Comments on Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Keeper Analysis #6 - My Team Sucks

I think what hasn't been touched on was the lack o...

2008-09-21T19:14:00.000-04:00

I think what hasn't been touched on was the lack of effort this team took to improve his 09 chances.

His draft showed that keeping the early pick handicapped the rest of his roster. Whether that's because it's such a huge advantage getting high keeper value late, or that his OF choices were terrible (Hawpe, Rowand, ugh) I think is still undecided.

How this guy, who fell apart in May, didn't move Hanley by the deadline for a solid 10+ keeper is crazy. I don't understand why he didn't target Troy for Quentin at the very least.

His best outcome would be to grab the #1 overall pick and trade down.

See this is where I disagree about Cruz. Cruz did...

2008-09-20T23:00:00.000-04:00

See this is where I disagree about Cruz. Cruz didn't really hit that well at all in his previous stints in the majors and he's already 28. I don't think he has magically figured it out, I think that he's gotten hot at the right time.

Before this year, he has almost a full season of hitting under .235 and an OPS under .671.

In terms of pitching, I was thinking about that because neither pitcher is really that good. If I had to choose one it'd be Pelfrey but I would consider not keeping either like you suggest.

I would probably go with Nelson Cruz since he is s...

2008-09-20T22:51:00.000-04:00

I would probably go with Nelson Cruz since he is showing he is able to hit in the majors and plays in a great lineup/stadium. I might just skip a pitcher if I was him. Pelfrey is marginal at best and Maine is no better. To me it comes down to K/BB and neither has one over 2 this year. Maine has been over 2 in 06 and 07, but his FIP has been over 4 every year.