Your roster's core

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:43 pm

Phillies wrote:Jamey is the heart and soul of the Phillies. He is the only untouchable on my squad.

I remember when Eduardo Perez and Mike Koplove filled that role for the Cardinals

DBacks · Post by **DBacks** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:29 pm

Koplove was instrumental to the 2006 IBC championship team. We're going to retire his jersey.

Phillies · Post by **Phillies** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:11 pm

When Carroll is simming at .320/.380 no one ask for him.

Rockies · Post by **Rockies** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:46 pm

Phillies wrote:When Carroll is simming at .320/.380 no one ask for him.

Fill us in on his counting stats..

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:47 pm

Cubs wrote:Koplove was instrumental to the 2006 IBC championship team. We're going to retire his jersey.

Yep I dealt him to you to win a title and to JP to win a title. 1 outta 2 ain't bad

Cardinals · Post by **Cardinals** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:15 pm

Pirates wrote:
Pirates wrote:2010 Pirates Core

1 Tim Lincecum
2 Zack Greinke
3 Roy Halladay
4 Evan Longoria
5 Dan Haren
6 Matt Holliday
7 Jon Broxton
8 Franklin Gutierrez
9 Nick Johnson
10 Kosuke Fukudome or Kelly Johnson, I'm a believer in KJ still.

Lots of changes for the better over the past two years in the Burgh.
Two years later, but:

1. Tim Lincecum
2. Evan Longoria
3. Cole Hamels
4. Mike Trout
5. Yu Darvish
6. Matt Holliday
7. Ben Zobrist
8. Billy Butler
9. Juan Nicasio
10. Jon Papelbon

Even more changes this past year. We have a new No. 1!

1. Mike Trout
2. Evan Longoria
3. Matt Kemp
4. Zack Greinke
5. Jose Reyes
6. Yadier Molina
7. Adam Wainwright
8. Matt Holliday
9. Ben Zobrist
10. Allen Craig

Brewers · Post by **Brewers** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:51 am

Fun Conversation:

1. Stephan Strasburg
2. Johnny Cueto
3. Dexter Fowler
4. Wilin Rosario
5. Alcides Escobar
6. Martin Prado
7. Ross Detwiler
8. David Hernandez
9. Drew Smyly
10. Draft Pick #10

Randall Delgado and the prospects could probably be argued starting at 9. There was also some consideration to Franklin Morales.

Brewers · Post by **Brewers** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:55 am

1. Stephan Strasburg
2. Johnny Cueto
3. Dexter Fowler
4. Wilin Rosario
5. Alcides Escobar
6. Martin Prado
7. Ross Detwiler
8. David Hernandez
9. A.J. Griffin
10. Drew Smyly

Phillies · Post by **Phillies** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:46 pm

1. Austin Jackson
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Jeff Samardzija
4. Matt Harvey
5. Nolan Arenado
6. Dustin Ackley
7. Jed Lowrie
8. Chris Tillman
9. Dan Straily
10. Jordan Lyles

Danny Duffy will work his way in there when healthy. Wouldn't surprise me if Samardzija is #1 after next season.

Tigers · Post by **Tigers** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:11 pm

Here we go again......

1. Kung Fu Panda, 3b
2. Adrian Gonzalez, 1b
3. Kris Medlen, sp
4. Asdrubal Cabrera, ss
5. Jaime Garcia, sp
6. Nick Castellanos, RF/3b
7. Jose Altuve, 2b
8. Nick Swisher, of
9. Vance Worley, sp
10. Ubaldo Jimenez, sp
11. Gary Brown, cf

A fair amount of consistency from last season which isn't really a good thing, but some key changes.....

Braves · Post by **Braves** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:00 pm

Tough call for me after Sale.

1. Chris Sale sp
2. Dustin Pedroia 2b
3. Kevin Slowey sp
4. Logan Morrison 1b
5. Nick Markakis Rf
6. Jesus Montero C
7. Todd Frazier Util
8. 11th Overall Pick
9. John Lamb sp
10. Arodys Vizcaino p

Athletics · Post by **Athletics** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:09 pm

My core is like 2-3 years out from being on the actual team:

1. Dylan Bundy
2. Gerrit Cole
3. Kaleb Cowart
4. Jameson Taillion
5. Trevor Story
6. Mason Williams
7. Aaron Sanchez
8. 12th Overall Pick
9. Dayan Viciedo
10. Jacob Mcgee/Brett Jackson

Yankees · Post by **Yankees** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:18 pm

Nationals wrote:
Chris Young
Fausto Carmona
Victor Martinez
Rich Hill
Chipper Jones
Brian Wilson
Brad Hawpe
Michael Young
Todd Helton
Chone Figgins

Not Ranked - I only have one guy left:
Bradley Milton RF
Drew J.D. RF
Dunn Adam LF
Jones Chipper 3B
Jurrjens Jair SP
Litsch Jesse SP
Marson Lou C
Masterson Justin SP
Saunders Joe SP
Volquez Edinson SP

Well while I still technically have Chipper Jones on the roster, I'm 0/10 on the list above.

Re-done:

Beltran, Carlos
Cain, Matt
Davis, Chris
Dickey, R.A.
Fister, Doug
Gardner, Brett
Kimbrel, Craig
McDonald, James (Bill James & FanGraphs both like him for next year - http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index. ... ses-steam/ - I do too)
Morse, Michael
Napoli, Mike

Orioles · Post by **Orioles** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:01 pm

Marlins wrote:
Marlins wrote:1. Justin Verlander, SP
2. David Ortiz, 1B/DH
3. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
4. Ben Sheets, SP
5. Carl Crawford, LF
6. Aramis Ramirez, 3B
7. Hunter Pence, CF
8. Dustin McGowan, SP
9. Adam Miller, SP
10. Ian Kinsler, 2B

If Gio Gonzalez logs some big league innings this year, I'd probably bump him ahead of Kinsler.
That's from 4 years ago. Shockingly similar to my current top 10.

1. Justin Verlander, SP
2. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
3. Ian Kinsler, 2B
4. Carl Crawford, LF
5. Max Scherzer, SP
6. Justin Morneau, 1B
7. Wil Myers, OF
8. Aramis Ramirez, 3B
9. Jarred Cosart, SP
10. Mark Beuhrle, SP

1. Justin Verlander, SP
2. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
3. Ian Kinsler, 2B
4. Max Scherzer, SP
5. Wil Myers, OF
6. Carl Crawford, LF
7. Trevor Cahill, SP
8. Aramis Ramirez, 3B
9. Mark Buehrle, SP
10. Justin Morneau, 1B

Denard Span just misses.

Rangers · Post by **Rangers** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:14 am

1. Miguel Cabrera
2. Prince Fielder
3. Yu Darvish
4. Jurickson Profar
5. Matt Wieters
6. James Shields
7. Michael Bourn
8. Chase Utley
9. Hanley Ramirez
10. Sergio Romo

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:42 am

1. Cole Hamels
2. Jordan Zimmermann
3. Adrian Beltre
4. Paul Goldschmidt
5. Yasmani Grandal
6. Ian Desmond
7. Alex Gordon
8. Jeremy Hellickson
9. Neil Walker
10. Jesse Biddle

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:43 am

Tigers wrote:1. Cole Hamels
2. Jordan Zimmermann
3. Adrian Beltre
4. Paul Goldschmidt
5. Yasmani Grandal
6. Ian Desmond
7. Alex Gordon
8. Jeremy Hellickson/Yovani Gallardo
9. Neil Walker
10. Jesse Biddle

Giants · Post by **Giants** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:07 am

Athletics wrote:
Athletics wrote:Oh this looks like fun.

1. Buster Posey
2. Jason Bay
3. JD Drew
4. Gil Meche
5. Brett Myers
6. Derek Holland
7. Huston Street
8. Mike Cameron
9. Ryan Doumit
10. Chris Davis
HM: The Great White Whale Michael Ynoa
Dearly Departed for now: Mark DiFelice
This list will probably look pretty different in a month or two.
On the bandwagon that was an ugly list, not sure this one is much better

1. Mike Stanton
2. Buster Posey
3. Shaun Marcum
4. Brandon McCarthy
5. JJ Hardy
6. Xander Bogaerts
7. Huston Street
8. Alejandro de Aza (i buy the breakout)
9. Liam Hendriks
10. Jason Giambi (fan pick, really hurts that Dunn isn't in the top 5)

Doing this again

1. Buster Posey
2. Buster Posey
3. Buster Posey

OK serious list

1. Buster Posey
2. Giancarlo "Mike" Stanton - he'll always be Mike to me
3. Brandon McCarthy
4. Xander Bogaerts
5. JJ Hardy
6. Ryan Vogelsong
7. Shaun Marcum
8. Jackie Bradley
9. Kyle Crick
10. Johan Santana/Adam Dunn

Marlins · Post by **Marlins** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:59 am

Jason Heyward
Eric Hosmer
Brett Anderson
Zach Wheeler
Mike Olt
Neftali Feliz
Wilson Ramos
Brian Goodwin
Aaron Hicks
Alex Meyer

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:52 am

Cardinals wrote:
Cardinals wrote:
Cardinals wrote:Oswalt
Lackey
Markakis
Garland
Yadi Molina
Burrell
Headley
Antonelli
Max Ramirez
Jared Burton
Wainwright
Jurrjens
Grady
Billy Butler
Frank Francisco
Yadi
Hawpe
Seth Smith
Chris Perez
Chase Headley (he hit .300 away from Petco, my boy just needs a trade)

Wainwright
Danny Espinosa
Taijuan Walker
Jacob Turner
Bubba Starling
Christian Yelich
Hak-Ju Lee
Zach Lee
Jonathan Lucroy
Fernando Salas

**I'd include Seth Smith or Colby Lewis but there's no way they're on the team by September

Oscar Taveras
Taijuan Walker
Tyler Skaggs
Christian Yelich
Jonathan Lucroy
Taylor Guererri
Jedd Gyokro
Tim Collins
Bubba Starling
Hak-Ju Lee

Mets · Post by **Mets** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:47 pm

Hmm...

1. David Wright
2. Miquel Montero
3. Ian Kennedy
4. Josh Johnson
5. Angel Pagan
6. Anibal Sanchez
7. Michael Cuddyer
8. JJ Putz
9. Tony Cingrani
10. Josh Bell

Phillies · Post by **Phillies** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:12 pm

Phillies wrote:1. Jamey Carroll
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Desmond Jennings
4. Dustin Ackley
5. Trevor Bauer
6. Trevor Cahill
7. James Paxton
8. Matt Harvey
9. Lonnie Chisenhall
10. Tommy Milone

#1 player is BACK. Funny I had Paxton ahead of Harvey, yikes.

Yankees · Post by **Yankees** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:14 pm

Nationals wrote:
Nationals wrote:
Beltran, Carlos
Cain, Matt
Davis, Chris
Dickey, R.A.
Fister, Doug
Gardner, Brett
Kimbrel, Craig
McDonald, James (Bill James & FanGraphs both like him for next year - http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index. ... ses-steam/ - I do too)
Morse, Michael
Napoli, Mike
Well I feel significantly better about this now...there are some mid-season top 50's who didn't make mine here...

1. Addison Russell
2. Oswaldo Arcia
3. Max Fried
4. David Dahl
5. Maikel Franco
6. Jeff Locke
7. Alen Hanson
8. Avisail Garcia
9. Sonny Gray
10. Clayton Blackburn

Athletics · Post by **Athletics** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:21 pm

Angels wrote:My core is like 2-3 years out from being on the actual team:

1. Dylan Bundy
2. Gerrit Cole
3. Kaleb Cowart
4. Jameson Taillion
5. Trevor Story
6. Mason Williams
7. Aaron Sanchez
8. 12th Overall Pick
9. Dayan Viciedo
10. Jacob Mcgee/Brett Jackson

Um, flip 1 and 2 because of injury. Flip 3 and 4 because of performance. Same with 5 and 7. Put 2013 Overall pick into 8th...maybe 7th. Slide Hawkins who was the 12th overall pick to 9th. and McGee slots in at 10 since B-Jax has shown his true colors of a hitter.

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:43 pm

Padres wrote:
RedSox wrote:1. Josh Beckett
2. Brandon Webb
3. Dustin Pedroia
4. Travis Buck
5. Andy Laroche
6. Kevin Youkilis
7. Jed Lowrie
8. Pat Neshek
9. Mark Buehrle
10.Michael Bowden
A few changes since then...
1. Dustin Pedroia
2. Brandon Webb
3. Josh Beckett
4. Jeremy Guthrie
5. Kevin Youkilis
6. Mark Buehrle (most underrated pitcher in baseball)
7. Victor Martinez
8. Jacoby Ellsbury
9. Denard Span
10.Michael Bowden

A few changes in 5 years (unsurprisingly)

1. Manny Machado
2. Jason Kipnis
3. Miguel Sano
4. Carlos Correa
5. Travis D'Arnaud
6. Chris Archer
7. Felix Doubront
8. Gray/Appel
9. Wade Miley
10. Marcus Stroman