How did you find that? reasonably happy. Not much power in my lineup.

C - Posey
1B-Fielder
2B-Prado
3B-Beltre
SS-Jeter
OF-Crawford
OF-Young
OF-Stubbs
OF-Lee
OF-Jones
DH-Guerrero
Ben-Headley
Ben-Ike Davie

P-King Felix
P-Hamels
P-Price
P-Lewis
P-Chachin
P-Marmol
P-Rodney
P-Kimbrel
Ben-Santana

I got the PM but forgot about the draft,oh well i'm useless at fantasy leagues anyway as this years super league fl shows

Im quite happy with my team, good in a few positions and some okay pitchers. Hope that Wieters and Beckham can kick on. Quite pleased with my outfield too

C- Wieters
1B- Moreland
2B- Beckham
3B- A-Rod
SS- Andrus

OF- Heyward
OF- Ichiro
OF- Swisher
OF- Markakis
OF- Beltran/Kubel
DH- Posada/Kubel

BEN- Casilla
BEN- Jason
BEN- Beltran/Kubel

P- Halladay
P- Buchholz
P- Bard
P- Johnson
P- Putz
P- Wilson
P- Shields
P- Soriano

Might be talking trade. I need power.

C - McCann (think I drafted him too early)
1B-Votto (was trying to avoid him because I wanted Bruce and Stubbs from the Reds or Philips)
2B-Kinsler (needed some AL batting and got him reasonably low I think too)
3B-McGehee (has better stats than Longoria since becoming a regular starter and will bat behind Braun and Fielder)
SS-Tulowitzki (too good to pass up at as my second draft pick)
2B/SS-Wigginton (plays three IF positions)
1B/3B-Peralta (my SS cover and is expected to improve this year)
OF-Bruce (could top 30 homers this year, constant year-on-year progression)
OF-Quentin (if he stays fit it could be 30 homers plus with him)
OF-Snider (more AL hitting)
OF-Davis (got him for the steals)
OF-Ross (utility value in that he'll probably play every day)
UTIL-Reynolds (hopefully another 30 homers and with no punishment for Ks should be good)
Ben-Suzuki (C cover, was surprised he was still available)
Ben-Ibanez (might get one last good year out of him now Werth has gone and he should be regular)
Ben-Bay (gamble here that he comes back but will probably dump him as need more versatility in my line-up)

P-Lester (needed to get something off the Red Sox lol)
P-Greinke (banking on his numbers coming down with moving to NL, concern is that the Brewers defense is poor which could impact on him)
P-Weaver (downward trending figures, 200+ Ks and 200+ innings)
P-Cain (downward trending figures and playing in the big ball parks of the NL West)
P-Felix (went for him reasonably early)
P-Garza (like Greinke, banking on joining NL factor)
P-Beckett (Got him late and was worth a punt as a low pick, great potential upside)
P-Lidge (with those pitchers and a retracting offense I figured he'd be up more often than not)
P-Chih Kuo (was looking for another reliever and his stats are good if he can stay injury free)

Overall pretty pleased. Plenty of power, average number of steals (albeit most stuck in one player, will probably look to sign another guy or trader here) and five of six starters who went 200+ innings last year.

I wanted a few more AL hitters but got some steals on the pitching front I think. I don't think I picked an OF until after I'd filled all my position slots so missed on some good ones but it's easier to find production in those areas at lower levels. Disappointed I couldn't snare a couple of Red Sox, Rangers or Yankee hitters. I was really after A-Gon for 1B (he must top 40 in Fenway) and thought that Votto would have gone but I couldn't ignore Votto's stats when he was there. Once I'd gone for Votto I was in for the next best position player and that was Tulowitzki. There's a fair big drop off after him and Ramirez so although I think he might be a bit overrated the lack of depth at SS made it an easy decision.

The other disappointment was not getting Chapman. I was looking at drafting him that very round that somebody grabbed him. He'll rack up the Ks in relief and could take the closer slot at some point, although with Baker I doubt that will happen unless Cordero really stinks.

You seen the roster for the Australian Red Sox? Pretty formidable but his pitching is risky.

Can't wait for the season to start now lol.

I dont think trades come bigger than that, power-wise!

Pull the trigger.

Dont think i cna afford to lose both, Beltre is king of the strikeouts when he is in a slump too.

Looking like a decline

Counter offer. it's a-rod I need.

I know you do.


I have no real need for outfielders and your diamond players aren't too bad, lets see how we go first eh.

I feel you just need Yankees players!

You kept drafting them before me. Bit worrying how many you have to be honest.

































Closet Yankee.

I only took your "decent" ones.

Bad news for my fantasy team but great news for the Reds. Greinke is going to miss the opening couple of weeks of the season. I'll take real life satisfaction over fantasy though so woohoo!

Sox v Yanks at 6pm ESPN america.

We're still in pre season but ESPN's obsession with the Yankees /Red Sox has started already

Yanks and the Sox is baseball.

For Yanks and Sox fans maybe but not for us in the senior league

Rotation.

1.CC
2.AJ
3.Hughes
4.Nova
5.Colon

Banuelos has had a grat spring though.

Blue Jays start on Friday against Twins

2 days to go folks! I haven't been this excited for a while. Make sure your fantasy teams are updated and you're not playing with any crocks like I am i.e. Lidge lol.

Sorted mine today. Got two going at the minute. In the conference finals in my NBA one.

Don't have a clue about baseball apart from the Yankees and Red Sox so looking for a little bit of help please, lads.

I've been offered a job in the US over the summer which I've accepted. I'm looking to take in some baseball games whilst I'm there but not sure what would be the best to attend. I'll be there from the beginning of July until the beginning of September. Likely to be based in New York/New Jersey so would be looking at going to mainly Yankees' games. Out of the two home ties in early September, which would be the best to go to? Also, I'm wondering if it would be worth travelling to Boston for the game against the Yankees? Any suggestions would be spot on.

I'd doubt you'd get tickets for Yanks v Sox. Who we playing in september? You'll find it slow at first but when you start to appreciate the art of pitching then you'll enjoy it. When choosing games, look at the pitching match-up.

You might struggle to get tickets at Boston as they've sold out something like 633 home games in a row and against the Yankees will make it a lot tougher. All that said if you're prepared to pay over the odds you can get tickets there.

As for this year just some interesting stats I've happened across with my reading.

The Giants had four pitchers hit 33+ starts last year which has only happened 17 times since 1990 and has never been done back-to-back.

Bautista was the 25th player to hit 50 homers. The previous 24 averaged 45 homers the following year. He was the fourth hitter to top 50 after having less than 20 the year before. The previous three (Cecil Fielder, Brady Anderson, Greg Vaughn) averaged 36 the season after (they were during the juiced up era although I couldn't be sure as to whether Fielder was, think it was '91 or something for him).

Expecting R2C2 to all win at least 15 games and top 200 innings? Only one rotation has managed this during the wild card years and that's the 2003 Yankees which had Clemens, Mussina, Pettite and David Wells and was probably juiced up too.

The Yankees play 25 of their first 41 games against their top five opponents from last year ranked by OPS vs right-handed starters. The Yankees currently have one left-handed starter, Sabathia.

Last year Car-Go, at age 24, had 197h, 34hr, 117rbi, 143OPS+ which is similar to when 24 year old Jim Rice's 1978 AL MVP year of 206h, 39hr, 114rbi, 147OPS+. The following year, at age 25, Rice hit 213h, 46hr, 139rbi, 157OPS+.

This year Jay Bruce is entering his fourth season at age 24 and has hit .257, .474SLG, 110OPS+. During the same period Barry Bonds hit .258, .471SLG, 123OPS+. In his fourth year Bonds took a step back but then won an MVP award in his fifth year on the way to a four year run in which he averaged .310, .595SLG, 185OPS+. Unknown if it was the juice years or not.