Pick my Keepers

[TruValue]

I know I have more potential keepers than the six major league guys I can keep, I also get to keep three minors guys. Let me know who you keep and what guys you would try to move for draft position upgrade before the season starts up. Big green teeth by the guys I am leaning towards and yellow half smile by the guys I am thinking have value. Let me know where I am wrong

Batters
Inge, Brandon 3B DET
Baker, Jeff 2B CHC
Hill, Aaron 2B TOR
Sandoval, Pablo 3B SF
Escobar, Yunel SS ATL
Beltran, Carlos CF NYM
Granderson, Curtis CF NYY
Holliday, Matt LF STL
Kemp, Matt CF LA
Ibanez, Raul LF PHI
Markakis, Nick RF BAL
Youkilis, Kevin 1B BOS
Ramirez, Alexei SS CHW

Pitchers
Baker, Scott SP MIN
Jenks, Bobby RP CHW
Lincecum, Tim SP SF
Sabathia, CC SP NYY
Soriano, Rafael RP TB
Wolf, Randy SP MIL
Buehrle, Mark SP CHW
Danks, John SP CHW
Dempster, Ryan SP CHC
Norris, Bud SP HOU
Rodney, Fernando RP DET
Romero, Ricky SP TOR
Weaver, Jered SP ANA
Injured Pitchers
Harang, Aaron SP CIN
Niese, Jonathon SP NYM

Minors
Alderson, Timothy SP PIT
Bumgarner, Madison SP SF
Poreda, Aaron RP SD
Rogers, Esmil SP COL

[HOOTIE]

KEMP OVER GRANDERSON BY A MILE.

[TruValue]

Heres how scoring goes.


Scoring for Batting Categories
1B - Singles 1 point
2B - Doubles 2 points
3B - Triples 3 points
BB - Walks (Batters) 1 point
CS - Caught Stealing -1 point
GDP - Ground Into Double Plays -1 point
HP - Hit by Pitch 1 point
HR - Home Runs 4 points
KO - Strikeouts (Batter) -.5 points
R - Runs 2 points
RBI - Runs Batted In 1 point
SB - Stolen Bases 2 points
SF - Sacrifice Flies 1 point
SH - Sacrifice Hits 1 point

Scoring for Pitching Categories
BBI - Walks Issued (Pitchers) -1 point
CG - Complete Games 5 points
ER - Earned Runs -2 points
GS - Games Started (Pitcher) -1 point
HA - Hits Allowed -1 point
HB - Hit Batsmen -1 point
HD - Holds 5 points
INN - Innings 3.3 points
K - Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
L - Losses -5 points
QS - Quality Starts 6 points
S - Saves 11 points
SO - Shutouts 10 points
W - Wins 5 points
WP - Wild Pitches -1 point

[The Artful Dodger]

Beltran, Carlos CF NYM
Granderson, Curtis CF NYY
Holliday, Matt LF STL
Kemp, Matt CF LA
Lincecum, Tim SP SF
Sabathia, CC SP NYY

Holliday, Kemp, Lincecum, and Sabathia are no-brainers to be kept. Kemp will likely be a first-round pick in redrafts and with good reason, given his five-cat potential. I'd have some hope that Holliday once again lucks out with solid lineup protection. I don't normally recommend keeping two SP, but they're top front-line starters in a league setup that favors innings-eating pitchers; both Timmy and CC should more than fit the bill there.

Here's where it gets tricky. You probably have to keep Granderson because of his increased perceived value while I think Beltran will bounce back. I wouldn't fault you for keeping Pablo Sandoval instead of Beltran, but if I were you, this would be the six I would feel most comfortable heading into the new year with.

As far as who to trade, Hill and Sandoval carry inflated value whereas Markakis and Youkilis are also good chips to trade for draft picks/upgrades.

[MaudDib]

I agree with Dodger that Kemp, CC, Linc and Holliday are the no brainers. After that I think I would go with Sandoval and Granderson. Beltran is nice but I think I would let him go. I think he has a better chance for you to redraft him later.

[TruValue]

So has Markakis fallen that much in value? HE was right there with most of these guys last year.

[HOOTIE]

So has Markakis fallen that much in value? HE was right there with most of these guys last year.

I keep Markakis and Kemp easily over Granderson.

[MaudDib]

I don't know what to think about Markakis. I thought last year was a down year but everything I have read is peripheral stats don't show it as such. I was surprised to see that most people think he is what he is, a guy with some power, little speed and decent RBI and R numbers. Kemp is an easy pick over Markakis. Granderson should give you similar numbers except a few more SB and a little worse AVG. A lot of people think his HR's will go up playing in Yankee Stadium, but I am not so sure. So really it comes down to what you want more of, SB or AVG.