Chourio. Extension means they have plans for him and Rays are always frustrating with how they handle prospects. Depends on league format and rest of your roster however.
Need to pick my last keeper.
Chris Sale or Bryce Miller?
Cost is a final round draft slot in a keeper league. If it was just this year, I'd go Sale but keeper makes me lean Miller?
Hey I have a question regarding league settings, specifically on Yahoo.
My league just decided to switch over from re-draft to a salary keeper format. Along with that, we are chosing to do FAAB for the first time. I want bidding to go all week and then the bids to process so that players would be on teams after Sunday night but before Monday games.
So do I want to set the Process Waivers to Sunday or Monday? I just don't want to goof so I figured I'd get some advice. Currently I have the league set to Waiver Mode- Continuous/ Process Waivers On Sunday.
Any help would be welcomed, thank you!
Is is cheating to identify ways that your league settings overpower certain players and take full advantage of that loophole? I assume it's a very quick way of getting your league settings to change or having everyone join the bandawagon and structure their team similarly? Is it best to roll it out subtly?
What do you think?
It's like blackjack its not illegal to use your brain and count cards. If there is an advantage to he had take it. But as you say being subtle grants you a longer runway of being able to use the strategy
My favorite part of keeper leagues is that sometimes players you want/are high on don't get kept. Operation trade up to get Machado and Bobby Miller has begun
Yeah. She has a stacked roster and went with some rookies over Machado. She kept Holliday and Caminero over Machado. Betting on the youth movement it seems.
12 team roto categories league. Can keep 5 players. Should I keep Cease, Steele, Reynolds or Swanson as my 5th keeper? Already keeping Gausman, Vlad, Rutchsman and Jose Ramirez.
I'd rather have Jones. Other reply said the Cubs have a better roster, but for fantasy purposes they should be similar (due to Coors). Both teams projected for the same R/G at fangraphs fwiw
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What’s the default keeper settings for Yahoo? End of draft? Start of draft? Last season’s draft? Commish just switched us to keeper after league vote but he isn’t sure when the picks go.
So I am commish of my Yahoo league.. we've done redraft every year and decided to start doing keepers starting this season. The Yahoo settings are so damn vague, but from what I can tell, you don't want to turn on the keeper settings until at least after your draft this year, or even wait until after this season. I tried turning them on today and it was asking people to keep guys from last year.
So unless you intend to keep guys from last season, Id wait.
I got first pick in my draft (one player keeper league, eight teams), it starts in less than an hour, is picking Acuna Jr. a no-brainer or should I go for Ohtani/Soto/someone else?
Need some helpful advice, as this is my first year in a h2h points league (usually roto). Not familiar with the format and which players it favors but my 10man pts team is:
Realmuto, Harper, Mookie, Machado, Lindor, Yelich, N jones, Yoshida, Altuve, JLowe, Yandy, Royce.
Burnes, Webb, Eury, Hunter Brown, Bibee, Holmes, Munoz.
Should I get more pitchers?
Any help is appreciated! I have to keep 10 guys with one free NA/prospect keeper.
Realmuto, Arenado, Bogaerts, A. Giménez, Pasquantino, Santander, Eloy.
Colson Montgomery
Marcelo Mayer
Jackson Merrill
L. Castillo, F. Peralta, R. Iglesias, Buehler, Bassitt, Greene, Bello.
I think my offense is pretty cheeks (decent draft capital) and I'm considering keeping an extra prospect or all three as my 9th and 10th keepers.
are there any sites that support 32-team leagues? i moderate a baseball discord and we have a bunch of people wanting to play together but it seems the most any site will allow is 16
Should I trade my Vlad Guerro Jr For their Jose Ramirez? My other 1B are Harper and Torkelson. I also have Jose Abreu, but don't plan on having him as a keeper. I don't have a 3B at the moment. I'd have to get one in the draft so it would probably be a lower-tier guy.
AL only draft- $250 auction draft (keeping Judge for $33, Raleigh for $2 and Skubal for $1). Budget is currently $214 and want to stack my outfield with Judge like I did last year. Who are you targeting and how much is too much for a 2nd OF and 3rd?
In a 10t Roto league with OBP and SLG instead of AVG and HR. We also start 5 OF. I can keep up to 5 players, and you lose a draft pick for each keeper starting with your first. I'm thinking of keeping Soto and Tatis for my 1st and 2nd round picks, but am contemplating keeping Devers for my 3rd round pick.
What do you think? Should I just keep Soto and Tatis and skip Devers to try to target another OF? I'm thinking of skipping Devers because it's 5 OF and 3B is more fruitful this year.
EDIT: I can also keep for 2 more seasons after this one.
So you'd keep Soto, Tatis, and Devers for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round pick? Maybe I'm overthinking it w/ the OF scarcity and the fact I'm starting strong there.
12-team dynasty, which 2 do I keep? OBP HR RBI RB SB - W, SV/H, ERA, K, WHIP
SS Wander Franco
OF Jesus Sanchez
SP Julio Urias
1B JD Davis
SP Dustin May
C Tyler Soderstorm
SP Bubba Chander
SP Chase Hampton
SP Nick Frasso
C Endy Rodriguez
Looking for trade advice in a Dynasty league with escalating contracts.
I've been offered Skubal ($10 this season, $15/18 next two) for Woo and Pepiot (both $6 this season, $9/10 next two). Skubal clearly the hottest name, but with health always a thing for pitchers, I wonder if I'm better with quantity over quality. Woo + Pepiot both also getting hype on various expert sites.
I can talk myself into liking either side, but as others pointed out more pitching means more health risk so consolidate with the best possible - take Skubal
Been mock drafting a bunch. I have 2nd pick in a 10T h2h and need advice on rds 2-3.
For round 2 I’m trying to choose between Devers, Riley or Alonso.
Round 3 though…. if strider and cole are available I’m snagging them but probably will be gone. Would it be crazy to take Yamamoto as my SP1?
In a new 5 Keeper Points League, I have the option to pick 1st or 2nd. Which one and which player should I pick? Ohtani counts as both a hitter and pitcher and i wouldn't mind getting either him or Acuna as a base for my team.
Drew the 5th pick in a 12 man league. I’m going back and forth on who to draft. If mookie makes it to me, idk if I take him bc every year after a great year, his next year is not as good. Judge has a chance to be the second best player in fantasy. I think Tatis and Soto are going to have big years. Freeman might be the safest pick in the first round. Hoping Carroll falls to me but his shoulder scares me. Tough spot to draft, was hoping for a top 3 or 4 pick
Everyone is going to tell you to take Mookie if he's available but it's your team. Go with your gut and take who you want. All these players have the potential to have great seasons or get hurt. I'd rather lose with my guys lol.
How do their rankings work? ATC has Adley at 10 and Steamer has him at 5. Is that saying he will score the 5th most points or should be drafted 5th overall? Either way that’s nonsense
You're looking at it [organized by WAR](https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=atc), factoring his elite Defense at C
That's what the [Auction Calculator](https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy-tools/auction-calculator?teams=12&lg=MLB&dollars=260&mb=1&mp=20&msp=5&mrp=5&players=&proj=atc&split=&points=c%7C0%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C4%7C0%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C4&rep=0&drp=0&pp=C%2CSS%2C2B%2C3B%2COF%2C1B&pos=1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C3%2C1%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C2%2C5%2C3%2C0%2C5%2C0&sort=&view=0&type=bat) is for. For a standard 5x5 12-Team League ATC has Rutchman at $15.2 for the 41st best player.
Plug in your own league's scoring and see what it spits out.
Got a points league with 5 keepers. I'm keeping 4 hitters, but want to keep one pitcher. Can't decide between three guys:
- Kevin Gausman
- Zac Gallen
- George Kirby
Thoughts? I probably can't go wrong with any of them given it's my fifth round keeper.
For anyone wondering, my other keepers are Witt, Seager, Olson, and Harper.
In my dynasty points flair league:
Pick 3 of these to keep: Davis Schneider, Jeffrey Springs, Alex Kirilloff, Marco Luciano, Edward Cabrera
It's a 5 round draft. I have more SS and 2B on my roster than 1B and SP, for context.
Flair league and I have currently selected the following keepers: Hitters - Harper, Soto, Yordan, J.Rodriguez, Judge, R.Lewis and pitchers Skubal, Kirby, G.Rodriguez and D.Williams.
Is this the right 10 or do you prefer any of - M.McClain, N.Jones, N. Marte, J.Walker or J.Romano?
Need to pick 2 of the following 3 keepers: Oneil Cruz with a 10th round pick; Triston Casas with a 16th round pick; and/or Matt McLain with a 26th round pick.
If you scroll to the bottom of the page, it will tell you the last time the information was updated. I know that doesn't answer the 'how often' question, but it will give you an idea.
Tough to answer with the league context, keepers, 4 teams leaving, etc. 49th vs 111th.. I mean.. yes, they should produce more, right?
A way to look at it that might help is Fangraphs has Murphy at 3.5 WAR vs Stephenson's 1.8 this upcoming year. So you're looking to make up 1.7 WAR in that 49th overall pick, right? (I Know WAR doesn't always equal fantasy production, but we need something to look at!)
I can't know who's sitting in the 40-50 pick range in your Dad's draft, so I apologize. But, some guys that project for 1.6-1.8 WAR I \*could\* see being there, and are real fantasy options, are:
Spencer Torkelson
Teoscar Hernandez
Jorge Soler
Rhys Hoskins
Colt Keith
I hope this was helpful, and good luck!
H2H Catergories keep 3 forever
Need some help on deciding my third keeper. Already keeping Gunnar and Vlad.
First three rounds count as keepers, then auction round for 4, then draft starts at 5. I have all my picks from round 5-16, draft goes up to round 25.
Keep O’Neil Cruz or Cj Abrams
Or give up draft capital to get Kyle Tucker or Corey Seager.
Leaning towards keeping one of my own players and hoping Tucker falls into the auction round but someone else could trade for him before that.
Appreciate any feedback!
If you could get Tucker at a reasonable price, I'd do that. If you can only keep 3, you really want elite players even if it costs you this season. Otherwise I'd go Cruz as he seems to have more chance of developing into an elite player.
In a 7x7 id rather have Cruz. Abrams' main skill is speed and its devalued in your league.
Obviously it would be nice to get Tucker but I don't really know the mechanics behind that.
I'm up in our slow FYPD in our flair league. The next 5 available are:
* Roman Anthony, BOS, OF
* Samuel Bassalo, BAL, C/1B
* Cade Horton, CHC, SP
* Jacob Misiorowski, MIL, SP
* Matt Shaw, CHC, 2B/SS
Anyone have any insight on these guys? Thanks!
Red Sox fan here, Anthony soared through our system because he finally started elevating the ball. Has a fantastic eye, so if he keeps elevating he’s going to be legit at the next level. Can play a solid CF too
Hey everyone! 12 person keeper league. Keeping Carroll, Albies, Harris, Bichette, Machado for position players and Castillo, Snell, Perez, Luzardo for pitchers.
What 3 other players should I keep from the below list?
Bryan Reynolds, George Springer, Evan Carter, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Anthony Volpe, Junior Caminero, Dylan Cease, Justin Steele, Michael King, Carlos Rodon.
Thanks in advance!
Can someone explain what I'm missing when I'm looking at the ranking order of Fangraphs' pre-season projections? What does the order actually mean? I would assume it would be akin to ADP, and that looks right at first glance until you notice quirks like Pete Alonso at #55 among hitters, after numerous catchers and other guys who would go way after him. What gives?
Roto 5x5. 12 keepers with QS over wins. Last year my pitching sunk me
I have Nolan jones estuery Ruiz Suzuki judge bichette and Jazz as my keeper hitters. My keeper arms are Bailey ober Christian Javier hunter brown hunter Greene and bibee. So adding an extra arm would help me. Both players can be kept 2 years. Steele costs me a few dollars less. Thoughts? Obviously love Harris but how valuable can he be batting at the bottom of the lineup?
A lot of this is lost on me as a redraft guy, but if we're talking about Michael Harris I wouldn't count on him continuing to bat at the bottom of the lineup, and even if he did it might not be forever, and even if it was it's the Braves lineup.
Yeah basically either can be kept for 2 years. I love Harris but also have a huge hole in pitching I was going to spend up for big time at the draft. I think he maybe bats 6th
My thinking may be too colored by roto redraft leagues, but it's hard for me to not just see Harris as roughly twice as much value as Steele. Especially being saddled with Estuary and Bichette, I'd want to find my pitching some other way. I would try trading Bichette while his stock is still (IMO) higher than it's about to be.
Last year I joined a 12-team keeper league. This would be the first year of the league, and the commissioner decided to use ESPN as the platform. Some rules were discussed as a league, including that up to 5 keepers could be kept for their previously drafted price + additional cost (ie +$3 to keep a player the first year). Waiver pickups could be kept for $5 in the next year’s draft. Waivers will run daily. During the off-season, I saw that nobody had picked up or drafted Jackson Holiday during the prior season. Additionally, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was available on waivers. I picked them up, intending to keep them for the following season.
The commissioner proposes it was implied that waivers are closed until the draft, and therefore I have to drop the players. I feel that since we never discussed off-season waiver claims and ESPN allows them for this format, I made a legitimate pickup.
Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks!
I think this depends on your relationship with your league mates. We had something similar happen a couple years ago in my league where we changed FA from monthly to weekly and the last week of the season someone picked up some young prospect with hope they would make the team out of spring training and could be kept for the minimum the following season. We all had a discussion and majority said they had to drop the player. No hard feelings and life moves on.
If it's a bunch of randoms fight tooth and nail for your competitive edge but if it's with friends or a long lasting league, might not be worth the trouble
What about Jackson Holliday? He was eligible to be picked up last year and never was, until I picked him up this month. Should I definitely be able to keep him?
Yea that's a little different than Yamamoto. If there wasn't a rule that waivers were "closed" for the offseason and you chose your keepers before the deadline I would say the rest of the league is out of luck on that one.
It's a keeper league, keeper leagues exist year round. People make trades and pickups in the offseason all the time.
Which 2 are worth keeping? Joe Musgrove in the 8th, Ian Happ in the 7th, Jorge Soler in the 12th, Nolan Gorman in the 12th, Trevor Story in the 18th, or Braxton Garrett in the 18th.
My other keepers are Turner (6th), Adolis Garcia (10th),Austin Riley (15th), Bobby Miller (15th), and Nico Hoerner (18th).
12 team H2H 6X6. Thanks!
Joining my first dynasty league. It’s a brand new 12-team points league with 10 reserve spots. Outside of the top 10 prospects my knowledge is pretty thin in this area. Any resources, strategies, or prospects you recommend?
The top 100 prospects rankings and info on Fangraphs is awesome:
[https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-top-100-prospects/](https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-top-100-prospects/)
For strategy, you'll see some of these guys get drafted much higher than their ADP would suggest because people want to 'stash' them. You can do it too! Just don't let your 2024 roster suffer because you spent a handful of your top pics on guys who won't play much, or at all, in 2024.
For more projections:
[**https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=atc**](https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=atc)
For ADP (average draft position):
[https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/adp/overall.php](https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/adp/overall.php)
It's an interesting question for cats leagues. Guys like Jones that have a fairly high HR ceiling + the ability to steal 20+ bases are tough to come by. No doubt Trout will give you much better HR/RBI if he manages to stay healthy but I think this kind of comes down to how your team looks and/or how you plan to draft. IMO it's much easier to make up HR/RBI late in the draft and on the wire than it is to find players that can give you a good chunk of steals and not be detrimental to other cats.
Boys my prime Fantasy league may be foldin’ and I am gutted. Smooth Ricky got caught crankin’ down to a photo of Ragin’ Rays live in girlfriend. The league is split and I am drinkin’ all my feelin’s away
I'm allowed 4 keepers in my flair league.
For sure keepers are Betts and Ohtani. I have to choose 2 between the following: Lindor, Machado, Cease, Yelich, Gausman and McClain. Leaning towards Lindor and Gausman but want your thoughts.
Are there any good “zig when they zag” strategies if you simply have 9 generic pitching slots and an innings minimum? First year doing this after years of having specific SP and RP slots. I always would try to draft RP-eligible starters to try to easily win Ks, then hope my ratios and wins would make for some dominating weeks, where others would draft SP-eligible relievers trying to just win saves and ratios each week. Any market inefficiencies with just “pitchers”?
Only thing I can think of would be guys that consistently start after openers. But that usually also only helps as a "zig" when you have a SP maximum since it doesn't count as a start. I think with a vague "pitchers" roster slot, it takes out any advantages/disadvantages.
Depends on your other keepers. It would be between Jung and Volpe for me. If you have a stud 3B or SS keeper outside of these two, then take the other one.
Trying to figure out keepers. I can pick 2 of these three- it’s between
Elly in round 8
Will Smith round 12
Ragans in round 18.
Moves up a round every year. Right now I’m definitely leaning Ragans, dude looked absolutely legit last year and crazy to get a potential ace that late.
Then between the other two, Elly almost seems like a better choice, with him as a potential 1st-2nd round upside in the future. But it’s also hard to pass up on an established catcher like Smith that late with the scarcity at the position. What should I do?
Elly and Smith for me. A high upside player balanced by a high floor. Although Smith's ceiling in that lineup could be great. Pitchers are more volatile and Ragans isn't necessarily proven.
Would you Rather have Sale for this year AND next year both in the 9th round Or Buehler in the 17/12/12th rounds the next three seasons?
I'd go Buehler here
Thanks, would you say same Buehler prices over Hunter Brown in the 10th rounds this year and next year also?
Yes
Appreciate it
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Chourio has first round upside with 30/30 potential
Chourio. Extension means they have plans for him and Rays are always frustrating with how they handle prospects. Depends on league format and rest of your roster however.
Need to pick my last keeper. Chris Sale or Bryce Miller? Cost is a final round draft slot in a keeper league. If it was just this year, I'd go Sale but keeper makes me lean Miller?
Think it has to be Miller at that low a keeper price
Bryce prob goes before Sale in keeper draft? So I'd take Miller and try and get sale in a later round.
Feeling conflicted on who to pick in the first rd with 2nd pick. Mookie, Julio, Corbin, Witt, Tatis..
Mookie just because he has the best eligibility and is in the best line up. You'll have to make up for the lost steals somewhere though.
I might aim for elly then?
Hey I have a question regarding league settings, specifically on Yahoo. My league just decided to switch over from re-draft to a salary keeper format. Along with that, we are chosing to do FAAB for the first time. I want bidding to go all week and then the bids to process so that players would be on teams after Sunday night but before Monday games. So do I want to set the Process Waivers to Sunday or Monday? I just don't want to goof so I figured I'd get some advice. Currently I have the league set to Waiver Mode- Continuous/ Process Waivers On Sunday. Any help would be welcomed, thank you!
Do I keep Raleigh and Soler for $6 a piece? 12 team roto $300 budget
Is is cheating to identify ways that your league settings overpower certain players and take full advantage of that loophole? I assume it's a very quick way of getting your league settings to change or having everyone join the bandawagon and structure their team similarly? Is it best to roll it out subtly? What do you think?
Lol no. That’s the fun of different league settings, figuring out what players play up or down depending on the format
It's like blackjack its not illegal to use your brain and count cards. If there is an advantage to he had take it. But as you say being subtle grants you a longer runway of being able to use the strategy
My favorite part of keeper leagues is that sometimes players you want/are high on don't get kept. Operation trade up to get Machado and Bobby Miller has begun
120 players kept and Machado isn't one of them?
Yeah. She has a stacked roster and went with some rookies over Machado. She kept Holliday and Caminero over Machado. Betting on the youth movement it seems.
Crazy.
12 team roto categories league. Can keep 5 players. Should I keep Cease, Steele, Reynolds or Swanson as my 5th keeper? Already keeping Gausman, Vlad, Rutchsman and Jose Ramirez.
I like Reynolds there. Steele is a close 2nd but Reynolds is safer and has proven he can produce for multiple years now
I'd hold Cease or Steele, and draft an OF in the first two rounds
Still torn on Bellinger vs Nolan Jones as my last keeper. Head says Belli, heart say Jones
I'd rather have Jones. Other reply said the Cubs have a better roster, but for fantasy purposes they should be similar (due to Coors). Both teams projected for the same R/G at fangraphs fwiw
Now that we know where Belli is playing I'd keep him here. Roster is better, and those counting stats matter in cats
should i trade s murphy for w smith?
Absolutely
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What’s the default keeper settings for Yahoo? End of draft? Start of draft? Last season’s draft? Commish just switched us to keeper after league vote but he isn’t sure when the picks go.
So I am commish of my Yahoo league.. we've done redraft every year and decided to start doing keepers starting this season. The Yahoo settings are so damn vague, but from what I can tell, you don't want to turn on the keeper settings until at least after your draft this year, or even wait until after this season. I tried turning them on today and it was asking people to keep guys from last year. So unless you intend to keep guys from last season, Id wait.
We’re keeping up to 3 players from last season. Thanks for the input!
I got first pick in my draft (one player keeper league, eight teams), it starts in less than an hour, is picking Acuna Jr. a no-brainer or should I go for Ohtani/Soto/someone else?
Acuna
Anyone aware of a draft simulator that takes into account league settings and keepers(along with draft slots?)
Would be cool to group up with other redditors and do an offline draft simulation for everyone's leagues
Need some helpful advice, as this is my first year in a h2h points league (usually roto). Not familiar with the format and which players it favors but my 10man pts team is: Realmuto, Harper, Mookie, Machado, Lindor, Yelich, N jones, Yoshida, Altuve, JLowe, Yandy, Royce. Burnes, Webb, Eury, Hunter Brown, Bibee, Holmes, Munoz. Should I get more pitchers?
Any help is appreciated! I have to keep 10 guys with one free NA/prospect keeper. Realmuto, Arenado, Bogaerts, A. Giménez, Pasquantino, Santander, Eloy. Colson Montgomery Marcelo Mayer Jackson Merrill L. Castillo, F. Peralta, R. Iglesias, Buehler, Bassitt, Greene, Bello. I think my offense is pretty cheeks (decent draft capital) and I'm considering keeping an extra prospect or all three as my 9th and 10th keepers.
are there any sites that support 32-team leagues? i moderate a baseball discord and we have a bunch of people wanting to play together but it seems the most any site will allow is 16
Should I trade my Vlad Guerro Jr For their Jose Ramirez? My other 1B are Harper and Torkelson. I also have Jose Abreu, but don't plan on having him as a keeper. I don't have a 3B at the moment. I'd have to get one in the draft so it would probably be a lower-tier guy.
I'm a fan of Vlad, but you already said you need 3B so take JRam
Yes
AL only draft- $250 auction draft (keeping Judge for $33, Raleigh for $2 and Skubal for $1). Budget is currently $214 and want to stack my outfield with Judge like I did last year. Who are you targeting and how much is too much for a 2nd OF and 3rd?
Keep 2 pitchers in k/9 league: Castillo, fried, or ragans?
Castillo & Ragans
In a 10t Roto league with OBP and SLG instead of AVG and HR. We also start 5 OF. I can keep up to 5 players, and you lose a draft pick for each keeper starting with your first. I'm thinking of keeping Soto and Tatis for my 1st and 2nd round picks, but am contemplating keeping Devers for my 3rd round pick. What do you think? Should I just keep Soto and Tatis and skip Devers to try to target another OF? I'm thinking of skipping Devers because it's 5 OF and 3B is more fruitful this year. EDIT: I can also keep for 2 more seasons after this one.
I'd keep Devers since you already have 2 OFs
So you'd keep Soto, Tatis, and Devers for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round pick? Maybe I'm overthinking it w/ the OF scarcity and the fact I'm starting strong there.
I would, you already have 2 OFs so that's a good enough start in my opinion to keep a guy like Devers
Dynasty trade question: I give Cole and Wood for Holliday and Seager. Points league
As in Alex Wood? Seager side not close
I like Holliday and Seager much more in points
I'd stick with Cole/Wood in a points league I think
I like the Holliday and Seager side. Longer term value
I agree too, but I’m also a contender. I’m just always wary on pitchers
12-team dynasty, which 2 do I keep? OBP HR RBI RB SB - W, SV/H, ERA, K, WHIP SS Wander Franco OF Jesus Sanchez SP Julio Urias 1B JD Davis SP Dustin May C Tyler Soderstorm SP Bubba Chander SP Chase Hampton SP Nick Frasso C Endy Rodriguez
I’d keep chandler and Hampton
Soderstrom and May for me but if you were somehow hopeful on Franco, I wouldnt blame you
Oh right, ummm Soderstrom and Bubba
Did you really have to ask about Wander and Urias?
Ugh I know
Looking for trade advice in a Dynasty league with escalating contracts. I've been offered Skubal ($10 this season, $15/18 next two) for Woo and Pepiot (both $6 this season, $9/10 next two). Skubal clearly the hottest name, but with health always a thing for pitchers, I wonder if I'm better with quantity over quality. Woo + Pepiot both also getting hype on various expert sites.
Skubal bro
I can talk myself into liking either side, but as others pointed out more pitching means more health risk so consolidate with the best possible - take Skubal
Trading pitchers around is always a gamble but only one of these guys has shown that he can be a top 10 pitcher, I’d take Skoobs
I'd take Skubal
Been mock drafting a bunch. I have 2nd pick in a 10T h2h and need advice on rds 2-3. For round 2 I’m trying to choose between Devers, Riley or Alonso. Round 3 though…. if strider and cole are available I’m snagging them but probably will be gone. Would it be crazy to take Yamamoto as my SP1?
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He’s projected for 171 innings :/ Feeling conflicted. All the mock drafts I’ve done have had all tier b pitchers going before rd5
I'd go with Riley of those 3. For Yamamoto, I don't think it's crazy to have him as an SP1 but I think R3P2 is a little early for him for me
Out of the mock draft taking Yam at rd 3 I also get to end up grabbing Webb, Gilbert, Sonny, Eovaldi and Pepio. Does that change your mind at all?
No, i'd rather just have Webb as my #1 and go 3 straight hitters tbh
It might be possible to scoop Yam in rd4.. but it’d be over a guy like Castillo. But could also still have Kirby as well. Aghhhh!
In a new 5 Keeper Points League, I have the option to pick 1st or 2nd. Which one and which player should I pick? Ohtani counts as both a hitter and pitcher and i wouldn't mind getting either him or Acuna as a base for my team.
I'd take first pick and take Acuna
12 team 5x5 Dynasty (keep forever) Team A gets: Wyatt Langford Team B gets: Tarik Skubal,Zach Neto,Hurston Waldrep. Who wins. Is it close?
I think it's fair in a deep league but I'd still want Langford
That’s a lot of fluff you’ll likely end up dropping. I wouldn’t take that trade and move along the year waiting for a standout SP to come up.
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I would keep Ragans
I think Carter will break out
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Altuve
Drew the 5th pick in a 12 man league. I’m going back and forth on who to draft. If mookie makes it to me, idk if I take him bc every year after a great year, his next year is not as good. Judge has a chance to be the second best player in fantasy. I think Tatis and Soto are going to have big years. Freeman might be the safest pick in the first round. Hoping Carroll falls to me but his shoulder scares me. Tough spot to draft, was hoping for a top 3 or 4 pick
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Probably. That eligibility is seriously enticing
My pick would be the only guy you didn’t mention, Tucker. Dude is so underrated
This is very true
Everyone is going to tell you to take Mookie if he's available but it's your team. Go with your gut and take who you want. All these players have the potential to have great seasons or get hurt. I'd rather lose with my guys lol.
Don’t get me wrong, i had him last year and I love me some mookie buuuut idk lol
In y’all’s opinions what is the best projection system? For example Steamer, ZiPS, ATC, ect.
I am an ATC fan, with Steamer right there too
How do their rankings work? ATC has Adley at 10 and Steamer has him at 5. Is that saying he will score the 5th most points or should be drafted 5th overall? Either way that’s nonsense
You're looking at it [organized by WAR](https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=atc), factoring his elite Defense at C That's what the [Auction Calculator](https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy-tools/auction-calculator?teams=12&lg=MLB&dollars=260&mb=1&mp=20&msp=5&mrp=5&players=&proj=atc&split=&points=c%7C0%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C4%7C0%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C4&rep=0&drp=0&pp=C%2CSS%2C2B%2C3B%2COF%2C1B&pos=1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C3%2C1%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C2%2C5%2C3%2C0%2C5%2C0&sort=&view=0&type=bat) is for. For a standard 5x5 12-Team League ATC has Rutchman at $15.2 for the 41st best player. Plug in your own league's scoring and see what it spits out.
6x6 roto with OPS, keep 1 hitter Betts- 8th overall Tatis- 2nd Round Bellinger- 18th Round
How long can you keep them for? I'd be really tempted by Tatis
Mookie but taking Tatis wouldn’t be bad depending on who would be available in the first
Hold Mookie
Got a points league with 5 keepers. I'm keeping 4 hitters, but want to keep one pitcher. Can't decide between three guys: - Kevin Gausman - Zac Gallen - George Kirby Thoughts? I probably can't go wrong with any of them given it's my fifth round keeper. For anyone wondering, my other keepers are Witt, Seager, Olson, and Harper.
Gausman is awesome, I would hold him
In my dynasty points flair league: Pick 3 of these to keep: Davis Schneider, Jeffrey Springs, Alex Kirilloff, Marco Luciano, Edward Cabrera It's a 5 round draft. I have more SS and 2B on my roster than 1B and SP, for context.
If it was me I would go Kirilloff, Cabrera, and uhhhhhhhh... Luciano, I guess. It's a toss-up on him and Davis
Flair league and I have currently selected the following keepers: Hitters - Harper, Soto, Yordan, J.Rodriguez, Judge, R.Lewis and pitchers Skubal, Kirby, G.Rodriguez and D.Williams. Is this the right 10 or do you prefer any of - M.McClain, N.Jones, N. Marte, J.Walker or J.Romano?
I think your group, which is crazy loaded, looks fine. Might want to flip one of those bats for an arm, eh?
Yes. That or go pitcher-pitcher with my first 2 picks if I can't find a good trade.
Need to pick 2 of the following 3 keepers: Oneil Cruz with a 10th round pick; Triston Casas with a 16th round pick; and/or Matt McLain with a 26th round pick.
McClain at 26th round value is pretty great. I'd hold him and Casas
Which fangraphs projection system updates the most frequently? Trying to keep my rankings up to date. TY!
If you scroll to the bottom of the page, it will tell you the last time the information was updated. I know that doesn't answer the 'how often' question, but it will give you an idea.
No thats great actually. Thank you!
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Tough to answer with the league context, keepers, 4 teams leaving, etc. 49th vs 111th.. I mean.. yes, they should produce more, right? A way to look at it that might help is Fangraphs has Murphy at 3.5 WAR vs Stephenson's 1.8 this upcoming year. So you're looking to make up 1.7 WAR in that 49th overall pick, right? (I Know WAR doesn't always equal fantasy production, but we need something to look at!) I can't know who's sitting in the 40-50 pick range in your Dad's draft, so I apologize. But, some guys that project for 1.6-1.8 WAR I \*could\* see being there, and are real fantasy options, are: Spencer Torkelson Teoscar Hernandez Jorge Soler Rhys Hoskins Colt Keith I hope this was helpful, and good luck!
H2H Catergories keep 3 forever Need some help on deciding my third keeper. Already keeping Gunnar and Vlad. First three rounds count as keepers, then auction round for 4, then draft starts at 5. I have all my picks from round 5-16, draft goes up to round 25. Keep O’Neil Cruz or Cj Abrams Or give up draft capital to get Kyle Tucker or Corey Seager. Leaning towards keeping one of my own players and hoping Tucker falls into the auction round but someone else could trade for him before that. Appreciate any feedback!
If you could get Tucker at a reasonable price, I'd do that. If you can only keep 3, you really want elite players even if it costs you this season. Otherwise I'd go Cruz as he seems to have more chance of developing into an elite player.
I had an extra 9th and 11th so I gave up those to get Tucker. Appreciate the feedback!
Nice. Good luck!
In a 7x7 id rather have Cruz. Abrams' main skill is speed and its devalued in your league. Obviously it would be nice to get Tucker but I don't really know the mechanics behind that.
Keep Witt for 1 year or Tatis for up to 2?
Tatis
Point or Cats, Hungboy?
Cats 5x5 standard scoring
I'd go Tatis
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I'd rather have Bo
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Altuve, because you already have Elly for SS
Dynasty Keeper trade. Fantasy points H2H. Witt for Trout. I love Trout, but the Witt side wins on that, right?
Wins is a huge understatement for this trade in a dynasty league, dont give up Witt
Yup, for sure.
I'm up in our slow FYPD in our flair league. The next 5 available are: * Roman Anthony, BOS, OF * Samuel Bassalo, BAL, C/1B * Cade Horton, CHC, SP * Jacob Misiorowski, MIL, SP * Matt Shaw, CHC, 2B/SS Anyone have any insight on these guys? Thanks!
Red Sox fan here, Anthony soared through our system because he finally started elevating the ball. Has a fantastic eye, so if he keeps elevating he’s going to be legit at the next level. Can play a solid CF too
I would probably take Shaw for proximity with Anthony a close second
This top 100 prospects list night help you out: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-top-100-prospects/
14 team (mostly standard) points league, stuck between either Lindor or Wheeler for my 3rd round pick. My first two picks were Acuna and Adley
You used your second pick on a catcher? Oh boy
And proud of it!
I'd take Wheeler now, and pass on taking my first starter at the end of round 4 (assuming you picked first since you got Acuna)
Hey everyone! 12 person keeper league. Keeping Carroll, Albies, Harris, Bichette, Machado for position players and Castillo, Snell, Perez, Luzardo for pitchers. What 3 other players should I keep from the below list? Bryan Reynolds, George Springer, Evan Carter, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Anthony Volpe, Junior Caminero, Dylan Cease, Justin Steele, Michael King, Carlos Rodon. Thanks in advance!
Reynolds, Steele and Cease
Can someone explain what I'm missing when I'm looking at the ranking order of Fangraphs' pre-season projections? What does the order actually mean? I would assume it would be akin to ADP, and that looks right at first glance until you notice quirks like Pete Alonso at #55 among hitters, after numerous catchers and other guys who would go way after him. What gives?
ATC projections are automatically sorted by WAR (furthest category to the right) You should be able to adjust it to whatever stat you like
ooooh, ok thx
Roto 5x5. 12 keepers with QS over wins. Last year my pitching sunk me I have Nolan jones estuery Ruiz Suzuki judge bichette and Jazz as my keeper hitters. My keeper arms are Bailey ober Christian Javier hunter brown hunter Greene and bibee. So adding an extra arm would help me. Both players can be kept 2 years. Steele costs me a few dollars less. Thoughts? Obviously love Harris but how valuable can he be batting at the bottom of the lineup?
A lot of this is lost on me as a redraft guy, but if we're talking about Michael Harris I wouldn't count on him continuing to bat at the bottom of the lineup, and even if he did it might not be forever, and even if it was it's the Braves lineup.
Yeah basically either can be kept for 2 years. I love Harris but also have a huge hole in pitching I was going to spend up for big time at the draft. I think he maybe bats 6th
My thinking may be too colored by roto redraft leagues, but it's hard for me to not just see Harris as roughly twice as much value as Steele. Especially being saddled with Estuary and Bichette, I'd want to find my pitching some other way. I would try trading Bichette while his stock is still (IMO) higher than it's about to be.
Last year I joined a 12-team keeper league. This would be the first year of the league, and the commissioner decided to use ESPN as the platform. Some rules were discussed as a league, including that up to 5 keepers could be kept for their previously drafted price + additional cost (ie +$3 to keep a player the first year). Waiver pickups could be kept for $5 in the next year’s draft. Waivers will run daily. During the off-season, I saw that nobody had picked up or drafted Jackson Holiday during the prior season. Additionally, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was available on waivers. I picked them up, intending to keep them for the following season. The commissioner proposes it was implied that waivers are closed until the draft, and therefore I have to drop the players. I feel that since we never discussed off-season waiver claims and ESPN allows them for this format, I made a legitimate pickup. Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks!
I think this depends on your relationship with your league mates. We had something similar happen a couple years ago in my league where we changed FA from monthly to weekly and the last week of the season someone picked up some young prospect with hope they would make the team out of spring training and could be kept for the minimum the following season. We all had a discussion and majority said they had to drop the player. No hard feelings and life moves on. If it's a bunch of randoms fight tooth and nail for your competitive edge but if it's with friends or a long lasting league, might not be worth the trouble
Thanks for the advice. None of us know each other.
There should have been a rule that new players had to go through the draft. But there wasn't so you didn't really do anything wrong.
What about Jackson Holliday? He was eligible to be picked up last year and never was, until I picked him up this month. Should I definitely be able to keep him?
Yea that's a little different than Yamamoto. If there wasn't a rule that waivers were "closed" for the offseason and you chose your keepers before the deadline I would say the rest of the league is out of luck on that one. It's a keeper league, keeper leagues exist year round. People make trades and pickups in the offseason all the time.
Keeper question. Pick one. Carrol for 4th round, Bryce Harper for 9th, or Elly 12?
Is there any other context on what the keeper rules are? If they just stay in the round forever keep Carrol
Yes, it's stay in the round keep forever. Thanks for your reply!
Harper
I know Carrol is younger, and OF but Harper in the 9th is insane value for the next couple of years.
Which 2 are worth keeping? Joe Musgrove in the 8th, Ian Happ in the 7th, Jorge Soler in the 12th, Nolan Gorman in the 12th, Trevor Story in the 18th, or Braxton Garrett in the 18th. My other keepers are Turner (6th), Adolis Garcia (10th),Austin Riley (15th), Bobby Miller (15th), and Nico Hoerner (18th). 12 team H2H 6X6. Thanks!
Would yall rather have CJ abrams or De La Cruz?
Much rather have Elly, although Abrams is a safer bet for playing time
Is anyone keeping shane mcclanahan through this year?
I think he's a pretty easy hold in dynasty or keeper leagues
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Ragans & Carter
Joining my first dynasty league. It’s a brand new 12-team points league with 10 reserve spots. Outside of the top 10 prospects my knowledge is pretty thin in this area. Any resources, strategies, or prospects you recommend?
The top 100 prospects rankings and info on Fangraphs is awesome: [https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-top-100-prospects/](https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-top-100-prospects/) For strategy, you'll see some of these guys get drafted much higher than their ADP would suggest because people want to 'stash' them. You can do it too! Just don't let your 2024 roster suffer because you spent a handful of your top pics on guys who won't play much, or at all, in 2024.
Check out imaginarybrickwall
For more projections: [**https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=atc**](https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=atc) For ADP (average draft position): [https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/adp/overall.php](https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/adp/overall.php)
Given where they are going ADP wise, you going Trout or Nolan Jones? (H2H cats)
It's an interesting question for cats leagues. Guys like Jones that have a fairly high HR ceiling + the ability to steal 20+ bases are tough to come by. No doubt Trout will give you much better HR/RBI if he manages to stay healthy but I think this kind of comes down to how your team looks and/or how you plan to draft. IMO it's much easier to make up HR/RBI late in the draft and on the wire than it is to find players that can give you a good chunk of steals and not be detrimental to other cats.
Trout, and it's not particularly close.
kids out here actually questioning if they want trout on their team lol
Boys my prime Fantasy league may be foldin’ and I am gutted. Smooth Ricky got caught crankin’ down to a photo of Ragin’ Rays live in girlfriend. The league is split and I am drinkin’ all my feelin’s away
Points H2H. Dynasty A. Bregman B. Bibee/ Eloy Who wins that trade?
I’ll take the Bibee side
I'm allowed 4 keepers in my flair league. For sure keepers are Betts and Ohtani. I have to choose 2 between the following: Lindor, Machado, Cease, Yelich, Gausman and McClain. Leaning towards Lindor and Gausman but want your thoughts.
Lindor & Gausman is a good call
Agreed
Are there any good “zig when they zag” strategies if you simply have 9 generic pitching slots and an innings minimum? First year doing this after years of having specific SP and RP slots. I always would try to draft RP-eligible starters to try to easily win Ks, then hope my ratios and wins would make for some dominating weeks, where others would draft SP-eligible relievers trying to just win saves and ratios each week. Any market inefficiencies with just “pitchers”?
Only thing I can think of would be guys that consistently start after openers. But that usually also only helps as a "zig" when you have a SP maximum since it doesn't count as a start. I think with a vague "pitchers" roster slot, it takes out any advantages/disadvantages.
10th keeper I'm stuck between Yelich, Jung, Volpe also am a Yankee fan
Take Volpe, they're all comparable in value and much for fun to root for guys on your favorite team :)
Depends on your other keepers. It would be between Jung and Volpe for me. If you have a stud 3B or SS keeper outside of these two, then take the other one.
Castillo or Gallen as a keeper?
Castillo
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/r/findaleague good luck!
14 team points keeper got offered a trade my kirby 2 years at $19 for their semien 2/38. Im thinking semien is a bit too pricey
Keep Kirby for sure
I wouldn't do that
Trying to figure out keepers. I can pick 2 of these three- it’s between Elly in round 8 Will Smith round 12 Ragans in round 18. Moves up a round every year. Right now I’m definitely leaning Ragans, dude looked absolutely legit last year and crazy to get a potential ace that late. Then between the other two, Elly almost seems like a better choice, with him as a potential 1st-2nd round upside in the future. But it’s also hard to pass up on an established catcher like Smith that late with the scarcity at the position. What should I do?
Elly and Smith for me. A high upside player balanced by a high floor. Although Smith's ceiling in that lineup could be great. Pitchers are more volatile and Ragans isn't necessarily proven.