[Lucky]

How about a one stop home for those pesky questions about your fantasy teams or gloating about your drafts. You know, those times you really want to ask if someone if this trade makes sense to you... or really love the draft you pulled off and want to show it to someone... but you know, reallly... no one cares about your fantasy team. Well go ahead and post it here anyway.


So lets start off with a Keeper Question. 5 keepers, 12 team league. Basic league setup but OPS and Quality Starts included. No cost, no limits on who you can keep.

Tim Lincecum and Miguel Cabrera are locks. Brian Roberts seems like he should be a lock too. That leaves me two spots.

Matt Cain probably has one of those. Keeping half the Giants SP rotation won't help my W-L much but QS makes them a bit more valuable. Cain was 17th in baseball in 2008 and 11th in 2007. So he looks like he should be in.

That leaves one spot and odds are that goes to 1 of my trio of OFers. Alfonso Soriano, Alex Rios, and Nick Markakis. Now... Soriano is the instinctive reaction and he's the highest in every ranking I can find but he's also had a couple of rough years health wise and is the oldest of the bunch. I'm trying to figure out if I'm crazy passing on him for one of the other two. I've actually seen Markakis called one of the best players in baseball but his mediocre power doesn't quite excite me. Rios on the other hand had 32 SB to his name last season, but it was the first time he did that so no real guarantee he repeats it. Markakis is 25, Rios 28, and Sori 33. Sori's probably declining, Rios is probably in his prime, but Markakis might improve. So I'm really leaning towards Markakis or Rios here, but I'm trying to find some kind of ranking that tells me I'm not crazy.

Its a keeper league so hanging onto a 24 year old who was on the brink of a top 10 OFer last season might make most sense.

So what say you? Anyone got a strong opinion? Anyone think one of the prior 4 should be nixed?

No one else on the roster is really worth considering. Chris Young (SP) is the closest but injury concerns are enough to brush him off, I think. Bedard's a question mark. Clayton Kershaw isn't there yet. Matt Garza doesn't have the Ks.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I'd pick Rios. I'm still a little sore that I didn't make Rios a keeper two years ago in C&B and that you got him. He is gives solid power and speed numbers and I thnik he might still improve even from what he has shown.

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My fantasy hockey team:

Still trying to sort out my goalie situation. I have 4 (mostly) quality guys, but any of them could be hurt/inactive/benched on any given night. I have 2 roster spots available. (Transactions are only allowed weekly on Mondays, so I can't change the 2 I start except on Mondays and I'm stuck with the 2 for the week).

My options:
Nikolai Khabibulin (CHI)
Tomas Vokoun (FLA)
Craig Anderson (FLA)
Ty Conklin (DET)

Any and all opinions on the matter will be considered.

[DevSop]

Vokoun and Conklin until Khabibulin is healthy.

Lucky, I'm assuming no cost penalties and while I like Rios, I'd go with Markakis. I actually think the Baltimore lineup is better than Toronto and I think he may be breaking out soon. I wouldn't give Soriano a 2nd thought. His value used to be with steals and 2B. He doesn't play second anymore and I think his steals have gone down.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Mar 4, 2009 11:39:41 GMT -5 DevSop said:

Lucky, I'm assuming no cost penalties and while I like Rios, I'd go with Markakis. I actually think the Baltimore lineup is better than Toronto and I think he may be breaking out soon. I wouldn't give Soriano a 2nd thought. His value used to be with steals and 2B. He doesn't play second anymore and I think his steals have gone down.

This.

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Mar 4, 2009 11:39:41 GMT -5 DevSop said:

Vokoun and Conklin until Khabibulin is healthy.

That's what I've done for this week. And of course, Vokoun gets a win, but gives up 3 goals on only 30 shots in the process, and I don't get the shutout from Conklin because he didn't play last night. Oh, well.

The tougher question is going to be whether to bench Vokoun or Conklin one 'Bulin is healthy, again. Vokoun plays more games (and yes, the Panthers are playing well, right now), but his numbers aren't as good as Conklin's (who essentially splits time with Ossie).

[Lucky]

Good, thanks Dev (Solly and GM). I really was just looking for someone to tell me I wasn't crazy to pass over Sori for one of the young guys and I was looking around for a ranking that had one of them above Sori. But just hearing people say what I was thinking is enough.

I like Rios a lot too and I want to keep him for the SB, but Markakis does seem like the smarter play.

[Attitude Adjuster]

I'm drunk and I have the 184th pick in my draft. Should I take Evan Longoria, Garrett Atkins, A-Rod or Evan Longoria. Evan Longoria is also available.

[Tommy]

Mar 7, 2009 2:45:19 GMT -5 Attitude Adjuster said:

I'm drunk

No shit?

[Lucky]

So I'm LOADED with pitching in my other keeper league. Lincecum, Greinke, Cain, Jered Weaver, Josh Johnson, Porcello, Randy Wells, Kuroda, and Buerhle. Plus Kazmir and Kelvim Escobar on the DL. So I put SP on the trading block.

I get offered Prince Fielder and Adam Lind for Zach Greinke. Seems reasonable but I'd like to hang onto Greinke so I counter offer with Weaver for Fielder and Lind. He counters with Fielder/Lind for Weaver and Porcello.

What do you think? I can probably stand to lose two pitchers and I'm not in love with either. Or should I just try and do Fielder for Weaver?

[Mikey]

Fielder for Weaver, yeah.

This isn't a keeper league, is it?

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Like we were saying the other day, if you can move Weaver when his stock is high, you have to do it.

[Lucky]

Jun 5, 2009 13:31:14 GMT -5 Mikey said:

Fielder for Weaver, yeah.

This isn't a keeper league, is it?

It is.

And yeah, Solly. I'm definitely moving Weaver. Its just a matter of deciding whether Lind is worth tossing something else in. But the more I think about it the more I think I should just offer Weaver for Fielder straight up. I'd like to squeeze some more out of him but its probably not worth it.

[Mikey]

In that case, yeah... almost nothing outside of your league's equivalent of Hanley Ramirez costing a 20th round pick is gonna be enough for Greinke. I know he can't keep those numbers up forever, but he's a stud.

Fielder for Weaver, but I wouldn't probably wouldn't be against the Fielder/Lind for Weaver/Porcello.

[Lucky]

Yeah, I think that's the way I'm going. I'm not sweating the keepers since I doubt either Weaver or Porcello would sniff my 5 (besides the pitchers Fielder, Miguel Cabrera, Kemp, Markakis). Just couldn't decide if losing a 2nd pitcher was worth Lind. But I think I'm going to try it without them and go with the 2-for-2 if necessary.