16 team ROTO - HDID

[onejayhawk]

5x5 with these stats: R, HR, RBI, OBP, NSB, K, ERA, WHIP, QS, SV+H

Pre-Opening Day version

C Tyler Flowers Atl - C
1B Jose Abreu CWS - 1B
2B Joe Panik SF - 2B Joe
3B Alex Bregman Hou - 3B,MI
SS Carlos Correa Hou - SS
CI Travis Shaw Mil - 1B,3B
MI Aledmys Díaz StL - SS
OF Ryan Braun Mil - OF
OF Christian Yelich Mia - OF
OF Eric Thames Mil - OF
OF Leonys Martín Sea - OF
UTIL José Reyes NYM - 3B,SS
UTIL Brandon Drury Ari - 2B,3B,OF

SP Danny Duffy KC - SP,RP
SP Manaea, Sean OAK - SP
SP Michael Pineda NYY - SP
RP Kelvin Herrera KC - RP
RP Blake Treinen Was - RP
RP Nate Jones CWS - RP
P Ian Kennedy KC - SP
P Juan Nicasio Pit - SP,RP

BN Wilmer Flores NYM - 1B,2B,3B
BN Michael A. Taylor Was - OF
BN Raúl Mondesi KC - 2B
BN Raisel Iglesias Cin - SP,RP
BN Andrew Toles LAD - OF
BN Manuel Margot SD - OF
NA ByungHo Park Min - 1B

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[joncarlos]

Seems like way too big an investment in relievers for a Sv+Hd league. Plus 2 very risky SPs at the top. If Max and Tanaka are golden then so are you, but you need a lot more beef on offense. Enough that I'm not quite sure where to start. Does anyone else love RPs this much? Can you trade Wade Davis for a slugger?

[revo]

Exhibit A why you should never autodraft.

[onejayhawk]

I was looking at that as if either Tanaka or or Max is golden. Nor do I have the biggest bullpen. One guy has Miller, Betances, Barraclough and another guy has Janson, Chapman, Meloncen, Watson.

First four moves now that WW is open.

Juan Nicasio Pit - SP,RP -- Corey Knebel Mil - RP To Waivers
Byung Ho Park Min - 1B -- Cheslor Cuthbert KC - 3B To Waivers
Tyler Flowers Atl - C -- Travis d'Arnaud NYM - C To Waivers
Andrew Toles LAD - OF -- Paulo Orlando KC - OF To Waivers

[revo]

This team has zero power. Autodraft loved the middle infielders. Anyone out there who can hit HRs?

[onejayhawk]

This team has zero power. Autodraft loved the middle infielders. Anyone out there who can hit HRs?

Park is the guy that floated. I stayed up til 2 AM to get first dibs at the dregs. Maybe after some cuts to repair dreadful pitching. Also, both the big SP are on the block.

That said, 'zero power' ought to be a bit much. Bregman, Correa, Shaw, possibly Bour project 20+ bombs. There's power from unusual positions. The big question is Thames. Is he the 35 Hr guy that played in Korea or the sub-.200 ISO that played for Toronto?

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[joncarlos]

Who was your 3rd rounder? Yelich maybe? I can see Correa 1, Max 2, Bregman as a 5, Tanaka/Duffy/Davis 6-7-8, maybe Aledmys/Hererra 9-10? Or maybe all those guys are 1 round higher than I think? You've got to get a legit 30-HR guy somewhere in your first 4 or 5 rounds. Ideally 2 of them. It's not the only way to build a team but it's certainly the easiest.

[revo]

That said, 'zero power' ought to be a bit much. Bregman, Correa, Shaw, possibly Bour project 20+ bombs. There's power from unusual positions. The big question is Thames. Is he the 35 Hr guy that played in Korea or the sub-.200 ISO that played for Toronto?

J

Half of the four you quoted have never hit 20 HRs. Why would Shaw 'project' for 20 HRs when he hit 16 in what was a full season for him, last year? You can depend on Thames, maybe he works out, maybe he doesn't.

I count seven of your starting hitters to be backups in a 16-team league: D'Arnaud, Shaw, Panik, Drury, Reyes, Polanco, Margot. If they start for you all season long, I could foresee this motley crew contributing 50-60 HRs. That means the other 6 need to hit 200+ just to get you to midpack in a 16-team league. Fat chance. This offense has a good chance of finishing dead last in HRs and RBIs, and I don't even really see where the speed is coming from, since you have a lot of <5 SB guys. Sorry man, hope you didn't pay anything major to be in this league.

[chancellor]

Ouch, this team is brutal. If you can get this team in the money, I'll be beyond impressed.

I'm not quite as negative as revo, but I see no hope even for a top half finish.

[onejayhawk]

Traded Scherzer, Tanaka, Wade Davis and other players for Braun, J Abreu, Manaea and others (3 deals). OP roster revised. That brought in a bit of power but cost a ton of pitching.

How does it look now?

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[virgonomic]

I think it's a solid team. Decent power and speed. Pitching looks stable. I didn't understand all the negative comments until I read the whole thread.