MLB Discussion Thread

[Brodeur]

Indians over the Rays? Seriously? The Rays have a better everything.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by Brodeur

Indians over the Rays? Seriously? The Rays have a better everything.

Their stadium is worse.

[fenikz]

Am I overrating the Giants by thinking they will be very close in the West and a wildcard winner?

NL
West: AZ
Central: CIN
East: PHI
WC: SF/STL

AL
West: LAA
Central: DET
East: NYY
WC: TEX/TB

[TheBoyWonder22]

I'm split on the Indians, Rays, and Jays. I just like them now better. This could blow up in my face, but I'm just feeling it and it's not only because Spring Training. It's just a well put together team for how much it's costing them and I'm looking forward to seeing it in action.

[Brodeur]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

Their stadium is worse.

Least they don't have that old annoyance hitting a drum for 3 hours.

[redbills]

Had my fantasy baseball draft yesterday thoughts? Will give +rep.

Scoring

Batters
Runs (R) 1
Singles (1B) 1
Doubles (2B) 2
Triples (3B) 3
Home Runs (HR) 4
Runs Batted In (RBI) 1
Stolen Bases (SB) 1
Walks (BB) 1
Hit By Pitch (HBP) 1

Pitchers
Wins (W) 7
Complete Games (CG) 1
Saves (SV) 3
Earned Runs (ER) -1
Strikeouts (K) 1
Perfect Games (PG) 10
Quality Starts (QS) 2


My teams

Starters
C - Carlos Santana
1B - Miguel Cabrera
2B - Dustin Ackley
SS - Dee Gordan
3B - Brett Lawrie
OF - Jacoby Ellsbury
OF - Curtis Granderson
OF - Desmond Jennings
UTIL - Jay Bruce

BENCH
C - Devin Mesoraco
2B - Jemile Weeks
SS - Erik Aybar
3B - Mike Moustakas
OF - Jason Hayward

Starters
SP - Matt Latos
SP - Micheal Pineda
SP - Jeremy Hellickson
SP - Johhny Cueto
RP - Jonathan Papelbon
RP - Heath Bell

BENCH
SP - Jaime Garcia
SP - Drew Pomeranz
RP - Brain Wilson
RP - Chris Perez
RP - Aroldis Chapmen

[MidwayMonster31]

Originally Posted by fenikz

Am I overrating the Giants by thinking they will be very close in the West and a wildcard winner?

I don't think so. Everything went to **** when Posey got hurt. They still have that starting pitching, but their bullpen will have to get back into form. I think Miami can take one of the wild cards in the NL, I agree with most of the other predictions.

[Giantsfan1080]

I like all those young bats you have but they might be inconsistent. If not you should do pretty well in those categories. Your pitching is weak though.

[holt_bruce81]

Chris carpenter going to see a neck specialist. NOOOOOOOO!!

[Bengals78]

Originally Posted by holt_bruce81

Chris carpenter going to see a neck specialist. NOOOOOOOO!!

I know. He should just hang it up

[Stash]

Cespedes went 2-2 with a BB, RBI single, and a solo HR in his ST debut. He drilled that HR:

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/vid...296&c_i d=oak

[OSUGiants17]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,4115284.story

Soler and Cubs close to deal

[marshallb]

Originally Posted by redbills

Had my fantasy baseball draft yesterday thoughts? Will give +rep.

Scoring

Batters
Runs (R) 1
Singles (1B) 1
Doubles (2B) 2
Triples (3B) 3
Home Runs (HR) 4
Runs Batted In (RBI) 1
Stolen Bases (SB) 1
Walks (BB) 1
Hit By Pitch (HBP) 1

Pitchers
Wins (W) 7
Complete Games (CG) 1
Saves (SV) 3
Earned Runs (ER) -1
Strikeouts (K) 1
Perfect Games (PG) 10
Quality Starts (QS) 2


My teams

Starters
C - Carlos Santana
1B - Miguel Cabrera
2B - Dustin Ackley
SS - Dee Gordan
3B - Brett Lawrie
OF - Jacoby Ellsbury
OF - Curtis Granderson
OF - Desmond Jennings
UTIL - Jay Bruce

BENCH
C - Devin Mesoraco
2B - Jemile Weeks
SS - Erik Aybar
3B - Mike Moustakas
OF - Jason Hayward

Starters
SP - Matt Latos
SP - Micheal Pineda
SP - Jeremy Hellickson
SP - Johhny Cueto
RP - Jonathan Papelbon
RP - Heath Bell

BENCH
SP - Jaime Garcia
SP - Drew Pomeranz
RP - Brain Wilson
RP - Chris Perez
RP - Aroldis Chapmen

How many teams? Please always list number of teams when asking for thoughts on a fantasy team. If that's 14 teams that's an amazing team. If it's only 8 teams, it's just solid, because every 8 team league team looks damn good so it's hard to judge.

Anyways, without that info all I can give you is that you're relying on a lot of young players to produce which is always a bit of a hazard in fantasy, especially if it's not a keeper. If it's a keeper, then you're set up very, very well for a long time. If not, then the fact that those guys are young and on the upswing means nothing as the only thing that matters is what they do this year.

[redbills]

Originally Posted by marshallb

How many teams? Please always list number of teams when asking for thoughts on a fantasy team. If that's 14 teams that's an amazing team. If it's only 8 teams, it's just solid, because every 8 team league team looks damn good so it's hard to judge.

Anyways, without that info all I can give you is that you're relying on a lot of young players to produce which is always a bit of a hazard in fantasy, especially if it's not a keeper. If it's a keeper, then you're set up very, very well for a long time. If not, then the fact that those guys are young and on the upswing means nothing as the only thing that matters is what they do this year.

10 teams.

Thanks.

[fenikz]

C Carlos Santana
1B Prince Fielder
2B Howard Kendrick
3B Michael Young
SS Elvis Andrus
2B/SS Emilio Bonifacio
1B/3B Mark Teixeria
OF Ryan Braun
OF Desmond Jennings
OF Logan Morrison
OF Martin Prado
OF Jason Kubel
Util Paul Goldschimdt
BN Matt Joyce(OF), Mike Carp(1B/OF), Jose Altuve(SS)
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SP Stephen Strasburg, Madison Bumgarner, Cory Luebke, Doug Fister, Vance Worley
RP Andrew Bailey, Brandon League, Daniel Bard, Sergio Santos

10 teams, normal stats

Opinions?

[Stash]

^^I'm pretty sure Boston is converting Bard to a starter.

[Brodeur]

Paul Goldschmidt wins you that league.

[fenikz]

Originally Posted by Stash

^^I'm pretty sure Boston is converting Bard to a starter.

rp eligible though

[Stash]

Originally Posted by fenikz

rp eligible though

Would it really be beneficial to use a SP in a RP slot?

[fenikz]

I guess if everyone is starting the same day

[ATLDirtyBirds]

ESPN or Yahoo for Fantasy?

[Prowler]

I stick to yahoo because standard ESPN scoring has 1b/3b, 2b/ss, 5 outfielders, etc. I know you can customize your settings in a private league, but I'm too used to yahoo. I don't like going 16-20 deep at SS...

[ATLDirtyBirds]

Originally Posted by Prowler

I stick to yahoo because standard ESPN scoring has 1b/3b, 2b/ss, 5 outfielders, etc. I know you can customize your settings in a private league, but I'm too used to yahoo. I don't like going 16-20 deep at SS...

This is a good point. The ESPN league I'm currently signed up for has a spot of 2B, SS, 2B/SS, 2B/SS. Can't find a damn 6x6 league that I like though for Yahoo.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ATLDirtyBirds

This is a good point. The ESPN league I'm currently signed up for has a spot of 2B, SS, 2B/SS, 2B/SS. Can't find a damn 6x6 league that I like though for Yahoo.

I might be able to secure some invites for people to my main league that a friend of mine runs. He'd have to approve it though. We're aiming for 16 teams, 4 divisions, each division winner and 2 wildcards making it to the playoffs. Its a super competitive league of mostly daily players. I think it's only like $15 entry though and he accepts paypal. We do R, H, HR, RBI, SB, BB, AVG vs W SV H BB K ERA WHIP so its even 7-7 batting/pitching and helps up the value of OBP guys.

[ATLDirtyBirds]

Meh, I'd have to set up Paypal and that just seems like too much for my lazy self. I was able to find a decent Yahoo one for this afternoon.


Anyone down for a DC league? Yahoo, 6X6, H2H, draft Sunday?