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NL only 5x5. I could pick up either guy this evening as an IL replacement and then I'd want to keep him all year to upgrade somebody else. Who do you think has more 2023 value? Thanks.

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Is he worth adding in an NL-only 5x5 with 11 batters per team? (The league does not have the usual 14 batters - only 4 OFs, 4 INFs, 1 C, & 2 Util). Seems like there's only direction for him to go after such a hot start and that playing time may be an issue, but on the other hand if it's the star...

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Thanks, big kid. And no, Captain, we have no minor leaguers in this league (not at the draft and not during the year). The league is also not big on trading, with maybe one or two trades per year total, but I'll look at other rosters. Maybe there's a win-win possibility where I give up a couple of g...

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5x5 NL only. A few rules: 11 hitters including only 1 catcher, 7 pitchers (no more than 2 SP can be kept, and staff must have at least 4 SP and 2 RP), and dynasty with a twist - while any one or two players can be kept indefinitely, there is a point max prohibiting keeping three or more indefinitely...

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In my last reply I actually confused Addison Reed with Addison Russell . (I have an excuse - our draft went past midnight last night and the last thing we had was our minor league draft, though I did wonder why you were including a minor leaguer in your possible keepers. Sorry for the mixup.) With t...

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Agree. I'd toss Reed back. With Hosmer's expected numbers and half of the other top 1B being kept, it seems like a good idea to keep him, and then Moore + Anderson give you the chance of some strong & cheap SP.

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I am in the EXACT same boat as you, complete with McCarthy, Cobb, Morales, and now only 4 SP's with Morales out of the rotation. My league's a 4x4, so the lack of a starter is not as important due to no Ks category, and McCarthy will hopefully return soon, at which point I'll probably drop Cobb beca...

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No, we don't have any of that. Our 7 pitchers stay active all the time. With that, what do you think? Thanks.

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Need to replace Gee, in a 5x5 NL league with 9 teams. I'm 8th in K's and tied for 6th in wins (1st in the other pitching categories and second place overall), so I'd prefer a starter. We only have 7 pitchers on our staffs, so another reliever would really keep me down in wins and Ks. Best available ...

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Need to drop an OF in order to activate Cody Ross. AL-only 4x4, all categories tight. Due to injuries, have picked up the following four guys over the past few weeks. Which would you drop?
Berry
Gentry
Moss
Saunders

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Yeah, just noticed that. Maybe they'll send Martin right back down, if Hamilton recovers right away after some IV fluids, in order to bring up Grimm. If so, for my sake I hope they do it before 12:30 tomorrow. Thanks again.

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Interesting. We have a daily transaction deadline of 12:30, so if Uehara is officially put on the DL by then (that's the guy I'll be replacing) and Grimm officially recalled by then - then I could claim Grimm for the favorable-looking matchup against Houston. Grimm's at AA Texas League and having a ...

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Big Kid, I included some relievers in there - would you take Collins, Herrera, or O'Day over Cobb? I normally don't chase wins, either, and value middle relievers when the starting options aren't great (learned that from some guy named Todd). But right now I've got four starters, Frieri, and three s...

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It's a 9 teamer to answer your other question, but as you know lots of guys are on the DL. Tim Collins and the newly promoted Erasmo Ramirez are also available. Based on MB ROS values, top guys available are Cobb, Hutchison, Herrera, and O'Day. Just wondering if you've got a preference or would wait...

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Limited transactions, old style rules. I'd be putting off picking up Oswalt until Texas brings him up.

Best available relievers are O'Day and Herrera.

Thank you both, and with that extra info would you take Cobb, Herrera, Hutchison, O'Day, or wait on Oswalt?

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AL 4x4. I've got a pitcher about to go on the DL and would like to replace him with a starter (wins are a four-way dogfight, I'm good in ERA/WHIP). Best available are Cobb and Hutchison. Whom do you prefer? If Oswalt's AAA start goes well this Sunday (I know his first three minor league starts have ...

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Hello MBallers,

5x5 NL-only 9 team league, with 5 keepers per team. We can keep players forever. It's a one-catcher league. I will have the second pick. Whom do you recommend as the top 2 of these possibilities:

Dee Gordon
Buster Posey
Jimmy Rollins
Rickie Weeks

Thanks!

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Hello Masterballers, Any advice specific to switching from a spread the wealth strategy to a stars and scrubs one? For background, I have always followed a spread the wealth strategy, most recently in a pretty extreme way. I've not spent more than $24 on any player for the past few years, for exampl...

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NL-only 9 team 5x5. Draft, with long-term keepers. Only 7 pitching spots and only 4 OF spots. A total of 18 roster spots (others being C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, MI and UT). We can keep only 5, including no more than 2 SP. I think my first four keepers are set: Kimbrel, McCutchen, Stanton, and Pence. For th...

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Which "H-U" starter do you prefer, in an AL-only 4x4, Huff or Hughes? Am thinking of claiming Huff before his start against the Twins tomorrow, after which he should get at least a few more starts with Carrasco on the DL and then serving a suspension. But it looks like Hughes may hang arou...

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Well the week to pick up Beavan was last week........BUT while he won't be good that week (two home starts will always be nice), I think he will continue to be a pitcher you want to run out there. That's for sure. He was not keepable, and the team that waived him is playing for next year and had no...

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Beavan is on the waiver wire in our AL-only 4x4 league. I see an excellent Mastersball value for him of $12 and that he had his fifth straight good start yesterday (8 IP, 8H, 1 ER, 0 BB), this one against the Angels. My question is how likely you think it is he can keep it up, in light of his Triple...

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AL-only 4x4, limited transactions, with every pitching category tight. Wondering whether to cut Colon. I've got a bad feeling about Colon at Fenway tomorrow (versus Lester). He's done okay twice versus the Red Sox this year and done pretty well in his last two starts (though he labored to finish 5 i...

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Yes, Crain is available and apparently part of a committee of sorts with Santos struggling lately. Thanks.

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Thank you both. Trav, interesting point on the Rays upgrading. Funny to think of them (as compared to the Yankees or Red Sox) dealing for this year, but they certainly can with the strength of their system. My other corners are Ortiz, Butler, and Reynolds, so I'm in decent shape there. I may look to...

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In an AL 4x4 with limited transactions, I need to decide by Monday whether to keep Kotchman, who I picked up when Derrek Lee went on the DL, or to waive him and activate Lee. Before the year began, it would've been obvious to keep Lee over Kotchman, but now Kotchman is playing regularly and hitting ...

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Looks like Bartolo's headed for the DL, so I'm looking for a replacement in my AL-only 4x4. I'm currently first in wins, ERA and WHIP, but fourth and falling in saves. Starters and next in line closers are pretty picked over . . . what can anybody tell me about Oakland's Moscoso? He's got the highes...

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Thank you both very much. It turns out I have until Monday the 18th to decide - more time to see how Hughes and Benoit/Fuentes/Ogando shake out or to try to swing a trade.

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I need to waive somebody by next Monday in order to activate (or lose) Jeremy Hellickson (kept as a minor leaguer from last year's draft). AL-only 4x4. Below are names & prices for my staff (I concentrated my spending on hitting). All could be kept at these same prices through 2013, except Buchh...

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Thought you probably meant that, but wanted to be sure.

If I do that, I'll be full at OF because the league only has 4 OF spots, but I guess that doesn't matter.

Latos was supposed to throw today, so I'll try to wait and see how that goes (though my keeper list is already overdue).

Thanks again

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Which top 5 do you mean, Big Kid? Thanks

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Can keep up to 5 in a 9-team NL-only 5x5 draft format. Players can be kept forever (eventually there's a limit as to how many total years kept, but I'm nowhere near the limit). Only 7 P's, 4 OF's, and 1 C. Choices: OF Pence OF McCutchen OF Stanton OF Pagan 2B Johnson SS Desmond C Montero SP Latos SP...

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Thank you both - that's how I was leaning before starting to overthink it recently. The prices are so low because I spent much of last year playing for next (this) year. Only Butler, Jones, Hughes, Niemann, and Bedard were acquired at last year's auction; the rest were via several trades.

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Hello all, Can keep up to 10 in a 9 team AL-only 4x4 with the traditional 23 roster spots. Below are my top twelve values. I've also got Hellickson as a minor leaguers, which means another SP. Which 2 would you not keep? 1B/DH Billy Butler $17 2B Aaron Hill $5 2B Gordon Beckham $5 SS Cliff Penningto...

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A tough call, Big Kid. Coincidentally, I could also keep him at $24, in what would be his second year of a possible three, in a 9-team AL-only 4x4. In my league many of the best OF will likely be kept, based on their price and their owners' past practice (out of the top 4 MB tiers, the only ones lik...

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I guess I'm in the minority here about Kia at $9, but I see 1B in the AL as deeper this year than the past couple of years. Gonzo, Dunn, and D. Lee are new to the league, while Pena and Overbay have left, a major upgrade. You mention Gonzo, Dunn, and Tex being available but for big $. How about Cabr...

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1) AL only 9 team auction, 4x4, standard 23 players, up to 10 keepers (no minimum #) for up to 3 years, no reserves, draft 3 minor leaguers, limited transactions (can only replace those who are officially DL'd or sent to minors), league in existence with same rules since 1990 2) NL only 9 team draft...

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How many teams are in your league? Depending on the size of the league, you might be relatively sure of getting him back at under $9.

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Fantastic. Some of them have been saved in the only league of mine with minor leaguers, but most have not. Great tips.

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Thanks for the AFL notes, Perry. As a Michael Taylor owner, I especially like your first one.

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Including last night's, 3 of his last 4 starts have been great, and the other was ok & better than his most of his first 5.

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Thank you both. Glad it was a good question.

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AL-only 4x4. Picked up Blalock this week when a guy got sent to minors, and he could be in a good position in Tampa Bay. Hafner is on this week's waiver wire, and I have priority. I'd have to waive Blalock, though, with Ortiz/Beltre/Butler already at dh/1b/3b and no bench in this league. Which guy d...

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I agree with you as to both situations. I actually touted Kotchman on a "who will breakout" thread on this site a couple of months ago, thinking it was finally his time, with regular playing time and hitting behind Ichiro and Figgins, but he is just not getting it done. Escobar is on the w...

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Thanks a lot for the Wandy thoughts. I like the alternative ideas with either Broxton for Haren/Jimenez or Qualls for Garcia. Wins category is very tight; I should gain 3 points with a fifth starter, maybe more. With K's, 2 points are within reach. So 5 or more points from the extra starter are like...

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True story - I dropped out of an NL league after last season ended, dropped back in this March, and did not realize the league had voted to switch from a 4x4 to a 5x5. We have only 7 pitchers per team, and I drafted 3 closers. I now have a comfortable lead in Saves but am short on K's and W's (thoug...

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Mastersball felt pretty good about him before the season began, too, with a projected 3.685 ERA, 1.235 WHIP, and $15 AL 4x4 value. I got him for $4 and felt pretty good about it leaving the draft!

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Yep, that's what's left, except Olivo - I overlooked him in my post. Also off the board are McCann, Martin, Soto, B. Molina, Y. Molina, Doumit, Baker, and Iannetta.

Would you take Olivo, playing more than half the time but sharing some with Iannetta, over Snyder?

Thanks!

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As an unfortunate Miguel Montero owner, I need a new catcher in an NL-only 5x5. It's a one-catcher 9-team league, luckily, so there are numerous catchers available. My question is whether increased playing time for Chris Snyder makes him more valuable than the others. He's certainly having a good da...

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[/quote] Neither. You draft the fifth player after round 4 of the draft Sorry, but I need clarification on that If every team HAS to keep at least four players are those what is considered rounds 1-4? If that is the case then some teams have picks in round 5 while others don't? so "round 5"...

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Answers to your questions: 1) What are the positions of the 11 hitters? C, 1B, 3B, 2B, SS, 4 OF's, 1 any position UT & 1 non-OF UT 2) Do you draft reserves? No 3) Since you don't mention salary/round, I have to presume that is irrlevant Right. (Salary is bumped by 1 point each year they are kept...

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Hello all, In an NL 4x4, we can keep 5 (minimum of 4), and we can keep them indefinitely (up to a point, a hard-to-explain rule that does not affect me because my team is still pretty new). Only 18 roster spots, including 11 hitters and 7 pitchers (4 SP, 2 RP, 1 any). My top three seem to be Broxton...

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I agree on Shoppach. In a 9-team AL-only, I'm probably keeping Napoli at $5 and Shoppach at $6 ($11 total) because, with Mauer, Martinez, and Suzuki likely going to be kept in our league (and maybe Posada and Pierzynski, too), there's not that much left.

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Casey Kotchman Mostly a gut feeling. Sometimes I find myself "corroborating" my gut feelings by selectively remembering information. For example, I know I read somewhere recently that Safeco's right field might play well for Kotchman, allowing more homers than predicted. Because I already ...

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By "DH league" I meant an AL league requiring a qualifying DH as opposed to a league with a UT spot. So in such a league Borbon might be a way to have some speed at a position where nobody has any, and his other categories look pretty good as well. That trick - putting an OF with speed at ...

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Eligible at DH (23 games) as well as OF (20 games) if you're in a DH league. The DH ranks are pretty thin this year.

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I have the option of taking Nolan Reimold to complete a deal, in a 4x4 league. I'd return either Pat Burrell or Vernon Wells. Burrell has still not caught fire, and Wells has been worse than awful lately. Would you take Reimold over either guy and, if so, which one? Thanks.

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Todd, Howell and Izzy are both available in my league, while Wheeler and Balfour are taken. We have limited transactions, and I have an open spot, though as you say predicting what'll happen with the Rays is a crapshoot. Izzy's only pitched 2 innings since joining the club, and Maddon's quoted as ba...

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Hello all, AL 4x4 with limited transactions. Josh Anderson on this week's wire. Do you think he's likely to earn more than Ryan Sweeney? My thoughts are that his SB potential is tempting and that his BA should be similar to Sweeney, making him an upgrade over Sweeney if he has a decent amount of pla...

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Thanks a lot, Todd! 900 IP minimum, which is not hard to reach. Keeper league, though trades can be hard to come by. Last year there was a 6-way race as of the trade deadline, making it hard to find trading partners. Which reliever would you take out of Howell, Dotel, Cruz, Casilla? (Other available...

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Hello all, AL-only 4x4, with limited transactions. I need to replace Ervin Santana. I have a good offense, but my staff is light on starters, with, in addition to Santana: Beckett Blackburn Wakefield (Porcello - on minor league roster & must be activated by 4/20 or lost) --------- Francisco Zieg...

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