My Best Keepers?
Fantasy Baseball Questions: Ask the Staff
by KFL Staff posted 03/07/07
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My Best Keepers?
Question from: Kris

     Question - 14 team keeper league, 5X5 roto scoring, keep 7 each year

     Pujols
     ARam
     Matsui
     Furcal
     Sheets
     McCann
     Baldelli
     Chipper
     Josh Johnson
     Scott Olsen
     Iguchi
     Izzy
     Fuentes

     Are the top 7 my best keepers???

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     Jamie Mellor
     Answer - "The top 7 you list here have a few concerns. It would leave you with only 1 pitcher of your 7 keepers and with 14 teams, pitching may be at somewhat of a premium.

     4 definite keepers are Pujols, ARAM, Furcal and Sheets.

     McCann would be my 5th keeper because of his position, the rarity of the production at the position and his youth. As for your last 2 spots, it comes down to 3 players- Matsui, Johnson and Olsen. Any combination of these 3 can be justified and really depends on your strengths as a drafter. You have a lot of offensive strength in the 4 offensive players I have already named so maybe you keep both young pitchers for balance (4 offense and 3 pitchers). Or you can keep Matsui and decide between the 2 pitchers and if that happens. It is a very difficult choice, to me. And apparently to many other people since I have seen rankings from different places/people and sometimes Johnson is above Olsen by a significant amount and others have that reversed.

     If it was me, I would keep the 5 players I named plus Matsui and one of the 2 young studs (one of my strengths as a drafter is pitching so I take Matsui and a stud pitcher and then bank on my ability to find pitchers). As for which stud, I flip a coin between them. :) but if I had to make a decision today, I suppose I would take Olsen. But a week from now if you asked me, I might take Johnson.. It is that close to me."

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