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[Cornbread Maxwell]

They rank closers too high in my opinion. Gagne at 11 overall??????

Lidge at 17???

Soriano at 18th???

Some weird top 100 choices.

I used to think that too, but now I understand the value of the elite closers. They arent one cat guys - not by a longshot. Last yr 6 of the top 11 Ps were closers. Im not saying Im gonna draft one that early, but Im certainly not gonna knock the fact that they do earn that much in 5x5 roto leagues. Ive seen gagne falling to the 3rd rd in some drafts - thats silly. Even in a down yr he was the 3rd most valuable pitcher behind RJ and Santana.

[bleach168]

They rank closers too high in my opinion. Gagne at 11 overall??????

Lidge at 17???

Soriano at 18th???

Some weird top 100 choices.

I used to think that too, but now I understand the value of the elite closers. They arent one cat guys - not by a longshot. Last yr 6 of the top 11 Ps were closers. Im not saying Im gonna draft one that early, but Im certainly not gonna knock the fact that they do earn that much in 5x5 roto leagues. Ive seen gagne falling to the 3rd rd in some drafts - thats silly. Even in a down yr he was the 3rd most valuable pitcher behind RJ and Santana.

Really? ESPN's player rater has Gagne as the #13 best pitcher, #30 overall.

[tuff_gong]

do you guys think bobby abreu at #4 overall is too high? shouldn't he be like 9th or 10th?

[hawgvike]

prospect rankings on there are a joke

my god, delmon young ranks LAST........

[Cornbread Maxwell]

Really? ESPN's player rater has Gagne as the #13 best pitcher, #30 overall.

is that based on last yrs numbers or a projection?

I was just using rototimes standard value calculator (12 team, 5x5 roto, 9/6 starting hitter/pitcher spots) based on 2004 stats:

http://excite.rototimes.com/index.php?s ... rojections

[Cornbread Maxwell]

do you guys think bobby abreu at #4 overall is too high? shouldn't he be like 9th or 10th?

absolutely - last yr was a career yr - his hr and SB totals spiked by 10 and 18 respectively.

[Yoda]

This looks pretty good. Much better than the idiots at ESPN. For SURE.

[bleach168]

Really? ESPN's player rater has Gagne as the #13 best pitcher, #30 overall.

is that based on last yrs numbers or a projection?

I was just using rototimes standard value calculator (12 team, 5x5 roto, 9/6 starting hitter/pitcher spots) based on 2004 stats:

http://excite.rototimes.com/index.php?s ... rojections

Yes, based on 2004 stats.

http://games.espn.go.com/cgi/flb/reques ... 0&Param5=4

[Yoda]

Wow look at that... Blalock as #3 among 3B and #24 overall... Teixeira at #50 overall... Funny I recall people sayin it wasn't even close and they are right. lol

[Cornbread Maxwell]

Really? ESPN's player rater has Gagne as the #13 best pitcher, #30 overall.

is that based on last yrs numbers or a projection?

I was just using rototimes standard value calculator (12 team, 5x5 roto, 9/6 starting hitter/pitcher spots) based on 2004 stats:

http://excite.rototimes.com/index.php?s ... rojections

Yes, based on 2004 stats.

http://games.espn.go.com/cgi/flb/reques ... 0&Param5=4

thats really interesting

I sure would like to be able to break down each sites calculation process to see why the large discrepancy. The fact that RJ and Santana were the top two fantasy picks last yr ahead of Pujols - by a whole lot makes me wonder if its very accurate.