Ask the Staff: Fantasy QuestionsQuestion from: Daniel - Originally received on 03/20/07
Question - I'm in a 5x5, 10 team keeper league where each team keeps 12 players. Our starting positions are: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, P. Our maximum innings are set to 1500.
My keepers are as follows: 1B-Derek Lee, 1B-Prince Fielder, 2B-Robinson Cano, SS-Stephen Drew, OF-Andruw Jones, OF-Jermaine Dye, OF-Chone Figgins, OF-Jeff Francoeur, SP-Cole Hamels, SP-Ervin Santana, SP-Ian Snell, RP-Houston Street
As you can probably tell based on my keepers, I finished in dead last last year and thus have the #1 pick in the draft. We do not use a serpentine draft, so I'll have the top pick in each round: #1, #11, #21, etc.
I was wondering if you could give me some advice on who to take with the number one pick, as well as who to possibly target at the #11 pick, or at least what position to be looking at. The best available players not kept according to one publication I looked at (in no particular order) are:
3B- Alex Gordon
SP-Daisuke Matsuzaka
3B- Chipper Jones
3B- Scott Rolen
RP- Takashi Saito
SS-Carlos Guillen
SP- Mike Mussina
SP- Randy Johnson
RP- Francisco Cordero
RP -Bobby Jenks
C- Michael Barrett
SP- Chien-Ming Wang
SP- A.J. Burnett
(I left out players available at positions I wouldn't draft in the first two rounds, namely a lot of 1B and 2B)
What are your thoughts on my pick at #1? I'm personally torn between Dice-K and Alex Gordon, but I'm leaning towards Gordon. Some things I've read have him as being the best prospect in the history of fantasy baseball, a five category guy in the mold of David Wright. I know he may not produce a whole lot this season, but I'm not going to win the league this season anyway, I'm playing for the future. Also, with my second round pick, #11, should I just basically go with the best reliever available, hopefully Jenks if he falls to me? We can start up to four relievers at a time and there's already been 12 relievers kept.
I was also hoping you could give me your overview of my team at this point and my chances of winning in the future ( a year or two down the road) based on the keepers I've posted and our league's structure.
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