I'm curious if anyone can recommend a fantasy baseball software that makes daily roster and lineup suggestions. I used one a couple of years ago that I really liked, but forgot the name. I'm looking for something more than just drafting software.

Also, is using this type of software considered cheating? I just don't always have the time every day to to research who's pitching, playing, injured, etc., but don't want to do anything unethical.

Thanks,

I'm at war with the top brass at Baseball America. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't highly amusing but I'm pretty disappointed with their inability to even try to defend anything I'm talking about. For guys that are supposed to be at the top of their field, they are extremely inept at supporting their work.

I feel like I just played at a table with the alleged top pros in poker and realized they are worse at poker than most recreational players I know.

Pence is still being slept on, for the 3rd year in a row, which makes no sense to me whatsoever. A healthy Giants lineup goes:

1. Pagan: decent obp, limited power
2. Panik: decent obp, no power
3. Posey: elite obp, average power
4. Pence
5. Belt: Wild card
6. McGehee: solid average
7. Aoki? Solid average

Pence is in a great position this year to be a roto juggernaut, and unless he suddenly forgets how to hit is easily a top 10 OF with upside to be better than that

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SF has the worst 5 yr avg basic (runs) and HR park factors for hitters according to FG (93/87, and these are halved ffs) and ESPN (.84/.69). Then he gets to go play 8 or 9 in SD, the second worst hitters park. Granted this makes his last 2 seasons all the more impressive, but I wont target a guy that needs to wRC+ 123 just to produce .277/20/74. I wouldn't count on 106 runs again either as he scored 91 in 2013 with better numbers.

Likewise. Any interest in a thread mock draft with discussion?

Ya I think that would be useful.

I'd be interested in this

I like Pederson, but he has a much lower floor than most all of the guys you list. He is capable of having a rough start, hitting .210 over a 40 game stretch, and then losing massive numbers of ABs.

The list of players who figured it out for the first time at Pearce's age is tiny. He is probably the single biggest regression candidate in all of major league baseball.

I'd be in for a mock. Could use couchmanagers.com too since we could password protect it

1. Gary Wise
2. NDFan
3. JimHalpert
4. alekhine8

6 or 8 more. Takers?

I'd be in!

In

Maybe. And if both are available when Pearce should be drafted I'm likely taking pujols and not Pearce because im a coward. But Pearce where his ADP should be vs pujols where his ADP likely will be is a no brainer

It's hard to overstate how bad pujols has been if you remove the first 70 or so games from last year over the last 2 years. Assuming he's going to now turn it around at 35 despite the lineup around him getting worse is a much tougher sell than thinkng Pearce can maintain what he did for the last 1.25 seasons since coming to baltimore

Your point is well taken but I do think you're iverthinking it. For instance, the only time pence ever drove in 100 runs was with a 103 wRC.

He's not scoring 106 runs from the cleanup spot, that I agree completely with, and he's not going to suddenly bomb 30. I guess the question is if you assume he hits say, 22 homers and steals 15 while batting .270, how many combined runs and rbi is he going to need to to fulfill my top 10 OF assumption. I believe that assuming health he can get to 180 and I make that statement observing the lineup around him. Last year the Giants obp was league average despite losing pagan, playing a majority of the year without belt, getting literally nothing out of their 2b until the last 60ish games of the season

Barring injury they've improved their OBP from last year at 3b, 1b, CF and LF. Being as how there's no real power in front of him there (should be) no shortage of opportunities to drive in runs and with his speed and relatively decent hitters behind him there (should be) no shortage of opportunities for him to be driven in.

Granted, I'm making a number of assumptions here that could backfire on me
1. Pagan staying healthy
2. McGeehee remaining a solid contact hitter despite being out of the majors for what, 3 years before last season?
3. Panik being legit and if he isn't Aoki being hit 2nd before Pence is
4. Belt

But otherwise I'm sticking to my guns here

I think you are being biased. The giants could be really god awful on offense if certain thing happen and have almost no shot at being a top 5 offensive team.

Pence will still be a very good outfielder. He's probably the safest pick in all of baseball and someone I'm targeting in every draft. Having one guy that has very little risk is a huge asset.

You make a strong case and I don't really disagree with any of it (except 15 SB's, I think that's very optimistic. 22 in 13' was fluky as hell after 13 combined the previous 2 seasons, and he turns 32 in April. I'd take the under on a 12.5 o/u)

Pence is currently the 20th OF off the boards according to NFBC ADP:

Trout
Stanton
Cutch
Gomez
Batts
A Jones
Brantley
Ells
Braun
Upton
Puig (this guy isn't even top 10)
Harper
Marte
Kemp (mehhh, no thanks)
Springer (what's the ceiling here? 2x pence in HR&SB?)
Hamiliton (meh, hit like a pitcher in the 2nd half)
Cargo
Dickerson
Cruz (meh, same park problem as Pence, 40 was fluke anyways)
Pence
Cespedes
Blackmon
Yelich
Heyward


You can make a case for Pence over a few of these guys, I'd rather have him than Cruz, Hamiliton, maybe Kemp, Cargo if you're scared. You can also make a case for guys behind him, I'd move Yelich way up this list, and past Pence. maybe Heyward too.

RE: Pence.
He had 500+ PAs at leadoff and 2-hole last year which is the only reason his RBI tanked.
Leading off in the NL means hitting right after the pitcher, so there arent RBI opps there.
He will bat 4th/5th this season, so while his runs will assuredly dip, his RBIs should jump pretty substanstially.

I think he is easily in the 8-12 OF range this year.
In redrafts Id be happy to take Pence ahead of guys like Kemp, Harper, Marte, Braun, BHamilton... He should be valued pretty closely to Brantley imo.

fwiw I think Dickerson is being underdrafted in NFBC as well. I know I might like him more than anyone on this forum, but he should be a top 10 OF no problem.
I dont understand how anyone can draft Cargo ahead of him this year.

Don't sleep on Marte bro

Marte's counting stats could be decent if he stays near the top the order, but Im not a big fan of his.
He strikes out way too much for a guy with only average power. And that BB rate is alarmingly low. If he doesnt improve his approach then I dont see how he can maintain top 12 OF fantasy value sporting a K:BB ratio in the 4:1 or 5:1 range.

Fortunately his defense will keep him in the lineup, but not necessarily at the top.

i would say the top 10 OF right now (based on yahoo eligibility):

1. trout

2. stanton
3. cutch
4. gomez

5. bats
6. brantley
7. jones

8. cespedes (however down on miggy i am, cespedes is in a contract year and is now hitting in the middle of the best lineup he's ever played in in a division with MUCH softer pitching than the west)
9. pence

10. bro. as much as this guy has burned me and as much as i wanna put dickerson or ellsbury here instead you have to keep reminding yourself that bro's only 22. i mean this is gonna be this ****ing guy's 4th season in the majors and he's 3 years younger than springer

I typically hate hype articles, but the recent FG piece on Marte opened my eyes a bit. Pretty sick Aug/Sep after making a big adjustment to his swing. Maybe small sample size and noise. His last 2 seasons provide a pretty nice baseline (.280 12/41 .291 13/30 with time missed to injury both seasons) even if he isn't ready to contend for the MVP.

I missed that one... if he did indeed make change to his swing then he could make be much better than I expect. Ill have to look it up and have a read.