Keeper Jr 2017 Thread

[Philaflava]

We had 13 teams last year. I am pretty sure Reason is out, although I’ll wait for confirmation. I’m preferably ok with a 12 team keeper league. Please renew your team if you’re interested. Select your keepers and paypal me your $25. If you’re out, please let me know ASAP so we can replace you. Draft will be set once we have a full house.

[Philaflava]

Also, I have these guys on the block if you’re looking to trade

DJ LeMathieu
Yoan Moncada
Jean Segura
Giancarlo Stanton
Trevor Story
Mark Trumbo
Dellin Betances
Rick Porcello
David Robertson

[alpha]

In.

[Dwight Strawberry]

Jesus, Reason's team fucking sucked.

[Philaflava]

$30 buy in now.

12 team (no longer 13) league.

Paypal@philaflava.com send as gift.

[uh zip zoom]

Anybody have a thin keeper list? I'm looking to deal a keeper for a pick.

[Tommy Bunz]

Money sent. Came really close to not playing any leagues this year but have too much invested to bail.
We need activity to step up again this year though or its barely worth it. Last year we only had like three trades all year and I could barely get a response from people. And eventually I barely found time to set my lineups because why bother.

[Philaflava]

the 2nd concern is more on you. guys like justin too.

i marked you paid, but now justin, kel, j abraham and matt are outstanding. i am too old to chase so tomorrow i'm replacing with interested people. that is what the league needs.

[Tommy Bunz]

What I meant was, when you are actively trying to improve your team in the first couple of months and get no response, at some point you check out because you realize you are wasting your time.
Five years ago if you had a stud on the block you could get multiple discussions going and get appropriate value. Now you have to hope that one of the 4 active managers need to fill the specific position you are offering or else you are SOL.

[Philaflava]

This team is available if anyone wants it


Freddie Freeman – 1B
Albert Pujols – 1B
Jason Kipnis – 2B
Kyle Seager – 3B

Adam Jones - OF
AJ Pollock – OF
Ian Desmond – OF
Kole Calhoun - OF

Johnny Cueto
Chris Archer
Jordan Zimmermann
Mark Melancon
Tony Watson
Luis Severino
Anibal Sanchez

[alpha]

I think I'm a fair trader, I'm just a little impatient with off the wall offers. I'm open for business tho.

[capable_keL]

Shit, I didn't know the draft was so soon. I'm in and will pay

I make multiple trades a year and am always among the leader in transactions.

[Philaflava]

draft is 1 day before opening day.

[alpha]

Anyway we can move the draft up? Gonna be out of town 31-3rd

[Philaflava]

Well the other drafts that most of us are in around those dates. I can ask but usually it's a few days before opening day, in this case the day before. Post on the Yahoo board and se what the replies. I'm flexible.

[alpha]

I made a post this morning on the yahoo board. hopefully some responses by tomorrow.

[Tommy Bunz]

My Keepers:
Trea Turner
Starling Marte
George Springer
Addison Russell
Adrian Beltre
Jose Bautista
Jonathan Lucroy
Yu Darvish
Cole Hamels
Jose Quintana
Ken Giles

I have a lot of guys that would be keepers on a lot of teams that I'd be interested in trading for a pick or an upgrade to one of my keepers (i'd be open to trading from my keeper list as well):
Marcell Ozuna
Stephen Piscotty
Carlos Rodon
Eduardo Rodriguez
Adam Wainwright
Vince Velasquez
Jeff Samardzija
Elvis Andrus

[alpha]

Open to deal as well. Keepers don't seem to be finalized yet tho

[Tommy Bunz]

Gloss can you finalize the keepers please?

[Tommy Bunz]

Gloss, can you change the settings so all the free agents aren't on waivers? thanks

[Philaflava]

Where is that option? This is what I see and after draft I can't change in bold.

TIME PLAYERS ARE ON WAIVERS
DETERMINE WAIVER PRIORITY BY 
WAIVER MODE 
CAN'T CUT LIST PROVIDER 
TRADES REVIEWED BY 
AFTER DRAFT, MAKE ALL UNOWNED PLAYERSFollow Waiver Rules

[Tommy Bunz]

Liking my squad.

C - Jonathan Lucroy
1B - Eric Hosmer
2B - Trea Turner
SS - Addison Russell
3B - Adrian Beltre
OF - George Springer
OF - Starling Marte
OF - Jose Bautista
Util - Joc Pederson

B - Jason Kipnis, Michael Brantley, Eric Thames, Joey Gallo, Tommy Joseph

SP - Yu Darvish, Chris Archer, Jose Quintana, Cole Hamels, Carlos Rodon, Jon Gray, Blake Snell, Eduardo Rodriguez

RP - Ken Giles, Neftali Feliz, Carter Capps

Thrilled that I was able to snag Archer with my first pick (seriously can't believe he made it to me at #7) and Hosmer with my 2nd (just hitting his prime at 27 and I think he has a power spike coming).
Not sold on Pederson totally but I like him where I got him.
Love my bench, tons of upside. Like Kipnis and Brantley's chances of both bouncing back to 2nd/3rd round value (still in their prime at 29/30).
Think Gallo may be Russell Branyan 2.0 but worth a shot to see if he figures it out while covering for Beltre.
Eric Thames is probably the biggest risk/reward play in fantasy this year, some of the best projection systems are predicting some eye-popping numbers and believe his revamped swing could translate to the majors. They are also pretty bullish on Joseph, good chance on 30 HR from the bench.

My SP should be enough to compete although I might struggle with Wins. I'm light on RP but I think there is going to be even more closer turnover than the usual this year so I should be able to pick some saves up in free agency.

[Tommy Bunz]

Where is that option? This is what I see and after draft I can't change in bold.

TIME PLAYERS ARE ON WAIVERS
DETERMINE WAIVER PRIORITY BY 
WAIVER MODE 
CAN'T CUT LIST PROVIDER 
TRADES REVIEWED BY 
AFTER DRAFT, MAKE ALL UNOWNED PLAYERSFollow Waiver Rules

Not sure without being able to see it. Maybe Dwight would know, in Keeperstown they are all free agents. What are the other After Draft options?

While you're at it, you still need to manually change the waiver priority order to where we were at the end of last year (Big League Jew had 1st priority, I had 2nd...)

[Philaflava]

waivers set. i don't see the the option about free agents. it's pretty standard on how yahoo has it.

[Philaflava]

I’m loving my team, which pretty much means I’m doomed. The right combo of speed, power and decent average. I love the prospects I got and the flexibility with the bench. I'm pretty much fucked if Betts gets hurt though. My SP and RF is probably the best in the entire league.

C – Wellington Castillo
1B – Hanley Ramirez
2B – Dee Gordon
3B – Maikel Franco
SS – Trevor Story
OF – Mookie Betts
OF – Giancarlo Stanton
OF – Jacoby Ellsbury
Util – Mark Trumbo

BN – DJ LeMahiu, Dansby Swanson, Yoan Moncada, Manuel Margot, Yadier Molina, Jarrod Dyson

SP – Max Scherzer
SP – Chris Sale
SP – Corey Kluber
SP – J.A. Happ
RP – Aroldis Chapman
RP – Wade Davis
RP – Jeurys Familia
RP – Jeanmar Gomez
P – Joaquin Benoit, Ian Kennedy

[Tommy Bunz]

Yeah you have a nice team. Going to dominate RP. Your top 3 SP is great but you're going to need more than Happ/Kennedy to get through the year. I don't think Happ is as good as his stats last year and is destined for a reality check.

[Philaflava]

Happ is cheap wins with solid ERA and Kennedy is cheap K's. I think the fact I have the best trio of SP means the back end can be fillers. But, if Sale or Kluber go down, it's all over.

[Philaflava]

Liking my squad.

C - Jonathan Lucroy
1B - Eric Hosmer
2B - Trea Turner
SS - Addison Russell
3B - Adrian Beltre
OF - George Springer
OF - Starling Marte
OF - Jose Bautista
Util - Joc Pederson

B - Jason Kipnis, Michael Brantley, Eric Thames, Joey Gallo, Tommy Joseph

SP - Yu Darvish, Chris Archer, Jose Quintana, Cole Hamels, Carlos Rodon, Jon Gray, Blake Snell, Eduardo Rodriguez

RP - Ken Giles, Neftali Feliz, Carter Capps

Your bench is very solid like you said. I can see average being a problem for you when you factor in Russell, Young Joc, Joey Bats and maybe Springer if he doesn’t groove. Nice mix of power and speed and Lucroy at C is as good as it gets fantasy wise. Huge fan of Archer and your starting 4 is sick. Your RP is a questionmark tho.

[alpha]

I need to move an outfielder, anyone got any pitching they can move?

[Philaflava]

congrats to Eric for the win. Fun times. See you in April!