Midseason Draft Round 1: #1 italstallion vs #8 flynnatic

[yrtb]

Italstallion

C: Brian McCann
1B: Justin Morneau
2B: Chase Utley
SS: Rafael Furcal
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
LF: Carl Crawford
CF: Torii Hunter
RF: Shin Soo Choo
DH: Manny Ramirez


Lineup

1. Carl Crawford (L)
2. Chase Utley (L)
3. Ryan Zimmerman (R)
4. Justin Morneau (L)
5. Manny Ramirez (R)
6. Brian McCann (L)
7. Torii Hunter (R)
8. Shin Soo Choo (L)
9. Rafael Furcal (S)

Bench

BE: Geovany Soto C (R)
BE: Yunel Escobar SS (R)
BE: Lance Berkman 1B/RF (S)
BE: Rickie Weeks 2B (R)
BE: Jorge Cantu 3B (R)

Rotation

SP: Zack Greinke (R)
SP: Roy Oswalt (R)
SP: Jeff Niemann (R)
SP: Ryan Dempster (R)
SP: Hiroki Kuroda (R)

Bullpen

LR: JA Happ (L)
MR: Tim Stauffer (R)
MR: Darren Oliver (L)
SU: Neftali Feliz (R)
SU: Carlos Marmol (R)
CL: Billy Wagner (L)

Flynnatic

C Jorge Posada
1B Prince Fielder
2B Brandon Phillips
3B Pablo Sandoval
SS Jimmy Rollins
RF Jason Heyward
CF Curtis Granderson
LF Martin Prado
DH Carlos Pena

Lineup

1. Jimmy Rollins
2. Martin Prado
3. Brandon Phillips
4. Prince Fielder
5. Carlos Pena
6. Jason Heyward
7. Pablo Sandoval
8. Jorge Posada
9. Curtis Granderson

Rotation

1. Roy Halladay
2. Josh Johnson
3. Yovani Gallardo
4. Mark Buerhle
5. Phil Hughes

Bullpen

LR Ricky Romero
MR Tony Sipp
MR Max Scherzer
SU Huston Street
SU Joe Nathan
CL Joakim Soria

Bench

Pat Neshek

[yrtb]

C: Brian McCann >> Posada
1B: Justin Morneau > Fielder
2B: Chase Utley push Brandon Phillips
SS: Rafael Furcal push Jimmy Rollins
3B: Ryan Zimmerman >> Pablo Sandoval 5-0
LF: Carl Crawford >> Martin Prado (flynnatic didn't have a 3rd outfield so I put Prado there since he's rather versatile)
CF: Torii Hunter > Curtis Granderson
RF: Shin Soo Choo > Jason Heyward
DH: Manny Ramirez push Carlos Pena 9-0 italstallion

SP: Zack Greinke (R) < Halladay
SP: Roy Oswalt (R) < Josh Johnson
SP: Jeff Niemann (R) < Gallardo
SP: Ryan Dempster (R) > Buehrle
SP: Hiroki Kuroda (R) push Phil Hughes 10-3 italstallion

LR: JA Happ (L) < Ricky Romero
MR: Tim Stauffer (R) > Tony Sipp
MR: Darren Oliver (L) > Scherzer
SU: Neftali Feliz (R) > Street
SU: Carlos Marmol (R) > Nathan
CL: Billy Wagner (L) < Soria 14-5 italstallion, blowout win for him

Not to mention that flynnatic doesn't have a bench

[Yaz Sideburn]

Not to mention that flynnatic doesn't have a bench

that's a low blow!

Bench

Pat Neshek

[yrtb]

haha fair enough, it's still 14-5

[suns]

C: Brian McCann >> Posada
1B: Justin Morneau < Fielder
2B: Chase Utley >Brandon Phillips
SS: Rafael Furcal <Jimmy Rollins
3B: Ryan Zimmerman >> Pablo Sandoval
LF: Carl Crawford >> Martin Prado
CF: Torii Hunter > Curtis Granderson
RF: Shin Soo Choo > Jason Heyward
DH: Manny Ramirez >Carlos Pena

SP: Zack Greinke (R) < Halladay
SP: Roy Oswalt (R) < Josh Johnson
SP: Jeff Niemann (R) < Gallardo
SP: Ryan Dempster (R) > Buehrle
SP: Hiroki Kuroda (R) <Phil Hughes

LR: JA Happ (L) < Ricky Romero
MR: Tim Stauffer (R) > Tony Sipp
MR: Darren Oliver (L) > Scherzer
SU: Neftali Feliz (R) > Street
SU: Carlos Marmol (R) > Nathan
CL: Billy Wagner (L) < Soria 14-5

[italstallianion]

Since Flynnatic doesn't have a bench, I'm not going to factor my bench into the equation.

Anyway, for a position by position analysis

Mccann > Posada

Morneau > Fielder

Utley > Phillips (look at the triple slash) Utley's OPS .915/.905/.849 vs. Phillip's OPS .754/.776/.788

Zimmerman > Sandoval

Furcal < Rollins (Furcal is having an amazing year, but Rollins makes up for it for the past 2 years)

Choo > Heyward

Hunter > Granderson

Crawford > Prado

Ramirez > Pena (I almost had it as a push, but Ramirez hits for power and average. He's a 3-4-5 player (300 avg/400 obp/500 slg) while Carlos Pena is hitting .212.

Offense: Team Erin Andrews Likes It Raw 8, Flynnatic 1

Starting Pitching (The meat of Flynnatic's team)

Greinke < Halladay (in my opinion, Halladay is the best pitcher in the game)

Oswalt < Johnson (another top SP)

Niemann < Gallardo (I wanted to go Niemann, but Gallardo is better all around)

Dempster > Buerhle

Kuroda > Hughes (Kuroda has been more consistent, and a lot of Hughes' good numbers have come from his relief appearances. Kuroda has done better this year in my opinion, plus Hughes' horrible 2008 counts.)

Starting Pitching: Team Erin Andrews Likes It Raw 2, Flynnatic 3


Bullpen:

Happ > Romero (I'm saying this because Ricky Romero doesn't have relief experience, so I'm not sure if his numbers can be applied to a relief role. Before Happ's most recent start, he was unhittable. Happ also destroys Romero in previous years numbers.

Stauffer > Sipp (.76 ERA)

Oliver > Scherzer (again, not sure if Scherzer qualifies for a relief spot) Oliver is also a battle tested lefty with great numbers over the past few years. He can also go multiple innings and pitch many innings over the course of a season

Feliz > Street

Marmol > Nathan (if it weren't for Nathan's injury and not pitching this year, he'd win this one)

Wagner < Soria (Soria is one of the only closers that I think has better numbers than Wagner. Rivera and maybe 1-2 other closers would beat Wagner)

Bullpen: Team Erin Andrews Likes It Raw 5, Flynnatic 1



(Normally I'd factor the bench in, but Flynnatic's bench isn't complete) Also, I think the fact that I have a better team name should give me another point.

Team Erin Andrews Likes It Raw 16, Flynnatic 5

[Jasonbay44]

C: Brian McCann >> Posada
1B: Justin Morneau > Fielder
2B: Chase Utley push Brandon Phillips
SS: Rafael Furcal push Jimmy Rollins
3B: Ryan Zimmerman >> Pablo Sandoval 5-0
LF: Carl Crawford >> Martin Prado (flynnatic didn't have a 3rd outfield so I put Prado there since he's rather versatile)
CF: Torii Hunter > Curtis Granderson
RF: Shin Soo Choo > Jason Heyward
DH: Manny Ramirez push Carlos Pena 9-0 italstallion

SP: Zack Greinke (R) < Halladay
SP: Roy Oswalt (R) < Josh Johnson
SP: Jeff Niemann (R) < Gallardo
SP: Ryan Dempster (R) > Buehrle
SP: Hiroki Kuroda (R) push Phil Hughes 10-3 italstallion

LR: JA Happ (L) < Ricky Romero
MR: Tim Stauffer (R) > Tony Sipp
MR: Darren Oliver (L) > Scherzer
SU: Neftali Feliz (R) > Street
SU: Carlos Marmol (R) > Nathan
CL: Billy Wagner (L) < Soria 14-5 italstallion, blowout win for him

Not to mention that flynnatic doesn't have a bench

I pretty much agree with this, but I think Nathan is better then Marmol, when healthy Nathan is arguably the 2nd best closer in the game and I also believe Wagner and Soria is a push due to the amazing year Wagner is having. Either way though, I think Italstallion has better team, I vote for him if I didn't make it clear enough.

[Youker20]

Itallionstallion is better in my own opinion. His bullpen wins it.