Thoughts on Marcus Giles

[Hotlanta]

Hmmm, dropping Marcus Giles. I know he's been as cold as ice, but he still has value. Just the other day I was offered John Patterson straight up.

He still has value above the WW, dropping him is not the way to go.

[PinotResa]

I dropped him like a bad habit. I picked up Betancourt.(sleeper)

Ooops. Betancourt's current, past and projected OBP could be his average and he'd still be a poor fantasy play.

[garf112]

I dropped him like a bad habit. I picked up Betancourt.(sleeper)

Somebody has been reading too much "expert advice" from Brandon Funston and the gang.

[johnsamo]

Yeah, people in fantasy baseball, particularly the newbies, tend to way over react to a young guy on a hot streak or a proven veteran stud on a cold streak. 9 out of 10 times, grabbing the cold vet over the hot rookie pays off over the long run.

This last week I've vultured both Giles and Pettite... I'm not worried at all.

[twistedude]

Yeah, people in fantasy baseball, particularly the newbies, tend to way over react to a young guy on a hot streak or a proven veteran stud on a cold streak. 9 out of 10 times, grabbing the cold vet over the hot rookie pays off over the long run.

This last week I've vultured both Giles and Pettite... I'm not worried at all.

I'm right there with you on that one. I've managed to vulture the likes of Dontrelle Willis, Furcal, Giles, and King Felix as a result of over reacting managers. HOWEVER, I'd imagine you'd feel a little differently if you drafted Giles and Pettite in the 5th-7th rounds. Probably a little more cause for concern if that were the case.

[tomkatt]

Giles was dropped in my league a few days ago, no one has picked him up. It's an 8 team private league on Yahoo.

I've picked up Ramon Hernandez, Barry Zito, Mark Prior, & Chad Tracy so far, after they were dumped by their owners.

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8 TM ROTO AUTODRAFT IN PRIVATE LEAGUE:

C- Ramon Hernandez*
1B- Chad Tracy**
2B- Brian Roberts & Brandon Phillips
3B- David Wright, Chone Figgins, & Chipper Jones
SS- Ian Kinsler
OF- Bobby Abreu, Grady Sizemore, J.D. Drew, Austin Kearns, & Alex Rios

SP- Rich Harden, Barry Zito*, Jeremy Bonderman, Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, Kelvim Escobar, Mark Prior*, Cole Hamels, & Francisco Liriano**.
RP- Huston Street, Chris Ray, Jon Papelbon, Todd Coffey, & J.J. Putz

* = Players I acquired post draft that were dropped by other teams before the start of the season

** = Players I acquired post draft that were dropped by other teams after the start of the season

[johnsamo]

I nearly vultured ARam two weeks ago on the cheap but couldn't do the deal, now ARam is heating up. still kicking myself on that one.