Keeper help with My mixed league

[mike9289]

You guys were real helpful with my AL league so I'll give you a shot to help me with this mess. I need to keep 8 of these. All of them outside of segura are about the same which makes this real hard. 5x5, $280 cap, 25 man roster with 10 pitchers and 2 Util. can swap pitchers every day so there is a little more value to sps. No extentions. can keep a guy 3 years max. I will label these guys with a 2 for 2nd year or 3 for last year. Here goes, the list is long but mediocre:

Beltre - $24 3rd
Segura - $3, 3rd
Crisp - $9, 3rd
venable - $3, 3rd
Fowler - $6, 2nd
Grandy - $16, 2nd
Ortiz - $1, 2nd
T. Hunter - $3, 2nd
U. Jiminez - $2, 2nd
E. Johnson - $1, 2nd
Martin Perez - $5, 2nd
Perkins - $11, 3rd
Quintana - $1, 2nd
Smyly - $2, 2nd
Kuroda - $9, 2nd
Lohse - $8, 2nd
Lynn - $4, 2nd
Ryu - $7, 2nd
Anibal Sanchez - $7, 2nd
CJ Wilson - $7, 2nd

Well, what do you guys make of this mess. I finished 3rd last year in this 12 team league. 1-4 keep 8, 5-8 keep 10, 9-12 keep 12 so there are a whole bunch of good keepers out there. No trades because everybody is in the same boat with all these so so keepers.
Thanks again

[joncarlos]

Shallow mixed,you want the elite guys. So definitely Beltre. And I would put Ryu in that class too... add them to Segura and Papi and that's 4 no brainers.

Replacement level is fairly high so Crisp's injury issues are less of a concern. I'd add him. I'd probably add Venable and Fowler too. That makes 7.

If you believe Anibal is healthy he is another one. I'm not sure he is. I'm really not a Smyly guy. Honestly I don't love any of your SPs. How deep is your bench? Can you mix and match? I'd probably take Kuroda for #8 but wouldn't argue with Ubaldo or Anibal or even Smyly. Hell, I'd even consider Perk who I think is a very underrated closer.

[Gregg]

Shallow mixed,you want the elite guys. So definitely Beltre. And I would put Ryu in that class too... add them to Segura and Papi and that's 4 no brainers.

Replacement level is fairly high so Crisp's injury issues are less of a concern. I'd add him. I'd probably add Venable and Fowler too. That makes 7.

If you believe Anibal is healthy he is another one. I'm not sure he is. I'm really not a Smyly guy. Honestly I don't love any of your SPs. How deep is your bench? Can you mix and match? I'd probably take Kuroda for #8 but wouldn't argue with Ubaldo or Anibal or even Smyly. Hell, I'd even consider Perk who I think is a very underrated closer.

I had this with the exception of Anibal and Smyly no Fowler. I could see keeping Fowler and one of the pitchers.

[Erik]

Definitely these three:

Beltre - $24 3rd
Segura - $3, 3rd
Ortiz - $1, 2nd (I presume you mean David; at that price, don't worry about tying up the UT spot)

Presuming the shoulder is OK:

Anibal Sanchez - $7, 2nd

After that it's kind of a crapshoot. I like:

Crisp - $9, 3rd
venable - $3, 3rd
Smyly - $2, 2nd
Fowler - $6, 2nd

If you think closers will be scarce and/or overpriced, consider Perkins instead of Fowler.

[mike9289]

Definitely these three:

Beltre - $24 3rd
Segura - $3, 3rd
Ortiz - $1, 2nd (I presume you mean David; at that price, don't worry about tying up the UT spot)

Presuming the shoulder is OK:

Anibal Sanchez - $7, 2nd

After that it's kind of a crapshoot. I like:

Crisp - $9, 3rd
venable - $3, 3rd
Smyly - $2, 2nd
Fowler - $6, 2nd

If you think closers will be scarce and/or overpriced, consider Perkins instead of Fowler.

Yes its Big Papi.
11 man reserve with sps switched in and out every day. No max on starts or anything like that so owners that go for wins and Ks could end up hurting their whip and era. I got about 8 sps that are similar. The one that stood out is Sanchez and he has the shoulder issues. Getting this to 8 isn't easy because the middle guys are all the same.

[joncarlos]

I think you're really underestimating Ryu. He is a cut above all of those guys (except maybe a healthy Sanchez)