Desipio 2011 Fantasy Baseball Keeper League Smorgasborgasm

[PenPho]

Fair enough, Pen. Forget Street.

How about League and Pineiro for Bautista alone? That's 2-for-1! (And you can just pick up Chipper to fill in at third.)

I'm not sure why League or Piniero are even on a roster.

But, for the sake of trading SOMETHING, let's work out a 3-way so Yeti can get that Hawaiian dude he has a boner for.

I'll trade you Felix Hernandez and Justin Upton for Choo, Bautista, and Kyle Drabek.  Then you can pick up Chipper to play 3rd.

You already offered me that, you whore.

Chipper is a thing of the past, man. 

It's PenPho now.

[JD]

Fair enough, Pen. Forget Street.

How about League and Pineiro for Bautista alone? That's 2-for-1! (And you can just pick up Chipper to fill in at third.)

I'm not sure why League or Piniero are even on a roster.

But, for the sake of trading SOMETHING, let's work out a 3-way so Yeti can get that Hawaiian dude he has a boner for.

I'll trade you Felix Hernandez and Justin Upton for Choo, Bautista, and Kyle Drabek.  Then you can pick up Chipper to play 3rd.

You already offered me that, you whore.

Yeah, I know.  And you countered with Kinsler, Felix and Upton for Choo, Alexei Ramirez, and Brian Roberts.  I just wanted Desipio to know where we were.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

I'm not sure why League or Piniero are even on a roster.

League because of Aardsma's raging boneitis.

Pineiro because it was the final pick of the draft and Carmona was already off the board.

[JD]

Fair enough, Pen. Forget Street.

How about League and Pineiro for Bautista alone? That's 2-for-1! (And you can just pick up Chipper to fill in at third.)

I'm not sure why League or Piniero are even on a roster.

League's closing 'til Aardsma gets back, right?  He'll the setup guy after that.  Saves and Holds are categories, right? 

[R-V]

Fair enough, Pen. Forget Street.

How about League and Pineiro for Bautista alone? That's 2-for-1! (And you can just pick up Chipper to fill in at third.)

I'm not sure why League or Piniero are even on a roster.

League's closing 'til Aardsma gets back, right?  He'll the setup guy after that.  Saves and Holds are categories, right? 

Unless Yeti's campaign to include XFIP and POOF as categories was successful.

[PenPho]

Fair enough, Pen. Forget Street.

How about League and Pineiro for Bautista alone? That's 2-for-1! (And you can just pick up Chipper to fill in at third.)

I'm not sure why League or Piniero are even on a roster.

League's closing 'til Aardsma gets back, right?  He'll the setup guy after that.  Saves and Holds are categories, right? 

For people who want to lower themselves to such levels.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Fair enough, Pen. Forget Street.

How about League and Pineiro for Bautista alone? That's 2-for-1! (And you can just pick up Chipper to fill in at third.)

I'm not sure why League or Piniero are even on a roster.

League's closing 'til Aardsma gets back, right?  He'll the setup guy after that.  Saves and Holds are categories, right? 

For people who want to lower themselves to such levels.

We can't all afford to punt a category after locking down W/K/ERA/WHIP by drafting Adam Wainwright.

[JD]

Fair enough, Pen. Forget Street.

How about League and Pineiro for Bautista alone? That's 2-for-1! (And you can just pick up Chipper to fill in at third.)

I'm not sure why League or Piniero are even on a roster.

League's closing 'til Aardsma gets back, right?  He'll the setup guy after that.  Saves and Holds are categories, right? 

For people who want to lower themselves to such levels.

We can't all afford to punt a category after locking down W/K/ERA/WHIP by drafting Adam Wainwright.

Imagine the dominance when I trade him Felix Hernandez for Brian Roberts.

[BC]

All right, I'm in three leagues this year. To show my fantasy baseball greatness, err, ineptitude... Here are my rosters, just wondering what folks may think about my teams.

Desipio League, All MLB, 14 teams, normal draft

C    J.P. Arencibia (Tor - C)
1B    Aubrey Huff (SF - 1B,LF,RF)
2B    Ben Zobrist (TB - 1B,2B,CF,RF)
3B    Martín Prado (Atl - 2B,3B)
SS    Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
LF    Jose Tabata (Pit - LF,CF)
CF    Colby Rasmus (StL - CF)
RF    Jason Heyward (Atl - RF)
Util    Adam Dunn (CWS - 1B)
SP    Matt Cain (SF - SP)
SP    Phil Hughes (NYY - SP)
SP    Brett Anderson (Oak - SP)
RP    Leo Núñez (Fla - RP)
RP    Matt Capps (Min - RP)
P    Bud Norris (Hou - SP)
P    Aroldis Chapman (Cin - RP)
P    Wandy Rodríguez (Hou - SP)
P    Randy Wolf (Mil - SP)
P    Aaron Harang (SD - SP)
BN    Freddie Freeman (Atl - 1B)
BN    Domonic Brown (Phi - RF)
BN    Skip Schumaker (StL - 2B,RF)
BN    Brett Wallace (Hou - 1B)
BN    Brett Jackson (ChC - CF) NA
BN    Jason Vargas (Sea - SP)

MVP League, All MLB, 16 teams, normal draft

C    J.P. Arencibia (Tor - C)
1B    Aubrey Huff (SF - 1B,OF)
2B    Ben Zobrist (TB - 1B,2B,OF)
3B    Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)
SS    Mike Aviles (KC - 2B,SS)
OF    Adam Jones (Bal - OF)
OF    Jason Heyward (Atl - OF)
OF    Colby Rasmus (StL - OF)
Util    Jose Tabata (Pit - OF)
SP    Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)
SP    Ted Lilly (LAD - SP)
SP    Jorge De La Rosa (Col - SP)
SP    Bud Norris (Hou - SP)
RP    Carlos Mármol (ChC - RP)
RP    Joakim Soria (KC - RP)
RP    José Valverde (Det - RP)
P    Frank Francisco (Tor - RP)
BN    Juan Uribe (LAD - 2B,3B,SS)
BN    Kila Ka'aihue (KC - 1B)
BN    Cameron Maybin (SD - OF)
BN    Melvin Mora (Ari - 1B,2B,3B)
BN    Randy Wolf (Mil - SP)
BN    Kyle McClellan (StL - RP)
BN    Phil Coke (Det - RP)

NL-Only League, NL-only, 10 teams, Auction draft

*** Note on this league: At the start of the auction, you have $100, but can keep four players from the previous year for $25, three for $18, two for $11 or one for $5. If a keeper moves to the AL, then you are allowed to keep him for up to two years. So, that's how I have Adam Dunn on my team even though he's now in the AL.

C    Ryan Doumit ($5)
1B    Adam Dunn (Keeper)
2B    Chase Utley (Keeper)
3B    Ryan Zimmerman (Keeper)
SS    Ryan Theriot ($1)
OF    Carlos Beltran ($5)
OF    Jason Heyward ($14)
OF    Jose Tabata ($10)
Util    Omar Infante ($5)
SP    Matt Cain (Keeper)
SP    Ted Lilly ($3)
SP    Bud Norris ($3)
SP    Randy Wolf ($1)
SP    Jake Westbrook ($2)
RP    Carlos Mármol ($11)
RP    Kerry Wood ($4)
BN    Cameron Maybin ($2)
BN    Melvin Mora ($3)
BN    Bill Hall ($2)
BN    Kosuke Fukudome ($2)
BN    Kyle McClellan ($1)
BN    Randy Wells ($1)

[JD]

All right, I'm in three leagues this year. To show my fantasy baseball greatness, err, ineptitude... Here are my rosters, just wondering what folks may think about my teams.

I think your teams have too many Cardinals.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

BC sure loves him some Bud Norris, Randy Wolf, Jose Tabata and Jason Heyward.

I might take the last two.

Not sure why you paid $3 for Melvin Mora in your NL league (keeper prospect?), but I'm now thinking about picking him up off the waiver wire and proposing a trade. Let's see... Hanley only plays one position, while Mora plays 3. That's a +2 for you!

Finally, I still love that you feel so confident in your Desipio roster that you're willing to devote a bench spot to stashing Brett Jackson for 2012. That shows that you've come to play.

[Internet Apex]

$5 for Carlos Beltran? Seems about right.

[Oleg]

That's one of the worst NL-only leagues I've ever seen.  I'm not sure you guys understand the term "NL-only".  Nor do I think you guys quite grasp the 'auction' concept in a keeper league.

[BC]

Mora has a decent chance to provide .275/10 HR/75 RBI with three-position eligibility since he's starting for the D-Backs. IMO, I think that's a good bench option.

As for the Beltran thing... One of the other players is from New York originally and likes the Mets. I figured I could get him in a bidding war for Beltran and maybe get him to spend $10. Well, right before one of my nominations, another player nominated Bay. The guy from NY ended up spending $9 on Bay... I then figured that the $10 for Beltran was a pipe dream, but I could probably still get him to $7 or $8. I nominated Beltran at $1, the guy bid $3, and I went to $5. The other guy then said "You can have him" or something to that effect, and nobody else bid.

[Internet Apex]

Mora has a decent chance to provide .275/10 HR/75 RBI with three-position eligibility since he's starting for the D-Backs. IMO, I think that's a good bench option.

As for the Beltran thing... One of the other players is from New York originally and likes the Mets. I figured I could get him in a bidding war for Beltran and maybe get him to spend $10. Well, right before one of my nominations, another player nominated Bay. The guy from NY ended up spending $9 on Bay... I then figured that the $10 for Beltran was a pipe dream, but I could probably still get him to $7 or $8. I nominated Beltran at $1, the guy bid $3, and I went to $5. The other guy then said "You can have him" or something to that effect, and nobody else bid.

Good grief.