After keepers

[onejayhawk]

And some trades. The draft starts March 1. It is a semi dynasty format. I have only 1 pick in the first 17 rounds.

16 team mixed 8x8: OBA, Hits, SLG, Holds, Losses, CG.

C -
1B - Joey Votto
2B - Pedroia
3B - Beltre
SS - Jed Lowrie
OF - Rajai Davis
OF - Travis Snider
OF - Adam Jones
OF - Michael Cuddyer
Util - Danny Espinosa
SP - Zack Grienke
SP - Clay Buchholz
SP - Wandy Rodriguez
RP - Chris Pérez
RP - Luke Gregerson
P - CJ Wilson
P -

How does it look. I won in 2009, largely on Greinke's back. Last year I kept Ellsworth, Zobrist and Julio Borbon. It did not go as well. How does it look this year?

J

[Gregg]

And some trades. The draft starts March 1. It is a semi dynasty format. I have only 1 pick in the first 17 rounds.

16 team mixed 8x8: OBA, Hits, SLG, Holds, Losses, CG.

C -
1B - Joey Votto
2B - Pedroia
3B - Beltre
SS - Jed Lowrie
OF - Rajai Davis
OF - Travis Snider
OF - Adam Jones
OF - Michael Cuddyer
Util - Danny Espinosa
SP - Zack Grienke
SP - Clay Buchholz
SP - Wandy Rodriguez
RP - Chris Pérez
RP - Luke Gregerson
P - CJ Wilson
P -

How does it look. I won in 2009, largely on Greinke's back. Last year I kept Ellsworth, Zobrist and Julio Borbon. It did not go as well. How does it look this year?

J

First my disclaimer. I have never played in a Dynasty format. However, both my leagues are very deep and several college and HS players are on reserve rosters. Still take my thoughts with a grain of salt.

For a 16 team mixed it seems that you have a very average team. My first thought was that I like many of them as individual keeps, but not so much collectively. I do not like your outfield (should have a least one stud). I do not like Jed Lowrie as a keeper in a 16 team mixed. I understand wanting to keep Espinosa for the future but again I am not sure that is a wise move for this year. I guess I would really need to know more about your rules, what is back in the draft, and what the other teams look like.

[virgonomic]

Looks better than average to me. Light on power but the other hitting cats look good. Good pitching staff.

[onejayhawk]

Our keeper system is tiered.

1) 4 required keepers, no restrictions
2) Previous season draft/keeper round minus 3. Eg Snider was drafted in round 16, so his option is round 13
3) Undrafted players slot rounds 10 to 17, based on Yahoo ranking. The schematic looks like this.

T Alex Rodriguez (K)
Joey Votto (K)
Zack Grienke (K)
T Ian Kinsler (K)
pick - traded
pick - traded
Wandy Rodriguez (7)
pick - aquired (8)
pick
Michael Cuddyer (10)
T Aubrey Huff (w) 129
Chris Pérez (w) 163
Travis Snider (13)
Rajai Davis (w) 166
Jed Lowrie (w) 862
Danny Espinosa (w) 964
Luke Gregerson (17)
pick - aquired (18)
CJ Wilson (18)
pick
pick
pick

I traded ARod, Kinsler, Huff and picks for Pedroia, Beltre, Adam Jones, Buchholz and picks. Lowrie and Espinosa cost picks #233 and #249. Huff, who I traded, cost pick #169.

BTW, what do you think of the trades?

J

[Gregg]

What is the strategy behind the trade?

[onejayhawk]

What is the strategy behind the trade?

I had big holes at 2B and SS. I have hopes for Lowrie covering one of those, but not both. Also, I was thinking past 2011, since ARod is 38 and Kinsler is 29, while Pedroia is 28 and Beltre is 31. That is just the principles. Huff is 35, while Jones is 25 and Buchholz is 27. Jones is the dice roll. If he can step up substantially, he might move into the unlimited keeper group. Buchholz has an extra year before he costs that much.

BTW, this is the top 20 available, according to ADP. Uggla and Johnson would gofirst, then probably Morales, Hanson and Gollardo, maybe Sizemore. What is left are useful veterans with limited upside.

Dan Uggla
Kendry Morales
Josh Johnson
Mariano Rivera
Yovani Gallardo
Tommy Hanson
Heath Bell
Aramis Ramirez
Carlos Santana
Chad Billingsley
Torii Hunter
Max Scherzer
Geovany Soto
Grady Sizemore
Jonathan Papelbon
Brian Roberts
Rafael Furcal
Juan Pierre
Andrew Bailey