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It would be nice if Pettitte didn't retire. But Dustin Moseley hasn't been too shabby

I have to disagree that jbay44's team is worse than suns or bsox's, and I thought that me and jbay44 had the best bullpens in the league (I could provide ERA/WHIPs if necessary) But other than that it seemed pretty good

Next vote wins...it's 2-2

Kinsler is good, but the top 4 second baseman are Cano, Utley, Pedroia, and Phillips

Well, it was based on good judgement, obviously Aubrey Huff isn't suddenly a star after one breakout year, but if a young player who has minimal MLB experience comes out and owns of course they are a smart draft choice. This is meant to simulate what you want on a real MLB team if you want to win now, so how they are playing right now is the most important thing. Last year matters as well, because if someone is putting up numbers that are unrealistic (based on the assumption that they haven't been good in the past) then their value isn't just based on this year. But this is the first real full year for both carlos gonzalez and Mat Latos, so why should that ruin their values?

No, I remember distinctly that in 2008 my fantasy baseball league prerankings on yahoo had Albert Pujols as #2, behind A-Rod

Well, what matters more, now or two years ago...Two years ago people considered A-Rod the best player in the MLB And how could a 22 year old have played two years ago, you shouldn't punish players for this being their first year And if you're going to let a fantasy league make you sulk for two years, you really need to find better things to do

Mat Latos * W-L 13-5 * ERA 2.33 * K 144 * Walks 40 * WHIP 0.98 Read it and weep And last year wasn't even a full season, he's not even 23 yet, you can't expect him to be good at the age of 21

But you don't back it up with stats, even when you are in the minority And me vs suns wasn't even close

Suns, how did you get cheated...your team was not good. And Adam Jones > Carlos Gonzalez? that was almost as stupid as Longoria and Young One more vote and I win

I love how 3 people out of our 10 team league have voted...

Honestly, I don't think AJ should start in the playoffs I'm looking at a 1-2-3 of CC, Pettitte, Hughes Ouch, I'm starting to feel like we should've gotten Lee, or at least Oswalt

Hopefully he'll be alright when October comes

yeah, I was surprised you didn't make the finals I think jbay's team is pretty good and better than whiskeys though And suns and bsox both vote against me every round...no matter how bad the opposing team is

I don't really see how his bullpen or lineup is better to be honest, what players do you disagree with from my analysis that makes his bullpen/lineup better

Anyone care to vote in the finals...

I'll either set my pre-rankings or get a co-manager who can do the draft, I don't have a laptop

Why was the draft time changed from Wednesday the 25th to Friday the 27th? I leave on vacation the morning of the 27th, so I won't be able to make the draft in that case

I think that italstallion has the slightly better lineup, that the rotation is about a push, because although divinity has a better #1 starter italstallion has the better back end of the rotation, and that italstallion has the better bullpen So I vote italstallions team

C Carlos Santana 1B Joey Votto 2B Robinson Cano > Ian Kinsler 3B Evan Longoria > Placido Polanco SS Alexei Ramirez push Marco Scutaro RF Nelson Cruz CF Alex Rios push Andrew McCutchen LF Carlos Gonzalez > Nick Markakis DH Paul Konerko push Nick Swisher The lineup was 3-3 the way I saw it, I think our lineups are about even, mine has a little more power maybe but his has a lot of guys who get on base and score a lot 1. Adam Wainwright push King Felix 2. David Price push Johan Santana 3. Mat Latos > Clayton Kershaw 4. John Danks > Shaun Marcum 5. Tim Hudson > Anibal Sanchez I think that while the first two starters are extremely close, I have an advantage in the 3-5 starters. Wainwright has been better than King Felix this year, but they were about even last year, Johan has more experience than Price, but Price pitches in the deadly AL East Latos has dominated this year, Kershaw has been pretty good, but he doesn't typically last very long in his starts, he isn't economical, and he walks a lot of guys and doesn't have a great WHIP, Latos WHIP is about 1 and his ERA is slightly better Danks has had a better ERA than Marcum this year, Marcum was out all of last year so that can't be compared Hudson is having a career year at, which is remarkable given his age, he frankly should be in NL Cy Young talks, his ERA is phenominal LR Ervin Santana MR Sergio Romo push Kyle McClellan MR Mike Adams push Darren O'Day MR Matt Guerrier N/A SU Evan Meek push Matt Thornton SU Hong Chi Kuo push Daniel Bard CL Andrew Bailey > Jon Broxton We both have excellent bullpens, the average of most of our guys over the last two years is about two, so the bullpens cancel out, his average in long reliever is averaged by mine at closer, the middle relievers and set up men are about even Overall, I think the bullpens and lineups are about even, and that I have a slightly better pitching staff, which gives me the edge The bench is really a push: Buck push Molina McGahee > Infante Jason Bay Luke Scott push Pedro Alvarez Erick Aybar N/A

YRTB's Bronx Bombers C Carlos Santana 1B Joey Votto 2B Robinson Cano 3B Evan Longoria SS Alexei Ramirez RF Nelson Cruz CF Alex Rios LF Carlos Gonzalez DH Paul Konerko Lineup 1. Carlos Gonzalez 2. Alex Rios 3. Evan Longoria 4. Joey Votto 5. Nelson Cruz 6. Paul Konerko 7. Robinson Cano 8. Carlos Santana 9. Alexei Ramirez Rotation 1. Adam Wainwright 2. David Price 3. Mat Latos 4. John Danks 5. Tim Hudson Bullpen LR Ervin Santana MR Sergio Romo MR Mike Adams SU Evan Meek SU Hong Chi Kuo CL Andrew Bailey Bench Jason Bay OF John Buck C Casey McGahee Util Luke Scott 1B, OF Matt Guerrier RP Jasonbay44 C: Miguel Olivo 1B: Albert Pujols 2B: Ian Kinsler 3B: Placido Polanco SS: Marco Scutaro RF: Jayson Werth CF: Andrew McCutchen LF Nick Markakis DH Nick Swisher Bench: 3B/1B: Pedro Alvarez C: Jose Molina OF: Andres Torres SS: Erick Aybar Util: Omar Infante Lineup 1. Andrew McCutchen 2. Nick Swisher 3. Ian Kinsler 4. Albert Pujols 5. Jayson Werth 6. Nick Markakis 7. Miguel Olivo 8. Placido Polanco 9. Marco Scutaro Rotation 1. Felix Hernandez 2. Johan Santana 3. Clayton Kershaw 4. Shaun Marcum 5. Anibal Sanchez Bullpen LR: CJ Wilson MR: Kyle McClellan MR: Darren O'Day SU: Matt Thornton SU Daniel Bard CL Jonathan Broxton EXPLANATION IS MANDATORY OR YOUR VOTE WILL NOT COUNT

Team: Erin Andrews Likes It Raw 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) Multiple Scorgasms C Victor Martinez 1B Miguel Cabrera 2B Ben Zobrist 3B Alex Rodriguez SS Elvis Andrus RF Ichiro Suzuki CF Matt Kemp LF Shane Victorino DH Ryan Howard Lineup 1. Ichiro Suzuki 2. Ben Zobrist 3. Miguel Cabrera 4. Alex Rodriguez 5. Ryan Howard 6. Victor Martinez 7. Matt Kemp 8. Shane Victorino 9. Elvis Andrus Rotation 1. CC Sabathia 2. Stephen Strasburg 3. Andy Pettitte 4. Matt Garza 5. Javier Vazquez Bullpen LR Kris Melden MR Dan Wheeler MR Ryan Franklin SU Brian Fuentes SU Francisco Rodriguez CL Brian Wilson Bench: Johnny Damon (LF) BJ Upton (CF) Ty Wigginton (1B,2B,3B ) AJ Burnett (SP) Mike Napoli (1B, C)

I advance

Oh, my bad then haha Yeah, I thought the Rays would let up, a month ago when they were struggling I thought the Sox would move into 2nd in the AL East, but the Rays have stopped struggling and this will be a close race for the division lead It would suck for the Yankees to lose because facing the Rangers in the ALDS could be detrimental, the Rangers have a deadly lineup and Cliff Lee and CJ Wilson is a scary 1-2

I agree with this, I thought that getting rid of Bernie was wrong, when guys are trademark Yankees they should stay that way until they retire. And seeing Jeter get his 3,000th hit not as a Yankee? (he's on pace to do that next year unless he gets injured for more than half of the season) That would just be wrong