Def playing the long game, drafting Lawlar last year!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 3 March 2024 22:57 (two months ago) link
giolito injury news has made this lineup for giolito shuffle a lock:
Adley Rutschmann (26)Emmanual Clase (26)Luis Robert (26)Ke’Bryan Hayes (27)TJ Friedl (28)
― na (NA), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 17:14 (two months ago) link
have we forgotten about the opening series in Korea on March 20th? seems like we might want to conduct the draft earlier.
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 17:12 (two months ago) link
i had, yes. ugh. the sunday 17th is not doable for me. would have to be Sat 16th, or in the evening Mon/Tuesday. i don't want to push it too far up incase someone doesn't see the date change in time.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:01 (two months ago) link
looking at the probable starters, Yamamoto and Glasnow(?) vs Darvish and Musgrove probably? I'd feel bad about anyone missing a start with one of their SP keepers, but that doesn't look likely. for the hitters it's not so bad to miss two games out of 162, but maybe some LA/SD owners can weigh in on preference
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:12 (two months ago) link
Literally any weekday evening works way better for me than the proposed draft day in the OP.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:16 (two months ago) link
looks like i can make the games count retroactively (tho i cannot find how to do this in my commish tools right now):https://ca.help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN6317.html
xpost. noted.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:18 (two months ago) link
Also I'm still finalizing my last 2 keepers. Need to monitor some spring training data before I make that call tho...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:21 (two months ago) link
i'm completely ok with the 16th, it would just feel weird to me to conduct the draft with a couple of games already in the can, even if we can retroactively count the stats. idk how much it matters to anyone else obv.
― omar little, Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:24 (two months ago) link
This happened before (maybe when I was commish?) and there was a mid-tier player who went off in an exhib game played internationally played before the draft and they ended up going a couple rounds earlier than anticipated. Seeing as this is rotisserie (ie, not points or H2H), I don't think those games are enough to move the needle.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:27 (two months ago) link
I’m fine with the retroactive stats solution, but if it gets moved my preference is Saturday > Monday > Tuesday. I’m pretty open that week.
― na (NA), Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:47 (two months ago) link
lets see if this works...
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JPSW77D
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:58 (two months ago) link
i only just now noticed the spelling mistake in the thread title
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 01:03 (two months ago) link
(and now do you finally get my youtube ref?)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 01:51 (two months ago) link
also more importantly are you replacing 2B with another offensive stat?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 01:53 (two months ago) link
as much as i would like to, nothing else looks all that great to use in it's place; and i'd like to keep the amount of stats the way they are for balance between pitching and hitting
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:00 (two months ago) link
What was the argument for 2Bs instead of XBHs? Overvalues HRs but undervalues 3Bs?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:07 (two months ago) link
Or a negative OFF stat? Ks is a nice equalizer.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:09 (two months ago) link
(I think I used GIDPs one year as well lol)
more or less. i think a few people thought home runs were just too overpowered with xbh
xpost
GIDP was kiboshed because it punished cleanup type hitters with lead foots hitting a head of them
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:12 (two months ago) link
Yeah my rationale was that guys who hit with runners on get more RBI chances so GIDPs a nice way to balance that out for guys who play on weaker teams who do not have the luxury of RBI opps.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:14 (two months ago) link
I also remember a year where we drafted after Opening Day in Japan one of those years, and it didn't really make a difference? But I'm fine with moving up the draft by a week.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 7 March 2024 09:03 (two months ago) link
sorry i've been not as attentive as i should be! i am in full on winging it mode, but i need to get my list of keepers. also i submitted to surveymonkey (bow down to the one you serve) for the draft dates, i'll do my best to make whichever date so i don't get autodrafted!
― z_tbd, Thursday, 7 March 2024 19:39 (two months ago) link
we're at 9 answers so far and it's weirdly very interesting lol
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 19:58 (two months ago) link
baseball fans, tell me what to do. i am faced with an agonizing choice for my 27+ keepers.
one of them is cody bellinger, who is definitely going to be MVP in 2024, chance of regression = 0.0000000001%the other? JACK FLAHERTY OR AMED ROSARIOgoddammit
on the other side, i will obviously keep Eury Perez. then, i must pick 2 of francisco alvarez, lars nootbaar, hunter greene, and everybody's favorite little big guy who runs fast, alejandro kirk. i'm going with lars nootbaar just because i like to root for the home team, and i've seen him do some very athletic things so i believer in his potential. soFRANCISCO ALVAREZ OR HUNTER GREENE
― z_tbd, Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:02 (two months ago) link
speaking from experience, get off of Jack Flaherty's wild ride asap
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:06 (two months ago) link
I’m smelling a comeback player of the year award for amed rosario!
― z_tbd, Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:12 (two months ago) link
smell the rosarios!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:22 (two months ago) link
formerly A Moon-Shaped Pujols, now obviously:
Honey Nut Chouri◎s20 CHOURIO26 LODOLO26 HOERNER29 AROZARENA29 HELSLEY
― francisF, Thursday, 7 March 2024 21:53 (two months ago) link
ok - 11 respondents. think it's safe to call this one...
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 15:34 (two months ago) link
9 vs 2 in terms of picking a new date. Most preferred date was a tie between the Sat 16th and Tues 18th; and a tie between Tues 18th and the OG date for what most people found workable. Highest rage score, after the "none" option: Sat 16th.
So looks like our new date will be Tuesday the 18th starting at 7:30 est. apologies to the two managers that had that date as their least favourite option.
I will change the league setting shortly; and anyone with outstanding picks, please get them in my mid week next week. i should prolly get a mod to edit the initial post as well.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 15:35 (two months ago) link
Tues the 19th?
― francisF, Friday, 8 March 2024 15:40 (two months ago) link
FFS. yes. Tuesday the 19th. sorry about that.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 16:11 (two months ago) link
trying to do too much this morning.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 16:12 (two months ago) link
apologies to the two managers that had that date as their least favourite option.
if i finish in last again this season i'm going to blame it on this!! ;) ;)
no worries, and there's a chance i could join for at least part of it (aka do the draft in the background of a band practice lol)
― z_tbd, Friday, 8 March 2024 16:33 (two months ago) link
could always do a little pre-ranking (esp if there are young guys you'd like to target) and then join in part way to fix whatever mess the auto draft left you with.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 16:37 (two months ago) link
i was the other person who ranked that at as my least favorite option but it's OK, should still be able to join
― na (NA), Friday, 8 March 2024 16:40 (two months ago) link
appreciate all efforts made to accommodate the rescheduled draft
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 17:23 (two months ago) link
good news - looks like Votto No Get Enemy will live on under the stewardship of clemenza! i think this might be his first foray into fantasy nerdball?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 March 2024 16:04 (two months ago) link
That spreadsheet looks like hieroglyphics to me, but I'll tentatively give it go. No guarantee I'll last. Thanks for the invitation.
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 March 2024 16:39 (two months ago) link
EURY PEREZHUNTER GREENEFRANCISO ALVAREZAMED "MVP" ROSARIOCODY BELLINGER
― z_tbd, Sunday, 10 March 2024 17:08 (two months ago) link
fuck, oops, sorry for including that text at the top! i meant to delete before posting my keepers:
lars nootbaar has fractured his ribs. i am sorry lars.
― z_tbd, Sunday, 10 March 2024 17:09 (two months ago) link
clemenza, i predict that you'll have a great time doing this, if you participate! and if nothing else you can race me for the cellar
Stumbling along blindly here, will help from Thermo, but these will be my keepers:
Grayson Rodriguez (24, P)Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (25, 1B)Bryson Scott (26, 2B)Corey Seager (29, SS)Sean Murphy (29, C)
I'll change my team name as soon as I think of a good Ball Four connection.
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 March 2024 18:00 (two months ago) link
Grant BallFour?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 10 March 2024 18:05 (two months ago) link
Ok, since i don't think we are in danger of adding or losing any more managers, i am going to lock the league and will post the draft order later today.
i think there is just one last manager that needs to get their selects in and then i can start plugging those bad boys in.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 11 March 2024 17:51 (two months ago) link
Lets try to get final keep selects in by the 14th.
Is this still valid or out-of-date?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 11 March 2024 18:11 (two months ago) link
(I would like to see a larger sample of more than 2IP of ST pitching before I lock in a keeper lol)
14th is still good. I’ll probably enter the picks over the weekend - I just want managers to have some time to double check I got everything right.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 11 March 2024 18:21 (two months ago) link
Billy Childish Bambino:
Juan Soto (25)Spencer Strider (25)Triston McKenzie (26)Kyle Tucker (27)Willy Adames (28)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 05:21 (two months ago) link
i was worried i'd get hit with a rash of injuries after Royce Lewis went 2 for 2 with a HR and promptly injured himself AGAIN***, but my team has been shockingly healthy. and yet aside from a couple SPs everyone i drafted is really underperforming.
***https://memeguy.com/photos/images/well-ok-then-283717.jpg
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:18 (two weeks ago) link
♪♫ For ACL or torn hammy, call Jacob Emrani. Call Jacob! ♫
― felicity, Thursday, 16 May 2024 22:29 (two weeks ago) link
^ this rules, I would also submit a modified version as:♪♫ For broken wrist or John that’s Tommy, call Jacob deGrommy . Call Jacob! ♫
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 16 May 2024 22:49 (two weeks ago) link
Lol very good. I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to experience one of LA's finest ear worms, that omar so thoughtfully reinserted in my ear.
― felicity, Friday, 17 May 2024 00:03 (two weeks ago) link
i use "charming" in the relative sense but Jacob is probably the most charming of the billboard lawyers (a million miles better than Sweet James)
he recruited LeBron to come to L.A.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rPmwPMof3hs/maxresdefault.jpg
― omar little, Friday, 17 May 2024 18:01 (two weeks ago) link
Jacob is the great guy who helped us through our collective trauma after the bitter Cellino & Barnes divorce. He's family.
(sorry for crashing fantasy thread)
― felicity, Friday, 17 May 2024 20:06 (two weeks ago) link
I went to check who had Paul Skenes, and I see he has his own team now!
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 May 2024 00:48 (two weeks ago) link
7 man SP rotation - Spencer Strider (25), Max Fried, Zach Eflin, Shane Bieber (28), Nathan Eovaldi, Triston McKenzie (26), Nestor Cortes (29)― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:37 PM (two months ago)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:37 PM (two months ago)
Only 3 of the 7 SPs I drafted are currently healthy (Fried, Cortes & McKenzie). 2 of the 4 on the IL will be out not just this season but a substantial part of next season as well (Strider & Bieber).
This must be how the Dodgers GM feels like, it's insane.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 20 May 2024 20:39 (one week ago) link
Forgot to switch Danny Jansen back into my lineup this morning: 3 hits, HR, 5 RBI.
― clemenza, Monday, 20 May 2024 21:42 (one week ago) link
Wait till that day when you make a calculated decision to sit someone and play someone else and the guy on your bench goes off for two or three home runs
― omar little, Monday, 20 May 2024 21:58 (one week ago) link
Right up there with dropping a struggling player who immediately it's a hot streak, and then you somehow manage to pick them back up and they immediately go cold again. One of the closer approximations of how the owner of Michigan J Frog must have felt.
― omar little, Monday, 20 May 2024 21:59 (one week ago) link
Fried, Cortes & McKenzie
And all these guy pretty much have one foot on a banana peel
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 20 May 2024 22:24 (one week ago) link
Yup, you know you're fucked when Cortes is your best pitcher.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 20 May 2024 23:12 (one week ago) link
Mired forever in 7th-8th-9th place, I forget to check in this morning (possibly the first time) and left Berrios on the bench for his (very good) start today.
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 May 2024 03:03 (one week ago) link
haha my team was finally starting to turn the corner
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Monday, 27 May 2024 21:30 (six days ago) link
finally got my IL down to four players, but my offense is dogshit right now, and i don't have much hope that getting ke'bryan hayes or tj friedl back off the IL is going to help. if anyone wants to trade me (Naked Ragans) a reliable source of offensive power (especially at 1B but i'm open to other positions as well), i have some decent SP/RP/keeper options available.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:29 (four days ago) link
Ridiculous--three catchers on my roster, and all are sitting today.
(xpost: I dropped Cedric Mullins today to make room for Sean Murphy's return--you're obviously after more than the numbers he's putting up this year, but maybe as a stopgap?)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:22 (four days ago) link
NA- I sent you a chat msg via the y! mobile app. Not sure if that made it to ya...
Clem- Clearly the solution is you need to roster a 4th catcher.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:26 (four days ago) link
I was thinking of going all-catcher.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:33 (four days ago) link
It's a new variation on the Jays' all-utility strategy.
i was going to say, if i was advising you'd i'd get even further into the pocket of Big Catcher
― omar little, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:38 (four days ago) link
the cousin of the Padres' all-shortstop strategy
― omar little, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:39 (four days ago) link
Big gloves & bad knees... my kind of team!
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:55 (four days ago) link
Clem, I sent you a msg on the fantasy page
― francisF, Thursday, 30 May 2024 06:14 (three days ago) link
Sorry, francis, didn't see that till now.
― clemenza, Thursday, 30 May 2024 07:33 (three days ago) link
Real-talk question:
If a ~seasoned~ manager doesn't even recognize the name of one of his players, that player should automatically be traded (y/n)
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, 31 May 2024 17:05 (two days ago) link
lol my bad, for some reason i thought you thought i had jared jones. i think i can be forgiven for forgetting about nolan jones, given his impact so far this season
― na (NA), Friday, 31 May 2024 17:23 (two days ago) link
Bro, he's like the 3rd or 4th best "Nolan" to ever play the game!
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, 31 May 2024 17:28 (two days ago) link
~33% of the season status report:
I am almost trailing the league in Wins with 24. My IRL MLB team equivalent would be the Cincinnati Reds, owners of last place in the dismal NL Central.
Offensively my 289 runs scored puts me ahead of LAD yet behind the mighty PHI out of all MLB teams.
I feel out of the running but my foolish optimism think I'm close enough to harbor a top 3 finish?
Not ready for a fire-sale but could be open to SELL-MODE by the ASB.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, 31 May 2024 18:00 (two days ago) link
I remember when I used to remember he names of every mediocre set up guy I ever had on my teams. Now I’m constantly forgetting the names of my current middle relievers. Nolan Jones tho was a gem for me last season, will always be in my heart.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 31 May 2024 19:08 (two days ago) link
i entered this season feeling thoroughly set at OF and decided to go all-in on pitching, and while my pitching has been vv solid, my best hitters are two free agent pickups, the completely decent Christian Walker, and the poor man's Corbin Carroll in Jarren Duran (Corbin Carroll for me being the destitute man's Jarren Duran this season.)
― omar little, Friday, 31 May 2024 19:16 (two days ago) link
Yordan and Tatis = extremely mid!
― omar little, Friday, 31 May 2024 19:17 (two days ago) link
The Autodraft bungled my SP (by not bothering to draft anybody who wasn't injured or NA). That's been the story of my season. My offense should continue to be good if most guys are healthy, but grabbing Ranger Suarez off the scrap heap the day after the draft basically saved my ass. A few more decent SP pickups here and there have kept in contention, but I don't suppose anyone wants to trade me a front line SP?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 31 May 2024 19:35 (two days ago) link
Have kept *me* in contention . .
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 31 May 2024 19:36 (two days ago) link
just noticed you have the top two hitters and the top SP!
― omar little, Friday, 31 May 2024 19:39 (two days ago) link
the top SP rankings is a really weird mix
― omar little, Friday, 31 May 2024 19:40 (two days ago) link