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daweasle

Ok I have the 8 and 17(and every 9 after that) picks in my AL Only league here's a quick rundown of the available players i can take up to 9 players today if i want but i would have to start dropping guys on my current list afer that looking for your inputs on my overall rankings of these guys. (I h...

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As for creating values - just do this in excel figure out the player pool: 8 teams X 2 catcher - 16 catchers 8 teams X 3 corner infielders - 24 CI 8 teams X 3 Middle infielders - 24 MI etc once you figure out the player pool - takethe normal mastersball projections and sort in descnding value by AL ...

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REGARDING: For an AL only league compared to mixed league is it more beneficial to have a balanced lineup rather than having a few big names and then having to have a few terrible borderline benhc players. It is best to make a good list of vauations and then get the most guys you can get under value...

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actually the studs hitters went for about 2.25 times the prices you have listed and the pitchers went for about 1.6 times the price you have listed but my inflation was different......we can keep guys at certain values but no one has a joey votto for $0 or similar to that. my best keeper was vmart a...

daweasle

I had my auction last week with 16 team mixed keeper league and most of those studs you have there went for a little over twice the price you have listed.

daweasle

lots of people will disagree with me on this but I think when you're dealing with a second/third round early pick you should be getting solid performance with few question marks. In this case I will site that :arrow: if you feel compelled to take a 3B at third round :arrow: - you must get youkilis i...

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I see a couple guys not sure why they are missing but definitely belong on this list: Carlos Santana - Catcher - likely will not be on opening day roster but should be near the top of this list. Dayan Viciedo corner infield white sox - konerko cant go on forever and beckham is ???? Matt Tuiasosopo -...

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I don't know how many years you've done this league - but I am sure you will notice that pitching is super shallow in this league. I would focus on players at shallow positions for a 12 team league for the first 7-8 rounds. and worry about the pitching in rounds 8 9 10 etc if I were picking for your...

daweasle

someone will probably push pujols and hanley ramirez over around 75-80 dollars (maybe more)

but you can laugh all the way to the bank knowing they just spent 25-30% of their budget on one player

daweasle

definitely need to take those 4 Middle infielders into account. add 12-15% to your current budget - especially to shortstops as 2B is a little deeper (maybe add 15% to SS and 13% to 2B)

daweasle

obviously ruiz is already 30 years old - and not really considered a top prospect but these past three years numbers show he has improved whatever held him back. and as far as I see the only thing between him and consistent playing time is jose bautista and lyle overbay (overbay can't hit lefties, a...

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I just saw Lyle Overbay limping off the field with some type of groin injury or knee not sure which. I am curious - if Overbay were out for a significant time (even the first two weeks) do you think Randy Ruiz would be the primary 1B? I like this guy and want to use him in my corner infielder spot -...

daweasle

there is another important factor no one really mentioned here It's the 891 factor In the AL - the DH means you can make your #9 hitter a marco scutaro/kinda optional leadoff hitter - someone with speed who gets on base....maybe steals a bag etc In the NL - the Pitcher hitting is the biggest differe...

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1 hanley

2 tulowitzki
3 rollins

4 jeter
5 reyes

6 alexei ramirez
7 miguel tejada
8 yunel escobar
9 jason bartlett
10 Asdrubal Cabrera

daweasle

According to the LA Times, Ronnie Belliard stepped on the scale Thursday and weighed in at 208 pounds, which activated his one-year $825,000 contract.

daweasle

I also love the fact that you reminded me it's only 9 teams. I always think it's going to be deeper than it turn out to be and a handful of decent players go for $2-3 at the end.

Those are the guys I love to end up with cause if they have a decent season I can keep them forever at that price.

daweasle

yes it is $260 I can keep any number from 1-15 players. I agree with you assessment on the lower tier pitchers and I was kind of hoping someone could convince someone on that list was worth a roster spot. as for belliard - he is eligible at 2B only. of course withstats like he will put up I would pr...

daweasle

This is my potential keeper list in my 9 tm NL Only league - I think it's a very good keeper list - and should be competitive if I have a decent/good draft. I have to narrow this down to 15 players - ronnie belliard I am on the fence - but with the crap at the bottom of my pitching list belliard mig...

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i HAVE TO PAREDOWN KEEPERS LIST SOON - LOOKING FOR INPUTS. This league is 9 teams AL Only- it's a league where if you have a rookie on your minors list, you can call him up and keep him for 7-8 bucks forever. (how i got carl crawford and vernon wells for example at their prices) If you add a guy who...

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Ok here's the list - anyone intriguing to you? My first idea is to add mike lowell in hopes he gets traded to florida or elsewhere. assuming he doesn't get traded - casey mcgehee is the best guy I can find who is guaranteed playing time - and since he also has middle infielder elig - that adds to hi...

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in regards to the closers - (punting saves) It is a head to head weekly matchup with the following categories: W L SV ERA WHIP IP QS K A decent-good starter can get you 1W 4-6Ks 1QS and 6-7 IP if he has one start that week - or double that if he has two starts A closer can only get you 2-3 SV 3-4 K ...

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Homer Bailey
Bronson Arroyo
Kevin Corriea

one (or more) of those guys are easily droppable -
which one would you get rid of first? (to pick up best available third baseman)

daweasle

Man oh man - I woke up with a headache/hangover and barely remember the night before - as the clouds started to go away it dawned on me that I spent last night at the bar - doing my baseball auction. Turns out I was drunk enough to really screw it up. It is a 16 team mixed H2H - I punted saves, and ...

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1. Alex Rodriguez
2. David Wright
3. Evan Longoria

4. Kevin Youkilis
5. Mark Reynolds
6. Pablo Sandoval
7. Ryan Zimmerman
8. Aramis Ramirez

9. Chone Figgins - (add 2B elig he moves up my list)
10. Mike Young

daweasle

just use excel to modify mastersball projections by creating a formula. I could help you if you are not real familiar with excel it's pretty easy to create a formula that will do all the computation for you. Then toss in an ADP from a board like mock draft central and sort by total points projected....

daweasle

I think teixeira is the right pick because of the OBP & 2 first baseman rule. The OBP rule and the 2 1B rule makes me think you should be dreaming of adam dunn/joey votto/adrian gonzales is there for you either at 20 or 28. That would be a huge stable to your OBP if you had teix and one of those...

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I really wish I was in this league I have put so much thought into it now I think I would do very well. And I totally disagree with allston that it's not worth the time to calculate inflation. I could do it in excel in 20 minutes - send me your email and I will run it for you on sunday or monday. (I...

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ok I think I am getting closer now. in roto - stats are cumulative - over the whole season - so if I use replacement player for weeks 1-5 and he gives me a 250 BAVG and 1 HR that will actually hurt my team over the whole season. But in head to head - stats are weekly - so I could go 2-3 (W-L) or eve...

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Curious if you think there is a difference in H2H vs ROTO when drafting an injured HITTER For the purpose of this I am using Carlos Beltran as an example If I draft beltran in a roto league - he will only help me for 5/6 of the season and depending on his production, he may only help me a bit at fir...

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just an idea of how to do the projections - maybe someone can chime with recommendations to make it more accurate but i think this is pretty good. You start with the 15 tm mixed salary $$ values on the normal projection set. normally - that would be eerily similar to 16 team projections. especially ...

daweasle

I definitely do not think it's a good idea to use 10 tm projections as a valuation for auction dollars. There are too many variables: First - position scarcity in a 10 tm vice a 16 tm is hugely different Second - category scarcity in a 10 tm vice a 16 tm is hugely different Third - You have to facto...

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I tried this strategy one year (2008) where I thought everyone always goes big bats and overlooks pitching - I will buck the trend and try to dominate pitching and then get the best bats left over. final result - several of my pitchers got hurt, a couple blew up their ERAs to all time highs and my f...

daweasle

curious if this draft happened yet ?? when is the draft? couple questions. 1. do you know the draft order of the serpentine draft?(IE do you have the first pick last pick etc?) 2. do you have keepers or redraft for next year? I would think if you planned something certain - you could cause some weir...

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I dont know how most people feel about this - but I think batting average is a stat you can play with more than normal. in a season long approach - having two or three guys like adam dunn or carlos pena or danny uggla - that will significantly hurt your batting average over the season. But in a week...

daweasle

my recommendation is make an excel spreadsheet or even use something like microsoft outlook calendar (reminders) and set up a few rules now (So for example - every first saturday of the month I get a reminder to send in my monthly FAAB pickups for my AL Only league) And every saturday i get a remind...

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I love the pitching staff. Javier Vazquez, Josh Beckett, Brandon Webb, Rich Harden, Erik Bedard, Justin Dutchscherer That is six chances of having STUD ACES. knock on wood - if just 4 of them can stay healthy - you will have one of the best pitching staffs in the league. If all six were healthy - yo...

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so todd is that to say 16 team mixed league - i walk out of the draft with a 8 man pitching staff of Ryan Dempster Scott Baker Randy Wolf Jered Weaver James Shields Jair Jurrjens and two mediocre-average closers I don't need any sabathia type studs and I can make top four in pitching with this staff...

daweasle

Just an interesting idea I was having and thought I would post it and see what you guys think. I am using purely mastersball projections to deomnstrate an example of something here - I want your opinion on which is the better pitching staff? STAFF A Johan Santana - $25 Cliff Lee - $20 Randy Wells - ...

daweasle

Being competitive in sb's probably would not cost you much.

the only way this sometimes can hurt you is if you get a guy who value is based solely on his SB (like juan pierre) his OPS and lack of doubles and that type of stuff can hurt your team by not providing offensive support.

daweasle

Well, in regards to - does anyone go with extreme relievers and such.....some folks try that route, and it works ok - except that you must have a minimum of 20 IP for the week, so every pitcher you have must average at least 2-3 innings. (8 pitchers on roster with no bench and no reserves) I would l...

daweasle

How do I access this zola article?
(can someone post a link or something?)

Also - there used to be hundreds of awesome articles here somewhere and now I can't find them.

(like for examples winning tendencies and such)

daweasle

How do I access this zola article?
(can someone post a link or something?)

Also - there used to be hundreds of awesome articles here somewhere and now I can't find them.

(like for examples winning tendencies and such)

daweasle

don't be fooled by the fact that you are taking so many pitchers compared to hitters. The fact that this is 12 teams - AL only - means that every starter on every team will be rostered (hitters) things to note from roster composition - Catcher valuations are gonna be way off - because most leagues h...

daweasle

as for when do i take pitchers - i take any #1 pitcher i can get for between 8-11 dollars, twice. and i take any other pitcher who i get crickets on for $1 This is something I try to do - somewhat unsuccessfully but whatever it's been working ok so far: I rank the top 80 Starting pitchers (16 teams ...

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weekly head to head standings by year

2009 16-5
2008 14-7
2007 - data not available
2006 15-6

so you can see i always make the head to head playoffs and always fell like i should be a cometitor but in the playoffs i have lost in the first or second round every year for 5-6 years now

daweasle

regarding myweekly head to head matchup - I usually win 10-6 or 11-5 or sometimes close 9-7, but i win almost every single week. (last year i was like 15-6 in weekly head to head) so every week i lose saves, i lose SB and i lose losses(by pitchers) every week I win wins, i win IP, i usually win KKs ...

daweasle

OK I have tried the same thing for like 4-5 yrs in a row and every year I know it's the right thing to do but I still do the same thing next year and I still know it's the right thing to do so I do it again. but for 4 out the last five years I have not finished in the money. I NEED HELP. Here's the ...

daweasle

hmm if I were going all NL then all AL - I would think there's a major advantage to be reviewed. I see #2 is hanley with no questions asked - but I would think if you wanted to fill up on power NL pitchers in mid-rounds and a couple of decent closers in the late rounds, you could focus on hitters in...

daweasle

my opinion on the one idea you mentioned - you mentioned that in the late game you like to pickup wiley veterans with a starting spot to fill in for your oft-injured players.

keep in mind if the guy is there in the late part of the draft - he might just be there on the waiver wire.

daweasle

realistic guesses on the five players in question: cabrera - 85 texieira - 88 utley -82 holiday - 68 vmart - 44 based on thinking of it that way - makes me wonder if I should go cabrera and teixeira to get two players way under value. I just wish I had saved some cheap players to add to texi and mig...

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without reading all the other posts, i immediately clicked helpful, but looking back on it now - after reading other posts - I wish i could change my vote the more crap i have to sift thru during my auction/draft the worse for me. I want to know how I am doing and let everyone else do there own thin...

daweasle

First of all it is great to be back on mastersball for the first time in years. I already got the projections and look forward to putting them to use in my usual two leagues. IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE SITE UP. Here's my league info: 16 teams, both AL/NL (we get $300 to draft vice the normal $260) We ha...

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One trapa lot of players fall into is focusing for a week on their first pick and overthinking that for a week. Focus on your overall gameplan - focus on the fact that you have hits -obp and avg all as categories. don't worry too much about the first 3-4 rounds cause you take the best player availab...

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This is an interesting idea I have seen used (used it myself) Figure out who you think is a player you would love to get stuck with for $1 late in the draft - and throw him out early in the draft If for example - you think matt weiters is a catcher you'd love to get caught with for $1 - odds are som...

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