Better, Worse, or the Same? 2012- Red Sox

Red Sox version…

Kelly Schoppach- Better
Jarrod Slatalamachhia- Better
Adrian Gonzalez- Better
Dustin Pedroia- Same
Nick Punto- Worse
Mike Aviles- Better
Kevin Youkilis- Same
Carl Crawford- Better
Jacoby Ellsbury- Worse, but still good
Ryan Sweeney- Better
Cody Ross- Better
Darnell McDonald- Worse
Ryan Kalish- Better
David Ortiz- Same

Jon Lester- Better
Josh Beckett- Worse, but still good
Clay Buchholz- Better than 2011, but worse than 2010
Alfredo Aceves- Same, a little worse if starting
Daniel Bard- Same
Andrew Bailey- Better
Mark Melancon- Same
Bobby Jenks- Good, but not really good
Matt Albers- Same
Rich Hill- Same
Andrew Miller- Same
Franklin Morales- Better
Clayton Mortenson- Same
Michael Bowden- Same
Chris J Carpenter- Same
Junichi Tazawa- Better, but still not good

Fantasy Baseball 2011- Versus

Here’s some head to head match-ups for close calls you might have to make during the draft, with a winner of course…
C
McCann vs. Posey- McCann
McCann vs. Martinez- McCann
Martinez vs. Posey- Martinez
Napoli vs. Suzuki- Napoli
Wieters vs. Suzuki- Suzuki
1B
Votto vs. Gonzalez- Votto
Howard vs. Fielder- Fielder
Morales vs. Butler- Butler
Konerko vs. Morneau- Morneau
Teixeira vs. Fielder-Teixeira
2B
Kinsler vs. Uggla- Uggla
Phillips vs. Weeks- Phillips
Prado vs. Johnson- Prado
Uggla vs. Pedroia- Uggla
Roberts vs. Kendrick- Kendrick
3B
Longoria vs. Wright- Longoria
Zimmerman vs. Rodriguez- Zimmerman
Beltre vs. M.Young- Young
Headley vs. Stewart- Stewart
Ramirez vs. Reynolds- Ramirez
SS
Andrus vs. Jeter- Jeter
Reyes vs. Rollins- Reyes
Ramirez vs. Drew- Ramirez
Y. Escobar vs. A. Escobar- Y.Escobar
Desmond vs. Furcal- Desmond
OF
Braun vs. Gonzalez- Gonzalez
Hamilton vs. Crawford- Crawford
Crawford vs. Braun- Braun
Cruz vs. Choo- Choo
Ethier vs. Bautista- Ethier
Pence vs. Werth- Werth
Stubbs vs. Bruce- Bruce
Bay vs. Rasmus- Rasmus
Pierre vs. R.Davis- Davis
Lee vs. Cuddyer- Cuddyer
Colvin vs. Morrison- Morrison
Raburn vs. DeJesus- Raburn
SP
Lincecum vs. Hernandez- Hernandez
Anderson vs. Scherzer- Scherzer
Hamels vs. Cain- Cain
Verlander vs. J. Johnson- Verlander
Oswalt vs. Carpenter- Carpenter
G. Gonzalez vs. Danks- G.Gonzalez
Price vs. Liriano- Liriano
Morrow vs. D. Hudson- Morrow
Bumgarner vs. Hellickson- Hellickson
E. Jackson vs. Kuroda- Jackson
Matusz vs. W. Rodriguez- Matusz
Nolasco vs. Garza- Garza
Haren vs. Hanson- Hanson
Billingsley vs. Buchholz- Billingsley
Kershaw vs. Jimenez- Kershaw
Latos vs. Weaver- Latos
RP
Rivera vs. Soria- Rivera
Wilson vs. Bell- Bell
Feliz vs. Marmol- Feliz
Axford vs. Perez- Axford
Valverde vs. Bailey- Valverde
Hanranhan vs. Cordero- Hanranhan

Fantasy Baseball 2011- Top 301 Overall

RANK	PLAYER
1	Albert Pujols
2	Hanley Ramirez
3	Miguel Cabrera
4	Troy Tulowizki
5	Carlos Gonzalez
6	Joey Votto
7	Evan Longoria
8	Carl Crawford
9	Ryan Braun
10	Adrian Gonzalez
11	Robinson Cano
12	Josh Hamilton
13	David Wright
14	Roy Halladay
15	Chase Utley
16	Alex Rodriguez
17	Matt Holliday
18	Prince Fielder
19	Ryan Howard
20	Mark Teixeira
21	Felix Hernandez
22	Tim Lincecum
23	Ryan Zimmerman
24	Joe Mauer
25	Ian Kinsler
26	Justin Upton
27	Kevin Youkilis
28	Jose Reyes
29	Shin-Soo Choo
30	Dustin Pedroia
31	Nelson Cruz
32	Andrew McCutchen
33	Jose Bautista
34	Matt Kamp
35	Jayson Werth
36	Dan Uggla
37	Andre Ethier
38	Jason Heyward
39	Brian McCann
40	Victor Martinez
41	Justin Morneau
42	Adam Dunn
43	Jon Lester
44	Cliff Lee
45	Josh Johnson
46	Hunter Pence
47	Brandon Phillips
48	Buster Posey
49	Kendry Morelas
50	Jimmy Rollins
51	Rickie Weeks
52	CC Sabathia
53	Justin Verlander
54	Ubaldo Jimenez
55	Zack Grienke
56	Martin Prado
57	Clayton Kershaw
58	Mat Latos
59	Jared Weaver
60	Mike Stanton
61	Alex Rios
62	Ichiro Suzuki
63	Shane Victorino
64	Chris Young
65	Delmon Young
66	Jay Bruce
67	BJ Upton
68	Drew Stubbs
69	Colby Rasmus
70	Curtis Granderson
71	Billy Butler
72	Michael Young
73	Adrian Beltre
74	Corey Hart
75	Paul Konerko
76	Cole Hamels
77	David Price
78	Francisco Liriano
79	Roy Oswalt
80	Matt Cain
81	Yovani Gallardo
82	Dan Haren
83	Nick Markakis
84	Jacoby Ellsbury
85	Casey McGehee
86	Vernon Wells
87	Jason Bay
88	Torii Hunter
89	Nick Swsiher
90	Pablo Sandoval
91	Aramis Ramirez
92	Mariano Rivera
93	Mark Reynolds
94	Joakim Soria
95	Heath Bell
96	Nick Swisher
97	Vladimir Guerrero
98	Brian Wilson
99	Pedro Alvarez
100	Elvis Andrus
101	Derrek Jeter
102	Alexei Ramirez
103	Neftali Feliz
104	Stephen Drew
105	Michael Bourn
106	Brett Gardner
107	Austin Jackson
108	Adam Jones
109	Bobby Abreu
110	Juan Pierre
111	Chad Billingsley
112	Brett Anderson
113	Tommy Hanson
114	Ben Zobrist
115	Grady Sizemore
116	Max Scherzer
117	Chris Carpenter
118	Caly Buchholz
119	David Ortiz
120	Daniel Hudson
121	Carlos Lee
122	Angel Pagan
123	Aaron Hill
124	Kelly Johnson
125	Brain Roberts
126	Andrew Bailey
127	Carlos Marmol
128	Rafael Furcal
129	John Danks
130	Ian Desmond
131	Ian Stewart
132	Adam LaRoche
133	Johnathan Broxton
134	Jose Valverde
135	Jon Paplebon
136	Gio Gonzalez
137	Tim Hudson
138	Ricky Nolasco
139	Adam Lind
140	Alfonso Soriano
141	Matt Garza
142	Ted Lilly
143	Starlin Castro
144	Carlso Santana
145	Geovany Soto
146	Mike Mapoli
147	Johnathan Sanchez
148	Phil Hughes
149	Josh Beckett
150	Shaun Marcum
151	Jose Tabata
152	Michael Cuddyer
153	Gaby Sanchez
154	Aubrey Huff
155	Carlos Pena
156	Miguel Montero
157	John Axford
158	Trevor Cahill
159	Francisco Rodriguez
160	Yunel Escobar
161	Jamie Garcia
162	Ricky Romero
163	Brain Matusz
164	Ryan Dempster
165	Brandon Morrow
166	Colby Lewis
167	CJ Wilson
168	Denard Span
169	Rajai Davis
170	Brett Myers
171	Jeremy Hellickson
172	Scott Rolen
173	Howie Kendrick
174	Neil Walker
175	Matt Wieters
176	Kurt Suzuki
177	JJ Putz
178	Huston Streeet
179	Chris Perez
180	Wandy Rodriguez
181	Edwin Jackson
182	Edinson Volquez
183	Johnny Cueto
184	Joe Nathan
185	Brad Lidge
186	Javier Vazquez
187	Madison Bumgarner
188	Gavin Floyd
189	Scott Baker
190	Desmond Jennings
191	Carlos Beltran
192	Raul Ibanez
193	Ian Kenndey
194	Francisco Cordero
195	Joel Hanrahan
196	Gordon Beckham
197	Mike Aviles
198	Chase Headley
199	John Lackey
200	Jorge Posada
201	James Shields
202	Coco Crisp
203	Josh Willingham
204	Drew Storen
205	Matt Thornton
206	Craig Krimbel
207	Leo Nunez
208	Placido Polanco
209	James McDonald
210	Chone Figgins
211	Bronson Arroyo
212	Frank Francisco
213	Brandon Lyon
214	Fernando Rodney
215	Russell Martin
216	John Buck
217	Carlos Quentin
218	Travis Snider
219	Franklin Gutierez
220	Jim Thome
221	Jorge De La Rosa
222	Carlos Zambrano
223	Danny Valencia
224	Jason Bartlett
225	Kyle Farnsworth
226	Brandon League
227	Jordon Zimmermann
228	Jair Jurrjens
229	JA Haap
230	Ryan Ludwick
231	David DeJesus
232	Chris Johnson
233	Chipper Jones
234	Kevin Kouzmanoff
235	Ervin Santana
236	Wade Davis
237	Jake Peavy
238	Sean Rodriguez
239	JP Arenciba
240	Freddie Freeman
241	James Loney
242	Derrek Lee
243	Ike Davis
244	Jhoulys Chacin
245	Manny Ramirez
246	Magglio Ordonez
247	Logan Morrison
248	Marlon Byrd
249	Ryan Raburn
250	Seth Smith
251	Johnny Damon
252	Hideki Matsui
253	Jason Kubel
254	Miguel Olivo
255	AJ Pierzynski
256	Carlos Ruiz
257	Yadier Molina
258	Edwin Encarnacion
259	Carl Pavano
260	Jon Niese
261	Clayton Kershaw
262	AJ Burnett
263	Rick Porcello
264	Cody Ross
265	Will Vennable
266	Chris Coughlan
267	Ben Francisco
268	Tyler Colvin
269	Julio Borbon
270	Cameron Maybin
271	Rafael Soriano
272	Brennan Boesch
273	Chris Sale
274	Aroldis Chapman
275	Ryan Franklin
276	David Murphy
277	Asdrubal Cabrera
278	Erick Aybar
279	Alcides Escobar
280	Jhonny Perlata
281	Omar Infante
282	Joaquin Benoit
283	Daniel Bard
284	Cliff Pennington
285	Marco Scutaro
286	Chris Ianetta
287	Ryan Doumit
288	Nate McLouth
289	Luke Scott
290	Mitch Moreland
291	Lance Berkman
292	Clayton Richard
293	Kevin Gregg
294	Brain Duensing
295	JJ Hardy
296	Jose Lopez
297	Alberto Callaspo
298	Alex Avila
299	Rod Barajas
300	Kila Ka’ahuie
301	Justin Smoak

Fantasy Baseball 2011: Outfielder Rankings

RANK	PALYER	TIER	ROUND
1	Carlos Gonzalez	1	1
2	Carl Crawford	1	1
3	Ryan Braun	1	1
4	Josh Hamilton	1	1
5	Matt Holliday	1	2
6	Justin Upton	2	2
7	Nelson Cruz	2	4
8	Shin-Soo Choo	2	4
9	Andrew McCutchen	2	5
10	Jayson Werth	2	6
11	Matt Kemp	2	6
12	Jose Bautista	2	6
13	Andre Ethier	2	6
14	Jason Heyward	2	6
15	Hunter Pence	2	6
16	Jacoby Ellsbury	3	8
17	Mike Stanton	3	8
18	Alex Rios	3	10
19	Ichiro Suzuki	3	10
20	Shane Victorino	3	10
21	Chris Young	3	10
22	Delmon Young	3	11
23	BJ Upton	4	11
24	Jay Bruce	4	11
25	Jason Bay	4	13
26	Drew Stubbs	4	12
27	Corey Hart	4	12
28	Colby Rasmus	4	12
29	Nick Markakis	4	12
30	Curtis Granderson	4	13
31	Nick Swisher	4	13
32	Michael Bourn	5	14
33	Brett Gardner	5	14
34	Austin Jackson	5	14
35	Vernon Wells	5	15
36	Adam Jones	5	15
37	Ben Zobrist	5	15
38	Angel Pagan	5	15
39	Torii Hunter	5	16
40	Bobby Abreu	5	16
41	Juan Pierre	5	17
42	Rajai Davis	5	17
43	Grady Sizemore	5	18
44	Jose Tabata	6	19
45	Carlos Lee	6	20
46	Denard Span	6	20
47	Carlos Beltran	6	20
48	Michael Cuddyer	6	20
49	Travis Snider	6	20
50	Adam Lind	6	20
51	Carlos Quentin	6	21
52	Alfonso Soriano	6	21
53	Josh Willingham	6	21
54	Desmond Jennings	6	22
55	Coco Crisp	6	22
56	Franklin Guteirez	6	22
57	Rual Ibanez	6	22
58	Ryan Ludwick	6	23
59	David DeJesus	6	23
60	Andres Torres	6	23
61	Magglio Ordonez	6	23
62	Marlon Byrd	6	23
63	Logan Morrison	6	23
64	Ryan Raburn	6	23
65	Tyler Colvin	6	24
66	Cody Ross	6	24
67	Will Vennable	6	25
68	Chris Couhglan	6	25
69	Seth Smith	6	25
70	Johnny Damon	7	26
71	Julio Borbon	7	27
72	Cameron Maybin	7	27
73	Jason Kubel	7	27
74	David Murphy	7	28
75	Ben Francisco	7	29
76	Dominic Brown	7	29
77	Juan Rivera	7	NA
78	Brennan Boesch	7	NA
79	Nate McLouth	7	NA
80	Jeff Francouer	7	NA
81	Manny Ramirez	7	26
82	JD Drew	7	NA
83	Michael Brantley	7	NA
84	Pat Burrell	7	NA
85	Luke Soctt	7	NA
86	Tyler Colvin	7	NA
87	Peter Bourjos	7	NA
88	Carlos Gomez	8	NA
89	Felix Pie	8	NA
90	Roger Beridehna	8	NA
91	Brad Hawpe	8	NA
92	Melky Cabrera	8	NA
93	Johnny Gomes	8	NA
94	Matt Diaz	8	NA
95	Gerado Parra	8	NA
96	Xaiver Nady	8	NA
97	Fred Lewis	8	NA
98	Bill Hall	8	NA
99	Mike Morse	8	NA
100	Marcus Thames	8	NA
101	Lorenzo Cain	8	NA
102	Lucas Duda	8	NA
103	Jerry Sands	8	NA
104	Rick Ankiel	8	NA
105	Ryan Kalish	8	NA
106	Aaron Rowand	9	NA

Most Valuable Left Fielders for 2011

Here we go…

10. Jose Tabata- He’s going, and his greatness is coming, I see him having a 20-20 season and growing a ton this year and between him and McCutchen the Pirates will have to really good hitters.  HOW VALUABLE?: 8.8, could go up a bit though
9. Raul Ibanez- He could get off to a hot start and in that ballpark he should be a run producer for at least another year.  Ibanez could also hit 25 homers and just basically be a decent run producer throughout the whole year, I like him for that and he will make a difference for the Phils.  HOW VALUABLE?: 9.0
8. Brett Gardner- He will be a tablesetter and at times make the Yankees go.  he will hit great all next year and I could even see him sneaking on to the all-star team.  His speed and decent defense helps him out too.  A great player.  HOW VALUABLE?: 9.2
7. Jason Bay- Last year was a complete fluke, watch he rebound a ton next year, he may not fully recover and first and hit a few less homers but everything else will be good and it’s all up from there.  He will live up to his contract.  HOW VALUABLE?: 9.3
6. Delmon Young- He is that good of a player and will have a similar season.  His RBIs could even go up and he could be one of the Twins better hitters.  Young is the real deal he will show it in 2011 and many other seasons.  HOW VALUABLE?: 9.4
5. Martin Prado- The guy can flat-out hit, all-around.  He will pick up some more power and won’t be a slack in the outfield.  Watch out he is going to have a really good year and he’s a tough out.  HOW VALUABLE?: 9.5
4. Matt Holliday- Is an awesome player and will have awesome numbers.  Should have another all-star season and his best with the Cards and he should protect Pujols.  HOW VALUABLE?: 9.7
3. Ryan Braun- He’s going to gain back some power and have another great season for the Brew Crew, period.  HOW VALUABLE?: 9.9
2. Josh Hamilton- Should be an MVP candidate and drive the Rangers again, being a five tool threat I see hardly any weaknesses in his hitting and he will get a ton of assists and RBIs.  HOW VALUABLE?: 9.9
1. Carl Crawford- His numbers will get a lot better in Boston and he could be a 30-60 gu.  he’s just amazing and he should hold this spot.  HOW VALUABLE?: 10.0

What the Red Sox Batting Order Should Look Like

I think it should be…

1. CF Jacoby Ellsbury
2. 2B Dustin Pedroia
3. LF Carl Crawford
4. 1B Adrian Gonzalez
5. 3B Kevin Youkilis
6. DH David Ortiz
7. RF JD Drew
8. SS Marco Scutaro
9. C Jarrod Saltalamcchia

• I think if the Red Sox do the line-up another way it won’t kill them they will just get a bit less production
• I like Ellsbury leadoff because he won’t be as big a base stealer ninth and with Salty ahead of him he won’t have a great season
• I don’t think Pedroia fits leadoff, he’s the perfect number two hitter
• Crawford hits best in the three spot, so why move him?
• Gonzalez will hit way more homers in Fenway and is more of a clean-up hitter now and he will do slightly better in that spot than Kevin Youkilis
• Ortiz is perfect in the six whole and I like Drew seventh and Scutaro eighth, that I wouldn’t mess around with
• Salty will do good if you hit him ninth and with his likely bad batting average he will get the least plate appearances.
• All these guys should have a good season where they hit in this line-up but if it does get switched their numbers won’t alter a ton
• If the line-up does switch Ellsbury will be the worst off of any player.

2011 Red Sox Projections

PLAYER                             AVG/HR/RBI/SB/OBP
CF Ellsbury                       .296/6/41/55/.354
2B Pedroia                        .307/13/77/16/.377
LF Crawford                     .312/21/88/58/.369
1B Gonzalez                      .299/41/116/1/.396
3B Youkilis                       .309/26/109/3/.402
DH Ortiz                             .264/31/102/0/.372
RF Drew                            .249/15/47/6/.337
SS Scutaro                        .287/12/43/5/.377
C Saltalamacchia          .261/12/44/0/.342
OTHERS
C Varitek                          .236/5/29/0/.328
OF Nava                           .267/9/38/4/.351
OF Reddick                     .259/7/36/5/.344
IF Lowrie                        .271/6/33/3/.345
STARTERS                     W/ERA/K/BB/IP
LHP Lester                    19/2.88/219/77/217.1
RHP Buchholz              17/3.27/186/71/195.0
RHP Beckett                  16/3.66/177/83/196.2
RHP Lackey                 16/3.72/176/78/185.0
RHP Matsuzaka          14/4.31/149/87/182.0

Tigers Rumors and Ideas- Day 2

• The Tigers have talked to the Nats about Willingham.  he’s just what they need if they don’t get Crawford and he will do everything really good in Detroit.  He will hit a lot of homers and will be very productive and he will have a big 2011 if they get him, everything is good with him.  NEED HIM: 7
• The Tigers are still interested in Crawford and though it’s unlikely, his signing would pretty much give the Tigers a big advantage and everything would be at it’s best for Crawford because he would perform big as a Tiger.
• The Tigers are talking to the Cubs about Tom Gorzelanny.  Getting him as a five guy is fine.  He’s getting better and in Comerica it could boost him.  With the Tigers he will get better and do awesome until 2012 when his contract is up.  He should fully regain control soon and when he does he could be dominant at times.  His walks should decrease and most of his numbers increase except ERA and WHIp which will slowly go down.  everything there for him to be good and the Tigers would be better with him.
• I would get Gorzelanny and Willingham tomorrow, if possible.  As far as bullpen help I like JC Romero is looking pretty good.

Free Agents who might sign: Beltre, Crawford

• Adrian Beltre might be headed to Texas or could go to another team.  Beltre is going to be very good if he goes to Texas and will be very valuable.  Beltre stats might drop off but his numbers will be very good still and his defense will make every team a lot better.  Beltre will have another few good years wherever he goes and if it is the Rangers he will do even better.  He will hit more homers most likely and have some very good years.  I think signing him more than four years is very risky because he will drop off at some pont.  If the Rangers get him they will shop Michael Young who would also be a big addition to almost any club.
• Carl Crawford is drawing more and more interest from the Angels, Red Sox and Tigers.  If he signs in Boston he should have possibly his best years there.  With the Angels he fits more and might do even better and with Detroit he would do a pretty good job.  His skills could make a team a contender immediatley .  Crawford’s speed and power will be on display next year and he’s just an awesome player to have.  I would sign him regardless of the price.

What the Red Sox should do now…

1. Keep Salty behind the plate as a starter and either re-sign Varitek or sign Treanor to back him up.
2. Get Jayson Werth or Carl Crawford and a decent third baseman
3. Stick with current starters
4. Give Nava and Kalish a lot of playing time as a fourth outfielder or DH
5. Re-sign Bill Hall
6. Get another bullpen arm
7. Don’t trade Jacoby Ellsbury even for Adrian Gonzalez