BP Fantasy 101 Pre-Draft Hero Addition

3) Yoan Moncada, 2B, Boston Red Sox (Age: 20, Previous Rank: NR)
Potential Earnings: $35+
Risk Factor: Medium
Fantasy Overview: Five-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG, HR, RBI, R, SB
Realistic Ceiling: The top fantasy second baseman for a half-decade
Realistic Floor: A trail of broken hearts in New England

5) Lucas Giolito, RHP, Washington Nationals (Age: 21, Previous Rank: 9)
Potential Earnings: $30-35
Risk Factor: Medium
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in W, K, ERA, WHIP
Realistic Ceiling: /angels sing
Realistic Floor: /angels sing

9) Bradley Zimmer, OF, Cleveland Indians (Age: 23, Previous Rank: 88)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: Low
Fantasy Overview: Five-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG, R
Realistic Ceiling: The really good version of Shane Victorino
Realistic Floor: The really good version of Gerardo Parra

10) Tim Anderson, SS, Chicago White Sox (Age: 22, Previous Rank: 18)
Potential Earnings: $25-30
Risk Factor: Medium
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG, R, SB
Realistic Ceiling: A top-three shortstop
Realistic Floor: A 30-steal outfielder

12) A.J. Reed, 1B, Houston Astros (Age: 22, Previous Rank: NR)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: Low
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in HR, RBI
Realistic Ceiling: A .280 hitter with 30 bombs
Realistic Floor: A very serviceable mixed-league corner infielder

14) Brendan Rodgers, SS, Colorado Rockies (Age: 19, Previous Rank: NR)
Potential Earnings: $30-35
Risk Factor: High
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG, HR, RBI, R
Realistic Ceiling: The true heir to Troy Tulowitzki
Realistic Floor: Whatever, he’s a shortstop who plays half his games in Coors

22) Rafael Devers, 3B, Boston Red Sox (Age: 19, Previous Rank: 77)
Potential Earnings: $25-30
Risk Factor: High
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG, HR, RBI, R
Realistic Ceiling: A top-five third baseman
Realistic Floor: Not making that Dunkin’ Donuts ad money

30) Andrew Benintendi, OF, Boston Red Sox (Age: 21, Previous Rank: NR)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: Medium
Fantasy Overview: Five-category contributor; Impact potential in R
Realistic Ceiling: Carlos Gonzalez without Coors
Realistic Floor: 80 percent of modern-day Shin-Soo Choo

31) Manuel Margot, OF, San Diego Padres (Age: 21, Previous Rank: 69)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: Medium
Fantasy Overview: Three-category contributor; Impact potential in SB
Realistic Ceiling: I can't believe they gave this guy up for a reliever
Realistic Floor: I can't believe this is all it took to land Craig Kimbrel

41) Raimel Tapia, OF, Colorado Rockies (Age: 22, Previous Rank: 28)
Potential Earnings: $25-30
Risk Factor: High
Fantasy Overview: Five-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG, R
Realistic Ceiling: A .320/30-steal profile in Coors
Realistic Floor: A dodged bullet for the Batting Stance Guy

50) Robert Stephenson, RHP, Cincinnati Reds (Age: 22, Previous Rank: 23)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: High
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in W, K
Realistic Ceiling: An SP2 with better strikeouts than ratios
Realistic Floor: An inconsistent arm who bounces on and off the waiver wire

54) Willy Adames, SS, Tampa Bay Rays (Age: 20, Previous Rank: HM)
Potential Earnings: $15-20
Risk Factor: Medium
Fantasy Overview: Three-category contributor
Realistic Ceiling: Jhonny Peralta
Realistic Floor: A back-end mixed-league third baseman

60) Mark Appel, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies (Age: 24, Previous Rank: 41)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: High
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in W, K
Realistic Ceiling: A top-20 starter
Realistic Floor: Edwin Jackson /sheds tear

72) Harold Ramirez, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates (Age: 21, Previous Rank: NR)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: High
Fantasy Overview: Three-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG, R
Realistic Ceiling: Christian Yelich if the power never comes
Realistic Floor: Josh Harrison in the outfield

83) Archie Bradley, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks (Age: 23, Previous Rank: 13)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: High
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in W, K
Realistic Ceiling: An easy top-30 starter
Realistic Floor: A hard guy to roster

85) Forrest Wall, 2B, Colorado Rockies (Age: 20, Previous Rank: 98)
Potential Earnings: $20-25
Risk Factor: High
Fantasy Overview: Three-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG, R, SB
Realistic Ceiling: Jose Altuve when he was Clark Kent
Realistic Floor: An easier-to-spell DJ LeMaheiu

92) Dominic Smith, 1B, New York Mets (Age: 20, Previous Rank: 93)
Potential Earnings: $15-20
Risk Factor: Medium
Fantasy Overview: Four-category contributor; Impact potential in AVG
Realistic Ceiling: A lifetime of misery for Ben and Craig. Mostly Craig.
Realistic Floor: James Loney

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order):
Gilbert Lara, SS, Milwaukee Brewers
Reynaldo Lopez, RHP, Washington Nationals
Amed Rosario, SS, New York Mets

Pre Draft Hero Top 25 Prospect

Pre Draft Hero Top 25 Prospect (with BA grade)

1. SP Lucas Giolito 70 Medium
2. 2B Yoan Moncada 70 High
3. 1B AJ Reed 65 Medium
4. 3B Rafael Devers 65 High
5. OF Bradley Zimmer 60 Medium
6. SP Robert Stephenson 65 High
7. SS Tim Anderson 60 High
8. 1B Dominic Smith 55 High
9. 1B Cody Bellinger 60 High
10 SS Willy Adames 60 High
11 SP Archie Bradley 55 High
12 OF Manuel Margot 55 High
13 SP Reynaldo Lopez 60 High
14 SP Mark Appel 55 High
15 SS Amed Rosario 60 High
16 SP Jack Flaherty 55 High
17 2B Forrest Wall 55 Extreme
18 SP Dylan Cease 60 Extreme
19 OF Raimel Tapia 50 High
20 SP Kyle Freeland 60 Extreme
21 OF Harold Ramirez 55 High
22 SP Miguel Almonte 55 High
23 3B Gilbert Lara 55 Extreme
24 SP Pierce Johnson 50 High
25 SP Marcus Diplan 55 Extreme

BP Top 101 Hero Edition

3. Lucas Giolito, RHP, Washington Nationals
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: 6

7. Yoan Moncada, 2B, Boston Red Sox
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: N/A

14. Manuel Margot, OF, San Diego Padres
Scouting Report: LINK
2015 Ranking: 61

19. Tim Anderson, SS, Chicago White Sox
Scouting Report: LINK
2015 Ranking: 39

20. Brendan Rodgers, SS, Colorado Rockies
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: N/A

23. Bradley Zimmer, OF, Cleveland Indians
Scouting Report: LINK
2015 Ranking: N/A

30. Robert Stephenson, RHP, Cincinnati Reds
Scouting Report: LINK
2015 Ranking: 16

35. Rafael Devers, 3B, Boston Red Sox
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: 90

42. Raimel Tapia, OF, Colorado Rockies
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: 45

46. Andrew Benintendi, OF, Boston Red Sox
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: N/A

48. Archie Bradley, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: 11

54. Willy Adames, SS, Tampa Bay Rays
Scouting Report: LINK
2015 Ranking: 94

55. A.J. Reed, 1B, Houston Astros
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: N/A

64. Mark Appel, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies
Scouting Report: LINK
2015 Ranking: 35

75. Reynaldo Lopez, RHP, Washington Nationals
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: 72

80. Harold Ramirez, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: N/A

86. Dominic Smith, 1B, New York Mets
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: N/A

96. Amed Rosario, SS, New York Mets
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: 78

101. Forrest Wall, 2B, Colorado Rockies
Scouting Report: Coming soon
2015 Ranking: N/A

Jaypers Top 100 List

Here are the Heroes who ranked on the Jaypers top 100 list, with a bonus look at who the Heroes are using there top 2 picks on:

3. Lucas Giolito, RHP
8. Yoan Moncada, 2B
14. Rafael Devers, 3B
15. A.J. Reed, 1B
19. Andrew Benintendi, OF
25. Brendan Rodgers, SS
31. Bradley Zimmer, OF
35. Robert Stephenson, RHP
39. Tim Anderson, SS
51. Manuel Margot, OF
55. Amed Rosario, SS
58. Cody Bellinger, 1B
61. Archie Bradley, RHP
69. Dominic Smith, 1B
75. Willy Adames, SS
93. Miguel Almonte, RHP
100. Mark Appel, RHP

Consensus Top 100 Fantasy Prospect List

2. Lucas Giolito, RHP, Washington Nationals (690)
4. Yoan Moncada, 2B, Boston Red Sox (676)
11. Rafael Devers, 3B, Boston Red Sox (619)
19. A.J. Reed, 1B, Houston Astros (538)
27. Bradley Zimmer, OF, Cleveland Indians (477)
31. Tim Anderson, SS, Chicago White Sox (461)
33. Robert Stephenson, RHP, Cincinnati Reds (459)
39. Manuel Margot, OF, San Diego Padres (413)
49. Raimel Tapia, OF, Colorado Rockies (318)
52. Jameson Taillon, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (302)
57. Reynaldo Lopez, RHP, Washington Nationals (269)
66. Archie Bradley, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks (221)
73. Willy Adames, SS, Tampa Bay Rays (176)
85. Jack Flaherty, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals (116)

Getting Votes
104. SP Mark Appel
107. 1B Cody Bellinger
135. SP Miguel Almonte
140. SP Pierce Johnson
143. OF Harold Ramirez
147. 3B Gilbert Lara
162. SP Kyle Freeland
171. SP Dylan Cease

Full list can be found here

http://www.faketeams.com/2015/12/24/10656884/consensus-top-100-fantasy-baseball-prospect-list

Post 2015 MILB Top 100

The First top 100 list is out and the Heroes are all over it. 16 Heroes make the list while another 17 player lay unowned

3. SP Lucas Giolito
8. 2B Yoan Moncada
13. 3B Rafael Devers
25. OF Manuel Margot
26. OF Bradley Zimmer
36. SP Robert Stephenson
37. SS Willy Adames
38. SS Tim Anderson
39. SP Archie Bradley
43. SP Mark Appel
45. SP Jameson Taillon
81. 2B Forrest Wall
82. SS Amed Rosario
91. 1B A.J. Reed
99. OF Raimel Tapia
100. SP Jack Flaherty

2015 Little Hero of the Year

AJ reed was named little Hero of the Year.

Former University of Kentucky star AJ Reed was named the Hero minor league player of the year on Monday.

Reed led all of minor league baseball in home runs (34), RBI (127), runs scored (113), slugging percentage (.612) and on-base plus slugging percentage (1.044) while splitting the season between Class A Advanced Lancaster and Double-A Corpus Christi.

"AJ quickly established himself as a professional hitter with big-time power in his first full season in the minors," Astros director of player development Quinton McCracken said in a report on MLB.com.

AJ Reed was a 5th round pick by the Heroes in the 2015 draft and maybe one of the steals of the draft at this point.

Top 5 vote getters were
1. 1B AJ Reed
2. SP Lucas Giolito
3. OF Bradley Zimmer
4. 2B Yoan Moncada
5. SS Tim Anderson


Here is the complete list of Little Heroes of the year

2007 1B Billy Butler KC
2008 1B Logan Morrison Fla
2009 SP Arodys Vizcaino NYY
2010 OF Mike Trout LAA
2011 1B Anthony Rizzo SD
2012 OF Adam Eaton Arz
2013 SP Yordano Ventura KC
2014 SP Lucas Giolito Was
2015 1B AJ Reed Hou

2015 Hero of the Year

OF Michael Conforto was named Hero of the year for 2015. He played over 3 levels this year, starting the year in high A, moving to AA, then the majors. He was a 2015 1st round pick by the Heroes #11 overall, this makes him the highest Hero pick ever to make there MLB debut still with the Heroes.

High A .287 7HR 28RBI .811ops
AA .312 5HR 26RBI .899ops
MLB .270 9HR 26RBI .841ops

Past Winners
2007 3B David Wright .325avg 30HR 107RBI 34SB .963OPS
2008 2B Dustin Pedrioa .325avg 17HR 20SB 83RBI 117Runs .869OPS
2009 1B Price Fielder .299Avg 46HR 141RBI 1.014OPS
2010 3B Ryan Zimmerman .307avg 25HR 85RBI 85Runs .894OPS
2011 2B Dustin Pedrioa .307avg 21HR 91RBI 102Runs 86BB 26SB .861OPS
2012 1B Prince Fielder .313avg 30HR 108RBI 83Runa 85BB .940ops
2013 1B Joey Votto .305avg 24HR 73RBI, 103Runs, 135BB, .926OPS
2014 OF Lorenzo Cain .301avg 5HR 53Rbi 55runs 28SB .751OPS
2015 OF Michael Conforto .270avg 9HR 26RBI .841ops

2015 Kelly's Ace of the Year

Noah Syndergaard was named Kelly's Ace of the year for 2015. He pitch well from the moment he got called up but pitched great down the stretch the rookie heads into the off season with a head of steam, tossing quality starts in three of his last four starts with an eye-popping 37:2 K:BB ratio in 27.2 innings. Syndergaard figures to be a key part of the impressive young Heroes rotation 2016 and beyond. Final line was 9 win,s 7 losses, 3.24era, 1.05whip, over 150 innings with 166k's. He also had 3-0 1.82 29inn 34k's in AAA this year as well.

Close vote this year for this award:
1. Noah Syndergaard
2. Colby Lewis
3. Yordano Ventura
4. Lance McCullers


Winners of this award:
2007 Roy Halladay 16-5 3.71era 225Inn 139K's
2008 Franciso Rodriguez 2-3 2.24era 68inn 77K's 62SV
2009 Roy Halladay 17-10 2.79era 246Inn 206K's
2010 Trevor Cahill 18-8 2.97 era 196.2Inn 118K's
2011 Ervin Santana 11-12 3.38 228.2inn 178k's
2012 Jim Johnson 4-2 2.49era 68.2Inn 41K's 51SV
2013 James Shields 13-9 3.15era 228Inn 197K's
2014 Yordano Ventura 14-10 3.20era 183Inn 159k's
2015 Noah Syndergaard 9-7 3.24era 150Inn 166K's

Updated All Time Records

Updated Record
Updated All-Time Record
League Year Wins Loses Ties Win%
TSA 2006 181 116 11 .606**
CPL 2007 156 167 22 .484
CPL 2008 160 173 19 .480
CPL 2009 200 134 18 .599*
CPL 2010 136 186 30 .429
CPL 2011 135 174 27 .442
CPL 2012 187 133 16 .580*
CPL 2013 162 152 22 .515*
CPL 2014 115 196 25 .379
CPL 2015 87 231 18 .286

**Won the championship
*Made the playoffs

Championship for Sister Team

In the Hardcore 10 team baseball league the Heroes won the league for the 3rd time in 4 years that they have been in the league.

*1 Kelly's Heroes 214-185-63 .531
First round beat Well groomed mounds 14-6
Second round beat the Uptown Dwellers 12-5
Championship round beat The Authority 13-9

Not bad after losing the 3rd pick in the draft (Stanton) fort he year

Buff League Sister Team

After starting my own team and breaking from long time Co-manager Cale Lokken the Ycats of the buff league had a fine first season. The team was last place the year before and rose toe 11/16 in the first year and finished 67-94. The future is bright and

12 Team Keeper League UPDATE

After a brutal start to the year the team had to win 10 of its final 11 match up which included the last 8 (including a 14-0) just to make the final wildcard playoff spot. Once in the playoffs wated little time defeating the #1 seed Walker Texas Rangers 7-6 to face rival Solar Power (Cale Lokken) in the champoinship week despite taking 6 of the 7 offence cat's could not get a victory in the championship week.

Finished the season with a 156-112 record for the year and a 2nd place finish in the playoffs.