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
Mind blowing that Soto is only 25
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 13:59 (two months ago) link
ok. draft order is set:
1 Giolito Shuffle2 Satanic Frelick in the Attic3 The Worst Players in Baseball4 The Guns of Buxton5 Newcombes On de Blok6 A Moon-Shaped Pujols7 Votto No Get Enemy8 Send Nootbaar9 Ohtani Dancer in my Hand10 Dascenzo Corbusier11 Corbin Burnesen12 Billy Childish Bambino13 Morning Alonso!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:22 (two months ago) link
oh man the pressure of the #1 pick (and back-to-back picks after that). not that i'm complaining.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:35 (two months ago) link
Changed my team name to Steve Barber and a Cast of Thousands (rendered a bit differently on Yahoo to fit the 30-character maximum). Bob Locker, Ball Four: "Boys, today it looks like Steve Barber and a cast of thousands."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:15 (two months ago) link
I love these team names, have fun everyone. Whoever gets the most dodgers, let me know so I can root for you
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 22:04 (two months ago) link
So do we have 2B again as an off cat or ... ?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 23:07 (two months ago) link
Not really a lot of input on that front - so same as last year.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 23:34 (two months ago) link
Einstürzende Baumgarten fka Dascenzo Corbusier
Julio Rodriguez (23)Jarred Kelenic (24)William Contreras (26)Rafael Devers (27)Zac Gallen (28)
― Andy K, Thursday, 14 March 2024 01:01 (two months ago) link
He lives!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 14 March 2024 01:28 (two months ago) link
However, almost 30 years after throwing my last pitch, I have developed a torn rotator cuff, delaying my return to the field another season.
― Andy K, Friday, 15 March 2024 00:32 (two months ago) link
Devastating. But this bodes well for Tarik Skubal as the clear #1 on the squad
― Begs2Differ (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Friday, 15 March 2024 12:19 (two months ago) link
selects have been input. everyone have a look and double check i got everything right: https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/41654/draftresults?drafttab=team
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:12 (two months ago) link
Einstürzende Baumgarten--love that!
― clemenza, Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:44 (two months ago) link
yeah i love that name too. in fact a couple of times i have wanted to tell ppl about how great that name is irl but then i keep realizing that the fantasy baseball music pun game is a venn diagram with a brutally tiny sliver
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Saturday, 16 March 2024 23:34 (two months ago) link
like my gf has listened to a bunch of EN due to her old roommate but i don't wanna be like "ok so there's this guy named madison bumgarner"
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Saturday, 16 March 2024 23:35 (two months ago) link
I will always have a soft spot for yanc3y's first year ILXFBB team name: "My Bobby Valentine"
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 17 March 2024 00:45 (two months ago) link
Officially his role to lose.
Thanks. That was the name I wanted the first season I played, but Yahoo's character limit back then didn't allow it (so I settled for the Cerutti Column).
Team names understood only by music nerds, and premium young talent sentenced to a decade on mediocre squads: my fantasy baseball legacy.
There's this guy Ross Baumgarten!
https://jewishbaseballmuseum.com/images/player-cards/a-c/Baumgarten-1983-Fleer-PittsburghPirates-(front)jpg.jpg
― Andy K, Sunday, 17 March 2024 22:59 (two months ago) link
Of course...I associate him with the White Sox and all those good young starters they had at the time, but I was thinking of Bumgarner too.
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 March 2024 23:05 (two months ago) link
I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE SLIVER BUT I WASN'T IN THE SLIVER
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Monday, 18 March 2024 06:05 (two months ago) link
Einstürzende Baumgarten = COLLAPSING TREE GARDEN
― Andy K, Monday, 18 March 2024 12:05 (two months ago) link
did we determine that it's impossible to get yahoo fantasy to show a list of ALL available players (i.e., both batters and pitchers, in expected draft order, with the selected keepers taken out)
― na (NA), Monday, 18 March 2024 14:33 (two months ago) link
I need lots of help on this, so I made one up myself using a Sporting News list--anyone who wants to, feel free to use it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18sbWAGuT1QwQLqILaUSXmF8WfUMg-vjhGSMQbPp_I8U/edit?usp=sharing
― clemenza, Monday, 18 March 2024 14:48 (two months ago) link
For yahoo, I don’t think there’s a way to view pitchers AND hitters together
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:06 (two months ago) link
on the fantasy app, you can in fact view them all together. i don't understand why the desktop site is lagging in that respect.
― omar little, Monday, 18 March 2024 16:43 (two months 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