2010 Fantasy Baseball Running Advice Thread

keeper league? No. otherwise it might be worth it.

 

Good point, Della. I was assuming Batman was talking about a redraft league. You don't cut Strasburg in a keeper.

 

Oh, I wouldn't cut Strasburg if it were a keeper league. I have some sense

Here's my starting pitchers: Tommy Hanson, Matt Cain, Halladay, Jonathan Sanchez, Max Scherzer, Jaime Garcia, Gavin Floyd, Mat Latos and Brett Myers.
Most of them have been as good or better than Strasburg the past month or six weeks. The ones I might cut right now are Garcia, Myers, Hanson or Sanchez. None of those options are particularly appealing.
And I don't really have a position player to drop. This league only allows four bench spots and I'm using three of them for pitchers.

 

I take it you have explored trading one of them with no luck?

 

Looked at trade possibilities a couple weeks ago, but nobody really matched up with what I need (infielders, mainly). Plus, I'm in first place right now thanks to the surge I've gotten from those pitchers. So I don't really want to help the people nipping at my heels, and I think the bottom half of the league has mostly lost interest.

 

October means playoffs to normal baseball fans, but it means keeper trading season for us fantasy addicts.

I'm in a 10-team mixed league. Each team can protect 14 players. I have some options at second base and I am growing concerned by Chase Utley's injuries over the last few seasons, so I put him on the trading block.

Best offer so far. Adam Wainwright for Utley and a 7th-round pick (the equivalent of a 21st rounder in a redraft league).

My starting pitching is VERY thin right now and we have seven active each week, so adding a stud like Wainwright would be huge. I am concerned that he ended the season with a sore elbow and he is 29 years old.

So, am I giving up too much? Or bailing on Utley at the right time?

Here's my keeper list as it stands right now.

Joe Mauer
Miguel Cabrera
Pedro Alvarez
Kendry Morales
Chase Utley
Martin Prado
Troy Tulowitzki
Hunter Pence
Felix Hernandez
Joakim Soria
Zack Greinke
Wandy Rodriguez
R.A. Dickey
Dan Bard

I have some other options, but that's what I'd do as of today. If I get Wainwright, I probably cut Bard or Dickey and keep Kelly Johnson or Aramis Ramirez instead.

Thoughts?

 

Why would you cut Bard? And I wouldn't give up on Utley yet, but I can see your side.

 

Yeah, cut Dickey. Knuckleballers are wildly unpredictable from year-to-year (if not start-to-start) and will kill your WHIP even when they're good.

 

Relief pitchers tend to be greatly undervalued in this league and Bard might not even close for Boston. Most likely, I would cut Dickey, though.

It's not like I'm giving up on Utley competely. Wainwright is an elite starter. Still, I'm kinda torn on this one.

 

Got another one. Hanley Ramirez and Nick Markakis (who had a really crappy year) for Troy Tulowitzki. I do need the speed, but I really hate Hanley's career trends.

Man, I hate the idea of trading both Utley and Tulowitzki, but these deals are tempting.