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Calling for some Keeper League advice

Hello folks,

I joined a Keeper League for next season, my first foray into Keeper League fantasy baseball. I'm fairly current with major league baseball players, but am not as familiar with the minor leagues. The league I joined is having a minor league draft next week, and I'm trying to do a little research before then.

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Can anyone out there recommend a good source/sources about the best 2008 minor league prospects? Preferably info that I don't have to subscribe to, but I'd consider it if it was exceptionally useful. The one blog I have checked out is Sickel's minor league blog, which is excellent, but it's also where I found out about the Keeper League, so other sources of info would be helpful.

Thanks.

Oh, and if anyone has any advice for my current roster, I have to trim down to 20 players by tomorrow night, including my minor leaguers and my reserve players.

My current active roster (that I inherited, finishing 16th out of 20 teams) is:

C   Josh Bard, SD
1B  Ryan Shealy, KC
2B  Dustin Pedroia, BOS
3B  BJ Upton, TB
SS  Jason Bartlett, MIN
OF  Carl Crawford, TB
OF  Jeremy Hermida, FLA
OF  Chris Duffy, PIT
FLEX Nick Markakis, BAL
FLEX Carl Pavano, NYY
FLEX Glen Perkins, MIL
FLEX Jose Garcia, FLA
SP   Chien-Ming Wang, NYY
SP   Jon Lester, BOS
SP   Gavin Floyd, PHI
SP   Josh Johnson, FLA
RP   Jon Papelbon, BOS
RP   Joe Nathan, MIN
RP   Tony Pena, ARI
RP   Charlie Haeger, CWS

Curent Minor League roster:

P Travis Wood, CIN
P J Brent Cox, NYY
2B Kevin Melillo, OAK
P Cesar Carillo, SD
OF Cameron Maybin, DET
P Kevin Whelan, DET
P Gio Gonzalez, CHW
P Andrew Brackman, NCState
P Rick Porcello, UNC
P Blake Beaven, Irving HS

My reservists:

P   Aaron Fultz, SF
P   Miguel Batista, Sea
P   Will Ledezman, Det
OF  Jose Cruz, Jr SD

Hmmm... looks like a rebuilding year...

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My advice

Buy low, sell high.

But don't sell while high.

Yep. Warm and fuzzy... that's me.

by grover on Dec 1, 2007 1:50 PM PST reply actions  

so

what minor leaguers if any would you keep from that list?

by eck767 on Dec 1, 2007 1:55 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't know

If you want prospect info you're going to have to invest some money. At a minimum, I'd suggest buying Sickels' book (25-30 bucks) and buy BA's Prospect Handbook (another 25-30 bucks). Both come out around February, plenty early for you to get up to speed. In the meantime, be careful when it comes to making deals.

You can also go to this site to track your prospects minor league numbers. But numbers without scouting reports won't do you much good. They're running their Top 50 prospects right now, you could check to see if any of your boys show up.

Yep. Warm and fuzzy... that's me.

by grover on Dec 1, 2007 2:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Here's a cheat sheet for you

Definetly keep these guys:

Pedroia
Upton
Crawford
Markakis
Wang
Lester
Papelbon
Nathan
Maybin
Gonzalez
Porcello
Brackman
Wood
Beaven (Not sure who he is, you spell his name right?)
Whelan
Johnson
Hermadia
Bartlett
Bard

Yep. Warm and fuzzy... that's me.

by grover on Dec 1, 2007 2:48 PM PST reply actions  

you don't need to buy a book

www.minorleaguebaseball.com
www.baseballamerica.com

MiLB just put out a top 50 prospects list.

BA has top 10 prospect lists for all teams.

"He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on Dec 1, 2007 6:44 PM PST reply actions  

My friend's website

http://www.projectprospect.com/ has some good info on minor leaguers. I haven't been to the site in awhile, but I know they have a lot of lists of prospects broken down by team and league and stuff. Hopefully if you didn't find what you were looking for at MiLB.com or Baseball America you can find some info there. :)

"I never saw a hooligan I did like. They're like left-handed pitchers, they all have a screw loose somewhere." - The Asphalt Jungle

by drmmerchk on Dec 2, 2007 12:29 AM PST reply actions  

when in doubt, keep the proven commodity

grover's list looks decent, but I definitely wouldn't keep a high school pitcher, unless this kid's a consensus top-5 pick in next year's draft or something.  I would suggest substituting Floyd or Shealy for that kid...if it was my call I'd take Floyd, who had the potential to be the 4th overall pick in the 2001 draft, but hasn't yet panned out.  However, he's only 24.

I'd also look to trade either Papelbon or Nathan for some hitting.  Having two elite closers is a luxury for this squad.

by Cutthemullet on Dec 2, 2007 7:32 AM PST reply actions  

He's got till midnight to finalize his list

He'll be able to draft/sign Floyd or Shealy easily enough later if he wants them.

Yep. Warm and fuzzy... that's me.

by grover on Dec 2, 2007 9:11 AM PST up reply actions  

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