Bravesfan4life

I'm needing advice on who to keep in this points league. scoring setup is like so.

Current Roster Size: 25
Total Starters: 19
Total On Bench: 6 (2 DL)

SCORING (Edit)
Batting Doubles (2B) 2 Triples (3B) 3
Home Runs (HR) 4 Singles (1B) 1
Walks (BB) 1 Runs Scored (R) 1
Runs Batted In (RBI) 1 Stolen Bases (SB) 3
Caught Stealing (CS) -3 Ground into Double Plays (GIDP) -2
Strikeouts (K) -1 Hitting for the Cycle (CYC) 10

Pitching Innings Pitched (IP) 3 Hits Allowed (H) -1
Walks Issued (BB) -1 Earned Runs (ER) -2
Strikeouts (K) 1 Balks (B) -2
Wins (W) 10 Losses (L) -5
Saves (SV) 12 Blown Saves (BS) -6
Holds (HD) 5 Complete Games (CG) 5
Shutouts (SO) 5 No Hitters (NH) 20
Perfect Games (PG) 20



2008 Roster:

C: Bengie Molina
1B: Kevin Youkilis
2B: Robinson Cano
3B: Chipper Jones
SS: Jose Reyes
OF: Vladimir Guerrero,
OF: Chris Young
OF: Jeff Francoeur
UTL: Jose Guillen
UTL: Chase Headley
BN: Paul Konerko
BN: J.R Towels
BN: Mark Tehan

SP: Cole Hamels
SP: Jeff Francis
SP: Ryan Dempster
P: Tom Glavine
P: Mark Buehrle,
P: John Maine
RP: Bobby Jenks
RP: Francisco Rodriguez
P: Clayton Kershaw
P: Livan Hernandez

any advice?

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Domenic

How many players can you keep?

Reyes, Hamels, and Youkilis are your best players - keep them, regardless. Your next tier would Guerrero, Jones, Rodriguez, and Jenks. Following them would be Cano (who I think may even be higher than the second group), Young, Maine, and Kershaw.

Bravesfan4life

I can keep 4.

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Domenic

Keep Reyes, Hamels, and Youkilis.

If you're feeling dangerous, keep Cano - if he can rebound to his prior levels, he will be a top-three second baseman. If not, go with Guerrero.

1#REDSOX FAN

I would keep hamels reyes cano vlad

Domenic

Youkilis is very valuable because you can stick him at 1st or 3rd (at least, you can in most leagues). That flexibility makes him worth more than anyone else on your roster.

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CSK

BiggioThinks...

Biggio Thinks...

...that this is bad advice, and that Domenic is over-valuing Youkilis in this scoring system.

By my calculations, Youkilis scored around 460 points last year

K-Rod scored around 850 points

I am sure that Jenks was higher too....

this scoring system is more pitcher friendly, so i would hold on to those closers and let a guy like Youk go

BiggioThinks...

Biggio thinks...

...you should keep: (last years totals)

K-Rod (860)
Jenks (455)
Hamels (585)
Reyes (615)

it looks like Jenks and Youkilis are close. but the only thing i look at is that last year was pretty much a career year for Youk. Jenks had a "down" year statistically putting up only 30 saves. 30 is about as low as Jenks will go, and he has a lot of room to improve next year, while Youkilis hit his ceiling IMO with his 460 number

Reyes is a ridiculous scorer in this scoring system...good pick....these are the 4 i go with

Domenic

Rodriguez will not approach 50 saves next season, meaning his value will go down significantly. The Mets also have Putz, which means the second Rodriguez goes into a funk or gets hurt, the job may be Putz's to lose.

It is much easier to find a closer on the waiver wire than it is to find a player at any other position. This must be factored in. You also have to factor in Youkilis playing in one of the best line-ups in baseball, and the tremendous value of his positional flexibility.