SBNation.com - Fantasy Baseball: UBA Keeper League Roster Updatehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46737/sbn-fave.png2010-08-02T23:09:28-04:00http://www.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13662572010-08-02T23:09:28-04:002010-08-02T23:09:28-04:00Fantasy Baseball: UBA Keeper League Roster Update
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">I have written several times about my off-season bailing strategy to build a championship team in the UBA NL-only keeper league <a style="color: #c8181d !important; text-decoration: none !important; background-color: transparent;" href="http://www.faketeams.com/2010/4/8/1411237/fantasy-baseball-rays-uba-league" target="_blank">here</a>, <a style="color: #c8181d !important; text-decoration: none !important; background-color: transparent;" href="http://www.faketeams.com/2010/4/9/1412155/fantasy-baseball-rays-uba-4-x-4" target="_blank">here</a> and <a style="color: #c8181d !important; text-decoration: none !important; background-color: transparent;" href="http://www.faketeams.com/2010/5/4/1456978/fantasy-baseball-uba-keeper-league" target="_blank">here</a>. Since my last update on May 4th, I have made the following deals:</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">1. Traded $38 S2 Carlos Lee, $28 S2 <span>Chad Qualls</span>, $1 L0 <span>Clayton Richard</span>, and $1 Blake Dewitt for $7 S1 <span>Nyjer Morgan</span>, $10 S2 <span>Felipe Paulino</span>, $10 S2 <span>Pedro Feliciano</span> and $4 S2 Christian Guzman</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">2. Traded $7 S1 Nyjer Morgan, $10 S2 <span>Mike Pelfrey</span>, $10 S2 <span>Mike Leake</span>, $1 S2 <span>Ryan Hanigan</span>, $7 S2 <span>Jonny Gomes</span>and $4 S2 Christian Guzman for $5 S2 <span>Jason Heyward</span> and a few "whatever" type guys to fill my roster.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">3. Trades $1 S2 <span>Brendan Ryan</span> for $10 S1 <span>Cameron Maybin</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">4. Traded $5 S2 <span>Ramon Hernandez</span> and $10 S2 <span>Joe Thatcher</span> for $19 S1 <span>Trevor Hoffman</span>, $10 S2 <span>Nick Stavinoha</span>and a second round pick in the 2011 minor league draft</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">5. Traded a $10 S2 <span>Derek Lowe</span> for $10 S2 <span>Hisanori Takahashi</span> and a second round pick in the 2011 minor league draft</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">6. Traded a $10 S2 <span>Travis Wood</span>, $10 S2 <span>Carlos Silva</span> and a $10 S0 <span>Clint Barmes</span> for $21 S2 <span>Carlos Gomez</span>, $10 S2<span>Arthur Rhodes</span>, $10 S2 <span>John Ely</span> and a second round pick in the 2011 minor league draft</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">7. Traded a $10 S2 <span>Jonathan Lucroy</span>, $10 S2 <span>R.A. Dickey</span>, $10 S2 <span>Vicente Padilla</span> and a $1 S2 <span>Jason Hammel</span> for $4 S1 <span>Ubaldo Jimenez</span>, $10 S2 <span>Joe Beimel</span>, $12 L1 Samuel Demel, and $1 Brendan Ryan</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">8. Traded a 2011 second round pick for <span>Erik Kratz</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">All of these deals, along with my offseason deals, leave me with the following keepers going into the 2011 season:</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S2 <span>Ike Davis</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S2 <span>Pedro Alvarez</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S2 <span>Jose Tabata</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S2 <span>Domonic Brown</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S2 Jason Heyward</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S2 Mike Stanton</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$4 S2 <span>Chris Johnson</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S1 <span>Andrew McCutchen</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$10 S1 Cameron Maybin</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S1 <span>Kyle Blanks</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$10 S1 <span>Mat Latos</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$4 S1 Ubaldo Jimenez</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 L1 <span>Dan Hudson</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">$5 S2 <span>Drew Storen</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">And 3 possible closer candidates-$10 S2 <span>Craig Kimbrel</span>, $10 S2 <span>Zach Braddock</span>, and $10 S2 <span>Kenley Jansen</span>, along with Demel and Storen. Storen seems to be the only one who has a "good' shot at closing in 2011.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">In alot of these deals, I took advantage of trading alot of guys i picked up on the waiver wire (the $10 S2 guys like Padilla, Pelfrey, Silva and Dickey).</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">I have solid power guys in Davis, Stanton, Heyward, Alvarez and Brown, and enough speed with McCutchen, Brown and Tabata. I now have two ace starting pitchers in Latos and Ubaldo, and a cheap closer in Storen, i hope. Through offseason trades and the 2011 draft I should be able to tweak the roster with some BA guys or more speed and maybe some pitching.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">So, how have I done in my rebuilding strategy? Can this team compete in 2011 with a few offseason deals and a solid draft?</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2010/8/2/2318777/fantasy-baseball-uba-keeper-league-roster-updateRay Guilfoyle