My AL Tout Team
- By: Chris Liss
- On: 3/25/2012 9:14:00 PM
- View Comments : 41
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C Matt Wieters 22
C Russell Martin 11
1B Justin Morneau 7
2B Ian Kinsler 33
3B Chone Figgins 9
SS Brian Dozier 1
CI Mark Teixeira 29
MI Dustin Pedroia 31
OF Alejandro De Aza 15
OF Cody Ross 7
OF Casper Wells 1
OF Brandon Guyer 1
OF/U Justin Smoak 14
U Adam Dunn 15
P Michael Pineda 14
P Ubaldo Jimenez 12
P Clay Buchholz 11
P Matt Harrison 6
P Brian Matusz 7
P Jake Peavy 8
P Phil Humber 4
P Danny Hultzen 1
P Tyson Ross 1
R Yuniesky Betancourt
R Aaron Cunningham
R Matt Lindstrom
R Wil Myers
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On: 3/26/2012 7:52:00 AM
Matusz could destroy your rate stats all by himself. Peavy is toast--his shoulder weakness is permanent & his Spring speed, further confirmation. You could easily hit a HR with Matt Linstrom.
Overall a budgeting mess, IMO. Too much money @ C. Full price for both Kinsler & Pedroia is inefficient, with no profit possible & constitutes a scarce-position overpayment, since these two MI's have a power-ceiling not present @ CI & OF positions, where ideally some of the $ should have gone. John Benson used to say that one's OF is where most of one's offense is & yours is: DeAza, Cody Ross (likely supplanted by Kalish in the 2H), C Wells & B Guyer, who won't play.
I can't seriously believe you executed an auction plan. It appears you just bounced around in the market like a beachball in the OF.
On: 3/26/2012 8:36:00 AM
My strategy was to hammer the scarce positons as there are a lot of unsettled situations in the OF in the AL, so a lot more help will be there all year. Also, it's easier to find productive OF on the wire generally than C and MI.
Felt pretty good about the execution except for DeAza who was the last good OF left, and I had unwisely filled up my whole staff and had to go the mat for him.
On: 3/26/2012 9:32:00 AM
Its also true that you have to gamble to win & your pitching choices are all gambles that could pay off. Matt Harrison was a prospect & for a Lefty throws hard. He's could easily pay off for you. Matusz has looked great this Spring, but its still a big gamble for him to be consistent over a full season; I'm surprised it cost $7 to roster him, given his 2011 performance.
Humber is a nice get for $4 & Tyson Ross is a great $1 buy. So given how little you invested in pitching, at least there's some serious upside there--but also considerable risk. Since you're punting SVs, you have to hit a trifecta with your starters to finish in the 1st division in pitching.
Since you, in effect paid for 3 $30 players, its a shame one of them isn't Miggy, Fielder, A-Gone or Bautista. IF you can meaningfully upgrade your OF as the year unfolds, your offense could compete, but your roster, as it is, looks pretty short on offense.
It'll be interesting to check in on this on July 1. Sorry for the out-of-the-blue critique from some random guy (me). ;-)
On: 3/26/2012 10:26:00 AM
I would rather discuss Liss's grand entrance wearing a $1000 Kashmir scarf and prancing into the draft with this tune playing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO43p2Wqc08
On: 3/26/2012 10:58:00 AM
On: 3/26/2012 8:55:00 PM
I dunno, Liss, I look at this team and I say, "Where'd the money go?" I don't like Wieters being your fourth-most-expensive player, and you ended up blowing a lot of cash on guys who should come cheap, like Smoak and De Aza. I know you can't feel good about $9 Figgins. There's serious bust potential with a lot of your offense, and while your pitching has a high floor, the ceiling is quite low. But you know, like all fantasy teams, there are things that could break your way. Dozier was a nice upside pick. There's a chance Pineda will take off in New York, and Matusz seems to be coming around, and Morneau seems healthy. But I feel like you could have had some better upside if you spent more economically.
On: 3/27/2012 8:40:00 AM
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