Hey\'all. I would appreciate your input to help complete my shortlist. Here is my 15 keeper protected list (9 teams - 25 players):

1. Braun
2. Crawford
3. Howard
4. C. Pena
5. Pujols
6. M. Ramirex
7. Tulowitzki
8. Pence
9. Bedard
10. Broxton
11. Oswalt
12. Qualls
13. F. Rodriguez
14. Valverde
15. Verlander

Here is a list of people that I just don\'t know if I should protect or will not protect. Someone above would obviously have to get bumped off the list:

Figgins
Blanton
C. Buchholz
Duchscherer
McGowan
Pierre
Hafner
R. Soriano

Hitting categories:

H/AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB, CS, BB, AVG

Pitching categories:

IP, W, L, SV, BB, K, ERA, WHIP, BSV

Cheers!

The only things that stand out for me are Figgins for 3B. Clay Bucholz and Duscherer.

Buckholz likely has too much competition in boston this year so safe drop I guess. Duscherer had top 3 whip and ERA last year with over 90INN pitched. before getting hurt. He seems healthy. I\'d considered squeezing him in there with figgins...replaceables maybe? Qualls,Pena since u have pujols and M. Ramirex? ramirez? haha ok broxton maybe...hasn\'t proven much yet and closers are overrated in my league anyway.

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Definitely would drop Qualls for Figgins. I\'m a big fan of Dustin McGowan as well, but he\'s starting the year injured (until May I believe) so you could re-draft him if you wanted to.

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Keeper League:

F) N.Backstrom, E.Malkin, V.Lecavalier, P.Mueller, A.Mcdonald, B.Boyes, A.Hemsky, S.Horcoff, K.Turris, D.Jeffrey, M.Perreault, C.O'Reilly, S.Upshall, M.Erat, S.Gagne, D.Legwand D) S.Souray, M.Streit, A.Babchuk, T.Gilbert, I.Cole, J.Hillen, M.Methot G) B.Elliott, S.Varlamov, C.Ward, J.Reimer P) N.Kadri, E.Kuznetsov, S.Shirokov, V.Tarasenko, J.Blum, OEL, J.Moore, O.Pavelec

Soriano should be in there.

djkiang wrote:
I\'ll second these sentiments...

I like Figgins in there somewhere too... I wouldn\'t argue with Qualls being dropped.

Thanks guys. I am realizing now that Qualls is expendable and if I really want him i can draft him later. Or, even better, get a more promising reliever.

Cheers!

Relievers are a dime a dozen. Harder to replace a starter with some serious speed.

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Keeper League:

F) N.Backstrom, E.Malkin, V.Lecavalier, P.Mueller, A.Mcdonald, B.Boyes, A.Hemsky, S.Horcoff, K.Turris, D.Jeffrey, M.Perreault, C.O'Reilly, S.Upshall, M.Erat, S.Gagne, D.Legwand D) S.Souray, M.Streit, A.Babchuk, T.Gilbert, I.Cole, J.Hillen, M.Methot G) B.Elliott, S.Varlamov, C.Ward, J.Reimer P) N.Kadri, E.Kuznetsov, S.Shirokov, V.Tarasenko, J.Blum, OEL, J.Moore, O.Pavelec

Update:

The list now looks like this:

1. Braun
2. Crawford
3. Howard
4. C. Pena
5. Pujols
6. M. Ramirez
7. Tulowitzki
8. Pence
9. Bedard
10. Broxton
11. Oswalt
12. Figgins
13. F. Rodriguez
14. Valverde
15. Verlander

I just acquired J. Shields for a 3rd round pick (after our 15 players have been protected so I think that\'s pretty good). That means someone from the 15 has to go. Would Pena be a good drop? I have Pujols and Howard already and we only have 1 utility spot. Pena would ride pine all year. I am trying to trade him for any type of pick as well.

Why not try and package Pena with one of your pitchers to get an upgrade?

Pena/F-Rod for a premium SS or 2B?

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Keeper League:

F) N.Backstrom, E.Malkin, V.Lecavalier, P.Mueller, A.Mcdonald, B.Boyes, A.Hemsky, S.Horcoff, K.Turris, D.Jeffrey, M.Perreault, C.O'Reilly, S.Upshall, M.Erat, S.Gagne, D.Legwand D) S.Souray, M.Streit, A.Babchuk, T.Gilbert, I.Cole, J.Hillen, M.Methot G) B.Elliott, S.Varlamov, C.Ward, J.Reimer P) N.Kadri, E.Kuznetsov, S.Shirokov, V.Tarasenko, J.Blum, OEL, J.Moore, O.Pavelec