I passed.......

[the splinter]

on these 6 mil+ players in 06. I have drafted 29 teams and none of these players have graced my roster.......

Hitters:
Roberts
B.Giles
Ellis
Vlad(?)
Abreu
Berkman
Konerko
Winn
Crawford

Pitchers:
Pedro
Zambrano
Willis
Johnson
Smoltz
Peavy
Carpenter(?)

And no relief pitcher more expensive than Nathan.

Just an observation :)

[Jerlins]

Hitters:
Roberts - Never had him either. $ better spent elsewhere
B.Giles - Was on plenty of teams. One of my favorites
Ellis - Never had him. (see Roberts)
Vlad(?) - Nope, not here either.
Abreu - Had him two times. Shame on me for having him the 2nd time
Berkman - Nope, trend here is never spend big $ on 15 game guys.
Konerko - Had him two or three times. I was happy with results.
Winn - One or two teams. Get Crisp here and save the $2.
Crawford - Not one time.

Pitchers:
Pedro - Never. Overpriced
Zambrano - (see Pedro)
Willis - One time. Did great for me. Learned to rank him 1st or not at all
Johnson - (see Pedro and Zambrano)
Smoltz - Had him on 1 or 2 teams, cant recall the results so can't be too bad
Peavy - One time, on a present Petco team. Moyer is outpitching him
Carpenter - One time, on a present MM team. Wish I spent the $ on another hitter.

So looks like we think alike for the most part. Only two or three guys I wouldn't hesitate putting on my team, that be Giles, Konerko, and Willis. For me personally, it's hard justifying spending anything over $4 on a hitter that can get that 15 gamer, at least in an $80 league. The cost of such an injury is normally a quick seat in the stands come playoff time.

[MARCPELLETIER]

Roberts appeared on 13 of the 120 best teams I surveyed:

Name B P AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BA OBP SLG

Roberts, Brian S 2B 664 110 198 52 7 25 87 87 122 23 5 4 0.298 0.378 0.511
Roberts, Brian S 2B 653 101 191 58 8 15 82 63 114 26 3 11 0.293 0.354 0.475
Roberts, Brian S 2B 592 109 181 45 3 20 89 83 107 17 6 11 0.306 0.391 0.493
Roberts, Brian S 2B 627 94 197 52 7 13 69 69 101 21 10 13 0.314 0.383 0.482
Roberts, Brian S 2B 675 123 212 64 4 20 66 62 95 17 8 15 0.314 0.371 0.51
Roberts, Brian S 2B 631 99 165 38 4 18 80 80 118 32 9 7 0.262 0.346 0.42
Roberts, Brian S 2B 601 105 188 45 5 17 64 77 110 48 4 7 0.313 0.393 0.489
Roberts, Brian S 2B 620 101 218 61 7 15 81 90 86 30 5 9 0.352 0.432 0.545
Roberts, Brian S 2B 638 113 193 48 8 17 89 75 122 34 9 12 0.303 0.375 0.483
Roberts, Brian S 2B 612 107 178 43 5 18 74 81 104 25 7 9 0.291 0.375 0.466
Roberts, Brian S 2B 618 103 196 47 10 21 102 81 101 30 10 12 0.317 0.394 0.528
Roberts, Brian S 2B 642 103 187 52 5 20 86 75 105 35 14 9 0.291 0.363 0.481
Roberts, Brian S 2B 593 111 175 38 4 17 64 73 110 30 3 7 0.295 0.374 0.459

Giles appeared 10 times
Giles, Brian L RF 545 97 161 29 8 19 72 122 79 10 1 0 0.295 0.425 0.483
Giles, Brian L RF 530 83 143 38 11 13 80 123 88 7 1 1 0.27 0.408 0.457
Giles, Brian L RF 592 109 147 32 10 10 71 125 89 8 1 3 0.248 0.381 0.387
Giles, Brian L RF 572 103 169 36 10 11 77 110 67 7 3 4 0.296 0.409 0.451
Giles, Brian L RF 619 116 187 41 8 20 95 110 110 11 6 7 0.302 0.404 0.491
Giles, Brian L RF 607 149 184 50 8 23 67 136 83 4 1 3 0.303 0.432 0.526
Giles, Brian L RF 618 129 182 36 15 26 74 118 87 14 3 7 0.295 0.411 0.528
Giles, Brian L RF 575 115 188 46 7 14 57 142 69 9 6 4 0.327 0.464 0.504
Giles, Brian L RF 590 124 183 44 3 15 90 129 94 14 4 3 0.31 0.434 0.471
Giles, Brian L RF 587 116 161 52 9 12 67 133 96 11 2 4 0.274 0.41 0.455

Abreu appeared 16 times
Abreu, Bobby L RF 617 109 147 36 4 28 96 108 182 23 6 4 0.238 0.355 0.446
Abreu, Bobby L RF 631 130 190 48 0 31 108 98 170 47 10 1 0.301 0.398 0.525
Abreu, Bobby L RF 637 115 165 41 3 28 70 106 156 25 12 1 0.259 0.369 0.465
Abreu, Bobby L RF 637 94 162 39 2 25 75 83 179 29 7 2 0.254 0.342 0.44
Abreu, Bobby L RF 632 118 184 44 1 28 97 99 141 16 3 7 0.291 0.388 0.497
Abreu, Bobby L RF 658 138 184 38 2 38 81 99 175 41 19 6 0.28 0.377 0.517
Abreu, Bobby L RF 630 126 163 36 6 27 89 112 162 26 7 7 0.259 0.374 0.464
Abreu, Bobby L RF 621 116 146 23 3 24 62 127 140 17 6 3 0.235 0.373 0.398
Abreu, Bobby L RF 634 106 176 38 5 18 83 94 153 34 4 5 0.278 0.377 0.439
Abreu, Bobby L RF 626 151 183 37 3 32 101 111 154 30 7 2 0.292 0.401 0.514
Abreu, Bobby L RF 611 130 163 36 4 27 85 120 148 54 18 3 0.267 0.385 0.471
Abreu, Bobby L RF 450 85 131 27 0 19 77 77 95 33 6 1 0.291 0.398 0.478
Abreu, Bobby L RF 617 110 173 40 2 29 95 110 158 31 9 6 0.28 0.394 0.493
Abreu, Bobby L RF 624 113 177 38 1 22 109 113 163 41 13 3 0.284 0.395 0.454
Abreu, Bobby L RF 666 127 186 37 3 25 73 112 180 30 11 2 0.279 0.386 0.457
Abreu, Bobby L RF 642 113 168 40 2 26 81 96 175 29 7 4 0.262 0.364 0.452

Crawford appeared 11 times
Crawford, Carl L LF 611 72 168 28 12 14 83 39 97 22 6 2 0.275 0.324 0.429
Crawford, Carl L LF 670 97 192 37 10 13 67 45 98 44 14 1 0.287 0.334 0.43
Crawford, Carl L LF 580 73 164 20 14 12 87 45 90 43 14 1 0.283 0.337 0.428
Crawford, Carl L LF 684 127 209 36 18 17 83 30 103 75 23 1 0.306 0.335 0.485
Crawford, Carl L LF 657 95 176 23 14 14 58 34 106 54 18 2 0.268 0.307 0.409
Crawford, Carl L LF 333 48 94 18 10 10 32 19 51 21 8 1 0.282 0.324 0.487
Crawford, Carl L LF 659 106 193 34 12 20 80 53 100 59 14 0 0.293 0.345 0.472
Crawford, Carl L LF 646 85 167 40 13 8 60 49 92 63 16 0 0.259 0.316 0.398
Crawford, Carl L LF 630 101 189 25 16 18 89 42 98 64 21 2 0.3 0.347 0.476
Crawford, Carl L LF 583 87 172 31 16 14 70 40 77 45 8 3 0.295 0.343 0.475
Crawford, Carl L LF 611 104 167 22 19 17 62 33 99 42 18 3 0.273 0.319 0.455


all other hitters appeared less than 10 times (by chance, I expect to see a name to appear at least 10 times out of the 120 best teams, so the other players did appear as a burden weight on the overall team).

[MARCPELLETIER]

Zambrano can dominate in a way Smoltz can't, in my opinion, in the right stadium (low hr), with the right defense (to compensate for the numerous walks).



[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/team/team_other.html?user_id=9442]Zambrano and Roberts team up for 95 wins[/url]

[Stoney18]

Aray has it right. Which parks do you usually play in and what complementary players do you like.

Hitters:
Roberts - rarely had, too much $$
B.Giles - love the OB for a MM team
Ellis - used him a lot lately for OB in front of SLG
Vlad(?) - couldn't get him, gave up trying
Abreu - See Vlad
Berkman - great success playing at 1B
Konerko - had once, sucked
Winn - on every petco/jacobs team I had. #3 hitter
Crawford - never had, nothing vs left.

Pitchers:
Pedro - had a couple of times, always gave up too many HR
Zambrano - rarely used
Willis - used once, looked at for Ameriquest, went lower $$
Johnson - used a couple of times, liked
Smoltz - never ever
Peavy - ok
Carpenter(?) - must have for MM

[mbrake]

Konerko is well worth the money at MM or US Cell. Carpenter & Smoltz are solid at MM. Johnson & Willis were good at PNC.

Roberts is simply too much coin for a secondbaseman!

[geekor]

Hitters:
Roberts - love him in pitchers parks. With the def, and all those tb's vs R
B.Giles - Underperformed for me everywhere except Coors.
Ellis - never used.
Vlad(?) - couldn't get him, gave up trying
Abreu - Underperformed every time I used him
Berkman - 50/50, sometimes awesome, other times, not
Konerko - had twice, good obp and hr's, low Ba
Winn - I agree, Crisp is the same thing for $2 cheaper
Crawford - Used once, got nothing in return

Pitchers:
Pedro - in pitchers parks, always a grerat use.
Zambrano - In pitchers parks or MM, always performed very well for me
Willis - Never able to get
Johnson - used once, never again
Smoltz - used 3 times, never again. I can get the same stats from J Johnson
Peavy - never could get
Carpenter(?) - must have for MM, agree on this

[MoCrash]

Had Konerko once, won championship.
Had Abreu twice, made playoffs both times and he was stellar.
Had Crawford once, terrible.
Had Vlad once, he was OK when healthy, but team was awful.
Never had any of the Ps ... I tend to spend less on pitching than others.

Abreu does best for me, batting in any of the top three spots. Had him in SAFECO and Coors. Also have him on a 20-team NetPlay keeper league SAFECO team. Got him with 19th pick in 3rd round and couldn't be happier.

[MICHAELTARBELL]

Hitters:
Roberts - never
B.Giles - once in Coors..did fine, just alot of $$ for a DH with no power
Ellis - 1 or 2 times...love the card, hate the injury
Vlad(?) - never
Abreu - never..just did not like his card this year
Berkman - 2 times...once great in petco, once so-so in coors
Konerko - once...as above lots of HRS and OBP, poor avg.
Winn - 2 times in small park. Love him there with all the natural doubles
Crawford - never...just too expensive for what you get

Pitchers:
Pedro - once in petco, disappointing
Zambrano - same as pedro
Willis - only once in coors..was awesome! could never get him again
Johnson - never crossed my mind to take him!
Smoltz - once in MM...terrible and dropped him
Peavy - twice..IMHO the best value of all the starters this year
Carpenter(?) - once in MM...see Smoltz