Fantasy Baseball All Questions Answered Thread

I prefer Moore in that deal. We don’t know what Taillon will become, and while Luebke is good, Moore is pretty special. He’s a lefty Strasburg in my eyes.

traded picks and unless you think you can outdraft the other owners in your league, I wouldn’t do it.
What is your incentive to trade picks?

without their being any keepers involved, I wouldn’t trade a pick.

I think Pineda and Montero would have had more value if they were not traded. Montero leaves a hitters park to a pitchers park, and Pineda goes to a hitters park from a pitchers park. Pineda also moves to the AL East, which is one of the better divisions in baseball.
I worry that Pineda may give up a few more HRs in Yankee stadium, which will impact his ERA, but he should win more games with that lineup behind him.
Montero will still be a good hitter, but may not hit for as much power in Safeco as he would have in Yankees stadium.

but I hope to meet him in the future. We trade emails from time to time, and I write a few articles for him here and there.

he’s the best player in the deal, and I don’t think Kennedy repeats his 2011 season.

I think he is one the most valuable pitchers before the trade and after the trade. Montero in the SEA lineup does not increase his value for me. He may add an extra win or two, but he is a top 5-6 starter in all of baseball.

I would keep Scherzer as he hasn’t reached his full potential and is still young.

I would keep Kipnis, Stubbs and Axford. Not sold on Romero. He benefitted from an extremely low .242 BABIP and 79% strand rate last year. His FIP was over 4, and he pitches in the AL East.

I actually think it might HELP his chances of catching after reading what Greg Johns wrote over at mlb.com:

At 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, he would figure to split time at catcher and designated hitter for the Mariners and provide a middle-of-the-order bat for an offense that finished last in the Majors in scoring the past two years.

If Johns is correct, Montero should gain catcher eligibility sometime in May of this season.

this response was meant for bronzeagle.

here is what Keith Law wrote about him last July:

Martin’s an above-average runner, but not a burner, and shows easy range in center field with a plus arm. He did have one misadventure on a flyball hit over his head that became a double rather than an out. I’d imagine he’ll be worth five runs or more a year on defense when he gets more reps under his belt, which means it won’t take a lot of bat for him to be a solid-average regular. If he does hit, he’ll be a star, but there’s a lot of work left to do on his swing before that becomes a realistic possibility.

In the article, he mentioned that the Rangers were tweaking his swing, so the jury is still out on whether he can be a fantasy contributor or not.

I would not keep him at $34 in an NL-only keeper league. Your MI is solid, so I would spend the money on pitching or an outfielder. If you don’t have an ace starter, get one in the auction.
Plus, you are already spending plenty on Tulo, so no need to spend that much on Phillips.