Which 6 should I keep?

[Erik]

10-team hybrid league. We draft from 16 teams, some AL, some NL, but there are also ways in which we can roster players not from those 16 teams. So value-wise it ends up being like a 14- or 16-team mixed league.

5x5 with OBP. Our cap is $75, so I've included the actual salary along with the "translation" to what it would be in a $260 cap. There are no long-term contracts; all keeper decisions are on a year-to-year basis. To keep someone you have to pay him 150% of his previous year's salary or $1, whichever is greater.

We can keep up to 6. I've narrowed it down to these guys:

C/1B Napoli $4.25 (translation: $15)
C Ramos $1 (translation: $4)
1B Butler $5.75 (translation: $20)
1B/3B M. Reynolds $1 (translation: $4)
SS E. Aybar $2.25 (translation: $8)
SS D. Gordon $1.25 (translation: $4)
SS Y. Escobar $2 (translation: $7)
OF Choo $6 (translation: $21)
OF Span $1 (translation: $4)
OF Crisp $2.25 (translation: $8)
OF Stubbs $1.25 (translation: $4)
OF/1B Hart $1 (translation: $4)
P Minor $3 (translation: $11)
P Frieri $3 (translation: $11)
P Uehara $1.50 (translation: $5)
P Masterson $2.75 (translation: $10)

So which 6 would you pick?

[Hammer]

C/1B Napoli $4.25 (translation: $15)
1B Butler $5.75 (translation: $20)
OF Choo $6 (translation: $21
OF Crisp $2.25 (translation: $8)
P Minor $3 (translation: $11)
P Masterson $2.75 (translation: $10)

[rhd]

Off the top of my head, w/o crunching any numbers:

OF Choo $6 (translation: $21)
OF Crisp $2.25 (translation: $8)
P Minor $3 (translation: $11)
P Masterson $2.75 (translation: $10)
SS E. Aybar $2.25 (translation: $8)
OF/1B Hart $1 (translation: $4)

Your league seems very similar to one of my NJ leagues, which is also mixed, except we have $100 budgets and we have draft from 28 of the 30 MLB teams because we have 23 roto owners. Is yours an in-person auction?

[Erik]

Is yours an in-person auction?

Yes it is.

[joncarlos]

Why no love for Uehara?

Also, I assume Napoli doesn't qualify at C?

[Erik]

Why no love for Uehara?

Also, I assume Napoli doesn't qualify at C?

I assume that will be the case. Positions are what is currently listed on our league's site on ESPN; our positional-eligibility rules are in flux because ESPN, which we used for the first time last year, doesn't support our requirements.

[DMT]

OF Choo $6 (translation: $21)
OF Crisp $2.25 (translation: $8)
OF/1B Hart $1 (translation: $4)
P Minor $3 (translation: $11)
P Uehara $1.50 (translation: $5)
P Masterson $2.75 (translation: $10)

[virgonomic]

1B Butler $5.75 (translation: $20)
OF Choo $6 (translation: $21)
OF Crisp $2.25 (translation: $8)
OF/1B Hart $1 (translation: $4)
P Minor $3 (translation: $11)
P Uehara $1.50 (translation: $5)

Napoli had a nice year but the AVG is nothing special and I think you can find a 25/90 guy fairly easily. Hello Kendrys Morales.

[DMT]

Closers will be available, but he is one of only a few that can have a significant impact on the ratio categories plus triple-digit Ks.

[Erik]

Closers will be available, but he is one of only a few that can have a significant impact on the ratio categories plus triple-digit Ks.

Also, we're not a 10-team mixed. There will be about 10 closers who won't be eligible. I wouldn't keep 2 closers, though.

[virgonomic]

Also, we're not a 10-team mixed. There will be about 10 closers who won't be eligible. I wouldn't keep 2 closers, though.

Right, 10 teams but limited universe. In that case maybe you need to find a way to keep Koji. Is he a sure thing with Hanrahan and Bailey in the mix? If he sets up, are his ratios and 10 saves still valuable?

ETA: Hanrahan and Bailey no longer Red Sox.

[Erik]

Right, 10 teams but limited universe. In that case maybe you need to find a way to keep Koji. Is he a sure thing with Hanrahan and Bailey in the mix? If he sets up, are his ratios and 10 saves still valuable?

Neither Hanrahan or Bailey are on the team anymore. Hanrahan is a FA and Bailey was non-tendered.

[virgonomic]

Neither Hanrahan or Bailey are on the team anymore. Hanrahan is a FA and Bailey was non-tendered.

Well that escalated quickly. I thought Hanrahan was on a 2-year deal. I guess Koji is the man.

[Erik]

New wrinkle.

I'm pretty much set on these 5.

OF Choo $6 (translation: $21)
OF Crisp $2.25 (translation: $8)
P Minor $3 (translation: $11)
P Uehara $1.50 (translation: $5)
P Masterson $2.75 (translation: $10)

If I keep only 5, I can participate in our "claiming round," in which every owner who keeps less than 6 can pluck someone who was cut from another roster.

If I kept a 6th, it would be one of these:

OF/1B Hart $1 (translation: $4)
C Ramos $1 (translation: $4)
SS D. Gordon $1.25 (translation: $4)

Here's who I project to be in the "claiming round" that might be worth considering:

Norichika Aoki, OF, KC, $1.50
Rajai Davis, OF, DET $1
Corey Kluber, P, CLE $1.25
Todd Frazier, 1B/3B, CIN $1.50*
Anibal Sanchez, P, DET $2.25*
Casey Janssen, P, TOR $3*
Carl Crawford, OF, LAD $2.75*
Starlin Castro, SS, CHC $3.50*
Dan Straily, P, OAK $1
Alex Wood, P, ATL, $1
Sonny Gray, P, OAK $1
Nick Castellanos, OF, DET $1
Xander Bogaerts, 3B, BOS $1
Avisail Garcia, OF, CHW $1
Cole Calhoun, OF, LAA $1

* -- If one of these guys is kept, it means one of Domonic Brown ($1.50) or Freddie Freeman ($4.25) will be available.



I won't know what pick I would have in the "claiming round" until after keepers are submitted. Based on my current projections, I would be first. Of the guys who would pick before me, I think only one has a decent shot of keeping less than 6. So chances are I would have the first or second pick.

So which do you like better, one of the guys from my roster under consideration for the final keeper, or one of the guys who I expect to be in the "claiming round"?