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I’m not sure why I haven’t posted a fantasy baseball update in a while. Perhaps because I was busy with real life, perhaps because my teams were excelling and didn’t care, or perhaps cuz I just wasn’t making any moves.
Well, I just made some moves – so I shall use this time and medium for my cop-out post for today.
Friends League:
This team went from being my pride and joy to just plain looking fugly. Here is is:
C – Geovany Soto
1B – Mark Teixeira
2B – Brian Roberts
3B – David Wright
SS – Stephen Drew
MI – Aaron Hill
CI – Ryan Zimmerman
OF – Michael Bourn
OF – Alex Rios
OF – Alfonso Soriano
U – Mark Reynolds
SP – Carlos Zambrano
SP – Ben Sheets
SP – Matt Cain
SP – Felix Hernandez
SP – Jeremy Bonderman
RP – Brad Lidge
RP – Brian Fuentes
B – Dustin McGowan, SP
B – Micah Owings, SP
B – Daniel Cabrera, SP
B – Jeff Francoeur,OF
Let’s see – in the past month, I’ve dropped a slumping Frenchie from the lineup to keep Bourn in for his steals (even though this further killed my average – but hey at least he’s slightly picking it up as of late), dropped Broxton and Rafael Soriano outright (Soriano is gonna be replaced by John Smoltz as the closer anyways), and picked up Fuentes and Cabrera. Slim pickins for closers in this league, so I make due with Fuentes I suppose.
Note: I have owned Cabrera every year for as long as I can remember, and every year he has shown flashes of brilliances which leads to the annual “Daniel Cabrera Is Breaking Out” conversation. Well, perhaps it really is legit now. He’s not striking out as many guys anymore, but nor is he walking as many, and he’s definitely getting outs – and in the AL East at that. The time is now.
Another Note: Geovany Soto is the truth. He is well on his way to earning Fantasy MVP honors for not only my teams, but I’m sure a multitude of others as well.
Lastly, and shamefully, I have fallen to third place with 66.0 points. The leader has created a cushion for himself with 89.0 – but alas, the season is young.
Office League:
I’m proud to say that I can still call this my Office League, as my internship has now turned into an actual paid position, so hoo-ray for that. On with it:
C – Geovany Soto
1B – Mark Teixeira
2B – Rickie Weeks
3B – Aramis Ramirez
SS – Hanley Ramirez
OF – Jeff Francoeur
OF – Adam Dunn
OF – Ichiro Suzuki
U – David Murphy
SP – Tim Lincecum
SP – Ben Sheets
SP – Scott Kazmir
SP – Ervin Santana
RP – Joakim Soria
RP – Brad Lidge
RP – Joey Devine
RP – Joba Chamberlain
B – Homer Bailey, SP
B – Daniel Cabrera, SP
B – John Danks, SP
B – Dana Eveland, SP
B – Max Scherzer, RP
B – Eric Gagne, RP
B – Justin Upton, OF
B – Aaron Hill, 2B
DL – Rafael Furcal, SS
DL – Chris Young, SP
Wow – this has been revamped. Gallardo out for the year (seemingly) – dropped. Cla Meredith, Butler, Gomez worthless – dropped. Just picked up David Murphy to fill in the util spot for a slumping Justin Upton while Furcal comes back. Murphy might be legit, as he has been getting a substantial amount of at-bats (on pace for 644 as of writing) and has produced. Also picked up a resurging Weeks to mix and match with Aaron Hill.
Joba is getting promoted so I kept around a demoted Mad Max to shore up the bullpen. Gagne is injured slash worthless, so I picked up Joey Devine for the peripherals and decent K totals in the meantime. John Danks has been solid for a few weeks now, and Eveland is a new addition who I was surprised was even available. Should be solid for here on out.
Still atop the standings with 100.5 points, 2nd place a distant 83.0 – however things may not bode well for the future, as I had been ahead even more comfortably well above 110 points while the rest of the pack was in the 70′s – oh well… can’t be perfect for 162 games.
