ChopNation Keeper IV (Year 5)

[Hobbes]

Since the other two leagues have put up the rosters, I'll do the same. Here are the team rosters. Please claim your team if you intend on returning, or please let me know if you will not return. We already need two new managers, one for Bravos' team (Rubber Chickens) and also for Wolfsschanze's team.

For prospective new managers, this is a keeper league where 6 players are kept.

Final Standings from 2009 (Draft order will be inverse of these standings)
1. HobbesCats - Confirmed
2. Andy G. - Confirmed
3. OF&S - Confirmed
4. BraveFanHawaii - Confirmed
5. Dreamscape - Confirmed
6. HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN - Confirmed
7. New Manager (Lunch Ladies)
8. Bravescat - Confirmed
9. New Manager (Switch-Hitters)
10. New Manager (Flo's Joes)
11. bmitm76 - Confirmed
12. Middle Man - Confirmed

Hobbes
Andre Ethier (LAD - OF)
Corey Hart (Mil - OF)
Aaron Hill (Tor - 2B)
James Loney (LAD - 1B)
Evan Longoria (TB - 3B)
Ryan Ludwick (StL - OF)
Felipe López (Mil - 2B,3B,SS,OF)
Alexei Ramírez (CWS - 2B,SS,OF)
Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
Pablo Sandoval (SF - C,1B,3B)
Joey Votto (Cin - 1B)
Andrew Bailey (Oak - RP)
Homer Bailey (Cin - SP)
John Danks (CWS - SP)
Jorge De La Rosa (Col - SP,RP)
Zack Greinke (KC - SP)
John Lackey (Bos - SP)
Ted Lilly (ChC - SP)
Chad Qualls (Ari - RP)
José Valverde (Det - RP)
Jered Weaver (LAA - SP)
Kerry Wood (Cle - RP)


BraveFanHawaii
Tim Lincecum (SF - SP)
Derek Jeter (NYY - SS)
Bobby Abreu (LAA - OF)
Julio Borbón (Tex - OF)
Miguel Cabrera (Det - 1B,3B)
Carl Crawford (TB - OF)
Rafael Furcal (LAD - SS)
Adam Jones (Bal - OF)
Miguel Montero (Ari - C)
Nolan Reimold (Bal - OF)
Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B)
Clay Buchholz (Bos - SP)
Madison Bumgarner (SF - SP)
Chris Carpenter (StL - SP)
Wade Davis (TB - SP)
Trevor Hoffman (Mil - RP)
Tim Hudson (Atl - SP)
Phil Hughes (NYY - SP,RP)
Ubaldo Jiménez (Col - SP)
Pedro Martínez (Phi - SP)
Carlos Mármol (ChC - RP)
Jake Peavy (CWS - SP)


OF&S
Elvis Andrus (Tex - SS)
Chris Coghlan (Fla - 2B,OF)
Nelson Cruz (Tex - OF)
Ryan Howard (Phi - 1B)
Garrett Jones (Pit - 1B,OF)
Nick Markakis (Bal - OF)
Brandon Phillips (Cin - 2B)
Albert Pujols (StL - 1B)
Mark Reynolds (Ari - 1B,3B)
Carlos Ruiz (Phi - C)
Troy Tulowitzki (Col - SS)
Brett Anderson (Oak - SP)
Chad Billingsley (LAD - SP)
Joe Blanton (Phi - SP)
Johnny Cueto (Cin - SP)
Scott Feldman (Tex - SP)
Ryan Franklin (StL - RP)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (Bos - SP)
Ricky Nolasco (Fla - SP)
Joakim Soria (KC - RP)
Edinson Vólquez (Cin - SP)
Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)
Randy Wolf (Mil - SP)


Middle Man
Matt Kemp (LAD - OF)
Cliff Lee (Sea - SP)
Lance Berkman (Hou - 1B)
Michael Bourn (Hou - OF)
Michael Cuddyer (Min - 1B,OF)
Johnny Damon (NYY - OF)
Chris Davis (Tex - 1B,3B)
Chone Figgins (Sea - 2B,3B)
Aubrey Huff (SF - 1B,3B)
Alfonso Soriano (ChC - OF)
Geovany Soto (ChC - C)
Denard Span (Min - OF)
Miguel Tejada (Hou - SS)
Matt Cain (SF - SP)
Matt Capps (Was - RP)
Neftali Feliz (Tex - SP,RP)
Kevin Gregg (ChC - RP)
Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)
Matt Lindstrom (Hou - RP)
Francisco Liriano (Min - SP,RP)
Derek Lowe (Atl - SP)
Francisco Rodríguez (NYM - RP)
Wandy Rodríguez (Hou - SP)


Andy G.
Tommy Hanson (Atl - SP)
José Reyes (NYM - SS)
Hank Blalock (Tex - 1B,3B)
Rajai Davis (Oak - OF)
Yunel Escobar (Atl - SS)
Josh Hamilton (Tex - OF)
Jason Kubel (Min - OF)
Adam LaRoche (Ari - 1B)
Joe Mauer (Min - C)
Plácido Polanco (Phi - 2B)
Justin Upton (Ari - OF)
Jayson Werth (Phi - OF)
Edwin Jackson (Ari - SP)
Jair Jurrjens (Atl - SP)
Joe Nathan (Min - RP)
Joel Piñeiro (StL - SP)
Ervin Santana (LAA - SP)
Rafael Soriano (TB - RP)
Huston Street (Col - RP)
Robinson Tejeda (KC - SP,RP)
Justin Verlander (Det - SP)


Bravescat - CBF
Jason Bartlett (TB - SS)
Carlos Beltrán (NYM - OF)
Mark DeRosa (SF - 1B,2B,3B,OF)
Stephen Drew (Ari - SS)
Adrián González (SD - 1B)
Carlos González (Col - OF)
Raúl Ibañez (Phi - OF)
Brandon Inge (Det - C,3B,OF)
Russell Martin (LAD - C,3B)
Nate McLouth (Atl - OF)
Carlos Peña (TB - 1B)
Brian Roberts (Bal - 2B)
Jonathan Broxton (LAD - RP)
J.A. Happ (Phi - SP,RP)
Rich Harden (Tex - SP)
Tommy Hunter (Tex - SP)
Jonathan Papelbon (Bos - RP)
David Price (TB - SP)
Ricky Romero (Tor - SP)
Chris Volstad (Fla - SP)
Adam Wainwright (StL - SP)
Randy Wells (ChC - SP,RP)


HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN
Jason Bay (NYM - OF)
Billy Butler (KC - 1B)
Adam Dunn (Was - 1B,OF)
Orlando Hudson (LAD - 2B)
Derrek Lee (ChC - 1B)
Víctor Martínez (Bos - C,1B)
Hideki Matsui (LAA - OF)
Kendry Morales (LAA - 1B,OF)
David Ortiz (Bos - 1B)
Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
Scott Rolen (Cin - 3B)
Luke Scott (Bal - 1B,OF)
Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)
Vernon Wells (Tor - OF)
Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
Joba Chamberlain (NYY - SP,RP)
Doug Davis (Ari - SP)
Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)
Jon Lester (Bos - SP)
Brandon Lyon (Hou - RP)
John Maine (NYM - SP)
Fernando Rodney (LAA - RP)


Dreamscape
Ian Kinsler (Tex - 2B)
David Wright (NYM - 3B)
Dan Haren (Ari - SP)
Casey Blake (LAD - 1B,3B)
Jacoby Ellsbury (Bos - OF)
Franklin Gutiérrez (Sea - OF)
Todd Helton (Col - 1B)
Jason Kendall (KC - C)
Andrew McCutchen (Pit - OF)
Aramis Ramírez (ChC - 3B)
Manny Ramírez (LAD - OF)
Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
Shane Victorino (Phi - OF)
David Aardsma (Sea - RP)
Scott Baker (Min - SP)
Zach Duke (Pit - SP)
Jason Frasor (Tor - RP)
Matt Garza (TB - SP)
J.P. Howell (TB - RP)
Bobby Jenks (CWS - RP)
Scott Kazmir (LAA - SP)
Clayton Kershaw (LAD - SP)


bmitm76
Jorge Cantú (Fla - 1B,3B)
Jermaine Dye (CWS - OF)
J.J. Hardy (Min - SS)
Chipper Jones (Atl - 3B)
Mike Lowell (Bos - 3B)
Brian McCann (Atl - C)
Dustin Pedroia (Bos - 2B)
Hunter Pence (Hou - OF)
A.J. Pierzynski (CWS - C)
Carlos Quentin (CWS - OF)
David Ross (Atl - C)
Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - OF)
Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B,3B)
Ryan Dempster (ChC - SP)
Gavin Floyd (CWS - SP)
Brandon Morrow (Tor - SP,RP)
Jo-Jo Reyes (Atl - SP)
Mariano Rivera (NYY - RP)
Joe Saunders (LAA - SP)
Brian Wilson (SF - RP)
Chris Young (SD - SP)
Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP)


Lunch Ladies
Ryan Braun
CC Sabathia
Robinson Cano
BJ Upton
Justin Morneau
Michael Young
Cole Hamels
Carlos Lee
Javier Vazquez
Torii Hunter


Switch-Hitters
Mark Teixeira
Roy Halladay
Matt Holliday
Ben Zobrist
Johan Santana
Curtis Granderson
Shin-soo Choo
Ian Stewart
James Shields
Francisco Cordero


Flo's Joes
Prince Fielder
Ryan Zimmerman
Matt Wieters
Adam Lind
Gordon Beckham
Yovani Gallardo
Jay Bruce
Dan Uggla
Cameron Maybin
Heath Bell

[Middle Man]

I'm interested in trading

Tommy Hanson (Atl - SP) or
Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)

for top-notch (and kind of young) offensive talent. If interested, let me know.

[Dreamscape]

I'll be back. I'd like to package Casey Blake and Scott Baker for Albert Pujols. Let me know.

[Middle Man]

I'm predicting a worst to first season for the Middle Men. If you've got some extra money under your mattress, bet it now, before the Vegas guys figure it out. Worst to first.

[Chris_Moderato]

I'm retiring from the Gender Benders (or whatever I called them).

[Middle Man]

I'm retiring from the Gender Benders (or whatever I called them).

I was only kidding. I'll let you win.

[Andy G.]

I'll be back. I was proud of my second place finish, but I wanna win it all. Congrats Hobbes. I think you deserve that party smiley that I've seen you use but have no idea how you do it.

[Hobbes]

I'm retiring from the Gender Benders (or whatever I called them).
Just to clarify, you will not be participating this year?

That makes three slots to fill.

[warefreak]

Just to clarify this is not a head to head league, right? Or is it?

[Dreamscape]

It is.

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

u know i'm back for revenge...

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN

These 4 should be pretty obvious
Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
Víctor Martínez (Bos - C,1B)
Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)
Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)

Tough Call for Final 2:

Jason Bay (NYM - OF)
Adam Dunn (Was - 1B,OF)
Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
Jon Lester (Bos - SP)


Feel free to talk trades for pretty much anyone though I doubt I trade Hanley or VMArt...

[Chris_Moderato]

Just to clarify, you will not be participating this year?

That makes three slots to fill.

Yeah, I'm out for this season.

[Middle Man]

I'm interested in trading

Tommy Hanson (Atl - SP) or
Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)

for top-notch (and kind of young) offensive talent. If interested, let me know.

I've had several managers respond to this through PM, and I appreciate that. What I'm telling folks at this point is that I probably jumped the gun a little bit. I think we need to wait until the vacant manager positions are filled before trying to finalize a trade. I'm serious about working out a trade though.

[Hobbes]

Still awaiting confirmation from a few managers. I imagine OF&S and Bravecat will both be back. I'm awaiting response from Bmitm76 as well. I think Bravos4evr said he will be unavailable this year.

That's three new managers so far that are needed. If you know of any folks interested in taking over a team let me know. I'm hoping traffic will pick up as we get closer to Spring Training and some interested parties will emerge.

[CanadaBravesFan]

Im in, sorry for the delay.

[bmitm76]

I'm in.

[OF&S]

Sorry everyone. I thought I'd replied already. I'll be back.

[Hobbes]

We can certainly change the date if folks want. I just picked that day as a placeholder, but avoided Friday and Saturday nights as draft turnout usually suffers somewhat on those nights. I was not available monday-thursday the week before.

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

noticed BH said he registered...I've yet to receive anything to sign up...

[Hobbes]

Messages should have went to all past managers (excepting the 3 not returning). They would have went to the email address on file with Yahoo.

I'll send a pm to those who haven't registered with the needed details.

[Hobbes]

Here are the rosters of the vacant teams to be divided up by the three new managers and provide rosters from which to pick their 6 keepers.. This is the list of players that are available for their offline draft.


Team 1
Gordon Beckham (CWS - 3B,SS)
Jay Bruce (Cin - OF)
Brad Hawpe (Col - OF)
Torii Hunter (LAA - OF)
Nyjer Morgan (Was - OF)
Cody Ross (Fla - OF)
Ian Stewart (Col - 2B,3B)
Mark Teixeira (NYY - 1B)
Jim Thome (LAD - Util)
Matt Wieters (Bal - C)
Ben Zobrist (TB - 2B,SS,OF)
Yovani Gallardo (Mil - SP)
Roy Halladay (Phi - SP)
John Lannan (Was - SP)
CC Sabathia (NYY - SP)
Max Scherzer (Det - SP,RP)
James Shields (TB - SP)
Jarrod Washburn (Det - SP)

Team 2
Russell Branyan (Sea - 1B,3B)
Edwin Encarnación (Tor - 3B)
Prince Fielder (Mil - 1B)
Vladimir Guerrero (Tex - OF)
Carlos Guillén (Det - 1B,3B,OF)
Adam Lind (Tor - OF)
Kazuo Matsui (Hou - 2B)
Cameron Maybin (Fla - OF)
Bengie Molina (SF - C)
Magglio Ordóñez (Det - OF)
Álex Ríos (CWS - OF)
Dan Uggla (Fla - 2B)
B.J. Upton (TB - OF)
Michael Young (Tex - 3B,SS)
A.J. Burnett (NYY - SP)
Francisco Cordero (Cin - RP)
Frank Francisco (Tex - RP)
Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)
Randy Johnson (SF - SP,RP)
Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP)
Johan Santana (NYM - SP)
Jonathan Sánchez (SF - SP)


Team 3
John Baker (Fla - C)
Ryan Braun (Mil - OF)
Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - OF)
Curtis Granderson (NYY - OF)
Cristian Guzmán (Was - SS)
Matt Holliday (StL - OF)
Paul Konerko (CWS - 1B)
Carlos Lee (Hou - OF)
Justin Morneau (Min - 1B)
Jorge Posada (NYY - C)
Freddy Sánchez (SF - 2B)
Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)
Heath Bell (SD - RP)
Joey Devine (Oak - RP)
Brian Fuentes (LAA - RP)
Cole Hamels (Phi - SP)
Brad Lidge (Phi - RP)
Kevin Millwood (Bal - SP)
Andy Pettitte (NYY - SP)
Anibal Sánchez (Fla - SP)
Javier Vázquez (NYY - SP)

[Hobbes]

Yes, it appears that we have a full league. Flo joined up and OF&S found a couple of guys who came on board as well.

[Hobbes]

Okay, so we have three new managers, and need to have an offline draft to divide up the vacant teams. It seems like the easiest way to conduct this will be to have you three set up a mutually agreeable time and conduct your draft in this thread.

The draft order was determined via a random drawing and will be as follows:

1. Lunch Ladies
2. Switch Hitters
3. Flo's Joes

Available players are listed in my post above.

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

[QUOTE=HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN;14856]HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN

These 4 should be pretty obvious
Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
Víctor Martínez (Bos - C,1B)
Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)
Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)
Adam Dunn(Was-1B,OF)

Tough Call for Final Spot:

Jason Bay (NYM - OF)
Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
Jon Lester (Bos - SP)

Leaning on 1 of the Pitchers...Still open to a trade possibly...

[Hobbes]

The draft for the new managers has been completed. The rosters have been divided up as follows

Lunch Ladies
1. R. Braun
2. CC Sabathia
3. R. Cano
4. BJ Upton
5. J. Morneau
6. M. Young
7. C. Hamels
8. C. Lee
9. J. Vazquez
10. T. Hunter

Switch-Hitters
1. M. Teixeira
2. R. Halladay
3. M. Holliday
4. B. Zobrist
5. J. Santana
6. C. Granderson
7. S. Choo
8. I. Stewart
9. J. Shields
10. F. Cordero

Flo's Joes
1. P. Fielder
2. R. Zimmerman
3. M. Wieters
4. A. Lind
5. G. Beckham
6. Y. Gallardo
7. J. Bruce
8. D. Uggla
9. C. Maybin
10. H. Bell


Edit: Please note that I have also assigned the three new managers to their draft slots (see the first post of this thread). Those slots were assigned in the reverse order of that of the supplemental draft held last night to divide up the rosters.

[Hobbes]

** NOTE: Keeper selections due 3/15/10 **

Now that the new managers have conducted their draft I can assign the due date for keeper selections.

I need everybody's list of keepers by Monday, March 15th. This is one week before the draft and gives folks time to know which players are available as they prepare for the draft. All teams keep 6 players of any combination.

Please get your keepers in by the deadline. Any team that doesn't get them in on time is subject to having them selected by me.

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

I'll post these 6 as my current keepers, with potentiel to change...

Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
Víctor Martínez (Bos - C,1B)
Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)
Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)
Adam Dunn(Was-1B,OF)
Josh Becket(BOS-SP)

[CanadaBravesFan]

My 6 right now are:

Broxton
Wainwright
Papelbon
Roberts
A. Gonzalez
Bartlett

Looking to trade if anyone is interested!

[Middle Man]

I'm interested in trading

Tommy Hanson (Atl - SP) or
Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)

for top-notch (and kind of young) offensive talent. If interested, let me know.

I've had several managers respond to this through PM, and I appreciate that. What I'm telling folks at this point is that I probably jumped the gun a little bit. I think we need to wait until the vacant manager positions are filled before trying to finalize a trade. I'm serious about working out a trade though.

Ok, I guess it's now or never. We have all our managers and the keeper deadline is coming up fast.

Ideally, I'll like to pair up Felix or Tommy with a second player and get a top of the line type of guy in return.

Other guys I have who you may find keeper-worthy include Berkman, Figgins, G. Soto, Matt Cain, Neftali Feliz and K-Rod.

[FloBrave01]

Unless something changes before the buzzer, here are my six.

1. P. Fielder (1B)
2. R. Zimmerman (3B)
3. M. Wieters (C)
4. A. Lind (OF)
5. G. Beckham (2B/3B)
6. Y. Gallardo (SP)

[Andy G.]

Middle Man and I have agreed on a trade which we would like to submit for league approval.

Middle Man gets:
Matt Kemp (OF)
Cliff Lee (SP)

Andy G. gets:
Jose Reyes (SS)
Tommy Hanson (SP)

I will give you my keepers in the next couple of days.

[Middle Man]

Middle Man and I have agreed on a trade which we would like to submit for league approval.

Middle Man gets:
Matt Kemp (OF)
Cliff Lee (SP)

Andy G. gets:
Jose Reyes (SS)
Tommy Hanson (SP)

I will give you my keepers in the next couple of days.

Andy, as I'm sure you were already aware, Reyes has been undergoing treatment for overactive thyroid this spring. I just saw a blurb minutes ago that says he's been asked to rest for 2 to 8 weeks as treatment. I think this is new info. It sounds like a temporary situation, but if you would like to cancel this trade, I'm OK with that. Just let me know.

[Andy G.]

Yeah there is some new info. I didn't know about the 2-8 weeks stuff. In the interest of fairness, and because I'm honestly not that worried about it, I'm going to go ahead with the trade. Thanks for the heads up MM.

[Middle Man]

Cool. Then I vote yes. :)

[Hobbes]

I'm inclined to approve this trade. Any managers who oppose this trade should respond either here or to me via PM.

[OF&S]

I vote yes, as long as M&M & Andy don't start hugging.:D

[FloBrave01]

No worries here on any account.

[Dreamscape]

I don't have a set keeper list just yet...but, here is a ranking of my potential keeprs...if I don't update or have a trade, the top six would be my keepers. I'm very interested in making moves to maybe sacrifice star power for better keepers.
Certains
Tim Lincecum (SF - SP)
Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
Clayton Kershaw (LAD - SP)
Manny Ramírez (LAD - OF)
Uncertain
Shane Victorino (Phi - OF)
Matt Garza (TB - SP)
Aramis Ramírez (ChC - 3B)
Scott Baker (Min - SP)

[Middle Man]

I vote yes, as long as M&M & Andy don't start hugging.:D

Brian McCann says there's nothing wrong with a good, manly hug.

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

I see nothing wrong with the trade....

[Dreamscape]

Bryce and I have come to agreement on this trade.

MenWithoutBats get:
3B David Wright
2B Ian Kinsler
SP Dan Haren

KingOfDGenerateKings get:
SP Tim Lincecum
SS Derek Jeter

Tough to deal Lincecum, but I am rolling the dice that improving my keepers will help me contend. Provided the deal goes through, my keepers will be set at
Dan Haren (Ari - SP)
Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
David Wright (NYM - 3B)
Clayton Kershaw (LAD - SP)
Manny Ramírez (LAD - OF)
Ian Kinsler (Tex - 2B)

Not to say I now wouldn't be interested in trading a second baseman if the offer is out there before the deadline. You could even add Aramis/Victorino to the deal if it meant I would get a big return.

[Hobbes]

I'm inclined to approve this trade (although it seems lopsided to me). Any managers who oppose this trade should respond either here or to me via PM.

[OF&S]

I'm inclined to approve this trade (although it seems lopsided to me).

I agree, but they're big girls. Approve.

[OF&S]

Unless otherwise noted before the deadline, here are my 6 keepers.


Albert Pujols
Ryan Howard
Troy Tulowitzki
Brandon Phillips
Mark Reynolds
Nick Markakis

[Andy G.]

Here are my keepers, unless something happens to make me want to change them.

Joe Mauer (Min - C)
Justin Upton (Ari - OF)
Jayson Werth (Phi - OF)
José Reyes (NYM - SS)
Justin Verlander (Det - SP)
Tommy Hanson (Atl - SP)

[Middle Man]

Matt Kemp (LAD - OF)
Cliff Lee (Sea - SP)
Matt Cain (SF - SP)
Neftali Feliz (Tex - SP,RP)
Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)
Wandy Rodríguez (Hou - SP)

[Middle Man]

Boy, MM...you should've just kept Tommy Hanson and gone with an entire keeper staff of pitchers. :D

I'm trying out a new strategy this year. I'll let you know how it goes. :D

[Hobbes]

Middle Man and I have agreed on a trade which we would like to submit for league approval.

Middle Man gets:
Matt Kemp (OF)
Cliff Lee (SP)

Andy G. gets:
Jose Reyes (SS)
Tommy Hanson (SP)
Trade is formally approved.

[Hobbes]

Bryce and I have come to agreement on this trade.

MenWithoutBats get:
3B David Wright
2B Ian Kinsler
SP Dan Haren

KingOfDGenerateKings get:
SP Tim Lincecum
SS Derek Jeter
Trade is formally approved.

[Hobbes]

My Keepers:

Evan Longoria (TB - 3B)
Joey Votto (Cin - 1B)
Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
Pablo Sandoval (SF - 1B,3B)
Andre Ethier (LAD - OF)
Zack Greinke (KC - SP)

[Hobbes]

Just awaiting one more manager's keepers (bmitm76).

[Hobbes]

I assume Mark will be doing the first 6 keeper rounds automatically, so there will be no big deal if I am absent.
Actually, I'll be pre-loading everybody's roster with their keepers in the next day or so, so folks can then adjust their pre-draft rankings without having to account for all of the keepers.

[Dreamscape]

Still waiting on last keepers or should we just take the six highest Yahoo ranked keepers?

Would help with the prerank.

*Nevermind, see the keepers in the player page.

[Andy G.]

Am I wrong or does bmitm only have four keepers right now? Brian McCann is not listed as one of his keepers on the players page.

[Hobbes]

I originally picked bmitm76's keepers for him a bit early as placeholders just so I could enter everybody's keepers. He wound up getting me his actual keepers a short time later so I changed them in the draft results.

For some unknown reason, he didn't pick McCann as a keeper. I imagine it was an oversight, but he's stuck with it now.

[Andy G.]

I have to work tomorrow night. I won't be able to make at least the first part of the draft, but I'm going to have my brother making my picks for me so it'll be like I'm there.

[Dreamscape]

I also may not be here for the draft, at least to start things off. I have a family dinner tonight, but hoping to be home before the draft begins. We will see. Everything is preranked so hopefully I turn out okay.

[Middle Man]

Ha, very interesting. You'll notice that bmitm has the second pick. I'm thinking he is trying to entice me to pick McCann so that he can take youknowwho. If I take youknowwho, he can still take McCann since he has the second pick.

[Middle Man]

What a conundrum, MM.

On one hand, you could pick McCann...but on the other, you still have to debate over Mike Hampton and Garret Anderson. Tough Choice. I don't envy you. :rolleyes: :p :D

Stop giving away my final round sleeper picks! :D

It's pretty hard to pass up McCann - a proven top-notch hitter at a position of scarcity, and yet...

[Middle Man]

Hobbes, the waiver order appears to be discombobulated.

[Hobbes]

Hobbes, the waiver order appears to be discombobulated.
Hmm...that's odd. I wonder why it didn't just assign waiver priority as the reverse of the draft order.

I'll fix it, especially since I'm supposed to have the #1 waiver priority. :D

[Middle Man]

Let the record show that I pointed out a discombobulation that when corrected will actually move me down in waiver priority.

I'm thinking about selling my Honda next month if anyone is interested. It's never been in an accident - honest.

[Hobbes]

MiddleMan and I have agreed upon the following trade:


KingOfDGenerateKings get: Brian Wilson (SF - RP)

Middle Atlantic get: Austin Jackson (Det - OF)
I'm inclined to approve this blockbuster trade. If anybody has any concerns about it please post here or contact me via PM.

[Dreamscape]

Clearly, Middle Atlantic is randy for Austin.