2009Hardcore Keeper League(reviews next - wrecked, DONE!)

[Basketball Jesus]

These are (were) your offensive back-ups:

UTIL: Felipe Lopez
UTIL: Shin-Soo Choo
BN: Andruw Jones
BN: Elvis Andrus
BN: Gary Sheffield

Of those, only Choo is worth a damn in fantasy. Outside of your top three pitchers, the rest are just good league-average fantasy types. You also have one bad closer and two OK RP.

[wreckedangular]

even though i got 4 minimum in every category but RP?
look, if you say so, but i think you just didnt want to admit that my team is better than yours

andruw jones, 3/5 today with 2 runs scored and a RBI!
AL MVP 09

[Basketball Jesus]

Depth and front-line talent can be mutually-exclusive concepts. For example, take this sample of just an infield portion of a line-up:

1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Dan Uggla
SS: Stephen Drew
3B: Adrian Beltre
BN: Joe Inglett
BN: Brad Wilkerson

Obviously 1B would rank a 5 on Pujols alone; Uggla gives 2B a strong 4-4.5; Drew gives SS a 4; Beltre a 3.5; However, look at the guys backing them up: Wilkerson’s on a minor league deal with the Red Sox and provides no back-up at first and Inglett is a light-hitting utility infielder. While the stars give each position a high grade, were anything to happen to them, you’re replacing them with terrible fantasy options.

This is your team in a microcosm; you have a good deal of front-line talent – one of the best in the league – but you have absolute sh*t backing them up.