Since I am benefitting from a terrifc day from Jermaine Dye- who I got for free when somebody dumped him- I was wondering what the worst moves in everybody else's leagues were this year.
I picked up Dye, Takashi Saito, and Carlos Quentin after somebody dumped them.
A couple of my real early dumps, which in hindsight aren't too good.
Rick Ankiel
Kerry Wood
Zack Greinke
Other notable drops in our league, include...
JD Drew
Matt Kemp
Erik Bedard
Aaron Harang
I also snagged Kemp off waivers, coupled him with Corey Hart and got back Jose Reyes in a trade right before he blew up.
I vetoed a trade earlier this year:
Johan/Braun for Ortiz/Church/Cueto
I hate vetoes, but this trade was just truly awful. It was made on the Saturday before Braun started going off. The trade was awful then and looks 10 times worse now.
The biggest bone-headed trades in my league were my own. I gave up Adam Dunn & Josh Hamilton for Ichiro & Jeff Francour. I backed up this trade with another questionable one. I gave up Joey Votto & Geo Soto for Ivan Rodriquez & Albert Pujols. Even after these trades, I'm still in first place. AMAZING!!!!
My current roster: R Martin, G Zaun - c
A Pujols, P Fielder - 1b
BJ Upton, A Ramirez - 2b
F Fucal, Y Escobar - ss
D Wright, R Braun - 3b
J Dye, N Swisher, M Holliday, Ichiro, J Gullen - of
Pitchers - (only 5 on active staff)
M Buehrle, AJ Burnett, G Floyd, F Hernandez, B Lyon, D McGowan, J Papelbon, M Rivera, J Sanchez, K Wood
Originally Posted by chettt
Are there only 2 teams in your league? That's quite a roster.
"The players make the manager, it's never the other way." - Sparky Anderson
I'm in a 12 team, head to head Yahoo! league. I have been able to pick up Erik Bedard, Carlos Quentin, and Xavier Nady off of waivers. I also traded Troy Tulowitzki and Jake Peavy for Hanely Ramirez, Aaron Harang, and Chen Ming Wang. I am in 2nd place in my league (I don't know how, with this lineup). This is my lineup right now:
C Ivan Rodriguez
1B Mark Teixeira (13 HR, 55 RBI)
2B Robinson Cano
SS Hanley Ramirez
3B Ryan Braun (20 HR, 55 RBI)
OF Josh Hamilton (19 HR, 76 RBI)
OF Carlos Quentin (17 HR, 56 RBI)
OF Xavier Nady
Util Evan Longoria/Jay Bruce
SP Josh Beckett
SP Edinson Volquez
SP Aaron Harang
SP Erik Bedard
SP Matt Garza
SP Clayton Kershaw
SP Jon Lester
RP Johnathan Sanchez
RP Billy Wagner
DL Chen Ming Wang
Last edited by JWP; 06-23-2008 at 02:34 PM.
Currently in an 8 team league. I'm riding first by three games, and have currently made 98 moves so far this season to get there.
Key Trades:
I traded Alex Rodriguez for Prince Fielder and David Wright
I traded Robinson Cano, David Wright, Prince Fielder, Erik Bedard, Troy Percival for Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Chone Figgins, Jered Weaver, Jonathon Paplebon
I traded Grady Sizemore for B.J Upton
I traded Paplebon, Carlos Pena, and Carlos Guillen for Jose Reyes and Matt Capps
I traded Matt Capps and Chris Young (SD) for Trevor Hoffman
I traded Zach Grienke for Micah Owings
I traded Justin Upton, Troy Percival and Cliff Lee for Ichiro, Bobby Jenks and Huston Street
I traded Chase Utley and Ervin Santana for Matt Holliday and Dan Haren
I traded Yunel Escobar and Adam Dunn for Garrett Atkins
Key Free Agent Pickups:
Soto, Josh Hamilton, Milton Bradley, Carlos Lee, Lackey, Lyon, Sherrill, Saunders, Duchscherer
My Current Roster:
C Geovany Soto
1b Ryan Howard
2b B.J. Upton
3b Garrett Atkins
SS Jose Reyes
OF Matt Holliday
OF Josh Hamilton
OF Ichiro Suzuki
UT Milton Bradley
BN Carlos Lee
BN Chone Figgins
DL David Ortiz
SP Joe Saunders
SP Dan Haren
SP Justin Duchscherer
SP John Lackey
SP ***With my one open roster spot I pick up a different starting pitcher that has the best possible matchup for the following day. Has helped and backfired many times.
CL Brandon Lyon
CL Huston Street
CL George Sherill
CL Trevor Hoffman
CL Bobby Jenks
We'll win it all next year...
My top waiver pick ups in my money league:
1B Connor Jackson, 2B/SS Ryan Theriot & SP Ervin Santana. I also had some success with Keppinger and 2B Clint Barmes before they got hurt.
I can lay claim to the top 2 in my league, I picked up Nate McLouth 2 weeks into the season but dropped him later when he slumped for a week. I also traded Jake Peavy for Aaron Harang & Michael Cuddyer
Posting Permissions
|
Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please. |
Reply With Quote