...and I now require the affirmation of others in regards to how much ass it may or may not kick. It's an eleven team AL only keeper league, 23 player rosters, $26 to spend, auction-style draft, traditional rotisserie scoring (AVG, HRs, RBIs, SBs, ERA, WHIP, wins and saves). Each team is allowed to keep up to five players from the previous year's roster, and each team has the option to draft one NL player for the minimum price of $2.50. The 'MI' is middle infielder (2B/SS), the 'CO' is corner (1B/3B). So here goes:
C - Jason Kendall, OAK $1.50
C - Ivan Rodriguez, DET $2.40
1B - Richie Sexson, SEA $2.90
2B - Chone Figgins, LAA $0.50 (keeper)
3B - Aaron Boone, CLE $2.30
SS - Angel Berroa, KC $1.70
MI - Frank Menechino, TOR $0.10
CO - Dmitri Young, DET $1.90
OF - Juan Pierre, FLA $2.50
OF - Johnny Damon, BOS $2.40
OF - Coco Crisp, CLE $0.30 (keeper)
OF - Brandon Inge, DET $0.10 (keeper)
OF - Marcus Thames, DET $0.10
DH - Travis Hafner, CLE $0.50 (keeper)
P - Bartolo Colon, LAA $2.60
P - Jose Contreras, CHW $0.50 (keeper)
P - Tim Wakefield, BOS $0.50
P - Bobby Madritsch, SEA $0.50
P - Dewon Brazelton, TB $0.30
P - Runelvys Hernandez, KC $0.30
P - Tom Gordon, NYY $0.90
P - Dustin Hermanson, CHW $0.70
P - Brendan Donnelly, LAA $0.20
Now clearly I'm aware that I have no closers. The problem there was that many of them were kept, and the ones that weren't were grossly overvalued because the stock was so thin. So my plan is to build an absurdly large lead in stolen bases and trade a guy like Pierre at the All-Star break for someone like Foulke or something. Dunno. Input.
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And just for perspective's sake, guys like Guerrero and A-Rod went for $4.50, Randy Johnson for $3.60, Mariano Rivera for $3.30, Keith Foulke for $3.40.
C - Jason Kendall, OAK $1.50
C - Ivan Rodriguez, DET $2.40
1B - Richie Sexson, SEA $2.90
2B - Chone Figgins, LAA $0.50 (keeper)
3B - Aaron Boone, CLE $2.30
SS - Angel Berroa, KC $1.70
MI - Frank Menechino, TOR $0.10
CO - Dmitri Young, DET $1.90
OF - Juan Pierre, FLA $2.50
OF - Johnny Damon, BOS $2.40
OF - Coco Crisp, CLE $0.30 (keeper)
OF - Brandon Inge, DET $0.10 (keeper)
OF - Marcus Thames, DET $0.10
DH - Travis Hafner, CLE $0.50 (keeper)
P - Bartolo Colon, LAA $2.60
P - Jose Contreras, CHW $0.50 (keeper)
P - Tim Wakefield, BOS $0.50
P - Bobby Madritsch, SEA $0.50
P - Dewon Brazelton, TB $0.30
P - Runelvys Hernandez, KC $0.30
P - Tom Gordon, NYY $0.90
P - Dustin Hermanson, CHW $0.70
P - Brendan Donnelly, LAA $0.20
Now clearly I'm aware that I have no closers. The problem there was that many of them were kept, and the ones that weren't were grossly overvalued because the stock was so thin. So my plan is to build an absurdly large lead in stolen bases and trade a guy like Pierre at the All-Star break for someone like Foulke or something. Dunno. Input.
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And just for perspective's sake, guys like Guerrero and A-Rod went for $4.50, Randy Johnson for $3.60, Mariano Rivera for $3.30, Keith Foulke for $3.40.
