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 ®

4. Justin Morneau (L)

5. Manny Ramirez ®

6. Brian McCann (L)

7. Torii Hunter ®

8. Shin Soo Choo (L)

9. Rafael Furcal (S)

 

Bench

 

BE: Geovany Soto C ®

BE: Yunel Escobar SS ®

BE: Lance Berkman 1B/RF (S)

BE: Rickie Weeks 2B ®

BE: Jorge Cantu 3B ®

 

Rotation

 

SP: Zack Greinke ®

SP: Roy Oswalt ®

SP: Jeff Niemann ®

SP: Ryan Dempster ®

SP: Hiroki Kuroda ®

 

Bullpen

 

LR: JA Happ (L)

MR: Tim Stauffer ®

MR: Darren Oliver (L)

SU: Neftali Feliz ®

SU: Carlos Marmol ®

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 ®

SP: Roy Oswalt ®

SP: Jeff Niemann ®

SP: Ryan Dempster ® > Buehrle

SP: Hiroki Kuroda ® push Phil Hughes 10-3 italstallion

 

LR: JA Happ (L)

MR: Tim Stauffer ® > Tony Sipp

MR: Darren Oliver (L) > Scherzer

SU: Neftali Feliz ® > Street

SU: Carlos Marmol ® > Nathan

CL: Billy Wagner (L)

 

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

2B: Chase Utley >Brandon Phillips

SS: Rafael Furcal

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 ®

SP: Roy Oswalt ®

SP: Jeff Niemann ®

SP: Ryan Dempster ® > Buehrle

SP: Hiroki Kuroda ®

 

LR: JA Happ (L)

MR: Tim Stauffer ® > Tony Sipp

MR: Darren Oliver (L) > Scherzer

SU: Neftali Feliz ® > Street

SU: Carlos Marmol ® > Nathan

CL: Billy Wagner (L)

[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

 

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

 

Oswalt

 

Niemann

 

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

 

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 ®

SP: Roy Oswalt ®

SP: Jeff Niemann ®

SP: Ryan Dempster ® > Buehrle

SP: Hiroki Kuroda ® push Phil Hughes 10-3 italstallion

 

LR: JA Happ (L)

MR: Tim Stauffer ® > Tony Sipp

MR: Darren Oliver (L) > Scherzer

SU: Neftali Feliz ® > Street

SU: Carlos Marmol ® > Nathan

CL: Billy Wagner (L)

 

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.