Monday, February 19, 2007

2007 AL Bullpens

The bullpens are more important than the starting rotations in 4x4 Rotisserie. Given 40% or so of the jobs will turn over, watching the back-up closers is of utmost strategic importance. Even if you punt saves on draft day, you must trawl for saves intra-season to get a handful of points.
































PITCHERSTeamWSVKERAWHIPK:BB
"Nathan Joe"MIN736951.5800.7905.94
"Putz J.J."SEA4361042.2980.9198.00
"Ryan B.J."TOR238861.3690.8574.30
"Rivera Mariano"NYY534551.8000.9605.00
"Rodriguez Francisco"LAA247981.7261.0963.50
"Street Huston"OAK437673.3111.0905.15
"Ray Chris"BAL433512.7271.0911.89
"Gagne Eric"TEX0130.0000.5003.00
"Jenks Bobby"CHW341804.0051.3922.58
"Jones Todd"DET237283.9381.2662.55
"Borowski Joe"CLE336643.7461.3781.94
"Pineiro Joel"BOS81876.3561.6481.36
"McClung Seth"TB66596.2911.8250.87
"Dotel Octavio"KC00710.8002.9000.64
"Otsuka Akinori"TEX232472.1121.0734.27
"Shields Scot"LAA72842.8751.0723.50
"Duchscherer Justin"OAK29512.9101.0965.67
"MacDougal Mike"CHW11211.5520.9313.50
"Zumaya Joel"DET61971.9441.1762.31
"League Brandon"TOR11292.5311.0083.22
"Rincon Juan"MIN31652.9061.3452.71
"Timlin Mike"BOS69304.3591.4691.88
"Farnsworth Kyle"NYY36754.3641.3642.68
"Nelson Joe"KC19444.4331.3661.83
"Tavarez Julian"BOS51564.4701.5611.27
"Hernandez Roberto"CLE02483.1101.4611.50
"Mastny Thomas"CLE05145.5101.5311.75
"Reitsma Chris"SEA18138.6791.9291.63

Monday, February 12, 2007

The Next Jonathan Broxton?

The Dodgers have another fire-balling middle reliever named "Jonathan" in the minors who may follow Broxton this year - Jonathan Meloan. He struck out 91 across 52 minor league innings in 2006. He finshed at AA where he k'ed 23 in 10.2 IPs. More dramatically stated, that would be 23 strikeouts out of the 32 outs recorded. 72%! He is worth watching.

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

2007 NL-Only OF Rankings - Top Half

Carlos Lee sits atop the NL-only OF rankings thanks to his across-the-board quality performance in 2006. He ranked in at least the 86th percentile in each category amongst his OF peers. His 19 SBs ranked in the 89th! I know other fantasy experts a reporting Lee is being taken too high, but you have to wonder if they are under-estimating Lee's numbers.



FWIW, keep in mind that the 75th percentile in SBs is 10. This means the vast majority of NL outfielders did not provide SBs. If you eliminate those OF with fewer than 12 SBs, there remains just eleven players.
















































RankPlayerTeamHRRBIAVGSB
1LEE CARLOSHOU0.3003711619
2HOLLIDAY MATTCOL0.3263411410
3SORIANO ALFONSOWAS0.277469541
4BAY JASONPIT0.2863510911
5BELTRAN CARLOSNYM0.2754111618
6BERKMAN LANCEHOU0.315451363
7JONES JACQUECHC0.28527819
8CAMERON MIKESD0.268228325
9BYRNES ERICARZ0.267267925
10HAWPE BRADCOL0.29322845
11ENCARNACION JUANSTL0.27819796
12KEARNS AUSTINWAS0.26424869
13JONES ANDRUWATL0.262411294
14ALOU MOISESSF0.30122742
15WILSON PRESTONSTL0.263177212
16DUNN ADAMCIN0.23440927
17DEROSA MARKCHC0.29613744
18MURTON MATTCHC0.29713625
19ETHIER ANDRELA0.30811555
20GILES BRIANSD0.26314839
21BONDS BARRYSF0.27026773
22WILLINGHAM JOSHFLA0.27726742
23CHAVEZ ENDYNYM0.30644212
24NADY XAVIERPIT0.28017633
25GREEN SHAWNNYM0.27715664
26PIERRE JUANCHC0.29234058
27JENKINS GEOFFMLW0.27117704
28ROBERTS DAVESD0.29324449
29BURKE CHRISHOU0.27694011
30ANDERSON MARLONLA0.29712384
31WINN RANDYSF0.262115610
32ROWAND AARONPHI0.262124710
33FRANCOEUR JEFFATL0.260291031
34DIAZ MATTATL0.3277325
35EDMONDS JIMSTL0.25719704
36DAVANON JEFFARZ0.29053510
37FREEL RYANCIN0.27182737
38VICTORINO SHANEPHI0.2876464
39SCOTT LUKEHOU0.33610372
40BURRELL PATPHI0.25829950
41CHURCH RYANWAS0.27610356
42DUNCAN CHRISSTL0.29322430
43HART COREYMLW0.2839335

Monday, February 05, 2007

2007 NL-Only Rankings - Bottom Half

As with the AL-only rankings, use these to determine which players may be undervalued on draft day. Amongst my favorites are Jeff Baker, Nook Logan, Chris Duffy and Chris Snelling.



There is no way Willy Taveras is a worse 4x4 player than Jeff Conine. But note two things. Conine produced very nicely in his utility role last season between Baltimore and Philadelphia. With Rich Aurilia gone, I expect Conine to eat those 1B Abs and get OF ones along with regular pinch-hitting when not at 1B and OF. Second, Taveras' HR and RBI are so low that they are negatives in 4x4. If his AVG slips in Colorado - possible given lack of BBs and doubles and triples, he will be officially the Adam Dunn of SBs!



















































RankPlayerTeamHRRBIAVGSB
44CONINE JEFFCIN0.26810663
45TAVERAS WILLYCOL0.27813033
46GONZALEZ LUISARZ0.27115730
47MENCH KEVINMLW0.26913681
48FLOYD CLIFFNYM0.24411446
49SPIEZIO SCOTTSTL0.27213521
50GRIFFEY JR. KENCIN0.25227720
51BAKER JEFFCOL0.3685212
52SPILBORGHS RYANCOL0.2874215
53FINLEY STEVESF0.2466407
54BAUTISTA JOSEPIT0.23516512
55TAGUCHI SOSTL0.26623111
56WILSON CRAIGATL0.25117491
57ESCOBAR ALEXWAS0.3564182
58SULLIVAN CORYCOL0.26723010
59AMEZAGA ALFREDOFLA0.26031920
60GROSS GABEMLW0.2749381
61KEMP MATTLA0.2537236
62BRANYAN RUSSELLSD0.22818362
63DUFFY CHRISPIT0.25521826
64MCLOUTH NATEPIT0.23371610
65REPKO JASONLA0.25431610
66LANE JASONHOU0.20115451
67ROSS CODYFLA0.22713461
68CLARK BRADYMLW0.2634293
69HERMIDA JEREMYFLA0.2515284
70LOGAN NOOKWAS0.300182
71ABERCROMBIE REGGIFLA0.2125246
72QUENTIN CARLOSARZ0.2539321
73RODRIGUEZ JOHNSTL0.3012190
74CRUZ JR. JOSELA0.2335175
75HAIRSTON SCOTTARZ0.400020
76JOHNSON BENSD0.2504123
77LANGERHANS RYANATL0.2417281
78DENORFIA CHRISCIN0.283171
79BORCHARD JOEFLA0.23010280
80LINDEN TODDSF0.273251
81GWYNN JR. TONYMLW0.260043
82SNELLING CHRISWAS0.250382
83MILLEDGE LASTINGSNYM0.2414221
84THORMAN SCOTTATL0.2345141
85YOUNG CHRISARZ0.2432102
86ELLISON JASONSF0.222242
87SLEDGE TERRMELSD0.229270
88BOURN MICHAELPHI0.125001

Saturday, February 03, 2007

2007 AL-Only Rankings

No matter what I try, I cannot get the extreme SB players higher. Thus, you should manually adjut them to the point you like them.











































RankPlayerPosAVGHRRBISB
1GUERREROVLADIMIRANA0.3293311615
2WELLSVERNONTOR0.3033210617
3CRAWFORDCARLTB0.305187758
4ABREUBOBBYNYY0.2971510730
5RIOSALEXTOR0.302178215
6SIZEMOREGRADYCLE0.29287622
7DAMONJOHNNYNYY0.285248025
8DYEJERMAINECWS0.315441207
9HUNTERTORIIMIN0.278319812
10RAMIREZMANNYBOS0.321351020
11SUZUKIICHIROSEA0.32294945
12IBANEZRAULSEA0.289331232
13ORDONEZMAGGLIODET0.298241041
14RIVERAJUANANA0.3123850
15MATTHEWSGARYTEX0.313197910
16PATTERSONCOREYBAL0.276165345
17CUDDYERMICHAELMIN0.284241096
18FIGGINSCHONEANA0.26796252
19DREWJ.D.BOS0.283201002
20BALDELLIROCCOTB0.302165710
21LOFTONKENNYTEX0.30134132
22SWISHERNICKOAK0.25435951
23BROWNEMILKC0.28715816
24DEROSAMARKTEX0.29613744
25BLAKECASEYCLE0.28219686
26ANDERSONGARRETANA0.2817851
27MARKAKISNICKBAL0.29116622
28JOHNSONREEDTOR0.31912498
29MONROECRAIGDET0.25528922
30CABRERAMELKYNYY0.2875012
31NORTONGREGTB0.29617451
32PAYTONJAYOAK0.29610598
33HUFFAUBREYBAL0.26721660
34GRANDERSONCURTISDET0.2619688
35THAMESMARCUSDET0.25626601
36WILLIAMSBERNIENYY0.28112612
37CRISPCOCOBOS0.26483622
38PENAWILYMOBOS0.30111420

Friday, February 02, 2007

2007 AL OF Ranks - Bottom Half

These ranks are based solely on the player's 2006 numbers. As a result, you will see players who are very obviously under-ranked. I decided to leave them as they are because their lack of 2006 production make them "sleeper" candidates under the defition of being under-valued. Does anyone doubt Gary Sheffield will go for less than he would have had he not been injured last year?



There are many players in this list that are true sleepers under the definition of significantly out-performing anything they had produced in 2006 i.e Reggie Willits or Lew Ford.



The top half will be posted later today or first thing tomorrow morning.














































RankPlayerPosAVGHRRBISB
39DEJESUS DAVIDKC0.2958566
40CATALANOTTO FRANKTEX0.37561
41PODSEDNIK SCOTTCWS0.26134540
42DELLUCCI DAVIDCLE0.29213391
43BRADLEY MILTONOAK0.276145210
44MATSUI HIDEKINYY0.3028291
45GIBBONS JAYBAL0.27713460
46GERMAN ESTEBANKC0.3263347
47MICHAELS JASONCLE0.2679559
48KOTSAY MARKOAK0.2757596
49GATHRIGHT JOEYKC0.23814122
50NIXON TROTCLE0.2688520
51HINSKE ERICBOS0.27113342
52OZUNA PABLOCWS0.3282176
53SHEFFIELD GARYDET0.2986255
54YOUNG DELMONTB0.3173102
55SANDERS REGGIEKC0.24611497
56WILKERSON BRADTEX0.22215443
57KIELTY BOBBYOAK0.278362
58TYNER JASONMIN0.3120184
59MACKOWIAK ROBCWS0.295235
60BLOOMQUIST WILLIESEA0.24711516
61STEWART SHANNONFA0.2932213
62CHOO SHIN-SOOCLE0.283225
63WHITE RONDELLMIN0.2467381
64GUILLEN JOSESEA0.2169401
65KUBEL JASONMIN0.2418262
66ANDERSON BRIAN N.CWS0.2258334
67GUZMAN FREDDYTEX0.286000
68CRUZ NELSONTEX0.2236221
69FORD LEWMIN0.2264189
70BYRD MARLONTEX0.2235183
71REED JEREMYSEA0.2176172
72WILLITS REGGIEANA0.267024
73FIORENTINO JEFFBAL0.256071
74MURPHY DAVIDBOS0.227120
75SWEENEY RYANCWS0.229050
76JONES ADAMSEA0.216183
77HAIRSTON JERRYTEX0.2060105
78ERSTAD DARINCWS0.221051
79STERN ADAMBOS0.15041

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Brewers 3B

Tom Hardencourt just told Charlie Steiner on XM Radio's The Beat that the Brewers are not hearing good things about Corey Koskie. If Koskie isn't ready to go, and that is my guess, then Tony Graffanino and Craig Counsell will platoon at 3B. Counsell has the good side of that platoon and should be considered an excellent sleeper for steals. Graffanino is also a good $1 player as someone has to back-up the middle infield when Counsell starts at 3B.