Evaluating the Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Round 3

We're quickly approaching the All Star Break for the 2012 Fantasy Baseball Season and it's time to take another look at the Lushbucket Baseball League's Keepers. A reminder for those of you not in the league, we get three keeper players per year. The round that you originally draft the player is the round you get him if you "keep" him. If you didn't draft him the previous season, but want to keep him, then he slots into your first available draft pick. The round the players went in this year's draft is listed in parentheses. Players who made the All Star team this year have an asterisk by their name.

Flying Cave Donkies (84-38-8):

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Justin Verlander* (7) - 2.58 ERA, 9-5, 128 K

Stephen Strasburg* (18) - 2.81 ERA, 9-3, 122 K
Bryce Harper (19) - .283, 8 HR, 25 RBI, 8 SB


BJ's Upton Here (76-45-9):

Jacoby Ellsbury (8) - .192, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB (on DL)

Curtis Granderson* (14) - .241, 23 HR, 48 RBI, 6 SB

Adam Wainwright (21) - Cut 5/17

Lonesome Pine (63-60-7):

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Albert Pujols (1) - .273, 13 HR, 49 RBI, 6 SB

Ricky Romero (16) - Cut 6/27

J.J. Putz (14) - 4.85 ERA, 1-4, 28 K, 14 SV

Diaper Dooty (62-59-9):

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 Craig Kimbrel* (1) - 1.45 ERA, 0-1, 52 K, 23 SV

Ryan Braun* (2) - .305, 23 HR, 59 RBI, 13 SB

Tim Lincecum (3) - 6.08 ERA, 3-9, 101 K

Los Cuñados (54-68-8):

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Troy Tulowitzki (1) - .287, 8 HR, 27 RBI, 2 SB (on DL)

Matt Kemp* (4) - .355, 12 HR, 28 RBI, 2 SB (on DL)

Clayton Kershaw* (6) - 2.65 ERA, 6-4, 112 K


Laser Show (51-72-7):

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Miguel Cabrera* (1) - .325, 18 HR, 70 RBI, 3 SB

CC Sabathia* (6) - 3.45 ERA, 9-3, 105 K (on DL)

John Axford (14) - 4.86 ERA, 2-5, 47 K, 14 SV

Out of Retirement (49-73-8):

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Robinson Cano* (1) - .316, 20 HR, 50 RBI, 1 SB

Cole Hamels* (8) - 3.20 ERA, 10-4, 118 K

Dan Haren (11) - 4.86 ERA, 6-8, 86 K (on DL)

21 Fluffy Bunnies (50-74-6):

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Nelson Cruz (4) - .257, 11 HR, 50 RBI, 6 SB

Gio González* (14) - 3.01 ERA, 11-3, 112 K

So that's where we are right now. 21 of 23 keepers still on rosters, but 5 of those 21 are on the DL right now. And then surprisingly only 12 of the 23 keepers made an all star team, with none of us getting all our keepers on the squad. But hey, it's our first keeper league, so what do you expect?