2007 Fantasy Baseball Advice

Hey everyone. I know a few of us are hardcore into fantasy baseball, as well as other fantasy sports. Well Yahoo's fantasy baseball site is going live today sometime very soon. I am going to make an official 2007 JC Fantasy Baseball league for the hardcore fantasy baseball owners among us. Once the site goes live and I have the information, people can send me a PM saying that they want in.

 

Sounds good, I'll probably join

 

The league has been created. If you want to join the league, please PM me with your interest and an email address I can send the invitation to. Thanks.

 

Since the league has now been drafted, and I know there are others of us out there who have more than one fantasy baseball team, I propose this thread be used to give each other fantasy baseball advice and comment on each other's teams and how much we like them and whatnot.

 

My teams:

Live draft 12 team H2H mixed 7x7 league R,HR,RBI,SB,K,AVG,OPS offensive IP,W,SV,BB,K,ERA,WHIP pitching categories; C,1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF,Util,SP,SP,SP,SP,SP,RP,P starting positions and 5 bench spots.
Round, (Overall pick), Name, Position
1. (6) Ryan Howard 1B
2. (19) Travis Hafner Util
3. (30) Francisco Rodríguez RP
4. (43) Jonathan Papelbon RP
5. (54) John Lackey SP
6. (67) Jered Weaver SP
7. (78) C.C. Sabathia SP
8. (91) Cole Hamels SP
9. (102) Brett Myers SP
10. (115) Erik Bedard SP
11. (126) Barry Bonds LF
12. (139) Howie Kendrick 1B,2B
13. (150) Rocco Baldelli CF
14. (163) Chris Duncan 1B,LF,RF
15. (174) Felipe López SS
16. (187) Joe Crede 3B
17. (198) Russell Martin C
18. (211) Michael Cuddyer 1B,RF
19. (222) Jason Isringhausen RP
20. (235) Gary Matthews Jr. CF
21. (246) Chris Duffy CF

Autodrafted 14 team H2H mixed 7x7 league R,HR,RBI,SB,K,AVG,OPS offensive IP,W,CG,SV,ERA,WHIP,K/BB pitching categories; C,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF,OF,OF,Util,SP,SP,SP,SP,RP,RP,P starting positions and 7 bench spots
Round,(Overall pick),Name,Position
1. (1) Albert Pujols 1B
2. (28) Matt Holliday OF
3. (29) Hanley Ramírez SS
4. (56) Johnny Damon OF
5. (57) Jim Thome Util
6. (84) Álex Ríos OF
7. (85) Chris Young SP
8. (112) Chad Tracy 3B
9. (113) Curt Schilling SP
10. (140) Tadahito Iguchi 2B
11. (141) Bronson Arroyo SP
12. (168) Josh Johnson SP,RP
13. (169) Dave Bush SP
14. (196) Adam Wainwright RP
15. (197) Chuck James SP,RP
16. (224) Jason Kendall C
17. (225) Adrián González 1B
18. (252) Jacque Jones OF
19. (253) Edwin Encarnación 3B
20. (280) Mike Lowell 3B
21. (281) Luis Castillo 2B
22. (308) John Maine SP
23. (309) Liván Hernández SP

And then of course, I have my JC team. What do you guys think?

 

I would keep an eye on Gary Matthews JR. I heard a rumor that he might get limited time this year. But otherwise I dont see anything that stands out to me as an eye watcher.

Myself, on the other hand have a problem. Here's my team.

C Paul Lo Duca
1B Derrek Lee
2B Robinson Cano
3B Mike Lowell
SS David Eckstein
OF Johnny Damon
OF Raul Ibanez
OF Juan Rivera
Uti Chipper Jones

Coco Crisp
Jorge Cantu (who I'm looking to get rid of)
Mark Loretta

SP Justin Verlander
SP Mark Buehrle
RP Mariano Rivera
RP Adam Wainwright
RP Kyle Farnsworth (who might be leaving as well)
RP Cla Meredith
RP Jon Rauch


Mark Mulder
Nate Robertson


Who can find my problem and tell me how to fix it?

 

Who can find my problem and tell me how to fix it?

You'll have to fix it yourself, but you need some starting pitching. But I'm sure you knew that

 

Yea, that and the fact that I have too many Yankees on my roster. I usually wait till after the first week of the season to make moves.

 

Well, Juan Rivera is out for awhile...

You need starting pitching and at least 1 more guaranteed saves-guy. Course, that'll be tough. Scour the waiver wire and keep an eye on who's getting save opportunities. For starting pitching, check to see if any of the florida starters are still available. If you're lucky, you might find a Scott Olsen type.

I like David Eckstein the player, but David Eckstein the fantasy shortstop should not be your starting option. There has got to be something better out there.

I'd plug Jones in at 3rd and then hop on waivers and see if you could find a Ryan Shealy or a Ryan Garko to plug in at Util. Course, i just don't like Mike Lowell. I guess he'll give you decent numbers playing in Fenway, but.....eeeeeeeh.

I do like the Derrek Lee pick. Couldn't believe how low he was ranked. If you ask me, he's an absolute steal where Yahoo has him.

 

I didn't hear about Juan Rivera. What happened?

 

He broke his leg while playing Winterball.

Reportedly out till June 1st, at least.

 

I definetly didn't hear that one. I did make some changes. But I'm still not sure if I made the right changes.



My new roster:


C Paul Lo Duca
1B Derrek Lee
2B Robinson Cano
3B Mike Lowell
SS Aaron Hill
OF Johnny Damon
OF Raul Ibanez
OF Coco Crisp
Uti Mike Lowell


Aubrey Huff
Jorge Cantu (who I'm looking to get rid of)
Mark Loretta

SP Justin Verlander
SP Mark Buehrle
RP Mariano Rivera
RP Adam Wainwright
RP Kyle Farnsworth (who might be leaving as well)
RP Cla Meredith
RP Jon Rauch

John Maine
Nate Robertson

 

My ESPN.com fantasy team has started off hot, but thats due in large part to having A-Rod on that team. Although that team would still be tied for first in the league in homers even without him. First in runs, HR, RBI, and average, 1 back in steals, and 2nd in strikeouts, wins, and ERA on the pitching side.

The team:

C Brian McCann
1B Justin Morneau
2B Marcus Giles (had Robinson Cano here, but he's off the active roster at least, except for today because Giles is in)
3B Alex Rodriguez
SS Edgar Renteria
OF Grady Sizemore
OF Adam Dunn (who until yesterday or so led the team in steals)
OF Rocco Baldelli
Uti Pat Burrell

Robinson Cano (thinking about dropping him for Kelly Johnson, which I almost did earlier today and should have, since KJ went 3-4 with 2 HR, 4 RBI, and 3 runs)
A.J. Pierzynski

P Francisco Rodriguez
P Brad Lidge (*wince*... not sure if I want to keep him active or not at this point)
P Eric Gagne
P Jonathon Papelbon
P Daisuke Matsuzaka
P Tom Glavine (just picked him up)

Jake Peavy
Dontrelle Willis
CC Sabathia

DL Kenny Rogers

Pitching rotation I try to keep up with so that anybody starting a game is in along with as many of those relievers as possibly. Hence Matsuzaka and Glavine are on the starting list today as opposed to the others since they're pitching today (against 2 of my batters apiece, no less)