ESPN Keeper League
Well, I know many of you enjoyed the "Expert Draft" series, but I'm not going to lie to you--this league here is mostly high school friends. Many of the players didn't attend the draft, while those that were there made a couple questionable picks between generally good drafts. Here's my team (I kept Alfonso Soriano and Hanley Ramirez from last year - forcing me to drop Carl Crawford so it was a close call).
- C - Geovany Soto (I have him in every league I'm in, and that worries me more than his Spring)
- 1B - Derrek Lee (2nd)
- 2B - B.J. Upton (1st)
- 3B - Alex Gordon / Hank Blalock
- SS - Hanley Ramirez
- OF - Alfonso Soriano
- OF - Alex Rios (5th pick, I'll explain soon)
- OF - Shane Victorino
- Util - Billy Butler
- SPs: Scott Kazmir (5th), Felix Hernandez (6th), Rich Hill (7th), Javier Javquez (8th), Pedro Martinez, Matt Garza
- RPs: Rafael Soriano, Joakim Soria, Jeremy Accardo, Joba Chamberlain, Brian Fuentes
The league drafted pitchers much more quickly than any league I've been in before, and I think Rios was the product of not jumping on the bandwagon. My 5th-8th picks were all pitchers to try to establish a core, and I'm pretty happy with it. Of course, I had to ditch a big-name bullpen, though some of these guys are good bets when it comes to peripherals (more helpful in H2H leagues like this in my opinion).
I missed out on Atkins because the team with Wright took him with their 2nd pick. I thought he'd round the corner where the two owners had Wright and Cabrera, but I learned a lesson. I'd still advise betting on team managers to focus on roster needs, though if you won't recover from the loss you should probably grab the guy you want.
Pete will soon post his team so you guys can have a good time comparing. We have probably the best two teams in the league, in small part to having either A-Rod or H-Ram. So what are your thoughts?
posted by Zachary Piso at
9:57 AM
2 Comments:
You're team I see as the top in the league, but Pete's team can easily be third or fourth. I'm not sold on Brian Roberts and his outfield and utility spot are relying on guys to have comeback years.
After trading Jon I'm loving my team even more. The new roster is as follows...
Soto, Lee, Upton, Ramirez, Gordon/Beltre, Soriano, Markakis, Delmon Young, Sheffield...
Kazmir, Hernandez, Jered Weaver, Vazquez, Hill, Billingsley, Kuroda, Villenueva...
Soria, Accardo, Chamberlain, Pena
The bullpen is shallow, but my pitching core is best in the league (especially when Kazmir is back and if Chamberlain starts) while my offense should be able to win more than half the categories each week. The league really only requires you to win each week 8-6 to make the playoffs, so thats how I'm designed.
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