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Here is a funny (off the wall) fact: Vernon Wells will be the highest paid player on the Angels this year...by $7.6MM! (or almost 2 2013 McCutchen salaries!)
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Cashner will be healthy by May, is guaranteed a rotation spot, so 176 IP is a conservative estimate IF he's heatlhy. Big if.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 1:25 PM
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Let me reiterate that Branham has $30 to spend. So you must be consider Kevin Youkilis and Alex Rodriguez mashers.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 1:24 PM
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My team is going to be so bad in 2013 that I'm left defending another team that hasn't even played a game yet in '13...I guess the good news is is that I can try to be as objective as possible when comparing teams
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Cashner could be awsome, but Bill James' projection of 176 IP isn't going to happen
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Points/$ only matters if you can reallocate that cash successfully somewhere else. Branham can afford two mashers and call it a day; other teams can too, but what wil that leave them for their OF3-5, MI, or bench? Few stars but quality players and depth
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I'll also go out on a thin limb by saying that Cashner will outscore Estrada, Kennedy, Cahill, and Fister. Book it.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 1:15 PM
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Oh my bad, forgot about Fister completely. Felix/Greinke vs. Lee/Wainwright is real tight, but Felix/Greinke/Kennedy vs. Lee/Wainwright/Medlen is not tight, particularly when you factor in points/$.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 1:14 PM
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I'm going to probably to try some sort of 5 star rating system or someting to make it slightly more in depth than just one bullpen over the other. We'll see...plenty of time to waste between now and opening day
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I think it's Syndicate's bullpen though that stands out when you compare all together. His bullpen is filthy but, like all bullpen's, they are volatile, so comparing RP isn't easy.
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No official "team to beat" projections till after the cuts; just quick observations. I'd take Felix > Lee and Greinke > Wainwright (barely). I'd take Meden > Kennedy but Fister/Cahill > Garza/Estrada
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None of this is to hate on Syndicate at all, really just pressing Trey for more concrete evidence behind his "best rotation" / "team to beat" picks.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 12:38 PM
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Syndicate has 42 players so his lineup/rotation depth is going to be more impressive than a team with 26 players.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 12:37 PM
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Then my #5 starter -- Estrada -- finished in the top-10 in starter SIERA. Not bragging but that's a marked difference in 3-5 starters.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 12:35 PM
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Our 1-2 starters are neck and neck statistically and skills-wise. Medlen/Garza way better than Kennedy/Cahill by any objective measure.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 12:33 PM
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Along with full Power Rankings (pre-season), hope to do a lot of breakdowns: Best OF 1-5, Best Rotation, Best Bullpen, etc.
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FMW: Sale, Lester, Shields, Minor as top 4. That's incredible too. I'll have to sort all these out in my Power Rankings after the cut. It will be tough. Some great rotations out there.
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Strasburg/Darvish/Anderson pretty nasty top 3 as well; so is Gio/Dickey/Parker
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I think I'd probably take (it's close) Lee/Waino/Medlen as the best top three in the league, but I don't see a team with the depth Branham has. Has Lynn, Skaggs, Hultzen on the bench too
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Felix/Greinke/Fister/Kennedy/Cahill + Kimbrel/Hanrahan/Rodney/Balfour/Perez - that's pretty tough to beat. Lee/Waino/Medlen is terrific, but not as deep as his full staff
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MoPain has a better offense up and down but a weaker rotation/bullpen. Still, he's got $40+ he can throw down on a great SP and probably have a good shot
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How is his rotation and/or bullpen better than mine?
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 12:25 PM
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I have him with $73 available; probably can go all in on both AGon and Hambone and not look back. He's got probably the best rotation and bullpen in the league, and guys like Heyward, Kipnis, Alonso, etc. should show improvement
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He may need to make some aggressive cuts because it's real hard to compete without one or more 1100+ position players.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 12:08 PM
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Branham has $29 to spend and zero top-flight bats. Not trying to hate, just what I'm seeing.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 12:04 PM
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The strategy of having your team nearly built out before the draft seems more attractive to me (if I were competing). Branham has $75+ to spend and already has a complete roster of solid guys, and a deep bench (and a ridiculous pitching staff).
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Yes, surprising depth at 3B. Shoeless already has Beltre so he may not target Wright, even with the discount. I may or may not target Headley with mine. I have no idea what Desmond will go for, but you get him $5 cheaper...
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The 3B class is pretty sweet though. Wright, Zim, Headley....some other good ones I'm forgetting.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 11:45 AM
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The bind that I'm in is that my biggest needs are infielders, but I don't like any of the available infielders. Or at least I don't like them at what they will go for.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 11:44 AM
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I should have about $160 to drop at the draft. Should make it interesting...
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Whoa you have like $20 more to spend than me. When did that happen?
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 11:29 AM
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I'm also prepared to go nuts in the draft with all this cash, too, which should be fun...
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I hope Dahl is a beast, but he's 3 years away and anything can happen in between. If I had to stake a claim on a "sleeper" prospect on my team though, I think I'm most excited about Goodwin. Hope he helps in 2014 post-Span
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I am, however, pretty thrilled to see what guys like Miller, Cole, Wheeler, Myers, and Bogaerts can do though...
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Dahl will be a force, you'll just have to wait a while.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 11:10 AM
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This was the perfect storm off season for me to run with the prospect/strategy, since all 11 other teams expect to be in the race and my team last year was getting expensive. Would rather go all in on the rebuild than settle for 2nd or 3rd place in 2013.
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These prospects I've collected are a complete crapshoot. I need a handful to hit big to setup a nice, cheap future at a few positions going forward, but guys like Polanco, Russell, Dahl, etc. may never pan out despite MiLB breakout seasons.
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But I agree with your point about the really highly touted draft picks, because paying $9 for a 19-year-old is less than ideal even if you can afford to do so.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 10:30 AM
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Talented prospects are always readily available, you just need to snag them before Keith Law writes/tweets about them. We all have equal access to MiLB stats.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 10:30 AM
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Yeah but nominating top 50 prospects before they reach a well known top 50 isn't that hard to do. I'm pretty sure I nominated Polanco, Hanson, Cingrani, and Dahl last year. And Addison Russell.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 10:29 AM
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I'd rather pay for a $2 top 50 prospect now than fight the waiver wire mid season and end up paying $5+ for a guy now 1 yr further from MLB. But then again I'm rebuilding, so cheap prospects prob matter more to me than others at this point
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I don't count Buxton, Correia, Zunino since they were draft picks not available until that time. Polanco and Hanson both emerged "under the radar", a big reason why, compared to those others, they are just $2
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Maybe half of the current top 50 was on waivers during 2012 season...?
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 10:11 AM
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I would argue that it IS often that top-50 prospects show up on waiver wire. Waiver pickups from last season: Buxton. Correia. Zunino. Polanco. Hanson. Soler. Cingrani.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 10:11 AM
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Utley's still a great player as long as you don't pencil him in for 500 AB's. I own him in this other H2H league that several of us play in.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 10:10 AM
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Oh, maybe I just nominated him for auction then. That does sound right. I think I'm confusing Polanco with Hanson, who I similarly picked up days before people started raving about him.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 10:09 AM
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worked out for me as Utley was a solid MI down the stretch, although I wish I still had him.
Caimans 🐊 on
January 21, 2013 10:01 AM
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actually, I picked Polanco up off the scrap heap in August based on numbers, then a week later someone wrote about him and everyone wanted him. Think I traded him to you straight up for Chase Utley.
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January 21, 2013 10:01 AM
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Maybe, but its not often an unknown guy comes out of nowhere to become a top 50 prospect with solid skills. He's cheap and worth the risk (power/speed). Lowrie wasn't going to help me in 2015
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Begs the question of why pay for prospects when you can get them off waivers in June of every season.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 21, 2013 9:43 AM
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