Pick 5 Keepers for this deep league

[jonboy418]

I have to pick 5 keepers in this 20 team mixed league.
Hitting cats: OBP, H, R, HR, SB, Extra Base hits
Pitching cats: QS, K, SV, HLD, K/BB, ERA, WHIP

Player Round kept
R.A. Dickey 14
Brandon Beachy 13
Chase Headley 7
Ryan Doumit 13
Adam LaRoche 12
Rajai Davis 21
Jason Kubel 5
Delmon Young 10
Ruben Tejada 21
Chris Johnson 21
Clayton Richard 21
Wilton López 20
Vinnie Pestano 6
Tyler Clippard 5
Matt Belisle 13
Francisco Rodríguez 8
Boone Logan 21
Andrew Cashner 14
Tim Stauffer 9

Thanks for your help. WHIR.

[kaiser]

I have to pick 5 keepers in this 20 team mixed league.
Hitting cats: OBP, H, R, HR, SB, Extra Base hits
Pitching cats: QS, K, SV, HLD, K/BB, ERA, WHIP

Player Round kept
R.A. Dickey 14
Brandon Beachy 13
Chase Headley 7
Ryan Doumit 13
Adam LaRoche 12
Rajai Davis 21
Jason Kubel 5
Delmon Young 10
Ruben Tejada 21
Chris Johnson 21
Clayton Richard 21
Wilton López 20
Vinnie Pestano 6
Tyler Clippard 5
Matt Belisle 13
Francisco Rodríguez 8
Boone Logan 21
Andrew Cashner 14
Tim Stauffer 9

Thanks for your help. WHIR.

Laws almighty. Beyond Dickey and Beachy, I haven't a clue.

[luckygehrig]

I have to pick 5 keepers in this 20 team mixed league.
Hitting cats: OBP, H, R, HR, SB, Extra Base hits
Pitching cats: QS, K, SV, HLD, K/BB, ERA, WHIP

Player Round kept
R.A. Dickey 14
Brandon Beachy 13
Chase Headley 7
Ryan Doumit 13
Adam LaRoche 12
Rajai Davis 21
Jason Kubel 5
Delmon Young 10
Ruben Tejada 21
Chris Johnson 21
Clayton Richard 21
Wilton López 20
Vinnie Pestano 6
Tyler Clippard 5
Matt Belisle 13
Francisco Rodríguez 8
Boone Logan 21
Andrew Cashner 14
Tim Stauffer 9

Thanks for your help. WHIR.

I agree with kaiser, but I'd add Headley to the group that's easy to keep. After that, I went with LaRoche because of his 60-70 extra base hits and power looks like it's more valuable than speed in this league. Last one was a complete stab in the dark, but I went with Chris Johnson. I think moving to Arizona can only help his output. I'm a little concerned by the Chavez signing, but hopefully Towers will realize that Johnson doesn't really need a platoon partner and put Johnson in the lineup everyday. The problem there is that it loads up your CI spots. Even assuming you have a 1B, a 3B, and a CI position, you're all set with some pretty blah players (Headley being the exception).

[kaiser]

Lucky's points are valid, and Chris Johnson is a good speculative pick. I agree that Headly at $7 is a pretty easy choice. I almost picked Laroche, too, instead of Clippard, but since saves and holds are cats, I thought I should throw in a very solid reliever.

[Element]

I have to pick 5 keepers in this 20 team mixed league.
Hitting cats: OBP, H, R, HR, SB, Extra Base hits
Pitching cats: QS, K, SV, HLD, K/BB, ERA, WHIP

Player Round kept
R.A. Dickey 14
Brandon Beachy 13
Chase Headley 7
Ryan Doumit 13
Adam LaRoche 12
Rajai Davis 21
Jason Kubel 5
Delmon Young 10
Ruben Tejada 21
Chris Johnson 21
Clayton Richard 21
Wilton López 20
Vinnie Pestano 6
Tyler Clippard 5
Matt Belisle 13
Francisco Rodríguez 8
Boone Logan 21
Andrew Cashner 14
Tim Stauffer 9

Thanks for your help. WHIR.

The last pick was tough (between Pestano & Doumit). This would put Doumit at the 360-380 range of a normal draft (100 players frozen & 13 rounds of 20 picks). That's worth it to me over a reliever.

[trippical]

I have to pick 5 keepers in this 20 team mixed league.
Hitting cats: OBP, H, R, HR, SB, Extra Base hits
Pitching cats: QS, K, SV, HLD, K/BB, ERA, WHIP

Player Round kept
R.A. Dickey 14
Brandon Beachy 13
Chase Headley 7
Ryan Doumit 13
Adam LaRoche 12
Rajai Davis 21
Jason Kubel 5
Delmon Young 10
Ruben Tejada 21
Chris Johnson 21
Clayton Richard 21
Wilton López 20
Vinnie Pestano 6
Tyler Clippard 5
Matt Belisle 13
Francisco Rodríguez 8
Boone Logan 21
Andrew Cashner 14
Tim Stauffer 9

Thanks for your help. WHIR.

I really hope you'll have a chance to draft elite players because this list isn't very inspiring for a successful 2013 campaign.

That said, definitely Dickey in the 14th, Beachy in the 13th, Headley in the 7th and LaRoche in the 12th rounds of a 20-man league. For the 5th, I might take a flier on Andrew Cashner. I really like his upside, especially while pitching at PETCO.

[MaudDib]

I have to pick 5 keepers in this 20 team mixed league.
Hitting cats: OBP, H, R, HR, SB, Extra Base hits
Pitching cats: QS, K, SV, HLD, K/BB, ERA, WHIP

Player Round kept
R.A. Dickey 14
Brandon Beachy 13
Chase Headley 7
Ryan Doumit 13
Adam LaRoche 12
Rajai Davis 21
Jason Kubel 5
Delmon Young 10
Ruben Tejada 21
Chris Johnson 21
Clayton Richard 21
Wilton López 20
Vinnie Pestano 6
Tyler Clippard 5
Matt Belisle 13
Francisco Rodríguez 8
Boone Logan 21
Andrew Cashner 14
Tim Stauffer 9

Thanks for your help. WHIR.

The last pick was tough (between Pestano & Doumit). This would put Doumit at the 360-380 range of a normal draft (100 players frozen & 13 rounds of 20 picks). That's worth it to me over a reliever.

This is probably where I am as well.

[jonboy418]

The way this league is set up is that you knock 5 rounds off the original draft position to keep a player. That means rounds 1-5 are ineligible to keep (I had Cano, Holliday, Bourne, Hart and Cuddyer who are ineligible and a few that were no brainer non-keepers: Alexei in the 3rd, Bumgarner in the 1st, CJ Wilson in the 2nd). It was a squad good enough for 3rd place.

My main thought was Brandon Beachy (TJ surgury) and Chris Johnson, if they would be keeper quality. Thanks for everyone's help!

[MadDog36]

You'd be wasting a slot on beachy for half the season but in such a deep league man.
R.A. Dickey for sure
Adam Laroche for sure
Chase Headley for sure
Brandon Beachy I Guess

I wouldn't keep a 5th.