Will617

Zach Greinke, SP, Milwaukee Brewers, $7.25 million

Shin-Soo Choo (or as Remy likes to call him, "Sin-Shoo Choo), OF, Cleveland Guardians, $461,100. Let me figure out the other pick

Sorry, I just got back. Traffic was terrible, and all my picks got taken. Give me like 5 minutes to think.

I really feel like Price is overrated and McCann is underrated.

I concur.

Gahhh it's so long until my pick

Do these take into account park factors? A-Gon really should be hitting more doubles than that. What I mean is A-Gon's numbers specifically (well, Crawford's as well, but I'm not as curious about those)

30-man rosters? Or a DL system (where having a player on the DL doesn't count towards your roster/cap?)

That contract. :thumbsup:

Alright, then. Evan Longoria, 3B, $950,000

Would you mind if I just picked early? I don't really think that anyone wants to trade for my spot, and I don't want to forget tomorrow to make my pick, lol.

Team: Well played, Mauer C: Geovany Soto ($575,000) 1B: Ryan Howard ($19,000,000) 2B: Jed Lowrie ($434,000) 3B: Evan Longoria ($950,000) SS: Cliff Pennington ($405,000) RF: J.D. Drew ($14,000,000) CF: Matt Kemp ($4,000,000) LF: Jayson Werth ($7,000,000) DH: Josh Willingham ($4,600,000) Bench: Neil Walker ($400,000) Bench: Brennan Boesch ($400,000) Bench: Jarrod Saltalamacchia ($418,580) Bench: Mitch Moreland ($400,000) Lineup (vs. Righties) 1. J.D. Drew - L 2. Evan Longoria - R 3. Jayson Werth - R 4. Ryan Howard - L 5. Matt Kemp - R 6. Josh Willingham - R 7. Geovany Soto - R 8. Jed Lowrie - S 9. Cliff Pennington - S Lineup (vs. Lefties) 1. Jed Lowrie - S 2. Evan Longoria - R 3. Ryan Howard - L 4. Jayson Werth - R 5. Matt Kemp - R 6. Geovany Soto - R 7. J.D. Drew - L 8. Josh Willingham - R 9. Cliff Pennington - S Rotation 1. Zack Greinke ($7,250,000) 2. Ricky Romero ($408,000) 3. Chad Billingsley ($3,850,000) 4. James Shields ($2,500,000) 5. Jonathon Niese ($402,000) Bullpen 1. John Axford ($400,000) - Closer 2. Koji Uehara ($5,000,000) - Setup 3. Joel Hanrahan ($453,000) - Setup 4. Wilton Lopez ($400,000) - Middle Relief 5. Kevin Jepsen ($415,000) - Middle Relief 6. Randy Choate ($700,000) - LOOGY 7. R.A. Dickey ($600,000) - Long Relief / Spot Starter Salary: $73,960,580

Is there a DH?

What is the salary cap btw?

I could be inclined to trade down a few spots, but not too many...

I think that Ortiz still destroys RHP, and that having Gonzalez behind Youkilis opens up a lot of possibilities for hitters later in the lineup to do damage.

RF Crawford 2B Pedroia DH Ortiz 3B Youkilis 1B Gonzalez LF Drew/Cameron CF Ellsbury SS Lowrie C Saltalamacchia I put Crawford in right because I think that maximizes his defensive value, and I think Drew/Cameron are not as well suited to covering space. Of the first 5 hitters, Crawford is one of the worst at getting on base (which says more about the Sox lineup than it does about him). I like Ortiz batting 3rd against RHP, but he'd definitely be dropped down against lefties; I'm not quite sure where to put him. Cameron would probably rotate between spelling Drew (in which case Crawford may switch back to LF, depending on Cameron's current fielding abilities) or hitting for Ortiz. Against lefties, I'd consider going this way as the first option LF Ellsbury 2B Pedroia RF Crawford 3B Youkilis 1B Gonzalez But I don't really know what to do with the last 4 spots, except Salty will be hitting last, and both Drew and Cameron would be playing in the ideal lineup.

I'd be down for this, if you guys need another team

Kalish definitely needs another year in AAA. He was very promising last year (think he was just about league average after being promoted so quickly), but he hits too many grounders and doesn't walk enough. He seemed to have favorable contact numbers against the MLB average (avoided pitches outside the strike zone, swung at pitches in the strike zone at an average rate) but also had trouble against curves and changeups. I think that all these are fixable problems given time and I think that he's a 20-20 guy going forward.

How do you determine which team is better with the matchups? Does this redraft get converted into a fantasy league? Or do people vote based upon who has the best collection of talent? (i.e. I'm wondering if the team that players play on don't matter, and it's solely based on the perceived talent of the player) And what is the cap/2010 salary numbers? Say, if I drafted Bobby Jenks, would we be using his 2010 salary then?

What is a redraft? It sounds interesting but I don't know what it is, but I might be interested in joining.

2nd round picks are worth less than 1st rounders, but not that much less IMO.

He gets killed as it is enough without good off-speed stuff. I don't think 6 innings of fastballs would be any better than one.