HDID (also defending the Flag)

[virgonomic]

14 team 5x5 H2H (SV+H). My top 4 keepers are bold, late round keepers are bold+italicized and Baz is a 10th rounder who moves up a round each year.

C SPerez
1B Riley
2B Merrifield
3B Ramirez
SS Franco
OF Stanton
OF Ozuna
OF Rosario
UT Grichuk
B Abrams NMarte JDuran
IR Tatis

SP Kershaw Bauer Urquidy Ober JonGray
RP Colome Bender Giles
IL Baz

With Tatis and Baz out, I'm hoping to stay competitive until they return. I won last year and traded a number of draft picks so after my first 2 picks (Stanton/Kershaw) 50 players went off the board.

I like my offense a lot and drafted Marte and Duran as potential late round keepers. When Tatis and Baz go on IL I can pick up players to replace them.

[Pauly]

Hey I like your hitting a LOT. Looks like a top team.

Pitching........
Curious why you would bother to take Bauer when you already have Baz who is out. You are guaranteed a zero for at least 2 weeks, if not more. I think you know your RP are a potential dumpster fire as well...but it could all work out Ive seen stranger things.

[harmon]

No worries on the hitting, keep your fingers crossed on the pitching. A lot will have to go right on that side.

[virgonomic]

In a keep forever, how do you value Tatis vs. Judge?

[The Feral Slasher]

In a keep forever, how do you value Tatis vs. Judge?

Judge is 30, Tatis is 23. I guess if you think Tatis will never be healthy that would even things out.

[virgonomic]

Judge is 30, Tatis is 23. I guess if you think Tatis will never be healthy that would even things out.

Good point. I drafted Tatis in 2017 so he feels older than that. I think I need to wait and see what he does when he returns, given that I'm on the playoff bubble this year.

[virgonomic]

I need to drop someone to activate Franco. I'm wrestling with who should go.

The candidates:

T.Estrada - he's doing a bit of everything but is one of the most expendible position-wise
A.Rosario - also redundant positgion-wise, but has been really good in the last month as the starting SS
A.Thomas - Can be kept forever in round 19-20
Ja.Durran - Can be kept forever in round 19-20
W.Merrifield - looks done, will a trade revitalize him?
N.Marte - Can be kept forever in rounds 19-20
J.Urquidy - had a hold of the rip cord until his gem against the Yankees Sunday
K.Giles - I'm worried he will end up closing for the Mariners or another team
P.Blackburn - has had a rough month, could rebound if traded
J.Taillon - my most vanilla starter

For reference, here's my team:

H Alfaro Riley Estrada JRam Rosario Ozina Stanton Thomas Merrifield
B JDuran NMarte
IL Tatis SPerez Franco

SP Urquidy Anderson Kershaw Mikolas Baz Taillon Blackburn
RP Bard JhDuran Seranthony Giles

[pitbull]

Probably Blackburn or Giles or a trade.

[The Feral Slasher]

I need to drop someone to activate Franco. I'm wrestling with who should go.

The candidates:

T.Estrada - he's doing a bit of everything but is one of the most expendible position-wise
A.Rosario - also redundant positgion-wise, but has been really good in the last month as the starting SS
A.Thomas - Can be kept forever in round 19-22
Ja.Durran - Can be kept forever in round 19-22
W.Merrifield - looks done, will a trade revitalize him?
N.Marte - Can be kept forever in rounds 19-22
J.Urquidy - had a hold of the rip cord until his gem against the Yankees Sunday
K.Giles - I'm worried he will end up closing for the Mariners or another team
P.Blackburn - has had a rough month, could rebound if traded
J.Taillon - my most vanilla starter

For reference, here's my team:

H Alfaro Riley Estrada JRam Rosario Ozina Stanton Thomas Merrifield
B JDuran NMarte
IL Tatis SPerez Franco

SP Urquidy Anderson Kershaw Mikolas Baz Taillon Blackburn
RP Bard JhDuran Seranthony Giles

The good news is that you have lots of guys who should be dropped without much thought....Giles first...

[virgonomic]

Probably Blackburn or Giles or a trade.

The good news is that you have lots of guys who should be dropped without much thought....Giles first...

Thanks, I dropped Blackburn/Giles and added WSmith,ATL.