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tbach81's bull pen fix

tbach81 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:14:49 -0000

Imagine a world where the Mets' bullpen is terrible. Just god awful. Can you picture it?

These images have been forever burned into the depths of my mind. So heres how I assess the situation and try to rectify things.

First the onus has got to fall on the GM to understand what he has supplied to the manager to utilize. Since thats me, heres what I do.

In the bullpen right now Id really get rid of two guys and not think twice about getting rid of them. First I would simply DFA/Release Scho and Blow as well as Heilman. Id give them a first class ticket home and do it the day before a day off (dont want a repeat of the Wille incident). The rest have performed adequately when they are put into positive situations. We have a loogy in Pedro2 and a roogy in Smith. We have a good closer in Wagner. Id give Dirty a little time off to recuperate his dead arm and use Kunz and Stokes more. Also, Id make Stokes the long relief guy. Muniz would be optioned down with Niese and Parnell taking the spots of Scho and Heils.

The only other option that I would consider would be trading Fernando Martinez. I really would not want to deal FMart but if the right guy was avaiable Id pull the trigger. Most of our minor league talent is in the lower depths of the minors. Flores, Marte, Havens, Davis, Tejada and Holt are all in lower part of the minors. So our only real chance to get an impact bullpen arm would be to deal FMart. So Id actually targer a very select group of guys. If Huston Street, JJ Putz or George Sherril was able to be had in a trade Id have to seriously look at the idea of dealing FMart. Acquiring any one of those guys helps bridge the gap to Wagner and gives us some insurance incase of Billy having another flare up with his forearm. Also it has a positive effect on the rest of the bullpen becuase it lest them all bump up an inning and gives them a little less pressure to deal with.

Feel free to call me crazy but its just how Id handle things

Draft Thread

tbach81 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:45:37 -0000

Havent seen one so I thought this would be a great time to start one. Seen Beckham, Alvarez, Hosmer, Matsuz, Posey and now Skipworth be selected. I have to say that Im a little surprised by the Skipworth pick.... Things arent going so well for my Mets thus far. I was praying that Hosmer would fall...

Not sure what else to make of the first round so far. If the first few picks are any indicator of the rest of the first round, then teams are going by their BPA theories...

My League's MiLB Draft

tbach81 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:42:12 -0000

Hey Guys,

Ive seen others do this so I thought it would be cool to post it here. My league is a 16 team league with a 7x7 scoring system. Your normal five stats with OPS and Runs counting for the hitters and Holds and Quality Starts for the pitchers. We had a completely random draft (once we snaked thru a round, the order would change randomly again). We had a 40 Round MLB draft as well as a 40 round MiLB Draft.

Just thought Id post this to see some of your reactions to good picks and not so good picks:

Round 1

1.1----New Castle Brown Ale - OF Justin Upton - ARI
1.2----Boulevard Wheat - OF Jay Bruce - CIN
1.3----New Castle via Dos Equis - SP Clayton Kershaw - LAD
1.4----Coors Original - CF Cameron Maybin - DET
1.5----Miller Genuine Draft - SP/RP Joba Chamberlain - NYY
1.6----Milwaukees Best Beasts - 3B Evan Longoria - TAM
1.7----Miller via Milwaukees Best Beasts via Bass Ale - CF Colby Rasmus - STL
1.8----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Clay Buccholz - BOS
1.9----Molson - CF Jacoby Ellsbury - BOS
1.10----Guinness - SS Reid Brignac - TAM
1.11----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SP Homer Bailey - CIN
1.12----Fat Tire Ale - 3B Brandon Wood - LAA
1.13----Labbatt's - SP David Price - TAM
1.14----Budweiser - OF Adam Jones - SEA
1.15----Heineken - CF Andrew McCutchen - PIT
1.16----Old English 40's - OF Travis Snider - TOR

Round 2

2.1----Old English 40's - SP Jacob McGee - TAM
2.2----Heineken - SP Wil Inman - SD
2.3----Budweiser - OF Carlos Gomez - NYM
2.4----Labbatt's - SP Ian Kennedy - NYY
2.5----Miller Genuine Draft via Fat Tire Ale - 1B Daric Barton - OAK
2.6----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - OF Carlos Gonzalez - ARI
2.7----Guinness - SP Rick Porcello - DET
2.8----Molson - 3B Andy LaRoche - LAD
2.9----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - 1B Joey Votto - CIN
2.10----Bass Ale - OF Shelley Duncan - NYY
2.11----New Castle Brown Ale via Milwaukees Best Beasts - SS Mike Moustakas - KC
2.12----Guinness via Miller Genuine Draft - C Matt Wieters - BAL
2.13----Coors Original - OF Jose Tabata - NYY
2.14----Bob and Dougs via Dos Equis Amber Ales - 3B/1B Angel Villalona - SF
2.15----Boulevard Wheat - 2B Matt Antonelli - SD
2.16----Dos Equis Amber Ale via New Castle Brown Ale - SP Johnny Cueto - CIN

Round 3

3.1----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - 3B Ian Stewart - COL
3.2----Budweiser - SP Chuck Lofgren - CLE
3.3----Molson - SP Franklin Morales - COL
3.4----Heineken - OF Austin Jackson - NYY
3.5----Dos Equis Amber Ale - LF Matt LaPorta - MIL
3.6----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Luke Hochevar - KC
3.7----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Adam Miller - CLE
3.8----Budweiser via Miller Genuine Draft - C Jeff Clement - SEA
3.9----Boulevard Wheat - SP Nick Adenhart - LAA
3.10----Labbatt's - OF Chris Marrero - WAS
3.11----Old English 40's - OF Fernando Martinez - NYM
3.12----Milwaukees Best Beasts - SP Scott Elbert - LAD
3.13----Coors Original - SP Wade Davis - TAM
3.14----Milwaukees Best via Guinness - SP Donald Veal - CHC
3.15----Fat Tire Ale - SS Elvis Andrus - TEX
3.16----Bass Ale - 3B Bill Rowell - BAL

Round 4

4.1----Bass Ale - SP Eric Hurley - TEX
4.2----Fat Tire Ale - 3B Chase Headley - SD
4.3----Guinness - SP Gio Gonzalez - CHW
4.4----Coors Original - 3B Josh Vitters - CHC
4.5----New Castle via Milwaukees Best - SP Greg Reynolds - COL
4.6----Old English 40's - OF Wladimir Balentin - SEA
4.7----Labbatt's - SP Troy Patton - HOU
4.8----Boulevard Wheat - SP Max Scherzer - ARI
4.9----Miller Genuine Draft - OF Jason Heyward - ATL
4.10----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - C Geovanny Soto - CHC
4.11----Guinness via Milwuakees Best via New Castle - 1B Lars Anderson - BOS
4.12----Dos Equis Amber Ale - 1B Steve Pearce - PIT
4.13----Heineken - SS Carlos Triunfel SEA
4.14----Molson - SP Ross Detwiler WAS
4.15----Budweiser - SP Carlos Carrasco - PHI
4.16----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SP Jair Jurrjens - ATL

Round 5

5.1----Milwakee Best via Bass Ale - RP Jonathan Meloan - LAD
5.2----Old English 40's - OF Jordan Schafer - ATL
5.3----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - C J.R. Towles - HOU
5.4----Fat Tire Ale - C Taylor Teagarden - TEX
5.5----Coors Original - 2B/SS Adrian Cardenas - PHI
5.6----Molson - SS Jed Lowrie - BOS
5.7----Boulevard Wheat - OF Michael Bourn - HOU
5.8----Heineken - 3B Neil Walker - PIT
5.9----Milwaukee's Best via Miller Genuine Draft - SP Chris Volstad - FLA
5.10----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SP Philip Humber - NYM
5.11----Budweiser - OF Brandon Jones - ATL
5.12----Bass Ale via Milwaukee - SP Jarrod Parker - ARI
5.13----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Jeff Niemann - TAM
5.14----Dos Equis Amber Ale - SP Madison Bumgarner - SF
5.15----Guinness - SP Justin Masterson - BOS
5.16----Labbatt's - 3B Beau Mills - CLE

Round 6

6.1----Labbatt's - SP Michael Bowden - BOS
6.2----Guinness - SP Fautino de los Santos - CHW
6.3----Dos Equis Amber Ale - SP Phillippe Aumont - SEA
6.4----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Deolis Guerrera - NYM
6.5----Milwaukees Best Beasts - RP Dellin Betences - NYY
6.6----Miller Genuine Draft via Budweiser - SP Gabriel Hernandez - FLA
6.7----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - OF Desmond Jennings - TAM
6.8----Miller Genuine Draft - OF Michael Burgess - WAS
6.9----Heineken - SS Oscar Tejada - BOS
6.10----Boulevard Wheat - SP Colin Balestar - WAS
6.11----Molson - 1B/OF Jordan Brown - CLE
6.12----Coors Original - SP Brett Anderson - ARI
6.13----Fat Tire Ale - SS - Chris Nelson - COL
6.14----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Julio Teheran - ATL
6.15----Old English 40's - SS Hector Gomez - COL
6.16----Bass Ale - SP Tyler Clippard - NYY

Round 7

7.1----Miller Genuine Draft via Fat Tire Ale - SS/2B Sean Rodriguez - LAA
7.2----Heineken - SP Jamie Garcia - STL
7.3----Coors Original - C Hank Conger - LAA
7.4----Milwaukees Best Beasts - SP Brandon Erbe - BAL
7.5----Boulevard Wheat - SS Chin-Lung Hu - LAD
7.6----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - OF Dexter Fowler - COL
7.7----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Tyler Robertson - MIN
7.8----Miller Genuine Draft via Budweiser - SP/RP Manny Parra - MIL
7.9----Old English 40's - SP Trevor Cahill - OAK
7.10----Milwaukee's Best via Miller Genuine Draft - SP Blake Beavan - TEX
7.11----Bob and Doug's Strange - OF Nate Schierholtz - SF
7.12----Dos Equis Amber Ale - SS Brent Lillibridge - ATL
7.13----Guinness - SP Chris Perez - STL
7.14----Bass Ale - SP Sean West - FLA
7.15----Molson - SP Radhames Liz - BAL
7.16----Labbatt's - SP Joe Savery - PHI

Round 8

8.1----Labbatt's - 3B Matt Dominguez - FLA
8.2----Molson - OF Ryan Royster - TAM
8.3----Bass Ale - SP Alan Horne - NYY
8.4----Guinness - OF Ryan Kalish - BOS
8.5----Dos Equis Amber Ale - SP Tim Alderson - SF
8.6----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - OF Justin Maxwell - WAS
8.7----Miller Genuine Draft - SP Kasey Kiker - TEX
8.8----Old English 40's - SP Daniel Cortes - KC
8.9----Budweiser - SP Tommy Hanson - ATL
8.10----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Nick Hagadone - BOS
8.11----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SP Aaron Poreda - CHW
8.12----Boulevard Wheat - OF Cedric Hunter - SD
8.13----Milwaukees Best Beasts - RP Casey Weathers - COL
8.14----Coors Original - 2B/OF Eric Patterson - CHC
8.15----Heineken - 3B Kevin Ahrens - TOR
8.16----Fat Tire Ale - CF Gorkys Hernandez - ATL

Round 9

9.1----Budweiser - C Bryan Anderson - STL
9.2----Coors Original - SP Glen Perkins - MIN
9.3----Old English 40's - OF Corey Brown - OAK
9.4----Fat Tire Ale - CF Josh Anderson - ATL
9.5----Molson - SP Cole Rohrbaugh - ATL
9.6----Boulevard Wheat - SP Kevin Mulvey - NYM
9.7----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Henry Sosa - SF
9.8----Bass Ale - OF Delwyn Young - LAD
9.9----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - 3B Chris Davis - TEX
9.10----Guinness - OF Tyler Colvin - CHC
9.11----New Castle Brown Ale - SP James McDonald - LAD
9.12----Dos Equis Amber Ale - OF Wendell Fairley - SF
9.13----Milwaukees Best Beasts - 1B Jeff Larish - DET
9.14----Labbatt's - 2B Nick Noonan - SF
9.15----Heineken - 1B Mike Carp - NYM
9.16----Miller via Fat Tire Ale via Miller Genuine Draft - 1B/OF Cody Johnson - ATL

Round 10

10.1----Miller Genuine Draft - 2B Chris Coghlan - FLA
10.2----Heineken - 1B Chris Parmalee - MIN
10.3----Labbatt's - SP Josh Smoker - WAS
10.4----Milwaukees Best Beasts - RP Kevin Whelan - NYY
10.5----Newcastle via Dos Equis Amber Ales - SP Brandon Hynick - COL
10.6----New Castle Brown Ale - 3B Wes Hodges - CLE
10.7----Guinness - SP Jeremy Hellickson - TB
10.8----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SS Esmailyn Gonzalez - WAS
10.9----Bass Ale - SP Jeremy Jeffress - MIL
10.10----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Pat Misch - SF
10.11----Boulevard Wheat - SP Brett Sinkbeil - FLA
10.12----Molson - OF Aaron Cunningham - ARI
10.13----Miller via Fat Tire Ale - SP Matt Harrison - TEX
10.14----Old English 40's - SS Josh Horton - OAK
10.15----Coors Original - SP Humberto Sanchez - NYY
10.16----Budweiser - 2B German Duran - TEX

BP NYY Top 11

tbach81 — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:13:50 -0000

Five-Star Prospects
1. Joba Chamberlain, RHP

Four-Star Prospects

Ian Kennedy, RHP
Austin Jackson, OF
Jose Tabata, OF
Alan Horne, RHP

Three-Star Prospects

Dellin Betances, RHP
Jesus Montero, C
Andrew Brackman, RHP
Edwar Ramirez, RHP
Kelvin DeLeon, OF

Two-Star Prospects
11. Humberto Sanchez, RHP

Just Missing: Frank Cervelli, C; Jeff Marquez, RHP; Ross Ohlendorf, RHP; Brad Suttle, 3B

Im a little surprised to see Brackman that high, given he's either needing or had arm surgery. His upside is there though. Definately think Bettences should be higher, as I can see him being a monster at the back end of games.

GCL Top 20

tbach81 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:12:14 -0000

Heres how BA ranked the Top 20 from the Gulf Coast League:

Michael Burgess, of, Nationals
Jesus Montero, c, Yankees
Ben Revere, of, Twins
Che-Husan Lin, of, Red Sox
John Tolisano, 2b, Blue Jays
Pedro Baez, 3b, Dodgers
Oscar Tejeda, ss, Red Sox
Neftali Soto, ss, Reds
Luis de la Cruz, c, Cardinals
Andrew Lambo, 1b/of, Dodgers
Devin Mesoraco, c, Reds
Kevin Aherns, 3b/ss, Blue Jays
Kyle Lotzkar, rhp, Reds
Scott Moviel, rhp, Mets
Jairo Heredia, rhp, Yankees
D'Marcus Ingram, of, Cardinals
Deryk Hooker, rhp, Cardinals
Daniel Berlind, rhp, Twins
Angel Morales, of, Twins
Tyler Kolodny, 3b, Orioles

Im very intrigued by Burgess. I know he had first round grades for the draft but slipped to the supplemental round b/c of work ethic and what not, but this has got to make him one to watch for next year. IMO Lambo is a big time sleeper for next year too

All Gold Glove Team

tbach81 — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:59:33 -0000

I really found this to be a good read. Im also very surprised the Jeter got as much accolade as he did. Just goes to show that being a good guy and fan favorite can cover up for his defensive prowess .... err lack of. I, like everyone else, was pretty shocked to see Wes Parker named at first base and not Keith "Im a Coke Head" Hernandez. Hernandez was prolly the best fielding firstbaseman Ive ever seen. I also feel that Jim Edmonds in his peak years was probably the best all around defender for outfielders. Some of the balls he got to and plays that he made were just amazing. Its hard to argue him not making the list though with Mays, Clemente and Griffey making it over him. All and all its a good list.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2985977

What does everyone else feel about this list?

2007 Draft Results

tbach81 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:07:12 -0000

Sorry if this was posted somewhere on the site but I cant find it to save my life. I was looking around minorleaguebaseball.com and mlb.com and couldnt find a think on the results of the draft. Could someone please show me a link to find the results? Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give

Keeper Question

tbach81 — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:34:21 -0000

Hey guys I need some help deciding on who to keep in my fantasy keeper league. Its a 16 team heat-to-head most categories league that counts 1B, 2B, 3B, AVG, CS, HR, SO, R, RBI, SB for hitters and BS, CG, ERA, K, L, S, SHO, W, WHIP...... no salaries to worry about and I have to pick three of the following... I have my mind almost made up but I wanted to get some more input before I make my final decision

Poll

Who would you keep

Ryan Zimmerman

0 votes

Delmon Young

4 votes

Matt Garza

3 votes

Francisco Liriano

4 votes

Homer Bailey

2 votes

Jered Weaver

0 votes

David Wright

18 votes

Grady Sizemore

34 votes

Ryan Howard

17 votes

Scott Kazmir

2 votes

84 votes | Poll has closed

***Dodger and Yankees Fans

tbach81 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:40:37 -0000

Im in a league that had these two teams open up... their old gm's were dead beats but left the teams in good shape... its a dynasty league with standard 5x5 scoring thru yahoo... we use a message board for the keepers and to post transactions... if ur interested check out our site and put up a post in the reserve a team thread:

http://z8.invisionfree.com/Dynasty_Dugout/index.php?act=idx

if you have any questions feel free to catch me on AIM - tbach81

Helton to Boston???

tbach81 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:47:13 -0000

I came across this over at foxsports.com and thought nothing of it when they first had a blurb on the topic about a month or so ago. Now, apparently the talks are for real. If this deal does go down and the BoSox only give up Ellsbury and Hansen and another mid level spect for Helton (while receiving money on his albatross of a contract), that this deal would be in favor of the BoSox. Ken Rosenthal reported on it and heres the link

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6414656

What do you guys think?