All Free Agents Team Contest

[Jeffy25]

manager: Joe Torre

lineup

1- Michael Bourn CF
2- Kevin Youkilis 3B
3- Josh Hamilton LF
4- Adam LaRoche 1B
5- Nick Swisher RF
6- Mike Napoli C
7- Delmon Young DH
8- Maicer Izturis 2B
9- Marco Scutaro SS

rotation

1- Zack Greinke
2- Dan Haren
3- Edwin Jackson
4- Hiroki Kuroda
5- Brandon McCarthy

bullpen

closer - Rafael Soriano
set up- Jason Grilli, Koji Uehara
middle relief- Matt Lindstrom, LaTroy Hawkins
lefty specialist - Jeremy Affeldt
long reliever- Carlos Villanueva

bench

1- David Ross
2- Jeff Keppinger
3- Scott Hairston
4- Juan Pierre

Trade out Young for Upton, and this is probably the best team, and Kyle Lohse the 6th man

[GeekInThePink]

I don't usually post in the baseball forum, but I'll give this a try!

Starting Lineup:

1. Michael Bourn - OF
2. B.J Upton - OF
3. Josh Hamilton - OF
4. Adam LaRoche - 1B/DH
5. Mike Napoli - C/1B
6. Kevin Youkilis - 3B
7. Delmon Young - DH
8. Stephen Drew - SS
9. Marco Scutaro - 2B

Bench: Cody Ross, Juan Pierre, Shane Victorino, Macier Izturis.

Rotation:

1. Zach Greinke
2. Edwin Jackson
3. Dan Haren
4. Ryan Dempster
5. Anibal Sanchez

Bullpen:
Closer - Mariano Rivera (If healthy and back to form)
SU - Rafael Soriano, Jason Grilli
MR - Mike Adams, Francisco Rodriguez
LS - Sean Burnett
LR - Scott Feldman

[Jeffy25]

You have four legit outfielders in Bourn, Hamilton, Upton, and Swisher, so someone is sort of forced to be your odd man out

[RTL]

manager: Joe Torre

lineup

1- Michael Bourn CF
2- Kevin Youkilis 3B
3- Josh Hamilton LF
4- Adam LaRoche 1B
5- Nick Swisher RF
6- Mike Napoli C
7- Delmon Young DH
8- Maicer Izturis 2B
9- Marco Scutaro SS

rotation

1- Zack Greinke
2- Dan Haren
3- Edwin Jackson
4- Hiroki Kuroda
5- Brandon McCarthy

bullpen

closer - Rafael Soriano
set up- Jason Grilli, Koji Uehara
middle relief- Matt Lindstrom, LaTroy Hawkins
lefty specialist - Jeremy Affeldt
long reliever- Carlos Villanueva

bench

1- David Ross
2- Jeff Keppinger
3- Scott Hairston
4- Juan Pierre

Put Scutaro at 2B, Izturis at SS, Upton or Hunter (leaning towards Hunter)for Young and have Soria setting up and you're on to something. I would also have Randy Choate in the pen to balance it out.

[Jeffy25]

Okay, same thing, but you have a 150 million dollar budget, and you have to sign each player to the assumed budget that Fangraphs estimates their next contracts to earn


Player costs
Swisher - 14 million
Upton - 13 million
Anibal Sanchez - 13 million
Greinke - 19 million
Pagan - 10 million
Melky - 8 million
Hamilton - 20 million
Kuroda - 12 million
Hunter - 10 million
Ortiz - 13 million
Dempster - 12 million
McCarthy - 10 million
Victorino - 10 million
Edwin Jackson - 12 million
Oswalt - 6 million
Blanton - 7 million
Scutaro - 8 million
Izturis - 5 million
LaRoche - 12 million
Drew - 8 million
Keppinger - 5 million
Hafner - 5 million
Villanueva - 6 million
Shoppach - 3 million
Delmon Young - 8 million
Lohse - 13 million
Napoli - 12 million
Bourn - 14 million
DiceK - 4 million
Youk - 8 million
Haren - 10 million
Soriano - 12 million
Affeldt - 8 million
Burnett - 6 million
Lindstrom - 4 million
Hawkins - 3 million
Girilli - 3 million
Uehera - 4 million
Hariston - 4 million
Pierre - 2 million
Ross - 2 million
Feldman - 5 million
Sizemore - 3 million
Berkman - 4 million
Olivo - 3 million
Martin - 5 million
Chavez - 3 million
Ichiro - 4 million



no matter how good of a team you put together, you can't do it with this free agent class and they be a 90 win team on paper and do it for under 200 million.

Free agency, the land of inefficiency.

[Vintage]

Lineup

1. Marco Scutaro, 2B
2. Nick Swisher, RF
3. Josh Hamilton, LF
4. Adam Laroche, 1B
5. BJ Upton, CF
6. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
7. Mike Napoli, C
8. Jim Thome, DH
9. Stephen Drew, SS

Rotation

Ace – Zack Grienke ( R )
#2 – Anibal Sanchez (R)
#3 – Brandon McCarthy (R)
#4 – Hiroki Kuroda (R)
#5 – Shaun Marcum (R)

Bullpen

Closer – Rafael Soriano (R)
Set Up Men – Mike Adams (R) and Joakim Soria (R)
Middle Relief - Jason Grilli (R) and Matt Lindstrom (R)
Lefty Specialist – Jeremy Affeldt (L)
Long Reliever – Tim Stauffer (R)

Bench

1. Nyjer Morgan (OF)
2. Kelly Shoppach (C)
3. Jeff Keppinger (INF)
4. Raul Ibanez (Clutch)

[MetsFanatic19]

Jeffy, that's too much math for me. I'm sticking to my original roster lol.

[Jeffy25]

Jeffy, that's too much math for me. I'm sticking to my original roster lol.

Here is your payroll

1. CF - Michael Bourn - 14
2. 2B - Marco Scutaro - 8
3. 1B - Adam Laroche - 12
4. LF - Josh Hamilton - 20
5. DH - Mike Napoli - 12
6. RF - Angel Pagan - 10
7. 3B - Eric Chavez - 3
8. C - Russell Martin - 5
9. SS - Stephen Drew - 8

Rotation

Ace - Zack Greinke - 19
#2 - Hiroki Kuroda - 12
#3 - Dan Haren - 10
#4 - Joe Saunders - 6
#5 - Brandon McCarthy - 10

Bullpen

Closer - Rafael Soriano (No Mariano because he won't sign with anyone but the Yankees) - 12
Set Up Men - Mike Adams, Jeremy Affeldt - 12
Middle Relief - Kojie Uehara, Jason Grilli - 7
Lefty Specialist - Mike Gonzalez - 2
Long Reliever - Carlos Villanueva - 6

Bench

1. C - David Ross - 2
2. OF -Ichiro - 4
3. SS/2B - Ronny Cedeno - 1
4. OF - Scott Hairston - 4


I got you at 199, so less than 200!

[MetsFanatic19]

[SpecialFNK]

I would like to go ahead and cancel my first team, and sorry for any inconvenience it may have caused.

I would like to go ahead and try to put together a team using the money payroll. my previous team if I added correct would come to a total of.. 217. that's too much.

EDIT: if a free agent is not listed above with a money number, would that mean he is $1 million?

EDIT part 2: do we have to follow the rules (if that's what they're called) about only picking players at the positions they are listed? example, Delmon Young at DH over the other players listed at DH. or are we allowed to use any offensive player at DH?

[Jeffy25]

I would like to go ahead and cancel my first team, and sorry for any inconvenience it may have caused.

I would like to go ahead and try to put together a team using the money payroll. my previous team if I added correct would come to a total of.. 217. that's too much.

EDIT: if a free agent is not listed above with a money number, would that mean he is $1 million?

Yeah, I'd say so


Now if you are the Yankees or Dodgers, 217 is worth it lol.

[SpecialFNK]

I was looking over at fangraphs.com to get a list of the players with assume contracts.
I found this link with assume contracts in assumed years. you can divide the contract by years to get the 1 year number.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...012-13-results

[yankkiller]

lineup
LF Micheal Bourn
CF BJ Upton
DH Josh Hamilton
RF Ryan Ludwick
1B Adam LaRoche
3B Scott Rolen
2B Kelly Johnson
C Russell Martin
SS Stephen Drew

Bench
C AJ Pierzynski
CI Kevin Youkillis
MI Marco Scuturo
OF Torri Hunter

SP Zack Greinke
SP Jake Peavy
SP Anibal Sanchez
SP Shaun Marcum
SP Joe Saunders
LRP Scott Feldman
MRP Mike Adams
MRP Jeremy Affeldt
MRP Ryan Madson
SU Francisco Rodriguez
SU J.P. Howell
CL Jonathan Broxton

[Jeffy25]

I was looking over at fangraphs.com to get a list of the players with assume contracts.
I found this link with assume contracts in assumed years. you can divide the contract by years to get the 1 year number.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...012-13-results

good find

[MetsFanatic19]

I was looking over at fangraphs.com to get a list of the players with assume contracts.
I found this link with assume contracts in assumed years. you can divide the contract by years to get the 1 year number.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...012-13-results

LOL I love the poll questions

"Does Freddy Sanchez Exist?"