bobknightfan
Banhammer'd
Personally, I like Piscotty better than Grichuk....especially for roto leagues. Grichuk has more power, but Piscotty is a more complete hitter....particularly hitting 2nd in the lineup. He can help in runs, steals & average.
Here is my latest lineup/roster....and it's getting closer & closer to a final one. Also, I have factored in the opening week schedule so that my starting lineup includes the SPs that I want to start during that first 8-day week. Opening Week always tends to be pitcher-heavy because all of your high-priced #1 SPs should get two starts....which makes it very difficult to get all of your best hitters in the lineup. That should only happen rarely during the rest of the season. The Mets & Washington only play 5 games in those 8 days....but it is still hard for me to believe that they will use a 5th starter instead of giving Harvey & Scherzer two starts in an 8-day period.
ACTIVE
Pos Player Salary
C McCann, James C,UT - DET 1,080,000
C Rupp, Cameron C,UT - PHI 1,120,000
1B Abreu, José 1B,UT - CHW 2,790,000
1B Goldschmidt, Paul 1B,UT - ARI 3,240,000
2B Odor, Rougned 2B,UT - TEX 1,630,000
2B Panik, Joe 2B,UT - SF 1,480,000
3B Arenado, Nolan 3B,UT - COL 2,670,000
3B Franco, Maikel 3B,UT - PHI 1,690,000
SS Bogaerts, Xander SS,UT - BOS 1,840,000
SS Marte, Ketel SS,UT - SEA 1,200,000
OF Piscotty, Stephen OF,UT - STL 1,460,000
OF Pollock, A.J. OF,UT - ARI 2,590,000
OF Sano, Miguel OF,UT - MIN 1,840,000
OF Schwarber, Kyle OF,UT - CHC 1,760,000
OF Springer, George OF,UT - HOU 2,260,000
OF Trout, Mike OF,UT - LAA 3,310,000
UT Park, Byung-ho 1B,UT - MIN 1,600,000
UT Schoop, Jonathan 2B,UT - BAL 1,260,000
SP Arrieta, Jake SP - CHC 3,010,000
SP Corbin, Patrick SP - ARI 1,530,000
SP Harvey, Matt SP - NYM 2,610,000
SP Kershaw, Clayton SP - LAD 3,350,000
SP Sale, Chris SP - CHW 2,960,000
SP Scherzer, Max SP - WAS 3,240,000
RP Allen, Cody RP - CLE 2,210,000
RP Familia, Jeurys RP - NYM 2,290,000
RP Giles, Ken RP - HOU 2,190,000
RP McGee, Jake RP - COL 1,560,000
Total 59,770,000
RESERVE
Pos Player Salary
1B Rizzo, Anthony 1B,UT - CHC 2,990,000
3B Bryant, Kris 3B,UT - CHC 2,460,000
3B Donaldson, Josh 3B,UT - TOR 3,030,000
SS Correa, Carlos SS,UT - HOU 2,370,000
OF Betts, Mookie OF,UT - BOS 2,330,000
OF Conforto, Michael OF,UT - NYM 1,260,000
OF Harper, Bryce OF,UT - WAS 3,000,000
OF Upton, Justin OF,UT - DET 2,540,000
SP Carrasco, Carlos SP - CLE 2,220,000
SP Rodon, Carlos SP - CHW 1,440,000
SP Severino, Luis SP - NYY 1,350,000
SP Strasburg, Stephen SP - WAS 2,580,000
SP Syndergaard, Noah SP - NYM 1,820,000
Total 29,390,000
Note: I'm going totally cheap at catcher...without even a backup....for a few weeks until I can see how a few catchers shake out. Looked hard at Castillo in Arizona, Martin with Toronto & d'Arnoud with the Mets, but had to save money somewhere, so I decided that catcher (and 2nd base, to a lesser extent) were the best places to do so. Pretty well-stocked at all the other positions.
My total roster price is 89.16M. My "neutral" price worked out to be 89.28M, so I'm in good shape there. Got some good hitters on the bench the first week: Harper (5 games), Donaldson, and Rizzo (6 road games to Abreu's 7 total games), but when I put a couple of lower-priced SPs in the 2nd week I shouldn't have any problems getting more hitters in the lineup.
Here is my latest lineup/roster....and it's getting closer & closer to a final one. Also, I have factored in the opening week schedule so that my starting lineup includes the SPs that I want to start during that first 8-day week. Opening Week always tends to be pitcher-heavy because all of your high-priced #1 SPs should get two starts....which makes it very difficult to get all of your best hitters in the lineup. That should only happen rarely during the rest of the season. The Mets & Washington only play 5 games in those 8 days....but it is still hard for me to believe that they will use a 5th starter instead of giving Harvey & Scherzer two starts in an 8-day period.
ACTIVE
Pos Player Salary
C McCann, James C,UT - DET 1,080,000
C Rupp, Cameron C,UT - PHI 1,120,000
1B Abreu, José 1B,UT - CHW 2,790,000
1B Goldschmidt, Paul 1B,UT - ARI 3,240,000
2B Odor, Rougned 2B,UT - TEX 1,630,000
2B Panik, Joe 2B,UT - SF 1,480,000
3B Arenado, Nolan 3B,UT - COL 2,670,000
3B Franco, Maikel 3B,UT - PHI 1,690,000
SS Bogaerts, Xander SS,UT - BOS 1,840,000
SS Marte, Ketel SS,UT - SEA 1,200,000
OF Piscotty, Stephen OF,UT - STL 1,460,000
OF Pollock, A.J. OF,UT - ARI 2,590,000
OF Sano, Miguel OF,UT - MIN 1,840,000
OF Schwarber, Kyle OF,UT - CHC 1,760,000
OF Springer, George OF,UT - HOU 2,260,000
OF Trout, Mike OF,UT - LAA 3,310,000
UT Park, Byung-ho 1B,UT - MIN 1,600,000
UT Schoop, Jonathan 2B,UT - BAL 1,260,000
SP Arrieta, Jake SP - CHC 3,010,000
SP Corbin, Patrick SP - ARI 1,530,000
SP Harvey, Matt SP - NYM 2,610,000
SP Kershaw, Clayton SP - LAD 3,350,000
SP Sale, Chris SP - CHW 2,960,000
SP Scherzer, Max SP - WAS 3,240,000
RP Allen, Cody RP - CLE 2,210,000
RP Familia, Jeurys RP - NYM 2,290,000
RP Giles, Ken RP - HOU 2,190,000
RP McGee, Jake RP - COL 1,560,000
Total 59,770,000
RESERVE
Pos Player Salary
1B Rizzo, Anthony 1B,UT - CHC 2,990,000
3B Bryant, Kris 3B,UT - CHC 2,460,000
3B Donaldson, Josh 3B,UT - TOR 3,030,000
SS Correa, Carlos SS,UT - HOU 2,370,000
OF Betts, Mookie OF,UT - BOS 2,330,000
OF Conforto, Michael OF,UT - NYM 1,260,000
OF Harper, Bryce OF,UT - WAS 3,000,000
OF Upton, Justin OF,UT - DET 2,540,000
SP Carrasco, Carlos SP - CLE 2,220,000
SP Rodon, Carlos SP - CHW 1,440,000
SP Severino, Luis SP - NYY 1,350,000
SP Strasburg, Stephen SP - WAS 2,580,000
SP Syndergaard, Noah SP - NYM 1,820,000
Total 29,390,000
Note: I'm going totally cheap at catcher...without even a backup....for a few weeks until I can see how a few catchers shake out. Looked hard at Castillo in Arizona, Martin with Toronto & d'Arnoud with the Mets, but had to save money somewhere, so I decided that catcher (and 2nd base, to a lesser extent) were the best places to do so. Pretty well-stocked at all the other positions.
My total roster price is 89.16M. My "neutral" price worked out to be 89.28M, so I'm in good shape there. Got some good hitters on the bench the first week: Harper (5 games), Donaldson, and Rizzo (6 road games to Abreu's 7 total games), but when I put a couple of lower-priced SPs in the 2nd week I shouldn't have any problems getting more hitters in the lineup.
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