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need help with my next pick..always WHIR

Postby birdbrains » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:37 pm

not sure what position I should aim for...another closer ...starter, etc... catcher is still open...bench player, hold guy?
Do you think my next pick should be a catcher or a closer, bench player, another starter or should i start with getting hold guys
Buehrle? AJ Pier?
18 team
H2H

Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF, Util, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL
Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Hits (H), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Batting Average (AVG), On-base + Slugging Percentage (OPS)
Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Complete Games (CG), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

C:
1B:David Ortiz
2B:Brian Roberts
SS:Derek Jeter
3B:Chipper Jones
LF:Chris Coghlan
CF:Nate McLouth
RF: Corey Hart
Util: Nolan Reimold
B: Rajai Davis
B:
B:
B:

SP:Josh Beckett
SP:Roy Oswalt
SP:Homer Bailey
SP:Kevin Slowey

RP: Andrew Bailey
RP: Leo Nunez
RP:
P:JA Haap
P:
B:
B:
B:

Randy Wells (ChC - SP) 169
Justin Duchscherer (Oak - SP) 207
Erik Bedard (Sea - SP) 208
Ryan Rowland-Smith (Sea - SP) 209
Mark Buehrle (CWS - SP) 214
Alfredo Aceves (NYY - RP) 223
Kenshin Kawakami (Atl - SP,RP) 224
Mike Adams (SD - RP) 238
Paul Maholm (Pit - SP) 241
Brandon McCarthy (Tex - SP) 250
Michael Wuertz (Oak - RP) 251
Ángel Guzmán (ChC - RP) 252
J.P. Howell (TB - RP) 253
Tyler Clippard (Was - RP) 256
Ryan Madson (Phi - RP) 258
Scott Downs (Tor - RP) 260
Bronson Arroyo (Cin - SP) 261
Kyle Lohse (StL - SP) 265
Peter Moylan (Atl - RP) 266
Darren O'Day (Tex - RP) 271
Clayton Richard (SD - SP,RP) 274
Joe Blanton (Phi - SP) 275
Nick Blackburn (Min - SP) 276
John Maine (NYM - SP) 277
Jason Frasor (Tor - RP) 278
Takashi Saito (Atl - RP) 284
Matt Guerrier (Min - RP) 285
Phil Coke (Det - RP) 286
Brandon Lyon (Hou - RP) 289
Jeremy Affeldt (SF - RP) 296
Jim Johnson (Bal - RP) 297
George Sherrill (LAD - RP) 298
Octavio Dotel (Pit - RP) 303
Sean Burnett (Was - RP) 311
Héctor Rondón (Cle - SP) 312
Brad Ziegler (Oak - RP) 313
José Mijares (Min - RP) 314
Rafael Betancourt (Col - RP) 316
Bud Norris (Hou - SP) 317
Clay Zavada (Ari - RP) 318
Dan Wheeler (TB - RP) 319
Darren Oliver (Tex - RP) 320
Mark Lowe (Sea - RP) 321
Brad Bergesen (Bal - SP) 322
Nick Masset (Cin - RP) 324
Dustin Nippert (Tex - SP,RP) 325
Hong-Chih Kuo (LAD - RP) 326
Ian Kennedy (Ari - RP) 327
LaTroy Hawkins (Mil - RP) 328
Jonathon Niese (NYM - SP) 329
Mike Pelfrey (NYM - SP) 344
Daniel Bard (Bos - RP) 345
Andy Pettitte (NYY - SP) 348
Kevin Gregg (Tor - RP) 352
C.J. Wilson (Tex - RP) 353
Craig Breslow (Oak - RP) 354
Ronald Belisario (LAD - RP) 356
Scott Feldman (Tex - SP) 359
Trever Miller (StL - RP) 360
Jarrod Washburn (Det - SP) 362
Kiko Calero (Fla - RP) 363
Ramón Ramírez (Bos - RP) 364
Todd Coffey (Mil - RP) 365
Pedro Feliciano (NYM - RP) 366
Hideki Okajima (Bos - RP) 367
Jon Rauch (Min - RP) 369
Jason Bulger (LAA - RP) 370
Arthur Rhodes (Cin - RP) 371
Ross Ohlendorf (Pit - SP) 372
Robinson Tejeda (KC - SP,RP) 374
Kevin Millwood (Bal - SP) 375
Jeff Fulchino (Hou - RP) 376
Edinson Vólquez (Cin - SP) 377
Fernando Rodney (LAA - RP) 378
Sergio Romo (SF - RP) 379
Grant Balfour (TB - RP) 380
Luke Gregerson (SD - RP) 382
Claudio Vargas (Mil - RP) 383
Ramon Troncoso (LAD - RP) 384
Sean White (Sea - RP) 385
Blake Hawksworth (StL - RP) 386
Clay Condrey (Min - RP) 387
Joe Saunders (LAA - SP) 388
Josh Outman (Oak - SP) 390
Matt Palmer (LAA - SP,RP) 391
Matt Capps (Was - RP) 392
Brandon Medders (SF - RP) 393
Jason Marquis (Was - SP) 394
Dan Meyer (Fla - RP) 395
Brian Sanches (Fla - RP) 396
Mark DiFelice (Mil - RP) 397
Guillermo Mota (SF - RP) 399
Scott Eyre (Phi - RP) 401
Juan Gutiérrez (Ari - RP) 402
Chris Pérez (Cle - RP) 403
John Grabow (ChC - RP) 404
Kyle McClellan (StL - RP) 405
Bob Howry (Ari - RP) 406
Tim Byrdak (Hou - RP) 407
Danys Báez (Phi - RP) 409
Barry Zito (SF - SP) 410
Burke Badenhop (Fla - RP) 411
Tyler Walker (Was - RP) 413
Dallas Braden (Oak - SP) 414
Brad Kilby (Oak - RP) 415
David Robertson (NYY - RP) 416
Shawn Kelley (Sea - RP) 418
Brett Tomko (Oak - SP,RP) 419
John Lannan (Was - SP) 420
Brian Bruney (Was - RP) 421
Randy Choate (TB - RP) 422
Shawn Camp (Tor - RP) 423
Mitch Stetter (Mil - RP) 424
Brendan Donnelly (Pit - RP) 425
Joe Nelson (Bos - RP) 426
Aaron Cook (Col - SP) 427
Tony Sipp (Cle - RP) 428
Justin Miller (LAD - RP) 429
Jamie Moyer (Phi - SP,RP) 430
Tommy Hunter (Tex - SP) 431
Brandon League (Sea - RP) 432
Bobby Seay (Det - RP) 433
Esmailin Caridad (ChC - RP) 434
Tony Peña (CWS - RP) 435
Tim Wakefield (Bos - SP) 438
Jesse Crain (Min - RP) 440
Edward Mujica (SD - SP,RP) 441
Lance Cormier (TB - RP) 442
Shaun Marcum (Tor - SP,RP) 444
Joey Devine (Oak - RP) 445
Brian Duensing (Min - SP,RP) 446
Daniel Ray Herrera (Cin - RP) 447
David Weathers (Mil - RP) 448
Fu-Te Ni (Det - RP) 449
Sammy Gervacio (Hou - RP) 450

Rafael Furcal (LAD - SS) 162
Marco Scutaro (Bos - SS) 167
Casey Blake (LAD - 3B) 173
Ryan Theriot (ChC - SS) 178
Juan Rivera (LAA - LF,RF) 184
Chris Young (Ari - CF) 190
Yadier Molina (StL - C) 197
Carlos Delgado (NYM - 1B) 198
Orlando Cabrera (Cin - SS) 201
David DeJesús (KC - LF) 204
J.D. Drew (Bos - RF) 206
Mark Teahen (CWS - 1B,3B,RF) 210
Mike Lowell (Bos - 3B) 211
Jermaine Dye (CWS - RF) 213
Gerardo Parra (Ari - LF,CF,RF) 216
Magglio Ordóñez (Det - RF) 217
Michael Brantley (Cle - LF,CF) 221
Maicer Izturis (LAA - 2B,SS) 225
Felipe López (Mil - 2B) 226
Randy Winn (NYY - LF,CF,RF) 227
Cristian Guzmán (Was - SS) 228
Skip Schumaker (StL - 2B,LF,RF) 229
Jeff Francoeur (NYM - RF) 231
Josh Willingham (Was - LF,RF) 233
Chase Headley (SD - 3B,LF) 234
Elijah Dukes (Was - CF,RF) 242
David Murphy (Tex - LF,RF) 244
Drew Stubbs (Cin - CF) 245
Jack Cust (Oak - RF) 246
Xavier Nady (ChC - RF) 248
Aaron Rowand (SF - CF) 249
Freddy Sánchez (SF - 2B) 268
Rick Ankiel (KC - LF,CF,RF) 269
Everth Cabrera (SD - SS) 270
Kosuke Fukudome (ChC - CF,RF) 272
Edwin Encarnación (Tor - 3B) 282
Dexter Fowler (Col - CF) 291
Milton Bradley (Sea - RF) 293
Martín Prado (Atl - 1B,2B,3B) 294
Marlon Byrd (ChC - LF,CF,RF) 295
Kevin Kouzmanoff (Oak - 3B) 299
Randy Ruiz (Tor - Util) 300
Brandon Wood (LAA - Util) 302
Pat Burrell (TB - Util) 305
Clint Barmes (Col - 2B,SS) 306
Scott Sizemore (Det - 2B) 307
Luke Scott (Bal - 1B,LF) 308
J.J. Hardy (Min - SS) 309
Nick Johnson (NYY - 1B) 310
Gaby Sánchez (Fla - 1B) 332
Matt Diaz (Atl - LF,RF) 333
A.J. Pierzynski (CWS - C) 335
Akinori Iwamura (Pit - 2B) 336
Kazuo Matsui (Hou - 2B) 338
Chris Dickerson (Cin - LF,CF,RF) 339
Orlando Hudson (Min - 2B) 340
Ben Francisco (Phi - LF,CF,RF) 341
Cliff Pennington (Oak - SS) 342
Scott Podsednik (KC - LF,CF) 351
Adam Kennedy (Was - 2B,3B) 355
Jim Thome (Min - Util) 357
Alberto Callaspo (KC - 2B,3B) 358
Aubrey Huff (SF - 1B) 361
Russell Branyan (Sea - 1B) 368
Luis Castillo (NYM - 2B) 373
Melky Cabrera (Atl - LF,CF,RF) 381
Ryan Sweeney (Oak - LF,CF,RF) 389
Lyle Overbay (Tor - 1B) 398
Brandon Inge (Det - 3B) 400
Garret Anderson (Atl - LF) 408
Scott Hairston (SD - LF,CF) 412
Pedro Feliz (Hou - 3B) 417
Hank Blalock (Tex - 1B) 436
Miguel Olivo (Col - C) 437
Seth Smith (Col - LF) 439
Casey McGehee (Mil - 2B,3B) 443
Juan Uribe (SF - 2B,3B,SS) 459
Mark Ellis (Oak - 2B) 466
Daniel Murphy (NYM - 1B,LF) 516
Melvin Mora (Col - 3B) 525
Jerry Hairston Jr. (SD - 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF) 526
Mike Jacobs (KC - 1B) 529
Jeremy Hermida (Bos - LF,RF) 542
Ryan Garko (Sea - 1B,LF) 568
Ángel Pagán (NYM - LF,CF) 575
Ryan Raburn (Det - 1B,LF,CF,RF) 628
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Re: need help with my next pick..always WHIR

Postby Rance Mulliniks » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:42 pm

Are there any C besides AJ and Olivo available? Have most or all of the other teams taken C? If there's a chance someone else will take him and there isn't much left below him, I'd grab AJ right now - not a bad C to have, especially in a 14 team league.

If you think you can wait a round or 2 for a C, I'd consider taking Bedard here and plugging him into your DL slot to start the year. I'm pretty optimistic on his return.

If you want to go RP, I'd look at Downs/Frasor, both of whom should get a few saves along with a ton of holds. Dotel should close in Pitt over Hanrahan, so he's an option, too.
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