February 12, 200620 yr Thought I'd get some of your opinions on this. I'm in a keeper league and we get to keep 10 of our guys from last year. I have 8 locked up and am looking for advice ont he last 2 spots. s. green/belliard/bradley/gibbons/beltre f. garcia/burnett I'm leaning toward green and garcia, but just wanted to get some others advice. I wasted a high pick on beltre last year and really don't feel like he's going to do anything significant this year.
February 12, 200620 yr Beltre for sure as far as hitters. He has explosive upside, the others don't. Burnett/Freddy is a wash. Burnett could have a monster year but Freddy (if healthy) will be consistent and solid so I'd go Freddy.
February 12, 200620 yr I would be surprised if Beltre didn't have a really good year. As far as Burnett/Garcia-thats tough. Burnett has bigger upside as a fantasy pitcher although he probably has more injury concerns. I guess I'd go with Garcia but its almost a coin flip
February 12, 200620 yr Part of it depends on who your other players are, since none of them are slam-dunk choices. Beliard and Belte aren't exactly big needs if you already have credible 2B and 3B. Garcia and Burnett are both pretty good, but you generally want to lean towards hitters. If you don't already have a 3B, I'd definitely say keep Beltre. My other pick for you team would depend on whatever other pitchers you have. If they are highly rated, fairly safe guys (like Santana, Oswalt, Pedro, Zambrano, Peavy), I'd say keep Burnett because he has a higher ceiling. If they are somewhat more risky pitchers (like Carpenter, Prior, Sheets, Johnson, Schilling, Harden), I'd say keep Garcia.
February 12, 200620 yr Beltre is, and will be, crap. The only good thing that could come from picking him would be selling him high, but I doubt he has much interest anymore after his horrible year last year. As for the two picks, I'd take Green and Garcia. Green is a solid player, and while he might not be a superstar anymore, he's relatively consistant for a .800+ OPS, ~20 HR, 30+ doubles, and a handful of RBI. Garcia is, well, Garcia. He's got his ups and his downs, but either way, he's a safer pick than Burnett.
February 12, 200620 yr I'd keep Giles and probably Radke over Tracy although Tracy is intriguing. With position scarcity you have to keep Giles I think. I like to have a strong pitching team with offense focusing mroe on leaner positions so that is my personal view on why I'd keep those two. I'd definitely pass on Overbay though, you cna find a better fantasy first-sacker in the draft
February 12, 200620 yr QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Feb 12, 2006 -> 06:33 AM) Actually, I guess I could ask the same question. I also have 8 locked up. Need two more. M.Giles,S.Hillenbrand,C.Tracy,L.Overbay Gotta keep Giles. He was one of my few bright spots last year, and he's one of the best hitting second-sacker in all of baseball. Greinke... eh, not so much. Traded Francisco Cordero to get him. :banghead
February 12, 200620 yr QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Feb 12, 2006 -> 05:33 PM) Actually, I guess I could ask the same question. I also have 8 locked up. Need two more. M.Giles,S.Hillenbrand,C.Tracy,L.Overbay Radke/Greinke I could keep both the hitters, it doesnt have to be 1 pitcher, 1 hitter. I'd keep Tracy and Giles. I know some people think Tracy may regress a little in 2006, but if he can play every game he's definitely got the capability to hit 30-100 going on how he hit in the 2nd half of 05.
February 12, 200620 yr Author QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Feb 12, 2006 -> 01:11 AM) Greinke... eh, not so much. Traded Francisco Cordero to get him. :banghead my only good deal the entire year.
February 12, 200620 yr QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 12, 2006 -> 01:44 AM) I'd keep Tracy and Giles. I know some people think Tracy may regress a little in 2006, but if he can play every game he's definitely got the capability to hit 30-100 going on how he hit in the 2nd half of 05. You keeping tracy?? Nah, I don't believe it. Edited February 12, 200620 yr by Rowand44
February 12, 200620 yr Steve, your team sucks...you are asking people to help you rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic.
February 13, 200620 yr Tony, I wouldn't touch Radke or Grienke. Definitely go with Giles and Tracy. Giles could go 20/20 at a short position, and Tracy could go .300-30-100 and will be 3B eligible. Both are pretty solid for a 10 man keeper league.
February 13, 200620 yr Adrian Beltre and Milton Bradley. Bradley could have one hell of an awesome year in Oakland. Neither one of those pitchers seem like keeper material to me. Sorry. Shawn Green in a keeper league? No thank you. Giles and Tracy for the other one. That seems like a no brainer to me.
February 14, 200620 yr QUOTE(southsideirish @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 04:05 PM) Bradley could have one hell of an awesome year in Oakland. Just curious as to your reasoning behind this.
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