Message #5 by Rob Reed @ December 10, 2009, 09:59am for real Established himself, finally, as a first round fantasy pick, which makes this Dodger fan pleased as punch. He is a hitter's hitter with a perennially high BABIP and low contact rate (he appears to be a lucky hitter, but his track record proves strongly that he is all skill). He knows how to hit. He didn't regress when Manny was out of the lineup. He is a hitting machine all on his own. He cut his strikeouts in the same number of ABs from 2008 (606 ABs). Nothing not to like.

Message #4 by Rob Reed @ February 16, 2009, 07:32pm Now, you can figure it out... Maki: I have always been meaning to add these categories (and a few more like singles, doubles, and triples) to the mix, and you have given me the incentive to do it. Using your categories, under raw stats from last season, Matt Kemp's AND Alfonso Soriano's value -- believe it or not -- drop substantially. In fact, they are both the 31st and 32nd outfielders in all of fantasy baseball last year under these categories! Check out the new categories that should help you in this league immensely. Personally, I still like Kemp for improvement... Soriano, not so much, but it would be hard for me to pass him up in any league.

Message #3 by makipolicemen @ February 16, 2009, 06:12am Kemp a Keeper? Rob, If we keep 4, we enter a mini-draft with the other teams who kept 4, until every team has 5 on the roster. Once that happens, the "draft proper" begins. We are a weekly H2H league, with 11 categories on each side: H, R, K, TB, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS IP, W, L, SV, HLD, K, BB, ERA, WHIP, K/9, K/BB Thanks again!

Message #2 by Rob Reed @ February 15, 2009, 02:01pm what kind of league? How do the keepers work? First base is VERY deep, so you can afford to let Morneau go... definitely keep Mauer. Kemp is a reasonable bet for 20 HR and 40 SB... he has shown a very decent hitting skill set, I think, where a .340+ BABIP is not out of the question (meaning: he should also hit .280+). In mock drafts, he is currently a third rounder (I just drafted him in the 3rd round of an "expert league" mock draft the other day). The tough part for me is to be completely unbiased, as a Dodger fan. A key for Kemp AND Ethier is going to be the presence of Manny in the lineup, so if you keep Kemp (and I would), I would hope that the Dodgers get their act together already.

Message #1 by makipolicemen @ February 15, 2009, 08:08am Kemp a Keeper? 10 team league, weekly match-up league, 4 keepers mandatory, option for a 5th. Keeping Halladay, Morneau, Mauer and Soriano. Kemp is an option for keeper #5. Thoughts? perhpas drop Mauer and keep Kemp instead?

x=year; y=% of available fantasy points per year x 1000

PLAYERtrack player stats & ranks
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AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2013 263 71 15 0 6 33 35 .270 .326 9 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 76 .359 71% .395 0.721 2013 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 89 2013 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 26

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2012 403 122 22 2 23 69 74 .303 .366 9 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 103 .357 74% .538 0.904 2012 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 10 2012 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 7

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2011 602 195 33 4 39 126 115 .324 .398 40 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 159 .386 73% .586 0.984 2011 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 1 2011 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 1

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2010 602 150 25 6 28 89 82 .249 .310 19 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 170 .302 71% .450 0.76 2010 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 104 2010 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 56

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2009 606 180 25 7 26 101 97 .297 .353 34 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 139 .349 77% .490 0.843 2009 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 17 2009 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 5

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2008 606 176 38 5 18 76 93 .290 .340 35 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 153 .363 74% .459 0.799 2008 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 59 2008 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 31

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2007 292 100 12 5 10 42 47 .342 .377 10 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 66 .417 77% .521 0.898 2007 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 16 2007 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 5

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2006 154 39 7 1 7 23 30 .253 .289 6 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 53 .340 65% .448 0.737 2006 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 66 2006 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 31