Double-007 League CHAT THREAD

[TomSiebert]

Confirming the Salary Cap for the Joe Walsh not-wannabe.

How is Vizquel not the biggest bargain around? Under $2MM for the best fielding SS in the game???

If I had more time to scout while sailing, I might not have gone w/ Garland and attempted a five or six man rotation, with a couple studs up front and then a rotating back half.

Return trip a pain in the @ss, as usual for anything flight related. Delayed 90 minutes in Orlando, fly into LGA, hit the middle of the Bronx just in time for the Yankees game to finally be postponed, and we craaaaaawl to the GW Bridge and beyond. In the perfect world, we were all back home by 4 pm. In reality, it was closer to 8.

Glad to be back, but can't spend too much time lingering on the game and leaving everybody else to unpack, do wash, etc.....will return in early AM....

tws

[MEAT]

tom, goo to have you back on terra firma. as MOST of you can see, this thing is REALLY smooth when you leave proxies. tom turned a oorner for us today while lost at sea, and in a sea of manhatten traffic. can we PLEASE try to have more GROUP consideration?!
kudos to all those that proxied up and moved us along....

[moneymaze]

[quote:bb9d0805d2="TomSiebert"]How is Vizquel not the biggest bargain around? Under $2MM for the best fielding SS in the game???

If I had more time to scout while sailing, I might not have gone w/ Garland and attempted a five or six man rotation, with a couple studs up front and then a rotating back half.
[/quote:bb9d0805d2]
Vizquel will be a Hoover at shortstop, but he will also make lots and lots and lots of outs.

I plan to do two big guys up front (I know Cain isn't anyone's definition of a big guy, but the Giants didn't hit a lick for him last year) and four others in the back. Meat and Cal have put together lineups that necessitate a certain number of lefty hurlers, and we're pretty near Barry Zitoville in that regard.

[Al Hogg]

... as of Jason's round 8 pick. Hitters listed below.

Shortstops (9)
Rollins, Jimmy ss-1e12 9,210,000
Cabrera, Orlando ss-1e12 7,110,000
Jeter, Derek ss-2e20 7,040,000
Tulowitzki, Troy ss-2e12 6,700,000
Ramirez, Hanley ss-4e27 6,540,000
Keppinger, Jeff ss-4e7 3b-3e19 2b-3e10 lf-4(+2)e8 rf-4e8 1b-4e25 5,400,000
Reyes, Jose ss-2e12 5,280,000
Renteria, Edgar ss-3e16 4,080,000
Vizquel, Omar ss-1e10 1,900,000

Right Fielders (8)
Ordonez, Magglio rf-3(-1)e1 11,350,000
Markakis, Nick rf-2(-1)e2 6,490,000
Guerrero, Vladimir rf-4(-3)e14 6,350,000
Rios, Alex rf-2(-3)e7 cf-3e7 6,340,000
Ankiel, Rick rf-3(-3)e8 cf-3e8 lf-4e8 6,090,000
Hawpe, Brad rf-4(-3)e7 5,430,000
Griffey Jr., Ken rf-3(+0)e10 4,880,000
Francoeur, Jeff rf-1(-4)e5 4,860,000

Left Fielders (5)
Holliday, Matt lf-3(+0)e3 9,020,000
Bonds, Barry lf-5(+3)e7 6,920,000
Dunn, Adam lf-4(+1)e7 6,360,000
Crawford, Carl lf-1(+0)e5 5,790,000
Soriano, Alfonso lf-4(-2)e7 cf-4e7 2b-4e22 4,790,000

Center Fielders (9)
Beltran, Carlos cf-1(-3)e6 7,990,000
Suzuki, Ichiro cf-1(-5)e1 7,930,000
Sizemore, Grady cf-1(+0)e2 7,890,000
Hunter, Torii cf-1(-3)e2 7,860,000
Rowand, Aaron cf-1(+0)e2 7,730,000
Granderson, Curtis cf-2(+1)e6 lf-2e6 7,050,000
Upton, B.J. cf-3(-1)e4 2b-4e41 5,870,000
Pence, Hunter cf-3(+1)e9 rf-3e9 5,050,000
Redman, Tike cf-3(+0)e5 lf-3e5 4,370,000

Catchers (4)
Posada, Jorge c-2(+0)e4,T-2(pb-4) 1b-4e25 8,360,000
Martin, Russell c-1(-2)e1,T-14(pb-1) 6,920,000
Martinez, Victor c-4(+0)e5,T-1(pb-5) 1b-4e7 6,390,000
Mauer, Joe c-2(-3)e1,T-2(pb-1) 4,710,000

Third Basemen (7)
Rodriguez, Alex 3b-2e14 12,310,000
Jones, Chipper 3b-3e12 ss-4e48 10,820,000
Wright, David 3b-2e22 8,920,000
Lowell, Mike 3b-1e16 7,540,000
Cabrera, Miguel 3b-4e25 7,450,000
Ramirez, Aramis 3b-2e13 7,120,000
Braun, Ryan 3b-5e39 6,090,000

Second Basemen (8)
Utley, Chase 2b-3e12 1b-3e22 8,260,000
Polanco, Placido 2b-2e0 7,900,000
Phillips, Brandon 2b-1e8 ss-3e48 6,920,000
Hudson, Orlando 2b-1e12 6,800,000
Roberts, Brian 2b-2e8 6,360,000
Pedroia, Dustin 2b-2e8 6,240,000
Cano, Robinson 2b-3e13 4,360,000
Grudzielanek, Mark 2b-2e10 ss-4e48 4,110,000

First Basemen (12)
Pena, Carlos 1b-2e9 11,040,000
Ortiz, David 1b-5e25 10,700,000
Pujols, Albert 1b-1e9 10,220,000
Fielder, Prince 1b-4e15 8,900,000
Helton, Todd 1b-2e2 8,470,000
Lee, Derrek 1b-1e8 7,670,000
Youkilis, Kevin 1b-1e0 3b-4e39 7,590,000
Teixeira, Mark 1b-1e7 7,560,000
Howard, Ryan 1b-4e14 7,440,000
Loney, James 1b-2e17 rf-5(+1)e16 6,380,000
Gonzalez, Adrian 1b-2e10 6,220,000
Berkman, Lance 1b-3e14 rf-4(+1)e13 5,630,000

[Al Hogg]

Pitchers Taken

Starters (25)
Peavy, Jake 9,460,000
Carmona, Fausto 7,000,000
Sabathia, C.C. 6,680,000
Webb, Brandon 6,630,000
Beckett, Josh 6,620,000
Hudson, Tim 6,510,000
Santana, Johan 6,290,000
Lackey, John 6,240,000
Bedard, Erik 6,230,000
Johnson, Randy 6,230,000
Verlander, Justin 6,080,000
Young, Chris 6,060,000
Lilly, Ted 5,600,000
Vazquez, Javier 5,540,000
Harang, Aaron 5,260,000
Penny, Brad 4,970,000
Hamels, Cole 4,960,000
Oswalt, Roy 4,960,000
Smoltz, John 4,940,000
Burnett, A.J. 4,790,000
Cain, Matt 4,750,000
Haren, Dan 4,740,000
Buehrle, Mark 4,710,000
Hill, Shawn 3,940,000
Garland, Jon 3,300,000

Relievers (3)
Saito, Takashi 6,580,000
Jenks, Bobby 6,040,000
Bell, Heath 5,370,000

[SGTD]

I see we are staying true to form so I should pick today (Every 2 days) and then pick on Thursday. I have a 9-12 EST Meeting this morning so Text me if my turn comes up so I do not hold things up. I will leave proxies with Tom before I go to be as close to accurate as I can. SGT D

[moneymaze]

Thanks for the list, Al. To let everybody know, B.J. Upton should be added as a CF.

[SGTD]

I sent Tom my Proxies for Round 8-9 and to Text me if the players are gone. Let's ahve a great day of drafting. My Mets are 1-0 and on pace to win 162 :D , it's great to be undefeated. SGT D

[moneymaze]

I'm available for leaving proxies; should be at my computer until about 4:45 Central.

[Al Hogg]

[quote:3b9f3713f9="moneymaze"]Thanks for the list, Al. To let everybody know, B.J. Upton should be added as a CF.[/quote:3b9f3713f9]

I added Upton. I think I've got 90 players down now (exactly halfway through the players we need to select), which is where we should be.