First congratulations on winning last year.Nafi wrote:Hello again! I'm here once more to get your valuable feedback as I'm faced with yet another keeper list issue! Please go back to the first post in this thread for my league's setup. It's hard to imagine I'd be faced with a bigger problem than last year's but I think it is. First, I'll start by announcing I placed first overall in 2010. Even though I kept Wieters over Werth! It started out downhill but I climbed back slowly to win it all by season's end. So onto my problem: I have to keep 7 players. My first 3 are no-brainers.
-Pujols
-Halladay
-Crawford
Nuff Said.
The next 4 are harder to decide on (I still have a month to decide)... Here's the better part of my 2010 roster. I've put them in order of preference to make my keeper list as of right now with a little insight into each player and his relation with me
-Teixeira (I can't even believe he's not in my no-brainer list... but look below and you will understand why)
-Dan Haren (inconsistent but on-par with my expectations)
-Pedroia (injury ridden year, but it's Pedroia)
-Max Scherzer (Worried I wasted a 4th rd pick on him when he was headed to the Minors, but absolutely loved him when he came back a few weeks later!)
-Jose Bautista (I drafted him on my bench, i.e. as my 7th OF in the 19th rd! Repeat? Unlikely. 35HR, more than likely and has 3B eligibility which is SWEET)
-Matt Wieters (2011 should be THE year he breaks out?)
-Joakim Soria (closer, no thanks)
-Jonathan O. Sanchez (got him via trade for Denard Span -my 1st rd pick- in June as I thought I needed help in pitching - glad I did)
-Colby Lewis (Drafted him as my next to last pitcher in th 15th rd.)
-Rickie Weeks (drafted in 2nd rd. and stepped up for me when Pedroia went down)
-Paul Konerko (I thought I HAD to draft him when he was still available in the 6th rd. - glad I did, but he's a DH and no place on my keeper list for that kind)
The thought of keeping 3 pitchers with 200K potential is enticing. But I'd have to give up Pedroia. What about Bautista? I HAVE to keep him, don't I? And Wieters? If I let him go and he breaks out/becomes the next Buster Posey/Mike Piazza, I'll hate myself for not keeping that extra year where he exploded.
Now on to this year and let's start with your last thought on Wieters........YOU either keep him because his contributions/price/profit will help you win - or you don't - anything else has NO part in your deliberation (see today's Captain's Log).
Okay, great start with Pujols, Halladay and Crawford - THREE first round players on your team.
Now for four more: here are the choices I see
-Teixeira
-Pedroia or Weeks
-Scherzer or Haren
-Jose Bautista
I hate Tex's slow starts but he would give you a tremendous power base
I would probably keep one or both second basemen but that means you should only keep Halladay and I am fine with that (otho I am fine with keeping one you think would help you in that league the most and then keepring a second SP)
Bautista is really unlikely to duplicate last year BUT third base is a land mine this year and it seems likely that in your league most of the good ones will be kept so I would defiitely keep him and his likely 35 home runs (it also gives you some position flexibility if you nail another 3B as a reserve or minor leaguer (Moustakas)
Now what do YOU think?