First Finished LiveDraft...quirky rules
This is a league filled with my old co-workers at DOJ-AntiTrust. You'd think a league filled with attorneys and economists would have some intelligent folks.
Okay, so I made a few mistakes in my draft. One, was selecting Carl Crawford instead of Carlos Beltran. Didn't matter since I got Beltran on the wrap. The second was selecting Dave Roberts but the computer told me I picked up Gagne. Bummer.
The strategy I have with this follows my famous (infamous?) SOUP/HIMA strategy. To follow HIMA means that I am punting saves.
SOUP = Star Outfielders Upside Prospects
HIMA = High Investment Mound Aces
Standard 5x5 Roto H2H league. 10 teams. No innings min/max. Streaming not allowed. No set limitation on pitchers ( I could have 9 starters or 9 relievers. 2 catchers, 1 corner, 1 mid and standard other positions.
So here's the team:
C1 Ramon Hernandez (last good upside catcher)
C2 Chris Iannetta (Javy is there for show)
1B Adrian Gonzalez (I wanted to anchor 1B with him, so I waited
2B Chris Burke (I got alot of flak for this 21st rounder)
3B Aubrey Huff (I'll get decent stats here)
SS Bill Hall (picked 5 rounds after Jeter)
OF Carl Crawford (Speed, BA, Runs)
OF Carlos Beltran (Anchors OF, 5 cat wonder)
OF Andruw Jones (Makes up for Crawford's shortcomings
OF Carlos Quentin (Upside)
OF Kenny Lofton (30 steals, 100 runs, 25th pick)
2B/SS Jhonny Peralta(hoping for a bounceback)
1B/3B Conor Jackson (Upside)
UTIL Placido Polanco (Could do better here
Bench
Brandon Inge
Corey Hart
Pitching (I'm not going to bother commenting, you'll see why, and yes, I am starting them all every week).
SP Jake Peavy
SP Jeremy Bonderman
SP Dan Haren
SP Chris Young
SP Dave Bush
SP Justin Verlander
SP Ervin Santana
SP Kelmin Escobar
SP Greg Maddux
Bench
Jered Weaver
Eric Gagne
Matt Capps
Okay, so I made a few mistakes in my draft. One, was selecting Carl Crawford instead of Carlos Beltran. Didn't matter since I got Beltran on the wrap. The second was selecting Dave Roberts but the computer told me I picked up Gagne. Bummer.
The strategy I have with this follows my famous (infamous?) SOUP/HIMA strategy. To follow HIMA means that I am punting saves.
SOUP = Star Outfielders Upside Prospects
HIMA = High Investment Mound Aces
Standard 5x5 Roto H2H league. 10 teams. No innings min/max. Streaming not allowed. No set limitation on pitchers ( I could have 9 starters or 9 relievers. 2 catchers, 1 corner, 1 mid and standard other positions.
So here's the team:
C1 Ramon Hernandez (last good upside catcher)
C2 Chris Iannetta (Javy is there for show)
1B Adrian Gonzalez (I wanted to anchor 1B with him, so I waited
2B Chris Burke (I got alot of flak for this 21st rounder)
3B Aubrey Huff (I'll get decent stats here)
SS Bill Hall (picked 5 rounds after Jeter)
OF Carl Crawford (Speed, BA, Runs)
OF Carlos Beltran (Anchors OF, 5 cat wonder)
OF Andruw Jones (Makes up for Crawford's shortcomings
OF Carlos Quentin (Upside)
OF Kenny Lofton (30 steals, 100 runs, 25th pick)
2B/SS Jhonny Peralta(hoping for a bounceback)
1B/3B Conor Jackson (Upside)
UTIL Placido Polanco (Could do better here
Bench
Brandon Inge
Corey Hart
Pitching (I'm not going to bother commenting, you'll see why, and yes, I am starting them all every week).
SP Jake Peavy
SP Jeremy Bonderman
SP Dan Haren
SP Chris Young
SP Dave Bush
SP Justin Verlander
SP Ervin Santana
SP Kelmin Escobar
SP Greg Maddux
Bench
Jered Weaver
Eric Gagne
Matt Capps