In a 12-team, H2H, keeper league. Each league can keep up to 3 guys, each keeper = 1 to 3 first round picks. Draft order is reverse of last year standings. We can trade players for draft picks and vice-versa.
I ended in 5th place, just missing the playoffs. My ending team was:
C - Carlos Santana 1B - Freddie Freeman 2B - Chase Utley 3B - Aramis Ramirez SS - Jesus Guzman OF - Andrew McCutchen OF - Ichiro OF - Jeff Franceour UTIL - Michael Morse BN - Bryce Harper BN - Dustin Ackley BN - Jason Kipnis
SP - Roy Halladay SP - Felix Hernandez SP - Tim Hudson RP - Craig Kimbrel RP - JJ Putz P - Jaime Garcia P - Joe Nathan BN - Brandon Beachy BN - Stephen Strasburg BN - Erik Bedard DL - Adam Wainwright
I picked up Harper and Wainwright at the end of the season when I knew I was out of the playoffs.
My question is, who do I keep, and who do I deal?
My initial idea is to keep: Felix, Strasburg, McCutchen. Drop Harper and try to draft him. Trade Halladay for top 3 draft pick, maybe even deal Wainwright if someone would take him.
You only need to keep 3 players. Don't over think or plan too far ahead. Keep your best three guys.
McCutchen Halladay Felix
There could (potentially) be some debate to keep Stras over Felix, but this is H2H & Strasburg will likely be on an innings count this season. You don't want him on your bench for the playoffs.
Make some deals if you can, packaging two for one and try and get some top end talent. Even deal some non-keepers for some early draft picks if you can. If you dangle some of the young stud prospects and another near keeper on your team, you may be able to find the owner that overvalues youth and turn that into a first rounder.
trouble is everyone has 3 keepers they like.Wainwright you won't be able to deal, Halladay would be better than teams 3rd but maybe not enough to net you an early pick with so few keepers. Strasburg would seem to be a better draft than keeper pick to me; you'd really have to do well in a trade to make me consider keeping him ahead of Halladay
Make some deals if you can, packaging two for one and try and get some top end talent. Even deal some non-keepers for some early draft picks if you can. If you dangle some of the young stud prospects and another near keeper on your team, you may be able to find the owner that overvalues youth and turn that into a first rounder.
Element wrote:You only need to keep 3 players. Don't over think or plan too far ahead. Keep your best three guys.
McCutchen Halladay Felix
There could (potentially) be some debate to keep Stras over Felix, but this is H2H & Strasburg will likely be on an innings count this season. You don't want him on your bench for the playoffs.
Will consider throwing some trades out there, but I might just drop Stras/Harper and hope I can draft them low enough.
Yeah, with only 3 keepers you run into that problem; there will always be more established guys to keep over your Harpers and Strasburgs. Maybe you could suggest they bump the the number of keepers next season. It gets more interesting the more you have. Course that's just one man's opinion.
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by Kojack84 » Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:23 pm 
