2011 MLB Offseason Discussion - Rangers choking edition

[Valisk]

Post the teams, lol. I want to see and pick a pre-season winner.

[Havocxx]

The auto draft thing decided I needed 3 3rd basemen (Brett Lawrie, Aramis Ramirez and David Wright....) in the first 6 rounds and 4 closers (Hanrahan, Axford, Farnsworth, Joakim Soria) overall, at least I'll win saves?

[Mote]

David Wright will be hurt, so you're in great shape!

[Mote]

My Team:

CARLOS LEE'S SIXTH BURGER
BATTERS
Mike Napoli, Tex C
Joey Votto, Cin 1B
Howard Kendrick, LAA 2B
Edwin Encarnacion, Tor 3B
Starlin Castro, ChC SS
Jose Altuve, Hou 2B
Carlos Lee, Hou 1B
Carlos Gonzalez, Col OF
Adam Jones, Bal OF
Chris Young, Ari OF
Jason Kubel, Ari OF
Allen Craig, StL OF
Kendrys Morales, LAA 1B
Alejandro De Aza, CWS OF

PITCHERS
Cole Hamels, Phi SP
Matt Cain, SF SP
Madison Bumgarner, SF SP
Gio Gonzalez, Wsh SP
Jordan Walden, LAA RP
Heath Bell, Mia RP
Brandon League, Sea RP
Tyler Clippard, Wsh RP
Kenley Jansen, LAD RP
Josh Collmenter, Ari SP
David Robertson, NYY RP

[Mugekuge]

Oh you were who took Napoli and Votto a draft before me

[Melena]

Here's mine. Couple wtf pics due to me playing with rankings on one position and not forgetting it won't reset to the next -_-

C Alex Avila
1B Miguel Cabrera
2B Ryan Roberts
3B Adrian Beltre
SS Jhonny Peralta
2B/SS Emilio Bonifacio
1B/3B Adam Lind
OF Alex Gordon
OF Brett Gardner
OF Angel Pagan
OF Aubrey Huff
OF Nyjer Morgan
Util Mike Carp
B Russell Martin
B Justin Morneau

Pitchers

Tim Lincecum
James Shields
Matt Garza
Brian Wilson
Justin Masterson
Joe Nathan
Jair Jurrjens
Chad Billingsley
Jhoulys Chancin

B Homer Bailey

[Cail]

draft (in order of me picking them):
Cano
Cliff Lee
Weaver
Pence
Hosmer
Matt Moore
Strasburg
Ichiro
Drew Storen
Yu
Posey
Coco Crisp
Kuroda
Andrew Bailey
Stephen Drew
Mike Moustakas
David Freese
Jemile Weeks
Bryce Harper (auto picked too early)
Aaron Hill (auto picked)
James Loney
Michael Brantley
JD Martinez
Pavano
Trevor Cahill

[Akiyama]

C Wilson Ramos
1B Prince Fielder
2B Dan Uggla
3B Chase Headley
SS Troy Tulowitzki
2B/SS Elvis Andrus
1B/3B Paul Kanerko
OF Mike Stanton
OF Jason Werth
OF Logan Morrison
OF Brandon Belt
OF John Mayberry Jr.
Util Billy Butler
B Geovany Soto

Pitchers

Yovani Gallardo
Jeremy Hellickson
Michael Pineda
Jose Valverde
Tim Hudson
Ted Lily
Colby Lewis
Tim Stauffer
Mike Minor
Jim Johnson
Mike Adams

I can make this team work.. but I"m gonna need to move a few parts. Really sucks I missed the draft. It just completely slipped my mind. :/

[Viq]

How did Morneau end up on multiple teams?

[Valisk]

How did Morneau end up on multiple teams?

Concussion like symptoms.

[Headspace]

I find your lack of Reds disturbing

[Melena]

Yea, Aky must have gotten some bad cake, I stole Morneau in the last round hoping he can make good trade bait later.

[Akiyama]

No, my bad. I copied-pasted the whole lineup thing so I could just list them at their positions and forgot to delete that. Oopsies.

[Valisk]

Miggy with a ball to the face.

Video:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/spring2012/st...-grounder-face

[archibaldcrane]

Wow, he wasn't even close to fielding that. I love how ready and eager to go he looks right before getting smashed in the face.

[Weeks]

Yeah, ESPN was selling it as a bad hop, but the ball could have hit a tar pit and it wouldn't have deadened the bounce as much as Cabrera was expecting.

[Bregor]

C J.P. Arencibia (277)
1B Michael Young (85)
2B Jason Kipnis (180)
3B Ryan Zimmerman (36)
SS Hanley Ramirez (13)
MI Mike Aviles (252)
CI Adam Dunn (205)
OF Josh Hamilton (37)
OF Carl Crawford (60)
OF Desmond Jennings (61)
OF Jason Heyward (109)
OF Cameron Maybin (156)
UT Brennan Boesch (253)

BN Mike Trout (300)

SP Justin Verlander (12)
SP Adam Wainwright (84)
SP Josh Johnson (108)
SP Anibal Sanchez (132)
SP Johnny Cueto (157)
SP Derek Holland (228)
CL J.J. Putz (133)
CL Carlos Marmol (181)
CL Frank Francisco (204)
CL Brett Myers (229)
RP Jonny Venters (276)

Like Kipnis but 2B and MI could be a problem all year if he doesn't pan out. Lots of high upside/high injury risk with Hamilton, Crawford, Wainwright, and JJ but I'll take it.

[FNH]

Not in the BG league but rate my team anyway. H2H not Roto league

C Miguel Montero, Ari C
1B Joey Votto, Cin 1B
2B Dustin Pedroia, Bos 2B
3B Brett Lawrie, Tor 3B
SS Starlin Castro, ChC SS
MI Dee Gordon, LAD SS
CI Mike Moustakas, KC 3B
OF Ichiro Suzuki, Sea OF
OF Coco Crisp, Oak OF
OF Cameron Maybin, SD OF
OF Angel Pagan, SF OF
OF Jason Kubel, Ari OF, DH
UT Edwin Encarnacion, Tor 3B, 1B, DH
B Mitch Moreland, Tex 1B, OF

P Tim Lincecum, SF SP
P CC Sabathia, NYY SP
P Mariano Rivera, NYY RP
P Jonathan Papelbon, Phi RP
P John Axford, Mil RP
P Shaun Marcum, Mil SP
P Jeremy Hellickson, TB SP
P Colby Lewis, Tex SP
P Sergio Santos, Tor RP
B Jim Johnson, Bal RP
B Frank Francisco, NYM RP

[Moss]

Ye defending champ's team:

C - McCann
1B - Pujols
2B - Brandon Phillips
3B - Youkilis
SS - Rollins
2B/SS - JJ Hardy
1B/3B - Michael Morse
OF - Andrew McCutchen
OF - Michael Cuddyer
OF - Nick Markakis
OF - Frenchy
OF - Lucas Duda
UTIL - Daniel Murphy
BE - Mat Gamel

Pitchers:
Kershaw
Jordan Zimmermann
Max Scherzer
Brandon Morrow
Huston Street
Brandon McCarthy
Sergio Santos
Chris Perez
Mat Thornton
Jonathan Niese
Mike Leake

[Bregor]

Not in the BG league but rate my team anyway. H2H not Roto league

C Miguel Montero, Ari C
1B Joey Votto, Cin 1B
2B Dustin Pedroia, Bos 2B
3B Brett Lawrie, Tor 3B
SS Starlin Castro, ChC SS
MI Dee Gordon, LAD SS
CI Mike Moustakas, KC 3B
OF Ichiro Suzuki, Sea OF
OF Coco Crisp, Oak OF
OF Cameron Maybin, SD OF
OF Angel Pagan, SF OF
OF Jason Kubel, Ari OF, DH
UT Edwin Encarnacion, Tor 3B, 1B, DH
B Mitch Moreland, Tex 1B, OF

P Tim Lincecum, SF SP
P CC Sabathia, NYY SP
P Mariano Rivera, NYY RP
P Jonathan Papelbon, Phi RP
P John Axford, Mil RP
P Shaun Marcum, Mil SP
P Jeremy Hellickson, TB SP
P Colby Lewis, Tex SP
P Sergio Santos, Tor RP
B Jim Johnson, Bal RP
B Frank Francisco, NYM RP

That outfield needs work, but otherwise pretty solid.