Fantasy Baseball 2004 Trash Talk Thread

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.

 

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.

 

Let me know which specific players you are having issues with and I'll look into it.

 

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.