Post your 2015 fantasy baseball team!

[Blackout]

C Russell Martin

1 Paul Goldschmidt

2 Jason Kidnis

SS Jhonny Peralta

3 Kyle Seager

OF Jacoby

OF Leonys Martin

OF Alex Rios

UTIL Edcarnacion

UTL Adam Laroche

 

 

SP Cueto

SP Iwakuma

SP Cody Allen

RP Holland

RP Uehara

P Garret Cole

P Mat Latos

PAlex Wood

 

bench

 

Wacha

Mchugh

Salazar

Pollack

Mejia

[GimmeShelter]

Post steroids era makes the offense look horrible after you leave a draft.  5-10 years ago you could walk out of a draft with five or six 25 HR guys on your roster. I like it better this way as you have to manage more.

[Blackout]

Post steroids era makes the offense look horrible after you leave a draft.  5-10 years ago you could walk out of a draft with five or six 25 HR guys on your roster. I like it better this way as you have to manage more.

 

 

yep, last year I was hurt horribly by taking Pedroia as my first offensive player (late 2nd round) 

 

 

 

Pedroia had a completely average season with zero power.  bum ass midget.

 

 

this year i got Goldy, i predict he hits over .300 with 35 homers and at least 100 RBI 

[The Troll]

yep, last year I was hurt horribly by taking Pedroia as my first offensive player (late 2nd round) 

 

 

 

Pedroia had a completely average season with zero power.  bum ass midget.

 

 

this year i got Goldy, i predict he hits over .300 with 35 homers and at least 100 RBI 

I hope you learned your lesson about taking pitchers that early.

[Blackout]

I hope you learned your lesson about taking pitchers that early.

 

even Kershaw?

[The Troll]

even Kershaw?

He's awesome, but I still wouldn't. Offensive numbers are so depressed and pitching numbers are so inflated that you can still put together a staff capable of competing in all categories by waiting until the middle rounds. You're just gonna have to get lucky with sleepers or waiver claims to supplement offense if you go pitching that early.

[Jetlife33]

C Russell Martin

1 Paul Goldschmidt

2 Jason Kidnis

SS Jhonny Peralta

3 Kyle Seager

OF Jacoby

OF Leonys Martin

OF Alex Rios

UTIL Edcarnacion

UTL Adam Laroche

 

 

SP Cueto

SP Iwakuma

SP Cody Allen

RP Holland

RP Uehara

P Garret Cole

P Mat Latos

PAlex Wood

 

bench

 

Wacha

Mchugh

Salazar

Pollack

Mejia

I'm pretty late noticing this just now, but nice thread! My draft isn't for another 2 weeks. I am however in a keeper league where each year you get to keep 3 players you drafted for the next 3 years. My 3 keepers are : Jose Bautista, Jose Abreu and Josh Donaldson. Can't complain. 

[Jetlife33]

I was runner up last year, and it ended in a tie but he got the win because he had a better record during the regular season. So I'm pretty pissed and out for blood this year. 

[The Troll]

Did a H2H draft the other day as kind of a practice draft. I don't mock. I want to live with the results. Anyway, I think I'm ready for roto this season.

 

C Matt Wieters

1B Lucas Duda

2B Jason Kipnis

3B Nolan Arenado

SS Hanley Ramirez

OF Giancarlo Stanton

OF Bryce Harper

OF George Springer

UTIL Christian Yelich

UTIL Ben Revere

BN Kris Bryant

BN Yasmani Tomas

BN Eric Young

 

SP Michael Wacha

SP Jose Quintana

RP Greg Holland

RP Dellin Betances

P Cody Allen

P Neftali Feliz

P Francisco Rodriguez

P Wade Davis

BN Michael Pineda

BN Matt Cain

[Jetlife33]

Did a H2H draft the other day as kind of a practice draft. I don't mock. I want to live with the results. Anyway, I think I'm ready for roto this season.

 

C Matt Wieters

1B Lucas Duda

2B Jason Kipnis

3B Nolan Arenado

SS Hanley Ramirez

OF Giancarlo Stanton

OF Bryce Harper

OF George Springer

UTIL Christian Yelich

UTIL Ben Revere

BN Kris Bryant

BN Yasmani Tomas

BN Eric Young

 

SP Michael Wacha

SP Jose Quintana

RP Greg Holland

RP Dellin Betances

P Cody Allen

P Neftali Feliz

P Francisco Rodriguez

P Wade Davis

BN Michael Pineda

BN Matt Cain

Awesome outfield. 

[Jetlife33]

Did a H2H draft the other day as kind of a practice draft. I don't mock. I want to live with the results. Anyway, I think I'm ready for roto this season.

 

C Matt Wieters

1B Lucas Duda

2B Jason Kipnis

3B Nolan Arenado

SS Hanley Ramirez

OF Giancarlo Stanton

OF Bryce Harper

OF George Springer

UTIL Christian Yelich

UTIL Ben Revere

BN Kris Bryant

BN Yasmani Tomas

BN Eric Young

 

SP Michael Wacha

SP Jose Quintana

RP Greg Holland

RP Dellin Betances

P Cody Allen

P Neftali Feliz

P Francisco Rodriguez

P Wade Davis

BN Michael Pineda

BN Matt Cain

 

H2H league. 

 

C Evan Gattis

1B Jose Abreu

2B Brian Dozier

3B Josh Donaldson

SS Ben Zobrist

2B/SS Jean Segura

1B/3B Evan Longoria

OF Jose Bautista

OF Yoenis Cespedes

OF Kole Calhoun

OF Alex Gordon

OF Brett Gardner

UT Wil Myers

BN Johnny Peralta

BN Javier Baez

 

SP Matt Harvey

SP Masahiro Tanaka

SP Chris Archer

SP Michael Pineda

SP Rick Porcello

SP Jason Hammel

RP Drew Storen

RP Neftali Feliz

RP Joe Nathan

RP Santiago Casilla

[The Troll]

H2H league. 

 

C Evan Gattis

1B Jose Abreu

2B Brian Dozier

3B Josh Donaldson

SS Ben Zobrist

2B/SS Jean Segura

1B/3B Evan Longoria

OF Jose Bautista

OF Yoenis Cespedes

OF Kole Calhoun

OF Alex Gordon

OF Brett Gardner

UT Wil Myers

BN Johnny Peralta

BN Javier Baez

 

SP Matt Harvey

SP Masahiro Tanaka

SP Chris Archer

SP Michael Pineda

SP Rick Porcello

SP Jason Hammel

RP Drew Storen

RP Neftali Feliz

RP Joe Nathan

RP Santiago Casilla

I'm not real sure how to judge a H2H team. I'm definitely a roto kind of guy. I just did the one H2H this year to try it out because it's been at least half a decade since I was in a H2H. I like that you have a sh*tload of closers. That was one of my H2H strategies, too. 

[Jetsfan80]

ESPN Standard H2H, 10 categories (BA, HR, RBI, SB, R;  ERA, W's, WHIP, K's, SV's), 8 teams, money league:

 

Round 1, Pick 5:  Carlos Gomez

2, # 12:  Jose Bautista

3, # 21:  Adrian Beltre

4, # 28:  Freddie Freeman

5, # 37:  Justin Upton

6, # 44:  Anthony Rendon (we're allowed a DL spot, figured it was worth snagging him here)

7, # 53:  Jordan Zimmerman

8, # 60:  Yoenis Cespedes

9, # 69:  Julio Teheran

10, # 76:  Jason Kipnis (2B until Rendon gets back)

11, # 85:  Christian Yelich

12, # 92:  Alexei Ramirez

13, # 101:  Evan Gattis

14, # 108:  Jason Heyward

15, # 117:  Manny Machado

16, # 124:  Michael Wacha

17, # 133:  Kris Bryant

18, # 140:  Steve Cishek

19, # 149:  Matt Adams

20, # 156:  Didi Gregorius (Two Yankee fans in our league so I reached a bit to get him)

21, # 165:  Shelby Miller

22, # 172:  Nathan Eovaldi

23, # 181:  Brett Cecil

24, # 188:  Neftali Feliz

25, # 197:  Bartolo Colon (Mets fan homer pick, whatevs)

 

 

One guy in the league decided to take 9 straight pitchers with his first 9 picks.  Fine by me.  I loaded up on offense and let the board come to me when it came to pitchers rather than reach.  I was happy to land Zimmerman and Teheran, and felt I got a couple steals by getting Wacha and Shelby Miller later.  I figure at least 4 of my pitching spots will end up in flux throughout the year.  They're like the fantasy baseball equivalent of Running Backs to me; there's always plenty of arms coming into the league that didn't get drafted. 

 

So my lineup looks like this:

 

C:  Evan Gattis

1B:  Freddie Freeman

2B:  Jason Kipnis

3B:  Adrian Beltre

SS:  Alexei Ramirez

2B/SS:  Didi Gregorius

1B/3B:  Manny Machado

OF:  Carlos Gomez

OF:  Jose Bautista

OF:  Justin Upton

OF:  Yoenis Cespedes

OF:  Christian Yelich

UTIL:  Jason Heyward

DL:  Anthony Rendon

Bench:  Kris Bryant

Bench:  Matt Adams

Bench:  TBD (need to pick up one more player, probably a middle infielder, once Rendon officially hits the DL)

P:  Jordan Zimmerman

P:  Julio Teheran

P:  Michael Wacha

P:  Steve Cishek (RP)

P:  Shelby Miller

P:  Nathan Eovaldi

P:  Brett Cecil (RP)

P:  Neftali Feliz (RP)

P:  Bartolo Colon

[Jetlife33]

ESPN Standard H2H, 10 categories (BA, HR, RBI, SB, R; ERA, W's, WHIP, K's, SV's), 8 teams, money league:

Round 1, Pick 5: Carlos Gomez

2, # 12: Jose Bautista

3, # 21: Adrian Beltre

4, # 28: Freddie Freeman

5, # 37: Justin Upton

6, # 44: Anthony Rendon (we're allowed a DL spot, figured it was worth snagging him here)

7, # 53: Jordan Zimmerman

8, # 60: Yoenis Cespedes

9, # 69: Julio Teheran

10, # 76: Jason Kipnis (2B until Rendon gets back)

11, # 85: Christian Yelich

12, # 92: Alexei Ramirez

13, # 101: Evan Gattis

14, # 108: Jason Heyward

15, # 117: Manny Machado

16, # 124: Michael Wacha

17, # 133: Kris Bryant

18, # 140: Steve Cishek

19, # 149: Matt Adams

20, # 156: Didi Gregorius (Two Yankee fans in our league so I reached a bit to get him)

21, # 165: Shelby Miller

22, # 172: Nathan Eovaldi

23, # 181: Brett Cecil

24, # 188: Neftali Feliz

25, # 197: Bartolo Colon (Mets fan homer pick, whatevs)

One guy in the league decided to take 9 straight pitchers with his first 9 picks. Fine by me. I loaded up on offense and let the board come to me when it came to pitchers rather than reach. I was happy to land Zimmerman and Teheran, and felt I got a couple steals by getting Wacha and Shelby Miller later. I figure at least 4 of my pitching spots will end up in flux throughout the year. They're like the fantasy baseball equivalent of Running Backs to me; there's always plenty of arms coming into the league that didn't get drafted.

So my lineup looks like this:

C: Evan Gattis

1B: Freddie Freeman

2B: Jason Kipnis

3B: Adrian Beltre

SS: Alexei Ramirez

2B/SS: Didi Gregorius

1B/3B: Manny Machado

OF: Carlos Gomez

OF: Jose Bautista

OF: Justin Upton

OF: Yoenis Cespedes

OF: Christian Yelich

UTIL: Jason Heyward

DL: Anthony Rendon

Bench: Kris Bryant

Bench: Matt Adams

Bench: TBD (need to pick up one more player, probably a middle infielder, once Rendon officially hits the DL)

P: Jordan Zimmerman

P: Julio Teheran

P: Michael Wacha

P: Steve Cishek (RP)

P: Shelby Miller

P: Nathan Eovaldi

P: Brett Cecil (RP)

P: Neftali Feliz (RP)

P: Bartolo Colon

Offense is king. Nice strategy, tried to do the same thing myself. Faith in Didi to hold down a starting job in fantasy? Don't know if he'll hit enough, coming from a yankee fan who loved the addition.

[Jetsfan80]

Offense is king. Nice strategy, tried to do the same thing myself. Faith in Didi to hold down a starting job in fantasy? Don't know if he'll hit enough, coming from a yankee fan who loved the addition.

 

His defense will keep him in the lineup; if he flashes any offense at all I figure he can be a fantasy asset.  If not I cut him for someone else.

[drdetroit]

Not playing fantasy baseball this year but if I was I'd be going after Brian McCann.

[The Troll]

Not playing fantasy baseball this year but if I was I'd be going after Brian McCann.

And what would you do in the first 17 rounds?

[Jetlife33]

Only day 1 but I'm getting my ass kicked. Tanaka and Archer did terrible.  

[Jetsfan80]

Only day 1 but I'm getting my ass kicked. Tanaka and Archer did terrible.  

 

I wouldn't lose hope on either.  It's well known that Tanaka lost some velocity but he can be useful.  In fact, I made a buy-low trade offer for him.

 

Also, if you've seen the shown "Man Seeking Woman", having him on the roster makes for a hilarious team name.

[Jetlife33]

I wouldn't lose hope on either. It's well known that Tanaka lost some velocity but he can be useful. In fact, I made a buy-low trade offer for him.

Also, if you've seen the shown "Man Seeking Woman", having him on the roster makes for a hilarious team name.

Hoping for better starts out of Harvey and Pineda on Wednesday. And I haven't seen that show unfortunately !

[Jetsfan80]

Hoping for better starts out of Harvey and Pineda on Wednesday. And I haven't seen that show unfortunately !

 

It's new, on FX.  Only 8 episodes in the first season, which just ended.  Check it out when you can, pretty damn funny.  Here's a clip:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMRZKDMnUpE

[Jetsfan80]

Also, my vaunted offense I drafted went 4/42 yesterday, lol.  I'll chalk it up to everyone throwing their aces.  I made up for it on the pitching end of things by picking up wins with Teheran and free agent pickup Drew Hutchison.

[The Troll]

I avoided Tanaka this year. Just red flags everywhere.

 

I am in way too many leagues this year. I had plenty of good things (3 shares each of Arenado/Dickerson) and bad things (streaming Collmenter, owning Phil Hughes) happen yesterday. I'm just so glad baseball is back. My dear old friend to get me through the cold, lonely months without football.

[Jetlife33]

It's new, on FX.  Only 8 episodes in the first season, which just ended.  Check it out when you can, pretty damn funny.  Here's a clip:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMRZKDMnUpE

Ha! Seems very funny. 

[Jetlife33]

I avoided Tanaka this year. Just red flags everywhere.

 

I am in way too many leagues this year. I had plenty of good things (3 shares each of Arenado/Dickerson) and bad things (streaming Collmenter, owning Phil Hughes) happen yesterday. I'm just so glad baseball is back. My dear old friend to get me through the cold, lonely months without football.

Getting my ass kicked so far. I have to realize its only been a few days, but its so frustrating lol. 

[Jetsfan80]

Getting my ass kicked so far. I have to realize its only been a few days, but its so frustrating lol. 

 

Yeah, don't be making any panic moves.  Treat it like a 401-k that's going through a rough patch for a couple weeks.  Just ignore it.

[Jetlife33]

I somehow came back to tie in week 1, and won week 2. I am 1-0-1 to start the season.