Fantasy Baseball help

[Go Green Girl Jr.]

I've never played before, and I'm in a yahoo league right now. I was hoping someone could give me some easy pointers. TIA

Here's my team:

				Batting
Pos	Edit	Batters	Edit	Opp	Status	H/AB	GP	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	E	AVG	OBP
C		Bengie Molina (SF - C)	CUtilBN	^ SD	10:15 pm	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1B		Travis Hafner (Cle - 1B)	1BUtilBN	^ @LAA	10:05 pm	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
2B		Ian Kinsler (Tex - 2B)	2B	^ Bal	L, 8-1	1/5	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.200
3B		Casey Blake (Cle - 1B,3B,OF)	1B3BOFUtilBN	^ @LAA	10:05 pm	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
SS		José Reyes (NYM - SS)	SS	^ Phi	L, 5-2	1/5	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200
OF		Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)	OFUtilBN	^ @LAA	10:05 pm	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
OF		Gary Matthews Jr. (LAA - OF)	OFUtilBN	^ Cle	10:05 pm	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
OF		Manny Ramírez (Bos - OF)	OF	^ Det	W, 5-0	1/5	1	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.200
Util		Jim Thome (CWS - Util)	UtilBN			-/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BN		Xavier Nady (Pit - OF)	OFUtilBN			-/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BN		Jason Bay (Pit - OF)	OFUtilBN			-/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BN		--empty--				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DL		--empty--				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Starting Lineup Totals

• 3/15
• 8
• 15
• 1
• 3
• 2
• 0
• 1
• 0
• 1
• 0
• 0
• 3
• 1
• .200
• .200

						Pitching
Pos	Edit	Pitchers	Edit	Opp	Status	IP	W	L	SV	OUT	H	TBF	BB	K	TB	ERA	WHIP	K/9	WIN%	SV%
SP		Chris Young (SD - SP)	SPPBN	@SF	10:15 pm	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP		Matt Cain (SF - SP)	SPPBN	SD	10:15 pm	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP		Manuel Corpas (Col - RP)	RP	Atl	Top 5, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP		Jeremy Guthrie (Bal - SP,RP)	RP	@Tex	W, 8-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P		Joe Blanton (Oak - SP)	P	@Tor	Bot 8, 8-6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P		Joe Nathan (Min - RP)	RPPBN			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P		Nate Robertson (Det - SP)	P	@Bos	L, 5-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BN		Jake Peavy (SD - SP)

[Leave Cousins in!!]

here is a pointer

use the fantasy sports board

[Sparticane]

Originally Posted by Parrot Head

here is a pointer

use the fantasy sports board

[Go Green Girl Jr.]

wow, didnt even know there was a fantasy sports board... good thing you pointed it out (even if it was mean )

[Go Green Girl]

Originally Posted by Parrot Head

here is a pointer

use the fantasy sports board

God you're an ass.

[lil_dids]

It depends on how much time you want to dedicate to it. If you are just in it for some fun, make sure your lineup is filled with players that play everyday. (You only get points when they play.) If you have guys that share positions, you won't get much from them. It is early in the season, so it is tough to tell whether you should be looking to make any changes by dropping or adding players.

Watch out for injuries or any other reason your guys might not be in the lineup. If you keep your eyes on the schedules, you can change your lineup to work around days that teams have off. (This takes some time, and you can get burned if you forget to change back after the off day.)

You can edit the lineup each day if you want. Watch the stats of your players, and the ones on the bench (BN). You only get points for the active players, so if your bench players are doing better, change them for somebody else that is not performing as well.

Baseball has millions of stats that you can compare if you have the time or inclination. Usually the Yahoo rankings are a pretty good starting point, but making your own calls is what makes it fun. Keep an eye out for news updates about your players, they usually indicate that something about thier status has changed. (Injury, trade, sent to minors, etc.)

You don't need to change the lineup all the time. The season is long, and you will get a hang of it as you go along.

[Yellowledbetter]

there should be a better 3B available...is Joe Crede on the free agent list? He has been rollin, and was rated real low because he is coming back from back surgery

what SP are on the free agent wire? I would get another Starting pitcher and cut Nady

[Grtfmsu]

Originally Posted by Yellowledbetter

there should be a better 3B available...is Joe Crede on the free agent list? He has been rollin, and was rated real low because he is coming back from back surgery

what SP are on the free agent wire? I would get another Starting pitcher and cut Nady

Nady has been on fire. I would cut Gary Matthews before him, or just drop Blake.

GGG Jr., your team kind of sucks. Sorry to break it to you, but you have no chance with your team. Make sure to start your starting pitchers when they are scheduled. You have your best one on the bench. I'm sure there are better options on the ww for pitching besides Nate Robertson.

[Nick Papageorgio]

Originally Posted by Grtfmsu

Nady has been on fire. I would cut Gary Matthews before him, or just drop Blake.

GGG Jr., your team kind of sucks. Sorry to break it to you, but you have no chance with your team. Make sure to start your starting pitchers when they are scheduled. You have your best one on the bench. I'm sure there are better options on the ww for pitching besides Nate Robertson.

Actually her team is pretty decent. She's got good infielders even with Blake, who isn't that bad. Her outfield is very strong with Grady and Manny. She has 3 very good pitchers in Peavy, Young & Cain. Then throw in a top 5 closer in Nathan with a very good Corpas. The only thing that would really hurt her is if there were only 8 teams in the league

[Grtfmsu]

Originally Posted by Nick Papageorgio

Actually her team is pretty decent.

Pretty decent for a sucky team. That team is incredibly mediocre. Nathan's a great closer, but that doesn't help much when you only have 2 on the team. It also doesn't help that the other closer plays in Colorado. If Cy Young came back to life to pitch in Colorado, I wouldn't take him. There's only one #1 SP on the whole team, who is the only reason the team isn not a complete bust.

[The Truman Show]

Originally Posted by Grtfmsu

Pretty decent for a sucky team. That team is incredibly mediocre. Nathan's a great closer, but that doesn't help much when you only have 2 on the team. It also doesn't help that the other closer plays in Colorado. If Cy Young came back to life to pitch in Colorado, I wouldn't take him. There's only one #1 SP on the whole team, who is the only reason the team isn not a complete bust.

yeah, who would want Manny Corpas' 2.07 ERA. What a bum.

News flash: pitching in Coors is actually possible since they used a humidor.

furthermore, are you familiar with the work of Chris Young? or Matt Cain? Guthrie and Blanton aren't bad either. Ditch Robertson for someone decent off the WW and it's not a bad rotation.

It's probably an 8 team league if she has Peavy, Nathan, Reyes, Hafner, and Sizemore, but even then it's not horrible.

[Grtfmsu]

Originally Posted by haveacigar535

yeah, who would want Manny Corpas' 2.07 ERA. What a bum.

.

[The Truman Show]

Originally Posted by Grtfmsu

hahahahaha, hey, he was good LAST YEAR! How was I supposed to know he would implode within 2 weeks?