Just did an inaugural draft for a limited keeper league (4 hitters, 2 pitchers.) I was picking 8th and figured I'd get Harper/Darvish at those spots, and I did (I really like Harper in the keeper format.) After that it was combo of picking good, youngish keepers until those 6 spots were filled and then padding out according to best projections. About halfway through I lost connection to the draft for a bit and screwed up my plans for the C/SS positions so ended up with not great options there. Currently projected to land in 2nd place at the season's end (of course, an autodrafted team ended up with the best squad...) but wondering what I can do to bolster my squad. Here's the analysis: 10 Teams | 12 Hitters Per Team [6 Active = BA R HR RBI OPS K, 1 Punted = SB] | 8 Pitchers Per Team [4 Active = ERA WHIP SV SO, 1 Punted = W] | 2 | 15 | 0.56 | 0.54 | +0.03 | Pedroia, Dustin | | BOS | 2B | 154 | | 594 | 89 | 176 | 85 | 64 | 69 | 0.296 | 12 | 17 | 0.798 | 1.39 | 1.02 | -1.02 | 0.84 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 1.15 | | 2 | 19 | 0.53 | 0.49 | +0.04 | Harper, Bryce | | WAS | OF | 143 | | 537 | 84 | 151 | 82 | 69 | 118 | 0.282 | 26 | 15 | 0.872 | 0.29 | 0.66 | 0.94 | 0.65 | 0.25 | 1.19 | -0.57 | | 3 | 28 | 0.52 | 0.33 | +0.19 | Craig, Allen | | STL | 1B/OF | 138 | | 525 | 68 | 160 | 88 | 41 | 98 | 0.305 | 19 | 3 | 0.840 | 1.83 | -0.51 | -0.06 | 1.06 | -0.79 | 0.67 | 0.11 | | 3 | 24 | 0.37 | 0.41 | -0.04 | Choo, Shin-Soo | | TEX | OF | 151 | | 591 | 105 | 168 | 66 | 99 | 135 | 0.285 | 19 | 20 | 0.857 | 0.55 | 2.20 | -0.02 | -0.37 | 0.65 | 1.05 | -1.17 | | 4 | 37 | 0.35 | 0.16 | +0.19 | Butler, Billy | | KC | DH | 159 | | 577 | 80 | 167 | 86 | 65 | 103 | 0.289 | 19 | 1 | 0.800 | 0.83 | 0.37 | -0.04 | 0.93 | -0.95 | 0.03 | -0.04 | | 4 | 36 | 0.35 | 0.21 | +0.14 | Abreu, Jose | | CHW | 1B | 138 | | 515 | 78 | 140 | 81 | 61 | 107 | 0.271 | 28 | 5 | 0.845 | -0.44 | 0.22 | 1.11 | 0.64 | -0.62 | 0.72 | -0.18 | | 4 | 39 | 0.12 | 0.10 | +0.02 | Upton, Justin | | ATL | OF | 149 | | 582 | 94 | 159 | 72 | 71 | 146 | 0.273 | 25 | 12 | 0.824 | -0.35 | 1.38 | 0.81 | -0.01 | -0.03 | 0.45 | -1.56 | | 6 | 56 | 0.07 | -0.06 | +0.13 | Sandoval, Pablo | | SF | 3B | 146 | | 501 | 63 | 142 | 74 | 45 | 73 | 0.284 | 17 | 2 | 0.803 | 0.40 | -0.89 | -0.29 | 0.14 | -0.87 | 0.08 | 1.00 | | 9 | 83 | -0.27 | -0.31 | +0.04 | Lucroy, Jonathan | | MIL | C | 138 | | 491 | 59 | 135 | 66 | 41 | 72 | 0.274 | 16 | 6 | 0.768 | -0.23 | -1.16 | -0.47 | -0.36 | -0.54 | -0.44 | 1.03 | | 11 | 107 | -0.40 | -0.46 | +0.06 | Lowrie, Jed | | OAK | 2B/SS | 138 | | 532 | 69 | 141 | 68 | 51 | 88 | 0.265 | 15 | 2 | 0.751 | -0.86 | -0.44 | -0.59 | -0.26 | -0.81 | -0.74 | 0.48 | | 12 | 117 | -0.53 | -0.54 | +0.01 | Middlebrooks, Will | | BOS | 3B | 130 | | 420 | 58 | 109 | 62 | 27 | 112 | 0.259 | 22 | 5 | 0.777 | -1.00 | -1.29 | 0.40 | -0.66 | -0.59 | -0.26 | -0.38 | | 16 | 159 | -0.79 | -0.80 | +0.01 | Willingham, Josh | | MIN | DH/OF | 138 | | 482 | 68 | 112 | 67 | 71 | 140 | 0.233 | 23 | 2 | 0.777 | -2.75 | -0.53 | 0.53 | -0.32 | -0.85 | -0.30 | -1.38 | |
| | | 0.93 | 0.11 | +0.81 | Avg Stats/Total Values | | | | 1722 | | 6,347 | 914 | 1,760 | 897 | 705 | 1,261 | 0.277 | 242 | 87 | 0.811 | -0.34 | 1.03 | 1.30 | 2.28 | -4.78 | 2.80 | -1.51 | | | | 2.22 | 1.43 | +0.79 | Avg Stats/Total Values (active) | | | | 1454 | | 5,445 | 789 | 1,539 | 768 | 608 | 1,008 | 0.283 | 196 | 81 | 0.817 | 3.41 | 2.85 | 0.37 | 3.26 | -3.34 | 3.20 | 0.25 |
| 1 | 2 | 0.97 | 0.99 | -0.03 | Darvish, Yu | | TEX | SP | 32 | | 209.3 | 158 | 80 | 73 | 78 | 258 | 21 | 3.14 | 1.13 | 15 | 0 | 1.27 | 1.16 | 1.11 | -0.66 | 2.09 | | 1 | 6 | 0.73 | 0.80 | -0.07 | Strasburg, Stephen | | WAS | SP | 31 | | 193.4 | 161 | 71 | 66 | 59 | 213 | 17 | 3.06 | 1.14 | 15 | 0 | 1.48 | 0.87 | 1.08 | -0.66 | 1.25 | | 2 | 19 | 0.69 | 0.28 | +0.42 | Rosenthal, Trevor | | STL | RP | 72 | | 75.4 | 59 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 94 | 5 | 2.57 | 1.09 | 4 | 38 | 1.26 | 0.69 | -1.38 | 1.79 | -0.97 | | 3 | 26 | 0.39 | 0.01 | +0.38 | Perkins, Glen | | MIN | RP | 63 | | 62.7 | 48 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 71 | 6 | 2.95 | 1.03 | 4 | 32 | 0.60 | 0.94 | -1.50 | 1.43 | -1.39 | | 3 | 28 | 0.34 | -0.02 | +0.36 | Grilli, Jason | | PIT | RP | 62 | | 59.4 | 46 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 81 | 6 | 2.66 | 1.10 | 4 | 29 | 0.90 | 0.48 | -1.47 | 1.20 | -1.22 | | 3 | 29 | 0.32 | -0.03 | +0.35 | Robertson, David | | NYY | RP | 66 | | 63.0 | 49 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 71 | 5 | 2.81 | 1.09 | 4 | 31 | 0.77 | 0.58 | -1.42 | 1.33 | -1.39 | | 5 | 45 | -0.24 | -0.16 | -0.07 | Salazar, Danny | | CLE | SP | 26 | | 149.9 | 130 | 64 | 59 | 51 | 158 | 17 | 3.56 | 1.21 | 11 | 0 | -0.24 | -0.27 | 0.13 | -0.66 | 0.23 | | 7 | 63 | -0.38 | -0.29 | -0.09 | Cingrani, Tony | | CIN | SP | 27 | | 155.8 | 132 | 69 | 63 | 62 | 175 | 18 | 3.66 | 1.24 | 11 | 0 | -0.54 | -0.85 | 0.07 | -0.66 | 0.54 | |
| | | 2.84 | 1.59 | +1.25 | Avg Stats/Total Values | | | | 378 | | 968.9 | 783 | 370 | 341 | 329 | 1,121 | 94 | 3.17 | 1.15 | 69 | 131 | 5.50 | 3.60 | -3.39 | 3.10 | -0.86 | | | | 3.21 | 1.88 | +1.33 | Avg Stats/Total Values (active) | | | | 351 | | 813.1 | 651 | 302 | 277 | 266 | 946 | 76 | 3.07 | 1.13 | 58 | 131 | 6.03 | 4.46 | -3.46 | 3.76 | -1.40 |
In taking a look at the rest of the league, most guys are going to beat me in HR as well, but I'm currently ranked 3rd in AVG and 5th in Runs. So I'm thinking that I also punt HR and utilize the following FAs: Aoki, Infante, Markakis, Brantley, A Jackson (I think he's going to be better than the current projections), Scutaro, Alexei Ramirez. It seems obvious to drop Willingham for Aoki, but does that make sense to you guys as well? Should I also drop Middlebrooks for Infante?
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The danger in punting HR is that you sacrifice both RBI and OPS along the way, and you are already punting multiple categories as it stands. Take a look at Team Analysis before/after and see where a few of those moves leave you, particularly in terms of collateral categories. An interesting approach for this league, given the unbalanced offense/pitching categories, may have been to punt W/K, load up on offense, and just try to win ERA/WHIP/SV among the pitching cats.
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