by qksilver69 » Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:28 pm
C: Avila, probably best C card in the set along with Napoli likely 8M card
1B: Davis - injury roll but nice card vs RHP, probably 5-6M card
1B: Fielder - better than last year version, 7-8M card
C/DH: Napoli (prior to trade), likely 9-10M card
2B: Kendrick or Kinsler, both 2 range, Kendrick similar to Prado last year, 6M card, Kinsler less BA but more OB & pop, likely 6.5M card.
3B: Young, .854 OPS compares to Wright, likely 6-7M card
LF: Gardner, .345 OB, 1 range, not the best but still playable in a down year for OB/offense, great speed for bottom of lineup, 4-5M card
CF: Bourjos low OB but surprising pop with .765 OPS, with 1 range very playable, 5-6M card
RF: Markakis - 1 range on D but no offense, spot in most in need of an upgrade on this team, D sub in this set
Starting lineup value: 55-60M, counting only 1 of the 2 2Bs, using the other for trade bait.
SPs: Kennedy, Beachy, Garza, Jurrjens, Wilson, LeCure if he gets an SP card. Kennedy a legit stud, rest in the $4-5M range and will compete well with nice D behind them. Roster value: $25-30M
RPs: very strong with Kimbrel, Bailey, Romo, LeCure, just needs a LH or 2, of which there are several. Roster value: $18-20M
My estimate on roster value for this team without counting bench is minimum $100M. That's with 18 players, and is likely conservative. That kind of analysis is the minimum I expect from owners in this league, to be able to tell whether you should contend or not. AFD won a title last year starting from a similar place. I appreciate Chuck's time in the league and will begin search for a replacement now.
In the meantime I will bring on a temp owner to manage his team through the rest of FAs. Sorry for the drama.
Also, I am deleting Chuck's last FA pick of Liddi. I will let the temp owner make a pick more in line with the logic of a contending team.
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qksilver69 on Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.