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[UMFan83]

I always enjoy looking at other people's teams and seeing how they've built their teams so I figured I would start this.

 

I'll start with my team. It's a 10 team H2H league with R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG for hitting and W, K, SV, HLD, ERA, WHIP for pitchers. I tried a new and (for me) daring strategy to offensively lean towards speed/runs guys with healthy but not dominating power. I did ok sticking to it but definitely went against it at times. For pitching, I tried to stockpile closers to use as trade bait to improve my team. The basis for Speed (and or Runs) and Closers was because I felt these are 2 stat categories that are typically undervalued a bit in the draft, but immediately after the draft they become more valuable.

 

C - Soto

1B - Fielder

2B - Roberts

3B - Youkilis

SS - Tulowitzki

CI - Helton

MI - Weeks

OF - Ichiro

OF - Granderson

OF - Cruz

OF - Carlos Gonzalez

UTIL - Matsui

UTIL - Pierre

UTIL - Borbon

BN - Hafner (been reading decent things about him, last round pick figured I'd gamble)

 

SP - Haren

SP - Peavy

SP - Garza

SP - Harden

RP - Broxton

RP - Marmol

RP - Aardsma

P - Frank Francisco

P - Capps

BN - Sheets

BN - Harang

BN - Leo Nunez

 

I'm not sure how to judge my team because it's not the type of team I usually build. I see potential though and with some trades I think it could be good.

[Prior4CyYoung]

I always enjoy looking at other people's teams and seeing how they've built their teams so I figured I would start this.

 

I'll start with my team. It's a 10 team H2H league with R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG for hitting and W, K, SV, HLD, ERA, WHIP for pitchers. I tried a new and (for me) daring strategy to offensively lean towards speed/runs guys with healthy but not dominating power. I did ok sticking to it but definitely went against it at times. For pitching, I tried to stockpile closers to use as trade bait to improve my team. The basis for Speed (and or Runs) and Closers was because I felt these are 2 stat categories that are typically undervalued a bit in the draft, but immediately after the draft they become more valuable.

 

C - Soto

1B - Fielder

2B - Roberts

3B - Youkilis

SS - Tulowitzki

CI - Helton

MI - Weeks

OF - Ichiro

OF - Granderson

OF - Cruz

OF - Carlos Gonzalez

UTIL - Matsui

UTIL - Pierre

UTIL - Borbon

BN - Hafner (been reading decent things about him, last round pick figured I'd gamble)

 

SP - Haren

SP - Peavy

SP - Garza

SP - Harden

RP - Broxton

RP - Marmol

RP - Aardsma

P - Frank Francisco

P - Capps

BN - Sheets

BN - Harang

BN - Leo Nunez

 

I'm not sure how to judge my team because it's not the type of team I usually build. I see potential though and with some trades I think it could be good.

 

You took a lot of high injury prone pitchers on your staff that would worry me if I had your team.

[UMFan83]

I always enjoy looking at other people's teams and seeing how they've built their teams so I figured I would start this.

 

I'll start with my team. It's a 10 team H2H league with R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG for hitting and W, K, SV, HLD, ERA, WHIP for pitchers. I tried a new and (for me) daring strategy to offensively lean towards speed/runs guys with healthy but not dominating power. I did ok sticking to it but definitely went against it at times. For pitching, I tried to stockpile closers to use as trade bait to improve my team. The basis for Speed (and or Runs) and Closers was because I felt these are 2 stat categories that are typically undervalued a bit in the draft, but immediately after the draft they become more valuable.

 

C - Soto

1B - Fielder

2B - Roberts

3B - Youkilis

SS - Tulowitzki

CI - Helton

MI - Weeks

OF - Ichiro

OF - Granderson

OF - Cruz

OF - Carlos Gonzalez

UTIL - Matsui

UTIL - Pierre

UTIL - Borbon

BN - Hafner (been reading decent things about him, last round pick figured I'd gamble)

 

SP - Haren

SP - Peavy

SP - Garza

SP - Harden

RP - Broxton

RP - Marmol

RP - Aardsma

P - Frank Francisco

P - Capps

BN - Sheets

BN - Harang

BN - Leo Nunez

 

I'm not sure how to judge my team because it's not the type of team I usually build. I see potential though and with some trades I think it could be good.

 

You took a lot of high injury prone pitchers on your staff that would worry me if I had your team.

 

If it helps, I'm looking into making a trade when I send Haren, Harden and Nunez and get back Greinke and Thornton (it's a holds league and I have none). There is surprisingly a few decent guys that are FA in the league right now. I typically like to have 1-2 dominant starters and make the rest patch work. I am a big fan of having spotstarters all the time if you know how to use them correctly.

[kujay]

I'm in a standard 10-team, 5x5 roto league except we use QS instead of wins. We also keep four.

 

C -- Soto

1B -- Teixeira (keeper)

2B -- Phillips (keeper)

3B -- Longoria (keeper)

SS -- Y. Escobar

OF -- Soriano

OF -- Ellsbury (keeper)

OF -- Bay

UTIL -- Hawpe

BENCH -- Loney

BENCH -- S. Castro (this was stupid -- I'm going to drop him soon)

 

SP -- Webb

SP -- Carpenter

SP -- Strasburg (wasted spot for now but I think worth it)

SP -- Lackey

SP -- Josh Johnson

RP -- Papelbon

RP -- F. Rodriguez

RP -- Nunez

RP -- Aardsma

 

I feel like I'm set for saves. My problem last year was runs, and Ellsbury was a late pickup last year that I hope will help in that area. SB also, obviously.

 

I think the performance of that starting staff is going to be key.

[17 Seconds]

I always enjoy looking at other people's teams and seeing how they've built their teams so I figured I would start this.

 

I'll start with my team. It's a 10 team H2H league with R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG for hitting and W, K, SV, HLD, ERA, WHIP for pitchers. I tried a new and (for me) daring strategy to offensively lean towards speed/runs guys with healthy but not dominating power. I did ok sticking to it but definitely went against it at times. For pitching, I tried to stockpile closers to use as trade bait to improve my team. The basis for Speed (and or Runs) and Closers was because I felt these are 2 stat categories that are typically undervalued a bit in the draft, but immediately after the draft they become more valuable.

 

C - Soto

1B - Fielder

2B - Roberts

3B - Youkilis

SS - Tulowitzki

CI - Helton

MI - Weeks

OF - Ichiro

OF - Granderson

OF - Cruz

OF - Carlos Gonzalez

UTIL - Matsui

UTIL - Pierre

UTIL - Borbon

BN - Hafner (been reading decent things about him, last round pick figured I'd gamble)

 

SP - Haren

SP - Peavy

SP - Garza

SP - Harden

RP - Broxton

RP - Marmol

RP - Aardsma

P - Frank Francisco

P - Capps

BN - Sheets

BN - Harang

BN - Leo Nunez

 

I'm not sure how to judge my team because it's not the type of team I usually build. I see potential though and with some trades I think it could be good.

 

You took a lot of high injury prone pitchers on your staff that would worry me if I had your team.

 

your pitching looks highly suspect, and i think you're going to be struggling in hr, rbi, and maybe ops

[UMFan83]

I'm in a standard 10-team, 5x5 roto league except we use QS instead of wins. We also keep four.

 

C -- Soto

1B -- Teixeira (keeper)

2B -- Phillips (keeper)

3B -- Longoria (keeper)

SS -- Y. Escobar

OF -- Soriano

OF -- Ellsbury (keeper)

OF -- Bay

UTIL -- Hawpe

BENCH -- Loney

BENCH -- S. Castro (this was stupid -- I'm going to drop him soon)

 

SP -- Webb

SP -- Carpenter

SP -- Strasburg (wasted spot for now but I think worth it)

SP -- Lackey

SP -- Josh Johnson

RP -- Papelbon

RP -- F. Rodriguez

RP -- Nunez

RP -- Aardsma

 

I feel like I'm set for saves. My problem last year was runs, and Ellsbury was a late pickup last year that I hope will help in that area. SB also, obviously.

 

I think the performance of that starting staff is going to be key.

 

Pot calling the kettle black but I'd be worried about your starters. Webb won't be back until May right? Carp is solid but injury concerns, Lackey is moving to the AL East, and Johnson is solid but has also had injury issues in the recent past. That said, the upside is really high but the risk is great too. Hitting is pretty decent but could use more depth (for instance in case Soriano blows again)

[UMFan83]

I always enjoy looking at other people's teams and seeing how they've built their teams so I figured I would start this.

 

I'll start with my team. It's a 10 team H2H league with R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG for hitting and W, K, SV, HLD, ERA, WHIP for pitchers. I tried a new and (for me) daring strategy to offensively lean towards speed/runs guys with healthy but not dominating power. I did ok sticking to it but definitely went against it at times. For pitching, I tried to stockpile closers to use as trade bait to improve my team. The basis for Speed (and or Runs) and Closers was because I felt these are 2 stat categories that are typically undervalued a bit in the draft, but immediately after the draft they become more valuable.

 

C - Soto

1B - Fielder

2B - Roberts

3B - Youkilis

SS - Tulowitzki

CI - Helton

MI - Weeks

OF - Ichiro

OF - Granderson

OF - Cruz

OF - Carlos Gonzalez

UTIL - Matsui

UTIL - Pierre

UTIL - Borbon

BN - Hafner (been reading decent things about him, last round pick figured I'd gamble)

 

SP - Haren

SP - Peavy

SP - Garza

SP - Harden

RP - Broxton

RP - Marmol

RP - Aardsma

P - Frank Francisco

P - Capps

BN - Sheets

BN - Harang

BN - Leo Nunez

 

I'm not sure how to judge my team because it's not the type of team I usually build. I see potential though and with some trades I think it could be good.

 

You took a lot of high injury prone pitchers on your staff that would worry me if I had your team.

 

your pitching looks highly suspect, and i think you're going to be struggling in hr, rbi, and maybe ops

 

Well OPS isn't a stat for me, just OBP and SLG as 2 seperate stats. But I am worried about RBIs and to a lesser extent HRs. However the team you see above is no the team I'll have next Monday most likely.

[Guest]

Here's a team I drafted last night. 12 teams, regular 5x5, H2H

 

C: Soto

1B: Pujols

2B: Uggla

3B: A. Ramirez

SS: Hardy

OF: Sizemore

OF: Bay

OF: Morgan

UT: Berkman

BN: Borbon

BN: Teahen

 

SP: Greinke

SP: Haren

RP: Broxton

RP: Gonzalez

P: Billingsley

P: Scherzer

P: Madson

BN: Lilly

BN: Price

BN: Strasburg

 

Overall, I did what I normally do, put a little too much into potential instead of production, and I've got more guys with April injuries than I like, but I'm happy with it. Any thoughts?

[kujay]

Pot calling the kettle black but I'd be worried about your starters. Webb won't be back until May right? Carp is solid but injury concerns, Lackey is moving to the AL East, and Johnson is solid but has also had injury issues in the recent past. That said, the upside is really high but the risk is great too. Hitting is pretty decent but could use more depth (for instance in case Soriano blows again)

 

Thanks for the thoughts. The depth concern is going to force me to relinquish my rights to Castro, which shouldn't even be that tough of a decision. I know I'm being a stupid homer. Perhaps that's why I haven't won this league in 9 years.

[TruffleShuffle]

Overall, I did what I normally do, put a little too much into potential instead of production, and I've got more guys with April injuries than I like, but I'm happy with it. Any thoughts?

 

your pitching should be well above average for a 12 team league; the offense probably a little below average. you could really use some good bounce-back years from soto and hardy.

[TruffleShuffle]

6 (OPS being the extra category) x 5 league, 5 keepers. i held onto victor martinez, pujols, sandoval, justin upton and dan haren. 10 team head-to-head league. i think about half of the people were on auto-draft today, which is awesome for me.

 

C Victor Martinez (keeper)

1B Albert Pujols (keeper)

2B Dustin Pedroia (1st round after keepers)

3B Pablo Sandoval (keeper)

SS Jose Reyes (5th Rd)

OF Justin Upton (keeper)

OF Ben Zobrist (4th Rd)

OF Hunter Pence (6th Rd)

UTIL Carlos Gonzalez (8th Rd)

Bench Dexter Fowler (12th Rd)

Bench Rafael Furcal (13th Rd)

Bench Russell Martin (16th Rd)

 

P Matt Garza (9th Rd)

P Rafael Soriano (11th Rd)

P Carlos Marmol (14th Rd)

SP Dan Haren (keeper)

SP Josh Johnson (2nd Rd)

SP Tommy Hanson (3rd Rd!)

RP Francisco Cordero (7th Rd)

RP Bobby Jenks (10th Rd)

Bench Wade Davis (15th Rd)

Bench Brad Lidge (lol - 17th Rd)

[Guest]

Bench Brad Lidge (lol - 17th Rd)

 

Some guy in the league I'm in kept Lidge as one of his four keepers. He also kept KRod and kept two closers last year also.

[Guest]

Overall, I did what I normally do, put a little too much into potential instead of production, and I've got more guys with April injuries than I like, but I'm happy with it. Any thoughts?

 

your pitching should be well above average for a 12 team league; the offense probably a little below average. you could really use some good bounce-back years from soto and hardy.

 

That's definitely the plan. I'm trying to see if I can get any of the Cardinal/Royal fans in the league to overpay for Pujols to try and beef up my offense a bit.

[kujay]

Bench Brad Lidge (lol - 17th Rd)

 

Some guy in the league I'm in kept Lidge as one of his four keepers. He also kept KRod and kept two closers last year also.

 

That's just dumb. Our league is by no means a bunch of experts but nobody has ever used a keeper spot on a closer.

[ZMovieman]

Alright. Where should I be looking to upgrade? 10 teams, head to head. Standard scoring stats (WHIP is included, no OPS, etc).

 

C - Matt Wieters

1B - Adrian Gonzalez

2B - Ian Kinsler

3B - Chone Figgins

SS - Hanley Ramirez

OF - Nick Markakis

OF - Shane Victorino

OF - Jason Kubel

Util - Lance Berkman

Bench - Vlad Guerrero

Bench - Jhonny Peralta

 

SP - Johan Santana

SP - Yovani Gallardo

RP - Jonathon Broxton

RP - Brian Wilson

P - John Lackey

P - AJ Burnett

P - Jonathan Sanchez

Bench - Brandon Webb

Bench - Stephen Strasberg

Bench - Aaron Harang

Bench - David Aardsma

[Roast]

Here's mine. It's a 10 team league so most people have stacked rosters but whatever. Anyway, stats are as follows:

R/H/HR/RBI/SB/AVG/OBP and W/Sv/K/Hld/ERA/WHIP/K9

 

My team:

 

C Kurt Suzuki

1B Kendry Morales

2B Ben Zobrist

3B Jorge Cantú

SS Hanley Ramírez

OF Grady Sizemore

OF Bobby Abreu

OF Adam Dunn

Util Derrek Lee

BN Chipper Jones

BN Bengie Molina

BN Martín Prado

 

SP Roy Halladay

SP Justin Verlander

SP Dan Haren

SP Jair Jurrjens

RP Mariano Rivera

RP David Aardsma

RP Jeremy Affeldt

P J.A. Happ

P Bronson Arroyo

BN Stephen Strasburg (Figured my pitching is plenty strong that I could stash him until he comes up)

BN Jorge De La Rosa

BN Phil Hughes

 

My thoughts: Even for a 10-team league I feel like this team is stacked. My weakest stats is probably Holds, but I'm not super worried about that. I know catcher and maybe 3b are the weakest spots on my offense but a guy in my league got sucked into the auto-draft hell when his computer froze for a couple rounds so he's offered me a Halladay for Longoria/Randy Wells trade. I did it and it's just waiting league approval. I figure my SP is plenty strong enough to survive w/out Halladay and having longoria will allow me to try and trade Cantu/Chipper for an upgrade at catcher.

 

 

Your thoughts?

[Roast]

Alright. Where should I be looking to upgrade? 10 teams, head to head. Standard scoring stats (WHIP is included, no OPS, etc).

 

C - Matt Wieters

1B - Adrian Gonzalez

2B - Ian Kinsler

3B - Chone Figgins

SS - Hanley Ramirez

OF - Nick Markakis

OF - Shane Victorino

OF - Jason Kubel

Util - Lance Berkman

Bench - Vlad Guerrero

Bench - Jhonny Peralta

 

SP - Johan Santana

SP - Yovani Gallardo

RP - Jonathon Broxton

RP - Brian Wilson

P - John Lackey

P - AJ Burnett

P - Jonathan Sanchez

Bench - Brandon Webb

Bench - Stephen Strasberg

Bench - Aaron Harang

Bench - David Aardsma

 

In a 10-team league I'm sure there's GOT to be something better available on waivers than Harang and Peralta. You're probably going to want someone else to throw in that Utility spot just in case Berkman isn't ready for opening day, too. Unless you plan on putting Vlad there.

[Tracer Bullet]

Alright. Where should I be looking to upgrade? 10 teams, head to head. Standard scoring stats (WHIP is included, no OPS, etc).

 

C - Matt Wieters

1B - Adrian Gonzalez

2B - Ian Kinsler

3B - Chone Figgins

SS - Hanley Ramirez

OF - Nick Markakis

OF - Shane Victorino

OF - Jason Kubel

Util - Lance Berkman

Bench - Vlad Guerrero

Bench - Jhonny Peralta

 

SP - Johan Santana

SP - Yovani Gallardo

RP - Jonathon Broxton

RP - Brian Wilson

P - John Lackey

P - AJ Burnett

P - Jonathan Sanchez

Bench - Brandon Webb

Bench - Stephen Strasberg

Bench - Aaron Harang

Bench - David Aardsma

 

yeah, that might be the worst 10-team-league team I've seen. Your pitching staff is scary bad and Peralta shouldn't be on a 10-team roster.

[Cubswin11]

My best team (I did 4 10 team H2H leagues) is probably this one

 

C- Geovany Soto

1B- Ryan Howard

2B- Ian Kinsler

3B- Aramis Ramirez

SS- Hanley Ramirez

OF- Matt Kemp

OF- Nelson Cruz

OF- Justin Upton

U- Jay Bruce

Bench- Jason Heyward

Bench- Milton Bradley

 

SP- Josh Johnson

SP- Yovanni Gallardo

SP- Tim Hudson

SP- Roy Oswalt

SP- Carlos Zambrano

RP- Bobby Jenks

RP- Carlos Marmol

Bench- Rick Porcello

Bench- Ben Sheets

Bench- Leo Nunez

 

I am looking to trade from my OF depth to get another top SP. But this should be a pretty solid team.

[ZMovieman]

Alright. Where should I be looking to upgrade? 10 teams, head to head. Standard scoring stats (WHIP is included, no OPS, etc).

 

C - Matt Wieters

1B - Adrian Gonzalez

2B - Ian Kinsler

3B - Chone Figgins

SS - Hanley Ramirez

OF - Nick Markakis

OF - Shane Victorino

OF - Jason Kubel

Util - Lance Berkman

Bench - Vlad Guerrero

Bench - Jhonny Peralta

 

SP - Johan Santana

SP - Yovani Gallardo

RP - Jonathon Broxton

RP - Brian Wilson

P - John Lackey

P - AJ Burnett

P - Jonathan Sanchez

Bench - Brandon Webb

Bench - Stephen Strasberg

Bench - Aaron Harang

Bench - David Aardsma

 

In a 10-team league I'm sure there's GOT to be something better available on waivers than Harang and Peralta. You're probably going to want someone else to throw in that Utility spot just in case Berkman isn't ready for opening day, too. Unless you plan on putting Vlad there.

 

Took your advice and dropped both Harang and Peralta for Jason Heyward and Hideki Matsui. Didn't realize Heyward was still available. I couldn't attend my draft, so my autodraft kinda went some places I would have preferred it didn't.

[Guest]

Overall, I did what I normally do, put a little too much into potential instead of production, and I've got more guys with April injuries than I like, but I'm happy with it. Any thoughts?

 

your pitching should be well above average for a 12 team league; the offense probably a little below average. you could really use some good bounce-back years from soto and hardy.

 

That's definitely the plan. I'm trying to see if I can get any of the Cardinal/Royal fans in the league to overpay for Pujols to try and beef up my offense a bit.

 

To follow up on this, I was able to trade Pujols, Soto, and Morgan for Mauer and Crawford. I'll be thin at 1B until Berkman is healthy, but Chris Davis will do alright in the interim in exchange for such a huge upgrade elsewhere. Anyone else think I came out alright with that deal?

[TruffleShuffle]

Bench Brad Lidge (lol - 17th Rd)

 

Some guy in the league I'm in kept Lidge as one of his four keepers. He also kept KRod and kept two closers last year also.

 

That's just dumb. Our league is by no means a bunch of experts but nobody has ever used a keeper spot on a closer.

 

someone in my league kept joe nathan. we discussed telling her that he was out for the year, but decided that if you're ignorant enough to (a) keep a closer and then (b) not realize that they suffered a season-ending injury in spring training, you didn't deserve to be notified.

[17 Seconds]

My best team (I did 4 10 team H2H leagues) is probably this one

 

C- Geovany Soto

1B- Ryan Howard

2B- Ian Kinsler

3B- Aramis Ramirez

SS- Hanley Ramirez

OF- Matt Kemp

OF- Nelson Cruz

OF- Justin Upton

U- Jay Bruce

Bench- Jason Heyward

Bench- Milton Bradley

 

SP- Josh Johnson

SP- Yovanni Gallardo

SP- Tim Hudson

SP- Roy Oswalt

SP- Carlos Zambrano

RP- Bobby Jenks

RP- Carlos Marmol

Bench- Rick Porcello

Bench- Ben Sheets

Bench- Leo Nunez

 

I am looking to trade from my OF depth to get another top SP. But this should be a pretty solid team.

 

how did you get kemp, howard, and hanley in the same 10 team league? those guys all average first round picks in yahoo leagues

[Tracer Bullet]

My best team (I did 4 10 team H2H leagues) is probably this one

 

C- Geovany Soto

1B- Ryan Howard

2B- Ian Kinsler

3B- Aramis Ramirez

SS- Hanley Ramirez

OF- Matt Kemp

OF- Nelson Cruz

OF- Justin Upton

U- Jay Bruce

Bench- Jason Heyward

Bench- Milton Bradley

 

SP- Josh Johnson

SP- Yovanni Gallardo

SP- Tim Hudson

SP- Roy Oswalt

SP- Carlos Zambrano

RP- Bobby Jenks

RP- Carlos Marmol

Bench- Rick Porcello

Bench- Ben Sheets

Bench- Leo Nunez

 

I am looking to trade from my OF depth to get another top SP. But this should be a pretty solid team.

 

how did you get kemp, howard, and hanley in the same 10 team league? those guys all average first round picks in yahoo leagues

 

Has to be a 10-team auction draft.

[Cubswin11]

My best team (I did 4 10 team H2H leagues) is probably this one

 

C- Geovany Soto

1B- Ryan Howard

2B- Ian Kinsler

3B- Aramis Ramirez

SS- Hanley Ramirez

OF- Matt Kemp

OF- Nelson Cruz

OF- Justin Upton

U- Jay Bruce

Bench- Jason Heyward

Bench- Milton Bradley

 

SP- Josh Johnson

SP- Yovanni Gallardo

SP- Tim Hudson

SP- Roy Oswalt

SP- Carlos Zambrano

RP- Bobby Jenks

RP- Carlos Marmol

Bench- Rick Porcello

Bench- Ben Sheets

Bench- Leo Nunez

 

I am looking to trade from my OF depth to get another top SP. But this should be a pretty solid team.

 

how did you get kemp, howard, and hanley in the same 10 team league? those guys all average first round picks in yahoo leagues

 

Has to be a 10-team auction draft.

It was on cbssports, Standard draft. I got Hanley with 8th overall pick, Howard with 13th overall, and I didn't take Kemp until the 8th pick in round 5 :shock: . Almost everybody was there in the live draft too, there were only 1-2 guys on auto.

Edited March 31, 2010 by Cubswin11