Fantasy Focus Baseball : Who's Hot

In this league,
I'll show you the hottest player on each team and a hot free agent

#1 Jordan Zimmerman - All About Cards

Win-Loss : 4-1

IP: 36

K's: 19

ERA: 2.00

WHIP: 0.86

#2 Justin Upton - ICBC

AB: 88

Hits: 27

Runs: 21

HR's: 12

RBI's: 18

SB: 3

BB: 13

AVG: .307

#3 Chris Davis - Flying Fish

AB: 86

Hits: 30

Runs: 16

HR's: 9

RBI's: 28

SB: 0

BB: 14

AVG: .349

#6 Bryce Harper - SportsCardRadio.com

AB: 86

Hits: 31

Runs: 18

HR's: 9

RBI's: 18

SB: 1

BB: 13

AVG: .360

#7 Adam Wainwright - GI Joe's

Win-Loss : 4-1

IP: 37.1

K's: 37

ERA: 1.93

WHIP: 0.99

#8 Miguel Cabrera - AngloPhillie All Stars

AB: 96

Hits: 36

Runs: 18

HR's: 3

RBI's: 26

SB: 1

BB: 11

AVG: .375

#10 Nate McLouth - FREE AGENT

AB: 74

Hits: 26

Runs: 21

HR's: 1

RBI's: 7

SB: 8

BB: 14

AVG: .351

#11 David Wright - Trojan Horses

AB: 81

Hits: 25

Runs: 14 

HR's: 2

RBI's: 19

SB: 6

BB: 19

AVG: ..309

#26 Carl Crawford - MojoBreak.com

AB: 88

Hits: 27

Runs: 20

HR's: 4

RBI's: 6

SB: 4

BB: 9

AVG: .307

As you can see Mojobreak can pick up a few key Free Agents.

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Martyn

$75 Million Franchise

If you had to put a 25 man roster together salary for this year $75,000,000.00

Who would you pick?
Maximum 3 from a single team.

Here's mine!

Saltalamacchia

Line Up

C Jarrod Saltalamacchia

Age: 27

Bat/Throw: S/R

Salary: 4,000,000.00

1B Allen Craig

Age: 28

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 1,750,000.00

2B Daniel Murphy

Age: 28

Bat/Throw: L/R

Salary: 2,925,000.00

Longoria

3B Evan Longoria

Age: 27

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 2,500,000.00

SS Jed Lowrie

Age: 29

Bat/Throw: S/R

Salary: 2,400,000.00

Car-GO

LF Carlos Gonzalez

Age: 27

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 7,930,000.00

CF Jacoby Ellsbury

Age: 29

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 9,000,000.00

RF Travis Snider

Age: 25

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 505,000.00

Line Up Total Cost -

$31,000,000.00

On Bench?

Bench

C Jason Castro

Age: 25

Bat/Throw: L/R

Salary: 497,000.00

CI Mitch Moreland

Age: 27

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 503,000.00

MI Donovan Solano

Age: 25

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 492,000.00

OF Starlin Marte

Age: 24

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 500,000.00

OF Aaron Hicks

Age: 23

Bat/Throw: S/R

Salary: 490,000.00

UT Pete Kozma

Age: 25

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 490,000.00

Bench Cost-

$2,972,000.00

Pitching

Starting Rotation

Kershaw

SP Clayton Kershaw

Age: 25

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 11,750,000.00

SP Clay Buchholz

Age: 28

Bat/Throw: L/R

Salary: 5,750,000.00

SP Justin Masterson

Age: 28

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 5,688,000.00

SP Paul Maholm

Age: 30

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 6,500,000.00

SP Matt Harvey

Age: 24

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 499,000.00

Starting Rotation Cost-

$30,187,000.00

Bullpen

Your Setup Guy?

LRP Brian Duensing

Age: 30

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 1,300,000.00

RP Paco Rodriguez

Age: 22

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 492,000.00

RP Ryan Mattheus

Age: 29

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 505,000.00

RP Jim Henderson

Age: 30

Bat/Throw: L/R

Salary: 492,000.00

SU Tony Watson

Age: 27

Bat/Throw: L/L

Salary: 506,000.00

CP Huston Street

Age: 29

Bat/Throw: R/R

Salary: 7,000,000.00

Bullpen Cost-

$10,295,000.00

Total Cost-

$74,464,000.00

Fantasy Focus Baseball - Week 2 Standings

Here's a look at total points

T1 - ICBC (Martyn) - 115.5

T1 - Anglophillie All Stars (John) - 115.5

3 - Colin @ SCR - 104.5

4 - Ian @ All About Cards - 90

T5 - Trojan Horses (Troy) - 83.5

T5 - Flying Fish (Martin) - 83.5

7 - GI Joe's (Average Card Collector) - 82

8 - Doug @ Mojobreak.com - 45.5

#1 Overall

ICBC

Leads league in: Runs, Home Runs, Errors*, Hit Batters*, 

Best Player: Clayton Kershaw

Anglophillie All Stars

Leads league in: RBI's, BB's, Holds, ERA, WHIP

Best Player: Prince Fielder

Colin @ SCR

Leads league in: Hits, Total Bases, Average, OBP, 

Best Player: Alex Rios

Ian @ All About Cards

Leads league in: N/A

Best Player: Jose Reyes (DL)

Trojan Horses

Leads league in: Stolen Bases, Saves

Best Player: Carlos Gonzalez

Flying Fish

Leads league in: Strike Outs, Wins, Blown Saves*,

Best Player: Chris Davis

GI Joe's

Leads league in: N/A

Best Player: Adam Wainwright

Doug @ Mojobreak.com

Leads league in: N/A

Best Player: Carl Crawford

On the DL

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Martyn

Fantasy Focus Baseball - Week 1 : Who Leads

After a week of baseball,

we've had some great performances,

Will Middlebrooks blasted 3 Homers yesterday,

Yu Darvish was an out from perfection,

and Clayton Kershaw after 2 starts see's his ERA at 0.00.

3 HR on Sunday

The players to own, and who does in 2.5 x 3.5 Heroes.

C. John Buck - Free Agent

2 HR, 9 RBI's, .400 AVG

1B. Chris Davis (RF/DH) - Flying Fish

4 HR, 17 RBI's, .455 AVG

2B. Ben Zobrist (RF/SS) -  +Colin Tedards

1 HR, 7 RBI's, .429 AVG

3B. Todd Frazier (1B) - Colin

3 HR, 9 RBI's, .480 AVG

SS. Jed Lowrie - iCBC

3 HR, 6 RBI's, .500 AVG

LF. Gerardo Parra (CF) - Free Agent

1 HR, 2 RBI's, .400 AVG, 1 SB

CF. Adam Jones - GI Joe's

7 RBI's, 9 Runs, .538 AVG, 1 SB

RF. Justin Upton - iCBC

5 HR, 7 RBI's, .318 AVG

Cliff Lee - Philadelphia

SP. Clayton Kershaw - iCBC

16 IP, 16 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.44 WHIP, 2-0.

SP Yu Darvish - Flying Fish

13.2 IP, 20 K, 1.98 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 2-0.

SP Jeff Samardzija - All About Cards

13.2 IP, 22 K, 2.63 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 1-1.

SP Cliff Lee - Anglophillie AAA

8 IP, 8 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.25 WHIP, 1-0.

SP Matt Harvey - Anglophillie AAA

7 IP, 10 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP, 1-0

RP Sergio Romo - Colin

3 IP, 3 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 3 SV.

It's looking like a good year of baseball,

stay tuned for who's on top.

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Martyn

Fantasy Focus Baseball - Clayton Kershaw

After two starts, I'd estimate Kershaw has already rewarded fantasy owners $4,

Including me in the League 2.5 x 3.5.

Kershaw's 2013 so far.

Games Started: 2

Record: 2-0

Innings Pitched: 16.0

StriKe Outs: 16 

Hit's: 6

Walks: 1

Earned Runs: 0

ERA: 0.00

WHIP: 0.44

The best pitcher in baseball?

If he ain't the other guy must be good!

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Martyn

Fantasy Focus Baseball - The Draft

Hi all,
A weird and eventful draft day yesterday,

A few arrived late, including myself due to a family emergency.

So I abandoned the stake, and will put up a box of 2013 Topps Series 2 (Hobby) to the winner.

Here's the teams,

4 American's, 4 British.

Here's your draft report card.

Flying Fish - B

An outfield to rival Martyn's

Trojan Horses - B-

The B stand for Blah, Typical Team.

Anglophillie AAA - C-

Tiger's Slugging, Phillies' Pitching.

Martyn - C+

You run the league, And turn up late?

GI Joe's - A

You can use all your budget "tightwad"

Colin - B

If the Giant's Win, You'll Win

Doug - C+

Where's your Star?

Ian - A-

Auto-draft, you spent time pre-ranking!

This should be a fun league,

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Martyn

Fantasy Baseball: Sign Ups & Prizes

The winner will receive all cards put up for stake, minimum $10 card.

The league has 20 scoring categories,
And here's some bonuses.

For league leaders in,

Hit's - Pete Rose All Time Hits Leader
2008 Playoff Contenders Legendary Rookies Gold #2 /250

Stolen Bases - Rickey Henderson All Time Leader in Stolen Bases
2003 Donruss Signature Team Trademarks #25 /500

Average - Ty Cobb All Time Leader in Batting Average
2011 Topps Marquee Copper #48 /199

Home Runs - Hank Aaron All Time Leader in RBI's, Extra Bases & True Home Run King
2012 Topps Tribute Bronze #1 /299

Base on Balls - Barry Bonds Walked more than any other batter in a single season, 3 times in 4 years
RC 1987 Topps #320

Wins - Cy Young All Time Leader in Wins
2010 Topps Triple Threads Gold #62 /99

Saves - Mariano Rivera All Time Leader in Saves
2012 Topps Gypsy Queen Framed Blue #54 /599

StriKe Outs - Nolan Ryan All Time Leader in Strike Outs
2006 SP Legendary Cuts Baseball Chronology Gold #NR2 /550

WHIP - Pedro Martinez 4th All Time in WHIP
2000 Topps Stars Metallic Blue #62 /299

ERA - Bob Gibson 4th Best ERA in a single season, last 1914
2012 Topps Museum Collection Copper #88 /299

There's also a prize for last place overall.

The league is,

ESPN
Rotisserie
30 Roster Spots
Head 2 Head each category.

Just send an email to
martynheap@yahoo.co.uk

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Martyn

2013 Predictions: Ups: Vol 3

3 Pitchers now,

Josh Beckett - Away from Boston

2012

IP: 170.1
K's: 132
W-L: 7-14
ERA: 4.65
WHIP: 1.33


2013

IP: 175
K's: 160
W-L: 13-6
ERA: 4
WHIP: 1.25



Shaun Marcum - Citifield ERA?

2012

IP: 124
K's: 109
W-L: 7-4
ERA: 3.70
WHIP: 1.27

2013

IP: 165
K's: 150
W-L: 11-6
ERA: 3.70
WHIP: 1.28


Ryan Dempster - Use the Monstah

2012

IP: 173
K's: 153
W-L: 12-8
ERA: 3.38
WHIP: 1.20

2013

IP: 192
K's: 185
W-L: 14-8
ERA: 3.40
WHIP: 1.20

That's 3 Pitchers, all of whom are on new teams for 2013.

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Martyn

Fantasy Baseball Sign-Up's

Hi all,
I have created an ESPN rotisserie league.

Looking for at least 10 of you bloggers.

It will be an interactive league, where you put up a stake, minimum $10 card to the overall winner,
There will also be 10 prizes for stat winners at end of season including. This beautiful 2012 Topps Tribute Bronze #1 of the True Home Run King Hank Aaron.

Aaron 120/299

Draft will be a live Auction & will be held on date decided by a poll.

There's 20 scoring stat's

Batting:

Runs Scored

Hits

Home Runs

Runs Batting In

Walks

Total Bases

Batting Average

On Base Percentage

Errors*

Pitching:

Strike Outs

Wins

Saves

Holds

Complete Games

Shut Outs

ERA

WHIP

Blown Saves*

Hit Batsmen*

Roster

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

2B/SS

1B/3B

LF

CF

RF

OF X2

DH

Utility X2

SP X5

RP X2

P X3

Bench X5

DL X2

Just leave a comment or email me with your preferred email address to here

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Martyn

Frantasy Focus Baseball: Dick Pole's WHIP Vol 1 Drafted

Yep,
My first team of the year.

10 team league, 25 players vanilla 5x5 scoring H2H.
Auction draft budget $260

Dick Pole's WHIP

The Team 

C Buster Posey $25

1B Ike Davis $10

2B Dustin Pedroia $19

3B Pablo Sandoval $13

SS Elvis Andrus $10

2B/SS Jason Kipnis $11

1B/3B Carlos Santana $11

OF Carlos Gonzalez $29

OF Andre Ethier $6

OF Shane Victorino $9

OF Ichiro Suzuki $4

OF Angel Pagan $9

UT David Ortiz $7

BE Hunter Pence (OF) $8

BE Will Middlebrooks (3B) $4

Pitching

P Chris Sale $13

P Max Scherzer $11

P Matt Garza $5

P Brandon Morrow $10

P Brett Anderson $6

P Jonathan Papelbon $13

P John Axford $9

P Joe Nathan $7

P Fernando Rodney $8

BE Phil Hughes $3

Overall okay, will probably trade a relief pitcher for a starter, and have good bench players to back up Ortiz.

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Martyn

Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft Auction

Here's my team,
Illustrated with cards.

10 team auction. h2h category $260 budget.

Roster

C Brian McCann $1

1B Albert Pujols $32

2B Chase Utley $6

3B Kevin Youkilis $3

SS Alexei Ramirez $5

2B/SS Elvis Andrus $10

1B/3B Miguel Cabrera $36

OF Ryan Braun $35

OF Jacoby Ellsbury $18

OF Carl Crawford $8

OF Nelson Cruz $8

OF Ichiro Suzuki $4

UT David Ortiz $11

Pitchers

P Justin Verlander $27

P Roy Halladay $14

P Chris Perez $3

P Dan Haren $9

P Kenley Jansen $2

P Marco Estrada $1

P Jon Lester $8

P Huston Street $7

P Ryan Dempster $2

Bench

BE Andre Ethier $6

BE Felix Doubront $1

BE Dustin Ackley $1

Overall,
Got 3 realistic shots at having the best player in baseball in 2013, nice pitching and players who play everyday!

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Martyn