment to outweigh the chance to grab a couple of decent prospects early - Pie for example won't make the Opening Day roster in Chicago, but could well be there by September and into next year...

[DonnieIsTheKing]

OK, so I cut Varitek for the Rockies catcher and Kearns for Felix Pie - with this being a keeper league, I just don't see the veterans giving me enough extra at the moment to outweigh the chance to grab a couple of decent prospects early - Pie for example won't make the Opening Day roster in Chicago, but could well be there by September and into next year...
I don't mean to help you, but you're only keeping 5 of the guys. I have a veteran-lined team, but I have: Utley, Sizemore, Willis, and Lincecum who are virtually guaranteed to be 4 out of my 5 keepers. From there I'll just take the best veteran for the '08 season, and there you go. It's not like a franchise where the entire team needs to be young, just 3 or 4 guys.

[ScotsJet]

Yeah, I know, but Varitek is on the downside of his career in any event. Adding a couple of younger guys just gives me more options.

[dBLitzer28]

Yea .. Howard is probably the only hitter im keeping, ... is everything goes right, im keeping 4 of the young pitchers i have

[AnyGivenSunday]

Well, I must say I'm happy to learn my relief pitching got a huge boost with Papelbon being moved to closer

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Well, I must say I'm happy to learn my relief pitching got a huge boost with Papelbon being moved to closer
If he can stay healthy come fantasy playoff time this year...

[DonnieIsTheKing]

1. (8) Miguel Cabrera
2. (17) Mark Teixeira
3. (32) Jimmy Rollins
4. (41) Matt Holliday
5. (56) Félix Hernández
6. (65) Matt Cain
7. (80) Delmon Young
8. (89) Jeremy Bonderman
9. (104) Chris Ray
10. (113) Rocco Baldelli
11. (128) Rich Harden
12. (137) Nick Markakis
13. (152) Chris Capuano
14. (161) Russell Martin
15. (176) Jorge Cantú
16. (185) Eric Chávez
17. (200) Chris Duffy
18. (209) Ian Kinsler
19. (224) Akinori Otsuka
20. (233) Bartolo Colón
21. (248) Kevin Millwood

I don't see myself having the worst team at all. I have tons of power with Teieira, Cabrera, and Holliday plus some speed with Rollins. Rollins also contributes HRs, RBIs and Runs. Felix and Cain are both 3rd year pitchers (the year pitchers break out). Bonderman is a young pitcher with over 200 K's last year. I am short one reliever but that isn't a big deal because they can be found. My OF past Holiday isn't the strongest but its good for a keeper league and they are both pretty good players.

But, I guess we will find out.
The team has too many young guys that are on the brink of breaking out but haven't yet. It's good for a few years for now, but for this year there's not enough solid veterans to carry the team.

[SteelCurtain96]

DITK, this isn't Real life where veteran leadership is important. You want a team with young hungry stars ready to bust out.

I had a team one year with Blalock, Soriano, Nomar and Teixeira in the infield. They all had bust out years. Gimme the young guys with upside over the vets with "average production" any day of the year.

Not to mention I love when my sleepers all produce. Just ask Mantana Soss.

[GreyhoundJet]

Thanks to whoever stickied this in the forum. I was just about to ask when I noticed.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

DITK, this isn't Real life where veteran leadership is important. You want a team with young hungry stars ready to bust out.

I had a team one year with Blalock, Soriano, Nomar and Teixeira in the infield. They all had bust out years. Gimme the young guys with upside over the vets with "average production" any day of the year.

Not to mention I love when my sleepers all produce. Just ask Mantana Soss.
Well then I guess it's strategy A vs. strategy B, and we'll see how it all works out.

Through day 1 I'm satisfied... all of my pitchers except Lowe pitched very well (especially Ben Sheets), and my hitters had a so-so day. The fact that I'm winning BA as of 9:48 by .220 to .200 just shows how pathetic these hitters really are in April... only 3 of the 12 of us has an average over .270...

[dBLitzer28]

With the Recent promotion of Dan WHeeler as the new closer for the Astros, im going to put him on the trading block along with Frank Thomas, Rich Aurillia, and Freddy Sanchez. Im not looking for a specific position and Ill consider any offers.

[SteelCurtain96]

It's fun watching a Mets fan slobber all over himself to try and get Jose Reyes off me....

Sorry Dblitzer...he's not going anywhere...

[dBLitzer28]

It's fun watching a Mets fan slobber all over himself to try and get Jose Reyes off me....

Sorry Dblitzer...he's not going anywhere...


Lol its cool .. it was soo bad that i was even thinking of sending Howard, A Ramirez and J Pierre just for Reyes .. lol My team feels empty without any Met player

[MSUJet85]

I take over 1st place after delivering a shutout!

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I take over 1st place after delivering a shutout!
I suck balls in 10th place! If Konerko, Atkins, and Dye decided they want to play baseball this season, I'd be pretty good...

Derek Jeter is on the trading block... looking for a base stealing SS or a starting pitcher in return.

[dBLitzer28]

I suck balls in 10th place! If Konerko, Atkins, and Dye decided they want to play baseball this season, I'd be pretty good...

Derek Jeter is on the trading block... looking for a base stealing SS or a starting pitcher in return.

lol Same .. Ryan Howard sucks ass ... my whole team is on the trading block .. just offer me something and ill see if its fair

[SteelCurtain96]

I'm staying right on your heels MSU...

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I was finally freed of the Atkins demon today. Phew, and at this point I don't even care if he wakes up and plays like he should have been from the beginning, because him rotting away on my bench has cost me a valuable spot all year. I advise you people to not pick him up... he sucks. Really bad.

[MSUJet85]

I'm staying right on your heels MSU...

So much for that

[SteelCurtain96]

caught me on an off week. And with no roster room and no DL slots..I'm having a hard time fielding a lineup most weeks with all these nagging injuries.

Besides..you ain't gonna win the title in the regular season.

[ScotsJet]

So glad I dumped Rich Hill right about now. My team is performing solidly so far, pleased. :grin:

[DonnieIsTheKing]

So glad I dumped Rich Hill right about now. My team is performing solidly so far, pleased. :grin:
And I've been very happy with Rich Hill over Dye. 41-31-8 record for my team in the last 8 weeks. I think our league is getting very interesting. The 4-9 spots are 7.5 games apart and there's a very tight race for those 3 playoff spots. Still a lot of time left though, and who knows? Maybe someone will hunt down MSU.

Btw, 10Pennington, where have you been all year long?

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Very happy on my team's performance the last 2 weeks especially since I've had my best pitcher, my best player, and my 2nd best OF on the DL.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Got Pence back earlier this week, getting Utley back Monday, may be getting Sheets back soon, awesome. I appear to be having a horrible pitching week this week, but if I play well next week it'll be playoff time.

2 weeks left, I love the keeper style it's made this league so much more interesting.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

If anyone outside the league is interested here are our standings.


1. MSUJet the Conqueror 119-71-10 -
2. Cunning Cubbies MMX 107-75-18 8
3. Steel City Storm 102-88-10 17
4. DITK 101-88-11 17.5
5. AGS 99-86-15 17.5
6. SheaBombersBDW 100-89-11 18.5
7. The Green Dude 95-95-10 24
8. Wild Things 93-94-13 24.5
9. dBLiTzer28 88-92-20 26
10. jets526 78-110-12 40
11. 10P10's 70-117-13 47.5
12. FITM is sex. 69-116-15 47.5

MSU has clinched playoff berth.

[GreyhoundJet]

I made this league and I'm really sorry I haven't been able to keep up with it much this year at all. A lot of stuff has happened to me in the past 6 months which has made it really hard to follow it. However, I will keep up with the offseason for the keeper part and into next season

[ScotsJet]

Cool, no worries.

Thrilled to sit second, but it seems every time I check my team I'm behind in that week's matchup. I must have a bunch of Thursday-Saturday players!

Hoping to clinch a playoff berth this week, then do a thorough analysis of what I have in advance of the post season.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I made this league and I'm really sorry I haven't been able to keep up with it much this year at all. A lot of stuff has happened to me in the past 6 months which has made it really hard to follow it. However, I will keep up with the offseason for the keeper part and into next season
Alright, not a problem man. If you need any help with it tell me. Btw, the only suggestion I will make is to not like 10Pennington back in... no offense to him, but he hasn't checked his team since April and he's wasting the 12th spot and the players on his team that are unacquirable.

[GreyhoundJet]

Ok.. If you have seen anyone who was completely ignoring the league for weeks and weeks at a time let me know and I'll see what I can do.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

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10Pennington hasn't checked it since April, SheaBombers since July, and AnyGivenSunday in a few weeks. Other then that everyone seems to be at least moderately active.

Horrible week last week, with Utley back this week I hope I can pull it all together and earn myself a playoff bid. 1 week to go!

[wildthing2022000]

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10Pennington hasn't checked it since April, SheaBombers since July, and AnyGivenSunday in a few weeks. Other then that everyone seems to be at least moderately active.

Horrible week last week, with Utley back this week I hope I can pull it all together and earn myself a playoff bid. 1 week to go!

and I hope you don't.:smile:

[DonnieIsTheKing]

and I hope you don't.:smile:
Good ol' friendly competition. At least you're playing a team that starts 2 healthy starters, 2 healthy relievers that aren't closers, and no second baseman.

[ScotsJet]

Playoffs for the foreign guy \o/

Yay me.

Pure luck, probably.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Looking good at mid-week, my team is fully healthy for the first time since Utley broke his hand, and if the week ended today I'd be in 5th and in the playoffs. Let's go team DITK!

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Looks like I'm in as the 5th or 6th seed... Playoffs start tomorrow.

[wildthing2022000]

I should be in as the Bombers bombed.

[wildthing2022000]

Playoffs
Bye: MSUJets the Conqueror, Cunning Cubbies MMX
3 Steel City Storm vs. 6 Wild Things
4 AGS vs. 5 DITK

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Rough first day for me, stupid pitching.

[ScotsJet]

Heh, bye week. Is it time to talk about the keeper plans yet? Did we decide on rules?

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I think all we've decided is that it's going to be 5 keepers. I'd prefer to have to declare your keepers the night before the draft, and make it at least 1 pitcher and 1 position player.

[wildthing2022000]

Can you even do keepers on Yahoo?

[DonnieIsTheKing]

^We'll have to do them on here and we can trust everyone to draft their 5 keepers in the first 5 rounds (if someone won't be there then they'll have to pre-rank their 5 keepers)... or we can do a chat room and draft there, then our administrator can put all the players in.

Another question - how are we doing the order? If say the 3rd seed (just for example) wins it in the playoffs, will he be drafting 1st or 3rd?

[ScotsJet]

If the 3rd seed wins in the playoffs I'd suggest he doesn't pick 1st or 3rd, I'd expect him to pick last.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Eh, bad pitching cost me this week, and even my offense sputtered at the end of the week. Great job AGS, I might have had a chance if A-Rod had broken his leg, but I digress. I already can't wait for next year, and I'll already start talking keeper trade if I'm allowed to. Grady Sizemore, Hunter Pence, and Chase Utley have a 99% chance of getting kept, so if you want them I'll listen in.

[ScotsJet]

5 keepers is going to force me to kill my team. I'd better win the championship this year, because losing guys like Derrek Lee, Erik Bedard, Aaron Harang, Tim Lincecum, Francisco Rodriguez and Francisco Cordero will crush me.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Just greatly overstocked on young pitching, I'll have to see who makes the rotation and who doesn't and then get 1 or 2 of them as keepers. Sheets, Buchholz, Joba, Wainwright, Liriano, Bannister, Hill, Hochevar, Gallardo, et al.

[ScotsJet]

Looks like there's a tie in the first semi final? How will that be resolved?

[wildthing2022000]

Looks like there's a tie in the first semi final? How will that be resolved?

Who ever has the lowest ERA wins.

[ScotsJet]

The obvious response is: why?

Not that it matters. I've won my semi clearly, so it looks like I'm up against MSUJet (the #1 seed) in the final.

Two of my three fantasy baseball teams have made the finals this year, I'm well chuffed.

[ScotsJet]

Heh, there's a stroke of luck. Turns out yahoo had failed to add in last night's points! In the end the 4 seed won clearly in semi 1 and my game went to 5-5, where I won on low ERA. :grin:

Unlucky to steel city.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

The obvious response is: why?

Not that it matters. I've won my semi clearly, so it looks like I'm up against MSUJet (the #1 seed) in the final.

Two of my three fantasy baseball teams have made the finals this year, I'm well chuffed.
Just how Yahoo! selects their tiebreakers. I think in the unlikely case of a tie at ERA, then it'd go to BA and so on with stats.

[AnyGivenSunday]

Heh, there's a stroke of luck. Turns out yahoo had failed to add in last night's points! In the end the 4 seed won clearly in semi 1 and my game went to 5-5, where I won on low ERA. :grin:

Unlucky to steel city.

Hahaha, talk about the ultimate stroke of luck. I have to give props to MSUJet. Even though I just managed to edge him out, it's no small feat coming up with the best team over the course of the season.

Good luck Scots, may the best team win :beer:

[SteelCurtain96]

Yeah my offense went cold at the wrong time. And My usually reliable pitching staff had a high ERA this week.

Oh well.

The ironic part is I also lost in my other semifinals 5-4...one HR away from a 5-5 tie.

[ScotsJet]

Hahaha, talk about the ultimate stroke of luck. I have to give props to MSUJet. Even though I just managed to edge him out, it's no small feat coming up with the best team over the course of the season.

Good luck Scots, may the best team win :beer:

Yeah, all the best. :drunk:

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Always looking for keeper trade offers, pending that we make them legal which we definitely should. Looking to move Grady Sizemore or Garrett Atkins for a top-line starting pitcher or a good pitcher + good position player.

[GreyhoundJet]

We are going to do 5 keepers with no limits on them. As we get closer to the time of the draft we can declare a date where every team has to have their keepers in and we will go from there. We can do draft order based on either playoff or regular season performance.

[ScotsJet]

It's still a close matchup coming to the tail of week 2. Exciting stuff.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

We are going to do 5 keepers with no limits on them. As we get closer to the time of the draft we can declare a date where every team has to have their keepers in and we will go from there. We can do draft order based on either playoff or regular season performance.
But like I said, are trades allowed?

[ScotsJet]

It's tight as we wait for Yahoo! to calculate the points from last night's games...I'm 5-4 up as we speak, and it could go either way...

[ScotsJet]

Alas! It swung the other way and I lost 6-4! :sad:

Congrats to the champ for a fine last-night performance. :sad:

[dBLitzer28]

MY Current Team:

I will Consider an trade offers :wink:


Víctor Martínez (Cle - C,1B)
Michael Cuddyer (Min - 1B,OF)
Brandon Phillips (Cin - 2B)
Aramis Ramírez (ChC - 3B)
Jhonny Peralta (Cle - SS)
Kelly Johnson (Atl - 2B,OF)
Juan Pierre (LAD - OF)
Gary Matthews Jr. (LAA - OF)
Ryan Howard (Phi - 1B)
Julio Lugo (Bos - 2B,3B,SS)
Josh Hamilton (Cin - OF)

Pitchers:

Jeff Francis (Col - SP)
A.J. Burnett (Tor - SP)
Joe Nathan (Min - RP)
J.J. Putz (Sea - RP)
Brett Myers (Phi - SP,RP)
Chris Young (SD - SP)
Dontrelle Willis (Fla - SP)
Fausto Carmona (Cle - SP,RP)
Chuck James (Atl - SP,RP)
Jon Garland (CWS - SP)
Bartolo Colón (LAA - SP)

[GreyhoundJet]

But like I said, are trades allowed?

Yea.. trades are allowed

[DonnieIsTheKing]

My Roster

C (decided to drop because he wasn't keeper worthy)
1B/3B Garrett Atkins
1B/3B Alex Gordon
2B Chase Utley
2B/SS Ryan Theriot
SS Derek Jeter
OF Bobby Abreu
OF Grady Sizemore
OF Hunter Pence
OF Corey Patterson
OF Jason Bay
OF Matt Kemp

Pitchers
Ben Sheets
Clay Buchholz
Trevor Hoffman
Joba Chamberlain
Adam Wainwright
Brian Bannister
Yovani Gallardo
Rich Hill
Micah Owins
Luke Hochevar
Francisco Liriano

A lot of young, talented sleeper options there, would like to trade a package of 2 or 3 of them for a stud IF or pitcher. Make me offers.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Now that fantasy football is basically over, here we go again. Are we going to set a date that you need to have your keepers in by, or will we pick them on draft day?

[dBLitzer28]

Are we keeping 6? or 7?

[GreyhoundJet]

Back in September I think we decided that we are going to keep 5

[DonnieIsTheKing]

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Five keepers, no restrictions on them. Looks like we'll still need to decide the draft order - whether we're doing it on regular season or postseason performance. If we want to make it as sports like as possible, we can do it by regular season with the exception of the champion or the champion and the runner up (like the NFL does).

[wildthing2022000]

except in baseball they do their draft mid-season.

[DonnieIsTheKing]

except in baseball they do their draft mid-season.
And I'm pretty sure they do that based on regular season, except no one actually owns their own first round picks because they go all over the place with free agency.

[GreyhoundJet]

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Five keepers, no restrictions on them. Looks like we'll still need to decide the draft order - whether we're doing it on regular season or postseason performance. If we want to make it as sports like as possible, we can do it by regular season with the exception of the champion or the champion and the runner up (like the NFL does).

Sounds good to me. We can do it with the winner and the runner up receiving the last two picks and everyone else goes in regular season order like you said. If anybody has a problem with that or has another way post it.

[GreyhoundJet]

Please post in this thread if you are interested in returning to the league next year

[DonnieIsTheKing]

I'm back

My Roster
Bolded are my possible keepers as of today, but they may change based on situations and I'm very open to a trade.
C (decided to drop because he wasn't keeper worthy)
1B/3B Garrett Atkins
1B/3B Alex Gordon
2B Chase Utley
2B/SS Ryan Theriot
SS Derek Jeter
OF Bobby Abreu
OF Grady Sizemore
OF Hunter Pence
OF Corey Patterson
OF Jason Bay
OF Matt Kemp

Pitchers
Ben Sheets
Clay Buchholz
Trevor Hoffman
Joba Chamberlain
Adam Wainwright
Brian Bannister
Yovani Gallardo
Rich Hill
Micah Owings
Luke Hochevar
Francisco Liriano

[DonnieIsTheKing]

Sounds good to me. We can do it with the winner and the runner up receiving the last two picks and everyone else goes in regular season order like you said. If anybody has a problem with that or has another way post it.
If we're doing it this way, here's the draft order.

*Confirmed to be back
#Not Returning
1. FITM is sex#
2. 10P10's
3. jets526*
4. The Green Dude
5. dBlitzer28*
6. SheaBombersBDW
7. Wild Things*
8. DITK*
9. Steel City Storm
10. MSUJet the Conqueror*
11. Cunning Cubbies*
12. AGS

[wildthing2022000]

Hitting
José Bautista (Pit - 3B,OF)
Carl Crawford (TB - OF)
Adam Dunn (Cin - OF)
Khalil Greene (SD - SS)
Vladimir Guerrero (LAA - OF)
Adam LaRoche (Pit - 1B)
Bengie Molina (SF - C)
Brian Roberts (Bal - 2B)
Aaron Rowand (SF - OF)
Miguel Tejada (Hou - SS)
Josh Willingham (Fla - OF)

Pitching
Heath Bell (SD - RP)
Chad Billingsley (LAD - SP,RP)
Ryan Dempster (ChC - RP)
Dan Haren (Ari - SP)
Shaun Marcum (Tor - SP,RP)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (Bos - SP)
Pat Neshek (Min - RP)
Brad Penny (LAD - SP)
Takashi Saito (LAD - RP)
Huston Street (Oak - RP)

Have not selected any keepers yet will later.

[MSUJet85]

Yeah I'm interested in coming back

[ScotsJet]

Yeah, I'm in.

[ScotsJet]

My team, so far as I can remember:

Garret Anderson (LAA - OF)
Pat Burrell (Phi - OF)
Mike Cameron (SD - OF)
Jermaine Dye (CWS - OF)
Prince Fielder (Mil - 1B)
Bill Hall (Mil - 3B,SS,OF)
Torii Hunter (LAA - OF)
Derrek Lee (ChC - 1B)
Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
Iván Rodríguez (Det - C,1B)
Alfonso Soriano (ChC - OF)
J.R. Towles (Hou - C)
Rickie Weeks (Mil - 2B)
Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B,3B,OF)

Pitching

Erik Bedard (Bal - SP)
Francisco Cordero (Cin - RP)
Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)
Tim Lincecum (SF - SP)
Francisco Rodríguez (LAA - RP)
José Valverde (Hou - RP)
Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)
Kerry Wood (ChC - SP,RP)

[GreyhoundJet]

The easiest way to find your team if you can't remember is to go to the fantasy profile and look for the league and your team.

[GreyhoundJet]

greyhoundjet:

C: Russell Martin (K)
1B: Mark Teixeira (K)
2B: Ian Kinsler
SS: Jimmy Rollins (K)
3B: Miguel Cabrera (K)
OF: Delmon Young
OF: Nick Markakis (K)
OF: Matt Holliday (K)
UT: Carlos Pena
BN: Rocco Baldelli
BN: Luis Castillo
BN: Raul Ibanez

SP: Felix Hernandez (K)
SP: Matt Cain (K)
RP: Raphael Betancourt
RP: Tom Gordon
P: Jeremy Bonderman
P: Noah Lowry
P: Shawn Hill
BN: Eric Gagne
BN: Chad Gaudin

The K's are for possible keepers.

[dBLitzer28]

Count me in:

I will Consider an trade offers
***** the ones in Bold are my Possible Keepers depending on what happens before the Draft

Víctor Martínez (Cle - C,1B)
Michael Cuddyer (Min - 1B,OF)
Brandon Phillips (Cin - 2B)
Aramis Ramírez (ChC - 3B)
Jhonny Peralta (Cle - SS)
Kelly Johnson (Atl - 2B,OF)
Juan Pierre (LAD - OF)
Gary Matthews Jr. (LAA - OF)
Ryan Howard (Phi - 1B)
Julio Lugo (Bos - 2B,3B,SS)
Josh Hamilton (Cin - OF)

Pitchers:

Jeff Francis (Col - SP)
A.J. Burnett (Tor - SP)
Joe Nathan (Min - RP)
J.J. Putz (Sea - RP)
Brett Myers (Phi - SP,RP)
Chris Young (SD - SP)
Dontrelle Willis (Fla - SP)
Fausto Carmona (Cle - SP,RP)
Chuck James (Atl - SP,RP)
Jon Garland (CWS - SP)
Bartolo Colón (LAA - SP)

[DonnieIsTheKing]

FITM told me he can't get back in... so we have at least one spot open for anyone that wants to jump in here.

[AnyGivenSunday]

hey guys, im still in it..i'll come up with my list of keepers and everything by tomorrow night.

[GreyhoundJet]

In so far:

GreyhoundJet
DonnieIsTheKing
DBlitzer28
AnyGivenSunday
Wildthing202200
MSUJet85
ScotsJet

We know for sure that 1 spot is open with FITM not coming back. By mid February it would be nice to see who we definitely have in the league so new people can be added.

[wildthing2022000]

5 sucks IMO, I have 7 guys I want to keep and I really can't chop it down to 5.

[GreyhoundJet]

I think the 5 is good because it makes you cut players that are borderline and it puts them back into the draft. It makes the decision of who to keep and who to cut that much harder.

For anyone who hasn't responded in this thread the deadline for rejoining the league is going to be February 20th. Anyone who wants to join and fill up the empty spots can post their name in this thread and I will start a list.

[AnyGivenSunday]

1B - Justin Morneau
2B - Robinson Cano
3B - Alex Rodriguez
SP - Justin Verlander
SP - CC Sabathia

Those are my keepers. If we end up doing more than 5, I wanna keep Hughes too, otherwise I'll stick with that.

[MSUJet85]

Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP)
David Ortiz (Bos - 1B)
Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP)
Lance Berkman (Hou - 1B,OF)
John Maine (NYM - SP)

This is my tentative list of keepers although I may change my mind later

I think 5 keepers is too small as well

[Scikotic]

In so far:

GreyhoundJet
DonnieIsTheKing
DBlitzer28
AnyGivenSunday
Wildthing202200
MSUJet85
ScotsJet

We know for sure that 1 spot is open with FITM not coming back. By mid February it would be nice to see who we definitely have in the league so new people can be added.

I might be willing to take up that final spot if its still available.I need a league...

[Mantana Soss]

edit: wrong league

[GreyhoundJet]

I might be willing to take up that final spot if its still available.I need a league...

Your in if your still willing.. let me know if you definitly want to join.

[xxedge72x]

I'm joining devil's keeper league, but I'll sign up for the waiting list for this one too if you don't mind the fact that I'll be managing two leagues... I can handle it.

[wildthing2022000]

I'm joining devil's keeper league, but I'll sign up for the waiting list for this one too if you don't mind the fact that I'll be managing two leagues... I can handle it.

I've done 3 leagues before(not keeper but w/e), it's alright.

[GreyhoundJet]

I'm joining devil's keeper league, but I'll sign up for the waiting list for this one too if you don't mind the fact that I'll be managing two leagues... I can handle it.

Yup.. thats fine.. you can have your choice of teams once the league fills up.. its going to be first come first serve when it comes to dividing up the teams

[Scikotic]

Your in if your still willing.. let me know if you definitly want to join.

im in...

filler

[GreyhoundJet]

We have 9 so far.. 3 more spots open for whoever wants them

[devilonthetownhallroof]

If you're taking people in other leagues already I'll do it. I can never have enough baseball.

[rhodesfan16]

Ill do this if u got any room

[ScotsJet]

Can we not have 10 keepers? I have 11 or 12 guys I want to keep, but I'm happy to sacrifice 1 or 2. :)

Projected keepers:
Prince Fielder (Mil - 1B)
Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
Alfonso Soriano (ChC - OF)
Erik Bedard (Bal - SP)
Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)

Would like to hang on to:

Torii Hunter (LAA - OF)
Derrek Lee (ChC - 1B)
Rickie Weeks (Mil - 2B)

Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)
Francisco Rodríguez (LAA - RP)
José Valverde (Hou - RP)
Francisco Cordero (Cin - RP)
Tim Lincecum (SF - SP)

[GreyhoundJet]

Rhodesfan16 you can be in and devil.. I am against having more than 5 keepers because 5 keepers makes you give up some of your quality talent and puts it back into the draft

[devilonthetownhallroof]

Nice... just PM me the info to sign up.

[MSUJet85]

Maybe we should have a vote to see the number of keepers, there has already been a handful including myself who thinks 5 keepers is too few.

[GreyhoundJet]

Yeah.. a vote is fine. I think 10 is excessive but if someone wants to set up a vote that is good with me

[Scikotic]

if we keep 10, does that mean the new players like myself are about to be dicked?

[GreyhoundJet]

if we keep 10, does that mean the new players like myself are about to be dicked?

The original play is that you are going to take over a team. Once the league fills up I was going to post the leftover teams and the people who joined first would have first choice of teams

[MSUJet85]

Yeah.. a vote is fine. I think 10 is excessive but if someone wants to set up a vote that is good with me

I do agree that 10 is excessive

[MSUJet85]

Ok I added a poll and it is public so that only the people in the league's votes qualify

[GreyhoundJet]

IN RIGHT NOW:
GreyhoundJet
DonnieIsTheKing
DBlitzer28
AnyGivenSunday
Wildthing202200
MSUJet85
ScotsJet
rhodesfan16
devilonthetownhallroof
scikotics

[wildthing2022000]

I'd rather keep 1/3 of my team rather than 1/4, too much turnover as is.

[devilonthetownhallroof]

I think 5 should be pretty good. As it is, that's 50 players. There are 50 All Stars. That seems about right. All the star players will stay put and lesser guys will move around. Too many keepers makes improving almost impossible for teams who have a bad draft the first year.