View Full Version : MoFo Fantasy Baseball 2010 - It Begins...
We're just about ready to go. I just posted some general lineup-setting guidelines (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=610575#post610575) in the draft thread that might be useful to anyone new to the game. The league's Help Area (http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/sports/fantasysports/baseball) is pretty well organized, too.
All ready to go? Good. Now look on my fantasy player profile (http://profiles.sports.yahoo.com/aqOjPGO.vWsNYDU_4lLPlUm7oTv15TGoNmrvID.zG) and weep. Three 1st place trophies and one 2nd place in four leagues. Mwahahaha. Kneel before this digital monument to my lack of more enriching hobbies.
It is so on.
Powdered Water
03-29-10, 12:07 AM
A quick update to who ever has Cliff Lee, he will start the season on the DL and may not pitch until late April.
It so is. Great first batch of games. Beckett and Verlander were, uh...unsatisfactory, but Lincecum was lights out and I got some nice power totals from some of my could-go-either-way infielders, which is very encouraging. Heyward off to a promising start, too.
By the by, TONGO hasn't made any moves yet, by which I will safely assume that he is dead. ;)
I am a bit concerned about my pitching, but I have Garza going today, so hopefully he turns in a decent outing to assuage my fears a bit. Watching the game last night, I decided Beltre is my clear utility guy with a focus on RBI and steals. I was worried about his homer total, but if he can juice up the steals and RBIs each week, I will be happy.
rauldc14
04-07-10, 04:50 PM
I'm not in your league but this is parts to my team (let me know what you think of it):
C- Joe Mauer
1b- Jorge Cantu
2b- Dustin Pedroia
3b- Gordon Beckham
SS- Yunel Escobar
OF- Matt Holliday, Adam Jones, Vernon wells, Andrew McCutchen
Pitching
Starters- Johan Santana, Josh Johnson, Roy Oswalt, Justin Verlander, Francisco Liriano
Relievers- Rafael Soriano, Andrew Bailey, Leo Nunez, Octavio Dotel
my relievers are what worry me the most unfortunately.
Having a great time thus far, these lead changes in matchup are fun. I am looking forward to Tommy Hansons start tomorrow for Fantasy as well as a regular Braves fan.
Made a couple moves this morning that should give me a bit more off-day flexibility. Hopefully they were good moves!
I think they're solid. It's definitely important to have a guy or two like Uribe, who plays two or three infield positions so you don't have too many blank spots on days off.
Yeah, that was my main concern. Last year I had a lot of options with multiple dudes that could swing positions, and it helped a ton on off days. Still concerned about my weak pitching staff.
Wow - I went into my roster this morning to replace day-off Jeter with a sub. I somehow managed to do many other things, neglecting to actually slot my sub.
I rule.
:D
Call me confused, I had Wolf to start and was excited about it, but he was sittin on my bench? Talk about a misclick I guess. Well, I am still having fun this first week.
Not sure what happened. You have to drag him to one of the starting slots; SP or P, in his case. I guess if you drag him too far off to the side or something he might not end up in the right place?
Anyway, you can use the controls above your roster on the MY TEAM page to go to the older setup which allows you to switch positions with individual menus. Not as fast, but you might prefer it.
Yeah it was just a blunder on my part, looks like it did not hurt me too badly.
Besides dragging all your changes around (or however you do it), you also have to click that "Submit Changes" button at the bottom of the page or nothing updates. :cool:
Powdered Water
04-09-10, 08:10 PM
I didn't realize you could drag a player on the DL to your own DL on your roster. I wish I would've figured that out before I dropped Blanton. Oh, well.
Powdered Water
04-13-10, 08:59 PM
This just in! The Mariners offense is nonexistent. Be sure to start every pitcher you possibly can against them this season. My god. 4 months of this until my terrible Football team kicks off again in August. Just put a bullet to me now.
A couple of things I have noticed: Usually with steals, it happened to me 3 times. It would say I have a certain amount and then the next day I would have less. I am sure it was just an adjustment, but that many times, and that long to correct it? It happened once in another category also, runs I think it was. I was all set to be 3-8 w/l record and the next day it happened to Tongo, he lost a run and a steal and bam I am 5/5. I guess I should wait till the next day to count something, unless I am watching the game and know whats up for sure or double check all the stats. Not a biggie, just wondered if anyone else had the same issue?
I hadn't noticed anything, but it definitely happens, particularly with live scoring; plenty of mistakes there. They list the corrections under Players -> Stat Corrections.
http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/393754/statcorrections
Sorry guys - I've had some bad news, so my participation might be a bit sporadic for a while.
Thanks for understanding.
Mike
Powdered Water
04-13-10, 10:56 PM
Sorry to hear that Mike. I hope everything will be alright.
Sorry to hear it, Mike. Don't worry about the lineups.
It's a long season, anyway. :)
So, I analyzed the matchups and, in my infinite wisdom, decided to sit Upton because I had so many seemingly superior options today, and he's started pretty slow. Dude hits 2 home runs.
Awesome.
Powdered Water
04-14-10, 09:46 PM
You da man!
Yeah Jair Jurrjens came out that gate with a wonderful 21.00 era, gonna be hard to get that category down to a competitive score. Also again with steals being listed in "Matchup" wrong had 8 then today it is 7. Good news is I knew I was supposed to have only 7 so no suprise, just weird. It does not show anything in the corrections area. Maybe I will screen capture it so everyone does not think I am crazy. :dizzy:
I'd check it against the actual box scores. I think corrections come from box score errors, but the StatTracker kind of adds a new level of errors, since it's live and probably off more often. Dunno for sure, though.
But yeah, you're whooping me in steals, anyway. I'd like to just concede the category now, if that's okay. :D
I've noticed lately that every time somebody steals a base (at least second base), he's credited with two steals on the spot. Sometimes they fix it right away; sometimes they fix it the next day, so I don't think you're crazy, at least not about the steals.
Well that explains it - cool, thanks.
Stupid No - hitter :mad: , how about that 20 inning game? That looked like fun.
Well, the no-hitter was for Sedai's team, so we dodged having to go up against it. Though it was much more akin to a shutout, statistically, since Jimenez walked 6 (!) guys.
Well a good number of my hitters went up against it, but hey thats my fault no one elses. Looks like you were right about the comeback, good job, I knew you had most of the pitching categories down.
I thought I might come back to go 4-5 or even 5-4, but I really didn't expect to end up 6-2. The wins category was pretty bizarre; you were up 4-0 at one point. I had to get a win from a RP yesterday, and wins from both of my SPs today, and hope that your starter didn't pick one up, all of which happened. I'll take it, but I'm pretty surprised I managed to force some of those ties.
Yeah, you had some kinda mojo going for ya, we won't, call it skill ;). I think you have a hitter left so you could take another category still. I also sat out Callaspo and I was going to play him. Not really sure why I did not, he got 2 HRs and 6 RBIs. I am liking this so far, one player can make a big difference on the whole week. Got my steals though :).
Soooooo
Who drafted Lackey?
He got completely owned today.
Holden Pike
04-19-10, 01:40 PM
Red Sox look terrible these first couple weeks of the season. As a Yankee fan, gotta admit it's fun to watch.
Yeah, I figured you had a grin over all this. Fair play, of course. ;)
Holden Pike
04-19-10, 01:53 PM
At what point do you think they start sitting down Ortiz for big chunks of time and then just let him go? The man is a local hero, rightfully so, and could probably run for and win the office of Mayor of Boston...but I don't see him staying in the line-up much longer. Not that he's their only problem right now, they have a host of 'em, and I don't know that they have anybody in the system they're high enough on to bring up to the bigs anyway. But at this point Varitek would be better in the DH spot, and it's kinda sad to see Ortiz struggling so. It's like a champion horse with a limp, the kind thing is to put him down or at least to pasture, not keep trotting him out.
I know he started out horribly slow last year and eventually put together very respectable power numbers, but it doesn't look at this stage like there's much hope there. Very early yet, but still. You can see it in his eyes and body language, he must know the end is near.
Well - I am the only jerk in town that dislikes Big Papi. Sure, I was behind him in '04, but this is 2010, and his career is over. It's depressing watching his at-bats at this point, as I also see the grim countenance each time he is up to bat. I am sort of at a loss concerning how The Red Sox approached the changes to the team this year. With a struggling Papi and Bay taking a hike, I figured they would place more importance on power instead of defense.
I mostly agree about Ortiz, but not about Varitek; he's just about the only guy who'd be worse to trot out in his place, at this point. Ortiz probably seems worse because of the heights he's fallen from, but he's more mediocre than terrible at this point.
The best thing to do, for the moment, at least, is to platoon him so he can hit exclusively against righties. But that's probably not gonna happen.
I do think they'll cut ties with him after this year, though, if he insists on playing regularly. I know he's a folk hero there, but Nomar Garciaparra was pretty well-loved, and Epstein didn't blink when it came to trading him. Whatever grace period Ortiz has for helping them win two championships, Epstein has the same grace period to draw from when it comes to making tough moves. He's got a track record of it doing it, and I doubt he'll make an exception here, particularly given the direction he's been taking the team over the last year or so.
Powdered Water
04-20-10, 08:57 PM
Oh hey! I just noticed I'm playing those sissy Flashers this week. They have little lightning bolts on their caps... that's so cute. :eek: I'mma soooo scared.
Was that over the top?
Hey, Id rather have a little lightning bolt for a logo than Preperation H, hemROID RAGERS.
http://www.tulumba.com/mmTULUMBA/Images/305732883304_250.jpg
Powdered Water
04-20-10, 10:14 PM
:laugh:
Powdered Water
04-21-10, 09:14 PM
Quick update to whoever has Cliff Lee. He is now slated to make his first start on April 30th, now that his suspension has been dropped.
From what I can tell, Tongo autodrafted and hasn't once looked in on his team. Just so you know (if you care and you should), he has NO closer! Unless he changes his pitchers, he'll get no more than two or three saves all year and those will be lucky and "whimsical'.
In what positiion did Tongo draft the last two years? He always gets unbelievably-good players (both hitters and pitchers) and starts off terrifically. I drafted a team w/o a lot of homer hitters, but I thought I could cover most of the other categories. Tongo gets a lot of steals, but I plan on beating him in that category. Friday, Tongo has seven starters scheduled (!!!!), but I stiill plan on kickin' his lyin' (about being around this year) ass. :cool:
Damn, do I have a closer? I think I better check that. Just making bench moves so far...
Looks like Madsen is my closer. Too bad he's just a sub for a guy on the DL - and he seems to be pretty terrible so far!
Made a move to add depth at closer - Hope it was a good one!
I've got Huston Street coming back in awhile, so I've got a really high-end closer (Francisco Rodriguez) who could go in the right deal to any of you closer-needing peoples.
I've got an awful lot of depth at the moment and would love to package some of it with Francisco for an upgrade elsewhere (better hitter or SP).
Hey folks - sorry about all the goofy moves I have been making. I dropped a guy by accident thinking I was dropping someone else, so I had to re-add him today. I will settle down soon!
No biggie. Free agent moves early in the year are always difficult for me. After the first week I've got so many fliers floating around that I end up having to flip a coin as to who I should take a chance on.
Speaking of which, the SMOAK MONSTER is now an Isotope. Oh yeah.
Nice work!
My boy Buchholz has officially secured his slot as a Red Sox starter after tossing TEN strikeouts last night. Glad I took a chance on him.
Jiminez looks like he might be for real this year, too...
Ugh, Manny's on the 15-day DL and Zimmerman looks like he'll miss another start. Injuries have not been kind to me so far; some of this depth has really come in handy, though I've had to do a lot of lineup juggling.
So, uh...TONGO has seven starters going today. Really. Seven.
Powdered Water
04-23-10, 09:31 PM
I like my team... for now.
Somehow Im in 2nd, but its too soon to brag about. I have set my roster for this upcoming week so there will hardly be an empty slot. This is so different from Fantasy Football its funny, but hey-hey my gorilla pitcher av is nothin but $$$ ...
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc157/Rob34207/Gorilla-Baseball--3209.jpg
Anybody who's around, check out Yoda's and my matchup so far, especially the pitching stats! Look how I'm "kickin' his ass" in pitching so far. :cool:
Powdered Water
04-26-10, 10:43 PM
:laugh: Indeed.
I must say that I think if I continue to play .750 Baseball, you all are in some serious trouble.
Nah mean?
Great start, but you haven't played any competitioin yet...
Powdered Water
04-26-10, 10:59 PM
Zing!
Poor old Flashy.
im losing badly. i think! :D
I know the timeline doesn't fit, but sometimes I wonder if Tim Lincecum wasn't the inspiration for Sidd Finch. The guy is insane.
In other news, Ryan Zimmerman's still out, Fielder's still struggling, and Josh Beckett sporadically forgets how to pitch.
Man, I got destroyed last week. Nobody was hitting well. This week, things seem s bit better, but we have days yet to go!
Powdered Water
04-28-10, 11:13 PM
Hey Chris, have you seen Tim's commercial for ESPN? Hysterical.
The guy should have been a Mariner but the idiot that was our General Manager at the time refused to pick a local guy. Said he was too small. He no longer has a job here. The guy he picked? Brandon Morrow, also no longer here. He may go on to be a good or possibly very good pitcher someday but he is NOT The Freak and never will be.
Ack... I hate being a sports fan sometimes.
Haven't seen that commercial, no; I watch so much less TV than I used to, so I never see those funny ESPN ads unless I go looking for them.
Anyway, hindsight and all that. The draft is so crapshooty (I just made that word up).
Back to Lincecum: dude pitched another gem, and left with a 3-run lead, but the Giants' bullpen blew it (one of the runs was attributed to Lincecum, naturally, for having walked a guy), ruining his chance to start 5-0 in his first 5 starts, even though he was brilliant. Still, even without the win, I'll take it. He's single-handedly saved my ERA and WHIP (and probably secured Ks, too; he had 11) after a dismal start.
Speaking of that dismal start: I guess now wouldn't be the best time to shop Josh Beckett around, right? :laugh: Unless one of you wants him when he's cheaper than he should be. IE: now. I'm sure he'll bounce back and all, but yeah...I can't fool myself into thinking I'd get full value for the guy.
Definitely looking to trade some depth, though. When Street, Ramirez, and Roberts come back I'm going to have some pretty big quandaries if I don't swing a deal or two.
Mark and I still battling back and forth. I'm leading pretty handily in several offensive categories, so it'd be hard for me to lose big, but if Mark takes most of the swing categories, he could definitely win 6-3 or 5-4. Particularly with Halladay going today. I'm pretty sure he's going to destory the Mets today.
Man, I hate being right. Halladay tossed a shutout and Mark's taken a 6-4 lead thanks to a stolen base, as well. D'oh.
Hey, I like your being right, at least in this instance. :cool: It'll be wild and woolly tonight and tomorrow. That's what you want, right?
Powdered Water
05-01-10, 08:36 PM
My guys are dropping like flies!!!
Powdered Water
05-02-10, 09:17 PM
0/28 my team went today. Wow. Not good.
That's...bad.
Not bad: Verlander almost tossing a shutout of his own, and all three of my starters today putting up strong performances, flipping the the K, ERA, and WHIP categories. Had a pretty good grip on most offensive ones, too, and that didn't change, save for RBIs, which Mark's made a late push on and tied literally as I was writing this post. Polanco homered, which brings him to within 1 in that category, too!
Thankfully I got a stolen base from Eric Young earlier, so it's 7-2 at the moment with Polanco and Reyes still a thread to tie that category (or take it outright).
I've also got Francisco Rodriguez still going, and a save would force a push in that category, where I trail just 1-0. Thankfully neither Meek nor Broxton pitched today for him, given the closeness of Save and the fact that I'm up just 2 in Ks.
Just a couple bounces difference between 8-1 and 6-4 or 5-4 this week. Think it'll probably end up 7-2 or 7-3, though, which I'll certainly take.
Well I *&%$ed up good. Tried to tinker with my team and I swear to you I dont think I couldve screwed myself worse. David Ortiz is available now he hit 2 homers I found out last game AFTER I dropped him AUGH! My own stupidity.
I am on the same boat as you, TONGO. I made some moves and my team is just terrible now...
OOPS
Clearly, I have NO idea how to play Fantasy Baseball. I was ahead 7-0 mid-week, but got completely demolished by end of week, My pitching is absolutely terrible for some reason, even though I allegedly have a bunch of guys pitching well right now. It just seems like a couple of my guys are blowing up the whole thing (Baker!). Should I not be playing pitchers sometimes? I have no closers and none seem to be available. Madsen got hurt and fired in the same week, and Feliz is losing his job to Francisco. That leaves me with guy with a 9 ERA as a closer, but he is also in danger of losing his job soon. I don't see any other viable replacements.
I guess I will just not play some of my guys anymore at all, cause when I try to keep up in Strike Outs, pitchers like Baker blow up my ERA and WHIP to ridiculous levels. Definitely giving up on a couple of my starters at this point - they have had enough time to work stuff out, but they are failing miserably.
Well I *&%$ed up good. Tried to tinker with my team and I swear to you I dont think I couldve screwed myself worse. David Ortiz is available now he hit 2 homers I found out last game AFTER I dropped him AUGH! My own stupidity.
Dude, you're putting way too much stock in small sample sizes. ;) Obviously it would've been nice to have those homers, but dropping Ortiz was a perfectly reasonable move. One good game doesn't mean he's "back."
Anyway, even if you'd hung onto him (and played him that day), it'd only have swung one category (RBI) for you this week, so you just went 4-5 instead of 5-4.
Clearly, I have NO idea how to play Fantasy Baseball. I was ahead 7-0 mid-week, but got completely demolished by end of week, My pitching is absolutely terrible for some reason, even though I allegedly have a bunch of guys pitching well right now. It just seems like a couple of my guys are blowing up the whole thing. Should I not be playing pitchers sometimes? I have no closers and none seem to be available. Madsen got hurt and fired in the same week, and Feliz is losing his job to Francisco. That leaves me with guy with a 9 ERA as a closer, but he is also in danger of losing his job soon. I don't see any other viable replacements.
That certainly happens; a couple of horrendous starts can wipe out a lot of good stuff. But you were also just plain unlucky, because Tim (Suicide Squeeze)'s pitching was outstanding this week. Your totals -- 7 wins, 3 saves, 55 Ks, 4.08 ERA, 1.32 WHIP -- were pretty good. You'd have won 3 of those 5 categories if you'd played me this week instead of Tim, for example.
That said, there's certainly a bit of strategy in sitting certain starters. I tend to run all my guys out there, but start to go case-by-case later in the week depending on where I stand in various categories. Sometimes my ERA's already really bad and I can basically punt it, and run sub-par guys out there because I just want to rack up more Ks or Ws.
Re: closers. Closers are so goofy. There are a handful of reliable guys (which changes every few years, anyway) and a whole lot of question marks. That said...*dangles Francisco Rodriguez enticingly*...there might be a trade offer coming your way soon.
Attention! Mr. Timothy Lincecum has assumed the mound.
Struck out the first two hittings swinging, by the way.
5 Ks in 2 innings for Timm-ay. Goodness, this guy's good...I wasn't planning on going with a top-end starter early in the draft, but I'm glad I did, because this guy's just playing a different game than everyone else.
Powdered Water
05-04-10, 08:58 PM
He thinks its a video game and he's baked at home, sitting on his couch.
Meanwhile, I'm fixin' to lay a smack down on Mr Eff's candy ass this week!
Don't get too proud; everyone routs the French.
Hi-oh!
Meanwhile, Spicoli just struck out the side in the fourth. 9 Ks in 4 innings. Surprised this guy doesn't have some sort of Rastafarian-offshoot religion dedicated to him yet.
Powdered Water
05-04-10, 09:22 PM
Hey Chris, here's that Lincecum commercial by the way. Maybe not hysterically funny but it definitely gives me the chuckles. The kid really is just a kid though, you know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfI8EjoBJYU&feature=player_embedded
My favorite MLB players name: Fukudome - quite awesome. :)
Thanks for posting that, PW. :up:
Mikey's been whooping my butt thanks in large part to Max Scherzer and Josh Beckett being terrible at pitching baseballs (Sedai's right; one or two bad starts can completely kill your week), but I've been chipping away and I'm only down 7-3, so I might avoid a bloodbath. Still, with all wins and one tie over the last four and a half months of last year, and four more weekly wins to start this year, it looks like the streak's finally coming to an end. 21 straight matchups; 20 wins and a tie. All over. Cry.
That said, Verlander's throwing ridiculously well (2 perfect innings, 5 Ks so far) and Markakis (my guy) just came up against Liriano (Mikey's guy) with the bases loaded, and singled in two. Sadly, Small Moral Victories (SMVs) aren't one of the ten categories.
What the duck? Markakis up against Liriano with the bases loaded again the very next inning?!
EDIT: comes through again; RBI single (just one this time). 2-0 lead in SMVs. 3-7 deficit in non-madeup categories.
Ugh. Lincecum, for the third consecutive start, has either handed the Giants bullpen a lead or given them a lot to work with, and for the third time they've ever failed to score enough or blown said lead. He could easily be 7-0, but instead he's at 4-0 and about to get another no-decision. Terrible.
At this point I'm just hoping to squeeze out 6-3 instead of 8-2 or something. Yikes.
Oh. Come. On.
Battling for WHIP (and winning it most of the week), a Mr. Dallas Braden went out and tossed just the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, easily securing the category for Mikey. To make matters worse, I nearly picked Braden up weeks ago, but hesitated. What the duck?
Ahem. Anyway, we're five weeks through the season and I thought I'd go through some interesting head-to-head stats. We all have our perceived strengths and weaknesses, but who's really dominating -- or getting dominated in -- each category? We won't know for sure for another month and a half, when we've all played each other at least once, but after five weeks. The first list are the teams that have won a category all five weeks so far; the latter is a list of the teams that are 0-5 in a given category:
Categories That Teams Are 5-0 In:
The 'Roid Ragers II, in RBIs
Springfield Isotopes, in AVG
Cubs, in SVs
Springfield Isotopes, in Ks
Tongos Naturals, in WHIP
Categories that Teams are 0-5 In:
Flashers, in HRs
Flashers, in RBIs
Dodgers, in HRs
I Like Turtles!, in ERA
Flashers, in WHIP
Some fairly surprising results, but it's still early. Very interesting to see how hard it is for any team to really dominate across the board. I don't think we had anyone win every single week in any given category last year, but it'll be fun to see if it happens. I think we can rule it out happening in categories like ERA, WHIP, or SVs, which can swing pretty easily, but it could happen with something like RBIs, I think. But it probably won't.
Already there are no perfect records for Runs, Home Runs, Stolen Bases, Wins, or ERAs.
Yeah I was pretty certain my HR and RBI stats were gonna be on the low end to start, but I wanted to make up for it in Avg, runs, and SB, seems to have backfired. I figured runs and stolen bases and a decent avg would go to together like the three musketeers, but it has been more like poprocks, coke and alka seltzer. Oh well, imma start tweaking some more.
I think it's a sound strategy, so I wouldn't ditch it necessarily. But when stats are entwined there's just more peaks and troughs, I think. A bit more all-or-nothing.
Powdered Water
05-14-10, 10:13 PM
WELCOME BACK NELSON CRUZ!!! 4RBI in two at bats. Goodtimes.
Powdered Water
05-16-10, 11:14 AM
Man, Mikeython and I have a very good matchup going this week. Still several categories that a very tight and probably won't get decided until the end of today.
My team....is terrible - no hope for these um...clowns! ;)
Power problems all over the place, which is odd considering my lineup.
Sorry I couldn't do that trade, Yods. Cabrerra is really the only dude producing on my team - no way I can get rid of him...
Fair enough. I have a couple of other thoughts floating around. I've actually spend a lot of time looking around at potential trade offers, and I'm actually surprised at how few I can come up with. Half of the ones that make any sense involve your team, though, for whatever reason.
Are you actually looking for power, or are you going to wait it out? The only thing I know you want/need for sure right now is saves.
Powdered Water
05-20-10, 09:26 PM
I think its a little bit bogus that a team can cut a guy in the afternoon and still get to record that persons numbers from his efforts later in the day. I mean, you cut him right? So how is fair that a team gets his stats later on?
Just sayin' Anywho... I like my team. Except for A-Rod...
Well, it's fair in the sense that you don't get credit for the stats from the guy you picked up in his place, either. Both changes -- for good and bad -- apply the next day if you make the move close to the start of the first game.
I'll take A-Rod off your hands...
Powdered Water
05-20-10, 09:42 PM
Word. I agree.
I hope to nab said guy if'n I'm lucky too. I'm fifth so I think I got a good shot at him.
Hmm, now I'm wondering who it might be...*looking*...I think I know...
Totally serious about A-Rod by the way. :D No idea if I have anything you need, though.
Powdered Water
05-20-10, 09:45 PM
I'll take A-Rod off your hands...
I bet you would. From a fantasy standpoint the guy is untradeable (that's a word, yeah?).
Still though, if he gets hit by a bus I wouldn't cry much.
Aaron Hill's report for the week says he hit a three-run homer on Tuesday, yet his line for the entire week says 0-0-0-.125.
The scoring seems all sorts of messed up this year... Shouldn't he at least have a couple RBIs and a home run if he hit a three-run dinger?
Not if you had him sitting on the bench on Tuesday.
So, I guess Lincecum forgot to wear his cape last night. Clark Lincecum not as good.
Not if you had him sitting on the bench on Tuesday.
Wow - I don't remember making any line-up changes this week at all, but I guess I did make one.
oops!
The Bad News Bears got nothing on my team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3wtiLaeebU&feature=player_embedded
Good thing defense and temper tamtrums are not a deduction.
Powdered Water
05-24-10, 08:34 PM
Crap. I didn't check my lineup this morning and its going to cost me. Danks already has a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Pffft!
I'm a dummy. Oh, well.
That being said though, what a week it was last week. A lot of close matchups and your buddy's team sure gave my boys a serious run Chris. I like my team though, they just keep coming at you with well balanced output week after week. Goodtimes. Goodtimes indeed. So far anyway. :)
Yeah, we've got some really solid teams and I can see the season shaking out a lot of different ways.
I escaped this week with a narrow loss, 4-6, and I'll take it. TONGO's hitters just flipped the freak out at the exact same time mine vanished. Wish I'd saved some of my offensive totals from last week for this one.
Feeling pretty good about things overall, though. I learned the hard way that Beckett isn't quite himself (probably due to the injury, which he should be recovered from soon), and I've got a better handle on which starters I can generally rely on. Starting to get into a nice groove when it comes to who I should play and who I should bench. It's almost a relief that Pence and Berkman have performed below expectations; if they hadn't, I'd have some very frustrating choices about who to play. Still wish I could trade all the extra depth for an upgrade somewhere, but I'm really surprised at how few decent trade scenarios I can come up with, and I've gone over every roster looking for them.
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05-24-10, 11:25 PM
And of course Danks gets the win... sigh. I'm an idiot.
Yeah, we've got some really solid teams and I can see the season shaking out a lot of different ways.
I escaped this week with a narrow loss, 4-6, and I'll take it. TONGO's hitters just flipped the freak out at the exact same time mine vanished. Wish I'd saved some of my offensive totals from last week for this one.
Feeling pretty good about things overall, though. I learned the hard way that Beckett isn't quite himself (probably due to the injury, which he should be recovered from soon), and I've got a better handle on which starters I can generally rely on. Starting to get into a nice groove when it comes to who I should play and who I should bench. It's almost a relief that Pence and Berkman have performed below expectations; if they hadn't, I'd have some very frustrating choices about who to play. Still wish I could trade all the extra depth for an upgrade somewhere, but I'm really surprised at how few decent trade scenarios I can come up with, and I've gone over every roster looking for them.
I almost took a bite on your trade offer, but I just couldn't bring myself to trade Cabrera. Interested in Texiera at all?
Hmm. Lemme take a look at your roster and see if we can work something out.
Meanwhile, you might end up whooping me this week. My pitchers, who started the year so fantastically, are starting to struggle. Matusz is looking incredibly mediocre all of a sudden, and Lincecum had a second consecutive poor outing. Guess someone found some kryptonite or something.
Well, i tend to start the week strong and flounder come Friday-Sunday, so the score may tip over to you by then. I think I have quashed some of the bad decisions I was tending to make with my pitching, but I still have some learning to do.
Ouch. I finally put some power on the board, and Miggy completely overshadows it with 3 bombs. D'oh.
Well, once again I get pretty thoroughly outplayed but eek out a respectable showing at 4-6. Seds' offense took me out behind the shed and kicked the crap out of me, but I managed to win SBs and AVG (the latter just barely) to avoid anything too damaging. But I deserved to lose big each of the last two weeks and lucked out both times in almost earning a split.
It's becoming clear to me that offense is a bit more of a problem than I'd expected, though that might be clearing up with Pence finally playing up to expectations (for awhile). Still, Berkman's been incredibly disappointing, Upton's average is way lower than I'd expected, and Fielder's not hitting with anywhere near his usual level of power.
On to my series with PW, where I have no reason to hope things will be better. We'll see how Lincecum does today, though. A bounce-back performance would be a really, really nice way to start the week.
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05-31-10, 03:08 PM
I think the both of us may be in for slow weeks offensively. Cruz is back on the DL again and Reynolds and Carlos Gonzalez have both been nursing injuries for a few weeks now. Weeks has been in a terrific slump up until this last weekend and with Asdrubal Cabrera on the DL as well, I need him in a big way.
Of course as I say that, Hart goes yard, so, what do I know?
Funny how things shake out sometimes, nobody wanted Weeks it seems and I got him very late in the draft for depth and so far he's proven to be so much more than a bench player.
I think I like your Sherzer pick up Chris, I looked at that guy long and hard yesterday myself. I haven't really had a steady 5th and 6th starter since the season began. Porcello is starting to roll out a little bit better numbers lately so I'm going to keep with him for a little while longer.
I picked up Scherzer either in the draft or before the season began (can't remember which) because he's always been plenty talented and puts up good strikeout numbers, but he got off to a terrible start and, talent or not, I had to let him go when he got sent down. He dominated in his return, though, and when a guy who everyone knows is talented does something like that, it's always possible he's finally put it all together. So, we'll see. The fact that you had the chance to consider picking him up first kinda shows I dropped the ball. I should have been monitoring him far more closely than I was.
Thought I had a glut at SP until Beckett completely imploded.
Just had a reliever give up 2 earned runs and recording only one out and you just got a homer from Izturis, too, so, uh, bad start.
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05-31-10, 05:04 PM
The fact that you had the chance to consider picking him up first kinda shows I dropped the ball. I should have been monitoring him far more closely than I was.
:laugh: Yeah, I don't know about that. I've been, uh, kind of obsessing over and reading a ton on a lot of different guys this year. Seems to be working so far anyway. I'm determined to not kick guys loose this season based on snap decisions this year too. So far, so good.
Thought I had a glut at SP until Beckett completely imploded.
That is a trip isn't it? I bet he'll right himself though, the guy's an awfully good pitcher.
Just had a reliever give up 2 earned runs and recording only one out and you just got a homer from Izturis, too, so, uh, bad start.Yeah, a 54.00 ERA isn't very good I reckon for one measly out. Your guys later on should get that back down to a more respectable number.
Oh and A-Rod seems to be awake after a rather slow week last week. To put it lightly...
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06-01-10, 09:47 PM
Corey Hart... again. Yay!
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06-01-10, 10:57 PM
You should have a pretty decent shot a most of the pitching categories this week Chris. Most of my guys went twice last week. I may get some saves but I'm not expecting much. Although my ERA and WHIP are usually pretty good. So, we'll see grasshopper
Yeah, I've got Verlander and Lincecum (probably) going again, not that that's necessarily a good thing given how the latter's shattered both my hopes and dreams.
But yes, we'll see some grasshoppers, whatever that means.
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06-01-10, 11:26 PM
Obviously, Chris will not be able to take this pebble from my hand.
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That's probably true. No way I'll be able to take that strange, red "X"-shaped pebble from you.
Ya' know who can, though? Jaden Smith.
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06-01-10, 11:41 PM
You can't see my picture? Weird. It's like we're on completely different sides of the country or something.
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06-02-10, 12:35 AM
By the way, I think its pretty super that you have a guy with 5 RBI... on your bench.
Gah. Your mom's super pretty.
That actually wasn't as insulting as I'd hoped.
Anyway, Berkman's been flippin' terrible in every stat other than OBP, basically, so I'd just about had enough. His RBI output tonight alone is almost a fourth of his season-long total (!).
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06-02-10, 01:40 AM
That sounds a bit like what I went through with Pena last season. The guy would strike out, like 10 times and then he'd jack out 2 or 3 bombs. Great for HR totals but crap for just about everything else.
I THINK I am starting to get a handle on my team and how they should run. Getting a lil better idea on how this set of pitchers works - very different from last year.
Alls I know is to put players in that have a higher starting percentage than the others. Im hoping some of the drops I made the past few days dont come back to bite me in the arse. LOL! Course I wouldnt know it if they did.
3 more months boys before the Season Of The Ape begins.;)
well. ive been getting the pants beat off of me, but thanks to mark F for helping clear up some misconceptions! :D
lets see how this week goes......:eek:
PW's team just hit 4 home runs even though only five games have started...and he has a fifth on the bench. That gives him 10 just a little over halfway through the week. I'm actually hitting pretty well on this front, too, with 6, but it looks like they're going to be completely wasted, barring a big comeback in that category. Ouch.
well. ive been getting the pants beat off of me, but thanks to mark F for helping clear up some misconceptions! :D
lets see how this week goes......:eek:
Glad to hear it. :up: :) You really cleaned house, though!
By all means, ask any of us anything. I asked a ton of questions when I first started playing. It's worth the time it takes to get used to, though.
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06-03-10, 09:36 PM
My stubby little Catcher hit two taters today? Sweet. And of course the guy I played sat the bench and the guy I benched hit one out also. Am I greedy? Oh yeah.
Do you guys play fantasy american football as well?
Do you guys play fantasy american football as well?
Yep, we've organized a league the last two years. 12 teams the first year, then 14 last year. It's pretty competitive. We'll probably start talking about setting a draft day and any possible rule changes in 6-7 weeks.
That's awesome, 14 teams is a lot for football, especially with the league steering away from feature running backs, seems like there are two or three splitting carries in the backfield now days. Though, if anyone drops I'm so in :D
anyway, sorry to get you guys off topic.
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06-03-10, 11:28 PM
No problem at all, if you're still around in a few months you'll see a thread pop up in this section of the forum. Probably around the middle of July or so, for sign ups. If we get enough then its possible we may even expand to 16 teams. So, drafting is really important.
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06-04-10, 12:35 AM
Good golly Ms. Molly! My team has gone completely bananas tonight.
erm, somethings not right!!!! my pitcher's have 0s in their stats, but I KNOW some of them started today. i dont get it. am I missing something? i need these stats counted by god!!! *chews fingernails*
:p :cool:
I don't see any pitchers on your team that started today. Which ones do you think started?
Good golly Ms. Molly! My team has gone completely bananas tonight.
Tell me about it. I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue/to play your team. I needed a couple of good starts if I hoped to salvage a few wins this week, and I got exactly what I needed tonight. Now I just need a decent showing from Bonderman and Lincecum tomorrow, too, and a couple well-timed hitting stats to escape with 3 or 4 wins. Wouldn't put money on more than 2, though.
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06-06-10, 08:43 PM
Nice job Aardsma! A 40.50 ERA! That's super! Damn near cost me the ERA race with that BS, lifted my ERA for the week a whole damn point. Ugh...
Grrr. Close. I'll bet Bonderman's horrendous start would've made the difference, too. I don't want to do the math because I'd rather not know; it'll just anger me.
That said, going into today we were tied in Wins, and I had two starters...and you had none. Naturally, Bonderman loses, Lincecum barely misses getting the win, and one of your relievers picks one up in his place, so I actually lose the category. Yeah, it's been that kind of week.
Well done. Your offense is clearly your strong point; they really mashed this week. You're taking 3 or 4 offensive categories every single time if you put up numbers like that, probably even if you were matched up with the second-best in a given week.
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06-06-10, 09:15 PM
Yeah, Wilson blows the save and gets an out in the next inning so he gets the win. I knew you'd love that.
Some awesome stats I got this week - 68 Ks - nice ---not nice enuff, only player with more? My opp. I seem to be putting up decent numbers, but my opps have a Field day with me every week, I look at others stats and if they were my opps I would have a decent record. Not really complaining, just saying I seem to bring out the best in everyone. :)
My team is cracked .500! ;)
Nice. :up:
I almost cracked it going the other way after this week. Worst loss I've had since the very first week of last year. Which was to you, Seds.
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06-07-10, 10:26 PM
I think I may be addicted to stattracker. It's the first thing I turn on when I get home.
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06-10-10, 01:03 AM
Looks as if the 'Ragers need a new shipment.
Well, if my pitchers keep getting rained out, they may not need one...I had two starters going last night and I got ONE strike out..cause Josh didn't even get to take the mound and Clay couldn't strike anyone out to save his life...
Supposed to play tonight instead...if the weather holds out.
Yes, yes...destroy one another! Mwahahaha. Ahem.
Meanwhile, Strasburg's looking like a steal in the 15th round, but hindsight is everything, of course. We can all look back and curse ourselves for that a little, but such are the risks and rewards of fantasy baseball.
I think I'm actually gonna trot Max Scherzer out there today. Dude's unreliable, but he can absolutely go off K-wise sometimes, and this is an off week where I only figure to have 5 starters go for the duration again quite a few against the Zeps, so I figure it makes sense this time. Shame Marcum got knocked around yesterday -- pretty much his first rocking of the year, actually.
All that said...I've added, like, 2 or 3 more hitters since complaining about having too many. So I'm kinda stupid, but what can I do? All these promising guys keep getting a) dropped by frustrated owners or b) getting called up. I'm only human. It's a little tiring to play the matchups so often (particularly when guessing wrong), but hopefully in another month or two the better guys will have played their way to the top and I can get something resembling a steady lineup heading into the home stretch.
I rather like Billy Beane's old adage about the baseball season and think it applies well to fantasy: the first two months are spent figuring out what you have, the next two are spent getting what you need, and the last two are just spent playing with the team you've built. Seems salient here.
I was just thinking along those lines this morning - hoping I can whip my team into shape by the time they really need to be in shape.
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06-13-10, 12:31 PM
Good grief! It has been an absolute disaster this week. Two guys went on the bereavement list. Two guys have barely played at all because of injury and instead of me being able to know that ahead of time they just become late scratches. My best pitcher gets lit up. My worst pistcher also gets lit up (no longer a 'Rager btw). And I wanted to ride the Dice-K express one more time this week and the ass-hat goes on the disabled list 5 minutes before the damn game yesterday!!! Weak. I am done with him.
My team is gritty though and even through all of this I still have an outside shot to nab a few categories this week. I should be losing 9-1 or 10-0.
If this is as bad as it gets, lets hope it all happens this week, yeah? Yeah.
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06-14-10, 10:42 PM
Who owns the Zeppelins? Is that you Mack attack?
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06-14-10, 10:46 PM
Oh man, I'm gonna pop that funny lookin' balloon thingy.
Just look out! The Clowns be a comin!
http://www.nefariousfilms.com/Images/Monsters/killer%20klowns%201.jpg
That looks horrifying.
I suppose something that smells horrifying is next?
Lincecum's only given up one run in 4 innings, but his WHIP is pretty bad. He's given up 6 hits and 2 walks, and thrown 3 wild pitches, too. Yikes.
Almost got into real trouble; after giving up the one run in the fourth inning, he faced runners on second and third with no one out...and proceeded to strike out three straight batters. I guess that's why he's Tim Lincecum, and we're not.
I am thinking he has a small injury, and is keeping it quiet. How else can you explain a guy's mechanics blowing up like this mid-season?
Yeah, that makes sense. Last night was just confusing; decent ERA, lots of strikeouts, but plenty of walks and hits (2.00 WHIP for the night) and wild pitches. So weird.
I just don't see him throw wild pitches, usually.
Meanwhile, I almost sat Baker last night! He has been shaky lately, blowing up my WHIP.
Glad I left him in, as he struck out TWELVE, posting ERA 0.00 and 0.43 WHIP.
"Roger Clemens' 1986 season was one for the ages in Major League Baseball, and it stands as the only time in the live-ball era (since 1920) that a pitcher had a better record through his first 14 starts of a season than that of Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez."
Who has this guy?
Oh... ;)
"Lucky duck!"
-- The Tick
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06-20-10, 12:53 AM
Miss Mack, you gotta get Utley back in your line up. He had a tater last night and three RBI tonight.
And of course, the very second I sit Reynolds for one lousy game because he's stinking up the joint. He goes yard and also went 2/3. Pffft. Someone punch me in the face.
Damn you Kevin Slowey...damn you.
Youuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrr FIRED!
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06-20-10, 11:57 AM
I still say that out loud sometimes. Apparently, you do too. :p
crazy series so far, this week. Now tied at 5-5. I think I can steal a point away from you if Beltre gets a steal! ;)
rauldc14
06-20-10, 09:20 PM
whoever has Josh Johnson got themselves a nice performance today ( I also have him)
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06-20-10, 10:06 PM
You know your pitching staff is having a good week when a sad sack reliever comes in, in a nothing situation. Gives up, lord knows how many runs. Has a 40.50 ERA and my Team ERA for the week barely even registers the disaster.
How's this line?
Wins:7 Saves:8 Strikeouts:50 ERA:2.26 WHIP:1.05
I don't know much about anything but that looks pretty good on paper. Or you know... my computer screen, which is where I'm actually reading it.
Got a good day outta my pitchers and my hitters have really stepped it up lately, so I'm looking at a 6-3 win at the moment. Sorely needed, too, and against the Dirt Stars, who've been quite good. Might eek out another category before all's said and done if I can manage an RBI from Pedroia or Ramirez; a HR would make it 7-2 for the week. Really nice to not have a starter completely explode and poison the rest of my totals for the week, as it has the last three series or so.
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06-21-10, 12:19 AM
The Piano man, (Scott Pianowski) on Yahoo! thinks that Alfredo Simon the current closer for the Orioles ( I know, but you gotta get saves wherever you can right?) is worth grabbing if available. Well, he's available in our league and as I have 5 closers on my roster I think one of you other fine MoFo's out there should go and take a good look at him. He already has 1 win and 7 saves...
Yeah, I had TWO starters blow up my totals this week...but I still took pitching. My hitting, on the other hand... :-/
Jiminez looks a lot less dangerous when he comes to pitch in the AL East. ;)
The Clueless Browns?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3nxOTchr3A
Juno MacGuff
06-24-10, 11:34 PM
I am going to have to get into this so a girl can beat up on all you guys. ha
Sadly, LTIZZY's beat you to it; she won MoFo Bowl II last year in the fantasy football league.
And yes, I'm still insanely bitter about it, and still burn Laurence Maroney and whatever part of Pierre Thomas got hurt that day in effigy.
Lisa was just mentioning this to me the other day, as she seems to love reveling in the fact that she won. I would burn her in effigy, but she sleeps next to me, so i have a feeling I would regret it.
So, apparently Dustin Pedroia went 5 for 5 and hit 3 friggin' home runs last night. Nice...though possibly wasted, as I'm up 7-1 in home runs, or something, and likely to win most of the offensive categories anyway. D'oh! Still, fun to wake up and see that kind of line.
My numbers were stellar last week, and absolutely terrible this week so far. 1/14 Thursday? Gah! What is that, like .057 Average?
im having an AWESOME week! (finally!) YAY!!!!! :D
(lets hope this continues..??????? :confused: )
I drafted Edwin Jackson this year for a few reasons. First off, he's an ex-Dodger. Secondly, my wife's last name is Jackson, so we always call him "Cousin Edwin". Thirdly, I had him much of last year and he was pretty good for me. However, this year, he went into such a nosedive with four consecutive 10+ ERA outings, I had to dump him. Well, congrats to you, Cousin Edwin, you got a no-hitter even with eight walks and 149 pitches. You THE Man!
Well, no big deal in the long run, but even though the Yanks won, Rivera's last three pitches were all balls to Loney but called strikes. That ugly ump must have had a hot date with some prostitute provided by the Pinstripers. As I say, no biggie in the long run. It's just the way things are done in MLB.
Gah! Four no-hitters this year, and I've now had two of them (one of them a perfect game) thrown against me now. And both by mediocre pitchers! Adam's turtle hurlers (which would make a great name for a band, by the way) are throwing the series of their lives, and we're tied 5-5. I've got all the offensive categories, and he's got all the pitching categories.
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06-26-10, 07:55 PM
I love my team. Mikey's buddy Dirt, has been putting the screws to me pretty steadily all week and yet my boys just keep on coming.
It's funny, I actually thought I would be doing pretty well week in and week out in stolen bases, as I started the year with four or five lead off guys... Pretty good lead off guys too and yet I've only managed to go 5-6-0 in that category. Oh, well.
ok, i have a question. You know on the "LEAGUE" page, where it shows all the stats? it has me at the bottom in the W-L-T record. I always thought that meant Win-Loss-Tie for the matchups? However, I checked it, and I have actually won more games in the matchup than at least 2 of the teams, but Im still on the bottom. GAH!!! :D
so....if its not keeping totals for the Matchups - then what the heck IS it keeping totals for?? :confused:
And whoever the Roid Ragers are (PW??).....well.....lets just say that that team is a BEAST! :p
that said, i think im finally getting a bit of a hang on how to strategize in this game. It really sucks that quite a few of my heavy hitters or quality players were all disabled in the start of t he season.... grady sizemore, brett anderson, the list goes on....... :eek:
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06-26-10, 09:56 PM
OK, I hope this helps Mack. The win/loss/tie totals are a combined total of every matchup played each week. Each matchup each week consists of ten "games" that are played during the week. So, the 39 wins you have right now are a combined total of all of the games you have won up to this point.
Every week you start off at 0-0 and you can win or tie up to 10 total categories each week. That's the stats you see on the main league page. Now, if you go to the Head to Head stats page you'll see the break down on how your team has been doing from week to week. Some of those categories you've done pretty well in, like in several of the pitching categories. So, if you're able to get a little better on offense you may be able to start making some noise Mack.
Does that help? Or, just make you more confused? :p
One other thing to consider is that a tie equals a half-win and a half-loss. So ties are definitely better than losses but obviously not as good as a win. For example, if you went 0-0-10 one particular week, that would translate to 5-5 or a .500 winning percentage, even though you didn't "win" any category. As PW said, the totals on the league page are for the entire season.
Unfortunately this has no effect on the reality of our fantasy league PW, but as of right now, if I were playing you this week, I'd be up 9-1. Darn it.
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06-27-10, 02:06 AM
Well I guess its a good thing I'm not playing you this week, eh?
Most certainly not for me. That would be eight games I'd gain on you!
OK, I hope this helps Mack. The win/loss/tie totals are a combined total of every matchup played each week. Each matchup each week consists of ten "games" that are played during the week. So, the 39 wins you have right now are a combined total of all of the games you have won up to this point.
Every week you start off at 0-0 and you can win or tie up to 10 total categories each week. That's the stats you see on the main league page. Now, if you go to the Head to Head stats page you'll see the break down on how your team has been doing from week to week. Some of those categories you've done pretty well in, like in several of the pitching categories. So, if you're able to get a little better on offense you may be able to start making some noise Mack.
Does that help? Or, just make you more confused? :p
nope. it makes perfect sense! :D thanks pw ;)
When these ace pitchers go up against The Red Sox, they... don't do so well.... My ace got knocked around by them last week, as did Chris's.
Yeah, not goodtimes. Badtimes.
I ended up losing 6-3. Did very well in offense but did that thing where I win some categories going away and lose (or tie) others very narrowly. My pitchers were actually really good for the most part, but Adam's team put up a ridiculous sub-2.00 ERA across 40+ innings. You just can't compete with that.
That's several struggling teams I've faced in the last month or so and failed to capitalize on. Not a good sign. Pedroia's on the DL now, too, so things could get rough.
All that said, I've definitely got a nice second-half setup here, what with Ellsbury and Beckett coming back, and Street presumably throwing alright. I'll take an ugly regular season if I can snag a playoff spot and go into the postseason strong.
My team is just ALL over the place, Last week they put up huge numbers across the board, and my pitching was dominating, This week, the complete opposite. I managed to pull a tie because the zeps had just as many troubles.
here's the idiot that placed all of her starters on the bench on SUNDAY because they werent playing MONDAY, and got so busy working she LEFT THEM THERE and nothing they did today counts. Angel Pagan is batting 1.000, and he's on the bench - i want to shoot myself. :mad: Yeah. Me. uhmmmm hmmmm!
and doggone it, how DARE Chase Utley get himself on the Disabled List???? oh well, another one bites the dust. :p
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06-29-10, 09:44 PM
Poor Mark... The Marinators are just destroying Phil Hughes. They actually just knocked him out of the game. Unbelievable... Pretty sure I can count on one finger how many times they've done that this year.
My team is just ALL over the place, Last week they put up huge numbers across the board, and my pitching was dominating, This week, the complete opposite. I managed to pull a tie because the zeps had just as many troubles.
i just realized you were talking about my team (which just goes to show what getting up at 4am is doing to my mental acumen at 8pm), and yes, I have to admit that I was waiting with bated breath for the outcome of that one. Alas, a tie. with the 2nd place Clowns? I'll TAKE IT BABY! at least it wasnt a beating, and that's saying somethin' :D
I've got three catchers starting today. Heh.
If anyone needs a catcher, I'm pretty sure I've got, like, three of the top ten and will gladly deal one of 'em.
Meanwhile, Manny's probably headed to the DL, and Heyward's already there. Pedroia's out for six weeks, and Beckett's DL stint is still going strong. Ludwick's missed a few games, too. That's four or five starter-caliber guys I've got out, to say nothing of Ellsbury, who I picked up off the waiver wire. Ugh. I guess with all these injuries (and Street taking forever to come back), I should actually feel lucky to be above .500.
I'm in 6th place, not 2nd. :)
I was in 5th last week, but lost a slot....
Meanwhile, Manny's probably headed to the DL, and Heyward's already there. Pedroia's out for six weeks, and Beckett's DL stint is still going strong. Ludwick's missed a few games, too. That's four or five starter-caliber guys I've got out, to say nothing of Ellsbury, who I picked up off the waiver wire.
Shawn Marcum just got placed on the DL, too. :facepalm:
It's worse than usual, too, because Yahoo's default is just a single DL spot, which is pretty sparse.
Frowny face.
I am getting completely hammered by injuries lately. I had to drop Choo, as they7 have a September return date listed. I am already stashing Beltran, who returns July 15th, and don't have the room nor the utility to juggle both of them on my DL, what with Clay on the DL as well.
Come on All-Star break! I need time to lick my wounds...
Tell me about it. I dunno why Yahoo has only one DL spot by default, but it's not enough. 3 might be pushing it, but 2, for sure, is an absolutely necessity. We straightened a lot out settings-wise, but I think they changed that from last year to this year. Ugh.
Really, though, if we can get lineups reflected on the same day (we might, actually -- it might just be really stringent about the cutoff time; not sure) and add a DL slot or two for next season, I think we'll have a nearly optimal setup.
Agreed. I think 1 DL slot per section would suit us just fine. We could have a fielder on the DL and one of our pittchers at any given time when they get hurt. I think it hurts depth too much in one or the other section when forced to make sacrifices for space due to injuries.
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07-08-10, 11:19 PM
Flashy, is just whipping my ass. C'mon big guy! I need your team to lay down like the dogs they are so I can keep my lead on first place intact.
Get with it already! ;)
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07-08-10, 11:55 PM
Anibal Sanchez...
Yoooooooouuuuuur Fired!!!!!!
And yes, I do cut guys while they are in the middle of a totally sh**ty outing. Hey, its fantasy.
Several random things:
Finally, Lance Berkman remembers how to hit a baseball. 5 HRs in his last 4 games. Amusingly, I might not have been playing him for 2 or 3 of those games if everyone else I might have considered subbing wasn't on the DL. I can't tell if this is good luck, or bad. No, wait, I can: bad.
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Seds has Josh Johnson AND Ubaldo Jimenez; they've combined for a 1.95 ERA, a 24-4 record, 236 Ks in 249 IP, and a better than 3-to-1 strikeout to walk rate. He drafted them in the 7th and 8th rounds, respectively. You know how we made up the word "redonkulus" because "ridiculous" wasn't strong enough? I think we need to make up another word beyond "redonkulus." Anyway, my question is this:
How on earth is Seds not destroying us?
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Stuck in one of those weird in-between places where I have to decide which categories I can afford to risk/lose ground in in order to preserve a lead (or gain it) in others. Naturally, when I realized I was pretty much split right down the middle, I asked my fiancée/Oracle, hoping her incredible football track record would translate across all sports, and possibly space and time itself. Her recommendation: Brian Matusz. So it shall be done!
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It's funny how bunched in the middle some of us are, and how you can leapfrog several teams with a big week at this point in the season. Really, hanging around .500 and winning 7 or more games a couple weeks in a row, and next thing you know you're battling for a bye. Could go the other way, too. And it's not as if being around .500 isn't tough in and of itself.
Definitely been building my team for the second-half; not the plan initially, but it just turned out that way. As annoying as injuries are, it does create a nice sense of anticipation for the second half, and the playoffs, knowing that you can go into the stretch with a team that's suddenly a lot better than their record might indicate.
Or not.
How on earth, indeed.
Power.
Riddled with injuries and slump seasons, only Cabrera has really delivered out of my first few draft choices. This is Jeter's worst season ever, and Texiera is just coming online. Add the fact that I have now lost most of my outfielders (Choo broke his thumb this week), and I am now running waiver trash in all 3 slots. I need my big gus to stay consistent, and I need Scott Baker to stop being so damn inconsistent.
I am just trying to limp through this week and get to the All-star break to regroup!
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07-10-10, 04:58 PM
:laugh: ... I see you decided to drop Morrow almost as quickly as you picked him up Chris. Probably a good call. The guy is nothing, if not unreliable.
I know you probably didn't want to drop Posey so I'll say thank ya, big, big. I'm gonna roll him out there for awhile and see what shakes loose.
Actually, I dropped Morrow before his start.
I had a huge lead in ERA and WHIP but was duking it out in Ks, and I was about 10 down in IP, so I figured I could afford a few starts off the waiver wire to pick up one more category. Of course, I could get unlucky and just end up swapping Ks for WHIP -- or even losing both -- but I figured it a decent chance. Morrow got me 4 Ks, and that could easily be the difference.
Yeah, I didn't want to drop Posey at all, and I knew I'd be helping out someone like yourself, but a) I needed room for the old "grab 3 so-so SPs to see which pans out) strategy, b) I already had 3 start-worthy catchers, which is insane, and c) as much as you or someone else could have used him, nobody was SO desperate for a catcher that I'd likely have been able to flip him for much, either.
Of course, dude ripped two homers the day after I dropped him, but it's still hard for me to imagine regretting dropping him, since they haven't played him all that consistently and that's far and away the most power he's shown this year. My ideal situation was picking up someone of moderate value from you, if I even could have. Methinks you would've just stuck it out with Suzuki. If so, then my only real benefit would be keeping him from someone else.
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07-10-10, 05:37 PM
Yeah, you're pretty much right on all counts there. And I may even go back to Suzuki if he doesn't get much playing time. Although a player at a position that can hit for average but doesn't necessarily play every day isn't a bad thing either if he's Catcher eligible, I reckon.
Yeah, Posey has some value even if he sits 2-3 games a week. It's a tough call. I'm a victim of my own waiver wire prowess. We've got a few teams that still aren't as attentive as we'd all like, which makes it hard to capitalize on that, since so few people are interested in trading. D'oh.
Two important notes.
1. There are some special rules modifications for the All-Star Break. You can read them here (http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/sports/fantasysports/baseball/scoring/baseball-126.html). The basics: All-Star Game stats (obviously) don't count, and IP minimums are waived this week, though you'll still need at least one appearance to qualify for anything.
2. Finally, a trade! I just made a swap with TONGO, and I didn't realize it until checking just now, but apparently it's the first of the year. Anyway, the deal is:
Carlos Santana, C
Jason Heyward, OF
Francisco Rodriguez, RP
FOR
Jose Lopez, 3B
Jon Lester, SP
Kenshin Kawakami, SP
Obviously, Kawakami and Lopez are throw-ins, though I might keep Lopez just because I don't have much in the way of IF backups.
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The logic behind the deal should be pretty obvious for both sides: my SPs have been injured and/or unreliable, so Lester is quite welcome. For TONGO, he hasn't won Saves a single time all season (!), so he gets a top closer, an upgrade at C in Santana, and Heyward, who's set to come off the DL after the All-Star break.
Wasn't nuts about dealing any of these guys. Miguel Olivo has been awesome, but I kinda feel like he's going to look down at some point and realize he's run right off the edge of the cliff, and I liked having at least one fallback, in case that happens. Feels weird to go from 3 good catchers to 1 in less than a week. Was looking forward to Heyward's second half, too, given how strong he started, but it'd have been dumb of me not to deal the OF depth I have for something I need. And F-Rod, well, the dude's just money, should near 40 saves again. Picked up a save about 3 minutes after the trade was accepted, actually. :laugh:
Still open to more trades if anyone's interested. Heading into this week I was just barely past the cutoff for the final playoff spot, so I'd still like to tinker. If anyone wants some OF depth or a buy-low guy like Beckett, I'd be willing to move either for a mediocre closer to replace F-Rod.
Powdered Water
07-11-10, 05:30 PM
Looks like a good deal on both sides.
Man, what a week this has been. I went from just getting my lunch handed to me until about Wednesday, where I just managed to pull even in a few categories and then Friday and Saturday rolled in and my offense just went berserk again to where I think I've got three wins locked and possibly average as well if I can collect a few more hits.
Pitching on the other hand has been slow this week. Very few save chances and a 162.00 performance from Ryan Franklin had me in a hole most of the week. And I still am. I may be able to sneak in and grab a few wins if it rights itself just enough. Maybe even turn this fiasco into a winning week. Crazy.
Sure glad we play for seven days or I'd surely would have been looking at my worst loss of the year by far.
Those weeks are pretty fun, though, yeah? Being down 8-1 or something and then only losing 4-5 almost feels like a victory. Infuriating when you're on the other end, of course.
I agree, about the seven days thing. It's really both the strength and weakness of fantasy baseball compared to fantasy football. On one hand, there are a lot of weeks that are more or less a wash and progress is slow (and you have to put far more time into it). There's less excitement because there's so many games. On the other hand, a fluke performance can't single-handedly kill you, which is really nice.
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07-11-10, 05:51 PM
Oh definitely. I'm having a blast this season. Obviously being in first helps but I've been trying as hard as I can to achieve a balanced team. I think I'm pretty close to where I want to be for the rest of the season. Can't wait for the second half to get rolling.
And I just noticed that Flashy has three Cubs going tonight against Padilla who I picked up on a whim after reading Pianowski's blog the other day. So I'm going to get really lucky or it may cost me... we'll see.
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07-11-10, 08:04 PM
And I just noticed that Flashy has three Cubs going tonight against Padilla who I picked up on a whim after reading Pianowski's blog the other day. So I'm going to get really lucky or it may cost me... we'll see.
Nevermind, Padilla is gonna sit this one out. The risk/reward factor isn't worth it. Best part is... if he has a good outing he can still help me maintain my avg. lead.
Suzuki will not be returning to your team, by the by. He is now officially clueless!
Powdered Water
07-12-10, 09:07 PM
Good move Seds, he's actually been pretty productive for the most part. He's slowed down some this month but he's still a pretty good bat with some pop.
I had Buck, who was on platoon with another catcher - I had to get rid of him.
The Boss passed away today :(
I was checking my Game Channel (what else?), and I notice that my starter Trevor Cahill has the bases loaded in the second inning with one out and Yuniesky Betancourt up to bat. I remember that the last time I checked GC and this same situation arose, Cahill gave up A-Rod's 21st (or was it 22nd?) career grand slam. (Lou Gehrig holds the record with 23. Manny is also within two.)
Anyhow, I had to add that trivia which you already knew because it's make it easier for me to deal with it...
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07-17-10, 09:09 PM
Ouch.
Yeah, I was watching the whole situation play out, and needless to say I couldn't have asked for it to play out much better. I actually dunno if it'll make a big difference, though; it's a short week and we've got a big gap in ERA and WHIP already, and I've got Lester going tomorrow, so the main difference here might only have been in Wins.
Meanwhile, made another deal the other day: sent Lance Berkman to Tim's Suicide Squeeze for Carlos Marmol. Exactly the kind of deal I had to make; get a second closer and ease the loss of Francisco Rodriguez, and deal away more of that hitting depth. And Tim gets a bit more power, where he's gone 8-4-1, but mostly out of luck, since he's 8th overall in the category. Marmol's been interesting; he's been absolutely dominant, but at the same time hasn't been racking up the kind of saves you'd expect from his K totals and the like. Still, I'll go with raw performance and hope the saves catch up to it.
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Of course, with Manny possibly heading right back to the DL, I could miss Berkman right away, but so be it.
Another piece for the stretch run. Radiation levels growing...
Is "Isotoped" a word? Because it should be.
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07-17-10, 09:12 PM
Meanwhile. I think my team is ridiculous.
As in, ridiculously good?
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07-17-10, 09:17 PM
Well, yeah, I think so. I mean, we'll see after the year is over, obviously. But it just blows me away how that every time they get down they come right back. I certainly hope it continues, that's for sure.
Hehe. I love it when fantasy owners talk about their teams like they actually played together. :D They got a lot of heart! Real chemisty, those guys spread throughout the league.
But I dig. It's a helluva team. Forget getting down and coming back: the winning percentage says it all. Last year the first place regular season team (me, incidentally) won at a .584 clip. You're winning at a .629 clip. Granted, the top team should probably win more, given that we have half as many categories, but it's still a ridiculous pace. A couple months ago I assumed it would slow, and it did...barely.
And looking at the stats, it doesn't appear to have been just a thing or two, either. Normally someone winning like this has a few obvious late-round fliers that work out like gangbusters. You have that in Huff, who's having the year of his life, but a lot of other guys are just performing about where they should. Mainly, it's just balance. You dominate in several categories and are competitive in most of the others.
I noticed you have a very low team ERA. Do you do a lot of decisionmaking in terms of who to run out there and who to sit, or do you tend to run everyone out there?
Powdered Water
07-17-10, 09:42 PM
This is real for me man! :laugh:
I've actually gotten a bit lucky (obsessive) in the pitching area. I will sit a guy when I have a category pretty well locked. I sat Padilla last week because he could hurt me more than help. He actually had a stellar outing, but that's fine too. It was only one win, versus two potential losses.
Really all I've done is spend a ridiculous amount of time reading and trying to figure out who to grab. Incidentally, Volquez already has 5 K's... this makes me happy.
My fantasy Dodgers and their real-life counterpart have self-destructed, again...
Juno MacGuff
07-18-10, 07:32 PM
My fantasy Dodgers and their real-life counterpart have self-destructed, again...
At least hey are not the Orioles.
Powdered Water
07-18-10, 07:41 PM
Or the Mariners.
That REALLY makes me feel better... HA! :cool:
I've actually gotten a bit lucky (obsessive) in the pitching area. I will sit a guy when I have a category pretty well locked. I sat Padilla last week because he could hurt me more than help. He actually had a stellar outing, but that's fine too. It was only one win, versus two potential losses.
Really all I've done is spend a ridiculous amount of time reading and trying to figure out who to grab. Incidentally, Volquez already has 5 K's... this makes me happy.
I think that has a lot to do with it. Deciding to who sit and start -- with starting pitchers, especially -- is a really huge part of each week. I think that's probably the difference between being good, and being really good, as your team's been thus far. I've made a lot of bad calls on who to run out there, though a lot of it was part of a calculated "get four guys, let them all play, and see which one or two of them pan out" strategy that usually works well.
Anyway, you went 9-1 this past week, so your record's even more insane now. I think I'll have to have that bus I was going to hit Ryan Grant with take a detour so it can hit Adam Wainwright on its way back.
hey!! I actually WON in week 15! Im so excited! cant you tell?????
now for my comeback.....:eek::D
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07-19-10, 09:45 PM
I see you grabbed Roberts, Chris. I thought long and hard on it yesterday. I just didn't think I'd be able to play him. I have a guy in Weeks, who I picked up for depth and now I can't sit him. Asdrubal Cabrera is on his way back too, so it may actually be Scutaro (still fun to say btw...) that sits later on.
Pujols just hit number 22 while I'm writing this. That dude... he's a special dude, man.
Eh, whatever. I wouldn't have grabbed him if Pedoria wasn't out for a bit, and if I didn't have a few other guys on the DL for a little while yet. It only makes sense to play him because it's already a weak position.
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07-19-10, 09:57 PM
You want him on your team... You NEED him on your team!
whelp. i just lost DeJesus for the season. Shocker.
Powdered Water
07-25-10, 12:22 AM
O-2 now when sitting Reynolds. This is so eerily similar to what I went through last season with Pena, it literally isn't funny.
Yeah, but dude, how lucky did you get with Weeks? Crazy. He's killing the ball again.
So is Delmon Young, against me. That dude's been absurd.
Also absurd: someone from my team. A pitcher...he's...doing something...that I probably shouldn't say anything specific about unless he actually does it. Yeah.
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07-25-10, 12:34 AM
I know, Weeks has been just insane and even luckier is that Asdrubal was out for so long, I just basically left him in at second. I probably would have missed out on some of that if Cabrera was healthy this whole time because of shuffling the two back and forth.
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07-25-10, 02:14 PM
Ack, Magglio Ordonez just went down for possibly the rest of the year. Bummer, he could have been a serious contender for comebacker of the year. I hope this isn't a trend of things to come, I lost damn nearhalf my team by the end of the last season.
Powdered Water
07-26-10, 12:58 AM
And PW is the first to 100 wins! That means I win, yeah?
Ack, Magglio Ordonez just went down for possibly the rest of the year. Bummer, he could have been a serious contender for comebacker of the year. I hope this isn't a trend of things to come, I lost damn nearhalf my team by the end of the last season.
Karma for Weeks! Mwahahaha. If it turns out he was hit by a bus, though, just know that I probably definitely maybe didn't have anything to do with it.
And PW is the first to 100 wins! That means I win, yeah?
You win the "Make Chris' Jaw Drop With An Absurd Winning Percentage At An Unsettlingly Late Point in the Season" award. .650? Really? You can't work that lineup magic forever, man...I haven't been following the day-to-day, but I can't imagine how you could maintain such a low ERA playing matchups and all that. Yet there it is. I admit, it's pretty bleepin' impressive.
My team is infuriating! Soooooo inconsistent!
Yeah, I just checked; you had a 4-game winning streak a couple of months ago, but other than that you've never won or lost more than two in a row, and that only happened once.
You do have five (!) ties, though, one of them 4-4 and all the others 5-5. That's pretty crazy. No one else has more than three.
I thought I would tie again this week after Baker and Garza destroyed my pitching numbers. These two were aces last year, by the by.
I seem to have two of the best pitchers and two of the biggest flops of the season.
Or they throw the first no-hitter in Ray's history....
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