The keeper lists in my main league are due tonight. I think I know what I want to do, but I have a couple of question marks. The rules are a bit weird---$300 auction budget, salaries go up $5 per year, and all keepers are locked in your active lineup until September unless on the IL except for reserve round minor leaguers. Slightly different positions---standard hitters except one catcher. 6 SP's and 5 RP's; all pitchers with at least five starts last year are SP only---nobody can be both; makes openers or guys who opened last year (Romo) almost worthless, because it gives a blank in an SP slot more or less. Here are the guys I plan on keeping now; the guys in bold are signed to guaranteed contracts already and must be kept unless a buyout for the full contract value (price of final year of contract) from draft dollars is paid, which makes them forced keepers.
C:
1B:
3B:
CI:
2B: Ozzie Albies $6
SS: Carlos Correa $21
MI: Amed Rosario $11
OF: Ronald Acuna $6
OF: Kyle Schwarber $16
OF:
OF:
OF:
UT:
SP: Trevor Bauer $24
SP: Jack Flaherty $6
SP: Jameson Taillon $13
SP: Mike Foltynewicz $6
SP:
SP:
RP: Jose Alvarado $6
RP:
RP:
RP:
RP:
Res.: Austin Riley
Res.: Kyle Wright
Res.:
Res.:
My other options are as follows: Ryan Brasier (RP) $6, Jeremy Jeffress (RP) $8, A.J. Minter (RP) $11, Cedric Mullins (OF) $6, Ji-Man Choi (UT) $6, Shohei Ohtani (UT/SP) $18, Harrison Bader (OF) $8, Ryan O'Hearn (1B) $6.
Brasier is the one that tempts me the most. If he has even a share of the closer's job in Boston, he'll be worth far more than $6, and even if mediocre and not getting saves, having him in an RP slot is not that harmful. I was leaning towards keeping Jeffress earlier, but his injury seems to kill his shot of closing. Minter is more or less the same. I love Ohtani, but missing a month and being UT only is tough---I don't think he'll cost any more than $18 anyway. Bader, O'Hearn, Mullins, and Choi seem too risky to lock in my lineup. Thoughts?
C:
1B:
3B:
CI:
2B: Ozzie Albies $6
SS: Carlos Correa $21
MI: Amed Rosario $11
OF: Ronald Acuna $6
OF: Kyle Schwarber $16
OF:
OF:
OF:
UT:
SP: Trevor Bauer $24
SP: Jack Flaherty $6
SP: Jameson Taillon $13
SP: Mike Foltynewicz $6
SP:
SP:
RP: Jose Alvarado $6
RP:
RP:
RP:
RP:
Res.: Austin Riley
Res.: Kyle Wright
Res.:
Res.:
My other options are as follows: Ryan Brasier (RP) $6, Jeremy Jeffress (RP) $8, A.J. Minter (RP) $11, Cedric Mullins (OF) $6, Ji-Man Choi (UT) $6, Shohei Ohtani (UT/SP) $18, Harrison Bader (OF) $8, Ryan O'Hearn (1B) $6.
Brasier is the one that tempts me the most. If he has even a share of the closer's job in Boston, he'll be worth far more than $6, and even if mediocre and not getting saves, having him in an RP slot is not that harmful. I was leaning towards keeping Jeffress earlier, but his injury seems to kill his shot of closing. Minter is more or less the same. I love Ohtani, but missing a month and being UT only is tough---I don't think he'll cost any more than $18 anyway. Bader, O'Hearn, Mullins, and Choi seem too risky to lock in my lineup. Thoughts?
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