Fantasy Baseball studs and duds

[komey1]

I know it's early, but who is making you look good and bad so far this season. Here are mine:

AL 12 team 4x4 league
Studs:
Russell Martin (.324, 3 HRS. 8 RBI, 2 SB)
Dan Haren (1.14 ERA, 2 W, 13 Ks)
Duds:
Hidecki Matsui (.160, 3 RBI)

NL 12 team 4x4
Studs:
Hiroki Kiroda (1.72 ERA, 2 W, 9 Ks)
Shane Victorino (.375, 7 RBI, 2 SB)
Duds:
Dan Uggla (.177, 2 HR, 2 RBI)
Lance Berkman (.214, 1 RBI)

AL 10 team 5x4
Studs:
Howie Kendrick (.412, 8 Rs, 4 HRs, 4 RBIs)
Alberto Callaspo (..370, 4Rs, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs)
Duds:
Phil Hughes (16.50 ERA, 1 K)
Kevin Youkilis (.125, 3 Rs, 2 RBIs)

[jmh]

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10 team mixed 5x5
Studs:
Nelson Cruz (.360, 8 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI)
Gordon Beckham (.343, 9 R, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB)
Ian Kinsler (.214, 8 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB)

Duds:
Manny Ramirez (enough said)
Chad Billingsley (9 IP, 7 K, 8.00 ERA, 1.67 WHIP)
Wandy Rodriguez (11 IP, 7 K, 6.55 ERA, 1.64 WHIP)

Edit to add: And Beckham and Kinsler both went yard today.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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Only one league for me this year.

Mixed 10 team points league that locks weekly.

Studs:
Howie Kendrick
Paul Konerko
Miguel Montero
Justin Verlander

Duds:
Evan Longoria (1st round pick...DL)
Matt Holliday (2nd round pick...appendectomy)

[geezer]

Re: Fantasy Baseball studs and duds

Only one league for me this year.

Mixed 10 team points league that locks weekly.

Studs:
Howie Kendrick
Paul Konerko
Miguel Montero
Justin Verlander

Duds:
Evan Longoria (1st round pick...DL)
Matt Holliday (2nd round pick...appendectomy)

You and I are pleased with Konerko again today. Tulowitzki's been disappointing.
I drafted all offense first, but happily, Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy have been carrying my pitching staff.

[AMC]

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Deeeeep AL Only league dilemma:

Do I start Chris Tillman this week (2 starts, MIN, NYY) or 1 start of Phil Coke (@ SEA, tasty) and 1 start of Fausto Carmona (@ MIN)? I'm leaning towards taking the Coke and Carmona starts, and sitting Tillman. I don't think he'll rack up enough K's to make the ERA hit worth it (and I don't see him getting a W or QS).

[komey1]

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Just made this trade - Josh Hamilton straight up for Carl Crawford. 12 team AL only league. The guy is dumping early.

[JF_Gophers]

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Studs:
Josh Johnson (FLA) - 3 W, 0 L, 27.0 IP, 27 K, 1.00 ERA, 0.59 WHIP
Dan Haren (LAA) - 4 W, 1 L, 37.0 IP, 33 K, 1.46 ERA, 0.76 WHIP
Trevor Cahill (OAK) - 2 W, 0 L, 25.1 IP, 27 K, 2.49 ERA, 0.95 WHIP
Pablo Sandoval (SF) - 37 TB, 20 H, 10 R, 5 HR, 13 RBI
Howie Kendrick (LAA) - 47 TB, 23 H, 13 R, 6 HR, 9 RBI

Duds:
Will Venable (SD) - Although i only have him for SB, and he has 6.

[jmh]

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I just took a look at my team's performance to this point in the season. Some highlights (Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Cole Hamels, Chris Perez) but wow is that batting average column awful:

Matt Wieters .233
Adam Dunn .153
Ian Kinsler .231
Michael Cuddyer .230
Mark Reynolds .198
Gordon Beckham .208
Nelson Cruz .219
Andrew McCutchen .221
Carlos Santana .196

Yuck.

Also, Yahoo, you might want to fix this:

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[komey1]

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12 team AL 4x4
Stud:
Johnny Damon (.261, 5 HR, 23 RBI, 4 SB)
Dud:
John Danks (3.83, 0 W, 1.34)

NL 12 team 4x4
Stud:
Lance Berkman (.392, 10 HR, 32 RBI)
Dud:
J.A Happ (6.23, 2 W, 1.50)

10 team AL only 5x4
Stud:
Ben Zobrist (.263, 7 HR, 25 RBI, 5 SB)
Dud:
Jeff Niemann (5.75, 1 W, 17 K)

[jmh]

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NL 12 team 4x4

Dud:
J.A Happ (6.23, 2 W, 1.50)

Gosh, anybody from the "Ed Wade is still trying to help the Phillies win" school of thought could've warned you that he was going to suck.

[NMU8405]

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So far my studs have been:
Placido Polanco (2B/3B PHI) 46 hits, .365 AVG 21 RBI
Alex Gordon (3B-OF. KC): 42 hits, .316 AVG (picked him in the late rounds).
Jaime Garcia (SP- STL) 4 Wins, 2 Shutouts, 1.99 ERA 0.97 WHIP
Gio Gonzalez (SP OAK) 4 Wins, 41 Ks, 2.68 ERA 1.31 WHIP

Duds:
Ian Kinsler (2B-TX) 27 Hits, 5 Homeruns, .216 AVG
Hanley Ramirez (SS- FLA): 22 Hits, .195 AVG 1 HR 12 RBI

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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ESPN 10-team points league locks weekly

Studs:
Matt Holliday (raking since coming off the DL, 4th ranked OF, .394 avg, 4 HR, 24 RBI)
Howard Kendrick (2nd Ranked 2B, .317 avg, 6 HR, 14 RBI)
Placido Polanco (2nd Ranked 3B, .364 avg, 2 HR, 21 RBI)
Justin Verlander (3rd ranked SP, 3-3, 3.16 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 55 Ks)
Justin Masterson (11th ranked SP, 5-0, 2.11 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 34 Ks)

Duds:
Evan Longoria (Was on DL for a month after 1st round pick)
My SS Position (Angel Sanchez, Rafael Furcal, Maicer Izturis, everyone keeps getting hurt once I pick them up.)

[jmh]

Re: Fantasy Baseball studs and duds

Eric Hosmer may not suck.

[komey1]

Re: Fantasy Baseball studs and duds

Made this trade in an AL only 12 team 4x4 league:
I get: Jarod Dyson
Other guy gets: Mike Cameron and Kyle Gibson

[jmh]

Re: Fantasy Baseball studs and duds

Jose Bautista is pretty good.