Help Dobber pick his keepers (Fantasy Baseball)

[Dobber]

Once again I'm stuck and could use guidance. I focus so much on hockey that I lose sight of the other sports and frankly have no business being in a keeper league haha. I need to Keep 12:
Name
Gattis, Evan C,LF - ATL
Davis, Chris 1B - BAL
Kinsler, Ian 2B - DET
Beltre, Adrian 3B - TEX
Castro, Starlin SS - CHC
Joyce, Matt LF,RF - TB
Young, Eric LF,CF,RF - NYM
Aoki, Norichika RF - KC
Swisher, Nick 1B,RF - CLE
Arencibia, J.P. C - TEX
Rizzo, Anthony 1B - CHC
Teixeira, Mark 1B - NYY
Walker, Neil 2B - PIT
Aybar, Erick SS - LAA
Cabrera, Everth SS - SD
Castellanos, Nick LF - DET
Werth, Jayson RF - WAS
Hart, Corey 1B,RF - SEA
Reynolds, Mark 1B,3B - MIL
Lindor, Francisco SS - CLE
Name
Buehrle, Mark SP - TOR
Cashner, Andrew SP,RP - SD
Hudson, Tim SP - SF
Miley, Wade SP - ARI
Porcello, Rick SP - DET
Doolittle, Sean RP - OAK
Herrera, Kelvin RP - KC
Perez, Chris RP - LAD
Betancourt, Rafael RP - (N/A)
Burton, Jared RP - MIN
Collmenter, Josh RP - ARI

My picks at this point are Gattis, Davis, Beltre, Aoki, Werth, Hart, Porcello and Perez - need 4 more, and also critique the 8 I did pick

Thanks!

[ddp]

Davis, Beltre, Aoki, Werth, Kinsler, Castro,Perez, gattis...this is my eight for sure. Swisher, texeira, hart and poorcello might be the rest.

[davestorey]

Davis, Kinsler, Beltre,Aoki, Rizzo, Werth, Gattis,Cashner, Porcello, Castro, Swisher, Last one I would wait till the last minute maybe Hart

[dmvincent]

Davis, Kinsler, Beltre, Cashner, Miley, Swisher, Aoki, Castro, Castellanos, Cabrera, Hart and Gattis would be my picks.

[wjholton]

Gattis, Davis, Kinsler, Beltre, Rizzo, Castellanos,
Aoki, Tex, Cabrera, Miley and Cashner, and Werth.

[Dobber]

wjholton and davestorey - why did you guys leave off Perez?

[davestorey]

Don't know all your cats but not sure why a middle reliever makes your list ....I'd take Herrera over him

[dmvincent]

Based on the risk associated with Gattis I'd say Perez is a must because he's a really solid catcher with pretty nice upside.

[Dobber]

Perez led my team with 26 saves and led my relievers with 3.54 fantasy points per game

[dmvincent]

Its Chris Perez? Not sure why I thought it was Salvador Perez.

Dobber, Jansen has that job locked up.

I'd keep Everth Cabrera over him.

[gfhyde]

Most definitely agreed. See ya Perez!

[shallowfrozenwater]

Gattis, Davis, Beltre (getting old but still valuable), Aoki, Werth, Porcello - I can agree with you on.

Hart is coming off a full season on the shelf and may be a bit of a crapshoot. Perez is worthless on the Dodgers.

I'll add Cashner, Walker and Kinsler to your list off the hop. That leaves 3 slots to decide out of Rizzo, Hart, Teixeira, Swisher, Castellanos, Miley and maybe even consider Castro, E.Cabrera, Aybar or even Young.
On face value I suppose my choices would be Swisher, Teixeira and Castellanos because I know that their spots are secure. I ruled out Rizzo because I'm unsure what AB's he'll get now that Abreu is in town and although some of the other guys may be better used in your lineup they just don't have the skills to be better keeps than your list. The guy I'm hedging on is Hart. I'd like to keep him around but I don't know who you'd drop for him ... maybe Teixeira I guess ... since Teix's skills have been on the decline over the last few seasons. I guess I'd leave the decision to you between Teixeira and Hart ... the more I think about it the more I lean toward Hart. I also wonder about Miley but I don't see who I'd dump in order to add him, somebody old no doubt - Swisher maybe?

Some problems here:

You're keeping few pitchers ... and the guys you're leaving off aren't really worth keeping around. It'll mean that your draft will be pitching heavy and since I'm assuming that there won't be a lot of value after the keeps are on everyone's team. I recommend you look at trading some sticks to get more arms.

You have a lot of 1b. I'm sure that a guy like Davis would land you the pitching that you need and I'd be looking for a high end arm (or 2) if I were moving a 50 HR guy like him. I also don't know what your roster settings look like so it's hard to tell how you'd fit so many 1b's into your lineup. You should start burning up the wires to move at least one of your several 1b's for pitching.

It does look like this might be a long season for this team. Sorry.

[Dobber]

Thank you - great advice. I'll move a 1B and shop a big name like band-aid boy Tex, and work on draft picks or arms. This is my second year, I bought a bad team last year, plus I'm not as attentive to baseball as I should be. Last year - Davis was not a keeper, and somehow he was still around in the 8th round of the draft. I'll never forget that.

[MacLiii]

I would keep Gattis, Davis, Beltre, Kinsler, Castro, Rizzo, Werth, Aoki, Porcello, Cashner. For the last 2 spots I like Hart for the position flexibility and also Castellanos for the same as he has OF to start the year but will be the starting 3B for Detroit and is one of the best young hitters in the game coming up from the minors. Forget Perez as he's no longer closing and isn't even 2nd on the depth chart in LAD.

[HOOTIE]

Gattis
Kinsler
Beltre
Castro
Werth
E Cabrera
Aoki
Castellanos
Rizzo
Hart
Davis
Cashner

Not sure why you had no Kinsler, Rizzo?