who's better in fantasy baseball, estaban loiaza or jon garland?
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loazia is poised for a big year in oakland i am a witesox fan and i think jon got lucky last year dont expect a big year out of him 14 wins at tops his era will be a surprise so i think loazia will be better even though both will be on good teams dont expect to much out of garland like everyone else did he only had 1 good year keep that in mind and now everyone is expecting too much out of him loazia is very consitent exept wen he won 20 games for the sox and won like 13 games for the yankees and even got moved to the bullpen both are overrated
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Albert Pujols, because he's awesome. Go Cards!!!
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I just saw your team and you don't need Cano who is the same as Castillo and Garland isn't a great pitcher. U have good pitchers, but not great pitchers, so trade Helton for Tejada cause Guillen sucks. and trade Hafner for Peavy or Santana or another great pitcher.
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I'd call it a pretty even trade.\nBoth are decent 4th starters in extremely strong divisions.\n\nI'd probably give the edge to Arroyo, all things being equal innings-wise, going from the AL to the NL.  However, Arroyo is more likely to head to the bullpen as a long-reliever than Towers, given the available alternatives on both teams.
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Chacon for sure.  \n\nI suspect that you want to pick one of them from free agents.  Chacon's starter job is a little more secure than Ponson, but maybe won't last long.  When Pavano comes back, he will start.  So Chacon and Jaret Wright will compete for the fifth spot in the rotation.  Most likely Wright would get the job because of his huge contract.  \n\nPicking either of them is not good choice, because you will lose ERA and WHIP.  You can try someone from Giants - NL west is very weak and has more pitcher-friendly ballparks.
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Ok, so I'm aware of the basics of player valuation. I'm in a head to head fantasy point league...I've used some projections to determine how many fantasy points each player is projected to earn. Then I determined the useful fantasy points by subtracting the last player drafted at each position. But I still have a couple of questions about this strategy.\n\n1.) When subtracting for useful fantasy points, should I be subtracting the last player drafted at each position or the last player that will be a starter at that position? I'm in a 16 team league (23 round draft, 16 starters, 7 bench players per team). Intuitively, it would make sense for me to only subtract the fantasy points from the last player that will be a starter at each position, because only starters can earn points anyway. \n\n2.) Using this system, are you supposed to draft solely based on the useful points? Because to me it seems like this would not account for scarcity. If you were deciding between Carlos Beltran and Miguel Tejada, the numbers would indicate that Beltran is a better pick because he would earn more useful points. But the difference between Beltran and next OF is much less than the difference between Tejada and the next SS. So to me, it would seem that Tejada is actually more valuable because you stand to "lose" more by not taking him. So, is there a way to incorporate scarcity into the useful fantasy point number? My only thought was maybe by including the dropoff between the next player at that position.
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Awesome trade! Andrew Jones is an amazing hitter. If you watch the way he swings you can tell this guy's great. In my mind Andrew is one of the best players in the leauge and getting him for Casey Blake was a total steal. Awesome!
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lol nice guys, totally beat me by like 4 mins... sad thing is i have the yahoo sports stat tracker on too... 21 and 11 is right... go edwin encarnacion btw
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iv'e never heard of that guy. search Yahoo! for "mike saavedra" and it should help
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Assuming the A's are still in the hunt at the trading deadline, he's not going anywhere this year. The chances of resigning him are pretty slim, however. The team's philosophy is that you don't tie up pitchers for big-money long-term deals (ergo the Hudson and Mulder deals). They went against their own policy with Loiaza and, seeing how that's turned out so far, they're not likely to repeat the mistake. \nI think Barry's going to sign with a Southern California team this winter; it's his home and he's not a New York kind of guy. My bet would be the Dodgers or the Padres.
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It was Jeffey Leonard of the San Francisco Giants vs the St Louis Cardinals. This from a guy who hit only 17 HR for the season.
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Catcher- Solid (but get a backup just in case he gets injured)\nFirst Base- Top 3 at his position, DO NOT LET GO OFF\nSecond Base- Solid, keep him too\nShortstop- Potential AL MVP\nThird Base-Good for 20-25hr,90rbi (only because he will get most of this at Coors)\nOutfield-Bonds is a huge hit or miss, Holliday is kinda in line with that "Coors Effect" and Rowand is a good player, but you can find better\nUtility- 2 slugging 1B in Fielder and Thome (keep them)\nBench-Vidro is a top 10 2b (keep him too)\nStarting Pitching-WISH I HAD YOUR PITCHERS!!! (DO NOT TRADE)\nPitchers-Loaiza is OK. Capuano is a question mark (better hope he repeats last year). Calero is a nice middle reliever. Clemens (you should see his situation) should keep if he decides to come back. Jones is on the DL right now, so you should find another closer to replace him. Wagner is one of the best at what he does, so he should stay. Last but not least, Garland is a great pitcher
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Sorry, but I don't play video games, so I don't know if this fits your criteria.  I think Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals is one of the purest players I've ever seen.  I'm not a fan of the team, but I think he's an amazing player.
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So it would basically be Reyes & Wells for Soriano & Dye? Personally I'd say no to that, Soriano gives you the power, speed and average #'s that fantasy leagues eat up, plus he's still eligible at 2B (presumably). If you're looking for a replacement for Dye, play it week to week and pick up a streaking player who may be facing some weaker competition then drop him when the hot streak wears off.
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Not a bad comparison.  Without looking at their stats, I remember that they both had approximately 400 homers, and their careers did overlap, although mostly in different leagues.  I never regarded Darrell Evans as quite HOF caliber, but consider Dwight right on the bubble.  \n(Of other outfielders eligible for the HOF but not in, I would first vote for players like Andre Dawson, Dale Murphy and Jim Rice w/ Dw. Evans in that next tier.)\n\n\nFrom what I remember, Dwight played stronger "d" w/ a cannon arm, and was an integral part of better teams than his namesake.  While I may be msitaken, I never thought of Darrell as very good defensively, and also would suspect that Dwight's BA was a little higher.
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a toss up between schilling and wakefield.they are both team players,got guts,and can kick butt against the best hitters around.(gimme a break,i'm a lifelong Boston fan.
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Berkman is good.  It all depends on if you have another good 2B.\n\nThink about this:  Soriano is way better than average 2B.  Berkman is good, but not way better than other OF.  All you need to do, is to add the numbers up and see if the new combination will give you better return.