Fantasy Baseball 2011
 

I know this is a forum section dedicated to Fantasy Football, but I'm just gonna post it here.

Fantasy Baseball 2011 is here and it looks to be an interesting year. I'm looking at playing two leagues this year, but maybe just the one. Is anyone else playing? Are you rooted in a multi-year keeper league? I'm going to try my best (having college and all) to keep some regular updates going on here about pickups, dropoffs and checking in on how our teams are doing.

Are you looking for a league to join?

Nah I have two atm, can't effectively manage any more lol. Thanks though.

Agreed, I'm limiting myself to one league this year.

1st team 12 team non-keeper H2H

1. (8) Carlos González LF,CF,RF
2. (17) Ryan Howard 1B
3. (32) Ian Kinsler 2B
4. (41) Shin-Soo Choo RF
5. (56) Justin Morneau 1B
6. (65) Alexei Ramírez SS
7. (80) Aramis Ramírez 3B
8. (89) Jered Weaver SP
9. (104) Max Scherzer SP
10. (113) Jonathan Sánchez SP
11. (128) John Danks SP
12. (137) Chris Young CF
13. (152) Francisco Cordero RP
14. (161) Mark Reynolds 3B
15. (176) Aaron Hill 2B
16. (185) C.J. Wilson SP
17. (200) Ervin Santana SP
18. (209) Jose Tabata LF,CF
19. (224) Brian Roberts 2B
20. (233) Starlin Castro SS
21. (248) Jake Peavy SP
22. (257) Coco Crisp CF
23. (272) Brian Duensing SP,RP
24. (281) Alexi Ogando RP
25. (296) Yadier Molina C
26. (305) Koji Uehara RP

This is mostly auto-draft as I was unable to be present for the date they decided on :(
I won in my money league on an auto-draft last year too though, so we'll see what happens.
Buchholz was a keeper.

1. (4) Miguel Cabrera (Det - 1B)
2. (15) Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
3. (34) Andrew McCutchen (Pit - OF)
4. (45) José Bautista (Tor - 3B,OF)
5. (58) Brian McCann (Atl - C)
6. (63) Billy Butler (KC - 1B)
7. (82) Yovani Gallardo (Mil - SP)
8. (87) Mark Reynolds (Bal - 3B)
9. (106) Nick Markakis (Bal - OF)
10. (111) Shaun Marcum (Mil - SP)
11. (130) Ian Desmond (Was - SS)
12. (135) Carlos Beltrán (NYM - OF)
13. (154) Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
14. (159) Ryan Franklin (StL - RP)
15. (178) Javier Vázquez (Fla - SP,RP)
16. (183) Hiroki Kuroda (LAD - SP)
17. (202) Jonny Venters (Atl - RP)
18. (207) Gordon Beckham (CWS - 2B)
19. (226) Denard Span (Min - OF)
20. (231) Clay Buchholz This player is a keeper. (Bos - SP)
21. (250) Logan Morrison (Fla - OF)
22. (255) Asdrubal Cabrera (Cle - SS)
23. (274) Ike Davis (NYM - 1B)
24. (279) Jordan Zimmermann (Was - SP)

EDIT: As long as Utley can get and stay healthy, I pulled in the best overall infield in my league, 12 team makes it pretty deep.

Well at least you got Beckham as a insurance plan. Utley dropped past the 6 round in my league... they've put no time table on his return and he could be out for a several months. Very risky move... hope it works out for you. Just my opinion but the auto-draft didn't like you.

2nd team non-keeper 20 team H2H

1. (7) Carlos González OF
2. (34) Ian Kinsler 2B
3. (47) Jayson Werth OF
4. (74) Pablo Sandoval 1B,3B
5. (87) Stephen Drew SS
6. (114) Chris Carpenter SP
7. (127) Carlos Lee 1B,OF
8. (154) Carlos Quentin OF
9. (167) John Danks SP
10. (194) Manny Ramírez OF
11. (207) Coco Crisp OF
12. (234) John Lackey SP
13. (247) Jair Jurrjens SP
14. (274) Alex Gordon 3B,OF
15. (287) Brian Duensing SP,RP
16. (314) Erik Bedard SP
17. (327) Kyle McClellan RP
18. (354) Carlos Guillén 2B
19. (367) Alexi Ogando RP
20. (394) Cliff Pennington SS
21. (407) Alex Avila C

Teams look a little light on closers, but some good hauls.

Here's my draft results from last night (17-team rotisserie league)

AVG,HR,R,SB,RBI,OBP,TB
W,SV,K,HLD,ERA,WHIP,K/B

1. (9) Carl Crawford OF
2. (26) Joe Mauer C
3. (43) Derek Jeter SS
4. (60) Justin Verlander P
5. (77) Mark Reynolds 3B
6. (94) Jacoby Ellsbury OF
7. (111) Chad Billingsley P
8. (128) Joe Nathan P
9. (145) Ángel Pagán OF
10. (162) Brad Lidge P
11. (179) Adam LaRoche 1B
12. (196) Rafael Soriano P
13. (213) Plácido Polanco 2B,3B
14. (230) Evan Meek P
15. (247) C.J. Wilson P
16. (264) Raúl Ibañez OF
17. (281) Garrett Jones 1B,OF
18. (298) James Loney 1B
19. (315) Hisanori Takahashi P
20. (332) Kerry Wood P
21. (349) Bobby Jenks P
22. (366) Milton Bradley OF
23. (383) Vicente Padilla P
24. (400) Alexi Casilla 2B,SS
25. (417) Daisuke Matsuzaka P
26. (434) Dan Cortés P
27. (451) Jake Westbrook P
28. (468) Manny Acosta P
29. (485) Jamey Carroll 2B,3B,SS,OF
30. (502) Matt Domínguez 3B

Agreed. I will likely change this really soon by dropping most of my hitters bench and loading up my SP. Mostly people that play FBaseball are morons who will take an avg hitter for a stud pitcher. I should be able to deal Reynolds and Butler nicely.

I have to say though, I am quite pleased at scoring McCann, albeit in his normalish draft spot, and Ian Desmond. Desmond is performing pretty average in spring training, but he has a pretty good upside. This all knowing that the only 2 SS that are really all-stars go round in 1; Tulo and HanRam, and I got Desmond at 11.

Neugey - I like the speed and it's pretty balanced. I think the concern with your team isn't going to be closers(they pop up everywhere during the season on the WW), it's going to be power and rbis. You have only one legitimate power source on your team in Reynolds... I'd probably try a big bat or two while not overpaying. Someone like Ike Davis, ManRam, Quentin, Hideki Matsui or even a Juan Rivera probably could be had for reasonable price.

BTW - Are Raja Davis or Coco Crisp available in your league? Even though the Utley pick is probably going to hurt early, it's actually not a bad team. You could use some of neugey's speed though. =]

Unfortunately they are both taken, by the same guy no less. I am trying to trade Markakis and Cabrera for Chris Young (OF) and John Axford atm, otherwise there doesn't seem to be too much speed available at the moment. I'm high up on the waiver wire priority, second from the top actually, and hope that once we see who the sure starters are that I can grab some decent speed from free agency.

Agreed Papz - I'm currently trying to trade Ellsbury for a power hitter (I have an offer out involving Vlad Guerrero). Perhaps I shouldn't have drafted Ellsbury but I was thinking BPA at the time when I drafted him and Pagan.