the 2013 fantasy baseball rubio begonias

Nothing is more boring than someone talking about their fantasy team, so I’ll make this brief.

I snuck by last year’s champs by the proverbial skin of my teeth (he’s hard to beat … he’s also my cousin). At the All-Star break I was in fourth place, 25 points out of first. Two of my players, including team star Ryan Braun, would be suspended for the season a few days later. I traded a closer for a starting pitcher, began using a streaming strategy for my SP (if that means nothing to you, no problem), and two months later, I took over first place to stay.

My best player was Mike Trout, who I froze after picking him up last season. My best pitcher was probably another of my freezes, Kris Medlen. It says something about the level of play by the Giants this season that I only had three SF players the entire year. One, Yusmeiro Petit, made two starts for me at the end of the season (see “streaming”, above), and another, Brandon Belt, only had 25 AB for me (and only got 3 hits). I actually drafted the third Giant, Angel Pagan, and he played 43 games for me before getting injured.

If I had to submit a freeze list right now, I’d probably go with Trout and two pitchers, José Fernández and Hisashi Iwakuma. But I’ve got six months to worry about that. In the meantime, I’m the champ.

Comments

[Steve]

Hey, I care! Way to go!

Whole roster, pleez.

[Steven Rubio]

Ah, Steve, if you'd been in the league, I would have finished second.

10 teams, mixed-league.

Initial draft:

First four were freezes: Trout, Braun, Medlen, Papelbon. Picks 5-25:

A. Gonzalez, Mauer, Choo, R.Soriano, Altuve, E.Aybar, Peavy, T.Frazier, Pagan, A.Reed, Hellickson, J.J.Hardy, E.Cabrera, B.Myers, Cishek, Janssen, Plouffe, Belt, Lucroy, S. Casilla.

Still on the team at the end of the season: Frazier, Choo, A.Gonzalez, Trout, Mauer, Medlen, Soriano, Janssen, Papelbon.

Guy I got in a trade: Iwakuma

Guys I picked up as free agents who were on the final roster: Jordan Pacheco (my favorite streaming pickup ... an hour before game time on the last day of the season, I noticed my C wasn't in the lineup, so I grabbed Pacheco at the last minute and he went 2-for-4), C.Carter, R.Raburn, B.Dozier, A.Soriano, M.Joyce, J.Donaldson, N.Walker, D.Ruf, T.Medica, M.Byrd, J.Teheran, J.Fernandez, M. Estrada, S. Kazmir, S.Gray.

Other guys who played for me at one time or another: B.Lawrie, A.Rendon, J.Willingham, J.Profar, A.Ramirez, G.Green, G.Parra, N.Franklin, A.Rodriguez, D.Navarro, W.Ramos, S.Drew, D.Gee, K.Kendrick, C.Billingsley, C.Capuano, S.Miller, C.Villanueva, K.Slowey, J.Tazawa, H.Santiago, K.Correia, M.Leake, W.Davis, R.Porcello, T.Koehler, M.Wacha, T.Chatwood, J.Pettibone, D.Straily, G.Cole, Z.Wheeler, J.Hefner, F.Doubront, T.Jordan, J.Turner, Z.McAllister, J.Quintana, J.Mejia, C.Morton, S.Feldman, T.Ross, C.Torres, M.Perez, Y.Petit, A.Wood, G.Richards, R.Erlin.