2K13 Free Agent League

[Flyman]

Sounded like a blast, so I decided to do it, too. After my transactions, my current roster is:

C Arencibia
1B Moreland
2B Bonifacio
SS Segura
3B Chisenhall
OF Quentin
OF Hart
OF Ruggiano
UT GJones
UT Ludwick
BN Marte, Pierre, Maybin

SP: Hanson, Niemann, Milone, Griffin, Billingsley
RP: Cook, McGee, Gregerson, Rondon, Veras

Got a second round of waiver claims in for De Aza for Marte, Perez for Arencibia, Youk for Chisenhall. I have way too many OFs.

[Lucky]

Sounded like a blast, so I decided to do it, too. After my transactions, my current roster is:

C Arencibia
1B Moreland
2B Bonifacio
SS Segura
3B Chisenhall
OF Quentin
OF Hart
OF Ruggiano
UT GJones
UT Ludwick
BN Marte, Pierre, Maybin

SP: Hanson, Niemann, Milone, Griffin, Billingsley
RP: Cook, McGee, Gregerson, Rondon, Veras

Got a second round of waiver claims in for De Aza for Marte, Perez for Arencibia, Youk for Chisenhall. I have way too many OFs.

I'm guessing Perez, De Aza and Youk were waived? Otherwise, you would have grabbed them as FAs, right?

Hey, I posted a deal on an NL auction I've gotten myself into. I'd love your input.

Oh, and I heard from Mackey yesterday. It's the time of the season.

[BuckyBuckner]

I was looking over my roster and decided that I have too many relievers. I really believe it's important to get out to a good lead in saves and try to trade them away. But I think I've overdone it. Here is my roster:

C Salty
1B G Jones
2B Bonifacio
SS Segura
3B Gyorko
OF/BN Quentin, Ludwick, Moss, Dunn, Marte, Maybin and C Nelson

SP Santana, Vargas, Iwakuma, Griffin and Hanson
RP Cook, Parnell, Frieri, Santos, Rondon and Veras

With the news of Rondon struggling I'm inclined to drop him. It also seems that Balfour is going to be healthy for the start of the season and Cook can be dropped. I'd guess that Parnell and Frieri are the best bets followed by Santos and while Veras has the least competition he's also the worst pitcher of the bunch. But if he can get out to a quick start I could possibly trade him.

If I were to drop Rondon and Cook who could I pick up. Well, here's who I see available. For hitters it's Belt, C Young, Ross, Stubbs. For starting pitchers E Jackson, Cobb, Ryu, Wandy, Hammel and McDonald. Also, Pestano is out there and Perez is currently hurt but says he'll be ready for the start of the season.

Anyone see anyone worth picking up?

[joncarlos]

I'd still hang onto Cook until we see a little more from Balfour. But I would drop Rondon for Hammel, who I really like. Or you could go with Cobb. But I also like both Hammel/Cobb more than Tommy Hanson.

[BuckyBuckner]

I'd still hang onto Cook until we see a little more from Balfour. But I would drop Rondon for Hammel, who I really like. Or you could go with Cobb. But I also like both Hammel/Cobb more than Tommy Hanson.

I'm a fan of Hammel too. Cobb as well, though I feel like someone like Hanson who has a previous track record is a good piece to have in this format. If he can rebound he could be a nice trade chip. If I were simply drafting I'd probably take Cobb first, if that makes sense.

[virgonomic]

So what would you guys do if your league was totally inactive? Just drop it and go to another? Wait it out to see if it gets better? I've still only had 5 non-me transactions in the whole league after a couple weeks.

The other teams don't need to make moves yet - they drafted GOOD players! That said, I just checked my league and 7 other teams have made (3 or fewer) moves. I've already had a trade in my league! I think I'd wait it out.

[Stephen]

After the waiver period:

C Saltalamacchia
1B Garret Jones
2B Omar Infante
3B Chris Johnson
SS Zack Cozart
OF Cody Ross
OF Michael Saunders
OF David Murphy
UTIL Michael Saunders
UTIL Colby Rasmus

Bench: Chris Young, Logan Morrison,

SP Paul Maholm
SP Wade Davis
RP Carlos Marmol
RP Vinnie Pestano
P Jake McGee
P Brett Myers
P AJ Griffin
P Kyuji Fujikwawa
P Brandon Beachy
P Hisashi Iwakuma

I also have a waiver claim currently in for Andrelton Simmons for tomorrow.
Cameron Maybin, Alexi Ramirez, Alex Avila, Trevor Plouffe, Shaun Marcum, Kyle Lohse, Andy Pettitte are all on waviers currently.

[Sam]

After the initial waiver period, my team looks like:

C - Carlos Ruiz (have a waiver in for Avila to start while Ruiz is suspended)
1B - Lind
2B - Chris Nelson
3B - Mark Reynolds
SS - Segura/Stephen Drew
OF - Denard Span, Ludwick, Cody Ross
UTIL - Have a waiver claim in for Berkman

SP - Hanson, AJ Griffin, Vargas, Hammel, Alex Cobb, Shelby Miller (waiver in for Burnett)
RP - Frieri, Santos, Pestano, David Hernandez

I think I've got some good power guys but there were surprisingly no speed guys available. Luckily, they'll become available quickly but I was surprised to see so many taken in the draft. Berkman and Avila were the only guys dropped after the initial waves of moves so there hasn't been alot to pick up on.

I think my pitching is fine for the time being - Burnett will help in K's if I get him. Would you guys try to pick up and stash guys like Beachy or Luebke?

[Flyman]

I'm guessing Perez, De Aza and Youk were waived? Otherwise, you would have grabbed them as FAs, right?

Hey, I posted a deal on an NL auction I've gotten myself into. I'd love your input.

Oh, and I heard from Mackey yesterday. It's the time of the season.

Yeah, they were cut in the first round of waivers. Hoping to pick them up in the second round, but I have to wait until Thursday.

I'll take a look, lol, but my opinions are far less valuable than they used to be. The "me" of 15 years ago would stomp a mudhole in the "me" of today. I don't spend nearly as much time reading and researching as I used to.

Robert Mackey...holy cow, LOL. Everytime I have to come up with a team name, I literally think of him asking the league if he could name his team the Master Batters in the year of MARBLe. He was definitely entertaining to have in the league, LOL.

[Lucky]

This may get better, but right now I can't see it working. No power to be found, and nobody wants to trade any power. Ditto with starting pitching. I did come up with a way that should get about 65 points using the guys I have now, but it would mean essentially dumping HRs, RBIs, Runs, and Wins, which of course you can't do. Right now, though, I can't see any way to get past about 4th place. I don't think these guys in the league are dumbasses. There have been very few moves, but when they drop a guy to waivers, its somebody who won't help.

Sorry. Pity party. I hate being last, and the season is still a month away.

[Davros]

Lucky, keep focused on your first four words: "This may get better". I think in my previous years of playing AFA in leagues, I finished the season with less than 10% of the players I started with. Last year, I kept only two players all year long (Altuve and Scutaro) and was able to finish 4th. Quality players just appear, through unexpected improvements or hot streaks, minor league promotions, and often through owners just giving up on guys too quickly. For example, I just picked up Mariano Rivera off waivers today from an impatient (or anti-Yankee) owner. Just keep active and keep looking for opportunities all season long.

[mjl]

it's not supposed to be easy!

and you also need to be active on player pickups during the season. I'm sure at the beginning of last season there weren't many teams that had Encarnacion, Dunn, Willingham, LaRoche, CDavis, or Reddick; if you picked up all of them that was about 200 HR.

[bryanbutler]

thoughts on phil hughes? he was just dropped in my league...

my league has been pretty active already - 19 moves by 7 others, compared to 26 by me.

[virgonomic]

it's not supposed to be easy!

and you also need to be active on player pickups during the season. I'm sure at the beginning of last season there weren't many teams that had Encarnacion, Dunn, Willingham, LaRoche, CDavis, or Reddick; if you picked up all of them that was about 200 HR.

LOL! Great advice! I had Willingham and Davis for much of the season.

I also picked up one Mike Trout about a month into the season. This year Wil Myers, Brett Wallace and Carlos Ruiz (25 game suspension) are sticks to keep an eye on.

[virgonomic]

Lucky, keep focused on your first four words: "This may get better". I think in my previous years of playing AFA in leagues, I finished the season with less than 10% of the players I started with. Last year, I kept only two players all year long (Altuve and Scutaro) and was able to finish 4th.

Same here. I turn over most of my roster each year.