I'm in a 12-player semi- (non-?) serious yahoo league. I would have been pretty mental about this in my younger days, but, like poker, I'm trying not to sweat this stuff too much now.

We did auto-draft, so the only real changes I made were to shove the highly rated closers and starting pitchers way down, like 8th round and lower. I've also only had 1 transaction since the draft (LOL SALTALAMACCHIAMENTS).

It won't last, but 4 HR in 16 AB so far today. muahahahaha.

Kotchman, Yunel Escobar, Frank Thomas or Evan Longoria for bench?

Position preference is negligble. I have everything covered well.

Presumably you mean which player to pick up? Is it a keeper league? If so, Longoria for sure. Otherwise, I say Escobar for positional depth.

I need to grab a SP for my bench due to injuries. 13-team non-keeper mixed league. The pickings are slim:

Washburn
Looper
Millwood
Sonnanstine
Lohse
E. Santana
Owings

I am leaning towards Sonnanstine (because he has some semblance of upside) or E. Santana (assuming his home/road splits are real), but frankly no one from the list is particuarly inspiring. Lohse may be the "safest" pick.

Hey another_rack, a win for Betancourt - the cheap wins just keep coming, lol!!

And I sat Fukodome by mistake

Looper

Don't feel too bad. I sat Thome, who was lifetime 0-12 vs CC before today.

Are any of Meche, Grienke, Maddux, Kuroda or Cueto available. Any of these would be preferable to any of the guys you listed imo. otherwise, take Owings and convert him to OF:P

Does anyone know what the deal is with the Towles/Ausmus platoon? Has anyone said how much playing time Towles is supposed to get? PECOTA loves him, but if he isn't playing...

I was under the impression that Ausmus was going to catch all Roy Oswalt's starts. See if he plays tomorrow.

Hey, 4high!

Ive been offered Morneau for Linecum and Michael Young, have Escobar to replace Young but no real need for Morneau, but could free me up to trade Atkins or Braun.

Can replace Linecum on waiver wire with Glavine, Arroyo, Kennedy.

Need an OF:
Cust, Garrett Anderson, Matt Diaz, Ethier, McLouth, and Xavier Nady are available. Who do I go with?

Anyone start Jurrjens (ATL) today against Pittsburgh?

I don't know much about him other than he looked good this spring, but maybe it's worth seeing 1 or 2 starts before putting him in my lineup.

I think an argument can be made both ways, but I wouldn't make the trade, especially if you don't have a need for Morneau. I guess one factor would be if this is a keeper league - I think Lincecum has huge upside and could be a great keeper.

Any kind of IP or Start cap in your league? I wouldn't rush, it's his first ML start, I believe, so sit him out and see how he does. Pitt can hit the ball a little bit as well.

Two quick questions:

1) I have Pedro. What should I do? Drop him? Wait to DL him?

2) Jim Thome is available in the FA pool in my league. However, he can only play the util spot and I have no clue where I would slot him in. Should I make room for him somewhere and grab him?

League scoring is head-to-head OBP, SLG, HR, SB, R x W, SV, ERA, K, WHIP. 8 team league.

here is my roster/draft:

1. (2) Álex Rodríguez 3B
2. (15) Ryan Braun 3B
3. (18) David Ortiz 1B
4. (31) Brian Roberts 2B
5. (34) Cole Hamels SP
6. (47) Chris Young OF
7. (50) Lance Berkman 1B,OF
8. (63) Huston Street RP
9. (66) Javier Vázquez SP
10. (79) Corey Hart OF
11. (82) Rafael Furcal SS
12. (95) A.J. Burnett SP
13. (98) Matt Capps RP
14. (111) Nick Swisher 1B,OF
15. (114) Jeremy Bonderman SP
16. (127) Pedro Martínez SP
17. (130) Bobby Jenks RP
18. (143) Ted Lilly SP
19. (146) Geovany Soto C
20. (159) Lastings Milledge OF
21. (162) Hiroki Kuroda SP

Karak,

1) I would wait a few days until we hear more. Most likely you can just DL him.

2) You have no room because Braun is playing UTIL? I don't know all the position availability and who is on your bench.

Yeah sorry.

My current lineup:

C - Soto
1B - Ortiz
2B - Roberts
3B - A-Rod
SS - Furcal
OF - C. Young
OF - Berkman
OF- Hart
Util - Braun
Bench - Swisher
Bench - Milledge

I have no idea who I would cut for him, either. Either would have to wait until Pedro DLs and hope he is still there or drop Kuroda?

Yeah, your position jam logged, so I don't know what kind of trade you could pull of for any kind of vaue, since you don't have a lot of room to maneuver. I would just be patient & hope Pedro DLs and pick him up.

I'm doing another draft in 5 mins, any names off the top of your head you would decrease/increase in value based on the first few days/injuries?

Off top of head:

Increase: Fukodome, Ethier, Pujols (he had been dropping), Harden
Decrease: Pedro, Buehrle

Also, doesn't taking Holliday 4th in a league with 5 OF make a lot of sense?

Maybe, although I would take Wright or Hanley if available. OF is more thin than in recent years, so I would try to use some early picks on guys like Upton, Granderson (another whose value has very slightly dropped), Berkman, etc.

Eliminate Anderson right away. I think McLouth is head and shoulders above the rest because he might steal 30 - 40 bags and hit 20 out. He might only hit .270 and is batting lead off, so he'll score runs but not really have many more than 50 RBI.

There are doubts as to Custs ability to repeat, Diaz doesn't hit for power, Nady's best day is behind him, Ethier is a better real player than a fantasy one.