Nah Ortiz was picked late in the draft just for "just in case" purposes, I want gunning for him but he was still there late so I picked him up. Like I said steals are only 1 category, I dont need them. Guys with power produce Runs, RBI's, and HR's. THats 3 categories. Guys with "lots of runs" could have gotten 3 a game, but then none in the next. So if my homerun guys give me 1 homer a game I can beat you 1 run to 0. Remember its about matchups for the week. You will see how this all pans out durning the season.
I think your pitching will be good enough where you can mix and match to win 1 or 2 categories each week in hitting. You are solid at 3rd and 2nd (assuming you play Lopez). I think you and Atrain should start talking 1st basemen.
I like McCutchen too. Rollins as well. If you get a solid infield, there will always be Out Fielders to fill in when you only need 3
My team will be feast or famine probably..I say this cause if Man-ram, hamilton, and beltran can return to 3/4 of there regular season I will be fine, if not im in truble..
Man I had Hammy las year and stayed away from him and Carlos Q cause they are both headaches.
That was last year...This year it seemed as though everyone stayed away cause I got all of them in later rounds than usual (cant remember exactly) so I thought the gamble was worth it..
I don't like Hamilton because you have to take him so early and he isn't a guy who is going to win you the league, but he is a guy who can cost you the league. He took him over a guy like Carlos Lee. I know that's not a sexy name, but Carlos will give you a good OBP, 95 RBI and 30 Homers....you know that. With Hamilton you don't know. He could get hurt, he could give you nothing, or he could be great...which will be about what Carlos Lee gives you
Same Whott wont admit with Crawford. He could have taken a guy like Justin Upton who will give him 30 homers and 20 steals, took a speedster late, and have better numbers than what Crawford will give
Could be true, but then again he could get you 30+ hr's and 100+rbi's in that stadium with no problems..Injury issues are definatly his downfall though and plus I think I got him in the 4th or 5th rds..I can live with that
yeah but is that gamble worth it for 5 extra homers and 10 extra RBI? That's what I'm saying. You know Carlos Lee is going to give you 30 homers- that's money in the bank. You don't know with Hamilton
what round did lee go?
you drafted Hamilton in the 6th, Lee went in the 8th.
I will definatly not lose any sleep over that cause Hamilton has much more upside to have the bigger year of the two cause of the players protecting him in the lineup and the stadium he plays in..I can agree with what your saying though about the two. You better hope that berkman is in that lineup to help out (kind of ironic, huh)
I just think there are more questions with Hamilton than there is with a guy like Lee. Even if Lee has a bad year he will hit 25 homers. What is Hamilton's bad year? who knows because he has only has 1 good year
Actually not defending dan or anything but Lee did most of last year without Berkman.
Plus Lee has a lot of Homers to those shallow crawford boxes.
That's funny because I always feel like you are the worst matchup for me because you arre always strong in the same areas and I spend most of the season trying to gain or maintain and advantage on you in those same areas.
Anyway this is a good league...everyone but Dan has made the playoffs at least once and usually the finals too
but this is his year, she is like his fellow Ohio mate Lebron...........the chosen oneAnyway this is a good league...everyone but Dan has made the playoffs at least once and usually the finals too
Why doesn't he just say if he doesn't win the championship he'll give us all $25...he's saying he's the best, why is it he won't put his $ where his mouth is?
Anyone can say they they're the best, and since he's already said so...I'd like to see him back it up. Like a real man.
As a rangers fan I will always take over hamilton over lee and I am sure you will do the same with lee. As far as Hamilton only having 1 good year, this is true, but since he really only has 2 full years of mlb to count from, the book is still out on the kid (i'll risk a 6th rd pick).
Guys Nick Markakis and Adam Jones are going to have abreak out season this year, just watch, i went with Potential on this draft, so let see if it works out
I'm having a bit of buyers remorse on McCutchen. I love his upside but I noticed he got caught stealing quite a bit in the minors. Also, he didn't really steal that many bases down there either. I think I could have drafted BJ Upton or Nelson Cruz at that spot. But everytime I saw McCutchen play last season, he was doing something positive. I guess we will see.
Especially down the stretch, I look at your team to make adjustments. Like last season, the only reason I picked up Jim Johnson was with you in mind. I probably had an advantage on wins and strikeouts because I had more starters. But you were probably going to win era and whip if we met. I was hoping that I might steal one category because you had an advantage in hitting. And then hopefully, it would all come down to saves.
Anyway, Alamo whupped my ass so it was all academic. But anyone that knows better knows that they will have to handle the screwballs to win our league.
it's been 4 pages of banter since I offered you the bet and you still haven't taken it. You are all saying how great your teams are but only A-Train wants to bet his against mine
and yes I am like Lebron James:
1. From Akron
2. Superior to the rest of the compe ion
3. entering "my time"
4. very charming
A-Train....another thing I don't like about your team if I'm nitpicking is carrying 2 catchers. You really don't get much out of a catcher, and there really isn't any reason to hold a guy like Olivo on your roster because if you really need a catcher, you can find one with a similar skill set at any time off waivers. You are better off using that spot with a pitcher or a player who has a high upside and can take off. Wouldn't you rather hit a jackpot with a player with upside than hold onto a catcher you might use once a week?
Well catchers are thin and in the past its been a weak spot so I decided to draft 2 this year. I really wanted mauer but getting him with the 3rd pick would have been a reach.
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