Fantasy Beat – Deadline Deals
February 16th, 2013 | by Ray Flowers |
Justin Fensterman and Trevor Ray discuss some of the trade rumors surrounding the NBA. They will talk about Josh Smith, Eric Gordon, Al Jefferson, JJ Redick, and others. Justin also breaks down some of the key players to trade for in your fantasy leagues.
Marc Gasol, Kyle Lowry, Clay Thompson, Paul Pierce, Derrick Rose & Evan Turner
Tags: Al Jefferson, Clay Thompson, Derrick Rose, Eric Gordon, Evan Turner, JJ Redick, Josh Smith, Kyle Lowry, Marc Gasol, NBA, Paul Pierce
By Jon on Feb 16, 2013
Found out today that my league is doing away with AVG in favor of OPS. In your opinion do you think it is a good idea for leagues to do this and how/should this change strategy in a 5×5 head to head league? Also, would this type of change cause any major fluctuations to you rankings?
Thanks!
By Jonathan on Feb 17, 2013
Update to my previous question above: After I brought it up, the league changed it to OBP instead of OPS, but still would that change from Avg to OBP have any affect on what I listed above and do you think it’s a good idea to use that as a stat instead of avg?
Thanks!
By Ray Flowers on Feb 17, 2013
Jon – OPS is a better way to judge offensive prowess than AVG. There has been a lot of talk of trying to change things up in fantasy. In TOUT WARS, Mixed Lg., we’ve discussed going with OBP instead of average as the next step to take.
Yes, OPS does change player values. There is no way to answer that generically cause it’s done on a case by case basis. Derek Jeter hit .316, 5th in the AL last year, but his .791 OPS was less than Cody Ross (.807) who hit only .267. Players would need to be shuffled a bit.
By Ray Flowers on Feb 17, 2013
Jonathan – There has been a lot of back and forth about OBP vs. AVG in TOUT. I think we’re gonna use it – thought being it IS a better way to evaluate what helps a player win in real life. Others say – that’s what points lgs are for. Can debate either side, but I’ll say this. Literally 16 years ago my home league went to OBP… I guess we were ahead of the curve a bit.
By Icehole on Feb 18, 2013
Hey Ray,
Keep up the great work over here!!
Coming down to Keeper day in our league and I have a group narrowed down, looking for your input. We play a 12 tm, standard 5×5 H2H. Got the 3rd pick in the draft and I am keeping Carlos Santana as a I have to. Must keep 2 of the following:
Y. Molina
Aramis Ramierez
A. Rios
Gio Gonzalez
Y. Gallardo
James Shields
By Mike on Feb 18, 2013
Hi Ray
5×5 Roto, 10 team start two corners and two middle. In a vacumn would you trade a 8 dollar Billy Butler for a 1 dollar Aaron Hill. Can only keep for this year…
Thanks very Much
Mike
By cheeseman on Feb 18, 2013
Hi Ray
My league pitching categories includes holds, saves, blown saves and relief losses.should I punt one or both of the save/holds categories since they are a wash? we also have era, whip, w,l,k,bb,k/bb,hr
By Polo on Feb 18, 2013
Which player(s) do u think that has the best chance to be a bust( in the first 2 or 3 rounds)
By Ray Flowers on Feb 18, 2013
Polo – Beltre, Trout, Strasburg, Tulo at the top of my list.
By Ray Flowers on Feb 18, 2013
Icehole – You got it my friend.
Since keeping Santana, pass on Yadier.
I don’t think you have to go SP since only 36 guys are kept. You can let your two go and still draft them where appropriate.
Go with Rios and Ramirez… unless you want to corner the C market.
By Ray Flowers on Feb 18, 2013
Mike – If you can only keep for one year, yes, I’d take the big time savings and go with Hill.
By Mike on Feb 18, 2013
Love it Ray, Listening to you on the air and you’re answering questions.
Thx
Mike
By Ray Flowers on Feb 18, 2013
Cheeseman – Looks like you have 12 categories? The more cats you have, the more sense it can make to punt a category. You certainly can do that. I would prefer to go with RPs over SPs if you want to punt categories. You would have a shot to win: era, whip, l, bb, k/bb (NO reason to have k, bb and k/bb), hr, holds, saves.