Judge's freeze list almost due, 12-team 5x5 NL-only

[Gregg]

UPDATE with 17 hours to go

leaning toward 10 for 152
SP Alex Wood 5-S1
RP Corey Knebel 2-S1
RP Hector Neris 1-S1
C Yadier Molina 13-O
1B Anthony Rizzo 42-O
OF Bryce Harper 41-O
OF Adam Eaton 18-S1
OF Adam Duvall 15-L1
OF Tommy Pham 10-S1
OF Nick Williams 5-S1

other options:
SP Kenta Maeda 19-S1
C Buster Posey 30-S1
2B Howie Kendrick 9-O

I turned Ziegler 10-S1 into Molina 13-O by acquiring and then shipping out Davies 12-S1 today

HQ has my $144 of hitters worth $130, which is ok given that I already would have my two "overpays" in Rizzo and Harper.
148 HR
62 SB
.274 AVG
and 7 more hitters to buy

one lean "in" on Williams is that while it makes 5 OFs, we allow trades during the auction. so any OF-shy owner who missed out on a few guys early might be eager to add one mid-auction.
I got turned down on an offer of Williams for the 6th pick in the mid-April farm draft, now offering him to the guy who has the 7 pick

Awesome outfield. Good looking team.

[Judge Jude]

final was indeed 10 for 152

the one glaring need, obviously, is starting pitching
26 SPs were frozen

the top 12 remaining:
Kershaw, deGrom, Hendricks, CMartinez, Quintana, Bumgarner-DL, Lester, Darvish, RHill, Maeda, Arrieta, Cueto

clearly I want to spend 50+ on that bunch, as no other available SP project to be worth double digits

deGrom is out for me because it's a Mets-loving league
last year's magic formula was Kershaw 44, Maeda 19 with that AWood 5
I think I can pay slightly less at auction for the pair on April 8

a fly in the ointment would be the owner with no SP and 211 units to burn
I just need him to buy deGrom and I should be ok though

[joncarlos]

I was happy to pay 19 for Maeda in my high inflation NL league.

[Judge Jude]

I could live with it, too
but with 152 already spent, I'd rather have the flexibility
I might nominate him early, while there still are sexier options out there

[tinitoys]

Maeda went for $17 in my 35% inflation keeper league if you’re curious

[Judge Jude]

Rizzo has now played a game at 2B this year, so he'll slot there come auction day on Sunday. leaves me to grab another 1B/CI instead of 2B/MI if I like

[chancellor]

Rizzo has now played a game at 2B this year, so he'll slot there come auction day on Sunday. leaves me to grab another 1B/CI instead of 2B/MI if I like

Now, if you could just get one of those OFs to play 1B for a game, you'd be all set!

[Judge Jude]

Now, if you could just get one of those OFs to play 1B for a game, you'd be all set!

so true lol
we can make trades during the auction, so I may be able to finesse that

meanwhile, midway thru tonite, this wrecking crew already has 11 HR, 27 RBI, 26 R
second place is 6 HR, 18 RBI, 19 R

[Judge Jude]

Now, if you could just get one of those OFs to play 1B for a game, you'd be all set!

best called shot since Babe Ruth!

I just checked my roster, and Adam Duvall has played 2 innings at 1B this year.
sometimes it's better to be lucky than good

[chancellor]

best called shot since Babe Ruth!

I just checked my roster, and Adam Duvall has played 2 innings at 1B this year.
sometimes it's better to be lucky than good

I just noticed that today as well. Congrats! You could use some good luck right now...

[Judge Jude]

ah, I'm in 2nd place. it's all good!