2012 Fantasy Baseball Thread

[JBHuskers]

I'm not completely happy with my pitching though. Kyle Lohse is still sitting out there and I might go grab him. Not a lot of people thinking he'll repeat last years numbers. I took a risk on Matt Moore they keep saying he'll be in the rotation, but I might drop him for Lohse.

NO NO NO

Do NOT drop Matt Moore.

Drafted him as my 2nd pitcher in my CBS league that we started by text.

Some think he could be in contention for the Cy Young, if not Rookie of the Year.

[psuexv]

So the big draft is tonight. I'm definitely going no pitcher with the #7 pick. I think Ellsbury is my leader over Cano right now, as I don't think Tulo will get to me. (12 team league)

I'd go Adrian Gonzalez if I was you.

[psuexv]

NO NO NO

Do NOT drop Matt Moore.

Drafted him as my 2nd pitcher in my CBS league that we started by text.

Some think he could be in contention for the Cy Young, if not Rookie of the Year.

Well he needs to stay healthy for that to happen

[JBHuskers]

Okay I'm going to spell out my options for the #7 pick based on 3 draft sheets. Let's see what looks the best on paper:

Player	Yahoo	ESPN	CBSSports	Average
Jacoby Ellsbury	12	8	9	9.7
Troy Tulowitzki	4	6	8	6
Adrian Gonzalez	9	13	13	11.7
Robinson Cano	8	7	16	10.3

Based on the limited depth at SS and 2B, I think I will go Tulo, Cano, but if both are gone I'll go Ellsbury because I can probably snag Pedroia in round two. There is some good depth at 1B this year, so I am probably going to pass on Gonzalez, plus he's a keeper in my CBS points league.

[psuexv]

Also depends on how your scoring works in the league. Like mine we took out RBI

[JBHuskers]

Also depends on how your scoring works in the league. Like mine we took out RBI

It's 7x7 roto.

[psuexv]

It's 7x7 roto.

Gotcha

[JBHuskers]

it's 7x7 roto.

r h hr rbi sb avg xbh

w sv k hld era whip qs

[JBHuskers]

I'll put out my full draft list after the commish posts it on Yahoo.

Or you can go to my new Twitter project @FBaseKnocks, and I've posted it there too. I'm trying out a new fantasy baseball twitter account, and if it goes well, maybe a website in the future, since I had the itch to apply last year to CBS to write for Fantasy Baseball and sorta got my foot in the door

Tonight's draft was an odd one. I didn't take a SS til the final round (22nd), starting in round 13, set-up men were being taken (holds is a category in our 7x7 league), and I took a flier back to back on Strasburg (6th) and Darvish (7th).

[CLW]

So I got dragged into a league with my wife's fellow male fellows. Haven't played fantasy baseball in years and went in with no prep work. Came out of the draft with (10 team head-to-head league):

C - Napoli
1B - Cabrera
2B - Kinsler
SS - Castro
3B - Youkilis
OF - Bourn
OF - Berkman
OF - Jones
OF - Gardner
UTIL - Teixera
UTIL - Francoer
B - Howard
B - Kubel
B - Soriano

SP -Moore
SP - Carpenter
SP - Beckett
RP - Putz
P - Farnsworth
P - Marmol
B - Pineda
B - Morrow

[psuexv]

Not a bad team CLW

[JBHuskers]

Just heard that Carpenter had another set back. So he may not be the most reliable this year. At least not right away.

[JBHuskers]

Here's my full draft from last night. (12 team, 7x7 league) Two more to go next week.

1. (7) Jose Bautista 3B,RF
2. (18) Roy Halladay SP
3. (31) Carlos Santana C,1B
4. (42) Andrew McCutchen CF
5. (55) Ben Zobrist 2B,RF
6. (66) Stephen Strasburg SP
7. (79) Yu Darvish SP
8. (90) Matt Wieters C
9. (103) Lance Berkman 1B,LF,RF
10. (114) Michael Pineda SP
11. (127) Ubaldo Jimenez SP
12. (138) Sergio Santos RP
13. (151) Martin Prado 3B,LF
14. (162) David Robertson RP
15. (175) Addison Reed RP
16. (186) Lucas Duda 1B,RF
17. (199) Dustin Ackley 2B
18. (210) Peter Bourjos CF
19. (223) Alfonso Soriano LF
20. (234) Jeff Samardzija RP
21. (247) Ivan Nova SP
22. (258) Erick Aybar SS

[JBHuskers]

I must say, I think I had a damn good draft tonight in my 2nd of 3 $ leagues. This one is a 12-team 5x5:

1. (3) Matt Kemp OF
2. (22) Evan Longoria 3B
3. (27) Dustin Pedroia 2B
4. (46) Zack Greinke SP
5. (51) Hunter Pence OF
6. (70) C.J. Wilson SP
7. (75) Paul Konerko 1B
8. (94) Dee Gordon SS
9. (99) Drew Storen RP
10. (118) Matt Garza SP
11. (123) Andrew Bailey RP
12. (142) Ichiro Suzuki OF
13. (147) Jeremy Hellickson SP
14. (166) Emilio Bonifacio 3B,SS,OF
15. (171) J.P. Arencibia C
16. (190) Bud Norris SP
17. (195) Logan Morrison OF
18. (214) Paul Goldschmidt 1B
19. (219) Ryan Dempster SP
20. (238) Martin Prado 3B,OF
21. (243) Jemile Weeks 2B
22. (262) Greg Holland RP
23. (267) Edinson Volquez SP
24. (286) Jeff Samardzija RP

[psuexv]

Kemp on the DL with a bad hammy

[psuexv]

I also really want to go pick up Aroldis Chapman but I don't have room on my roster. I think he'll be starting after the break.

[JBHuskers]

Kemp on the DL with a bad hammy

And I started him this week in the weekly league I have him in...thinking he was going to only miss a game or two.

[JBHuskers]

Here are some guys in my biggest money league that I did not draft with their overall Yahoo ranking on the season:

Austin Jackson - 19
Fernando Rodney - 21
Bryan LaHair - 31
Adam Dunn - 37

Overall the team has hit a shitty spot with batting, so I'm near the bottom of the standings in this league; however, that was because of guys like Bautista and Zobrist who are now starting to heat up.

[psuexv]

And I started him this week in the weekly league I have him in...thinking he was going to only miss a game or two.

So did I. They could have done us fantasy owners a solid and placed him in the DL on Sunday

[JBHuskers]

after 3-4 years of taking it up the rear in this league, I think I've built a nice 12-team dynasty league squad -