| Re: Fantasy help needed
Hey Hal, just to give you a sense of how good a deal you made, here are how the players ranked in the little system I have...
Basically, I take Baseball Prospectus's player projections and plug them into a spreadsheet. I like their projections because they're based on science/math, and not just some douchebag sitting in a room pulling numbers out of his ass.
Then, I take the average of each stat (runs, home runs, etc.) at each position and figure out how much above or below the average each player is. Add up the score for each stat, and you have a "fantasy value" for each player.
In my overall rankings (which take position scarcity into account), Berkman was #48 overall and Teixeira was #57 overall. Plus, Tulowitzki was #31 overall and Saito was #62. Thus, you gave up the #s 57 and 62 players and received #s 31 and 48.
Even if you don't take position into account, I have Berkman at the #26 overall hitter, Teixeira at #28, and Tulo at #32. Thus, you can easily plug Tulo into your Util slot and not lose anything. In fact, he'll probably be one of the best Util players in your league. His projections are 95 runs, 21 HRs, 91 RBIs, 10 SBs, and a .292 average.
Also, as I said, pick Rafael Soriano up if he's on waivers. My system has him ranked #64 overall, with basically the same "fantasy value" as Saito |