Keeper Help, Need 7. 12 Team H2H League

[MrAccoe]

C - Kurt Suzuki
1B - Carlos Pena
2B - Jose Lopez
3B - A-Rod
SS - Asdrubal Cabrera
OF - Holliday
OF - Sizemore
OF - Vladimir Guerrero
UTIL - Matt Kemp
B - Alex Rios

SP - Randy Wolf
SP - Andy Pettite
SP - Scott Baker
SP - Nolasco
SP - Greinke
SP - Brett Anderson
RP - Nathan
RP - Aardsma
RP - Soria
RP - Mike Gonzalez
RP - Scott Downs

The bolded players are no brainers... but I need two more, I'm thinking between Pena, Nathan, Baker, maybe Rios or Nolasco?

Help is greatly appreciated.

[9dimes]

Safe play: Nolasco and Pena
Risky play: Nolasco and Anderson

I love Anderson long term.

[MrAccoe]

Thanks for the feedback.

I was thinking Nolasco and Pena also... intriguing idea on Anderson, as I'm a big A's fan also so that would be even better if he's great in the long run...

What about Pena and Anderson and leave out Nolasco?

[bazzy_51]

C - Kurt Suzuki
1B - Carlos Pena
2B - Jose Lopez
3B - A-Rod
SS - Asdrubal Cabrera
OF - Holliday
OF - Sizemore
OF - Vladimir Guerrero
UTIL - Matt Kemp
B - Alex Rios

SP - Randy Wolf
SP - Andy Pettite
SP - Scott Baker
SP - Nolasco
SP - Greinke
SP - Brett Anderson
RP - Nathan
RP - Aardsma
RP - Soria
RP - Mike Gonzalez
RP - Scott Downs

The bolded players are no brainers... but I need two more, I'm thinking between Pena, Nathan, Baker, maybe Rios or Nolasco?

Help is greatly appreciated.

sorry but Nolasco is way to inconsistent, he looked OK the first couple starts after being recalled, but has been all over the map since then. yeah he may K 8 but he will give up 6-7 ER in that same outing. i hate keeping Closers but give youself a safe keeper pick in Nathan over a high risk/medium reward pick in Ricky.

[MrAccoe]

I appreciate the feedback, I really would love to keep Nathan also, but everyone tells me not to keep closers unless it's 8+ keepers... well is 7 really that much different than 8? Nathan has been probably the most consistent closer besides for Rivera so can I really go wrong with keeping Nathan?

[KCollins1304]

I would keep Vlad and Pena. Vlad has looked really good since coming back from his knee injury and I don't believe he'd last past the 7th round in a redraft. Anderson and Nolasco are intriguing players but they are in no way worthy of a 7th round pick next year. I'd agree with those who had advised you on closers, and let Nathan go as well.

[MrAccoe]

Thanks for the help. Never thought about keeping Vlad but you bring up a very valid point. But since I'm already keeping a full outfield, I'm not so sure I want to keep him as my UTIL spot as I could very well draft someone with similar numbers next year. FYI, Vlad dropped to the 5th round in our draft this year, most of our managers viewed him as a leper... as did I. I picked him off waivers.

[MrAccoe]

Sorry to bring up my old thread, but with the recent performance of Brett Anderson, I'm really leaning on keeping him also.

So that leaves me one spot out of Pena and Vlad. Do I count on Vlad bouncing back and being healthy next year for a full season? Or can I count on Pena recovering and having another good power season? The average kind of hurts so I would ideally want to get another 1b with a better average since the position is so deep.

If I can't honestly rely on either of those guys for next year, should I look into keeping Nathan?

I recently lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs as my team choked the season away. But this team helped me to a 1st place regular season finish.

[misterf]

C - Kurt Suzuki
1B - Carlos Pena
2B - Jose Lopez
3B - A-Rod
SS - Asdrubal Cabrera
OF - Holliday
OF - Sizemore
OF - Vladimir Guerrero
UTIL - Matt Kemp
B - Alex Rios

SP - Randy Wolf
SP - Andy Pettite
SP - Scott Baker
SP - Nolasco
SP - Greinke
SP - Brett Anderson
RP - Nathan
RP - Aardsma
RP - Soria
RP - Mike Gonzalez
RP - Scott Downs

The bolded players are no brainers... but I need two more, I'm thinking between Pena, Nathan, Baker, maybe Rios or Nolasco?

Help is greatly appreciated.

I think you gotta go with Nathan (the best fantasy closer) and since you don't have any other obviouse choices, I think you gotta go with the power of Pena. Especially in a h2h league, where his batting acerage wont hurt you quite as much.


Help with mine? http://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=397530

[misterf]

P.S.

I can understand if you chose to keep Anderson over Nathan...that's a close call in my opinion. But there is no way you can keep Vlad over Pena. Vlad is old, injusry prone and is only eligible to play the utility spot on a fantasy roster. Vlad is not longer a keeper in 10-keeper leagues, in my opinion.