6 keepers only

Roto Guru Joined: Feb 24, 2005 Posts: 2026 Location: CA

H2H Yahoo 6x6 league, confirm that you think these are the right picks for me.

Rocco Baldelli (TB - OF)
Pat Burrell (Phi - OF)
Michael Cuddyer (Min - 1B,OF)
Carlos Delgado (NYM - 1B)
Edwin Encarnaci�n (Cin - 3B)
Khalil Greene (SD - SS)
Jeremy Hermida (Fla - OF)
Matt Holliday (Col - OF)
Russell Martin (LAD - C)
Jerry Owens (CWS - OF)
Dustin Pedroia (Bos - 2B,SS)
Jos� Reyes (NYM - SS)
Brian Roberts (Bal - 2B)
Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)
Mark Teixeira (Atl - 1B)

Jeremy Accardo (Tor - RP)
Erik Bedard (Bal - SP)
Chad Billingsley (LAD - SP,RP)
A.J. Burnett (Tor - SP)
Matt Capps (Pit - RP)
Jos� Contreras (CWS - SP)
Francisco Cordero (Cin - RP)
Jason Hammel (TB - SP,RP)
Kei Igawa (NYY - SP)
Brad Lidge (Phi - RP)
Braden Looper (StL - SP,RP)
Johan Santana (Min - SP)
Eric Stults (LAD - SP,RP)
Barry Zito (SF - SP)

my opinion is bolded, any different outlook? I underlined other possibilities

General Manager Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 336

keep em' as is

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:50 am

yeah, those six are certainly who you want to keep. the only other possibility is russell martin, but i don't think he's better than any of the guys in bold.

General Manager Joined: Jan 16, 2006 Posts: 309

I would keep Martin over Bedard. I'm always going for offense first over pitching anyway and you already have Santana which would make my decision a little easier to toss back Bedard. You're tossing back the #1/#2 player at his position in Martin, a player who fills up all 5 cats. Pitching will still be plentiful in the draft with guys keeping only 6 players.

Not that this means anything at all but over at Mock Draft Central-

Russel Martin ADP- 30

Eric Bedard ADP- 40

What are the other 2 cats. anyway?

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:25 pm

i would have to agree martin over bedard i rather have a top 3 C in my lineup.

General Manager Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 453

Thats a tough one, but i think i would lean towards Martin too. Although could you imagine having both Bedard and Santana. That's possibly 500K just from those 2.

Roto Guru Joined: Feb 24, 2005 Posts: 2026 Location: CA

The categories are

Avg
Runs
RBI
HR
SB
OPS

K's
W's
L's
SV
ERA
WHIP

I like Bedard better if he goes to the Mariners....would that sway the opinions at all??? The potential of a Santana/Bedard combo appeals to me, but if I do that, what is the net dropoff in stats if I throw Martin back in and take someone like Soto a few rounds later?

I love the advice though, please weigh in on this again....

Also, here are the SP's I assume will be kept.

Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP)
Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
Dan Haren (Ari - SP)
Jake Peavy (SD - SP)
Cole Hamels (Phi - SP)
Aaron Harang (Cin - SP) (maybe)
John Smoltz (Atl - SP) (maybe)
John Lackey (LAA - SP) (maybe)
F�lix Hern�ndez (Sea - SP)
Phil Hughes (NYY - SP)
C.C. Sabathia (Cle - SP)
Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)
Fausto Carmona (Cle - SP,RP)
Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP)
Jeremy Bonderman (Det - SP) (maybe)
Roy Halladay (Tor - SP) (maybe)

Some who might be tossed back in:

*Aside from those marked maybe*
Kazmir
Dice-K
C Young
Cain
Jered Weaver
Verlander
Liriano

Actually, as I write this I realize that Martin is 99.9% the right choice....

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:36 pm

what are the chances you can just redraft martin?

Roto Guru Joined: Feb 24, 2005 Posts: 2026 Location: CA

Not sure but I think I can probably re-draft a Bedard-like SP with my 1st pick and not worry about losing Martin the more I look at it.

General Manager Joined: Jan 16, 2006 Posts: 309

Man, that is nice having both Santana and Bedard. I'll bet ALL catchers except Victor will be available for the draft, assuming you do toss back Martin. After giving this more thought Confused

I'm not so sure I'd keep Martin over Bedard anymore.

I guess I'd rather take my chances drafting Martin or a decent catcher rather than tossing back an ace pitcher. Santana and Bedard is a tough combo. I'm going to do a flip flop on this one and keep Bedard.

Tough decision. Mad

Roto Guru Joined: Feb 24, 2005 Posts: 2026 Location: CA

Crap...now I am overanalyzing and making my decision tougher, I see Bedard's trade to the Mariners is pending physicals, any word on the injury that knocked Bedard out last season anyways?

General Manager Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 453

Prolly have to wait till tomorrow to see how he's doing.

General Manager Joined: Jan 16, 2006 Posts: 309

flakattack wrote:

Crap...now I am overanalyzing and making my decision tougher, I see Bedard's trade to the Mariners is pending physicals, any word on the injury that knocked Bedard out last season anyways?

It was nothing serious just a strained oblique.

General Manager Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 453

True but Bedard has had some kind of injury almost every year of his career so far. So he is always an injury risk.

minor league rover Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 17

keep 'em as is