Keepers - PONY League

[griswold]

Ok, I'll start the PONY league keeper lists.

The scenario for this league is 16 team - mixed league with 23 starters (14/9) with a 10 player reserve PLUS 7 minor leaguers.

Here's my team as it stands today:

C John Jaso C | TB 4 o17
C A.J. Pierzynski C | ATL 5 o17
1B Prince Fielder 1B | TEX 35 o17
2B Alexi Amarista 2B,SS | SD 3 o17
3B Jake Lamb 3B | ARI 5 o18
MI Nick Ahmed SS | ARI 1 o17
CI James Loney 1B | TB 5 o17
OF Franklin Gutierrez OF | SEA 5 o17
OF Juan Lagares OF | NYM 1 o17
OF Jake Marisnick OF | HOU 10 o17
OF Cameron Maybin OF | DET 5 o17
OF George Springer OF | HOU 5 o17
U Justin Turner 3B | LAD 5 o17
OF Cody Asche 3B,OF | PHI 10 o17
OF Matt Holliday OF | STL 25 o17
OF Travis Jankowski OF | SD 5 o17
OF Chris Young OF | BOS 5 o17
U David Freese 3B | LAA 1 o17
U Cory Spangenberg 2B | SD 5 o17
OF Denard Span OF | WAS 1 o16
SS Brendan Rodgers SS | COL 5 MIN
OF Andrew Benintendi OF | BOS 5 MIN

Pitchers
Contracts
Pos Players salary contract
P John Axford P | OAK 5 o17
P John Danks P | CHW 5 o17
P Ken Giles P | HOU 5 o16
P Ian Kennedy P | SD 4 o16
P Craig Kimbrel P | BOS 26 o17
P Francisco Liriano P | PIT 16 o17
P Jonathon Niese P | PIT 10 o17
P Jose Fernandez 5 o16
P Colin McHugh 5 o16
P Marcus Stroman 5 o16
P Ervin Santana P | MIN 9 o17
P Junichi Tazawa P | BOS 5 o17
P Miguel Gonzalez P | BAL 5 o17
P Trevor May P | MIN 1 o17
P Jake Petricka P | CHW 5 o17
P Fernando Rodney P | CHC 8 o16
P Adam Ottavino P | COL 10 o17
P Mark Appel P | HOU 5 MIN
P Hunter Harvey P | BAL 5 MIN
P Alex Meyer P | MIN 5 MIN
P Dillon Tate P | TEX 5 MIN

The MIN are the minor leaguers are not part of the 10 keepers.

The BOLD players are my current "no-brainer" keepers.

I'm considering some others but wanted the Junkies thoughts.

Thanks in advance!

Hey, just team.

Gris

[DMT]

I'd go with:

Turner
Span
Spangenberg

[Gregg]

Can you start out with keepers on you reserve roster? Example, can you keep Maybin as part of your reserve roster?

[griswold]

Can you start out with keepers on you reserve roster? Example, can you keep Maybin as part of your reserve roster?

Not really.....the auction draft is to finalize the 23 players BUT we have the first few rds of the reserve draft almost immediately following.

[Vecmizer]

I can see keeping Span. I am not sold on Justin Turner enough to save a spot for him. I am not enamored with anyone else unless their situation changes. However I know you and your willingness to deal so I'm guessing you make a move or two to get another solid keeper or two.

[joncarlos]

IPK is mildly interesting now that he's in KC. I like Turner at that price. Worth the risk. Same with Span. With a roster that cheap, what you actually need is a good star player even if they're a little pricey.

[Gregg]

IPK is mildly interesting now that he's in KC. I like Turner at that price. Worth the risk. Same with Span. With a roster that cheap, what you actually need is a good star player even if they're a little pricey.

I agree with this. I would be looking to try to take on a little salary for a star player.

I also like Turner and Span at these prices.

[griswold]

IPK is mildly interesting now that he's in KC. I like Turner at that price. Worth the risk. Same with Span. With a roster that cheap, what you actually need is a good star player even if they're a little pricey.

Are you saying to keep a star player like Fielder at $35 or buy some star players at the auction? Or both?

[joncarlos]

Are you saying to keep a star player like Fielder at $35 or buy some star players at the auction? Or both?

Well unless you plan to spend $150 at auction then yes you'll need to buy some on draft day But I meant you might want to consider finding someone who can give you at least a little value and keep them as a hedge against inflation. A $35 Prince is a little high, but that general ballpark.

[Gregg]

Are you saying to keep a star player like Fielder at $35 or buy some star players at the auction? Or both?

Not a $35 Fielder, but maybe trade some of your excess for a better high priced player.