I'm going to take Matt Kemp. Reports are he's lost a bunch of weight and is feeling refocused, which is exciting considering the year he had last year. Not counting on a 35/190 repeat necessarily, but he did half of that in the worst possible park, he's out of there and he's batting cleanup.
Tempting to take a closer here, but figure I'll probably get in on the end of the run with my next pick. I don't see much difference between the next bunch of guys, so happy to take the dregs at the end of the tier.
1B: Freddie Freeman
2B: Roughned Odor
3B: Molan Arenado
SS: Francisco Lindor
OF: Gregory Polanco
OF: Matt Kemp
I wanted Kemp or Tanaka. I got neither so here we are. I need an SS but none of the remaining options work here, and I don't like any of the SP options right now. Same with OF, I can wait and get one of the next tier. So my best option is to grab the best remaining closer, and I believe that's Diaz. Projections love him. Pundits love him. I love him. So he's mine.
C Gary Sanchez
1B Edwin Encarnacion
2B Jose Altuve
3B Kyle Seager
OF Starling Marte
UTIL Chris Davis
the best hitters and pitchers i have in mind aren't worth taking here and i don't want to be stuck holding the bag during the closer run so i'll take the best one on the board
not going to lie, his walk rate is concerning, but whatever. i have kershaw, my whip and era can take the slight bump
1.2 Clayton Kershaw (SP)
2.11 Jonathan Villar (SS)
3.2 Robinson Cano (2B)
4.11 Wil Myers (1B)
5.2 Andrew McCutchen (OF)
6.11 Alex Bregman (3B)
7.2 Anthony Rendon (UTIL)
8.11 Craig Kimbrel (RP)
Not super happy about Kipnis as my starting 2B but he is a threat to go 20/20 and I'm hoping to at least get 15/15 out of him, which is alright I guess. It looks like a pretty big drop in quality down from Kipnis to the next 2B. His batted ball profile in 2016 was closer to his 2013 batted ball profile, where he hit 17 HR, so hopefully that version of Kipnis comes back this year. He is pretty tough to gauge performance wise though because his numbers all over the place from season to season.
9.1 Carlos Santana (1B)
Projections don't buy Santana's burst in power last year, but I think he has the right ingredient to hit 35 HR again this year. FB% up in 2016, HR/FB % up in 2016, Hard hit % way up in 2016 - all the ingredients are there to repeat his performance. I don't think it was a fluke at all. he is a steal this late in a draft (even if it isn't an OBP league)
Team
C - Kyle Schwarber (5.1)
1B - Carlos Santana (9.1)
2B - Jason Kipnis (8.12)
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3B - Todd Frazier (7.1)
OF - Mike Trout (1.1)
OF - Mark Trumbo (6.12)
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SP - Corey Kluber (3.1)
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Last edited by beansroast01; 03-09-2017 at 10:47 PM.
those who follow the fbb thread know how well documented my mancrush on hill is. putting that aside for a second, his k/9 and his ratios will be among the best in baseball (holy ****ing **** at the numbers he put up with the dodgers last year). in a h2h this is probably a reach considering the likelihood he actually plays a full season without getting hurt isn't exactly high. in a roto with an innings cap his value jumps significantly and he's a perfect pairing for kershaw
1.2 Clayton Kershaw (SP)
2.11 Jonathan Villar (2B, 3B, SS)
3.2 Robinson Cano (2B)
4.11 Wil Myers (1B)
5.2 Andrew McCutchen (OF)
6.11 Alex Bregman (3B)
7.2 Anthony Rendon (3B)
8.11 Craig Kimbrel (RP)
9.2 Rich Hill (SP)
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1B - Wil Myers
2B - Robinson Cano
SS - Jonathan Villar
3B - Alex Bregman
OF - Andrew McCutchen
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SP - Clayton Kershaw
SP - Rich Hill
RP - Craig Kimbrel
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