| 7:30 |
: Do you think Corbin Martin sticks in the rotation? |
| 7:30 |
: If he continues to pitch like he did today. |
| 7:31 |
: Which NL-only minor leaguer is highest waiver wire priority: Riley, Rodgers, Urias, Gallen, or someone else |
| 7:31 |
: Gallen |
| 7:31 |
: What % of FAAB are you spending on Corbin Martin in a 12 tm? |
| 7:32 |
: After today, I’m afraid he’s in the 5% to 15% range. There is always a Sunday boost |
With just the normal closer speculation bids, I’d not be surprised if this week had the lowest percentage of remaining FAAB spent so far this season. With Derek Dietrich as the top prize on the hitting side, I don’t expect owners to be spending much.
The guidelines:
For the drops, I use the NFBC Main Event (38 teams) where owners are more likely to stay active with more skin the game. Here is who they are dropping and why.
● Matt Adams (30): He continues the circle of life of injured Nationals. Ryan Zimmerman makes one of his annual trips the IL and Adams stepped up. And gets himself hurt. Jake Noll and Howie Kendrick have each played first base since Adams went down.
| 7:22 |
: First, I’ve opened up the chat but am getting a few items together like a cool beverage.
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| 7:23 |
: Also, there is a storm going on outside and I’m too lazy to connect to my internet cable. If I disappearance for a minute or two, I probably had my power flashed on and off
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| 7:28 |
: Tout Wars 15-team auction winners:
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| 7:28 |
: NLowe 247
DDietrich 89 TThornton 37 BDrury 36 FHernandez 34 RRodriguez 33 GGonzalez 32 KGutierrez 29 JCandelario 27 JSoria 24 JPhegley 23 ROHearn 16 JuGuerra 12 BReynolds 9 CDavis 6 ABrooks 5 JIglesias 4 HPence 2 JPanik 1 BCrawford 0 RMoronta 0 OArcia 0 YSolarte 0 |
| 7:30 |
: Other bids for Lowe: 139
121 69 69 33 |
| 7:32 |
: And here are the mixed draft results:
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There are a couple of big names this week, Lowe and Canning, and some potential closer roles up for grabs but overall it’s a slow week.
The guidelines
I’ve been struggling this fantasy season when it comes to providing my best possible content. The root cause is that I’ve put more of my own skin in the game by joining a couple of NFBC leagues. Other owners deal with the same issue. For example, I had the following Twitter conversation this past weekend.
In a 15-team league, how much are you both bidding on Karter Kieboom?
😉
— Jeff Zimmerman (@jeffwzimmerman) April 28, 2019
In all fairness, it’s a legit question coming into the weekend’s FAAB period. Carter Kieboom just got promoted and bids were going to be high for him. What got my request denied was that both Al (in Tout Wars) and Matt (NFBC Main Event) are in 15-team leagues with me. If someone else would have asked the question, would they have given an honest answer? Maybe. Would I take their honest answer and use it against them? Maybe.
I never thought others would steal my suggestion to use against me in my leagues until last season. In The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational, I had a strong feeling two owners checked out my Tout Wars bids which ran FAAB on Sunday at noon. There was plenty of time for the owners to analyze my bids before the evening bids ran. Every week the same two owners beat me out on each of my sleeper picks. It got a little annoying.
It’s just two big popup names this week, Griffin Canning and Carter Kieboom. And some closer darts. The rest are just some players moving up or down a small bit. It’s just not an exciting week for FAAB, but injuries last weekend’s sent the bids into a huge cluster f___. Hopefully not this week.
As usual, I use ownership rates from CBS since some of their leagues are quickdraw leagues where players can be picked up at any time. The FAAB estimates are based off 15-team mixed NFBC leagues with $1000 FAAB. First, Here are the hitters who were owned in fewer than 50% of leagues and have seen the highest jumps in ownership.
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4/22/19
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I believe there are some diamonds in the rough available this week. It’s tough to know who exactly. Will Michael Chavis grab Bostons second base job? Is Scott Kingery going to play full time? Will one of Robert Stephenson, Trevor Hildenberger, Ryan Pressly or Diego Castilla get Saves? Maybe one or two.
As usual, I use ownership rates from CBS since some of their leagues are quickdraw leagues where players can be picked up at any time. The FAAB estimates are based off 15-team mixed NFBC leagues with $1000 FAAB. First, Here are the pitchers who were owned in fewer than 50% of leagues and have seen the highest jumps in ownership.
| PLAYER NAME | OWNED % | ADD % CHANGE (7 DAYS) |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Vogelbach | 84.72% | 42.36% |
| Jason Heyward | 78.82% | 38.54% |
| Richard Lovelady | 38.19% | 37.50% |
| Nick Anderson | 59.03% | 37.15% |
| Freddy Galvis | 59.38% | 34.72% |
| Alex Gordon | 47.22% | 30.21% |
| J.D. Davis | 68.4% | 28.47% |
| J.B. Wendelken | 46.53% | 27.43% |
| Nick Margevicius | 36.11% | 23.26% |
| Brandon Brennan | 25.35% | 21.53% |