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missionhockey21 · **If Bruce was not already gone... -** 05-28-2008, 07:13 PM

how long did it take your league to grab him up? If leagues allowed minor league pickups, many teams in deep leagues had him stashed away although some did drop him after the Reds decided upon the wonderful Corey Patterson for the CF spot.

As most know, he has tore through the minor leagues and given his talent, while not guaranteed of course, he could be a huge fantasy impact for any type of league.

Kingdom_of_Zito · PorterMariners (3:05:33 AM): Who would you add to take myself?

Well of course Hartford has him.

And the commish got him in the yahoo league I'm in. He's a shady douchebag, though. I'm enjoying beating that cocky bastard right now.

browntown653 · **Re: If Bruce was not already gone... -** 05-28-2008, 07:43 PM

I drafted him in one of the leagues I'm in

redsrbetter · **Re: If Bruce was not already gone... -** 05-28-2008, 09:25 PM

I drafted him and kept him on the bench in my league. It is paying off. My team is getting there now.

missionhockey21 · **Re: If Bruce was not already gone... -** 05-30-2008, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Kingdom_of_Zito

Well of course Hartford has him.

Taking Bruce and others (like Jones, who didn't turn out so hot) cost me getting an actual catcher who could hit.

But in other Hartford news, I dropped Cueto as my 5th starter a couple of days ago and picked up Kershaw. Cueto will give you the strikeouts and has the potential to be a huge fantasy pickup if he works through the rookie kinks, so hopefully someone picks him up.

redsrbetter · **Re: If Bruce was not already gone... -** 05-30-2008, 06:14 PM

I have both Cueto and Kershaw. And Volquez. Oh, and Scherzer. Screw it, here is my team:

Martin C
Teixeira 1B
Polanco 2B
Encarnacion 3B
Reyes SS
Longoria 1B/3B
Drew 2B/SS
Hamilton OF
J. Upton OF
Bruce OF
Dunn OF
J. Ellsbury OF
D. Young OF
C. Gomez OF
H. Matsui OF
Keppinger DL

Harang SP
Volquez SP
Cueto SP
Scherzer SP
Kershaw SP
Marcum SP
Billingsley SP
Chamberlain RP
Smoltz DL

I am still in the middle of the pack though. But I love my team.

Kingdom_of_Zito · PorterMariners (3:05:33 AM): Who would you add to take myself?

Originally Posted by missionhockey21

Taking Bruce and others (like Jones, who didn't turn out so hot) cost me getting an actual catcher who could hit.

But in other Hartford news, I dropped Cueto as my 5th starter a couple of days ago and picked up Kershaw. Cueto will give you the strikeouts and has the potential to be a huge fantasy pickup if he works through the rookie kinks, so hopefully someone picks him up.

I want to add Scherzer but it won't let me even though he's listed as a SP/RP. Annoying.

I'm pretty packed at pitcher now (Lee, Greinke, E.Santana, Jurrjens, Dempster). Amazing, none of the SPs I drafted I kept.

Kingdom_of_Zito · PorterMariners (3:05:33 AM): Who would you add to take myself?

So Dice K hits the DL, crushing blow in my yahoo league. I picked up Kershaw (I'd rather go with an unknown rookie at this point that Contreras or Laffey). I also cut Church and picked up Scherzer. Church was tough to let ago, but a week ago I picked up Adam Dunn. Combined with Bay, Fukudome, BJ Upton, Quentin, Chris Young and Markakis (who I also just picked up this week), I should be pretty good at outfield/utility. Church's concussion problems worry me is he's still feeling dizzy.