2009 NL LABR Results

By Dalton Del Don

Here’s the team I drafted at LABR this past weekend. I’m still getting caught up after being out of town for nearly a week, so for now, I’ll post only the results. I’ll go into much greater detail Thursday. Remember, it’s a 13-team league with extremely deep rosters (14 offensive players, 10 pitchers). Anyway, without further ado, here is my team:

Pos Player Price
C Chris Iannetta 20
C Bengie Molina 15
1B Travis Ishikawa 5
2B Freddy Sanchez 12
3B Edwin Encarnacion 20
SS Yunel Escobar 13
CI Bill Hall 2
MI Edgar Renteria 13
OF Chris Young 23
OF Elijah Dukes 21
OF Willy Taveras 17
OF Rick Ankiel 14
OF Seth Smith 6
U Chris Duncan 5
P Yovani Gallardo 19
P Chris Young 13
P Randy Johnson 12
P Manny Parra 8
P Chris Carpenter 6
P Jonathan Sanchez 6
P Jordan Zimmermann 6
P Homer Bailey 1
P LaTroy Hawkins 1
P Peter Moylan 2
B Mike Lamb R
B Tom Glavine R
B John Raynor R
B Jacque Jones R
B Brandon Jones R
B Jeff Stevens R

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17 responses to “2009 NL LABR Results”

  1. Brett Greenfield Avatar

    Love the Giants picks… and the Homer Bailey for a dollar.. in an NL only league how does that happen?

    Is Ishikiwa starting ? He name is certainly fun to say..

    Love the catchers…

  2. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    I felt like such a homer with all those Giants ending up on my team. That wasn’t on purpose at all. Maybe Randy Johnson and Sanchez, but certainly not Molina again. I was stuck with Ishikawa as I addressed my 1b and CI spots last. I really hope he wins that job.

    Homer Bailey has been lights out this spring – but I pretty much gave up on him beforehand. He could be one of those guys who kills my ERA, or he could bust out. I really didn’t expect to get him for $1 – others had higher minimum bids when I threw his name out. However, M. Owings may be the favorite as the team’s No. 5 starter right now.

  3. Donald Trump Avatar
    Donald Trump

    I am having at least some trouble converting 14 team NL only to 12 team mixed league value, but it seems as though Gallardo was a huge bargain.

  4. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    I hope so. Gallardo got shelled during his last spring outing. Hopefully he’s not hurting.

  5. Mark Avatar
    Mark

    You’re hitting is pretty solid but you seem a little weak on pitching (mostly because of question marks and no proven ace). No closer? Good luck this year!

  6. Fake Teams Avatar

    I suspect you punted Saves and will try to be the lucky one to win the FAAB bidding for them or deal hitting to address them.

    At what point in the season do you trade hitting for Saves?

  7. Jon Williams Avatar

    Your corners and outfield are on the risky side. If you misjudged on more than one or two of them you’ll be looking for offensive all year. Your pitching staff does look really good. Lots of upside overall just not as much certainty as I would have wanted on offense.

  8. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Mark – My SPs are definitely injury-prone – something that’s even more worrisome in a format like this (no replacements readily available). That said, I imagine I have more decent SPs than most as of now. However, the glaring lack of saves could be a problem (more on that later).

  9. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Fake Teams – I’ll address this more during my writeup of the auction, but I did set out not to pay for closers. I did this last year and led the league for the first four months (but ultimately lost, and this is a gamble). I probably should have paid for J. Rauch or Motte, who were relative bargains. I will definitely entertain trade options, and if I want to compete in saves, I better do it in April. I could have excess starting pitching as well, but that’s only in the unlikely event they stay healthy.

  10. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Jon Williams – How funny. One commenter says I’m weak on pitching, you say I’m strong there yet lacking on offense. It really is tough to judge in such a rare/deep format. I totally agree my CI is definitely a huge weak link. And I definitely overpaid for E. Dukes. I really, really need Seth Smith to come through.

  11. Poincare Avatar
    Poincare

    DDD,

    $20 for Chris Iannetta? I like him too, but that seems a little steep. I already know from playing with you in the RS2 league that you value better hitting catchers much more than I do, so I do understand your strategy, even if I don’t necessarily agree with it.

    I really like your prices on both Chris Youngs, Randy Johnson, and Chris Carpenter. The one problem I see with your offense is the team BA looks to be quite low.

    I hope you had a great time on this trip. I sent you a personal e-mail recently. I hope you have the time to respond to it in the near future.

    Poincare

  12. Donald Trump Avatar
    Donald Trump

    Actually, this Seth Smith guy looks like a pretty good bet.

  13. Mark Avatar
    Mark

    Haha… I think you’re hitting is balanced. I never said there weren’t any risks. The way I look at your team is you could miss on a couple and really nail on a couple which would offset. Should be an interesting year for ya.

    I am not a fan of Freddy Sanchez so I would have put that money toward a closer 😉

  14. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Poincare – Iannetta and Chris Young (Ari) were the two guys I targeted entering the auction. Of course, I certainly didn’t expect to have to spend $20 on Iannetta, who is unproven. That was one bid getting somewhat mocked later that night at the poker tables. I’m a big boy – I can handle it. It certainly doesn’t look great compared to Russell Martin ($22). But that’s easy to say after the fact (Martin went first), and Doumit was $18.

    I actually think it’s more important to get rock solid catchers in this format than say our RW2 staff league. Think about it – there are 26 C slots in this league. There are just 16 starting catchers in the NL. But ya, that was an overspend, no doubt.

    I hope Freddy Sanchez can help me out in the BA department.

  15. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Donald Trump – Seth Smith’s minor league numbers are actually good. If he wins that LF job it would be huge for me. I would have been willing to go higher than $6.

  16. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Mark – I’m typically not a Sanchez guy either. And in hindsight, Barmes was the better buy. I did need some BA help tho.

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