Yo yo yo. Now that the draft is over, we can get to the most important aspect of any league: talking trash! This will be the main discussion thread for the season. Here are the rosters. Of course everyone thinks that their own team is the best, but my question to you is: "If someone held a gun to your head and said that you absolutely had to switch rosters with someone, which team would you pick?" West PhiSlammaJamma C: Joe Mauer 1B: Rafael Palmeiro, Phil Nevin, Travis Hafner 2B: Ray Durham, Craig Biggio, Alex Cintron 3B: Joe Crede SS: Alex Gonzalez OF: Luis Gonzalez, Larry Walker, Bernie Williams, Shannon Stewart, Ken Griffey Jr. SP: Mark Prior, Tim Hudson, Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, Roger Clemens, Kyle Lohse, Jeff Suppan RP: Jason Isringhausen, Troy Percival, Danny Graves Pythons C: Trader Jorge Posada 1B: Todd Helton, Paul Konerko, Eric Munson 2B: D'Angelo Jimenez 3B: Troy Glaus SS: Orlando Cabrera, Jose Reyes OF: Juan Pierre, Pat Burrell, JD Drew, Jermaine Dye, Jody Gerut, Reggie Sanders SP: Roy Halladay, Barry Zito, Mark Buehrle, Eric Milton, Brian Lawrence, Chris Carpenter, Jermy Affeldt, Jeff Weaver RP: Billy Wagner, Jorge Julio The Aliens C: Mike Piazza, Ivan Rodriguez 1B: Frank Thomas, Nick Johnson 2B: Marcus Giles, Junior Spivey 3B: Eric Chavez, Vinny Castilla SS: Nomar Garciaparra, Christian Guzman OF: Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Bobby Abreu, Kenny Lofton, Juan Encarnacion SP: Sidney Ponson, Dontrelle Willis, Matt Clement, Brad Penny, Joe Nathan, Jon Leiber, Tim Wakefield, Tom Glavine RP: Shawn Chacon, Ugueth Urbina Utilities SteamRollers C: Johnny Estrada, Ramon Castro 1B: Aubrey Huff, Jeff Bagwell, Hee Seop Choi 2B: Desi Relaford 3B: Morgan Ensberg, Geoff Blum SS: Kasuo Matsui, Bobby Crosby OF: Manny Ramirez, Richard Hidalgo, Geoff Jenkins, Jose Guillen SP: Curt Schilling, Kevin Brown, Wade Miller, Mark Redman, Steve Trachsel, David Wells, Brian Anderson RP: Octavio Dotel, Jose Mesa, Danys Baez Jent`s Ilamas C: Jason Kendall, Toby Hall 1B: Jason Giambi, Edgar Martinez 2B: Luis Castillo, Roberto Alomar 3B: Mike Lowell, Shea Hillenbrand SS: Miguel Tejada, Julio Lugo OF: Vladimir Guerrero, Carl Crawford, Carl Everett, Jeromy Burnitz, Raul Mondesi SP: Mark Mulder, Jason Schmidt, Kevin Millwood, Freddy Garcia, Greg Maddux, Adam Eaton RP: Braden Looper, Arthur Rhodes, Francisco Cordero DarkHorses C: Jason Phillips, Mike Lieberthal 1B: Derrek Lee, Jeff Conine 2B: Bret Boone, Adam Kennedy 3B: Dimitri Young SS: Rich Aurilia, David Eckstein OF: Gary Sheffield, Andruw Jones, Cliff Floyd, Jose Cruz, Trot Nixon, Scott Podsednik SP: Esteban Loaiza, Livan Hernandez, Jamie Moyer, Woody Williams, Mike Hampton, Kaz Ishii RP: Eric Gagne, Billy Koch, Joe Borowski East Fadeaway`s Expos C: Paul Lo Duca, Josh Phelps 1B: Mike Sweeney, Erubiel Durazo, John Olerud 2B: Jose Vidro 3B: Aramis Ramirez SS: Jimmy Rollins OF: Brian Giles, Shawn Green, Johnny Damon, Torii Hunter, Mark Kotsay, Darin Erstad SP: Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Bartolo Colon, CC Sabathia, Al Leiter, Ramon Ortiz, Tomo Ohka RP: John Smoltz, Trevor Hoffman, Robb Nen DV`s Dynamos of Domination C: Matt LeCroy, Charles Johnson 1B: Ryan Klesko 2B: Alfonso Soriano 3B: Scott Rolen, Edgardo Alfonzo, Corey Koskie SS: Edgar Renteria OF: Ichiro Suzuki, Garret Anderson, Hideki Matsui, Austin Kearns, Juan Gonzalez, Brad Wilkerson SP: Randy Wolf, Joel Pineiro, Ben Sheets, Brett Myers, John Thomson, Jose Contreras RP: Mariano Rivera, Damasco Marte, Tom Gordon, Jose Valverde SmegCity Smarmy Gits C: Jason Varitek 1B: Scott Spiezio 2B: Michael Young 3B: Mark Teixeira SS: Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter OF: Magglio Ordonez, Vernon Wells, Rocco Baldelli, Adam Dunn, Craig Wilson, Kevin Millar SP: Javier Vazquez, Hideo Nomo, Rich Harden, Odalis Perez, Gil Meche, Tim Redding, Kelvim Escobar, Ted Lilly, Darrell, May RP: Eddie Guardado, Danny Kolb, Mike MacDougal The Monkey Drums C: Javy Lopez 1B: Carlos Delgado, Raul Ibanez 2B: Todd Walker 3B: Bill Mueller, Placido Polanco, Tony Batista SS: Jose Valentin OF: Lance Berkman, Chipper Jones, Preston Wilson, Jay Payton, Moises Alou, Randy Winn SP: Roy Oswalt, Brandon Webb, Derek Lowe, Brad Radke, Kip Wells, Jerome Williams, John Patterson RP: Brad Lidge, Guillermo Mota, Francisco Rodriguez Capitol City Hitmen C: Ramon Hernandez 1B: Albert Pujols, David Ortiz, Richie Sexson 2B: Mark Loretta 3B: Hank Blalock SS: Angel Berroa, Khalil Greene OF: Jim Edmonds, Jay Gibbons, Tim Salmon, Biguel Cabrera SP: Josh Beckett, Johan Santana, Carlos Zambrano, Vincente Padilla, Jarrod Washburn, Horacio Ramirez, AJ Burnett, Miguel Batista, Jake Peavy RP: Keith Foulks, Rocky Biddle, Matt Herges, David Riske Song`s Tools C: AJ Pierzynski, Mike Matheny 1B: Jim Thome, Brad Fullmer 2B: Jeff Kent, Willie Harris 3B: Eric Hinske, Sean Burroughs SS: Rafael Furcal OF: Carlos Beltran, Milton Bradley, Carlos Lee, Corey Patterson, Jacque Jones SP: Kerry Wood, Matt Morris, Russ Ortiz, Brung-Hyun Kim, Carl Pavano, Tony Armas, Kris Benson RP: Armando Benitez, Matt Mantei, Aquilino Lopez To answer my own question, although I think my own team is pretty sweet, if I was forced to swap rosters with someone, I'd go with Phi's team. Great pitching, good relievers and decent enough hitters.
Also, don't forget to set your lineup. I can carry forward previous lineups during the season in case people forget, but I can only do it if an initial lineup is set. If you forget to set one for the very first game, you're out of luck.
If Jayson Williams pointed a gun at my head, I might possibly take Jent's team, but I'd be dead either way
If I had to pick one, I would take Sam's team. Dude has an all-star team of position players. Pitchers, however, is another story. Very weak starting pitching, but I could fix that with a few free agents and a trade or 2. Urbina was a nice late pick and should produce wherever he signs. Chacon is a risk that might work out.
Joe Nathan's also a reliever for my team, closer for the Twins. Since he hasn't started a game since 2000, I'm not sure why Fanstar's got him listed at SP. I really like Smeg's combination of offensive stars and pitching depth. He's in real trouble if any of his position players get hurt, though. Bob has a really well-rounded squad, with several late-round steals like Jiminez and Konerko. I don't see any weaknesses on his team.
No prob, dude. I'll change him. If anyone else has relievers that should be starters and vice versa, let me know. I've switched a few already.
Gun to my head Fade's Expos look solid but if RJ can return to form it could push him over the top. PSJ's pitching is awesome but that's to be expected when you take pitchers in the first seven rounds, if we're going on name recognition alone his hitters should make his strategy hold up but in the recent past some of his big name guys have been injured or in this post steriod age of baseball we'll see how his big name aging stars hold up. I suspect that is why he was able to draft them that late anyhow. If I had to pick a weakest team (and I don't but I will anyway) I'd say Darkhorses team would be the one I'd least like to own. Sorry Hoss.
The first game is Tuesday March 30th (Yankees- Devil Rays in Tokyo) So have those lineups set by Monday the 29th
two quick questions 1. have a a few players who are eligible for multiple positions inlcuding a mix of OF and IF and they don't appear on the UI list of players eligible......what's up with this 2. Are the Starters up on the various websites yet???
if i had to pick another team, it would probably be either Fade's as he is usually successful, or Finn's as i like his mix of batting and pitching or maybe PSJ, with his pitching.,.......
March 29th Mike Mussina vs Victor Zambrano March 30th Javier Vasquez vs Jeremi Gonzalez Thats all I've seen so far. fade will have to answer your first question.
No idea, but you can go to RotoWorld.com and click on the Spring Training link and click on each team to see the pitching rotations to get an idea, just in case they are not posted before our deadline.
thanks Finn, will be checking lots with my vast array of mediocre pitchers i am going to have to rotate all the time
think it is Dunn, Millar and Wilson.... all 1b ( and catcher for Wilson eligible) but don't appear in my UI list of players
It seems that a player whose primary position is OF cannot be used as a UI even if they have some sort of infield eligibility. I can fix the problem by changing the player's primary position. You should be fine now.
