Mar
13
2008
Get Your Fantasy Baseball Questions Answered
Posted by: Knox Bardeen in Fantasy BaseballEvery day, over at ESPN SportsNation, they have fantasy baseball chats with some of the experts in the field. Today, at 11:00, the host was Tristan H. Cockcroft and he answer some good questions like:
- Homer Bailey or Matt Garza?
- Which SS past the 1st round will provide the most value this season in relation to their current ADP?
- The NL hitter who will come from nowhere this year to be a stud is ______________?
Also today, James Quintong will be hosting a chat at 3:00. Make sure to check it out.


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March 29th, 2008 at 11:03 am
i am in a keeper league and our draft is 4/8/08 and one of my keepers has since gone down for at least 60 days and may be gone for season.what are my options.can i make another pick and drop my origional pick or am i stuck with this injured player until after the draft and take someone from the remaining pool. an answer to this would be appreciated. thank you,Bruce Hutton
June 6th, 2008 at 11:01 am
i recently traded yuniesky betancort and joe blanton for todd jones and julio lugo…what is your thought on this deal?
June 6th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Hey Patrick, you picked a pretty old post to ask a question in today, but I found it anyway.
Not knowing the particulars of your league, I’d say this is a pretty fair deal. Lugo’s better than Betancourt in four of the five usual categories, and Jones is going to get you saves for most of the rest of this year. Zumaya may take over late in the year, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Tigers stick with Jones all the way through.
Blanton is a solid pitcher, but he’s nothing special. This year, you’re probably going to be able to find comparable guys on the wire without much trouble.
Hope that helps.
April 3rd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I’m trying to figure what is the best strategy for pitching in a rotisserie scoring league. I have 9 players I can start at any given time
May 23rd, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I need help. I’m a commisioner of a fantasy league and I’m really torn on what to do here. My league plays head to head and in the event of the first tie breaker, it resorts to a 4th selected starting pitcher. Well such an event occured and one team did not have a this SP placed in his lineup, but the opponents SP had -7 points as it turns out. Who gets the win???? I need help
Mike
June 10th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Which on do i give. I am making the trade one way or the other, but i am new to fantasy baseball and need help.
I am giving Abreu for sure and he wants either Cantu or Branyan? my league both qualify 1st and 3rd
Any other advice you have about my line up i would really appreciate too.
I am in 3rd pl and only 7 games out of 1st
12 Team League. Not a keeper league.
My line up is as follows. And the stats we count are:
R H HR RBI SB BB TB FPCT AVG OBP IP W CG SV H ER BB K ERA WHIP
- C A.J. Pierzynski
- 1B Paul Konerko
- 2B Freddy Sánchez
- 3B Jorge Cantú
- SS Stephen Drew
- OF Carl Crawford
- OF Carlos Beltrán
- OF Hunter Pence
- Util Russell Branyan
- BN Ben Zobrist
- BN Rod Barajas
- BN Bobby Abreu
- BN Shin-Soo Choo
- DL José Reyes
- SP Wandy Rodríguez
- SP Jake Peavy
- SP Derek Lowe
- RP Jonathan Papelbon
- RP Trevor Hoffman
- RP Randy Choate
- P Scott Feldman
- P Carlos Zambrano
- P Ramón Ramírez
- P C.J. Wilson
- P Paul Maholum
- DL John Smoltz
June 24th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Hi there. I have Troy Tulowitzki (starting) and Jason Bartlett at SS. But is now the time to trade Tulowitzki while his value is sky-high at a weak position? What SP / 1B / C should I get in return?
July 20th, 2009 at 7:05 am
I’m weak at SS and was offered Jimmy Rollins for Matt Cain. My remaining starters(we have to play 5) are Santana, Greinke, Carpenter, Nolasco, and Jurrjens.
Should I pull the trigger on this trade?
March 24th, 2010 at 11:36 am
Draft time is just around the corner and I decided this year to make a big step up in competition league wise. The league is a 8X8 head to head with a bunch of fantasy baseball freaks.
Scoring looks like this
Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Walks (BB), Strikeouts (K), Total Bases (TB), Batting Average (AVG)
Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Total Bases Allowed (TB), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Quality Starts (QS)
I picked up the 11th pick in the draft and I’m going to be left with a tough decision in my opinion. I know from talking to everyone in the league where I’ll be sitting when the 11th pick comes. The first RD so far from everything i gather will be
* 1. Albert Pujols
* 2. Hanley Ramírez
* 3. Álex Rodríguez
* 4. Chase Utley
* 5. Ryan Braun
* 6. Matt Kemp
* 7. Prince Fielder or Evan Longoria
* 8. Tim Lincecum
* 9. Joe Mauer
* 10. Roy Halladay
Leaving me with ( either Fielder or Longoria, Cabrera, Howard, and Texeira ) to pick from. If Longoria falls it’s an easy first two picks I take Longoria and see which of the 3 stud 1st baseman falls to my 2nd RD 14th pick (probably Howard and Cabrera). If Longoria’s not there at 11 (which I’m guessing will be the case) I’m stuck with 4 Stud 1st basemen at the 11th (Fielder, Tex, Howard, Cabrera) and at least 2 more at the 14th pick (probably Howard and Cabrera).
My thought is to take the best 2 players available to me in the first 2 rds regardless of position if Longoria doesn’t fall to me. That would probably give me Howard and Fielder which would give me a ton of offense in the first 2 rds. Should i reach for somebody i think is a mid 2rd pick like Kinsler, Crawford, Holliday, Ellsbury or take the best 2 players available.
Thanks
T
March 30th, 2010 at 6:59 am
hello, two questions, I have Francisco Rodriquez, should I keep him or get Trevor Hoffman? second I hace Cantu and LaRoche on my bench and am thinking of dropping one for Michael Bourn, any thoughts? thank you
May 15th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
i really need help with this, hunter pence seems to be coming around, and i really think rasmus will slowly be on the decline, i think larussa will keep messing with him in the lineup. should i drop rasmus for pence????? please help
June 4th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Hey, nice stuff! Keep bringing it!
August 6th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Two questions Should i drop Martin Prado for Omar Infante and should i use Jeter or josh Hamilton as a utility player
August 21st, 2010 at 11:16 pm
need to drop one player in a league with 4 offensive categories, hr, ave, sb rbi. who should I drop?
d ortiz,c quentin, c lee
thanks