Analysis

[tadowdaddy]

I'd like to see discussion of the top 5 of each

 

Team Infields

Team Outfields

Team SP

Team RP

Team Minors

 

 

Abuck does a pretty good job each year, and I'm interested in seeing that again if you have time Adam.

[Guest]

Best IF: Victor, Albert, Rickie/Giles, Gordon and Hall/Tulo (I wouldn't trade this for anybody's IF, but that's partially counting on the futures of Gordon + Tulo)

Best OF + U: Abreu, Holliday, Sheff/Delmon, Conor Jackson (this probably isn't #1, but is likely top 5)

 

Best SP: not me

Best RP: not me

 

Best Minors: Delmon, Upton, Hughes, Garza, Tulo, Miller, Elbert & Gomez are all elite prospects. Crowe and Veal aren't garbage, either.

[NCCubFan]

Best minor league roster that includes the son of an NSBB member: Me, by a mile. :D

[BigbadB]

Best IF: Victor, Albert, Rickie/Giles, Gordon and Hall/Tulo (I wouldn't trade this for anybody's IF, but that's partially counting on the futures of Gordon + Tulo)

Best OF + U: Abreu, Holliday, Sheff/Delmon, Conor Jackson (this probably isn't #1, but is likely top 5)

 

Best SP: not me

Best RP: not me

 

Best Minors: Delmon, Upton, Hughes, Garza, Tulo, Miller, Elbert & Gomez are all elite prospects. Crowe and Veal aren't garbage, either.

 

Is your roster legal?

[Guest]

Best IF: Victor, Albert, Rickie/Giles, Gordon and Hall/Tulo (I wouldn't trade this for anybody's IF, but that's partially counting on the futures of Gordon + Tulo)

Best OF + U: Abreu, Holliday, Sheff/Delmon, Conor Jackson (this probably isn't #1, but is likely top 5)

 

Best SP: not me

Best RP: not me

 

Best Minors: Delmon, Upton, Hughes, Garza, Tulo, Miller, Elbert & Gomez are all elite prospects. Crowe and Veal aren't garbage, either.

 

Is your roster legal?

Absolutely.

 

Though if I try to move Delmon, Tulo or Garza to my major league roster, I'm going to have to make changes.

[abuck1220]

i'd hardly call it analysis...

 

best infield: lynx is pretty tough with mccann, swisher, durham, hafner, guillen and glaus. tim's got his previously mentioned studs, but weeks is a question mark, and gordon doesn't necessarily have a spot nailed down. tim has the edge at 1b and c, but lynx is better at U and 3b. have to consider raw too...morneau, kinsler, wright, tejada, teahen...that actually may be right up with with juan and tim. shane's got howard, utley, lee and young, but has questions at c and 3b. don's is pretty solid too. pretty tough call there...tim's has the most potential to be very, very good, but juan and raw have fewer holes/question marks. tooterstorms is pretty good too.

 

best outfield: i'd have to say mine's pretty good, and it better be b/c my infield's pretty so-so. andruw, soriano and drew could all be top 10 OF's. HBC is pretty stacked too -- cabrera, berkman, matsui and ibanez. alamo's got c lee and vlad, but a potential part-timer in kemp. if sheffield's healthy, tim is pretty stacked. quakers doesn't have a third stud, but he's got beltran and dunn. if hermida bounces back, raw's OF is pretty good...his OF will definitely have the most steals. HBC might have the edge on me. oops...just looked and cabrera's not OF eligible any more. might be between tim and i with alamo and quakers right behind.

[Guest]

i'd hardly call it analysis...

 

best infield: lynx is pretty tough with mccann, swisher, durham, hafner, guillen and glaus. tim's got his previously mentioned studs, but weeks is a question mark, and gordon doesn't necessarily have a spot nailed down. tim has the edge at 1b and c, but lynx is better at U and 3b. have to consider raw too...morneau, kinsler, wright, tejada, teahen...that actually may be right up with with juan and tim. shane's got howard, utley, lee and young, but has questions at c and 3b. don's is pretty solid too. pretty tough call there...tim's has the most potential to be very, very good, but juan and raw have fewer holes/question marks. tooterstorms is pretty good too.

 

best outfield: i'd have to say mine's pretty good, and it better be b/c my infield's pretty so-so. andruw, soriano and drew could all be top 10 OF's. HBC is pretty stacked too -- cabrera, berkman, matsui and ibanez. alamo's got c lee and vlad, but a potential part-timer in kemp. if sheffield's healthy, tim is pretty stacked. quakers doesn't have a third stud, but he's got beltran and dunn. if hermida bounces back, raw's OF is pretty good...his OF will definitely have the most steals. HBC might have the edge on me. oops...just looked and cabrera's not OF eligible any more. might be between tim and i with alamo and quakers right behind.

 

I'd like to submit that my outfield could be very very good too - though definite question marks.

 

chase utley is the most valuable player in Roadkill imo. he simply destroys every other 2b.

[abuck1220]

are both young and quentin going to be starting?

[BigbadB]

No love for my infield?

 

6th best catcher

12th best 1b

2nd best 2b

best SS

8th best 3b

[Guest]

are both young and quentin going to be starting?

 

should be. I took Edmonds as a backup plan (as distasteful as that is).

[abuck1220]

 

chase utley is the most valuable player in Roadkill imo. he simply destroys every other 2b.

 

having soriano there last year was huge.

[abuck1220]

No love for my infield?

 

6th best catcher

12th best 1b

2nd best 2b

best SS

8th best 3b

 

i didn't realize uggla and rollins scored so many points...geez.

[Chris]

No love for my infield?

 

6th best catcher

12th best 1b

2nd best 2b

best SS

8th best 3b

 

No love for my team, period. :(

[BigbadB]

I have 4 of the top 31 starting pitchers. Adam Wainwright and Pedro Martinez round out the back half of my rotation.

[Guest]

 

chase utley is the most valuable player in Roadkill imo. he simply destroys every other 2b.

 

having soriano there last year was huge.

 

yea, that hurts you a lot I would imagine. very weak position in mlb. 3b is not as clear who is best anymore and the margin is much smaller. SS has a few top guys and then a slight dropoff. 1b has a wide array. but 2b is utley and then everyone else a distant second.

[Guest]

No love for my infield?

 

6th best catcher

12th best 1b

2nd best 2b

best SS

8th best 3b

 

i didn't realize uggla and rollins scored so many points...geez.

 

playing everyday scores points. at least Chris's cf has that going for him!

[BigbadB]

No love for my infield?

 

6th best catcher

12th best 1b

2nd best 2b

best SS

8th best 3b

 

i didn't realize uggla and rollins scored so many points...geez.

 

Rolen will do better this year, also. He's coming to camp feeling good.

[Chris]

playing everyday scores points. at least Chris's cf has that going for him!

 

Big season coming for D squared

[Guest]

I like Shane's infield a lot. 3b is not great but the two 1b and the 2b make up a lot of ground.

[BigbadB]

playing everyday scores points. at least Chris's cf has that going for him!

 

Big season coming for D squared

 

I like your picks in the infield. I think your outfield is weak. Pitching is okay.

[Guest]

Funny, I think of the U as part of the outfield to balance out the numbers.

 

That way it's 5 IF, 4 OF+U

[Guest]

Funny, I think of the U as part of the outfield to balance out the numbers.

 

That way it's 5 IF, 4 OF+U

 

5 IF, 3 OF and U

[Chris]

playing everyday scores points. at least Chris's cf has that going for him!

 

Big season coming for D squared

 

I like your picks in the infield. I think your outfield is weak. Pitching is okay.

 

I'm comfortable with the infield but admit that I'm putting a lot of confidence in Willingham.

[BigbadB]

Funny, I think of the U as part of the outfield to balance out the numbers.

 

That way it's 5 IF, 4 OF+U

 

What's even funnier is that there are more infielders occupying the Utility spot than there are outfielders.

[Guest]

Funny, I think of the U as part of the outfield to balance out the numbers.

 

That way it's 5 IF, 4 OF+U

 

5 IF, 3 OF and U

I wasn't clear...

 

Adam is grouping the analysis by IF + U and OF. I think of the analysis as IF and OF + U so that the numbers work out more evenly. His breaks down into groups of 6 and 3, mine into 5 and 4.