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LABR 2012 National League

Posted in LABR, National League, Rotisserie, Uncategorized on March 16, 2025 | Leave a Comment »

The League of Alternate Baseball Reality held their draft this year where the event was broadcast over the audio waves.

Doug Dennis - Baseball HQ
Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton - Rotoworld.com
NFBC - Greg Ambrosius/Shawn Childs
Steve Gardner - USA TODAY
Derek Carty - Baseball Prospectus
Roto Synthesis - Dalton Del Don
Eric Karabell - ESPN
Brandon Funston - Yahoo! Sports
Steve Moyer - Baseball Info Solutions
Bob Radomski - Sandlot Shrink
ESPN - Tristan Cockcroft
Mastersball.com - Lawr Michaels
Ray Flowers BaseballGuys

Standings Based on Stats Thru Tuesday March 27
Rank Team and Owner Total Avg HR RBI R SB W S ERA Rtio K
1 Full Moon Sports
Wolf/ Colton		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
2 Baseball HQ
Doug Dennis		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
3 RotoWire
Dalton Del Don		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
4 ESPN - Cockcroft
Tristan H. Cockcroft		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
5 USA TODAY
Steve Gardner		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
6 Yahoo - Brandon
Brandon Funston		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
7 Mastersball
Lawr Michaels		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
8 Baseball Info Solutions
Steve Moyer		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
9 Sandlot Shrink
Bob Radomski		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
10 Ray Flowers
Ray Flowers		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
11 Greg Ambrosius
Greg Ambrosius		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
12 Baseball Prospectus
Derek Carty		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
13 ESPN - Karabell
Eric Karabell		 0 0
.000		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
.00		 0
.000		 0
0
TM 1: Full Moon
Wolf/ Colton
Player TM Pos
Brian McCann ATL C
George Kottaras MLW C
Gaby Sanchez FLA 1B
Aaron Hill ARZ 2B
Ian Desmond WAS SS
Chris Johnson HOU 3B
Juan Rivera LA 1B/3B
Adam Kennedy LA 2B/SS
Justin Upton ARZ OF
Matt Kemp LA OF
J.B. Shuck HOU OF
Eric Young Jr. COL OF
Carlos Gonzalez COL OF
Johnny Damon TB UTIL
Heath Bell FLA RP
Edward Mujica FLA RP
Steve Cishek FLA RP
Yovani Gallardo MLW SP
Chris Volstad CHC SP
Aaron Harang LA SP
James McDonald PIT SP
Travis Wood CHC SP
Drew Pomeranz COL SP
Chris Narveson MLW SP
Chris Marrero WAS RESER (1B)
Esmil Rogers COL RESER (SP)
Kevin Correia PIT RESER (SP)
Charlie Morton PIT RESER (SP)
Barry Zito SF RESER (RP)
Jeremy Affeldt SF RESER (RP)
TM 2: BHQ
Doug Dennis
Player TM Pos
Josh Thole NYM C
John Buck FLA C
Ryan Howard PHI 1B
Darwin Barney CHC 2B
Jason Bartlett SD SS
Chase Headley SD 3B
Carlos Lee HOU 1B/3B
Dan Uggla ATL 2B/SS
Michael Bourn ATL OF
Jason Bourgeois HOU OF
Corey Hart MLW OF
Matt Holliday STL OF
Michael Cuddyer COL OF
Daniel Descalso STL UTIL
Brad Brach SD RP
Marc Rzepczynski STL RP
Homer Bailey CIN SP
Marco Estrada MLW SP
Jon Niese NYM SP
Joe Blanton PHI SP
Tyler Skaggs ARZ SP
Jordan Lyles HOU SP
Joe Wieland SD SP
Brett Myers HOU RP
Logan Schafer MLW RESER (OF)
Tony Campana CHC RESER (OF)
Eduardo Sanchez STL RESER (RP)
Phillippe Aumont PHI RESER (RP)
Alex White COL RESER (SP)
Matt Belisle COL RESER (RP)
TM 3: RotoWire
Dalton Del Don
Player TM Pos
Jason Castro HOU C
Ryan Hanigan CIN C
Freddie Freeman ATL 1B
Freddy Sanchez SF 2B
Zack Cozart CIN SS
Juan Francisco CIN 3B
David Freese STL 1B/3B
Chase Utley PHI 2B/SS
Jordan Schafer HOU OF
Jason Kubel ARZ OF
Cameron Maybin SD OF
David DeJesus CHC OF
Jayson Werth WAS OF
Chipper Jones ATL UTIL
Chad Billingsley LA SP
Matt Garza CHC SP
Jaime Garcia STL SP
Randy Wells CHC SP
Stephen Strasburg WAS SP
Aroldis Chapman CIN SP
Trevor Bauer ARZ SP
Kerry Wood CHC RP
Johan Santana NYM SP
Chien-Ming Wang WAS SP
Billy Hamilton CIN RESER (SS)
Brad Hand FLA RESER (RP)
Santiago Casilla SF RESER (RP)
Matt Harvey NYM RESER (SP)
Chris Young NYM RESER (SP)
Dustin Moseley SD RESER (SP)
TM 4: Tristan
Tristan H. Cockcroft
Player TM Pos
Jesus Flores WAS C
Devin Mesoraco CIN C
Brett Wallace HOU 1B
Neil Walker PIT 2B
Hanley Ramirez FLA SS
Jimmy Paredes HOU 3B
Pedro Alvarez PIT 1B/3B
Stephen Drew ARZ 2B/SS
John Mayberry PHI OF
Jay Bruce CIN OF
Jason Bay NYM OF
Giancarlo Stanton FLA OF
Juan Pierre PHI OF
Casey McGehee PIT UTIL
Jason Motte STL RP
David Hernandez ARZ RP
Kris Medlen ATL RP
Arodys Vizcaino ATL RP
Wily Peralta MLW SP
Mat Latos CIN SP
Jhoulys Chacin COL SP
Jordan Zimmermann WAS SP
Clayton Richard SD SP
Anibal Sanchez FLA SP
Ramon Ramirez NYM RESER (RP)
Brad Boxberger SD RESER (RP)
Mike Pelfrey NYM RESER (SP)
Guillermo Moscoso COL RESER (SP)
Casey Kelly SD RESER (SP)
Livan Hernandez HOU RESER (SP)
TM 5: USA TODAY
Steve Gardner
Player TM Pos
A.J. Ellis LA C
Rod Barajas PIT C
Anthony Rizzo CHC 1B
Rickie Weeks MLW 2B
Jose Reyes FLA SS
Casey Blake COL 3B
Adam LaRoche WAS 1B/3B
Tyler Pastornicky ATL 2B/SS
Brian Bogusevic HOU OF
J.D. Martinez HOU OF
Bryan LaHair CHC OF
Allen Craig STL OF
Gerardo Parra ARZ OF
Shane Victorino PHI UTIL
Craig Kimbrel ATL RP
Joel Hanrahan PIT RP
Eric O’Flaherty ATL RP
Sean Marshall CIN RP
Ricky Nolasco FLA SP
Trevor Cahill ARZ SP
Juan Nicasio COL SP
Chris Capuano LA SP
Roy Halladay PHI SP
Carlos Zambrano FLA SP
Jeff Baker CHC RESER (1B)
Matt Adams STL RESER (1B)
Jedd Gyorko SD RESER (3B)
Jonel Pacheco PIT RESER (OF)
Bryan Petersen FLA RESER (OF)
Evan Meek PIT RESER (RP)
TM 6: Yahoo
Brandon Funston
Player TM Pos
Wilson Ramos WAS C
Welington Castillo CHC C
Paul Goldschmidt ARZ 1B
Orlando Hudson SD 2B
Dee Gordon LA SS
Aramis Ramirez MLW 3B
Nolan Arenado COL 1B/3B
Jose Altuve HOU 2B/SS
Brett Jackson CHC OF
Logan Morrison FLA OF
Chris Coghlan FLA OF
Carlos Beltran STL OF
Marlon Byrd CHC OF
Ty Wigginton PHI UTIL
Frank Francisco NYM RP
Tyler Clippard WAS RP
Jonny Venters ATL RP
Mike Minor ATL SP
Bud Norris HOU SP
Tim Lincecum SF SP
Ian Kennedy ARZ SP
Jon Rauch NYM RP
Jorge De La Rosa COL SP
Bronson Arroyo CIN SP
Steve Lombardozzi WAS RESER (2B)
Todd Frazier CIN RESER (3B)
Zach Lutz NYM RESER (3B)
Scott Cousins FLA RESER (OF)
Juan Carlos Oviedo FLA RESER (RP)
Gerrit Cole PIT RESER (SP)
TM 7: Lawr
Lawr Michaels
Player TM Pos
Carlos Ruiz PHI C
Nick Hundley SD C
Aubrey Huff SF 1B
Taylor Green MLW 2B
Brandon Crawford SF SS
Martin Prado ATL 3B
Mark DeRosa WAS 1B/3B
Brandon Phillips CIN 2B/SS
Skip Schumaker STL OF
Nate Schierholtz SF OF
Kyle Blanks SD OF
Chris Heisey CIN OF
Emilio Bonifacio FLA OF
Jose Tabata PIT UTIL
Wilton Lopez HOU RP
John Axford MLW RP
Brian Wilson SF RP
Shaun Marcum MLW SP
Matt Cain SF SP
Tim Stauffer SD SP
Cory Luebke SD SP
Josh Collmenter ARZ SP
Jake Westbrook STL SP
Ryan Vogelsong SF SP
Erik Komatsu STL RESER (OF)
Dave Sappelt CHC RESER (OF)
Gary Brown SF RESER (OF)
Chase d’Arnaud PIT RESER (SS)
Ernesto Frieri SD RESER (RP)
Nathan Eovaldi LA RESER (SP)
TM 8: BIS
Steve Moyer
Player TM Pos
Yadier Molina STL C
Buster Posey SF C
Ike Davis NYM 1B
Omar Infante FLA 2B
Starlin Castro CHC SS
Pablo Sandoval SF 3B
Jed Lowrie HOU 1B/3B
Justin Turner NYM 2B/SS
Tyler Colvin COL OF
Charlie Blackmon COL OF
Laynce Nix PHI OF
Melky Cabrera SF OF
Angel Pagan SF OF
Jim Thome PHI UTIL
Jonathan Papelbon PHI RP
Drew Storen WAS RP
Bobby Parnell NYM RP
Brandon Beachy ATL SP
Wade Miley ARZ SP
Lance Lynn STL SP
Johnny Cueto CIN SP
Robbie Erlin SD SP
Mark Buehrle FLA SP
Adam Wainwright STL SP
Adrian Cardenas CHC RESER (2B)
Jose Ceda FLA RESER (RP)
Josh Lindblom LA RESER (RP)
Michael Dunn FLA RESER (RP)
Randall Delgado ATL RESER (SP)
Anthony Bass SD RESER (SP)
TM 9: Shrink
Bob Radomski
Player TM Pos
Miguel Montero ARZ C
John Baker SD C
Michael Morse WAS 1B
Danny Espinosa WAS 2B
Marco Scutaro COL SS
Ryan Zimmerman WAS 3B
Jerry Hairston Jr. LA 1B/3B
Ryan Theriot SF 2B/SS
Andre Ethier LA OF
Tony Gwynn Jr. LA OF
Carlos Gomez MLW OF
Alex Presley PIT OF
Drew Stubbs CIN OF
Willie Bloomquist ARZ UTIL
Antonio Bastardo PHI RP
Fernando Salas STL RP
Javy Guerra LA RP
Rex Brothers COL RP
Mike Leake CIN SP
Edwin Jackson WAS SP
Jeff Karstens PIT SP
Edinson Volquez SD SP
J.J. Putz ARZ RP
Cliff Lee PHI SP
Greg Dobbs FLA RESER (3B)
Anthony Rendon WAS RESER (3B)
Chris Denorfia SD RESER (OF)
Eric Hinske ATL RESER (OF)
Reed Johnson CHC RESER (OF)
Brandon Lyon HOU RESER (RP)
TM 10: Ray Flowe
Ray Flowers
Player TM Pos
David Ross ATL C
Wilin Rosario COL C
Derrek Lee PIT 1B
Chris Nelson COL 2B
Rafael Furcal STL SS
Placido Polanco PHI 3B
Garrett Jones PIT 1B/3B
Daniel Murphy NYM 2B/SS
Dexter Fowler COL OF
Andrew McCutchen PIT OF
Carlos Quentin SD OF
Alfonso Soriano CHC OF
Nate McLouth PIT OF
Chris Young ARZ UTIL
Takashi Saito ARZ RP
Jeff Samardzija CHC RP
Sergio Romo SF RP
Luke Gregerson SD RP
Madison Bumgarner SF SP
Eric Surkamp SF SP
Tommy Hanson ATL SP
Gio Gonzalez WAS SP
Wandy Rodriguez HOU SP
Rafael Betancourt COL RP
Logan Forsythe SD RESER (3B)
Blake DeWitt CHC RESER (OF)
Rick Ankiel WAS RESER (OF)
J.D. Drew BOS RESER (OF)
Tom Gorzelanny WAS RESER (RP)
Ross Detwiler WAS RESER (SP)
TM 11: Greg Ambr
Greg Ambrosius
Player TM Pos
Chris Snyder HOU C
Tim Federowicz LA C
Joey Votto CIN 1B
Ruben Tejada NYM 2B
Troy Tulowitzki COL SS
Juan Uribe LA 3B
Brandon Belt SF 1B/3B
Clint Barmes PIT 2B/SS
Ryan Braun MLW OF
Bryce Harper WAS OF
Jerry Sands LA OF
Roger Bernadina WAS OF
Domonic Brown PHI OF
Lyle Overbay ARZ UTIL
Henry Rodriguez WAS RP
Kenley Jansen LA RP
David Carpenter HOU RP
Julio Teheran ATL SP
Clayton Kershaw LA SP
Zack Greinke MLW SP
Joe Saunders ARZ SP
Paul Maholm CHC SP
Josh Johnson FLA SP
Shelby Miller STL SP
Mark Hamilton STL RESER (1B)
Jose Constanza ATL RESER (OF)
Everth Cabrera SD RESER (SS)
Jason Giambi COL RESER (1B)
Tyler Chatwood COL RESER (RP)
Josh Outman COL RESER (SP)
TM 12: BP Carty
Derek Carty
Player TM Pos
Geovany Soto CHC C
Ramon Hernandez COL C
James Loney LA 1B
Mark Ellis LA 2B
Alex Gonzalez MLW SS
Ian Stewart CHC 3B
Todd Helton COL 1B/3B
Tyler Greene STL 2B/SS
Jason Heyward ATL OF
Jon Jay STL OF
Nyjer Morgan MLW OF
Ryan Ludwick CIN OF
Andres Torres NYM OF
David Wright NYM UTIL
Huston Street SD RP
Carlos Marmol CHC RP
Francisco Rodriguez MLW RP
Erik Bedard PIT SP
Cole Hamels PHI SP
A.J. Burnett PIT SP
Ryan Dempster CHC SP
Ted Lilly LA SP
Tim Hudson ATL SP
R.A. Dickey NYM SP
Scott Hairston NYM RESER (OF)
Josh Spence SD RESER (RP)
Michael Fiers MLW RESER (RP)
Wade LeBlanc FLA RESER (SP)
J.A. Happ HOU RESER (SP)
Jeremy Guthrie COL RESER (SP)
TM 13: ESPN - EK
Eric Karabell
Player TM Pos
Jonathan Lucroy MLW C
Yasmani Grandal SD C
Jesus Guzman SD 1B
Matt Downs HOU 2B
Jimmy Rollins PHI SS
Scott Rolen CIN 3B
Mat Gamel MLW 1B/3B
Ryan Roberts ARZ 2B/SS
Hunter Pence PHI OF
Yonder Alonso SD OF
Norichika Aoki MLW OF
Lucas Duda NYM OF
Lance Berkman STL OF
Will Venable SD UTIL
Andrew Cashner SD RP
Vance Worley PHI SP
Daniel Hudson ARZ SP
Jair Jurrjens ATL SP
Dillon Gee NYM SP
Ryan Madson CIN RP
Roy Oswalt PHI SP
Kyle Lohse STL SP
Chris Carpenter STL SP
Randy Wolf MLW SP
D.J. LeMahieu COL RESER (2B)
Jack Cust HOU RESER (OF)
Kyle Weiland HOU RESER (SP)
John Lannan WAS RESER (SP)
Matt Guerrier LA RESER (RP)
Javier Vazquez FLA RESER (SP)

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2011 World Series: Rangers vs. Cardinals

Posted in American League, National League, world series on October 20, 2025 | Leave a Comment »

It’s World Series time in baseball. For many baseball fans, this means that your best friends for the next week straight are your high definition television and the coziest spot on your couch. The World Series marks the best four to seven games of the year featuring the two greatest teams in baseball. And this year those teams are the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers.

The Cardinals are clearly the underdog in the 2011 World Series, which is nothing new from every other series they have played in the 2011 Playoffs. The Cards fought their way to a spot in the NLDS, being pulled in at the last minute as the National League wild card. The momentum from their end-of-season winning streak has carried them well into the playoffs, as they beat the Phillies 3-2 in the NLDS and the Brewers 4-2 in the NLCS. They now lead the World Series with home field advantage 1 - 0 against the Texas Rangers.

The Rangers were a top contender all season long in the American League. Finishing the regular season ranked 1st in the AL West and 2nd overall in the American League to the power house New York Yankees, the Rangers have proven to be a force in this post-season. The Rangers stomped the Rays in the ALDS with a 3-1 series win, and then went on to beat the Tigers four games to two. Now returning to the World Series for the 2nd consecutive year, they are looking to clinch the win and take home the title. This will be the first series in the playoffs where they will not have home field advantage, so winning on Cardinals’ soil is a must if they want to claim the trophy.

Best of seven wins this final series and we’re only one game in. Game 2 will be held at Busch Stadium tonight at 8:05pm (Eastern Time) with pitching lineup Jaime Garcia (STL) vs. Colby Lewis (TX). Tune in and watch the best action in baseball. If you’d rather be at the stadium for the full experience, World Series tickets are still available! Game on.

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Ready for launch on the 2011 season

Posted in MLB, National League, Spring Training on March 25, 2025 | 2 Comments »

With spring training winding down, teams are scrambling to finalize their rosters to “Go North” for the upcoming season. Likewise, fantasy owners have to make decisions on keepers, and who to target based on what has taken place in the Grapefruit and Cactus league action.

This brings me to the annual “who are these guys” list of players from the spring who have performed well in camp and are not really household names:

  • Jeremy Reed 391OBP .525SLG .377AVG
  • Ryan Roberts 621OBP .674SLG .512AVG
  • Nick Evans 388OBP .435SLG .339AVG
  • Chris Denorfia 451OBP ,600SLG .422AVG
  • Wilson Valdez 426OBP ,500SLG .380AVG
  • Jonathan Herrera 436OBP ,592SLG .367AVG
  • Albert Gonzalez 392OBP ,396SLG .354AVG
  • John Mayberry 355OBP ,625SLG .286AVG
  • Aaron Cunningham 373OBP ,565SLG .326AVG
  • Brandon Boggs 322OBP ,434SLG .264AVG
  • Daniel Descalso362OBP ,455SLG .318AVG
  • Zack Cozart417OBP ,576SLG .394AVG

Roster depth charts and spreadsheet from mlbdepthcharts.com

Here is Astros projected lienup.

This post great sampling on the best box scores .

Relief pitching tiers. [more]

 

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I used the Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton auction draft model

Posted in fantasy, Hitting, LABR, MLB, National League, Pitching, Rotisserie, Rotoworld on March 16, 2025 | Leave a Comment »

The League of Alternate Baseball Reality (LABR) includes experts from the fantasy sports industry. The Rick Wolf and Glenn Colton ownership team has 3 championships in ten years in the NL only league. I looked at the Wolf/Colton roster composition , and decided to use their model as I approached the Carolina Baseball League (CBL) Auction draft (03/13/2011). Based on their roster, it seems the strategy was not paying a lot for pitching, and using most of their money around five high end batters who provide multiple categories.

The Wolf/Cotton team spent $148 on five high end bats that included:

  1. $39 Joey Votto
  2. $32 Andrew McCutchen
  3. $30 Matt Holliday
  4. $29 Hunter Pence
  5. $18 Aramis Ramirez

For our draft, Hunter Pence and Andrew McCutchen were not available. I spent $145 for six primary bats:

  1. $39 Joey Votto
  2. $37 Justin Upton
  3. $39 Matt Holliday
  4. $10 Pedro Alvarez
  5. $10 Cody Ross
  6. $10 Logan Morrison

Like Wolf/Colton, I have both Votto and Holliday. For their Aramis Ramirez selection, I already had Pedro Alvarez for that slot. I considered Cory Hart for the Hunter Pence slot, but decided with his injury to move the money else where. Instead, I combined Cody Ross and Logan Morrison for $20.

On pitching, Wolf/Colton went with three good starters who were nicely priced, and a high end closer:

  1. $20 Brian Wilson
  2. $16 Jonathan Sanchez
  3. $13 Matt Garza
  4. $13 Ricky Nolasco

For my pitching, I had a similar makeup but I went with two closers:

  1. $20 J.J. Putz
  2. $11 Matt Latos
  3. $13 Tommy Hanson
  4. $10 Kyle McClellan
  5. $10 Travis Wood
  6. $6 Craig Kimbrel

Here is my roster for opening day:

Pos Edit Active Batters Salary

C Hernandez, Ramon(C) CIN

4 C Thole, Josh(C) NYM 6

1B Votto, Joey(1B) CIN 39

2B Young, Eric(2B) COL 10

3B Alvarez, Pedro(3B) PIT 10

SS Renteria, Edgar(SS) CIN 2

MI DeWitt, Blake(2B) CHC 2

CI Overbay, Lyle(1B) PIT 9

OF Holliday, Matt(OF) STL 39

OF Morrison, Logan(OF) FLA

10 OF Ross, Cody(OF) SF

10 OF Upton, Justin(OF) ARI 37

OF Venable, Will(OF) SD 4

U Hairston, Scott(OF) NYM 5

Bench

Bench (3B) Baker, Jeff(2B,3B) CHC 3

Bench (SS) Emaus, Brad(SS) NYM 10

Bench (OF) Jackson, Brett(OF) CHC 10

Bench (U) Gibbons, Jay(OF) LA 2

Pos Edit Active Pitchers Salary

P Hammel, Jason(P) COL 7

P Hanson, Tommy(P) ATL 11

P Kimbrel, Craig(P) ATL 6

P Latos, Mat(P) SD 11

P Marquis, Jason(P) WAS 1

P McClellan, Kyle(P) STL 10

P Putz, J.J.(P) ARI 20

P Wood, Travis(P) CIN 10

P Young, Chris(P) NYM 1

Bench (P) Luebke, Cory(P) SD 6

Bench (P) Mejia, Jenrry(P) NYM 7

Bench (P) Rodriguez, Henry(P) WAS 5

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I want the “Truth” for 2011!

Posted in American League, Around the Web, National League, Projections on March 9, 2025 | 1 Comment »

We can forecast on how we think a player will perform in each category. Some of these statistical categories reward playing time (i.e. HR,RBI,K,W) , where others are based on the success rate (AVG,ERA)

Everyone has their secret formula about how they make these projection, but the bottom line is we will be happy just knowing the numbers are close. We do not need to know how close the number are , we just care that we are within the range of the actual numbers .

ESPN

 

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XM Baseball Sport Radio

Posted in American League, Around the Web, fantasy, Minors, MLB, National League, Rookies, Rotisserie on March 8, 2025 | 5 Comments »

After being on Sirius a few years ago, I finally made it back to Satellite radio. This time on the XM wing of the company.

XM 175:

http://www.facebook.com/MLBNetworkRadio

http://www.Twitter.com/MLBNetworkRadio

First Pitch
Weekdays 7 am - 10 am ET
Jim Memolo and Rob Dibble

Power Alley Jim Duquette and Kevin Kennedy
Weekdays 10 am - 2 pm ET

Inside Pitch Casey Stern and Jim Bowden
Weekdays 2 pm - 6 pm ET, Saturdays 10 am - 1 pm ET

MLB Tonight (MLB Network Staff)
Weekdays 6 pm - 8 pm ET

MLB Roundtrip
Weekdays 8 pm - 12 am ET

Minors and Majors Grant Paulsen
Sundays 8 am - 10 am ET

Remember When Ed Randall and Rico Petrocelli
Saturdays 8 am - 10 am ET

MLB Roundtrip Saturday Grant Paulsen
Saturdays 1 pm - 4 pm ET

Baseball Today Holden Kushner & Jim Duquette
Sundays 10 am - 1 pm ET

MLB Roundtrip Sunday
Sundays 1 pm - 4 pm ET
Talk about the news of the day and get insight on your team’s roster moves from former GM Jim Bowden.

Home Plate Jeff Joyce & Jeff Nelson
Weekends 4 pm - 7 pm ET

XM 147:

http://Twitter.com/siriusxmfantasy

http://www.facebook.com/siriusxmfantasysportsradio

7 am ET - RotoExperts w/ Scott Engel & Adam Ronis
10 am ET - SiriusXM Fantasy Basketball w/ Dennis Scott
11 am ET - RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today w/ Jeff Erickson & Derek Van Riper
2 pm ET - SiriusXM Fantasy Baseball w/ Steve Phillips & Jeff Rickard
5 pm ET - SiriusXM Fantasy Drive w/ Kyle Elfrink, Kay Adams & Ray Flowers
8 pm ET - Fantasy Baseball Tonight w/ Craig Mish

Ray Flowers on his web site is offering free fantasy information

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Albert Pujols is even better than we thought

Posted in Albert Pujols, Cardinals, Free Agent Signing, MVP, National League on February 22, 2026 | Leave a Comment »

Despite the St. Louis Cardinals and the Albert Pujols camp breaking off talks until the off season, the speculation about where the games best hitter will be sign will continue throughout the season. The White Sox GM Kenny Williams has already told everyone what he thinks of Albert’s salary demands. He is by far the best hitter I have seen. Even though he has not been at 100% health wise the past few years, he has still performed at an elite level . Just take the Quad which takes into account both counting stats in Times on Base, and Total Bases and the rate stats in On Base Percentage, Slugging average.

Times on Base
Albert Pujols 290
Prince Fielder 286
Rickie Weeks 276
Joey Votto 275
Adrian Gonzalez 271
Matt Holliday 263
Aubrey Huff 257
Jayson Werth 253
Ryan Braun 250
Dan Uggla 249
Kelly Johnson 247
Jason Heyward 245
Carlos Gonzalez 239
Andrew McCutchen 238
David Wright 237
Ryan Zimmerman 234
Hanley Ramirez 234

Total Bases (BABIP)
Carlos Gonzalez 351 0.384
Albert Pujols 350 0.297
Joey Votto 328 0.361
Matt Holliday 317 0.331
Ryan Braun 310 0.331
Rickie Weeks 302 0.332
Adrian Gonzalez 302 0.322
Dan Uggla 299 0.330
Adam Dunn 299 0.329
David Wright 295 0.335
Jayson Werth 295 0.352
Corey Hart 293 0.324
Kelly Johnson 290 0.339
Aubrey Huff 288 1 0.303
Hunter Pence 283 6 0.304
Casey McGehee 283 0.306
On Base Percentage (BB%)
Joey Votto 0.424 14.04%
Albert Pujols 0.414 14.71%
Prince Fielder 0.401 15.97%
Carlos Ruiz 8 0.400 12.7%
Jason Heyward 0.393 14.61%
Geovany Soto 0.393 16.02%
Adrian Gonzalez 0.393 13.48%
Matt Holliday 0.390 10.22%
Josh Willingham 0.389 14.89%
Ryan Zimmerman 0.388 11.44%
Jayson Werth 0.388 12.58%
Chase Utley 0.387 12.33%
Aubrey Huff 0.385 12.43%
Troy Tulowitzki 0.381 9.09%

Slugging (Contact Rate)
Joey Votto 0.600 77.15%
Carlos Gonzalez 0.598 77.00%
Albert Pujols 0.596 87.05%
Troy Tulowitzki 0.568 83.40% 0
Adam Dunn 0.536 64.34%
Jayson Werth 0.532 73.47%
Matt Holliday 0.532 84.40%
Corey Hart 0.525 74.91%
Adrian Gonzalez 80.71%
Ryan Zimmerman 0.510 81.33%
Dan Uggla 0.508 74.70%
Mike Stanton 0.507 65.74%
Aubrey Huff 0.506 84.01%
Ryan Howard 0.505 71.45%

The funny thing in all of these numbers is that Pujols is near the top in all the categories. But, his batting average with balls in play is below .300. This means he has gotten some bad luck and might be a better hitter than his numbers indicate. With Pujols slimmed down, and healthy there is no telling what he is capable of in 2011!

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Counting down the 100 Names You Need to Know

Posted in American League, Around the Web, Minors, National League, Projections, Prospects, Rookie Of Year, Rotisserie, ROY on February 17, 2026 | Leave a Comment »

Each year, USA Today comes out with their 100 names you need to know for the upcoming season. This is a good resource of getting to know some of the minor league players that are usually at that point of their career where they are ready make a big impact at the major league level.

Here are a few of the players making the 2011 top ten of the “100 Names You Need to Know:

#1 Aroldis Chapman

Bullpen is the answer to the first big question about the Cuban flamethrower for this season. That’s where he’ll pitch, though the Reds aren’t ruling out a future role in their rotation. The next question revolves around when and if he could take over for closer Francisco Cordero, who is entering the final guaranteed year of his contract ($12 million option for 2012) and allowed baserunners last season at the highest rate of his career.

#2 Craig Kimbrel

Kimbrel, 22, got a taste of key late-inning situations late last season and in the playoffs. His 14.4 strikeouts-per-nine-innings rate through three minor league seasons was impressive enough, but he boosted that to 16.9 in his 25 combined regular season and playoff innings in the majors last year.

#3 Freddy Freeman

Freeman will show up this spring with the first base job and expectations he can be as impactful as Heyward. A lefty like his close friend Heyward, Freeman’s best attribute might be his defense, though he finished in the Class AAA International League’s top 10 in batting before turning 21 in September. His 18 homers last year dispelled concerns the 6-5, 225-pounder might not develop big-time power.

#6 Logan Morrison

Florida has plenty to chirp about with its trio of young studs on offense. Twitter-happy Morrison - and not Mike Stanton or Gaby Sanchez - remains eligible for our list thanks to his late-July 2010 call-up. Morrison moved to the outfield last year after older Sanchez beat him out for the Marlins’ first base job.

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At the midnight hour

Posted in National League, Nationals on August 17, 2025 | Leave a Comment »

For the second consecutive year, the Washington Nationals worked up to the midnight hour to sign the top overall free agent draft pick. Bryce Harper signed a 9.9 million dollar contract and now have given the fans something to begin to get excited about in the coming years. Somewhere over the past few seasons, the Nats have finally freed themseleves from the long time suffering franchise formerly known as the Expos , and have made some good decisions.

Well, how hard a decison is it to draft the top overall talent in the draft and sign him you say? Well, in reality they have not done anything to set them back as a franchise by signing players to any bad deals. They listened to deals for Willingham and Adam Dunn and said no thanks. They did participate as a seller in trading Matt Capps for quite a haul. Not a bad deal after obtaining him from the bargain basement bin. In the minor leagues, the franchise is giving their prospects time to develop. For example, Chris Marrero could have made the jump from AA and been promoted to AAA. Instead, the franchise is giving him the neccessary time to develop with a complete season at the current level. At the big league level, the team has been more competitive. Now, every 5th day for the next decade or so the stadium will be packed when flamethrower Steven Strasburg takes the mound. Just wait until he gets help.

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Opening Day Cheers and Jeers

Posted in American League, MLB, National League, Opening Day on April 6, 2025 | Leave a Comment »

It was opening day for the 2010 season for a handful of teams. Let’s not get carried away with success with one day of statistics, as we all remember the “Emilio Bonifacio” on the highlight reel last opening day. He brought back memories of Tuffy Rhodes with his offensive outburst, only to be a footnote as the year progressed.

Here is a look at how some of my fantasy players performed on opening day. Lets start with the Cheers.These players started the season off on a high note:

  • Carlos Gonzalez 4-5
  • Brian McCann 2-3 HR 3R
  • Todd Helton 2-5
  • Brandon Phillips 1-4 2RBI SB
  • Hanley Ramirez 2-4 SB
  • Johnny Damon 2-4 2R 2RBI
  • Mark DeRosa 1-3 HR
  • Ubaldo Jimenez 6IP 6K W 1.5 ERA
  • David Wright 1-3 HR 2RBI
  • Placido Polanco 3-5 HR 6 RBI
  • Juan Fransisco 1-1 RBI (MLB debut)

Jeers

  • Jacob Ellsbury 0-5
  • Josh Johnson 5IP 7.2 ERA
  • Derek Lee 0-3 R
  • Aki Awamura 0-4
  • Mike Jacobs 0-4
  • Wil Venable 0-4
  • Dan Uggla 0-3
  • Ian Desmond 0-2
  • Ryan Franklin 1IP, 2ER
  • Clay Hensley .1IP 2HA 1ER
  • John Garland 6R, 2ER
  • Evereth Cabrera 0-3
  • Adam LaRoche 0-5
  • Melky Cabrera 0-5

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