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Once you have decided to commit that much, it is better to overpay than just miss. I'm not saying it will work out but at least you have some temporary happiness.

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I agree that the silly little resume is much more important

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It seems there is a Cliff Lee every season in large mixed leagues. Some pitcher who goes undrafted [or is at best an afterthought] who goes on to lead teams to fantasy titles. Who are this season's early candidates or is this a year without a Cliff Lee Trophy winner?

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How he projects may not be as important as how much better he is than the player he replaces on your specific team and how he compares to current and future options. In my two redraft AL-only leagues he is available in both. They both require a player to be on the teams active roster to be drafted s...

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any progress?

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his potential value is shot to hell but his immediate impact maybe be for the positive. Zero is better than minus. I admit that I have pretty much never liked Zambrano

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I only skimmed the game score post mostly because it looked to be all but impossible to keep track of the 30 or so different pitchers I have. I admit I am looking for something that can be determined without the need of a spreadsheet with a long formula. I determined my formula about 3 days into the...

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I've been messing around with this for about three weeks. I want to get a means of rating each pitchers starts in an effort to see who is doing weell fantasy-wise. In leagues like the NFBC, you typically have options each week and making the right ones helps. I don't see this as being the same as wh...

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Suddenly the Nats may be the best team in the Washington/Baltimore area. And then I see that Marquis & Batista have given up 10 runs in the top of the first and they still have but one out. My boss is at the game today. I went yesterday. I did better. It's only middle 50s with a cold wind. The s...

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Rotoworld Rangers manager Ron Washington said Sunday that Neftali Feliz will serve as the team's temporary closer. Washington also said that the plan is for Frank Francisco to return to closing at some point, but did not say when. If Feliz is still available, this is an excellent time to pick him up...

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Our league has an odd draft pattern. I had the 10 pick [10-team league] and the first pick in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds. My first two picks were Tulowitzki & Wright. To start the 3rd round I wanted to taken Haren but he went two picks earlier. I was faced with a Votto or Adrian decision and ch...

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In my Dynasty League after Nathan went down, I dealt Frankie for Dempster to the Nathan owner who approached me. One of us is happy. The other less so.

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Probably best a question for PVH and the Zen-master I have Tim Beckham in a Dynasty league. Right now, I also have Scott Sizemore & Cliff Pennington on my roster as young players. My regular starting MIs are Kinsler, Theriot & Bartlett. The more I think about it, I feel that Beckham is reall...

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it is a redraft league. I do have Leake in my Dynasty league however.

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In my NL-only league, the draft is over but I have an interesting question for you all to mull. How much would you discount Adrian Gonzalez if your league's rules stated that you do not get statistics for a player traded out of the league. There has been much talk that Adrian could be dealt in July....

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In an NL-only league with no bnech would you release Doug Davie, Kyle Lohse or J.Hammel for the rookie Mike Leake? Someone will make that move tonight is he is activated before 10pm of tomorrow after his first start. Standard 5 hitting categories in the 10-team league. This league has waiver run nig...

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I am pleasantly surprised at what the Nats have done at short. Desmond is their future at that position and the Nats management decided that money being paid to a reserve was a small price to pay top actually put forward their best option at a position. They need a major league caliber RFer but that...

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He was just a captain who became president. Eventually he went with the First Ones beyond the rim. From a sci-fi point of view, I feel that Babylon 5 and Buffy were the two best sci-fi TV series ever.

But back to baseball.

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one man's opinion - memorex

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I am in a 10-team straight NL-only draft at 8am tomorrow. You can only draft players on the 25-man roster or DL'ed players like Webb. No Possy, Strasburg, Chapman, Leake [not up yet] nor Storen can be drafted. There is no bench to stash anyone. Stats are retroactive for week one. There may or may no...

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very solid article for a criminal from krypton

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I read your question wrong. I thought you were offered a closer for Ortiz not the other way. Stiil, If I had Ortiz, I would keep him. But I would not trade to get him either. Of course, I just about never make any trades the first month of the season.

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and how does a third extra closer help? It is way to early to consider almost any trade that isn't lopsided in your favor. I wonder how many fantasy leagues were lost by owners who gave up on Ortiz last season. Also, how many wee won by those who got Ortiz at the halfway point. Personally, Ortiz sca...

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I always subscribe to Rotoworld's Season Pass. They seem to have it and I think it is coirrect. Leake is actually not on the 25-man roster yet and they don't show him there either. I asked because I draft in an NL only league next Friday. It is a 10-team straight draft but only players on the 25-man...

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I'm looking for a place which has all the official 25-man rosters. I would like it today. Many places will have it later this week but I would really like it today. Thanks.

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greg just responded to a post in the NFBC forum. Essentially he said they want to make sure it is correct and that it will be out tonight.

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I agree on Lohse from that list.

another alternative is to check out 2-start pitchers once the season gets underway. The first week they will all be studs who were drafted with maybe a really poor exception. Searching for 2-start pitchers is part of managing pitching.

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If that happens, an email to Greg will let you correct the obvious error. In fact, you will probably get an email from Greg asking if you are still sane - assuming that was true in the first place. j/k :lol: :lol: In my case, he will ask if I had a senior moment. This has actually happened in the pa...

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Also, the FAAB list is supposed to be frozen at 7am Sunday. The time has passed. This means you don't have to check several times on Sunday to see if a last minute FA has been called up. This was a major bone on contention until this rules was put in place. There always seemed to be a 6:30pm callup ...

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8pm EST.

In theory you can place bids up until then BUT I would suggest you have them all in by 7:30. I would alos suggest a quick peek at your bids an 7:50 would be wise just in case. Thi sis a new site and it is better to be safe than sorry.

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Fortunately, I only have Cust on three of my five teams. Wait, did I say fortunately? I cannot believe he won't get a job but stranger things have happened. I have him in both my NFBC leagues but I also have players to fill-in so I can wait a bit there. I also have him in a no-bench AL-only league. ...

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Just in case anyone wondered, this is from the NFBC forum this afternoon. Some people want to have conditional bids that are higher then the main bid. This isn't the way things works. Greg explains what happens. Apparently you can put in bids that way but beware that the FAAB process may not be what...

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The FAAB, at least so far, seems too easy to be true, so want to make sure I'm using it right. Put in 2 bids this week and they are set up as Bid #1 and Bid #2 If I get Bid #1, I am assuming I can still get Bid #2 as well since I'm dropping different players. Please provide some assurance my assump...

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A solid series of steps were given by Brian. It's pretty much the same series I use. I would also include the following starting in week two of FAAB. Definitely check to see who were dropped in the prior week. At some point, you will begin to see reasonable players who are injured and will miss a mo...

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I was just reading a thread on the NFBC board. There was discussion on problems one person had in making conditional bid. It would be advisable to read that thread [title makes it obvious] and then you should go make a conditional bid as practice. Definitely read the thread as it explains the proble...

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A quick glance says he will have trouble with BA. The combo of BJ, Swisher and Pena could easily kill average. He could come near the 47 maximum pitching points although reaching 700 innings may be a challenge. But you still need 60+ hitting points. A '5' in average may make things tough.

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as Ryan said - it did in year's past. Now there is a new site. I guess we will all know Sunday evening or Monday morning but it seems that all, or almost all, the prior functionality has been retained.

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I just finished this NFBC draft. I was in the 6 hole. There must have been half a dozen times the player I wanted was taken immediately before me. I've never draft a team without several power corners. I was planning to take one in the second but couldn't resist Phillips. All the better corners [eve...

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Here is a killer. If someone just drafted two closers, he could easily get a 10 or 11 in saves. This will be one of those leagues target drafting the counting categories may fall totally apart. A quick glance makes me think that Steals and HRs may be concentrated so much so that lesser totals can sc...

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I don't know any single site that really keeps up with these things but why not here. We all drafted players who need to be placed on our bench or reserve list. I'm willing keep this first post updated with any posts people make. If the staff wants this moved to another forum, that's fine. I figure ...

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The other part of that strategy is to win ERA & WHIP. That sniff is foul air too.

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make sure you are logged in from the main page. You can post in here and not be logged into the main page. I guess they are separate. I forget to log in more times than i will admit.

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OK then, let's assume you plan a 180/80 mix with $80 for pitchers. I guess you would come up with a starter/non-starter mix that you like and proceed accordingly. In my league I planned to split the $80 on a $60/$20 basis. I guess you have to do something similar. An interesting exercise would be to...

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I'm sure Todd can detail the reasons from a mathematical point of view. From a practical point of view, every league, meaning group of people, value closers differently. This is a case of know thy league . I'm in a league where closers are almost hated., There are several who would like to eliminate...

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I see that Lawr took Tulo early. And now on the NFBC board, Shawn posts he took Tulo at 1.7 in the Daimond League. I really feel better about Tulo at 1.14 but now I wonder about him at 1.6 for my Wednesday Satellite. I don't like being influenced but others but these are notable "others". ...

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In response to the post right after Greg's long post which dealt with one of the March 14th leagues, this appeared Yes, I re-sent every March 14 league last night. -------------------- Geoffrey Stein - Senior Editor, Fanball.com I think we were in the last wave of MDC drafts. I made a post on the &q...

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I'm at the #6 hole on Wednesday in a satellite so we have pretty much the same issues. The only ones I feel will definitely be gone are Pujols, Hanley & ARod. My personal remaining next three are Utley, Longoria and Braun. I like the idea of getting a 3B early and dislike the thought of taking a...

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My league has the UT slot BUT there are several players of value that only qualify there. I suspect most leagues are that way - but not all. The question is how important is flexibility to adjust your rosters when injuries occur. If my league had a bench, I would not consider this to be a problem bu...

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They are aware of the problems and that leagues are not loaded. Not sure how complaining will speed things up. But unleashing "Mad Dog" does have some appeal.

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Consider a league without a bench. Drafting a DH only player can significantly hurt your flexibility when injuries occur. In my AL-only league, the discount for a DH was huge. Vlad went for $12 Ortiz for $6 Hafner for $1 Ruiz was undrafted. I have another AL-only draft with many of the same people n...

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I have a FAAB question: Does the site update the entire league's remaining FAAB budget every week, or do we need to do this on our own? Thanks, Mark Strike Force It was in all the prior seasons. Of course, the site is new this year but I am sure it will be shown or there loudness of the complaints ...

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When does the bidding process begin? Also, when will our rosters be loaded to the NFBC site? excellent question. I sure wish I had an equally excellent answer. This is beginning to get a bit frustrating and I am patient person. I'm guessing there are a numbe rof leagues drafted on MDC that are not ...

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Top costing $$$ players were:
36 - AROD, Tex
34 - Crawford, Miggy
33 - Elsbury
32 - Youkilis, Sizemore [early bidding war here]
30 - Kinsler
29 - Lind
28 - Cano [another bidding war]

32 - Felix
31 - CC
28 - Lester
27 - Greinke
26 - Verlander
25 - Lee, Beckett

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in the "for what it's worth" category, he went for $22 in my 10-team league yesterday. I recall it stalling at $19 but ending at $22. We draft in Washington so there is probably good information to lower the bid but proximity to boost bids.

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I started on thread on the results. Th eonly part of my plan was I had an exact 180/80 split - purely accidental. My Plan was as successful as the Cylons.

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I did not take Beckham with that intention but did realize I could take a $1 MI at the end with the knowledge he could be dropped if ineffective. I immediately put a circled "1" next to that slot on my sheet. I'm OK with Valbuena at MI but I am no longer married to him. Masterson, Rzepczyn...

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I can live with Asdubral especially with the 2BSS status. I have found that multiple eligibility is bigger than normal in a no-bnech league. When injuries happen, you can often adjust you lineup to make every FA a possibility and not be limited to a specific position. The Swisher thingie was a mista...

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our league uses OnRoto and they have projected standings based on some other set of projections.

In MB, I was 41-34 = 75 and in 1st
There, I was 34-34 = 68 and in 2nd

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No one cares about anyone else's team. I understand that. However, most want to see what player's cost in an auction. My league is 10-team, no bench, IP replaces Ks. All the owners are long time. At four years, I think I am the one with the least service time. I will give some highlights and my team...

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I follow the Nats. Desmond is clearly their future SS and is probably outplaying Guzman. BUT I think as long as Guzman can make the throw from deep short [and that still isn't clear], Guzmen will likely start the season at SS with Desmond starting in Syracuse. However, before the season is half thro...

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not a $1 CA, but $19 on two catchers and $1 for the UT

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In the pitcher's CVRC, there is a Texas pitcher named #N/A. He appears to be a decnt MR. Is he a rookie or what? He was also in the 3/18 CVRC so I guess he hasn't been sent down yet.

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First I plan to stop at Starbucks near the draft site. I mean it will start at 9am so coffee sounds right. It's 10 teams, no bench. If you draft a player who is sent to the minor prior to the season's start, you cannot reserve him. You either cut him or play with a black hole. Carlos Santana cannot ...

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You should not try to do anything overly different. Pretty much stick with your original draft plan. I like to see if any team is doing all closers or no closers. Normally, two closers for every team put anything from a '15' to a '1' in play depending on the skills of the closers and injuries. If on...

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I'll be anxious to read you comments. I have the #6 pick in my March 31 satellite draft. I need to redo my lists but my first priority is getting my stuff together for my Friday morning AL-only auction

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definitely excel for the same reasons.

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CVRC can be run by changing the league designation of the NL teams from "N" to "A". No answer aside from that. I'm not a keeper players although I have a Dynasty team. Question though is can an NL player be retained as a keeper even if that player's team in no longer one of the N...

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at the 14 in the rookie league I took Tulo and followed at 2.2 with Adrian. However, if my choices were Wright or Adrian, it would have been Wright. I even had him before Tulo. Had both Fielder and Howard in front of him too. Alas, the rookies did a good job of not letting one of the major players s...

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As I recall, on Sunday night after the FAAB has been processed, it also shows the highest losing bid. I recall winning a bid once at 264 and the highest losing bid was 263. I think it was Patterson the year he was great for the Nationals. That was before Frank Robinson did his best Dusty Baker imita...

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This is an annual issue and I have yet to figure it out. MY AL auctions are going up the next two weekends. We draft nine pitchers with no bench. No draft 'em, you play 'em. Not normal these day but more so in the past. Only DL'ed players can be put on reserves. This is a 10 team league. Four of the...

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If you are looking for observations, here are mine: When I go to the Platinum set of articles, etc. a date besides each giving the last time updated or added would be nice. I always wonder if the most recent projections have had a tweak or not based on closer changes etc. Plus, as articles are added...

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PPOS is where his replacement players numbers are found. QPOS is the key. I, like many, use CA & OF since I want to totally discount scarcity. Well actually I calculate both to see the differences. Except for catching, it is within what I consider is the random factor or, for me, $6.

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At draft day, he will only be 3B qualified.

The only thing/person I am married to is my bride of 41 years. And today we found out we will be grandparents for the first time.

Today was indeed a good day.

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I have an interesting situation and am open to opinions. Background; AL-only auction league, normal 14-hitting positions, 1 game positional qualification, no bench. Figgins will be 2B eligible for the second week of the season. I would think you would try to get a decent 3B for the corner slot and t...

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I'm always thinking roto. I quit H2H several years back. Too much time commitment in that all my H2H leagues were daily moves.

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there should be a solid 1B on the first wheel. Adrian Gonzalez could very will be there along with Youkilis. There probably won't be a top SS. It is early for Jeter. He might be there at the 4/5 loop. Kinsler & Utley ought to be gone but Phillips is a possibility. A factor will be how your speci...

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thanks

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I just saw the AL 5x5 tiers. They seem to visually show what I was talking about. Fir my league, every player above the $5 tier would be drafted and that would be enough. The league has no bench so onl;y 140 hitters get drafted. Also, you cannot draft players who are not on the MLB rosters. A disabl...

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I play in a local 10-team AL-only auction league. I'm actually defending and it is my next league to draft. Last year I had seven $1 players so I guess you would say I did Stars & Scrubs. I just ran CVRC using positions and a CA/OF mix. I wanted to see if there was much difference and where scar...

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I agree as when you do your thinking as the draft progresses. Still the first round is really cut and dried, assuming you gave thought to your pick. In the Rookie Legaue, I was at the 14 slot. I kept track of the #15's pitchers, catchers and closers. After I had my second closer, I quit following an...

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It is clear that Jed is one of those sharks who prey on getting favorable trades. He would do very poorly in the NFBC - or so it appears.

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Why isn't the first round of any straight draft the single fastest round of the entire draft? This really shouldn't assume you already know your draft slot but even more so if you do. If you have the first pick, you should know who you want. With the second pick, you only need a list two deep. Eithe...

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The word that come to mind to describe Jed Latkin is "crazy". I'm sure there are better choices but that is what immediately to mind. I do think I saw the back of my gray head at the First Pitch Forum in Arizona. I know that is where I sat and that was the year that I attended. If that was...

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There is another round to go but I think i am through. I did get Randal Grichuk on my second round selection. Pollock went two picks before my turn. Thanks very much for your suggestions/selections. Now I need to get ready for our waiver draft. I need a catcher as Kung Fu panda is no longer catcher ...

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I'm curious how Shandler will handle Saves [he seems to be a proponent of do not chase saves at the draft table] in his first main event venture. All semi-reasonable closers are gone by round 15. The top half are gone just after round 10. And all the better closers-in-waiting are on rosters by the 2...

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I think that Todd's statement that a $31 & $1 equals the same value as a pair of $16 is what I was looking for. I presume that a $30 & two $3 also equals three $12s. I was just starting my first cup of coffee so I think I mis-worded the question. I have three upcoming auctions and I typicall...

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In a vacuum , the dollars provided in projections reflect a player's category contributions compared to the replacement lever player. Is the following true: A $32 player provides twice the category contribution compared to an $16 player A $16 player provides twice the category contribution compared...

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Mike - "2009 entry draft"? do you mean MLB's 2009 amateur draft? This is off the top of my head: 1) Strasburg, P, WAS 2) Chapman, P, CIN 3) Ackley, OF/1B (maybe 2B), SEA 4) Storen, P, WAS (only if cheap closers are a big plus....I think they are in most leagues) 5) Donavan Tate, OF, SD 6)...

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so you are not projecting them for a deep post-season run?

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my son's Lima theory of drafting was "do not draft Jose Lima". I feel that Dontrelle Willis is the 2010 replacement for Jose Lima in this theory.

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it is hard to imagine drafting 675 players. I guess that would be a deep league regardless of your definition. Of course, there are 750 players on all the 25-man rosters and an additional 450 on the 40-man rosters.

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anything on the two diamondback picks -Borchering & Pollock

so far it has been strasburg, ackley, matzek, tate & storen

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I totally love this format and I think you approached it correctly.

I may try it myself next year. Image I have four league with no beanch and would add one league with no FAAB.

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To PVH - besides Strasburg and Storen, who were the other 2009 entry draft players in the AFL? How did they do?

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does Colby Lewis qualify? I know he wasn't just drafted and he isn't Cuban but he's new to the league... sort of. - Mike I'm pretty sure Colby Lewis does not apply. He was drafted in the entry draft several years ago I assume. I'm not sure who full-fledged Japanese players apply however. At least t...

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for the record on the top three, I love Halliday, Vasquez scares the heck out of me and I am neutral on Lee as he may have gone to the "harder" league but he did leave a hitters park and landed in a pitchers park. But my question deal with the general perception and how it compares to real...

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I am under the belief that perception is reality. When a pitcher changes leagues the general consensus is that going from the American League to the National League is relly good and going from the National League to the American League is really bad. These thoughts can sometimes be overblown. I won...

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OK, I'm in a Dynasty league and tomorrow starts our entry draft. The only players eligible are players selected in the 2009 entry draft plus these Cuban guys who have recently signed. I have the 10th pick out of twelve. I figure I will select just one player. The problem is I need a list of players...

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OK, I'm in a Dynasty league and tomorrow starts our entry draft. The only players eligible are players selected in the 2009 entry draft plus these Cuban guys who have recently signed. I have the 10th pick out of twelve. I figure I will select just one player. The problem is I need a list of players ...

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In general, do the player profiles reflect the projections? For example, if you say that the numbers should spike, are the projections slightly on the optimistic side? And if the profiles, suggest you to be careful, are the projections slightly on the negative side?

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