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ory lidle 0 42 kyle lohse 0 42 brett tomko 0 41 ricky nolasco 0 41 josh johnson 0 41 ryan dempster 0 41 josh beckett 0 41 rodrigo lópez 0 40 josé contreras 0 40 scott downs 0 40 freddy garcía 0 40 odalis pérez 0 39 elmer dessens 0 39 gil meche 0 38 elizardo ramírez 0 38 greg maddux 0 38 taylor buchholz 0 38 chan ho park 0 38 brandon claussen 0 37 chuck james 0 37 esteban loaiza 0 36 ryan madson 0 36 salomón torres 0 36 daniel cabrera 0 35 bruce chen 0 35 cliff lee 0 35 josh hancock 0 35 jeff weaver 0 35 tom glavine 0 35 ervin santana 0 35 david wells 0 34 dontrelle willis 0 34 shaun marcum 0 34 justin verlander 0 34 víctor santos 0 34 jon garland 0 34 nate robertson 0 32 adam loewen 0 32 chad qualls 0 31 eric milton 0 31 brad radke 0 31 derek lowe 0 30 oscar villarreal 0 30 oliver pérez 0 30 fernando nieve 0 30 enrique gonzález 0 30 jorge sosa 0 29 zach miner 0 28 tim hudson 0 28 doug davis 0 28 paul byrd 0 28 tim wakefield 0 28 roberto novoa 0 27 jamie moyer 0 27 jason jennings 0 26 ron villone 0 26 aaron sele 0 26 matt morris 0 26 wandy rodríguez 0 26 jarrod washburn 0 26 jake westbrook 0 25 luke hudson 0 25 woody williams 0 25 joe blanton 0 25 clay hensley 0 25 mark buehrle 0 24 casey janssen 0 24 jeff francis 0 24 barry zito 0 23 liván hernández 0 23 zach duke 0 23 anibal sánchez 0 22 mark hendrickson 0 21 tony armas 0 21 carlos silva 0 21 ramón ortiz 0 21 jon lester 0 20 paul maholm 0 20 jae seo 0 19 jaret wright 0 19 casey fossum 0 19 josh fogg 0 18 jeff suppan 0 18 kenny rogers 0 18 noah lowry 0 17 john thomson 0 17 aaron cook 0 17 jeremy sowers 0 17 jason johnson 0 16 jorge de la rosa 0 16 kris benson 0 16 brian moehler 0 16 mark mulder 0 15 tomo ohka 0 15 kameron loe 0 14 sean marshall 0 14 sidney ponson 0 14 joel piñeiro 0 13 mike o connor 0 13 ryan franklin 0 13 ruddy lugo 0 13 miguel batista 0 12 jake woods 0 12 pedro astacio 0 12 tim corcoran 0 12 julián tavárez 0 11 john koronka 0 11 chien ming wang 0 11 jason marquis 0 10 gustavo chacín 0 10 jamey wright 0 08 horacio ramírez 0 08 mark redman 0 07 brad halsey 0 05 mike thompson 0 05 todd wellemeyer 0 02 runelvys hernández 0 01 chad billingsley 0 01 steve trachsel 0 00 brad hennessey 0 00 carlos marmol 0 01 kirk saarloos 0 01 shawn chacón 0 03 scott elarton 0 07 jeremy affeldt 0 09 seth mcclung labels swip 2006 posted by ray flowers at 5 53 pm 5 comments thursday september 21 2006 2007 keepers the payoff pitch radio show notes september 22 2006 contributed by ray flowers listen live every friday 2 3 pm est or catch the show on podcast itunes 1 2007 keeper madness outfielders first year 1 delmon young 356 3 10 12 2 20 20 as soon as next year 2 nick markakis 296 16 60 69 2 325 14 39 40 in 62 second half games 3 chris duncan 304 18 38 53 0 in 247 ab big time power also plays 1b 4 andre eithier 314 11 54 50 5 in 382 ab slumped in second half still well over 300 5 melky cabrera 286 7 49 73 12 quietly put up a strong rookie year 6 jason kubel 247 8 26 23 2 next year could easily hit 275 20 75 7 luke scott 382 8 30 24 2 in 170 ab hasn t stopped hitting since called up 8 chris young ari 250 2 9 8 2 in 60 ab all around talent is breath taking 2 2007 keeper madness pitchers starters first or second year 1 felix hernandez 11 14 4 68 era 165 k 1 39 whip in 179 ip dominant in spurts needs consistency 2 jered weaver 11 2 2 15 96 1 00 in 108 2 ip never let up is it stuff or deception 3 matt cain 13 10 3 99 168 1 25 in 178 ip 2 80 era 1 11 whip with 88 k in 86 2 second half ip 4 scott olsen 12 8 3 87 156 1 27 in 172 ip almost a k per ip 5 justin verlander 16 9 3 63 121 1 32 in 181 ip 4 61 era 1 55 whip in second half 6 ian snell 14 10 4 67 166 1 45 in 181 ip almost a k per ip shot at 15 wins 7 annibal sanchez 8 3 2 90 65 1 15 in 102 1 ip no hitter will drive up price 8 chuck james 10 4 3 62 80 1 24 in 107 ip 6 2 with a 2 73 era last two months relievers first or second year 1 huston street 4 4 2 88 61 0 99 with 35 sv in 65 2 ip only his second season 2 jonathan papelbon 4 2 0 92 75 0 78 with 35 sv in 68 1 ip will he start next year 3 chris ray 3 4 2 90 49 1 13 with 32 sv in 62 ip quiet but effective in 2nd year 4 joel zumaya 6 3 2 00 91 1 18 with 1 sv in 76 1 ip gas gas and more gas 5 adam wainwright 2 1 2 92 66 1 10 with 1 sv in 71 ip 2007 closer for cards 6 takashi saito 5 2 2 25 95 0 92 with 19 sv in 72 ip will he close next year 7 taylor tankersley 2 1 2 95 43 1 42 with 3 sv in 36 2 ip if borowski moves does tank close 8 cal merideth 5 1 0 82 31 0 73 in 43 2 ip better era and whip than papelbon 3 2007 keeper madness infielders catcher 1 joe mauer 344 11 79 81 8 no way he repeats right 2 victor martinez 315 16 87 75 0 300 hitting catchers there are only 2 guaranteed 3 brian mccann 326 21 80 56 2 more than just that roger clemens hr 4 michael barrett 307 16 53 54 0 missed time with fight injury 5 johnny estrada 306 11 70 43 0 great bounce back from 2005 struggles 261 4 39 others russell martin 285 10 59 59 10 will he keep stealing kenji johjima 295 17 71 57 3 tremendous first season ronny paulino 318 6 53 36 0 more power less average next year first base 1 albert pujols 328 46 128 112 6 best all around hitter period 2 ryan howard 312 57 140 101 0 ungodly power what about an encore 3 lance berkman 312 41 122 88 3 also quals at 1b tremendous overall hitter 4 justin morneau 325 33 125 92 little chance he repeats the average 5 mark teixeira 270 28 98 90 2 30 hr 100 rbi still isn t that bad is it others conor jackson 285 13 71 68 1 in 446 ab too much discipline to fail adam lind 375 1 5 6 0 hit a combined 330 24 89 63 30 with a 950 ops james loney 261 1 8 16 1 hit 380 8 67 64 9 in 98 games at aaa second base 1 chase utley 300 29 92 120 13 best at 2b no questions remain 2 rickie weeks 279 8 34 73 19 20 20 possibility with health 3 brian roberts 290 9 52 79 35 less power more speed 4 robinson cano 339 11 71 55 4 can he win a batting title 5 dan uggla 287 26 89 103 6 the new jeff kent others kaz matsui 252 2 21 26 7 hitting 338 1 14 16 5 in 22 games w rockies howie kendrick 270 3 25 21 6 360 hitter in minor league career will also qual at 1b next year chris burke 282 9 40 54 11 will biggio be back josh barfield 283 12 55 67 19 outstanding rookie season shortstop 1 jose reyes 299 19 77 119 57 best fantasy player in the game 2 derek jeter 339 14 95 110 32 best season in years 3 jimmy rollins 275 22 73 116 36 just a small step below reyes 4 miguel tejada 327 22 94 95 6 never stops hitting regardless of teams record 5 michael young 315 14 95 89 7 200 hits four straight seasons others freddy sanchez 346 6 82 84 3 also quals at 3b has 19 gp at 2b stephen drew 315 4 21 22 2 in 178 ab full time job is his next season hanley ramirez 285 13 53 112 50 who woulda thunk it third base 1 arod 284 34 116 106 16 still the best 2 miguel cabrera 338 25 110 108 9 moves ahead of wright with his average 3 david wright 307 24 110 90 20 almost identical to last year 306 27 102 99 17 4 garrett atkins 328 27 114 108 3 did you realize he was that good 5 aramis ramirez 291 35 111 87 2 huge second half 332 19 59 47 in 65 games others ryan zimmerman 283 19 99 81 11 100 rbis as a rookie esteban german 342 3 29 39 7 in 240 ab also of why didn t royals play him more bj upton 246 0 7 17 10 in 142 ab 2nd overall in 2002 needs to field better 12 e in 40 games 4 ray s notes fantasy factoid how about that michael young has 206 hits this year his fourth straight season with over 200 since 1940 only three other batters have accomplished this feat four years in a row wade boggs 7 years ichiro suzuki six and kirby puckett four ray flowers a member of sabr and the fantasy sports writers association can be reached with comments questions or suggestions at ray fantasybaseball com posted by ray flowers at 9 50 pm 1 comments saturday august 19 2006 baseball mailbag august 17th contributed by ray flowers i m in a 16 team keeper league in which each team keeps 5 players i need help deciding on which 5 out of the following to keep albert pujols jose reyes carlos lee grady sizemore chad tracy jon papelbon ervin santana jason schmidt and brandon webb any suggestions ross chicago il here are the players in order that i would protect them 1 albert pujols 332 35 93 88 5 no reason need be given 2 jose reyes 299 14 59 98 49 could end up the top fantasy earner this season because of the steals 3 grady sizemore 303 18 55 97 18 in a down year for the tribe sizemore has not disappointed improving his avg obp slg ops 4 carlos lee 294 30 89 77 14 seven straight years of at least 24 hr and 80 rbis lee has recorded at least 99 rbi the past three years 5 chad tracy is a fine hitter 280 15 64 69 4 but he will only qualify at 3b next year and he certainly hasn t taken the next step this season papelbon 0 90 era 0 75 whip 31 sv has been spectacular but the possibility of his returning to the starting rotation coupled with his relative lack of experience would lead me to shy away e santana is intriguing but his career era is still 4 49 and it doesn t figure to be helped by the american league jason schmidt has had a very solid bounce back season in san francisco 3 00 era 1 18 whip 140 k but he is a free agent rumored to be heading to seattle this offseason and i don t generally think the al is a good place to be for a sp that leaves us with brandon webb the man i would protect as the 5th guy on your keeper list webb has been great all year going 13 4 with a 2 77 era 1 15 whip and a stupendous 4 17 k bb ratio in fact webb has 31 bb in 24 starts this year and other than a rough month of june 0 3 5 08 era 1 51 whip has been the man all year in arizona that power sinker can be flat out dominating and that s what you want in a keeper i m an need of runs and rbis and in order to find that i m looking to deal carlos delgado and coco crisp for ichiro i have adrian gonzalez at 1b i would probably drop a spot or two in hrs but think i could make up for it in sbs and maybe runs with this deal what do you think joe first things first i would be very happy to obtain ichiro 324 6 37 79 34 in any deal second you might be able to pull off this deal if you point out the fact that ichiro has been horrific in august 194 0 2 in 14 games perhaps his owner will panic and want to move him funny thing with ichiro is that he also struggled in april maybe he hates months that start with a hitting 287 this means that from may july he hit 360 and there is no reason to think he couldn t match that number the rest of the way plus that speed would likely help you move up in the sb category as you suggested as far as giving up delgado you certainly are in good shape at 1b since gonzalez has come on so unbelievably strong of late since june 1st in 65 games gonzalez has hit 332 15 40 numbers that surpass what delgado has done since the same date 245 11 40 of course with 26 hr and 74 rbi this season delgado is very close to his 10th straight season of 30 hr and 90 rbis so you would be giving up a consistent power source but i wouldn t have a problem with this part of the trade at this point of the season the other player you would be giving up is coco crisp 277 6 24 48 16 crisp has played well since the all star break hitting 291 with 8 sbs but really he is nothing more than a 3rd of 4th of whereas ichiro is a fantasy stud with gonzalez to cover delgado and ichiro to replace crisp this trade makes total sense to me i m in a keeper league and my friend sent me an offer he is offering me c quentin l berkman and e bedard for my g sizemore is this the deal of the century or should i keep sizemore due to the keeper league status j k orange ca this is the deal of the century i spoke of sizemore above and while i love that guy for what he has done as well as the potential he still has to fulfill let s get serious for a minute here quentin a first round draft pick in 2003 is a potential stud who is playing very well in his first exposure to the majors 250 4 17 91 in 24 games he has played so well in fact that there are rumors that the d backs are still interested in moving shawn green through the waiver wire process to open up a full time spot for quentin he may not be an all star in the near future but quentin will definitely be a quality major league of the other of you would be getting is lance berkman who besides qualifying at of and 1b for next season is challenging for the nl mvp this year 319 32 100 67 1 sure he doesn t have the speed of sizemore but his average will match the cleveland outfielders and his power numbers will absolutely dwarf grady s bedard has solid overall numbers on the season 12 8 3 81 era 125 k 1 31 whip but as we have discussed here previously in this column he has been superb of late going 7 4 with a 2 55 era 89 k an a 1 06 whip in his last 88 1 ip quentin and berkman would be enough for me to deal sizemore at this point considering the fact that bedard is being thrown in you should immediately accept this offer and hope your league doesn t veto the deal if you needed to fill an of position and these were the best free agent guys available who would you choose e byrnes c blake j jones s green m thames m derosa mathew well let s go through them byrnes 281 19 50 63 17 has been a great 5x5 performer this year as a late round grab but he has started to really flail in august hitting 218 though he does have 4 hr in 13 games during his career from august 1st on byrnes has hit 233 13 54 82 19 in 587 abs while those sbs are nice that batting average is not blake has had a bounce back season of his own 310 16 51 45 6 though he has now been injured multiple times currently on the dl cause of an ankle injury blake is out for a couple of more weeks combine that with the recent play of ryan garko 333 2 8 in 9 games and shin soo choo 317 2 15 7 and blake s playing time could be limited even when he returns jacque jones has solid overall numbers 277 20 59 49 6 but his play of late has been lacking to say the least since he has produced merely a 204 batting average in 30 games since the all star break shawn green is losing some playing time to carlos quentin as mentioned above and while green has decent numbers 281 10 49 56 4 his power has virtually disappeared with only 2 hr in his last 37 games marcus thames has totally fallen off the map since the all star break hitting just 176 in 22 games all this leaves us with the obvious choice here mark derosa who has turned out to be this year s super sub derosa has played in 49 games as an of 26 as a 2b 6 as a ss and 1 as a 1b if that flexibility isn t enough of an endorsement how about his offensive numbers of 331 12 61 64 3 it is unfathomable to me how derosa is a free agent in any league at this point of the season especially after his 15 rbi week last week since the all star break derosa has hit 331 8 32 in 31 games so he is a must pickup if he is still available ray flowers a member of sabr and the fantasy sports writers association can be reached with comments questions or suggestions at ray fantasybaseball 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