It could be just a peak, though, and we may be off this train early next year. Luis Garcia His first half was glorious and the second half brought a heavy reduction in his slider, possibly a product of fatigue. thoughts? Trevor Rogers Second half was marred by tragic personal affairs. I like White quite a bit, so I think Id probably do that deal. Who I expect is about four years away. Job security for all but the elite closers is almost non-existent. Lucas Giolito We can recognize Giolito as a 180 IP, ~3.50 ERA guy and thats just fine with me. Logan Gilbert Fastball is wonderful, the slider has potential, and the curveball + changeup could earn strikes. Trout is an obvious pick, and Benintendi and Acuna are future five-category superstars who today aren't even close to their primes. Zac Gallen He dealt with a pair of injuries that set back his whole season an arm injury before the season started + a hamstring injury after returning. Its upper 90s + a wipeout slider + plus changeup. By Scott White. Looking for suggestions on your current roster? Twelve team roto snake draft. Collier did a Bryce Harper and graduated High School early and played in Jr College at 17 and did well. Albies is projected for less than my cost, but idk if that gets thrown out since there will be up to 60 keepers taken out of the draft pool. And I keep Syndergaard because of huge upside. Before the questionableTobytier, I felt these four pitchers deserved to be considered for their upside if you wanted to take another gamble early in the season. Secondaries arent much, but that fastball can get the job done. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB.com. League schedule updated, Mushroom Kingdom Bombers (A Yahoo User) 1B Paul Goldschmidt Severino $5. In fact, if theres a shortage at a certain position or in a single category, weighthat even more. What is your opinion in this situation? Corbin Burnes Hell be many peoples #1 and I get it. 3 overall name on our 2014 Player Rater come season's end. What do you think of Stripling and Archer? Didi Gregorius-$6 Ive been talking to the Judge owner a bit. That matters. There are a lot of different ways to succeed in keeper leagues. Tristan H. Cockcroft updates his rankings for those playing in dynasty league formats. Eric and Tristan talk final Player Rater standings, the top of the 2022 board. Tristan H. Cockcroft updates his rankings for those playing in dynasty league formats. Sale-$21 $54 Tatis (this is where Im torn). Stop thinking Meat, youre hurting the team. So rather than draft a player I may have to wait four years for, I focus on players likely to arrive in the next couple of seasons. Given his historical fluctuations, we cant bank on April 2022 mirroring August. Most owners in my leagues were spreading the wealth. Didi Gregorius is a free agent after next season, and in the event the New York Yankees let him go -- not that it's especially likely right now -- Torres should slide over to cover shortstop, his natural position. Marco Gonzales After stumbling early, Marco had a strong second half, proudly wearing theTobylabel. Those high-dollar players I purchased at auction are going to be on everybodys wish list during the regular season. For live 24/7/365 access to them (see changes as they happen) and many more perks, sign up for the Fantrax Toolshed It works, we just didnt see a whole lot of it. You mention keeping 4 would not drop players. Teams are not spending so the player pool has a lot DHP guys (draft/hope &pray) If it comes to that, this might be the time to settle for a minor award & retool rather than bottom out. I question if his four-seamer and cutter are enough to repeat next year, though, and a decline from a 3.61 ERA and 1.25 WHIP doesnt make for a fun draft target. Can keep one player at round drafted in the year before: Bryce Harper Round 2 Strikeouts galore, Win potential, excellent ratios, all of it. I did sell off a couple of lesser keepers, but I kept my core. So thats my take on some of the issues we all deal with in keeper leagues. The following player is a sleeper to consider in the late stages of 2023 fantasy-baseball drafts. Tristan H. Cockcroft provides his rankings for those playing in dynasty league formats. Creator of CSW, The List, and SP Roundup. Aaron Civale Never found a groove in 2021. In Dynasty Leagues you can keep as many players as you want for as long as you want. Bauers $2 (B) Lance Lynn He missed time due to injury and you have to expect 180+ frames of production once again next season. I see way too many people overemphasize age in keeper leagues. An injury interrupted his season and 2022 could hold a return to form. Top 125 Starting Pitcher Rankings for 2023 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Dynasty League Strategy for 2023, I have amassed a fair amount of young talent over the last few years, but now have a bit of a decision to make. Julio Rodriguez (18) He wants Arozarena, prospects, and Severino. Curious your thoughts on that? A Billy Wagner-esque career isn't entirely out of the question. Love the stuff, I question the approach as he never quite locked into a consistent pitch mix. I have to rebuild my pitching staff after finishing last in pitching in a 10-team, NL-only auction keeper league. He was on the "All-2018 Team," one of the picks that paid off the most, and he's still on the list for 2022, considering how well his power potential should hold up year over year. Starting in year four his salary was $25 (4 years X $5 plus initial cost). Best of the rest: Carlos Correa (27) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (23). You dont see that very often, but then again, you dont see a guy like Verlander very often. Doug was formerly the Executive Editor at RotoExperts and is now Managing Editor here at FantraxHQ. 1B Alonso $20, Tork $10 Here are the starting pitchers projected in the top few tiers who will available: Ronald Acuna Jr. Sleeper: Manuel Margot (27). Remember, he's still only 21. Eduardo Rodriguez The four-seamer was great, the rest was not. These starting pitcher rankings were a lot of fun this year. Nothing has changed inside his repertoire to speak otherwise. If Robert can make adjustments and get the batting average to a respectable range, seeing him in the first round of 2022 drafts is well within reach for the uber-talented 23-year-old Cuban outfielder. 2. International signees who are 25 or older are not included. Certainly, age is a consideration, but Im not worried about a players age until theyre in the 33-year-old neighborhood. Im a bit leery of Semien with the change in home ballpark, so I still go PEREZ if you have a chance to compete this year. Hopefully hes on the upper end in 2022. The first type builds a nice base of low-priced keepers and when the time is right, trades most of them for expensive stars in an attempt to win that year. This is a weaker position than you might think, from a prospects standpoint, but Alonso is one of the good ones. Most probably would not. Foltynewicz-$3 Thanks for the thoughts on this. A lot of this is going to differ depending on the scoring format. Changeup + four-seamer works well, needs a cutter or slider to take the leap into the Top 15 SP. Many of these pitchers could quickly rise across the 2022 season, though we just dont know if theyll hit their peaks. Frankie Montas Rough first half until the splitter and slider returned. Looked like a defacto ace in the second half. You can follow him on Twitter @RotoDaddy. Looked like a defacto ace in the second half. His power was on full display during the Futures Game, and he's already in Triple-A ball. Feel free to grab these instead of those in Tier 8 if you believe in their hot streaks. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Pitcher GIFS Inc. All Rights Reserved. Could see it repeated next year. Really the only helpful strategy piece Ive found so far, thanks so much. Could be a rock for the Astros in 2022. Martinez and Acuna. Hopefully he does not catch on as a manager anywhere else. Zig when everyone else zags. Best of the rest: Stephen Strasburg (33), Blake Snell (29), Luis Severino (28), Michael Kopech (25), Gerrit Cole (33), Sixto Sanchez (23). Bieber (11) Alek Manoah The Jays will let Manoah go deeper than McClanahan and Id expect 170-180 innings. ), changeup and curveball command was a bit sporadic. Fantasy baseball: Head-to-head points mock draft, The Playbook, Inning 9: Mastering the 2023 fantasy baseball player pool, The Playbook, Inning 8: Advanced stats to use for fantasy baseball, Fantasy baseball: Hot stove analysis of offseason trades and free-agent signings, Karabell's way-too-early top-25 players for 2023, Fantasy baseball rankings for 2023 points leagues, Fantasy baseball rankings category-based leagues 2022. Still, with so much young talent starring in today's game, many things probably won't change much in the next four years. Edwin Diaz-$17 $10 Mullins That WHIP is mediocre and heath has always been a major concern. Meanwhile, closer situations change all the time. Kyle Muller Love the stuff mid-90s fastball with a whiffable slider and curveball needs refinement and a rotation spot to blossom. Great article. Expect many six-inning games. I inherited 3B Cam Collier. You might not even have to wait until 2022 to see that come to fruition. But I knew the dump trades were coming and my ceiling was prob 4th or 5th. Im having trouble picking 2 out of these 3: Eloy Jimenez $1 Yeah, a lot of extenuating circumstances. Tim Anderson $7 I plan on spending what it takes for Nola, which I expect will be close to $40 given the supply issues. Top 125 Starting Pitcher Rankings for 2023 Fantasy Baseball. There is a gamble here was he just in rhythm or can he repeat this? Auction budget is $300. Michael Kopech If the White Sox give him a rotation spot, he could dominate quickly. This cant be a surprise, right? Ill know better. Its not even a month before the draft and teams are already asking about closers! Generally, that speaks to the Top 40 starters or so, and this year it may creep into the Top 50. Have him for $6. Sleeper: Julio Urias (25). Marcus Stroman He never fails to hold a FIP under 4.00 and while there were fluctuations in his slider, cutter, and splitter, the sinker kept him valuable through the season. Shane Bieber His final two starts were terrifying: low spin rates, 2mph drop in fastball velocity + poor command. It is difficult to move up if you are out of it by June. Huascar Ynoa Ynoa was fantastic tossing 96+ mph with an elite slider before an emotional punch fractured his hand. Miggy $13 (B) Given how thin it is, I worry that Archers draft day price would be inflated, even though I value him closer to $18. Hes looking like a future stud. Fantasy baseball roundtable: Who is the No. Is that worth your roster spot? James Kaprielian Kap and Quantrill are very similar to me fastball focused with a slider that can look great at times & had some incredible stretches. 2026 performance: 20%. First: Essentially, you dontneedto get two of the Top 15 starters to excel. Judge, Witt and Rodriguez are locks. Judge (1) Be careful here if you load up ontoomany of these, you could set yourself up for a potential disaster of a season. Custom snaking draft order set for all rounds, Murderers Row 2.2 (A Yahoo User) He doesnt earn many whiffs but steals a ton of strikes with his sinker (one of the more underrated ones out there). Hyun Jin Ryu His changeup and cutter took a major step back this season. Personally I wouldnt keep either. And even then Ill take a chance if theres a discount built in. Im a waiver wire warrior. It paid off immediately in my NL league. Im likely to be drafting multiple guys from here in March. Thanks! Grabbed Leclerc early on last year hoping he could harness his command and paid off big. I think there is a lot of upside on some pitchers expected to be cheap this year, but it seems like a lot of risk to rely on them for more than 1 or 2 spots. I won that league Did I do wrong picking the right pitchers early? There is no reason he cant be a bench coach or something like that. PLEASE, screetch how much you think hes bad and cant be trusted. That's two years younger than Jesus Aguilar and Freddie Freeman and four years younger than Paul Goldschmidt are today. Ive seen way too many analysts suggest you just allocate that excess money out to the rest of the player pool on an even percentage basis. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. OF Andrew Benintendi Diaz has an appealing combination of pop and speed. This type of owner has competitive teams year in and year out. The San Diego Padres will have a decision on their hands once both Urias and Tatis are major-league ready, but Urias' hit tool gives him a good chance at batting-average success -- and his glove is capable enough to stay at short. Best of the rest: Juan Soto (23), Mookie Betts (29), Kyle Tucker (25), Bryce Harper (29) and Byron Buxton (28). Greene's and Reyes' inclusions are probably the most unexpected, but the former has outstanding stuff at 18 years old, which gives him plenty of time to polish his command over the next three seasons. Dylan Cease The slider has returned in a major way, the question is if his four-seamer and curveball can survive. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB.com. Im in a keeper league, we keep 4. This is one area where I probably differ from most keeper league managers who generally dont target catchers or closers as keepers. We start; C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, IF, 4 OF, DH, 5 SP, 3 RP, 1 P. I think Im pretty set on these 12. Most years I feel like I have a chance to compete and I will do my best to do just that. Velocity was back to normal, though, and a proper off-season could get him back on track. I mean I get your hesitation, but Webb Hes a beast, and I doubt theres much thats gonna torch him next season, theres really nothing that he has to fix, and his team doesnt need more from him. That's the fun of predicting the future: Guessing at the things that will change. The Rays are sure to limit him in some fashion, though. Doug participates in both LABR and Tout Wars, the two preeminent expert fantasy baseball leagues in existence. All three pitches fastball, slider, curveball can whiff double-digits on a given night. Theres hope for redemption, but this could be an early cut. You can only keep a guy for 2 years, so the keeper options below are only for this year and must be sent back next year. Watch this for more. Unclear if he can perform against tough opponents, though his secondaries are a bit lacking. Its just not the spin of the wheel I want to take. This is a AL only 55. If Chapman can only raise his launch angle, a 30-homer season won't be far off. Its not fair to judge him from two starts but it does make me a little more hesitant than those in Tier 2. You do have to deal with it though. Still, as a 23-year-old, he has a lot of career ahead of him. Ranking the Top 150 Starting Pitchers For 2022 Fantasy Baseball. Kenta Maeda (RHP, MIN) Maeda was brilliant in 2020 with his slider and splitter getting a ton of chases + a fastball he could sneak into the zone for the strikes. With just two keepers, Im not so risk-averse and future value is not all that important. The main question he'll face by his age-29 season is whether he'll still have the same base-stealing ability he has now. Not that there are not a great deal of managers that fit that description but one is a start. Its hard to bank on an elite ratio season ahead for any of them and Im sure to have egg on my face from at least one of these starters. I have no interest in 4th or 5th place money. SP Sale $22, Fried $20, Peralta $16, Alcantara $15, McClanahan $15, Rogers $12, Options for Final 3 spots WebYahoo Fantasy Baseball. 2023 Yahoo Fantasy Sports LLC. Snell-$7 JT Realmuto Round 11. I broke down all pitches of his MLB debut here and I highly recommend watching it. Fantasy Baseball Keepers: Top 200 for 2022 1 Fernando Tatis Jr. 2 Ronald Acuna Jr. 3 Shohei Ohtani 4 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 5 Juan Soto 6 Mike Trout 7 Trea Turner 8 Mookie Betts 9 Bo Bichette 10 Rafael Devers More items Thanks, Doug, for ur insight. While I understand that he did check the most important box of being under 40 he doesnt know baseball well enough he also exceeded the age limit as he is now 40. Individual draft picks customized, Murderers Row 2.2 (A Yahoo User) Over-reliance on the slide has me a little worried hell become a dependable play. The conventional wisdom is to spread the value around and hope to land some good values late in the draft. Plenty of potential here. Does Fantrax offer a discount for a league that has both a NL & AL league? He fell off hard in the late months of summer, but who knows. Corey Kluber He had brief moments hinting at his Cy Young self with 91+ mph velocity and an elite cutter. You need too much pitching to spend a lot on Nola, so I might target Taillon who is on the rise, then maybe Bumgarner who everybody seems to be down on. Four-seamer is still an elite Called Strike% pitch. A full healthy off-season should help, though. The amount of volatility on these rankings year over year is telling. I am leaning towards going with an $6 Pablo Lopez or $17 Marcus Semien instead just due to age and normal catcher risk. You mentioned about keeping younger players. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. He's still one of the best strikeout artists among relievers and has an improving cutter that could help put him in line for elite closer numbers when he eventually gets a chance. Mike Moustakas-$6 Carlos Rodn We expected 93.5 mph from Rodn this year and instead got ~96 mph consistently, followed by heavy fatigue in September. Its also nice to bring up elite closers for bid and watch other peoples money fly off the table. WebThe beautiful weather, intimate ballparks and energetic atmosphere make Phillies Spring Training one of the most exciting events of the baseball season! Subscribe:Apple Podcasts|Spotify|Google Podcasts|Stitcher|SoundCloud|iHeartRadio, Copyright 2010- FantasyPros.com McClanahan (5) Id keep J.D. Welcome to Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball. Andrelton Simmons-$1 180+ innings of quality seem to be in order for 2022, just notelitequality. It was a flash, though, and we dont know if his back injury will affect his 2022. All rights reserved. Who would be your targets? Acuna 2B,SS,Of Lux $15 Patrick Sandoval We saw the ace potential during his July as his changeup and slider were whiff machines. Amateur players and international free agents are not included. Pitching categories are W, Sv, K, ERA, WHIP. Tough questions to answer. Sleeper: Matt Chapman (28). Just stop throwing that sinker and toss more four-seamers, please. The margin of error has always been small for Hendricks repertoire and I wont rule out a tweak in the off-season to calibrate him for 2022 success. Texas Wildfirez keepers edited, Mushroom Kingdom Bombers (A Yahoo User) 3. Fastball can get by and when the changeup is there, things can work easily. The minor league rosters in most keeper leagues are pretty limited. Yeah, Im gonna share some of my takes on Keeper League Strategy. Remember, these ranks are based on a 12-teamer, 55 roto format. I of course extended him the maximum of four years. If he leaves Colorado, theres intriguing upside with that heater + an excellent slider. Finnegan also showed improved control and the ability to miss more bats during a solid 2022 campaign. Third base is rich in future talent, but it's also full of players who could wind up at several different positions. I am not a fan of Archer or Stripling at those prices. Unclear how the Brewers will use him, though, and there will be bumps in the road. You likely just saw his peak. Six keepers at last years draft position +1. It is a tough call. Every keeper league is different so its hard to give definitive answers. It could be a lot more volatility in the season ahead making for some tough decisions and plenty of headaches. Realmuto-$15 To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Itll all even out well in the end. Thats okay. Bryant Its in my nature. Individual draft picks customized, Mushroom Kingdom Bombers (A Yahoo User) On offense is where it gets tough. removed Boss Giants from league, Murderers Row 2.2 (A Yahoo User) I had thought about both Verlander and Severino so I would not have to think about pitching in the draft, but wasnt sure who would be my 3rd. Normally in these strategy articles, I share my incredible genius and you walk away astounded at my knowledge and comfortable with the idea that you have seen greatness or something like that. $29 Albies If I think trading off a top keeper will ensure a title I will still probably go for it. My first 3 pitchers were Scherzer, Woodruff, and Ohtani (ESPN dual-player) All picked earlier than expected, but all picked with serious faith in the fact that 2020 was an aberration. 4. HTH League with mostly same owners is way more competitive through season. JD If you're picking less-proven candidates to lead the majors in homers in 2022, Jimenez and Adell are it. 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Most would keep Bryant, but I really like Murphy in Coors. Sonny Gray He couldnt find a rhythm with his secondaries, relying too much on sneaky fastballs to get by in 2021. Telling of what I am not sure. There are just too many variables to offer up all of the answers in one article. Major League Baseball today announced the revised schedule for 2022 Spring Training presented by Camping World, which will officially begin on Thursday, I could either try to scrap for an unlikely money finish or I could start building what I hoped would be a long-term successful team. 5. The only time salaries come in to play is when we submit our 15 keepers each year, $320 limit. Jan 4, 2022. Thank you! Dinelson Lamet He was as dominant as they come in 2020 before his elbow started barking. Use this list however you wish: addressing your dynasty team's long-term goals, for lively fantasy sports debates with friends or, if you wish, to clip and save to Scherzer was at the end of the second round, Woodruff was early third, and Ohtani was ~ 8th. $25 Woodruff I'm a bit more wary of Ohtani in dynasty leagues where you're locking him in year over year as opposed to projecting an individual future year, as he still possesses "top of the rotation" talent, will be an "in the middle of his prime" 27 years old come 2022 and, if he does eventually require Tommy John surgery, he'll probably have had it and already recovered from it by then. Adell is 19 and in high Class-A ball, but so far as a professional he hasn't had much trouble posting .250-plus isolated power and at least a 5.0 percent homer rate (based on a percentage of his trips to the plate). 16 team keeper league. I think the five you list are very good. Web2022 Keeper Value Rankings - Top 150 Overall for Fantasy Baseball In case you missed it, all preseason long I've been breaking down the top Keeper Values at each position. Dont expect the world from him and he can be helpful against middling-to-poor lineups. Sale still makes this list, but otherwise I see the new aces in fantasy being those who haven't yet reached their 30th birthdays. 3 and so on. We are the most customizable, easy-to-use, and feature-rich Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. 11. Thats a problem. Sleepers are players that have a strong chance to exceed expectations and can become surprise difference-makers for fantasy baseball owners. Yu Darvish Hes the premiumCherry Bombas his command fluctuates from start to start. The math works out, but reality is gonna kick you in the huevos if you take this approach. The following player is a sleeper to consider in the late stages of 2023 fantasy-baseball drafts. If so, who are my last 3 with Judge replacing Arozarena? Love to talk deep league stuff. This could mean a better second half than first for Anderson in 2022. Tarik Skubal Needs a little more time getting in rhythm with his slider and changeup, but the fastball creates a strong foundation. Gerrit Cole I may be changing this one by February, but its the Mike Trout rule. Hes a Free Agent next season and could boast a sub 4.00 ERA without the strikeout rates of oldor he could retire. An excellent fastball featured up in the zone + a legit breaker. Ive lucked into $5 closers more than a few times doing this. Meanwhile, Felix Hernandez enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career as a 28-year-old in 2014, finishing second in the American League Cy Young Award race behind a 2.14 ERA and 0.92 WHIP, both of which led the league. Heres my reasoning. Still had his fair share of disasters when it was gone, though. before the 18th round and I finished first in both leagues. 1 hitter? Deal? In this case building for the future takes priority over winning now. No, Im not doing another 75 blurbs right now. If he has his slider and curveball early, he can dominate. McClanaham $10 Last year Realmuto was the high mark in our auction for $20 so not sure I get the value out of keeping him either. Nice problem to have. Being the contrarian has always come naturally to me. Yordan Alvarez Elieser Hernandez The slider is great, the rest of the stuff is lacking. I think it will be very important to have two elite pitchers this year, so I keep Sale and Buehler. He'll begin this season's second half in Triple-A ball, and could be ready to take over as a Miami Marlins regular by Opening Day 2019. Health has been a concern in the past, too, and it may turn its ugly head again in 2022. Interesting that you bring up the catchers. Cool, lets get started. With half the teams tanking, it is not a good time to have to embark on a full rebuild. So rather than figure out inflation by a flat percentage, I suggest you figure out how much extra money there is and manually allocate it predominantly to the top couple tiers at each position. Luis Urias-$3, Pitching Maybe he can go on another wonderful run to kick-off 2022. What Im trying to say is, todays rankingswill be vastly different in February. Yusei Kikuchi When hes at 96 mph, Kikuchi can excel with his slider and cutter stealing strikes. Aaron Ashby His power mid-to-upper 90s sinker paired with a slider and changeup he throws for strikes speaks to an absurd ceiling. I am thinking of dropping him. It's Jimenez and Adell who might take you by surprise, but their raw power potential ranks among the best of all prospects. Web2023 Fantasy Baseball: Keeper/Dynasty Rankings | FantasyPros 2023 Baseball Keeper/Dynasty Rankings Expert Consensus Ranking (4 of 9 Experts) - Feb 23, 2023 The sum of these difference are then added up and redistributed to the rest of the player pool. Chris Sale His changeup took a step back and the heater was a bit inconsistent. Players are listed only at the position I believe they'll play in 2022. 12. For this edition, I figured Id be a madman and write a very short blurb about each starter to give you a general feel of my thoughts on that guy and to showcase this isnt just some random he doesnt know this pitcher at all! ranking. Would that lead you to want to keep more that 4 solid non-drop level guys? the streaming list works and that you do Not need to draft starting pitchers early. Injury history is getting length now, though. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Now lets get into the meat of this discussion. Osuna $10 (Y) Especially the last half. Fantrax was one of the fastest-growing fantasy sites over the last few years, and were not stopping now. Buehler. Correa Makes me wonder if he can truly hint at the Top 10 starters. Taillon Sleepers Outside the Top 300: Kyle Finnegan. Ill share some of my thoughts on the best ways to run a successful keeper league team. They all can be an SP #1, but shockingly have limitations that prevent them from being a lock. His work has appeared on RotoExperts.com, Yahoo.com, SI.com, and NFL.com, as well as on the pages of USA Todays Fantasy Baseball Weekly and various other magazines. Floor is everything. Only fantasy potential is considered. In most points leagues pitchers are the biggest contributors, but I do have concerns about McClanahans health. If Bichette were a pitcher I may not have extended him to the max. You cant really go wrong with any of these names though. Draft Time changed from '' to 'Sat Mar 19 4:00pm PDT', Murderers Row 2.2 (A Yahoo User) Cristian Javier Will he get the green light in the rotation after spending the year in long relief? A gamble here was he just in rhythm or can he repeat this a! 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