How's my 2011 squad? WHIR 100%

[billycent]

Just drafted in my keeper league... how'd I do? My 8 keepers I started the draft with are marked... leave me a link and I'll get u back.

Philadelphia Phillies
12 Team ESPN 10x10 H2H Keeper league... 8 keepers
c - Geovany Soto
1b - Miguel Cabrera (K)
2b - Dan Uggla (K)
3b - David Wright (K)
ss - Jimmy Rollins (K)
mi - Brandon Phillips (K)
ci - Ike Davis
lf - Ryan Braun (K)
cf - Alex Rios
rf - Shin-Soo Choo (K)
of - Manny Ramirez and Franklin Gutierrez
u - David Ortiz and Jorge Posada
sp - Zack Greinke (K), John Danks, John Lackey, Ryan Dempster, Ian Kennedy, Hiroki Kuroda, and Gio Gonzalez
rp - Francisco Rodriguez, Joe Nathan, Joel Hanrahan, and Ryan Madson

[lane_anasazi2]

What are the 10X10 categories? That kind of matters.

On first blush, without knowing cats your starting pitching looks a little weak.

[billycent]

Hitting
Batting Average (AVG) Home Runs (HR)
Runs Scored (R) Runs Batted In (RBI)
Stolen Bases (SB) On Base plus Slugging Pct (OPS)
Total Bases (TB) Strikeouts (K)
Walks (BB) Errors (E)

Pitching
Earned Run Average (ERA)* Strikeouts (K)
Walks plus Hits Per Innings Pitched (WHIP)* Wins (W)
Saves (SV) Quality Starts (QS)
Losses (L)* Holds (HD)
Walks Issued (BB)* Strikeouts per 9 Innings (K/9)
*Minimum 14 IP

[lane_anasazi2]

Wow... not sure I'd want to play in a league that counted errors.

Anyway, with those settings you are essentially triple-counting HR (HR, OPS, TB) and making the top sluggers with good K/BB ratios pure gold. You are going to be VERY happy with your infield, minus Jimmy Rollins.

The pitching categories looks a little more balanced.... you're double counting strikeouts (Ks and K/9) but you add walks, so Jonathan Sanchez types get a bump and a hit so it's a wash. You also count QS which bumps up starter value but add L to bring it back down. Roy Hallady is going to be a beast in this format. You need a top pitcher with few flaws... when you start talking about guys who have good K/9 and low BB, that basically equals top tier starter. Ricky Nolasco wouldn't be a bad starter in this format either.

I still say your pitching is weak for a 12 team league. Gio Gonzales is a nice find, but guys like Danks, Kuroda and Lackey are going to be pretty "meh." Double counting K's like that really makes this type of pitcher a bad deal. In this league I think I'd just roll with the BB punches and get Sanchez, Morrow, that kind of pitcher. It's H2H, so I'd focus on high K/9 and let the rest sort itself out.