I have only 7 picks left even though its early in the drafy, becasue I have slots of picks in the 1st round...but I have 2 picks coming up real soon...( 12 picks before me and then I pick twice in a row) I have some gaps..Catcher is one of them...I am eyeing Iannetta from Colorado...I probably should grab him as he is probably one of the best left...but I am tempted to gamble on catcher to see if I can get him a little later or maybe even one of my last picks..its not the end of the season if I dont get him or a good catcher at this point
WOULD JOHAN SANTANA BE A GOOD PICK FOR A 6TH STARTER?
MY NEEDS: more relief pitching as holds is a category, bench ,speed , and the old philosophy of grabbing the best player available regardless of need
I listed my team so far I listed some available hitters and pitchers and I listed a list of catchers still around
Hope you can help thank you
18 team league 10 keepers H2H
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), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Quality Starts (QS)
MY TEAM SO FAR c - 1b -Carlos Pena 2b -Aaron Hill 3b -Michael Young ss Derek Jeter lf - Carlos Lee(1st base) cf -Shane Victorino rf - Hunter Pence util - Mark Reynolds (3rd base)
sp - Cliff Lee sp - Cole Hamels sp - Josh Beckett sp - Trevor Cahill rp - Andrew Baily rp - Chris Perez rp - p - Adoldis Chapman p - Matt Garza
Alfonso Soriano (ChC - LF) 176 Coco Crisp (Oak - CF) 196 Asdrubal Cabrera (Cle - SS) 197 Sean Rodriguez (TB - 2B) 207 James Loney (LAD - 1B) 224 Scott Rolen (Cin - 3B) 225 Dexter Fowler (Col - CF) 228 David DeJesús (Oak - CF,RF) 229 Raúl Ibañez (Phi - LF) 231 Peter Bourjos (LAA - CF) 233 David Murphy (Tex - LF,CF,RF) 234 Josh Willingham (Oak - LF) 236 Nyjer Morgan (Was - CF) 237 Omar Infante (Fla - 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF) 238 Ryan Doumit (Pit - C,RF) 249 Reid Brignac (TB - 2B,SS) 250 David Freese (StL - 3B) 251 Franklin Gutiérrez (Sea - CF) 253 Lance Berkman (StL - 1B) 255 Chris Coghlan (Fla - LF) 256 Mitch Moreland (Tex - 1B) 257 Alcides Escobar (KC - SS) 259 Alex Gordon (KC - 3B,LF) 265 Danny Valencia (Min - 3B) 269 John Jaso (TB - C) 276 Eric Young (Col - 2B,LF) 278 Ty Wigginton (Col - 1B,2B,3B) 279 Garrett Jones (Pit - 1B,RF) 282 Cameron Maybin (SD - CF) 288 Chase Headley (SD - 3B) 289 J.J. Hardy (Bal - SS) 292 Freddy Sánchez (SF - 2B) 295 Nate McLouth (Atl - LF,CF) 296 Daniel Bard (Bos - RP) 213 Hong-Chih Kuo (LAD - RP) 222 Evan Meek (Pit - RP) 235 Tyler Clippard (Was - RP) 239 Scott Baker (Min - SP) 242 Jason Frasor (Tor - RP) 243 Kevin Gregg (Bal - RP) 244 Tim Stauffer (SD - SP,RP) 248 Koji Uehara (Bal - RP) 252 Brett Cecil (Tor - SP) 254 Scott Downs (LAA - RP) 266 Jonathon Niese (NYM - SP) 267 Clayton Richard (SD - SP) 271 Homer Bailey (Cin - SP) 273 Johan Santana (NYM - SP) 274 Brandon League (Sea - RP) 280 Anibal Sánchez (Fla - SP) 286 Derek Holland (Tex - SP) 293 Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP,RP) 294 Jon Garland (LAD - SP) 298 Jordan Walden (LAA - RP) 299
LIST OF CATCHERS REMAINING Ryan Doumit (Pit - C,RF) 249 John Jaso (TB - C) 276 Miguel Olivo (Sea - C) 370 John Buck (Fla - C) 390 A.J. Pierzynski (CWS - C) 488 Carlos Ruiz (Phi - C) 523 Yadier Molina (StL - C) 645 Rod Barajas (LAD - C) 708 Ramón Hernández (Cin - C) 772 Iván Rodríguez (Was - C) 796 Yorvit Torrealba (Tex - C) 804 Jason Kendall (KC - C) 821 Nick Hundley (SD - C) 832 Ryan Hanigan (Cin - C) 838 Ronny Paulino (NYM - C) 855 Chris Snyder (Pit - C) 858 Chris Iannetta (Col - C) 895 Ramón Castro (CWS - C) 896 Alex Avila (Det - C) 906 David Ross (Atl - C) 908 Jason Varitek (Bos - C) 911 George Kottaras (Mil - C) 921 Gerald Laird (StL - C) 932 Josh Thole (NYM - C) 934 Kelly Shoppach (TB - C) 943 \Brayan Peña (KC - C) 946 Lou Marson (Cle - C) 947 Brian Schneider (Phi - C) 948 Eli Whiteside (SF - C) 951 John Baker (Fla - C) 955 José Molina (Tor - C) 959 Matt Treanor (Tex - C) 962 Landon Powell (Oak - C) 972 Jeff Mathis (LAA - C) 976 Bobby Wilson (LAA - C) 985 Humberto Quintero (Hou - C) 988 Koyie Hill (ChC - C) 992 Rob Johnson (SD - C) 995 Wil Nieves (Mil - C) 997 Craig Tatum (Bal - C) 999 Brad Davis (Fla - C) 1008 Taylor Teagarden (Tex - C) 1009 A.J. Ellis (LAD - C) 1010 Henry Blanco (Ari - C) 1014 Jason Castro (Hou - C) 1018 Dioner Navarro (LAD - C) 1022 Jarrod Saltalamacchia (Bos - C) 1027 John Hester (Ari - C) 1029 Max Ramirez (ChC - C) 1031 José Morales (Col - C) 1034 Wilson Ramos (Was - C) 1036 Drew Butera (Min - C) 1041 Welington Castillo (ChC - C) 1043 Brett Hayes (Fla - C) 1045 Adam Moore (Sea - C) 1047 Jesús Flores (Was - C) 1049 Ryan Budde (Tor - C) 1052 J.R. Towles (Hou - C) 1056 Bryan Anderson (StL - C) 1067 Steven Hill (StL - C) 1071 J.P. Arencibia (Tor - C) 1075 Lucas May (KC - C)
Last edited by birdbrains on Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Negatory on Johan - not coming back until late June or July and even then not sure what type of production, most guys coming off injuries struggle a lot.
I like Kuo or Meek like the last guy, but I also like Bard for holds too.
I would jump on Iannetta especially considering OPS - if you can get a Catcher that isn't a drag on 3-4 cats that is great.
I might wait on the holds guy (they are around whenever), but take Iannetta and Crisp or A.Escobar here (speed and bench). Look at your holds guy later and Richard or Bailey
looks like my 2 picks will be Alcides Escobar and Chris Iannetta....does anyone have any other suggestions before I pull the trigger
I like the 3 hold guys suggested...but thinking that maybe I should wait to see if my speedster and catcher might be around? just not sure here... Chris Iannetta is not on the radar for others so i might get him...but after him there really is not many worth a starting spot...I mean they are ok...but I might be struggling with that position all year long...might be struggling anyway as I never have had any luck with catchers... as far as speedter, Escobar should be good...but I have Jeter for SS, he would be a good back up and provide speed too...
I would have gone a little off the board and grabbed Fowler or Peter Burjous and Arencibia. If you want a hold guy and wait on Arencibia I'd go with Bard.
i would have taken pierzynski before ianetta. until ianetta gets 500 ABs he is just potential. i know olivo is gone but tracy loves to give his average players 1 or 2 days off a week and guys like ianetta 3 or 4. id rather have a catcher who will play a lot, at least he can help in your counting #s.
well I am totally confused...hmmm.. maybe i should take a total turn and pick Scott Baker i looks like maybe i should grab escobar...but not ianetta...i didnt realize he would miss that much time..... maybe go with escobar and bard? Maybe aj and jp are better picks and can be taken later? i dunno
crisp is good too but i like the fact that cabrera give me a back up at ss...therefore i have a back up at every hitting position except catcher where i dont have a starter yet..lol
I like the mention of Fowler - gives you the speed you need and the most upside of the group mentioned thus far. After that, I'd grab Bard, Kuo or Meek. I've never been a fan of paying for catchers.
Iwould go with Escobar and Meek. I think they both have a ton of potential and Meek could very well be the closer this year for the crappy Pirates. He is the real deal and you might get some quality holds and saves from him if the Pirates can actually win. Even though Escobar had a rough time at it last year, I love his upside so I would go with him as a back up to Jeter.
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by birdbrains » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:12 am 
