Came in with a very, very solid keeper list. I had about $130 left and planned to get 1.5 studs and then figure it out from there. I wasn't intending to eschew saves but they kept being expensive and I figured someone would be dumping by May and I'd find them then.
18-team mixed 5x5 using OBP. Very high inflation (Yelich went for almost 50). 10 keepers in bold. 1 C, 2 UT, 5 reserves, lots of minor leaguers I won't list here unless they're immediately relevant.
C: Gomes 1A
1B: Alonso 5B
2B: LeMahieu 7X
SS: Andrus 23B
3B: Arenado 14X
MI: BCrawford 3A
CI: Spangenberg 2A
OF: Altherr 1B, Cespedes 34X, Pham 5B, Trout 25/2019, Braun 25A
UT: Garrett Cooper 2A, Pillar 8A
Bench: Adalberto Mondesi 1A
SP: Greinke 24B, Morton 2B, Kershaw 51A, JMontgomery 8A, KGibson 3A
RP: Miller 12A, Watson 1A, Brault 1A, Tepera 1A
Bench: Kuhl 1A, Eickhoff 2A, JGarcia 1A, Hirano 1A
Notes:
This may be the first time I had a strategy for who I was going to throw out early. I had nomination #2 and there were a handful of top pitchers available (Sale, Kershaw, Carrasco, CMartinez, Darvish, Archer, Keuchel, Tanaka, Bumgarner) and Zola's projections have Kershaw ahead of the rest of those guys by quite a lot (Sale $12 or so, the others $20ish). Assuming that's correct, and you can argue whether it is, I figured throwing Sale first would anchor Kershaw's price to not much more than him. Sale went for 51 and so did Kershaw, so maybe it worked? Those other guys went in the mid-30s.
I like Ryan Braun, probably too much, even with the chaos in the MIL outfield. Maybe he'll get traded. I wanted to pick up a little speed too and I wussed out on Cain after having spent the Kershaw/Braun money, then Kiermaier went for more than I wanted, then I went another step down and got Pillar.
I really like my endgame hitters (Cooper and Mondesi). Mondesi is only 22! As a 21-year-old in AAA last year, in a half season he hit .305 with 13 HR and 21 SB! I'm not saying I had a master plan (I was also eyeing Jorge Polanco and could have spent all of my extra money on him but wussed out) but very happy with that.
Seriously though. It's insane. I know he got rushed to the majors and couldn't hit. Of all of the 21 year olds in AAA last year, guess which one easily had the best numbers? Note that that list is Albies (ok, he was 20), Amed Rosario, Verdugo, Barreto, Adames, Bauers, and Mondesi.
All of the random relief pitchers there have one important thing in common: they already have a win. Whee? I can also activate Flaherty and DL Eickhoff in time for his first start. They'll mostly get replaced, but middle relievers and catchers are almost free in this league so when you hit dollar days you might as well get some value. I might replace Gomes with Vazquez but enh, who cares.
18-team mixed 5x5 using OBP. Very high inflation (Yelich went for almost 50). 10 keepers in bold. 1 C, 2 UT, 5 reserves, lots of minor leaguers I won't list here unless they're immediately relevant.
C: Gomes 1A
1B: Alonso 5B
2B: LeMahieu 7X
SS: Andrus 23B
3B: Arenado 14X
MI: BCrawford 3A
CI: Spangenberg 2A
OF: Altherr 1B, Cespedes 34X, Pham 5B, Trout 25/2019, Braun 25A
UT: Garrett Cooper 2A, Pillar 8A
Bench: Adalberto Mondesi 1A
SP: Greinke 24B, Morton 2B, Kershaw 51A, JMontgomery 8A, KGibson 3A
RP: Miller 12A, Watson 1A, Brault 1A, Tepera 1A
Bench: Kuhl 1A, Eickhoff 2A, JGarcia 1A, Hirano 1A
Notes:
This may be the first time I had a strategy for who I was going to throw out early. I had nomination #2 and there were a handful of top pitchers available (Sale, Kershaw, Carrasco, CMartinez, Darvish, Archer, Keuchel, Tanaka, Bumgarner) and Zola's projections have Kershaw ahead of the rest of those guys by quite a lot (Sale $12 or so, the others $20ish). Assuming that's correct, and you can argue whether it is, I figured throwing Sale first would anchor Kershaw's price to not much more than him. Sale went for 51 and so did Kershaw, so maybe it worked? Those other guys went in the mid-30s.
I like Ryan Braun, probably too much, even with the chaos in the MIL outfield. Maybe he'll get traded. I wanted to pick up a little speed too and I wussed out on Cain after having spent the Kershaw/Braun money, then Kiermaier went for more than I wanted, then I went another step down and got Pillar.
I really like my endgame hitters (Cooper and Mondesi). Mondesi is only 22! As a 21-year-old in AAA last year, in a half season he hit .305 with 13 HR and 21 SB! I'm not saying I had a master plan (I was also eyeing Jorge Polanco and could have spent all of my extra money on him but wussed out) but very happy with that.
Seriously though. It's insane. I know he got rushed to the majors and couldn't hit. Of all of the 21 year olds in AAA last year, guess which one easily had the best numbers? Note that that list is Albies (ok, he was 20), Amed Rosario, Verdugo, Barreto, Adames, Bauers, and Mondesi.
All of the random relief pitchers there have one important thing in common: they already have a win. Whee? I can also activate Flaherty and DL Eickhoff in time for his first start. They'll mostly get replaced, but middle relievers and catchers are almost free in this league so when you hit dollar days you might as well get some value. I might replace Gomes with Vazquez but enh, who cares.
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