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The sign says 'no homers'. We're allowed to have one. Hope it works out.
Please continue. I got Siegrist!
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The sign says 'no homers'. We're allowed to have one. Hope it works out.
For my auction dynasty, do I claim Denard Span ($9) off of waivers? If so, who do I cut? I get a cap penalty of half of the player's salary (rounded up) if I cut someone. It is a 5x5 roto.
Mike Trout $57
Bryce Harper $36
Adam Jones $29
Josh Donaldson $22
Matt Carpenter $18
Manuel Machado $15
Carlos Correa $13
Corey Seager $7
Russell Martin $7
Michael Conforto $6
Aaron Judge $6
Kendrys Morales $3
Max Kepler-Rozycki $3
Kyle Tucker $1
Welington Castillo $1
Nori Aoki $1
Austin Meadows $1
Clint Frazier $1
Franklin Barreto $1
Clayton Kershaw $45
Madison Bumgarner $28
Scott Kazmir $14
Hisashi Iwakuma $10
Zachary Wheeler $9
Edinson Volquez $8
Ian Kennedy $8
Jose Berrios $8
Tyler Glasnow $5
Francisco Rodriguez $4
Ervin Santana $4
Yovani Gallardo $3
Kyle Zimmer $2
Brett Cecil $2
Robert Stephenson $1
Pat Neshek $1
Braden Shipley $1
J.A. Happ $1
Greg Holland $1
Lance Lynn $1
Brady Aiken $1
Yeah, I'd cut Holland if I wanted to add Span.
Anybody got a line on relatively deep sleepers at SP, especially for the first month of the season or so? The top FA pitchers are guys like Koehler and De La Rosa -- we have 5 SP spots, and a lot of teams end up using 4 or 5 of the bench spots for SPs as well, so pitching is extremely thin. My pitching staff is very weak, and I have Ryu and I assume Daniel Norris going on the DL, so I'm looking to take flyers on some guys and hope to at least stream them for decent starts.
Going to look into schedules myself when I have time, but figured maybe someone has an eye on some guys who are performing well in spring training and could be worth pinning a hope and a prayer on. I'm thinking about trying Volquez, who is solid anyways, and maybe Charlie Morton, out of an old, irrational habit from his days as my favorite Pirate.
Some SPs that I like late and feel you should look into include Joe Ross, Matt Moore, Rich Hill, Erasmo Ramirez, Jose Berrios (top prospect), Robbie Ray, Zach Wheeler (won't be back for a few months but is a good stash), Matt Wisler, Jesse Hahn, and maybe even Chase Anderson. I recommend you do your research and watch Fangraphs for articles and see what guys have a chance to break out and give you value. Hope I was able to help, best of luck!
Thanks! I should have been more specific and said we are a keeper league. All of those guys are currently on rosters, except Berrios, who I may try and stash, but I think I can wait until mid-May or so before making a decision about whether to do it.
I have Wisler, and am hopeful he'll be an under the radar surprise. Our league is basically really tapped out for pitching. The best add is probably Volquez, but I don't really want to bid too much and waste free agent money for later in the year... I'm going to try and add Eduardo Rogriguez for cheap, but he's also a DL-stash, so it doesn't help my problems.
Luckily my first few matchups are in my favor, so I don't want to overthink and add pitching just for the sake of it. But my depth is pretty bad: I have Kershaw, and then its Matz, Nola, Smyly, Wisler, Fister, and Gibson. My batters are really good- I'd say possibly league best from top to bottom, with Lucroy, Goldschmidt, Panik, C. Seager, K. Seager, Marte, McCutchen, Braun, and Polanco and Conforto at Util spots, with Ender Inciarte on the bench as a backup.
My general thinking though is that some cheap pitching points helps in the cold first 4 or 5 weeks, but maybe it's best to see who comes out of the gate strong, and hope to stream them and then get good news about Ryu.
You have a really strong offence for sure! Assuming it's head to head format, you should be able to win most of the batting categories most weeks. The key will be for you to win a pitching category or two to secure victories. To me, the easiest strategy will be stream and win K's (although Wisler and Fister and Gibson aren't big K guys) and hopefully also win another category or two like Wins or something. If I'm you, I would definitely grab Volquez for the K's and I'd probably grab Berrios too as he is already arguably the best twins starter and he will likely be up shortly after the super two-deadline. Stash him and give yourself a potential #2 fantasy starter for the future. He pitched a lot of innings last year too so he should come up to the majors without really any restrictions. At the very least, put Berrios on your watch list!
Beyond that, do your research on the available options! Rotoworld Forums is a great resource that I've used for a few years. They have a fantasy baseball talk section, lots of interesting names come up and for the most part there is good discussion.
Good luck!
I'm stashing Zack Wheeler. Should be back around the break.
Was offered Chris Archer and Jose Batista for Chris Sale and Gregory Polanco.
I'm a big fan of Sale, but I'm leaning towards yes on this deal. Thoughts?
I'm doing my first Baseball league this year.
Are there any basic things I need to know?
I'm stashing Zack Wheeler. Should be back around the break.
Was offered Chris Archer and Jose Batista for Chris Sale and Gregory Polanco.
I'm a big fan of Sale, but I'm leaning towards yes on this deal. Thoughts?
Have any of you taken part in a 20 team league before? Been asked by a friend of mine to join one he's setting up as the last team available. 3 keepers each. I've been in 12tm 30 man roster leagues. 14 teamers. But nothing beyond that. Is it fun or mostly frustrating?
Have any of you taken part in a 20 team league before? Been asked by a friend of mine to join one he's setting up as the last team available. 3 keepers each. I've been in 12tm 30 man roster leagues. 14 teamers. But nothing beyond that. Is it fun or mostly frustrating?
20 team leagues require a lot more luck, because whoever has the least injuries wins, because there are no good players available and I won't go back to them. I play in 2 10 team leagues and the bench sizes are 2-4 players and the GMs love it.It requires a lot more work, knowledge and skill. IMO, it's a lot more fun and I won't go back to 8 or 12 team leagues.
20 team leagues require a lot more luck, because whoever has the least injuries wins, because there are no good players available and I won't go back to them. I play in 2 10 team leagues and the bench sizes are 2-4 players and the GMs love it.