Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 14828266)

Since it’s slow and I’m in fantasy baseball mode at the moment (I’m commish-ing so hard), a few things to think about:

1) don’t overpay for rookie SP this year. There’s no one so good you want to take them at current ADPs (but keep an eye on Nate Pearson and pounce when he’s about to get the call)

2) Nab an ace early ... unless you can get Acuna or Trout or Yelich, I think deGrom is one of the best values in round 1. Then you wait on pitching, IMO and spend the next 4-5 rounds building your lineup

3) don’t buy elite closers early if you have unlimited moves.

4) don’t sleep on Nellie Cruz. He’s still a beast and generally really undervalued in drafts.

5) keep an eye on Masahiro Tanaka. He didn’t have his split last year but looks to have found it this year (likes the ball better)

5b) don’t count on cheap Hr power. If the ball has higher seams (what Tanaka needs for his splitter) the trampoline ball may be gone.

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 14828266)

Since it’s slow and I’m in fantasy baseball mode at the moment (I’m commish-ing so hard), a few things to think about:

1) don’t overpay for rookie SP this year. There’s no one so good you want to take them at current ADPs (but keep an eye on Nate Pearson and pounce when he’s about to get the call)

2) Nab an ace early ... unless you can get Acuna or Trout or Yelich, I think deGrom is one of the best values in round 1. Then you wait on pitching, IMO and spend the next 4-5 rounds building your lineup

3) don’t buy elite closers early if you have unlimited moves.

4) don’t sleep on Nellie Cruz. He’s still a beast and generally really undervalued in drafts.

5) keep an eye on Masahiro Tanaka. He didn’t have his split last year but looks to have found it this year (likes the ball better)

5b) don’t count on cheap Hr power. If the ball has higher seams (what Tanaka needs for his splitter) the trampoline ball may be gone.

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 14828272)

I have done zero prep and our draft is in a few weeks (assuming Coronavirus doesn't kill us all -or worse, makes us cancel our trip-). I used Mr. Cheatsheet and had one of the worse seasons in the league.



By the nature of how our league has keepers, ADP doesn't apply as much since some top tier guys are kept in rounds later than the first.



Thanks for the recommendations on everything I hadn't heard beside Pitcherlist.

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 14828291)

I don’t like Mr. CheatSheet. I build my own excel sheet. It’s custom and has been growing/improving for the past decade.

For a league like that, you have to adjust ADP based on positions kept.

What are your keeper rules? If Wander Franco is available you should be on that.

Jarred Kelenic and Julio Rodriguez are guys to watch further out 2022).

Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 14825067)

Alec Lewis Roster Projection:

Catchers (2)
Salvador Pérez, Cam Gallagher

Infielders (5)
Ryan O’Hearn, Ryan McBroom, Nicky Lopez, Adalberto Mondesi, Maikel Franco

Outfielders (5)
Alex Gordon, Whit Merrifield, Hunter Dozier, Bubba Starling, Brett Phillips

Designated hitter (1)
Jorge Soler

Starting pitchers (5)
Brad Keller, Danny Duffy, Jacob Junis, Mike Montgomery, Jorge López

Relievers (8)
Ian Kennedy, Scott Barlow, Tim Hill, Trevor Rosenthal, Greg Holland, Glenn Sparkman, Josh Staumont, Jake Newberry

Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 14864253)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New York Mets starter Noah Syndergaard has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery in the near future, sources tell ESPN. The procedure will keep him out until at earliest April 2021 and likely into the summer months.</p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1242536360147329026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 14864281)

I actually like Syndergaard it's sad how the Mets have squandered the pitching talent they've had.

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat (Post 14869724)

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Let his arm fall off.

Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 14869958)

Remember when the MLB celebrated his old school bitch fit (because the Mets were too stupid to quit throwing Esky (and most of the lineup, actually) fastballs and played Noah’s “60 feet, 6 inches” line non-stop?

Pretty funny now that they’re doing everything they can to protect those poor, World Series winning cheaters that are the Astros.