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Pujols/Fielder a crushing tandem for Jed
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Wow, great value there for Pujols. Nice work for Shoeless
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I like Alex Cobb and AJ Griffin to be high quality, low price pitching options ready to put it all together this year
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Why are only three teams bidding? I think the opposite will happen - since those three pitchers receive a discount, all 12 teams likely to bid to drive up the price. We saw that last year, right?
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So you have, what, three teams bidding on four of the top-10 pitchers in baseball? Possibly 5?
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 19, 2012 8:59 AM
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Maybe, but it may also artificially drive up the price on those players...
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I'm not a buyer even, I like my rotation.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 19, 2012 8:58 AM
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That won't deter teams like mine with $200 in cap space.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 19, 2012 8:58 AM
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Three of those pitchers will receive a $5 discount if their previous owner wins them at auction...
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buyers of elite pitching either.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 19, 2012 8:53 AM
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For buyers, there is a lot of pitching talent available, I mean there can be no doubt of that. 1-2-3 in WAR over the past two years are free agents, then Bumgarner, possibly Felix, Halladay, Haren. Not that many total players, but not that many $30+
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 19, 2012 8:53 AM
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In keeping with pitchers, question of the day is: What one (rostered) SP do you like for a breakout in 2013?
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of course all of this is also informed by WAR's comment, namely that the variability year over year in pitching makes investing big dollars in it different than investing in pitching
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exactly how many would you want to be available? Kershaw, CC, Verlander, Bumgarner, Johnson, Felix, potentially 6 of the top pitchers out there in a keeper league
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How is Kershaw, CC, Verlander, MadBum a lot of talent? That's four horses and then a fiscal cliff-like drop off...
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Keep forgetting Bumgarner is available. That is a hell of a lot of pitching talent out there.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 18, 2012 11:01 PM
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I thought CC was borderline at $37 - y mind will be a bit blown if he goes for $45. I won't be bidding beyond what I could've kept him for, if that.
Caimans 🐊 on
December 18, 2012 10:31 PM
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The Syndicate's trading block has been updated!
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even if Felix isn't cut, Verlander, Kershaw, CC, Bumgarner, Josh Johnson already in the pool
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Joey Gallo may also be available, but I'm pretty thin on hitting prospects, so not dying to move him.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 18, 2012 6:48 PM
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If you have interest in Bourjos, Chris Nelson, or Taylor Jungmann, let me know.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 18, 2012 6:47 PM
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Three best after Medlen, I mean.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 18, 2012 6:46 PM
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If Felix gets cut then you have the three best ottoneu pitchers all available on draft day. Pretty amazing.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 18, 2012 6:45 PM
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I inquire on a lot of guys
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I had at least five team inquire on Felix when I had him. He was $47. That tells me the demand for an ace is pretty high...
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2006 that is, not 1996
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CC just threw his smallest number of innings since 1996 and had off season elbow surgery. Maybe he'll go over $45, it only takes two teams that really want him. I don't personally see it
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there are tons of factors keeping player salaries from inflating and a hard $400 that you have to hit every Jan 31st. I don't see any big reason that all of a sudden draft prices for the best players are going to be disproportionately high
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I don't see any evidence of that. PLayers get hurt and cut, get voted off, get cut b/c they were aggregated by a contending team that is overbudget
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Pretty confident both Verlander and Kershaw will go over $45; maybe CC, maybe others. I think the inflation rate grows as the league goes on from year to year
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We've got a few years worth of data, fact is there are only a handful of players ever to go over $45, and only one SP that I can think of (Felix)
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Why is SP more scarce now than before -- yes some SP's are kept, but of course that also means fewer draft $$ chasing the smaller number of arms.
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Has less to do with performance than it does scarcity; there just aren't that many dominant arms available in the draft pool. That will likely drive up the price.
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Felix was $47 coming off a Cy Young, don't see why he's going way higher now a few years later
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There's a reason Kershaw, Verlander, CC, Felix, etc. are going to be north of $45 during the draft...
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On a game to game basis, SP's can be infuriating in Ottoneu. But it's pretty clear you need elite pitching to compete throughout the season. Yes, you can find some good starts on waivers, but it's like playing with fire.
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To me if there's one position you don't want to have a lot of $$ wrapped up in, it's starting pitching.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 18, 2012 3:53 PM
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I don't think I have the best rotation but I may have the best points-per-dollar rotation.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 18, 2012 3:52 PM
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Regardless, it's pretty clear the top shelf pitching is really stretched across the league. Adding Kershaw, Verlander, CC, and MadBum to four other teams not mentioned would stretch it even further
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I like my four solid but unexciting horses in Shields, Gallardo, Latos, Scherzer, and Chapman could be interesting. Depending on what EP does in the draft, Strasburg, Darvish, Anderson + #4 + #5 could be the best top to bottom in talent; Bundy in waiting
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I overlooked Carpenter; I didn't expect Lincecum (or Lester) to be kept. There is a lot of upside to a lot of SP's on the rosters I see, but the proven "veteraness" of Felix, Greinke, Lee is sick. But the cost is high...
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It would be pretty shocking to see Lincecum get kept
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Weaver, Lincecum and Carpenter could yield an extremely high reward, although they could bomb too
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Though the price on Lester is a bit high.
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Nobody can beat Felix/Lee/Greinke. I like my Sale/Lester/Hellickson/Minor quartet if they are all pitching in top form. That's a big if though.
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But, if he keeps all three, tough to beat Felix, C. Lee, Greinke (Syndicate). That's about as nasty as it gets. I don't see a lot of deep 1-5 yet though
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There are some great trio's in the league: Stras, Yu, Anderson (EP), Gio, Dickey, Parker (Durham), and WAR may have the best bargain bunch in Wain, Cueto, Medlen, Fister
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Still too early to do true analysis of the teams before the keeper deadline, but time to start discussing strengths and weaknesses in the league. Who would you say has the best 1-5 SP rotation today?
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some combo of Youk/Tex/ARod will be perpetually hurt
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I think Epstein should eat his contract and talk Brian Cashman about putting Soriano at 3B, he came up as a SS
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