I'm in a keeper league where we can select up to 6 guys to keep. I've decided on a few but not sure on other:
Keepers:
Elvis Andrus Matt Holliday Daniel Hudson Craig Kimbrel
Up for the 5th and 6th spots:
Johnny Cueto Freddie Freeman Kevin Youkilis Nick Markakis Clay Bucholtz Victor Martinez Mariano RIvera Jhonny Peralta
I'm not sure if I should keep Martinez for next year or not so i may let him go and see if I can pick him up in a later round to hold on to. I'm leaning right now towards Youkilis and Freeman.
Youkilis is the only bovious one. If your league is deep (more than 12 teams), I would keep Rivera. Saves are hard to come by in deep leagues. If you're in a league of 8-12 teams, I would keep Buchholz or Cueto first, as a quality SP trumps a quality RP in shallower leagues. Freeman could be better in 2012, but I don't think he's anything that couldn't easily be replaced (a 20-25 HR first baseman is pretty much the baseline for the position).
Must be a pretty deep league given those options. Do you have to keep 6 or can you get into the open pool sooner keeping fewer? I'd keep Youkilis for sure and if 6 are mandatory I'd go Mo ( or Cueto if you absolutely won't keep 2 closers).
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Youk is the only no doubter. If it is 12 or less, I would keep Freeman. I am not sold on him but that second half power was pretty impressive so I would give him another year and see what he does. 12 teams or more, give me Rivera.
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