2005 I Love Baseball Yahoo Fantasy Thread #2

1b- Jim Thome
2b- Mark Bellhorn
ss- Bill Hall
3b- Chipper Jones
lf- Bernie Williams
cf- Mark Kotsay
rf- Bobby Higginson
c- Jason La Rue
dh- Justin Morneau

bench- Jody Garut, Jason Werth

sp- Oliver Perez
sp- Brad Radke
sp- Livan Hernandez
sp- C.C. Sabathia
sp- Jake Westbrook
sp- Danny Haren

closer – K Rod
setup – Scot Sheilds
rp – Steve Kline
rp – Kiki Calero

Oliver Perez and K Rod were both players I really wanted to get going into the draft, so at least I got a couple that I really wanted. I also got both Kiki Calero and Danny Haren that are perhaps stretches, but I want to see that Cardinals trade work out. Both of those guys were pretty impressive in the playoffs last year and I thought they would be worth taking a chance upon, since they are going fit as a major part of the A's plans this season.

C Johnny Estrada
1B Rafael Palmeiro
2B Mark Loretta
3B Casey Blake
SS Rafael Furcal
OF Barry Bonds
OF Miguel Cabrera
OF Rondell White

DH Craig Monroe

bench JT Snow, Eric Hinske

SP Mike Mussina
SP Greg Maddux
SP Jaret Wright
SP Joel Pineiro
SP Jon Garland
SP Jamie Moyer

RP Trevor Hoffman
RP Braden Looper
RP Ramon Ortiz
RP Chin-hui Tsao

C: Brandon Inge
1B: Mark Teixera
2B: Brian Roberts
SS: Khalil Greene
3B: David Wright
OF: Brad Wilkerson
OF: Vernon Wells
OF: Kevin Mench
UTIL: Calvin Pickering/Robb Quinlan

SP: Johan Santana
SP: Rich Harden
RP: BJ Ryan
RP: Mike Gonzalez
P: Javier Vazquez
P: Brian Lawrence
P: Andy Pettite

BENCH:
Larry Bigbie
Vincente Padilla
Orlando Hernandez
Lance Carter

My bench sucks, but provided Pickering gets plenty of playing time, I should be okay.

Anyway, IIRC:

C: Victor Martinez
1B: Adam Dunn
2B: Orlando Hudson
SS: Jose Valentin
3B: Troy Glaus
OF: Carlos Beltran
OF: Mike Cameron
OF: someone I drafted before Cameron...
UTIL: Dallas McPherson
BENCH: JD Closser / 2 other sexxxy folk...

SP: Matt Clement
SP: Kelvim Escobar
RP: Octavio Dotel
RP: Miguel Batista
P: JC Romero
P: Dontrelle Willis
P: someone else...
BENCH: more sexxiness...

C Jorge Posada (NYY - C)
1B Carlos Delgado (Fla - 1B)
2B Bret Boone (Sea - 2B)
3B Pedro Feliz (SF - 1B,3B,SS)
SS Miguel Tejada (Bal - SS)
OF Larry Walker (StL - OF)
OF Eric Byrnes (Oak - OF)
OF Rocco Baldelli (TB - OF)
DH Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)

Bench
Shea Hillenbrand (Tor - 1B,3B)
Reed Johnson (Tor - OF)

Pitchers
SP Odalis Pérez (LAD - SP)
SP Bronson Arroyo (Bos - SP)
SP Brett Tomko (SF - SP)
SP Carlos Silva (Min - SP)
SP Tim Wakefield (Bos - SP)
SP Derek Lowe (LAD - SP)
SP Kazuhisa Ishii (NYM - SP)
RP Julian Tavárez (StL - RP)
RP Giovanna Carrara (LAD - RP)
RP Urgueth Urbina (Det - RP)

I totally dropped the ball on Durazo and Pettite. And that was BEFORE I took my knock-out pills! (BTW, cold sweats in the workplace = PRICELESS.)

B Guzman
B Wigginton
B Aaron Miles

SP Jake Peavy
SP Jon Lieber
SP Kris Benson
SP Cory Lidle
SP Tomo Ohka
RP Billy Wagner
RP Danny Graves
RP Chad Cordero
RP Jose Mesa

hmm, i could probably spare some closer for some ss, perhaps gygax and i should talk...

super sub-david newhan

b-omar infante

sp-bartolo colon
sp-david wells
sp-paul byrd
sp-gavin floyd
closer-dan kolb
holds guy-francisco rodrigiez
rp-ryan madson
rp-justin duschwhatever

i might be looking for a starter...

C :: Mike Lieberthal
1B :: David Ortiz
2B :: Plácido Polanco
SS :: Angel Berro
3B :: Aubrey Huff
OF :: JD Drew
OF :: Geoff Jenkin
OF :: Alex Rios
UTL :: Craig Wilson
Bench :: Lance Berkman (OF), Ronnie Belliard (2B) & David Eckstein (SS)

SP :: Pedro Martínez
SP :: Matt Morris
SP :: David Bush
RP :: Troy Percival
RP :: Damaso Marte
RP :: Tim Worrell
RP :: Rheal Cormier
RP :: Steve Reed
RP :: Frank Francisco

Not bad considering that after the first round yahoo turned on me and I couldn't really see what I was doing for half the draft (resulting in yahoo picking Pedro & Huff for me)!

FRANCISCO: Anaheim hot shitzu flamethrower, AKA K-Rod, now Anaheim's closer

FELIX: Former Giant bullpen whipping boy, last year's Phillie bullpen whipping boy, now poised to be the Yankee bullpen whipping boy

jaymc: whomever's in your starting slots (that is, whomever's not on your bench) gets you stats for your team. So, if you have a starter on your bench when it's his turn to start, his stats will not count for you. You might have to rotate starters every day, depending on when they start in relation to each other. Yahoo! usually puts a little carat (sic?) (yes I am!) next to a starter's opposing team whenever it's their turn to throw, so you know if they're pitching that day. You can also check out when a starter's forecasted to start (up to 7 days in advance) when you check out your starting lineup for the following day.

bah x-post

Brilliance!

the things we learned this year entry?

"That John Kruk is a golden god.

Oh boy, is he ever! I'm blushing just thinking about that stout genius.

If you missed this season of Baseball Tonight, where The Kruk-raker gave his varying opinions on Jeter's catch, Pedro's daddy, or Burrell's impotence, then you missed something truly special. And you should be ashamed."

C Ramon Hernandez
1B Todd Helton
2B Jose Vidro
3B Mike Lowell
SS Luis A Gonzalez
OF Jim Edmonds
OF Torii Hunter
OF Jacque Jones

Util: Matt Holliday
Bench: Erubiel Dorazo, Ryan Klesko, Juan Rivera

SP Roy Halliday
SP Freddy Garcia
RP Ray King
RP Luis Ayala
P Brandon Webb
P Jeff Suppan
P Chris Reitsma
BN Glendon Rusch
BN Matt Miller

This team shouldn't have much trouble hitting, although I'm counting on some young players to get enough playing time.

My pitching is OK, but I could use a closer (mattbot, I'll be in touch).

My last OF spot, Util and bench need help. The computer picked old guys, I prefer yoof.

SP - Carlos Zambrano
SP - AJ Burnett
RP - LaTroy Hawkins
RP - Wilson Alvarez
P - Woody Williams
P - John Lackey
P - David Riske
Bn - Victor Zambrano, Josh Fogg, Justin Speier

We're doomed.

C: Javy L.
1B: Dmitri Y./Lyle O./Chad T.
2B: Mark G./Ryan F.
SS: Kaz M.
3B: Chad T./Ryan F.
OF: Bobby A., Johnny D., Endy C./ Wily Mo P., Kenny L., David D., Ryan F.

SP: Ben S., Zack G., Scott K., Darrell M.
RP: Mike A., Yhency B., J.J. P., Dustin H.

not sure if my plan is genius or crap

currently have a deal in the works though, heh heh heh

And blast you folks what can access Yahoo! Fantasy Sports w/out dealing w/ the repurcussions of BIG BROTHER looming over yr shoulder!

(you loudmouth jerk)

C: J. Varitechre
1B: S. Casey
2B: R. Durham
3B: THEE MUELLER
SS: E. Renteria
OF: Manny/Godzilla/M. Lawton
Util: Mi. Sweeney
Bench: R. Ibanez/J. Crede/K. Ginter

Rotation: Rodrigo Lopez, Noah Lowry, Nate Robertson, Jerome Williams (Going back to the 4-man rotation!)
Closer: Joe Nathan
Setup: Jim Brower, Scott Linebrink, Ron Mahay
Pen: Travis Harper

C - Damien Miller
1B - Shawn Green
2B - Jeff Kent
3B - Corey Koskie
SS - Nomar Garciaparra
OF - Jeromy Burnitz
OF - Coco Crisp
OF - Cliff Floyd
Util - Jeff Bagwell

BN - Trot Nixon, Rob Mackowiak, Carl Everett

SP - Curt Schilling
SP - Jason Schmidt
RP - Jason Isringhausen
RP - Bob Wickman
P - Mark Buerhle
P - Brendan Donnelly
P - Mike Timlin

BN - Luis Vizcaino, Mike Hampton

I'm assuming that this is a typo, cos I've got this year in the bag. More like King of OBLIVIOUSNESS hyuk hyuk!

David, according to your version of New Math: Leee = Slint.

c - matt lecroy
1b - JASON GIAMBI
2b - alfonso soriano
ss - cesar izturis
3b - sean burroughs
rf - SAMMY SOSA
cf - juan pierre
lf - brian giles
util - andruw jones

bench - michael cuddyer, nick swisher, xavier nady

sp - tim hudson
sp - kerry wood
sp - kevin brown
sp - al leiter
rp - joe borowski
rp - tom gordon
rp - salomon torres
rp - rafael betancourt
rp - jesse crain

C M. Barrett
1B R. Sexson
2B M. Giles
3B A. Béltre
SS C. Guillén
OF M. Ordóñez
OF L. Ford
OF Lu. González
Util A. Ramírez
BN A. Kennedy
BN J. Randa

SP K. Rogers
SP A. Eaton
RP S. Takatsu
RP D. Báez
P G. Aquino
P J. Marquis
P E. Milton
BN E. Loaiza
BN M. Redman
BN R. Villone

I noticed too late
that you're doing well with holds
I'll shop him elsewhere

without him, I'm nothing! when he cools, my assault on the upper echelons is GAWN

(btw: anyone need a slightly used Yhency Brazoban? he won't come cheap, but he's on the block, as I have other dudes for holds galore)

stence have you lost your mind?

He made the offer on Monday, but I held off on accepting it because the health of three or four of my guys was in question.

Klesko's sale price was never higher than it was a week ago. It's likely come down since Monday.

Obviously I should stay objective here. If you guys want to vote against it, then so be it, but that's the history of the deal.

how many positions does orlando hudson play? once vlad cuddyer got hot and vlad got hurt, it was game, set match.

this is my version of total baseball!

(eternal consciousness to whoever picks up the reference)

Vic Conte, I Convect =====> Wiffle House

OK, so the Klesko-Unit trade is now nixed (although I believe that a compelling argument as to its fairness isn't too difficult to argue, but never mind that now). However, as many of you know (having received trade offers from me over the last couple of days), I still have an excess of pitching and am looking to wake up my offense's month-long slumber. SOMEBODY TRADE ME A BAT, DAMMIT.

I might be OK if Thome and Bellhorn start hitting some jacks and driving in some runs. Those two guys are a blackhole in the lineup, as they have not hit for power, have not driven in runs, do not hit for average and they strikeout more than a NL West pitcher. I really need homers, runs and rbi's bad, that is the only place I can really pick up some points.

The Kit Kaats are doing what I thought impossible a few weeks back, they are actually catching me in HR's allowed. I was freaking double the next person in the league for a week or two. My starting pitching has been better of late, as I have been benching Haren and Perez a bit more. Santos and Capuanno from the Brewers have done well off of the waiver wire also.

I am whupping ALL OF YOU in pitching. ALL OF YOU. Sort of. But w/ that going great, all I need now is for folks like Matsui and V-Mart to hit the damn ball. Leading in walks w/ a .250 BA = a middle of the road OBP. Couple that w/ a nice number of HRs, and my OPS is above average. Watch out!

Also, if Felipe Lopez could keep up his career-making year, that'd be appreciated. Also to Adam Dunn - eff Joe Morgan; just do yr thing. Also to Troy Glaus - don't get hurt you gimpy bastard. Also to Jody Gerut - whack J-Gone behind the knees so you guarantee yrself more PT. Also to Carlos Beltran - GET HEALTHY AND RUN DAMN IT.

Daver -- you're not whipping me in pitching, BOY. Actually our teams are quite similar, with strong pitching, low average, lots of walks ... except my team is DISCIPLINED (low K's) and can CATCH TEH BALL. Enjoy your team of Rob Deers, jerky.

There's a team (gygax's?) relying on the effed-up excellence of Pedro Feliz AND Reggie Sanders AND Tino Martinez, isn't there? What's up w/ that?

my pitching is so garbaggio that i'm still carrying boomer wells and i nearly jumped for joy when my era dropped below 5. my ks are none existent.

Lee, I gave you D-Train! What else do you want?

So I fortunately got rid of Wakefield (who got pummeled today... and the last start... and the one before that) but what do you know, Bronson Arroyo comes in as long relief, pitching pretty good ball. Now of course I've got him on my bench, but none of the fantasy alerts said anything about Arroyo's demotion out of the rotation into a long relief role. What gives sportsfans?

2005 I Love Baseball Yahoo Fantasy Thread #3