Need help with catcher situation

tomm0  3/29/2013 12:40 PM

I was trying to go cheap at catcher, but kept losing to guys who were drafting their backup at the position.  I grabbed Ruiz for a $1 figuring it was a steal once he's back, but I was hoping to stash him in our DL slot.  Unfortunately that's restricted to players on the DL (which makes sense and I'm not sure why I thought otherwise).  Now I have to decide whether I want to drop him or someone else to pick up a catcher.  My other option would be to just run him out there for the first month, though I doubt that's a good idea.  I copied the available catchers and their projections below my team.  What do you guys think?

12 Teams | 12 Hitters Per Team $170 Per Team [6 Active = HR RBI SB R BA OPS] | 8 Pitchers Per Team $90 Per Team [6 Active = W SV ERA WHIP SO QS]

	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OPS	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	OPSV
		2	14	0.89	0.00		Butler, Billy		KC		159		615	91	191	111	56	105	0.310	26	2	0.877	0.66	1.97	-0.92	0.78	1.80	1.04
		2	17	0.70	0.00		Longoria, Evan		TB		151		573	95	160	99	68	120	0.280	34	5	0.885	1.50	1.27	-0.66	1.08	-0.10	1.10
		2	23	0.59	0.00		Gordon, Alex		KC		156		636	104	191	78	73	138	0.300	19	14	0.858	-0.27	0.09	0.11	1.71	1.20	0.73
		3	32	0.31	0.00		Heyward, Jason		ATL		152		599	98	160	75	70	148	0.268	28	20	0.828	0.89	-0.13	0.55	1.26	-0.85	0.15
		3	33	0.31	0.00		Hill, Aaron		ARI		144		569	81	164	89	45	77	0.289	23	14	0.839	0.23	0.71	0.08	0.08	0.43	0.33
		3	34	0.30	0.00		Bruce, Jay		CIN		156		553	80	145	95	64	148	0.262	34	8	0.864	1.58	1.03	-0.41	0.01	-1.13	0.73
		4	40	0.24	0.00		Konerko, Paul		CHW		146		509	77	153	82	58	78	0.300	26	1	0.874	0.62	0.26	-1.03	-0.19	0.96	0.83
		4	44	0.19	0.00		Goldschmidt, Paul		ARI		146		512	74	143	85	63	115	0.280	23	16	0.858	0.22	0.48	0.28	-0.36	-0.09	0.59
		4	46	0.13	0.00		Morse, Mike		SEA		139		525	69	155	89	29	122	0.295	27	1	0.848	0.68	0.68	-1.04	-0.72	0.72	0.44
		6	65	-0.07	0.00		de Aza, Alejandro		CHW		152		634	90	181	61	56	129	0.285	11	32	0.772	-1.16	-0.91	1.61	0.73	0.21	-0.87
		6	66	-0.07	0.00		Fowler, Dexter		COL		141		569	100	162	55	81	153	0.285	11	16	0.829	-1.18	-1.29	0.28	1.40	0.19	0.17
		8	86	-0.27	0.00		Rutledge, Josh		COL		138		589	81	165	73	25	123	0.280	16	13	0.771	-0.53	-0.26	-0.02	0.10	-0.11	-0.82
		9	101	-0.38	0.00		Aybar, Erick		LAA		139		586	80	166	68	28	67	0.283	10	23	0.737	-1.29	-0.51	0.87	0.00	0.08	-1.41
		11	121	-0.55	0.00		Ruiz, Carlos		PHI		109		386	52	118	61	38	48	0.307	12	2	0.864	-1.03	-0.92	-0.92	-1.97	1.01	0.51
	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OPS	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	OPSV
				2.29	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values				2028		7,854	1,170	2,255	1,121	752	1,571	0.287	301	168	0.833	0.88	2.48	-1.21	3.90	4.31	3.36
				2.24	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				1748		6,760	1,001	1,938	977	642	1,296	0.287	263	151	0.833	1.39	3.08	-0.45	3.22	3.40	2.77

	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	QS	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
		1	6	0.88	0.00		Hamels, Cole		PHI		32		222.9	205	88	81	51	220	24	3.26	15	0	1.15	22	0.81	-0.52	1.05	1.62	1.45	0.86
		2	19	0.46	0.00		Fister, Doug		DET		32		213.2	207	89	82	45	163	19	3.46	16	0	1.18	21	0.99	-0.52	0.31	0.91	0.30	0.76
		2	23	0.36	0.00		Zimmermann, Jordan		WAS		31		189.7	181	77	71	44	152	16	3.37	14	0	1.19	20	0.61	-0.52	0.57	0.74	0.07	0.68
		4	37	-0.01	0.00		Niese, Jonathon		NYM		31		195.8	190	87	80	52	163	21	3.69	12	0	1.24	19	0.23	-0.52	-0.44	-0.12	0.30	0.50
		4	43	-0.12	0.00		Estrada, Marco		MIL		27		157.8	153	73	67	42	151	21	3.81	13	0	1.23	16	0.28	-0.52	-0.66	-0.04	0.04	0.19
		4	44	-0.12	0.00		Hudson, Tim		ATL		31		192.8	191	85	78	52	120	13	3.65	14	0	1.26	19	0.71	-0.52	-0.32	-0.57	-0.58	0.53
		5	58	-0.23	0.00		Beckett, Josh		LAD		29		185.0	180	86	79	56	158	21	3.85	13	0	1.28	17	0.28	-0.52	-0.89	-0.75	0.20	0.30
		6	62	-0.26	0.00		Garcia, Jaime		STL		27		168.6	164	76	70	51	127	15	3.73	13	0	1.28	16	0.29	-0.52	-0.49	-0.65	-0.43	0.23
		7	77	-0.38	0.00		Motte, Jason		STL		58		57.9	50	20	18	14	63	5	2.86	3	34	1.10	0	-1.86	1.81	0.65	0.67	-1.73	-1.83
		10	112	-0.59	0.00		Wilhelmsen, Tom		SEA		58		63.8	56	26	24	24	64	5	3.35	4	33	1.26	0	-1.83	1.78	0.21	-0.15	-1.71	-1.83
		11	128	-0.69	0.00		Teheran, Julio		ATL		24		142.8	141	70	65	51	116	16	4.08	11	0	1.34	13	-0.18	-0.52	-1.21	-1.38	-0.66	-0.17
	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	QS	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
				-0.70	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values				380		1,790.3	1,719	777	715	482	1,498	175	3.59	127	67	1.23	163	0.34	-1.08	-1.23	0.29	-2.75	0.22
				0.63	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				271		1,420.9	1,364	611	562	367	1,192	139	3.56	100	33	1.22	133	2.09	-1.85	-0.18	1.65	0.07	1.99

Available Catchers:

Own	Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	Age	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OPS	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	OPSV	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	QS	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
	19	226	-0.55	Ruiz, Carlos		PHI	C	34	109		386	52	118	61	38	48	0.307	12	2	0.864	-1.03	-0.92	-0.92	-1.97	1.01	0.51
	44	518	-1.18	Ellis, A.J.		LAD	C	31	128		382	50	103	46	59	90	0.270	10	1	0.775	-1.26	-1.76	-1.04	-2.05	-0.47	-0.49
	46	548	-1.23	Flowers, Tyler		CHW	C	27	122		364	52	87	46	50	116	0.240	16	1	0.777	-0.62	-1.77	-1.00	-1.93	-1.58	-0.44
	46	550	-1.23	Iannetta, Chris		LAA	C	29	105		312	50	76	43	47	78	0.244	14	4	0.773	-0.88	-1.97	-0.79	-2.08	-1.22	-0.41
	47	555	-1.23	Jaso, John		OAK	C	29	122		374	51	97	43	61	55	0.260	9	4	0.774	-1.39	-1.93	-0.73	-2.03	-0.84	-0.49
	49	577	-1.26	Saltalamacchia, Jarrod		BOS	C	27	117		369	52	85	49	33	123	0.230	19	1	0.745	-0.20	-1.59	-1.04	-1.96	-1.98	-0.80

mbuser   3/29/2013 12:54 PM

Your offense is stacked and you aren't likely to gain a lot by rostering one of those players for a few weeks. But I also question the need to carry nine SP, so I'd think someone like Garcia coudl be expendable for a plug-and-play C.

tomm0  3/29/2013 12:59 PM

Figured since QS is a category and we start 8 pitchers I would snag a few extra, especially since Motte will be out for the beginning of the season so I'll have to start 7 SP.

Hailfire4   3/29/2013 3:19 PM

I would not hold onto a suspended Ruiz. Grandal when he returns from his suspension would be the better option. I am amazed that so many catchers are owned in ur league. Jordan Pacheco or Doumit are normally as deep as they go in 12 team leagues. I would just grab JAso. Wait for a leaguemate to cut u an upgrade. When they realize how foolish it is to have a backup catcher rotting on the bench.

mbuser   3/29/2013 5:02 PM

Ruiz's OPS was only slightly behind Posey's last season. That seems like it's worth waiting for.

tomm0  3/30/2013 8:26 AM

So if I really didn't want to drop anyone you'd just run him out there each week?

mbuser   3/30/2013 10:25 AM

Yes, Ruiz will help you more over the remainder of the season then he'll hurt you over the first month.

tomm0  3/30/2013 10:19 PM

Okay so I'm an idiot. I can place Motte in my DL slot and pick up a catcher.  Any advice on who to grab for this first week since the projections aren't up yet?

mbuser   3/30/2013 11:12 PM

CHW plays 25 games (15 home) over the next four weeks , LAD plays 23, so I'd go ahead and grab Flowers.

http://baseballmonster.com/WeeklyTeamSchedules.aspx

tomm0  3/31/2013 7:32 AM

I think it might be a better idea to go with a week by week approach instead of grab whoever has the most games between now and April 28.  Jaso plays 7 this week, so I'm thinking of rolling with him.