fantasy keeper question

by yoda1 on Feb 20, 2008 10:58 AM EST Comment 10 comments

10 team, 5x5, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, CI, MI, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, U, keep 6:

Pujols
Santana
BJ Upton
Granderson
Sabathia
Hamels
Kazmir
Phillips
Hart
Braun
Holliday
Rollins

Leaning towards Pujols, Santana, Upton, Braun, Holliday and Rollins but not sure with Pujols's injury. Do I bite the bullet and keep him or replace him with someone else?

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My question

How do you have all those guys on the same team? I would say keep Pujols.

by asyouwish33 on Feb 20, 2008 12:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yes

Keep Pujols. Also, find a more competitive league.

by Yakker on Feb 20, 2008 12:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

league

This is a serious money league running now for 10 years. I've made some great draft picks and trades in the past that worked out for me especially in 07.

by yoda1 on Feb 20, 2008 1:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Cool

Then up the buy-in. ;-)

by Yakker on Feb 20, 2008 8:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Pujols

Pujols is a stud. The only reason he is not rated above A-Rod is because of his nagging injuries. Just think what he would do if he were healthy a full year. By all means keep him!

by Jim Wiser on Feb 20, 2008 2:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Pujols
Santana
Rollins
Holliday
Sabathia
then whoever you like best of the remaining. I don't keep Hamels or Kazmir for fear of the injury bug and Braun will regress this year so I probably don't keep him either.

I would probably be flipping a coin between Upton or Granderson but you could probably make an argument for just about any 6 on this list.

To those questioning how he put this team together - with 9 other teams in this league, that would be another 108 players in question assuming 12*9. There are at least 5 more very good players at 1B, 2B, SS, 3B which would be 20, 20 more OF's and at least 50 solid pitchers not including stud closers so this list is good but not unreasonable.

by slickwdb on Feb 20, 2008 3:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, I must be missing somethin here

You are going to release a 26 year-old 30/30 2nd baseman who hits clean-up? You might want to take a look around and see how easy that is to replace. Also, as great as Puhol's was, he is now an injury concern on a team that is going straight to crap. I am definitely in the minority here, but I say:
Santana
Upton
Phillips
Rollins
Holliday
Braun
Look at it this way. If you keep Braun and he fails you will have taken less risk than if you toss Braun and he succeeds. You will also look like less of an idiot. 34 HRs in 113 games is just too good a stat line to walk away from.

by Yoda on Feb 20, 2008 6:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Phillips is top 5 at 2B but.....

He does have a new manager this year who will probably screw something up!

by slickwdb on Feb 21, 2008 11:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

can you trade

i would cut Braun way before I would cut Pujols.
Is there any way you can trade some of these guys for draft picks? It seems silly to me that you'd have to cut such good players. Keep 6 thats rough but only 10 teams in the league so all the rosters are probably disgustingly loaded anyway.

I'd keep

Pujols
Upton
Rollins
Santana
Hamels
Kazmir

good pitching is harder to replace than good hitting is, i'd always go with the good pitchers first

by loopdog on Feb 21, 2008 2:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Premise right - selection wrong

Good pitching is harder to replace but there is no way you can justify keeping injury prone players like Kazmir or Hamels over a 27 year old CY Young stud who has had 2 consecutive years of an ERA around 3.22 in the AL who struck out over 200 people last year and is in a contract year! He is performing for a pay day because he knows Cleveland won't pony up. Kazmir maybe but Sabbathia over Hamels at this point is a no brainer.

by slickwdb on Feb 21, 2008 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs