Fantasy Roster Gloat Thread
by The Congo Hammer on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 PM EDT
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PrintI figured most people have had or are having their fantasy baseball drafts, and who doesn't love to brag? Sure you might look stupid in your hubris later on, but you may as well post your roster and bask in the the sunlight of overconfidence in your team's odds of winning while you can. I'll start off, so here's my beastly AL-only keeper league team in a 10 team rotisserie league:
C: John Buck
C: Jeff Mathis
1B: Paul Konerko
3B: Miguel Cabrera
CO: Billy Butler
2B: Howie Kendrick
SS: Jason Bartlett
MI: Brian Roberts
DH: Curtis Granderson
OF: Nick Markakis
OF: Alex Rios
OF: Delmon Young
OF: Adam Jones
OF: Travis Buck
SP: Erik Bedard
SP: Felix Hernandez
SP Javier Vazquez
P Jeremy Guthrie
P Ervin Santana
P Daniel Cabrera
RP Francisco Liriano
RP Octavio Dotel
RP J.J. Putz
Minors:
Matt Wieters
Brandon Wood
Mike Moustakas
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8 Team H2H Keeper League
C - V. Martinez
1B - Hafner
2B - Phillips
3B - M. Cabrera
SS - Tejada
OF - Sizemore
OF - Holliday
OF - Crawford
Util - Hamilton
Util - Weeks
Bench: Youkilis (will be dropped after opening games), J. Bruce, B. Butler, Michael Young, Joey Votto
SP - Sabathia
SP - Peavy
RP - R. Soriano
RP - Huston Street
Bench: Liriano, BJ Ryan, Felix Hernandez, Lincecum, Brett Myers, Matt Cain, Pedro, Oliver Perez
This is my favorite league that I won last year and hopefully will do the same this year.
Oh and by the way, that's a really nice AL Only roster you have there Congo!
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you are in an 8 team league so who cares: where u were able to get crawford, sizemore, and cabrerra on the same team. you could be playinng in a 6 team league and that shouldnt happen lol
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I traded Prince for Cabrera last year and kept him.
I drafted Crawford and Sizemore in the first year draft and got Peavy coming off of an off year luckily.
For some reason, the league thought Holliday's 2006 was a fluke, so I got him relatively late too.
14-team keeper
After a three-year rebuild this is what I'm looking at this year. Say hello to my little friend!
c - Mauer, Laird, Navarro
1b- Prince
2b - weeks
ss - C. Guillen, hardy
3b - wright
OF - Swisher, Bay, Quentin, Rasmus, Luke Scott, Thames, Jenkins, Gomes
DH - Hafner
SP - Jake Peavy, Dan Haren, Fausto Carmona, Javier Vazquez, Derek Lowe, Ian Snell, Zack Grienke, Scott Baker, Boof Bonser, Chad Gaudin, Homer Bailey, Adam Loewen, Edwin Jackson
RP- Street, Soria, Gregg, Zumaya
Jack Cust is this year's Marcus Thames
10 team league
ESPN, 30 roster spots, 23 active. With a bunch of guys at school.
C: Towles
1B: Howard
3B: Wright
CI: Loney
2B: Johnson
SS: Furcal
MI: Bartlett
LF: Dunn
CF: Hart
RF: Markakis
OF: Taveras
OF: Fukudome
SP: Webb
SP: Vasquez
SP: Snell
SP: Cain
SP: Lilly
RP: Jenks
RP: Street
P: Garza
P: Maddux
P: Soria
And I have Drew, Milledge, Bourn, Navarro, Asdrubal Cabrera, Parra and Ian Kennedy on my bench.
Eh
PECOTA was strong on Fuku... I figured I'd take a late round flier on him. And worst case if I lose Tavaras is that I slide Drew, Bourn or Milledge in his place.
by David Tokarz on Mar 25, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Get a tougher league to play in Hammer
I noticed that you have 2 Howie Kendricks. If you were going to clone someone you'd probably be better off to do Billy Butler.
by The commentator formerly known as Yoda on Mar 25, 2008 6:28 PM EDT reply actions
whoops
it probably helps prove your point, but one of the Kendricks is actually supposed to be Brian Roberts. I am participating in other leagues though, but this one has money involved so dominating doesn't hurt.
Hey fish, leave those kids alone!
by The Congo Hammer on Mar 26, 2008 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions
In which case
1) I want to get into your league
2) I will say you have done a great job. The only spot I would quibble about is Dotel's. Couldn't you have picked a Devine or a Sarfate? A 34 year old who has averaged less than 20 innings/yr in the last 3 years and who is having a bad spring training is . . . probably a guy you will waive and replace with someone who is a late bloomer anyway. G.L.
by The commentator formerly known as Yoda on Mar 26, 2008 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL
Just read Devine was banished to AAA a week ago.
by The commentator formerly known as Yoda on Mar 26, 2008 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
minor league system
12 team league
Bruce
Rasmus
Jennings
Villalona
Antonelli
Brett Anderson
Michael Bowden
8th spot TBD
12-team Standard 5x5
I picked last but I really like what I got out of it
C- Jason Varitek
1B- Carlos Pena
2B- Brandon Phillips
SS- Khalil Greene
3B- Ryan Braun
1B/3B- Joey Votto
2B/SS- Alexei Ramirez
OF- Jeremy Hermida, Eric Byrnes, Mike Cameron, Brad Hawpe, Ken Griffey Jr.
UTIL- Matt Stairs
SP- Aaron Harang, Javier Vazquez, Ted Lilly, Oliver Perez, Kelvim Escobar
RP- JJ Putz, George Sherrill, Bobby Jenks, Joba Chamberlain
Bench- Colby Ramus, Evan Longoria, Franklin Morales
Check out MVN.com/mlb-braves for the best Braves coverage
Was this like a non-snaking draft? Who did you take with the 13th pick? Phillips? Byrnes?
And Escobar is out for at least most of the season. Or his entire career.
It was a snaking draft. I snagged Braun with the 12th and Phillips with the thirteenth. I just dropped Escobar and added George Sherrill who wasn't drafted. I really tried to get power/speed guys early which is why I have Braun, Phillips, Byrnes, etc.
Check out MVN.com/mlb-braves for the best Braves coverage
30-team DMB league
I went younger than most other GMs, and it's starting to pay off:
C: Salty, Redmond, Melhuse
IF: Fielder/Garko, Weeks, Reyes, Blake/Longoria
UT: Abreu, Infante, Lowrie
OF: Kubel/WMPena, Crisp/DJennings, Hawpe, Chavez, Weglarz, Huber
SP: Verlander, McGowan, DCab, Moyer, Schilling, Buchholz, AdMiller, Fautino DLS, Adenhart, Lofgren, Haeger
RP: Ray, Dotel, Riske, Seanez, Delcarmen, Guerrier, Gobble, JLewis, Ceda, Kobayashi, Resop
30 Team DMB League
Same league as Variables up there is in. Three round draft every season. Varying salary cap for each team which goes up and down depending on performance. If you lose a top free agent in the offseason you receive a compensation pick (or multiple ones for multiple FAs lost). You get control of players for 6 years after you start using them. You can extend players up to two years past that with a long term contract for more money. 25 man active roster and up to a 25 man reserve roster. We try to keep it as realistic as possible. Defense matters. You also receive discount rights for free agents on your team.
My team:
Pitchers:
Derek Lowe (signed free agent)
Justin Verlander (drafted)
Nate Robertson (via trade)
Mark Prior (had since the league started)
Tim Lincecum (drafted)
Sean Marshall (via trade)
Jonathan Sanchez (via trade)
Rafael Soriano (via trade)
Joel Zumaya (via trade)
Huston Street (drafted)
Matt Wise (via trade- then re-signed)
Neal Cotts (via trade)
Craig Breslow (via trade)
Gio Gonzalez (via trade)
Mike Hinkley (drafted)
Phil Humber (drafted)
Jon Leceister (originally with the team)
And a few other guys that aren't worth a crap lol.
Hitters:
Jason Bay (via trade, and looking to trade again)
Shelley Duncan (free agent signing)
Joey Gathright (drafted)
Jermaine Dye (free agency)
Mike Lowell (free agency)
Ryan Garko (via trade)
Kaz Matsui (free agency)
Jack Wilson (free agency)
Tony Abreu (drafted)
Brad Ausmus (free agency)
Benjie Molina (free agency)
Scott Spiezio (free agency... can back up a lot of positions in the league)
Endy Chavez (free agency)
Delwyn Young (via trade)
Bernie Castro (via trade)
Jake Fox (via trade)
Yung Chi Chen (via trade)
And a few other hitters that won't do crap.
Not a great team, but in the seven years we have been simming this league, I have never finished below 500. Trying to rebuild my young player base now, so I may this year. Getting tougher to trade for players though since the other GMs in the league are getting more and more prospect-oriented. They are starting to be valued more than major leaguers in our league. Shelley Duncan sims better than Jason Bay (in his 5th year) so I want to see what I can get for him as the season starts. Maybe a draft pick and young player or something... we'll see.
"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile
Duncan sims better than Bay
Does that mean you can use Duncan for as many games or plate appearances as you want, or more than Bay? There's something wrong with that.
by Flynn Blake on Mar 26, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...
Bay has been giving me about a 260BA (360 OBP) with about 20-28 HR per test sim I have been running. Sometimes a little less, and rarely a little more. Duncan has been giving me anywhere between 250-270 in BA (about 100-130 points higher in OBP) and consistently over 35-40 HRs. We aren't limited to ABs or games based on real life. We have no playing time restrictions at all and don't use real life injuries either. If a player is on the projection disk, then we can use them as much as we want.
"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile
Looks like fun....
I've only posted on this site once before when I needed trade advice and you all were helpful. Boxkutter told me he was going to post his roster so I figured I would too. I am in the same league.
Pitchers
Roy Halladay
Jeff Francis
Fausto Carmona
Barry Zito
Jon Lester
Adam Loewen
Anthony Reyes
Charlie Haeger
Shawn Chacon
Andrew Brown
Matt Capps
Chad Cordero
Brian Fuentes
Damaso Marte
Bob Wickman
Javier Lopez
Greg Miller
Christopher Perez
Edwar Ramirez
Kyle Snyder
Eddy Rodriguez
Catchers:
Geovany Soto
Miguel Olivo
Max Ramirez
Eli Whiteside
Infielders:
Carlos Pena
Dustin Pedroia
Yunel Escobar
Ryan Zimmerman
Chipper Jones
John McDonald
Mike Fontenot
Tony Clark
Kevin Millar
Ryan Shealy
Outfielders:
Nick Markakis
Aaron Rowand
Norris Hopper
Dave Roberts
Cliff Floyd
Tim Raines Jr
Jeremy Reed
Shin Soo Choo
I took over Baltimore so I get to use the DH. Chipper Jones was my big signing this year and I plan on using him at DH since I have Ryan Zimmerman. Jones is my back-up for 3B. I had a little more depth but I traded it away to improve my active roster since I think I can compete for the next two or three years for the title. I plan on my rotation being Halladay-Francis-Carmona-Zito-Lester and Fuentes is closing. Capps is my RH set up guy and Marte is my LH set up guy. I traded for Cordero last season and had to give up Hermida to get him. I couldn't use Hermida so I had to trade him. He and Markakis were both only RFs.
My line-up will be something like Hopper-Pedroia-Markakis-Chipper-Pena-Zimmerman-Soto-Rowand-Escobar.
since its been posted
everytime i see the title i think of gload.... congo hammer is trying to tell us something
its true!
You simply can't win a league championship without Ross Gload, period.
Hey fish, leave those kids alone!
by The Congo Hammer on Mar 26, 2008 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Y'all ain't got nutin' on me!
(ESPN 10-team Standard)
C-Brian McCann
1B-James Loney
2B-Orlando Hudson
3B-Ryan Zimmerman
SS-Hanley Ramirez
2B/SS-Stephen Drew
1B/3B-Nick Swisher
OF-Corey Hart
OF-Jeff Francoeur
OF-Jason Bay
OF-Milton Bradley
OF-Justin Upton
UTIL-Adam Jones
BN-Evan Longoria
BN-Joey Votto
BN-Ramon Hernandez
P-Jake Peavy
P-Brandon Webb
P-Cole Hamels
P-Dan Haren
P-Joba Chamberlain
P-Huston Street
P-Brett Myers
P-Manny Corpas
--http://yankeesfuture.wordpress.com Bobby Mcnally (alias) "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."--Napoleon Hall
I'll Assume This is 5x5
If it is, your team indeed looks pretty strong. You could have some minor problems if younger guys like Buck and Jones don't live up to the higher end of their expectations, but this looks like it will be a tough squad to beat. If you have dump deals in this league, you've probably also got a lot of cheap talent to dump.
Feedback is very appreciated!
14 team H2H, 6 Keeper? It changes every season, based on majority vote. I would love for that number to be made 12. They're so reluctant to make it more than 6.
C- Ronny Paulino (PIT - C)
1B- James Loney (LAD - 1B)
2B- B.J. Upton (TB - 2B,3B,OF)
3B- Miguel Cabrera (Fla - 3B)
SS- Troy Tulowitzki (Col - SS)
OF- Nick Markakis (Bal - OF)
OF- Matt Kemp (LAD - OF)
OF- Michael Cuddyer (Min - OF)
UTIL- Kelly Johnson (ATL - 2B)
SP- Erik Bedard (Bal - SP)
SP- Cole Hamels (Phi - SP)
RP- Manuel Corpas (Col - RP)
RP- Carlos Marmol (CHC - RP)
P- Tim Lincecum (SF - SP)
P- Yovani Gallardo (Mil - SP)
P- Brian Fuentes (Col - RP)
BN- Zack Greinke (KC - SP)
BN- Aaron Heilman (NYM- RP)
BN- Lastings Milledge (WAS - OF)
BN- Adam LaRoche (PIT - 1B)
BN- Pedro Feliciano (NYM - RP)
BN- Greg Maddux (SD - SP)
BN- Jason Bartlett (TB - SS)
BN- J.D. Drew (BOS - OF)
??- Alexei Ramirez (CHW - 2B, OF)
I failed to draft a catcher and dropped Nick Johnson for Ronny Paulino.
I would keep:
Cabrera
Tulowitzki
Upton
Hamels
Lincecum
Gallardo
--http://yankeesfuture.wordpress.com Bobby Mcnally (alias) "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."--Napoleon Hall
by bobbymcnally on Mar 26, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Keepers
Cabrera
Upton
Lincecum
Gallardo
Tulo
Markakis
by David Tokarz on Mar 26, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
14 team x 40 man rosters, dyanasty league
Check this out. Out of my 4 leagues, this is the one I'm most proud of:
SP: Buchholz, hughes, Gallardo, Joba, hochevar, Garza, jimenez, The Boof, Adam miller, David Price, Matt Latos, Jake McGee, betances,
RP: Jose Valverde, Casey Weathers, Max Scherzer, Craig Hansen
C: Jeff Clement, Chris Ianetta, Jesus Montero
1st: Joey Votto, Nick Weglarz
2nd: Howie Kendrick
SS: Brandon Wood, Reid Brignac, Oscar Tejada, michael Almanzar
3rd: David Wright, Villalona, Mark Reynolds,
OF: Justin upton, Alex Rios, Billy Butler, Jay Bruce, Ryan Braun, Matt Laporta,
I freaking love this team. I think I'm missing a closer or two, plus some more power out of first base (though if Villalona and Montero end up at first that no longer becomes an issue)
Thoughts?
-1 and only member of the Jed Lowrie fan club!
Votto
Votto has some good power at 1st
--http://yankeesfuture.wordpress.com Bobby Mcnally (alias) "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."--Napoleon Hall
by bobbymcnally on Mar 26, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
20 team dynasty salary cap league
20 keepers + 15 farm players, my team's current salary cap is $284. I am the two-time defending champ, this will be the fourth season of the league's existance. I guess since its not a money league this is my only shot at glory. Team was built through good minor league drafting, free agent pickups and timely trades. Very competitive league (despite the comments that I am sure to follow this), knowledgeable and active owners for the most part...
C - McCann $9
1b - Teix $43
2b - Brandon Phillips $10
SS - Hanley $6
3b - Aramis $43
OF - Sizemore $17, Beltran $57, Delmon $6
UTIL - CB Young $5, Billy Butler $4, Justin Upton $4
SP - Haren $10, Lackey $10, Harang $6, Hughes $4, Hill $3, Brett Myers $9, Zach Greinke $14
RP - Jenks $21, Marmol $2
Farm - Pedro Alvarez, Antonelli, Balentien, Burgess, Wade Davis, Clayton Kershaw, Gorkys, Jason Heyward, Desmond Jennings, Carlos Triunfel, Jose Tabata, Max Scherzer, Angel Villalona, Brandon Wood, Jemile Weeks
also a 10-team AL-only league
If Congo Hammer was in our league, he'd certainly be the favorite. But I still like my team:
c-Mauer
1b-Butler
2b-AsCabrera
ss-Lugo
3b-Figgins, Longoria
of-Swisher,Cust,Wilkerson,Teahen,Quentin
dh-Hafner
sp-Felix, Harden,Hughes,Greinke,Garza,Baker
rp-Jenks,Delcarmen,Fukumore,Yabuta,Sarfate,Seay, Lowe, and I gotta replace Janssen
minors-Weiters,Price,Tabata,Moustakas
I know 10-team leagues are lame
And I hate ESPN for making them the standard, but I think this is a good team regardless:
C: Victor Martinez
1B: Justin Morneau
2B: Chase Utley
3B: Garrett Atkins
SS: Troy Tulowitzki
OF: Carl Crawford
OF: Hunter Pence
OF: Chris Young
OF: Jose Guillen
OF: Michael Bourn
CI: Nick Swisher
MI: Kelly Johnson
UTIL: Josh Fields
Bench: Troy Glaus
Pitching:
P: Chris Young
P: Javier Vazquez
P: James Shields
P: Brett Myers
P: Dustin McGowan
P: Greg Maddux
P: Rafael Soriano
P: BJ Ryan
P: Troy Percival
Bench: Clay Buchholz
Bench: Joba Chamberlain
why not. . .
this is a 24 team league, not a fantasy league, we play Dynasty baseball, which is like StratoMatic. . . keeper league, my franchise is the Angels, so i can protect any of the minor leaguers before the appear in the bigs. . .
Rotation:
Bedard, Cain, Lincecum, Maine, Weaver, Greinke
Pen: Jenks, Corpas, Jannsen, Rafael Perez, Brian Wilson
1b: Carlos Pena, Billy Butler, Kendry Morales, Casey Kotchman
2b: Howie Kendrick, Biggio, Macier Iztuis (util)
3b: Alex Gordon, Mark Reynolds
SS: Tulo, Erick Aybar, Bobby Crosby
OF: Stairs, Bay, Sizemore, Taveras, Alex Rios
C: Johjima, Salty
Minors i got Adenhart, Brandon wood, Fautino De los santos, Tabata, Meloan
Really turned the team around, this is my fourth year in the league, and the team i took over was horrible. Aside from Peavy, Krod, and Zito, the team was bad, i think i won 45 games the first year. . .
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