Your EXPERT advice & 10 minutes of time needed for LONG post

[baseballboy]

Looking for EXPERT advice to assemble my 2011 keepers.

This post is VERY long and not for the weak. I’ve been very detailed, adding further rules at the bottom that may apply to your analysis. I'm looking for those willing to donate 10 to 15 minutes of their time and I can only offer GREAT thanks as well as answer any and all questions you have in return that may help you with your team. Needless to say I'm hoping the best-of-the-best are willing to offer up their precious time and expertise for my success in 2011 and beyond.

This is a 1st year (2010) keeper league. As you will notice I have made MANY trades and pickups preparing for next year (2011). We can keep an unlimited amount of keepers (0-33). My roster $ Values will be retained in 2011 and then all go up $5 for 2012. My minor leaguers will all go up $3 from $1 to $4 in 2011. The minor league $ amounts DO NOT count towards the auction cap UNTIL they are activated.

I've received an extra $10 auction dollars in trade in 2011 for a total of $270 auction dollars. We must sign our keepers to a 1, 2, or a 3 year contract and then they must be let go. Minor leaguers are not contracted until they play a full year but $ value will increase $3 each year regardless until they pass minor league requirements (see rules at end of this post).

ROSTER
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1st yr Keeper, 12 tm mixed 6X6 (OPS & QS added)
ROTO auction league w/$260 to spend:
1 C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, CI, MI, 2U, 5OF, 9P
Unlimited DL/one bench spot. Daily $10 Transactions

HITTERS

2011 $ values in parenthesis

C Weiters BAL (14)
1B Morales LAA (10)
2B Utley PHI (41)
SS Reyes NYM (18)
3B Alverez PIT (4)
MI Tulowitski (32)
CI LaPorta CLE (10)
OF Elsbury BOS (36)
OF Fowler COL (10)
OF Stubbs CIN (10)
OF Jennings OF TB (4)
OF Snider TOR (5)
U Smoak SEA (4)
U Beckham CWS (10)
PITCHERS
P Price TB (5)
P Buchholz BOS (5)
P Liriano MIN (5)
P Volquez CIN (10)
P Cahill OAK (10)
P Hudson ARI (4)
P Nathan MIN (3)
P Perez CLE (10)
P Bard BOS (4)
MINOR LEAGERS
1 M Trout OF LAA
1 A Hicks OF MIN
1 D Norris C WAS
1 B Allen 1B ARI
1 S Sizemore 2B DET
1 A Hechavarria SS TOR
1 S Castro SP SD
1 K Gibson SP MIN
1 J Mejia SP NYM
NOTE: B Allen MUST be rostered or dropped in 2011
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WHO WOULD YOU KEEP AND FOR HOW LONG (1,2,or 3 years)?


MORE LEAGUE RULES TO HELP YOU:

I. SCORING
Our league is a 6 x 6 league (using a Ranked, Rotisserie Based Scoring System) compiling a total of 12 scoring categories: (6) Batting & (6) Pitching.

Batting
Composite Batting Average (.AVG)
Total Home Runs (HR)
Total Runs Batted In (RBI)
Total Stolen Bases (SB)
Total Runs Scored (R)
OPS (.OPS)

Pitching
Composite WHIP
Composite ERA
Total Wins (W)
Total Saves (SV)
Total Strikeouts (K)
Quality Starts (QS)


II. ROSTERS
A team's active roster consists of the following players (23):
5 Outfielders
1 Catcher
1 Second baseman
1 Shortstop
1 Middle infielder (2nd base or SS)
1 First baseman
1 Third baseman
1 Corner infielder (1st base or 3rd base)
2 Utility (no position or any position)
9 Pitchers (SP or RP) V. STANDINGS & SCORING
Our league is a 6 x 6 league (using a Ranked, Rotisserie Based Scoring System) compiling a total of 12 scoring categories: (6) Batting & (6) Pitching.

IX. MINOR LEAGUE ROSTER SPOTS
Each team will have an additional 10 roster spots for minor league players. A minor league player can be kept indefinitely. However each year that player will go up $3 per year if kept on the minor league roster spot.

Any player with less than 130AB or 50IP, or 45 days on the active roster (rookie requirements) may NOT be drafted during the auction draft. Players who are rookies can only be drafted in the minor league draft that follows the auction. A minor league player moved up to a team’s active roster may be moved back to the minors roster. A player on the minor league roster who has surpassed the rookie requirements is no longer eligible for the minors and must be moved up to the active roster or dropped after the season. The minor leaguer will increase $3 at the end of the season. If he has passed the rookie requirements at the end of the year he must be moved up to the majors roster or dropped the following year. HE WILL NOT HAVE TO BE CONTRACTED UNTIL END OF HIS FIRST FULL YEAR ON YOUR MAJORS ROSTER. There will be no add/drops to the minors’ roster. The 10 players that start the season on the minors’ roster are the only players eligible for the roster unless acquired through trades. If a minor league player is activated from the minors spot or dropped the minor league spot can only be filled by trade or in next year’s minor league draft.

X. KEEPER RULES
At the end of each season team owners must elect which players will be staying on their roster for the following year. There is no limit as to how many players you retain but you cannot exceed $260 and must have $1 for each spot you intend to fill at next year’s draft. The date you must send your rosters in is before Feb 14th each year.

Players must be signed to a contract (1-3 years) IF retaining for the following year(s). If a player is not signed to a contract during the offseason then he will be dropped into the player pool for the following year’s draft.