La Ruina

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
Normally we do the Power Rankings here, but we’d rather do the good ol’ “Who Are You Going to Keep?” post, especially now that the trading deadline has come and gone. So without further adieu:
1. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris […]

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Albert Pujols:
Even so, La Russa worries that Pujols could blow out the elbow with one off-balance swing.
“I only know what the doctors say,” La Russa said. “He’s played seasons where he didn’t take that swing. He has an issue in there and if something crazy happens, it may pop up. Go after a pitch and […]

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Nature or nuture? This age old question has never been more relevant than it is in La Ruina 2008. It goes to figure that the team with the best keepers should have a nice head start towards making their dream of winning the greatest fantasy baseball league of all-time come true. That […]

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2008 Draft Order and Keepers (updated 2/29, 9:30AM)

Alex (Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday, Brandon Webb)
Crimmings (Robinson Cano, Derrek Lee, Ichiro)
Tony (Ryan Howard, B.J. Upton, Nick Markakis)
Justin (Alex Rodriguez, Hanley Ramirez, Chase Utley)
Joey (Mark Teixeira, Carl Crawford, Victor Martinez)
Chris Bleak (Jose Reyes, Prince Fielder, Russell Martin)
Nick (Brandon Phillips, Alfonso Soriano, Bobby Abreu)
Chris Gottsegen (Johan Santana, Garrett Atkins, […]

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Morrie Wig’s Keeps
Ryan Howard.
BJ Upton.
Nick Markakis.

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2008 Keepers and Draft Order, (last updated 2/27, 9:42AM)

Alex (Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday, Brandon Webb)
Crimmings (Robinson Cano, Derrek Lee, Ichiro)
Tony
Justin
Joey
Chris Bleak
Nick
Chris Gottsegen
Brian (David Wright, Magglio Ordonez, Jake Peavy)
Kris
Kenny
Chris Rosen (Jimmy Rollins, David Ortiz, Justin Morneau)

*Red indicates player can be kept past 2008.

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Just drove to Borders about twenty minutes ago and picked up my copy of Baseball Prospectus.   My son enjoyed his bedtime story, it was a comedy called Crimmings Keepers.
The following excerpt is from BP
Lee’s 2006 wrist injury seemed to have sapped him of his power early last year, but he banged out 16 home runs […]

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Okay, I have a confession to make (this feels like I’m Eli Sunday at the end of There Will Be Blood). On draft day after the second round…I panic. It’s true. All the reading, excel spreadsheets, tiers and charts all go out the window. I see red. It all happens so […]

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Pujols, Holliday, Webb.   Nasty.

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