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Gryph
04-23-2016, 01:08 AM
Remade for Hulky.

http://games.espn.go.com/flb/leagueoffice?leagueId=8194&seasonId=2016

Singles (1B) 0.5
Doubles (2B) 1
Triples (3B) 2
Home Runs (HR) 3
Walks (BB) 0.5
Runs Scored (R) 1
Runs Batted In (RBI) 1
Stolen Bases (SB) 0.6
Strikeouts (K) -0.3
Intentional Walks (IBB) 0.2
Hit by Pitch (HBP) 0.2
Sacrifices (SAC) 0.2
Caught Stealing (CS) -0.4
Errors (E) -0.1

Top 10 Batters :

Trout (427.4)
Bautista (421.3)
Goldschmidt (418)
Donaldson (416.7)
Harper (410.2)
Arenado (401.4)
Encarnacion (397)
Stanton (395.1)
McCutchen (389)
Rizzo (386)



Innings Pitched (IP) 0.9
Earned Runs (ER) -1
Wins (W) 2
Losses (L) -2
Saves (SV) 4
Blown Saves (BS) -1
Strikeouts (K) 1
Hits Allowed (H) -0.3
Walks Issued (BB) -0.3
Shutouts (SO) 1.25
Hit Batsmen (HB) -0.3
Holds (HD) 1
Complete Games (CG) 1.25
Quality Starts (QS) 2
No Hitters (NH) 2.5
Perfect Games (PG) 5

Top Ten Pitchers :

Kershaw (463.1)
Scherzer (413)
Sale (379.9)
Arrieta (363.6)
Bumgarner (361.1)
Price (352.4)
Kluber (345.6)
Carrasco (344)
Harvey (337.9)
Archer (335.7)

RP

Jansen (301.2)
Kimbrel (283.3)
Rosenthal (281.7)
Allen (270.5)
Davis (269.5)

Now that we've gotten this out of the way. The reason I made this scoring is mostly because of the depth of our league. Batting will reward you, but at the same time, it won't win you the league. Sure having a few premium bats will be substantially better than loading up on pitching, but in hindsight, taking injuries to pitching won't completely tank your season like it did in previous years. The first 50 batters goes from a high of 427.4 to 311.2. As for pitching 463.1 - 244.4. I made it like this so in a 10+ man league, having a premier arm will be helpful, but your team wouldn't sink or swim based on it. This also puts a slight more emphasis on RPs as well. As the top 5 if combined with the SP would all fit within the top 50 pitching

I'm trying my best to make sure each positions elite players are valued as they should be, elite and worthy of rostering at any point in the draft. But in hindsight make sure the rest of the league is not punished in the process. As the top 50 players in our league would end up averaging out to about 30 bats, and 10-12 pitchers. And as a 9:5 ratio of drafting, would warrant the importance on bats in a super deep league such as this.

NOW. For the H2H scoring. We're simply going to need to grit our teeth with having large scores. But in all honesty...who cares, we're playing baseball and having fun. Now, should we start running into problems during the year, we'll need to experiment. Obviously, nothing is perfect nor is it ever going to be. But I'll do the best I can.


Random Draft Order :

ima
Dino
Blex
Gryph
thunder
Hulky
Veil
Joe
Sano
Nightmarez
Gypsy
Spencer
Philly

Hulky
04-24-2016, 07:04 PM
draft analysis please


yall fucked.


Not skerred.


Was busy bitching about last night and watching UVA collapse. Wonder how screwed I am, I'll check tomorrow.


You know no pitchers fell... no point in checking lol.

Good news is the wire has some good options IMO.


http://s10.postimg.org/ufn7ixbsp/baseball.png

Draft Balance Grade
01. Dinosaur: 16.4
02. Phillysoul: 16.8
03. Hulky: 17.4
04. Thunder: 18.8
05. Spencer: 19.7
06. Nightmarez: 20.3
07. Veilmenacex: 20.7
08. Blexican: 21
09. Sanosuke: 21.1
10. Imalive: 22.2
11. Gryph: 22.8
12. Mistretta: 27.7
13. Gypsy: 30.4

Power Rankings
01. Spencer: 198.62
02. Dinosaur: 198.13
03. Phillysoul: 196.72
04. Hulky: 196.09
05. Thunder: 195.75
06. Gryph: 194.06
07. Nightmarez: 193.12
08. Sanosuke: 192.45
09. Blexican: 190.31
10. Veilmenacex: 188.29
11. Mistretta: 182.54
12. Imalive: 170.16
13. Gypsy: 156.14


Really Sanosuke could move Freddie Freeman (his third first baseman) to upgrade somewhere else to up his grade. Veil actually makes a bit of sense for a potential trade for one of Sano's 1Bs. Obviously Gypsy and Imalive can/will boost themselves by simply adding SPs. Same goes for Gryph, Gypsy and Veil with an additional RP if they feel they can get one and it's worth it.

The punisher grade is for blank spots with a 64 grade times the number of missing spots, since a lower average is a better score here and I think 3 RPs is optimal based off past years (like the ability to gain the most points possible RP P P slots when you run out of starters, or have none for the day). Looking back the punisher grade should be like 40 on the RP missing spots, which would recalculate to:

Draft Balance Revised Grade
01. Dinosaur: 16.4
02. Phillysoul: 16.8
03. Hulky: 17.4
04. Thunder: 18.8
05. Veilmenacex: 19.2
06. Spencer: 19.7
07. Nightmarez: 20.3
08. Blexican: 21
09. Sanosuke: 21.1
10. Gryph: 21.4
11. Imalive: 22.2
12. Mistretta: 26.2
13. Gypsy: 30.4

Not going to lie the ESPN projections seem wicked high in the projected points compared to last year, but maybe that's our new scoring system?


01. Spencer:
C: Wellington Castillo
1B: Pedro Alvarez

2B: Robinson Cano

3B: Adrian Beltre

SS: Corey Seager

OF: Jose Bautista

OF: Corey Dickerson

OF: Curtis Granderson

UTIL: Miguel Sano

SP: Chris Sale / Tyson Ross / Drew Smyly / Tajuan Walker / Wei-Yin Chen

RP: Aroldis Chapman / Will Smith / Joaquin Benoit

02. Dinosaur:
C: Salvador Perez

1B: Brandon Belt

2B: Josh Harrison

3B: David Wright
SS: Troy Tulowitzki
OF: Bryce Harper

OF: Nelson Cruz

OF: Jacoby Ellsbury

UTIL: Hanley Ramirez

SP: Madison Bumgarner / Matt Harvey / Jon Lester / Cole Hamels / Michael Pineda

RP: Cody Allen / Sean Doolittle / Andrew Bailey

03. Phillysoul:
C: Jonathan Lucroy

1B: Edwin Encarnacion

2B: Ian Kinsler

3B: Matt Carpenter
SS: Francisco Lindor
OF: Lorenzo Cain

OF: Shin-Soo Choo

OF: Melky Cabrera

UTIL: Carlos Santana

SP: Max Scherzer / Corey Kluber / Danny Salazar / Steven Martz / James Shield

RP: Jake McGee / Drew Storen / Roberto Osuna

04. Hulky:
C: Miguel Montero

1B: Joey Votto

2B: Neil Walker

3B: Manny Machado
SS: Brandon Crawford
OF: George Springer

OF: Adam Jones

OF: Hunter Pence

UTIL: Alex Rodriguez

SP: Zach Grienke / Francisco Liriano / Mike Leake / Julio Teheran / Lance McCullers

RP: Kenley Jansen / Trevor Rosenthal / Jeurys Familia

05. Thunder:
C: Matt Wieters

1B: Lucas Duda

2B: Dustin Pedroia

3B: Josh Donaldson
SS: Jose Reyes
OF: AJ Pollack

OF: Starling Marte

OF: Matt Holliday

UTIL: Joey Gallo

SP: Dallas Kuechel / Felix Hernandez / Johnny Cueto / Mashiro Tanaka / Yu Darvish

RP: David Robertson / Shawn Tolleson / Jonathan Papelbon

06. Gryph:
C: Travis d’Arnaud

1B: Eric Hosmer 

2B: Anthony Rendon

3B: Kris Bryant
SS: Starlin Castro
OF: JD Martinez

OF: Billy Hamilton

OF: Jorge Soler

UTIL: Maikel Franco

SP: Clayton Kershaw / Carlos Carrasco / Raisel Iglesias / Jose Quintana / Patrick Corbin

RP: Craig Kimbrel / Ken Giles / Jason Grilli

07. Nightmarez:
C: Wilson Ramos

1B: Anthony Rizzo

2B: Ben Zobrist

3B: Nolan Arenado
SS: Addison Russell
OF: Justin Upton

OF: Jason Heyward

OF: Yasiel Puig

UTIL: David Ortiz

SP: Chris Archer / Garrett Richards / Justin Verlander / Jake Odorizzi / Carlos Rondon

RP: Hector Rondon / Alex Colome / Jeremy Jeffress

08. Sanosuke:
C: JT Realmuto

1B: Jose Abreu

2B: Daniel Murphy

3B: Justin Turner
SS: Elvis Andrus
OF: Andrew McCutchen

OF: Michael Brantley

OF: Matt Kemp

UTIL: Adrian Gonzalez

SP: Garrett Cole / Sonny Gray / John Lackey / Alex Wood / Hisashi Iwakuma

RP: Zach Britton / Steve Cishek / Joakim Soria

09. Blexican:
C: Devin Mesoraco

1B: Paul Goldschmidt

2B: Jason Kipnis

3B: Todd Frazier
SS: Edwardo Escobar
OF: Christian Yelich

OF: Jay Bruce

OF: Mark Trumbo

UTIL: Miguel Cabrera

SP: Stephen Strasburg / Noah Syndergaard / Carlos Martinez / Marcus Stroman / Jordan Zimmerman

RP: Dellin Betances / Glen Perkins / Kevin Jepsen

10. Veilmenacex:
C: Stephen Vogt

1B: Mark Texeira

2B: Rougned Odor

3B: Evan Longoria
SS: Xander Bogaerts
OF: Giancarlo Stanton

OF: David Peralta

OF: Kole Calhoun

UTIL: Josh Reddick

SP: David Price / Jacob deGrom / Jose Fernandez / Jamie Garcia / Edinson Volquez

RP: Mark Melancon / Santiago Casilla

11. Mistretta:
C: Kyle Schwarber

1B: Byung Ho Park

2B: Jose Altuve

3B: Brett Lawrie
SS: Ketel Marte
OF: Mookie Betts

OF: Charlie Blackmon

OF: Brett Gardner

UTIL: Brian McCann

SP: Adam Wainwright / Michael Wacha / Shelby Miller / Kyle Hendricks / Kenta Maeda

RP: Huston Street / Andrew Miller / Brad Boxberger

12. Imalive:
C: Russell Martin

1B: Chris Davis

2B: DJ LaMahieu

3B: Kyle Seager
SS: Ian Desmond
OF: Mike Trout

OF: Yoenis Cespedes

OF: Adam Eaton

UTIL: Prince Fielder

SP: Jake Arrieta / Jeff Samardzja

RP: Wade Davis / AJ Ramos / Ryan Madson

13. Gypsy:
C: Buster Posey

1B: Albert Puhols

2B: Brian Dozier

3B: Matt Duffy
SS: Carlos Correa
OF: Carlos Gomez

OF: Carlos Gonzalez

OF: Ryan Braun

UTIL: Dee Gordon

SP: Scott Kazmir / Kevin Gausman

RP: Francisco Rodriguez / Brad Ziegler


It is. Though fwiw, ESPN projections as a whole are decent, but many of them are just downright dumb, three quarters of my team is considering mid tier according to espn, but on other sites like Fangraphs, beyondtheboxscore, and crashburnalley would all value other teams like mine as slightly above average. Nightmarez, Blex, Gypsy (minus his pitching) and Myself would all be valued higher if we used those rankings.

Cockraft (or w/e the fuck his name is) is usually pretty good in his rankings, but he'll tend to get semi lazy ~110+ case in point, Trevor Plouffe and Gerardo Paara being in the 200's / 47th ranked OF. Who'll probably end up as at the very least top 15 OF this year. Same goes for Nick Hundley and Raisel Iglesies (Who i think will be a top 5 NL catcher and Raiel will finih top 5 in NL Cy Young). Blex and Nightmarez both have mega high value that got overlooked in ESPN Verlander, Upton, and Colome who were mid-tier 100+ (Even in the high 30's-60's I forgot where Upton was, Fangraphs at one point had him as a top 5 OFer, btbs has him as 3)
Blex has Escobar, Stras, Stro, and Yelich all prime candidates for rebounds / further improvements and he got value in all of the picks because of ESPN Ranks. Go on Fangraphs and follow Eno Sarris. He's about as close as you can get to perfect rankings. And unlike Tristrain, Eno will give you about 5 paragraphs on why they are there.


1) awesome job hulky

2) Gryph I think the rankings are off because we have unique scoring. They're generally ranking based off standard leagues. Leagues like this don't reward guys like Altuve and Dee Gordon, who are probably 8th round value based on projections for this league's settings.

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Hulky
04-24-2016, 07:07 PM
draft analysis please


yall fucked.


Not skerred.


Was busy bitching about last night and watching UVA collapse. Wonder how screwed I am, I'll check tomorrow.


You know no pitchers fell... no point in checking lol.

Good news is the wire has some good options IMO.


http://s10.postimg.org/ufn7ixbsp/baseball.png

Draft Balance Grade
01. Dinosaur: 16.4
02. Phillysoul: 16.8
03. Hulky: 17.4
04. Thunder: 18.8
05. Spencer: 19.7
06. Nightmarez: 20.3
07. Veilmenacex: 20.7
08. Blexican: 21
09. Sanosuke: 21.1
10. Imalive: 22.2
11. Gryph: 22.8
12. Mistretta: 27.7
13. Gypsy: 30.4

Power Rankings
01. Spencer: 198.62
02. Dinosaur: 198.13
03. Phillysoul: 196.72
04. Hulky: 196.09
05. Thunder: 195.75
06. Gryph: 194.06
07. Nightmarez: 193.12
08. Sanosuke: 192.45
09. Blexican: 190.31
10. Veilmenacex: 188.29
11. Mistretta: 182.54
12. Imalive: 170.16
13. Gypsy: 156.14


Really Sanosuke could move Freddie Freeman (his third first baseman) to upgrade somewhere else to up his grade. Veil actually makes a bit of sense for a potential trade for one of Sano's 1Bs. Obviously Gypsy and Imalive can/will boost themselves by simply adding SPs. Same goes for Gryph, Gypsy and Veil with an additional RP if they feel they can get one and it's worth it.

The punisher grade is for blank spots with a 64 grade times the number of missing spots, since a lower average is a better score here and I think 3 RPs is optimal based off past years (like the ability to gain the most points possible RP P P slots when you run out of starters, or have none for the day). Looking back the punisher grade should be like 40 on the RP missing spots, which would recalculate to:

Draft Balance Revised Grade
01. Dinosaur: 16.4
02. Phillysoul: 16.8
03. Hulky: 17.4
04. Thunder: 18.8
05. Veilmenacex: 19.2
06. Spencer: 19.7
07. Nightmarez: 20.3
08. Blexican: 21
09. Sanosuke: 21.1
10. Gryph: 21.4
11. Imalive: 22.2
12. Mistretta: 26.2
13. Gypsy: 30.4

Not going to lie the ESPN projections seem wicked high in the projected points compared to last year, but maybe that's our new scoring system?


01. Spencer:
C: Wellington Castillo
1B: Pedro Alvarez

2B: Robinson Cano

3B: Adrian Beltre

SS: Corey Seager

OF: Jose Bautista

OF: Corey Dickerson

OF: Curtis Granderson

UTIL: Miguel Sano

SP: Chris Sale / Tyson Ross / Drew Smyly / Tajuan Walker / Wei-Yin Chen

RP: Aroldis Chapman / Will Smith / Joaquin Benoit

02. Dinosaur:
C: Salvador Perez

1B: Brandon Belt

2B: Josh Harrison

3B: David Wright
SS: Troy Tulowitzki
OF: Bryce Harper

OF: Nelson Cruz

OF: Jacoby Ellsbury

UTIL: Hanley Ramirez

SP: Madison Bumgarner / Matt Harvey / Jon Lester / Cole Hamels / Michael Pineda

RP: Cody Allen / Sean Doolittle / Andrew Bailey

03. Phillysoul:
C: Jonathan Lucroy

1B: Edwin Encarnacion

2B: Ian Kinsler

3B: Matt Carpenter
SS: Francisco Lindor
OF: Lorenzo Cain

OF: Shin-Soo Choo

OF: Melky Cabrera

UTIL: Carlos Santana

SP: Max Scherzer / Corey Kluber / Danny Salazar / Steven Martz / James Shield

RP: Jake McGee / Drew Storen / Roberto Osuna

04. Hulky:
C: Miguel Montero

1B: Joey Votto

2B: Neil Walker

3B: Manny Machado
SS: Brandon Crawford
OF: George Springer

OF: Adam Jones

OF: Hunter Pence

UTIL: Alex Rodriguez

SP: Zach Grienke / Francisco Liriano / Mike Leake / Julio Teheran / Lance McCullers

RP: Kenley Jansen / Trevor Rosenthal / Jeurys Familia

05. Thunder:
C: Matt Wieters

1B: Lucas Duda

2B: Dustin Pedroia

3B: Josh Donaldson
SS: Jose Reyes
OF: AJ Pollack

OF: Starling Marte

OF: Matt Holliday

UTIL: Joey Gallo

SP: Dallas Kuechel / Felix Hernandez / Johnny Cueto / Mashiro Tanaka / Yu Darvish

RP: David Robertson / Shawn Tolleson / Jonathan Papelbon

06. Gryph:
C: Travis d’Arnaud

1B: Eric Hosmer 

2B: Anthony Rendon

3B: Kris Bryant
SS: Starlin Castro
OF: JD Martinez

OF: Billy Hamilton

OF: Jorge Soler

UTIL: Maikel Franco

SP: Clayton Kershaw / Carlos Carrasco / Raisel Iglesias / Jose Quintana / Patrick Corbin

RP: Craig Kimbrel / Ken Giles / Jason Grilli

07. Nightmarez:
C: Wilson Ramos

1B: Anthony Rizzo

2B: Ben Zobrist

3B: Nolan Arenado
SS: Addison Russell
OF: Justin Upton

OF: Jason Heyward

OF: Yasiel Puig

UTIL: David Ortiz

SP: Chris Archer / Garrett Richards / Justin Verlander / Jake Odorizzi / Carlos Rondon

RP: Hector Rondon / Alex Colome / Jeremy Jeffress

08. Sanosuke:
C: JT Realmuto

1B: Jose Abreu

2B: Daniel Murphy

3B: Justin Turner
SS: Elvis Andrus
OF: Andrew McCutchen

OF: Michael Brantley

OF: Matt Kemp

UTIL: Adrian Gonzalez

SP: Garrett Cole / Sonny Gray / John Lackey / Alex Wood / Hisashi Iwakuma

RP: Zach Britton / Steve Cishek / Joakim Soria

09. Blexican:
C: Devin Mesoraco

1B: Paul Goldschmidt

2B: Jason Kipnis

3B: Todd Frazier
SS: Edwardo Escobar
OF: Christian Yelich

OF: Jay Bruce

OF: Mark Trumbo

UTIL: Miguel Cabrera

SP: Stephen Strasburg / Noah Syndergaard / Carlos Martinez / Marcus Stroman / Jordan Zimmerman

RP: Dellin Betances / Glen Perkins / Kevin Jepsen

10. Veilmenacex:
C: Stephen Vogt

1B: Mark Texeira

2B: Rougned Odor

3B: Evan Longoria
SS: Xander Bogaerts
OF: Giancarlo Stanton

OF: David Peralta

OF: Kole Calhoun

UTIL: Josh Reddick

SP: David Price / Jacob deGrom / Jose Fernandez / Jamie Garcia / Edinson Volquez

RP: Mark Melancon / Santiago Casilla

11. Mistretta:
C: Kyle Schwarber

1B: Byung Ho Park

2B: Jose Altuve

3B: Brett Lawrie
SS: Ketel Marte
OF: Mookie Betts

OF: Charlie Blackmon

OF: Brett Gardner

UTIL: Brian McCann

SP: Adam Wainwright / Michael Wacha / Shelby Miller / Kyle Hendricks / Kenta Maeda

RP: Huston Street / Andrew Miller / Brad Boxberger

12. Imalive:
C: Russell Martin

1B: Chris Davis

2B: DJ LaMahieu

3B: Kyle Seager
SS: Ian Desmond
OF: Mike Trout

OF: Yoenis Cespedes

OF: Adam Eaton

UTIL: Prince Fielder

SP: Jake Arrieta / Jeff Samardzja

RP: Wade Davis / AJ Ramos / Ryan Madson

13. Gypsy:
C: Buster Posey

1B: Albert Puhols

2B: Brian Dozier

3B: Matt Duffy
SS: Carlos Correa
OF: Carlos Gomez

OF: Carlos Gonzalez

OF: Ryan Braun

UTIL: Dee Gordon

SP: Scott Kazmir / Kevin Gausman

RP: Francisco Rodriguez / Brad Ziegler


It is. Though fwiw, ESPN projections as a whole are decent, but many of them are just downright dumb, three quarters of my team is considering mid tier according to espn, but on other sites like Fangraphs, beyondtheboxscore, and crashburnalley would all value other teams like mine as slightly above average. Nightmarez, Blex, Gypsy (minus his pitching) and Myself would all be valued higher if we used those rankings.

Cockraft (or w/e the fuck his name is) is usually pretty good in his rankings, but he'll tend to get semi lazy ~110+ case in point, Trevor Plouffe and Gerardo Paara being in the 200's / 47th ranked OF. Who'll probably end up as at the very least top 15 OF this year. Same goes for Nick Hundley and Raisel Iglesies (Who i think will be a top 5 NL catcher and Raiel will finih top 5 in NL Cy Young). Blex and Nightmarez both have mega high value that got overlooked in ESPN Verlander, Upton, and Colome who were mid-tier 100+ (Even in the high 30's-60's I forgot where Upton was, Fangraphs at one point had him as a top 5 OFer, btbs has him as 3)
Blex has Escobar, Stras, Stro, and Yelich all prime candidates for rebounds / further improvements and he got value in all of the picks because of ESPN Ranks. Go on Fangraphs and follow Eno Sarris. He's about as close as you can get to perfect rankings. And unlike Tristrain, Eno will give you about 5 paragraphs on why they are there.


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Hulky
04-24-2016, 07:17 PM
Spencer's draft analysis is too long (past the max characters)


Round 1

Best Value: Jose Bautista. In this format, Bautista is a friggin beast. In this league, it would appear power bats who get on base a lot and minimize strikeouts are favored.. sound familiar? Yes Jose Bautista is the king of walking-not striking out and bat flipping. Bias be damned I was very happy to take bautista at 12

Worst Value: Non existent. I think everyone made good picks in this round. If I was forced to choose, I feel altuve probably should have gone in the second round, but as hard as it may be to believe, I think altuve is capable of even more then what he's shown the last 2 years.

Shout out: Carlos Correa. I had Correa ranked 6th in my pre draft rankings and he got picked 11th. He's very easily going to be the best SS in the league and SS is a complete joke beyond the first 5 or 6 players at the position. His counting stats might regress, but they might not. Im on the hype train, but there is some uncertainty here (sophomore slump) or I would have ranked him as the best value.

Round 2

Best Value: Miguel Cabrera much like bautista, I believe miggy has hidden value and we all know his upside. If he can even get back to hitting 30 bombs a year and staying healthy this will be a huge steal. So far miggy looks healthy in spring and we havent seen healthy miggy since 2014.

Worst Value: Dee Gordon. Much like altuve, I believe he probably should have been drafted later. I love Dee in roto leagues, but in this specific league I think his value is a bit hurt. Also, I don't think Dee is anywhere near altuve in terms of actual hitting skill so some regression may be in order. His speed is super legit, but his high avg is babip fueled and could come down. I think we saw the best Dee could be last year and he was the #5 second basemen in this league.

Shout out: Betts. I'm an absolutely HUGE fan of betts and believe he will eventually be a 300/400/500 guy with 30/30 potential. If that happens this year he's easily a first round draft pick, but the question is will it happen? I'm not sure. I just reaaaaaaallly like betts and have since he was in the minors.

Round 3

Best Value: Jake Arrieta. He was the #1 pitcher in fantasy baseball last year and he showed improvements in the second half of last year. How are we drafting madbum and david price above this guy (not saying it's a bad idea, just think arrieta is better). I don't think he's on the same level as kershaw, but I'd rank arrieta as the safest #2 pitcher in the league. Safer then sale and scherzer with less k potential.

Worst Value: Starling Marte. Thunder already hit the nail on the head. Marte strikes out a lot and doesn't walk much. In this league his production is hurt pretty bigtime. 1 thing going for him is he is still young with some power potential (I believe) and he is very consistent. I expect 20/20 with a 290 avg.

Shout out: Jacob DeGrom. This guy got picked after Matt Harvey, but I think he's going to be better then Harvey. The true ace of the mets is DeGrom.

Round 4

Best Value: Yoenis Cespedes. Surprised? I am too. Cespedes has always been a scary guy for me to pick because he is very slump prone and honestly I don't think he's ever going to fully tap into his potential as a hitter. To me Cespedes gets by purely on raw talent and has low baseball IQ. That being said, Cespedes was the #5 OFer last year in this league in front of guys like Pollock, JD Martinez and even Mccutchen. He doesn't strike out much and has he's built like a brick shit house. He may not be quite as good as he was last year, but I wouldnt bet against him.

Worst Value: Kyle Schwarber. The hype is strong with this one. But I'm not completely sold on him sticking in the majors this year. Marez will probably kill me for this, but the way I see it the cubs have a win now mentality and if schwarber's bat slumps at all he won't have a very long leash in the outfield as a - defender. As good as this guy is and the potential for him is incredibly high, I do think he could use some minor league reps at catcher and his swing has some holes.

Shout out: Miguel Sano. Ok so Schwarber was picked behind Sano, they're both weak defenders in the outfield, they're both HIGH upside hitters with some risk, but the difference for me is Sano is 100% sticking in the majors because he plays in the AL on a shitty team and I do think Sano has more power potential. If all goes well, Sano could be a BETTER version of Chris Davis THIS season. Im not a pro scout by any means but this guy is an absolute beast. 50+ homers in his future.

Round 5

Best Value: Brian Dozier. This guy is consistently underrated and I don't really understand why. He just keeps doin his thing and he will continue to do his thing this year. He ks quite a lot, but his on base skills and power will offset that big time. The #1 2b in this league last year AHEAD of Altuve, Dee Gordon and Cano.

Worst Value: Craig Kimbrel. For 1 I think this round was a bit early for closers, but if anyone should be picked this high it shoulda been Kenley. Nothin wrong with Kimbrel in terms of skill and he will probably contribute, but I just don't see how you could draft him ahead of Kenley or even a few other closers. Think it's obvious his career is on the downswing.

Shout out: Noah Syndergaard. At one point my favorite jays prospect behind Travis D'arnaud. Thank god we got Dickey for BOTH of them eh? All kidding aside, I think Syndergaard was the last LIKELY SP1 drafted and he's probably got room to improve. Im not 100% sold he has a higher ceiling then guys drafted ahead of him, and even King Felix probably could be better then him, but Syndergaard is probably the safest bet of all the young high upside players drafted in these first 5 rounds. For some reason his arm seems indestructible. THOR!

Round 6

Best Value: Jason Heyward. I think he found himself in STL. He may not ever show the kind of power he had earlier in his career, but I think he will be better this year then he was last year on a better team. The cubs are going to completely dominate the world and Heyward is in the 2 hole in that lineup. I wouldnt be surprised if he scores 110 runs with 70 rbi.

Worst Value: Brian Mccann. For 1 I think catching this early other then schwarbs and posey might be a bit high. For 2 Russel Martin is better and got drafted in rnd 13. For 3 BOOO YANKEES. For 4 injury history. For 5 Age regression. For 6 holy crap I just really don't like this pick.

Shout Out: Rougned Odor. Did everyone know this guy is still just 22 years old? He's shown over the last couple seasons his potential to put up huge months, but he remains inconsistent. I unfortunately don't have odor on any of my 6 fantasy teams, but he could be really huge.

Round 7

Best Value: Micheal Brantley. Huge steal. This guy may not have 20 homers in him again (I believe he does) but he's rivaled only by Miguel Cabrera in terms of pure hitting skill. Dude barely strikes out, hits in the middle of a decent lineup and knows how to take a walk. The injury is mildly concerning, but Brantley is a beast. Could be the steal of the draft.

Worst Value: Masahiro Tanaka. Now this guys arm concerns me. He still has ELITE command of his pitches, and that splitter is still going to completely fool hitters, but the scouting reports are in and his fastball is slow and straight. I think Tanaka is homer prone and his arm looks like it's going to fall off any minute. Also boo yankees.

Shout out: Ryan Braun. Because maybe he's healthy. He wasn't terrible last year or the year before when he was unhealthy and playing through injuries, so I wouldnt be surprised if this turns into a pretty substantial steal. As much as I hate Braun, he's still got good contact skill, plate discipline and decent power.

Round 8

Best Value: Zach Britton. The strikeouts aren't quite there, but he has potentially the most dominant 2seamer in the game and he's friggin consistent. I think he was the best closer available at this point and probably better/safer then a few guys picked ahead of him. Not huge on picking closers early, but this isn't exactly early. Good time to get Britton.

Worst Value: Billy Hamilton. Im sorry but he's not a big league hitter. Im not sure if hamilton will be anything more then a bench bat in the future.

Shout out: Jeurys Familia. Very close to choosing him over Britton here, but I just prefer britton. Nothing personal :).

Hulky
04-24-2016, 07:18 PM
Round 9

Best Value: Hector Rondon. I honestly don't know much about Rondon, but he showed good skill last year as the closer for the cubs and the cubs expert drafted him so I assume he probably knows Rondon will stick. Rondon may not be as dominant as familia or as reliable as Britton, but he has the k upside and the cubs will provide him with a lot of saves.

Worst Value: Ellsbury/Gardiner. Wow I really hate yankees players. But honestly, I couldnt decide which pick was worse. They're pretty much the same player. Ellsbury has a bit more potential to score in this league, but his injury history is terrible and Gardiner at least showed he could be productive for half a season last year. I would be very surprised if either of these picks works out well.

Shout out: Evan Longoria/Maikel Franco. I'm not super high on a Franco breakout, and I'm not super high on a longo bounce back, but Im not sleeping on either. I probably would have gone with longo here, but it's super close.

Round 10

Best Value: Christian Yelich. Projections might be a bit low on Yelich, but I believe a big breakout is possible. Yelich is one adjustment away from hitting 20 homers and the marlins moved the fences in at that park.

Worst Value: Elvis Andrus. If he gets bumped from the top of that rangers lineup his value is going to plummet. Andrus is a pretty stable pick here for a SS, but he's super boring and has 0 upside. Some SS that are undrafted in this league could be as good as Andrus, but I'm not telling you which ones.

Shout out: Anthony Rendon. Health has always been his issue. This is probably the #1 2b in the league pending health.

Pause. Late rounds coming soon!

pick and a sleeper for each round.

Round 11

Best Value pick: AJ Ramos. He doesn't really have any competition in the marlins bulpen and has pretty high k potential. This is a tremendous value for a potentially top 5-10 closer and although he may implode due to poor control, he will have a very long leash.

Sleeper: Jaime Garcia. Always been a sucker for Jaime. I've owned him in a league every year since I started playing fantasy baseball in 2012 because I read a story about how an STL scout said he had the best "Stuff" in the STL rotation. Obviously, Jaime will always come with bigtime injury risk, but the dude could easily be a top 20 pitcher if he somehow stays healthy.

Round 12

Best Value pick: Curtis Granderson. Another underrated hitter in this league. He changed his approach last year and I'm buying it. Was once a 40 home run guy with a 230 BA, but he hits way more line drives nowadays and doesn't strike out nearly as much as he used to. He's 35 years old, and produced his highest BA of his career last year, but personally, he's done enough the last 2 years with the mets to convince me he's a safe 20 homer .340 obp guy without a crazy amount of ks hitting in the middle of a decent lineup.

Sleeper: Justin Verlander. Once the most dominant SP in the league and possibly a #1 draft pick, Verly has been pretty disappointing the last few years. That being said, he showed in the second half last year some very promising adjustments and I think he's figured it out. This could be a low 3 era pitcher with 200 strikeout potential. I almost picked Raisel Iglesias here, but I have more faith in Verly.

Round 13

Best Value pick: Russel Martin. I hinted at this earlier when I explained why Brian Mccann was a horrible 6th round pick. Martin produced a career high in homers last year, produced a career high in BA and OBP 2 years ago and when healthy last year, Martin showed he could reproduce what he did (to a lesser degree) in pittsburgh. I obviously got to watch Martin very closely last year and he played through nagging injuries for big stretches of last season. If healthy, I think Martin could easily get back to a 350+obp. The power might come back down a bit, but I've got Martin ranked as the 3rd best catcher in this league, hands down.

Sleeper: Taijuan Walker. Young high upside pitcher. I personally prefer walker over Matz even though Matz is getting more hype this year. I'll be honest I don't know much about Matz and I've been a sucker for walker the last couple years, but I think he showed legitimate improvements last year and that seems promising enough for me to spend a 13th round pick on his upside. Remember when he was a top 5 prospect two years ago?

Hulky
04-24-2016, 07:19 PM
Round 14


Best Value pick: Carlos Santana. Disappointing player for me the last two years in OBP formats (drafted him as a catcher in 2014 and a 3b in 2015), but this is a guy who could hit 25+ homers with a 350+ obp. This late, even as a 1b he's a steal. With my luck he probably has a big year when I don't have any stock in him.

Sleeper: Julio Teheran. Young, high upside, noticing a trend? Im not a huge fan of Teheran, but last year Teheran was a trendy SP1 pick for many fans. I believe he can get back to 2014 form and surpass that as many expected him to do in 2015. This is a high risk pick, much like walker, but at least with teheran he has shown he can put it all together for a season. Also, he was picked after walker.. lolwut?

Round 15

Best value pick: James Shields. This late, and the only legit concern with him really is that people hit homers off him last year? It's been proven that homers year to year are one of, if not THE most variable pitcher statistics. Sheilds has never been overly homer prone in his career and there should be some positive regression here. Shields was easily the safest pick in this round with possibly the highest upside. I liked a lot of picks in this round.

Sleeper: Kenta Maeda. Almost everyone in this round made a good pick IMO, but I decided to give it to Maeda because he's fun and I probably was harsh on some of gryphs picks earlier. I scouted Maeda on youtube and he seems like a better version of tanaka with no ++ trick pitches (DAT SPLITTER DOH). I think he profiles as a very solid #3 starter.

Round 16

Best Value pick: Lucas Duda. In competition with Brantley for the biggest steal of the draft. I don't know how we let him fall so far. I probably should have drafted him myself, but I stuck too closely to my draft strategy and blundered on the will smith pick lol.

Sleeper: Joe Panik. This guy may not be super flashy, but last year when he was healthy he was one of the best 2b in this league. His upside is very limited by his power, but the OBP skill and nack for avoiding ks makes him a safe bet to be a top 10 2b in the league. I wouldn't be surprised if he finishes top 5.

Round 17

Best Value pick: Alex Colome. With Boxberger out for an extended period of time, SP/RP colome will likely be the closer for this team. Colome was a top prospect SP a few years ago, but he never really put it together, but I think he could hold down the closer job. When boxberger comes back from injury, I believe colome will have solidified himself as a closer. We all know how valuable these SP/RP closers are in this league.

Sleeper: Pedro Alvarez. 40 homers @ camden yards. Nuf said.

Round 18

Best Value pick: Jeremy Jeffress. Marez hits again with a late closer. Knebel and Smith who I both like more then Jeffress are down with injury and this gives jeffress time to run away with the closer job. He's a better pitcher then a few of the "closers" drafted ahead of him and this late he represents a pretty big steal. Id say marez lucked out with this pick, but it probably wasn't luck :P

Sleeper: Logan Forsythe. Much like Panik, this could be a top 5 2b in the league this year. Seems to me 2b has no true super stars in this format and is very deep. Id be perfectly happy with forsythe as my starting 2b.

Round 19

Best Value pick: Surprisingly named the opening day closer over storen. I would say this pick is the steal of the draft, but since philly also drafted storen, it isn't as sexy. Looking at this pick in a vacuum, Philly spent 2 picks on aquiring the jays closer, but since Osuna is probably a top 5-10 closer in this format this still represents a steal in rnd 19.

Best Value pick: Vmart. So he had a down year last year, but he's an elite bat in this format when healthy. If u believe he can stay healthy, this pick is a monster of a steal, if u don't it's a complete bust.

Round 20

Best Value: Danny Valencia. Even if he takes a step back from the gains he made last year, I think valencia could be a starting 3b in this league. This isn't a flashy pick by any means, but Valencia is a guy who could hit 15-20 homers potentially without many ks. If he regresses considerably, u can always just platoon him against lefties because he's a career 300+ hitter against them.

Sleeper: Carlos Rodon. Lots of hype, lots of issues. Could break out, but I'm not buying it this year.

Round 21

Best Value: Nathan Eovaldi. He's always been a big velocity guy, but his fastball is straight as an arrow and he has no good secondary pitches. At the end of last year he developed a splitter that's pretty exciting and could potentially turn him into a big k guy.

Sleeper: Nick Catellanos. Oh u were thinking I was gonna say buxton? BORING. Buxton may have sleeper written all over him, but Castellanos was a pretty hyped up prospect too a few years ago. He finally showed glimpses of his potential at times last year with 11 homers between July 1st and August 31st. Could be a starting 3b in this league if everything goes right.

Round 22

Best Value pick: Jason Hammel. Dominant at times in 2014 and 2015. He's a fantastic streaming option and flyer this late. If by some luck Hammel can put it together for a full year, he's a top 30 SP with a pretty high floor.

Sleeper: Dexter Fowler. Probably not really a sleeper, but he has some power and takes a lot of walks. And he's leading off for the cubs? Say hi to 90+ runs if u get consistent playing time. Fowler is a lefty masher so make sure u sit him against scary righties and play him against all lefties.


the rest. I hope this is good enough copy pasta, this one post took me too long to transfer so I'm too "out of it" to get the rest of the thread.

Hulky
04-25-2016, 01:13 AM
200 Point Club
Week 1: Hulky
Week 2: Gryph
Week 3: Mistretta, Hulky

Sanosuke
04-25-2016, 02:28 AM
Really irritated that I can't seem to get a win. I don't think my team is any bad. Got a steal in the FA. Alex Wood has burned me three times now. Is probably gonna get dropped sooner rather than later.

Willing to talk trades for Freeman+Player.

Greendaybum5
05-02-2016, 01:26 PM
Yea I'm 0-4....almost had a great comeback this past week.

Hulky
05-02-2016, 01:30 PM
Gryph and I had an awesome game last week. It was 189 to 188.8 with Gryph up by .2 with on batter and potentially a RP/Closer on the latest night game. One strike out and I win by .1, one single and he locks it up. He doubled and the RP got a SV... but still was suspenseful and fun.

I'malive
05-02-2016, 03:21 PM
Pretty pleased with being the top scorer after having to auto draft due to being at work...free agency has been good to me so far, but I'm very willing to look for more consistent starting pitching via trade, and can part with prince fielder as well as either castellanos or Seager should someone make a decent offer.

Hulky
05-03-2016, 12:31 AM
Schedule is wrecking me. #2 in scoring #2 in points against (Imalive is #1 in both and 3-1) and I am 2-2.

Sanosuke
05-03-2016, 06:31 AM
We're on the board boys. 1-3

Nightmarez
05-05-2016, 02:06 AM
Looking to move Matz + one of my top 3 OF (JUp, Puig, Heyward) for a better pitcher/hitter.

Hulky
05-07-2016, 09:53 PM
Philly is killing me this week.

Nightmarez
05-08-2016, 04:06 PM
Teams trying hard to double Veil's score.

Gryph
05-08-2016, 04:26 PM
Really happy this year honestly, and I fell into a dream scenario. I REALLY like my team when I drafted it, and three big waiver pickup (Fowler, Segura, and Eaton) jut made it all the more sweeter since I was looking for them in the draft.

I'm in a catch 22 though, I mean, yeah I'm 5-0, but I've also lost 3 pitchers (Carrasco 6 weeks, Iglesies TBD, and AJ Griffin TBD) and Hundley can't seem to get back on track.
Thankfully my team managed to stay afloat this week, I'm expecting to drop some games now, but if I can go ~.500, man, I'm feeling good this year.

Nightmarez
05-08-2016, 04:38 PM
Really happy this year honestly, and I fell into a dream scenario. I REALLY like my team when I drafted it, and three big waiver pickup (Fowler, Segura, and Eaton) jut made it all the more sweeter since I was looking for them in the draft.

I'm in a catch 22 though, I mean, yeah I'm 5-0, but I've also lost 3 pitchers (Carrasco 6 weeks, Iglesies TBD, and AJ Griffin TBD) and Hundley can't seem to get back on track.
Thankfully my team managed to stay afloat this week, I'm expecting to drop some games now, but if I can go ~.500, man, I'm feeling good this year.

two undefeateds :P.

Gryph
05-08-2016, 04:53 PM
two undefeateds :P.

you have a bye so far though :p lol

Nightmarez
05-08-2016, 05:06 PM
you have a bye so far though :p lol

True. But we're going undefeated.

I'malive
05-09-2016, 03:28 AM
2 undefeated teams but the high scorer has 2 losses, primarily because the app lied about how many slots I had available :(

Nightmarez
05-09-2016, 10:55 AM
In fairness I'd be the top scorer if it weren't for a bye week :P.

Greendaybum5
05-09-2016, 12:46 PM
Philly is killing me this week.

about time my team lived up to preseason expectations!

Hulky
05-09-2016, 08:32 PM
Now I gotta play against 269 point in a week Nightmarez.

uuuuuuggggghhh

dino
05-10-2016, 12:53 PM
fantastic. 3-1 with a mediocre start to the season by my rotation. watch out !

Gryph
05-12-2016, 09:35 AM
JD Martinez, Anthony Rendon, and Maikel Franco are all up for grabs if anyone wants to negotiate something. Preferably looking for roster-able SPs, could be package for a bigger name while I manage through some injuries.

Hulky
05-14-2016, 04:15 PM
Getting real sick of your damned HRs Nightmarez. I need to win this and you score too many damned points.

Greendaybum5
05-16-2016, 04:49 PM
My team is finally scoring some points. Thank you Matt Carpenter.

Hulky
05-17-2016, 12:45 AM
I wish pitchers didn't exist. Starting the week out with -8.6 thanks JA Happ.

fml.

Greendaybum5
05-18-2016, 08:23 AM
Got screwed by the app. Had Salazar and Scherzer on the bench...I don't think my reception was great when it said it saved.

Hulky
05-19-2016, 03:55 PM
That hella sucks. -26, I kinda feel better about my pitchers. If I started Teheran over Happ I'd be net almost 20 more.

Greendaybum5
05-23-2016, 03:14 PM
My squad's been on fire past 3 weeks. Back into the playoff hunt we go!

Hulky
05-23-2016, 03:17 PM
Schedule finally played nice to me giving be a lower scoring opponent on my down week.

Greendaybum5
05-23-2016, 04:43 PM
and choo is back on the DL....wonderful

Gryph
05-23-2016, 08:54 PM
ALL ABOARD THE DISAPPOINTMENT TRAINNNN

CHOO CHOOOOOO.

Get it?

Greendaybum5
05-24-2016, 08:36 AM
ALL ABOARD THE DISAPPOINTMENT TRAINNNN

CHOO CHOOOOOO.

Get it?

haha

Gryph
05-30-2016, 08:41 AM
:happy:

Greendaybum5
06-02-2016, 07:54 AM
I vote we move to yahoo. This is second time that I've had issue with ESPN app and Scherzer ended up on my bench.

Spencer 555
06-02-2016, 11:07 AM
I'm okay with yahoo, I just have all my leagues on ESPN and I prefer the layout. Never had any trouble with espn like that.

Hulky
06-03-2016, 12:44 PM
I vote we move to yahoo. This is second time that I've had issue with ESPN app and Scherzer ended up on my bench.

I think it's less likely to bite you right now with Blex having Syndergaard and Zimmermann on his bench lol.

I'm having a hot week, but it's against an afk Veil. :( I might be able to win by 100.

Hulky
06-06-2016, 04:10 PM
Why is the National League so much better than the American league?

NL
8-0
6-2
6-3
6-3
4-5
3-6

AL
5-3
4-4
3-5
3-5
2-6
2-6
2-6

Gryph
06-07-2016, 04:43 PM
Dunno, I random'd it to lol

Greendaybum5
06-13-2016, 02:43 PM
blah bye week and scherzer gets 2 starts this week. I hate bye's for that specific reason.

also lost by 1.2 last week. I suck.

Greendaybum5
06-14-2016, 10:48 AM
Do bye weeks count as total points for? just wondering if I even need to update my lineup this week

Gryph
06-14-2016, 01:12 PM
I dont know, honestly. I updated just to be safe.

Hulky
06-16-2016, 02:54 PM
I don't think they did originally

Hulky
06-16-2016, 10:32 PM
196
talking bout 100+ leads bruh

Gryph
06-19-2016, 09:31 PM
/Decade

Hulky
06-20-2016, 04:34 PM
200 Point Club
Week 1: Hulky
Week 2: Gryph
Week 3: Mistretta, Hulky
Week 4: Imalive, Thunder
Week 5: Philly, Nightmarez, Gryph
Week 6: Imalive, Gryph
Week 7: Imalive, Gryph, Philly
Week 8: Gypsy
Week 9: Mistretta, Hulky
Week 10: --
Week 11: Imalive, Hulky
Week 12: TBD
Week 13: TBD
Week 14: TBD
Week 15: TBD
Week 16: TBD
Week 17: TBD
Week 18: TBD
Week 19: TBD
Week 20: TBD
Week 21: TBD

1. Imalive (4)
1. Gyrph (4)
1. Hulky (4)
4. Mistretta (2)
4. Philly (2)
6. Nightmarez (1)
6. Thunder (1)
6. Gypsy (1)

Most Points in a Week (Team)
Week 5 - Nightmarez - 270.4

Most Points by a Catcher in a Game
Week 11 - Thunder - Buster Posey - 13.7

Most Points by a First Baseman in a Game
Week 10 - Philly - Edwin Encarnacion - 15

Most Points by a Second Baseman in a Game
Week 6 - Nightmarez - Ben Zobrist - 14

Most Points by a Short Stop in a Game
Week 9 - Spencer - Corey Seager - 15

Most Points by a Third Baseman in a Game
Week 6 - Gryph - Kris Bryant - 16.7

Most Points by a Outfielder in a Game
1. Week 11 - Hulky - Michael Saunders - 20
2. Week 9 - Mistretta - Mookie Betts - 17
3. Week 4 - Sanosuke - Andrew McCutchen - 17


Most Points by a Utility spot in a Game
Week 7 - Mistretta - Mookie Betts - 15

Most Points by a Starting Pitcher in a Game
1. Week 2 - Sanosuke - Vince Velasquez - 29.7
2. Week 6 - Philly - Max Scherzer - 29.6
3. Week 6 - Gryph - Clayton Kershaw - 26.4
4. Week 4 - Thunder - Johnny Cueto - 23.2
5. Week 2 - Spencer - Chris Sale - 23
6. Week 9 - Dino - Madison Bumgarner - 21.9

Current (as of posting time) Top 5's

C
1. Jonathan Lucroy, Mil C (Philly, Round 9)
2. Buster Posey, SF C, 1B (Gypsy, Round 4)
3. Wilson Ramos, Was C (Nightmarez, Round 19, FA)
4. Salvador Perez, KC C (Dino, Round 13)
5. Brian McCann, NYY C (Mistretta, Round 6)

1B
1. Edwin Encarnacion, Tor 1B (Philly, Round 2)
2. Anthony Rizzo, ChC 1B (Nightmarez, Round 2)
3. Paul Goldschmidt, Ari 1B (Blexican, Round 1)
4. Wil Myers, SD OF, 1B (Nightmarez, Round 15)
5. Matt Carpenter, StL 3B, 1B (Blexican, Round 4)

2B
1. Robinson Cano, Sea 2B (Spencer, Round 3)
2. Jose Altuve, Hou 2B (Mistretta, Round 1)
3. Ian Kinsler, Det 2B (Philly, Round 5)
4. Daniel Murphy, Wsh 2B, 3B (Sanosuke, Round 11)
5. Ben Zobrist, ChC 2B, OF (Nightmarez, Round 11)

SS (Manny Machado at 3B although they are SS eligible )
1. Xander Bogaerts, Bos SS (Veilmenacex, Round 5)
2. Ian Desmond, Tex SS, OF (Imalive, Round 14)
3. Corey Seager, LAD SS (Spencer, Round 5)
4. Trevor Story, Col SS (Mistretta, Round 20)
5. Francisco Lindor, Cle SS (Philly, Round 8)

[B]3B (Daniel Murphy at 2B, Matt Carpenter at 1B although they are OF eligible )
1. Josh Donaldson, Tor 3B (Thunder, Round 1)
2. Nolan Arenado, Col 3B (Nightmarez, Round 1)
3. Manny Machado, Bal 3B, SS (Hulky, Round 1)
4. Kris Bryant, ChC 3B, OF (Gryph, Round 1)
5. Kyle Seager, Sea 3B (Imalive, Round 5)

[B]OF (Bryant at 3B, Myers at 1B, Ian Desmond at SS although they are OF eligible )
1. Mookie Betts, Bos OF (Mistretta, Round 2)
2. Mike Trout, LAA OF (Imalive, Round 1)
3. Jay Bruce, Cin OF (Blexican, Round 13)
4. Bryce Harper, Was OF (Dino, Round 1)
5. Mark Trumbo, Bal 1B, OF (Blexican, Round 16)

[B]SP
1. Clayton Kershaw, LAD SP (Gryph, Round 1)
2. Jake Arrieta, ChC SP (Imalive, Round 3)
3. Max Scherzer, Wsh SP (Philly, Round 1)
4. Stephen Strasburg, Wsh SP (Blexican, Round 4)
5. Madison Bumgarner, SF SP PP (Dino, Round 2)

RP (Pure, no SP with RP eligibility)
1. Zach Britton, Bal RP (Sanosuke, Round 8)
2. A.J. Ramos, Mia RP (Imalive, Round 11)
3. Jeurys Familia, NYM RP (Hulky, Round 8)
4. Kenley Jansen, LAD RP (Hulky, Round 5)
5. Andrew Miller, NYY RP (Mistretta, Round 11)

Category Leaders
Batting
R - Imalive - 341
1B - Gryph - 379
2B - Gryph - 133
3B - Gryph/Mistretta - 15
HR - Hulky - 100
RBI - Nightmarez - 344
BB - Hulky/Nightmarez - 240
IBB - Sanosuke/Dino - 26
K - Mistretta - 527
HBP - Gryph - 29
SAC - Imalive/Sano - 25
SB - Mistretta - 61
CS - Gypsy - 21
E - Veilmenacex - 35
Pitching
IP - Hulky - 582.2
H - Hulky - 535
ER - Hulky - 249
BB - Hulky - 208
HB - Dino/Gypsy - 19
K - Gryph - 586
QS - Gryph - 52
CG - Imalive - 4
SO - Gryph - 3
NH - Imalive - 1
PG - NA - 0
W - Imalive - 39
L - Hulky - 35
SV - Imalive - 50
BS - Thunder - 8
HD - Blexican - 29

Points
1. 2146.2 for Imalive (8-3) against 1905.5 | Average Game: 195.1 v. 173.2
2. 2085.9 for Hulky (8-3) against 1635.6 | Average Game: 189.6 v. 148.7
3. 1983.9 for Gryph (10-0) against 1512.1 | Average Game: 198.4 v. 151.2
4. 1704.1 for Nightmarez (5-5) against 1677.4 | Average Game: 170.4 v. 167.7
5. 1694.1 for Dino (7-3) against 1551.6 | Average Game: 169.4 v. 155.1
6. 1691 for Philly (4-6) against 1666.3 | Average Game: 169.1 v. 166.6
7. 1625.3 for Mistretta (4-6) against 1654.9 | Average Game: 162.5 v. 165.5
8. 1588.7 for Spencer (6-4) against 1510.2 | Average Game: 158.9 v. 151.0
9. 1553.2 for Thunder (3-7) against 1697.4 | Average Game: 155.3 v. 169.7
10. 1457.2 for Gypsy (4-6) against 1562.9 | Average Game: 145.6 v. 156.3
11. 1426.9 for Sanosuke (3-7) against 1676.7 | Average Game: 142.7 v. 167.7
12. 1273.4 for Veilmenacex (2-8) against 1722.4 | Average Game: 127.3 v. 172.2
13. 1249.4 for Blexican (2-8) against 1706.1 |Average Game: 124.9 v. 170.6

Greendaybum5
06-22-2016, 08:07 AM
haha of course the day after you post that Kluber throws a gem

Hulky
06-24-2016, 10:56 PM
My pitching is sinking my team this week, but somehow my boss hitters are keeping me competitive.

5.0IP 5H 6ER 1BB 3K L -2.3
5.2IP 6H 4ER 1BB 3K L -0.3
4.0IP 3H 4ER 5BB 3K -0.1
3.0IP 7H 4ER 2BB 2K L -4
5.2IP 7H 3ER 2BB 4K 3.4
5.2IP 6H 1ER 3BB 6K 7.4
5.0IP 6H 2ER 4BB 8K W 9.5


AKA no one got to 6 innings in all 7 pitchers I started lol 1 win, 3L 4 no decision, 0 quality starts. Combined ~6.35 ERA lol.

EDIT: Post this then my RP Trevor Rosenthal goes 0 IP 2 H 1 BB 3 ER L

FML #PlzTeamHitMoarHR

Gryph
06-25-2016, 05:11 PM
Also, made a post on the Fantasy page bout this, but putting it here as well.

The trade Andrew Miller and Michael Wacha for Aaron Sanchez and Shawn Kelly was proposed to me and I accepted it. While in work, I pulled up the fantasy page where the clock thing is in the corner which said "Uphold vote" or "Deny it" I -thought- Uphold vote meant I voted in favor of myself, however the app immediately used commissioner powers and pushed it through instantly. Negating the voting process.

If any of you have a problem with the trade, you're more than free to majority me here or in the thread I made on the fantasy homepage, and I will reverse the trade using my god powers.

kthxbai.

Hulky
06-27-2016, 04:24 AM
Holy shit I won by 0.3 I totally thought my team blew it that week with the pitching. Dino didn't start his Saturday pitchers so I pulled ahead. Sweet.

Greendaybum5
06-29-2016, 07:39 AM
well I've never seen this before....logged in to update this morning and I have 5 SP going tonight haha.

Hulky
06-29-2016, 06:44 PM
Previous: at Moneyballers (W 160.8-160.8)

I got the win against Dino, even though we apparently tied (stat correction I won at the time by 0.3, but it didn't change my win to a tie) lol

Greendaybum5
06-29-2016, 10:29 PM
Previous: at Moneyballers (W 160.8-160.8)

I got the win against Dino, even though we apparently tied (stat correction I won at the time by 0.3, but it didn't change my win to a tie) lol

we can manually edit playoff schedule if that factors into it.

Hulky
07-09-2016, 05:35 PM
Currently the high scoring team for the week, but my team has put up the following stats so far today:
Batting: 2-11, 1 BB, 1 R, 5K
Pitching: 13.2 IP, 12 ER, 21 H, 7 BB, 8K

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Pitching at end of day: 22.1 IP, 18 ER, 27 H, 12BB, 1HB, 13 K, 3 L

lolol

Hulky
07-16-2016, 04:31 PM
I still haven't gotten a bye while now multiple teams have had 2 byes. Not sure if that is advantageous to my team or the opposite, but this double week against Imalive, who is another mega scoring team, is going to be a race. It's the start of day 2 and we are combined for over a 100 so far where the next highest scoring match ups are pacing about 60 combined (I have 63 alone, aka I'd be beating Ima currently, or any other combined match up v. me theoretically).

I really wanna hit 400 this week, which I think is almost impossible (be like getting 200 in back to back weeks with less overloading opportunity) but would be sweet. Basically would need my HR hitters to get hot and smash it (Springer, Machado, Adam Jones, Khris Davis, Saunders, Votto) and my batting average guys to keep it going like Realmuto, Crawford and Schoop, would help if any of my DL guys come back too (Panik, Pence, Grienke).

Gryph
07-17-2016, 11:56 AM
TAO BASEBALL POWER RANKINGS : ALLSTAR BREAK EDITION -

Rank 1 - No Ship Like My Manship (Gryph) [12-1]

After starting the season 10-0 it's hard not to place myself here, bias aside, but the injury bug has depleted his entire outfield and numerous starting pitchers, this team has yet to be healthy the entire season (Segura, Jd Martinez, Hundley, Fowler, Kershaw, Carrasco, Parra, and now Kimbrel) all missing multiple weeks, and at one point rattled off 6 consecutive victories while only starting 8 batters per day. In a good move, grabbing Sam Dyson in hopes of him being the closer paid off, giving him a full bullpen with a legit closer again.

Playoff odds : 90%


Rank 2 - Grand Theft Votto (Hulky) [11-3]

Coming in what you can argue as Rank 1A is Hulky, whose names on his roster don't exactly jump off the page with the exception of Machado and a regressing Grienke, but Hulky's team is lined from beginning to end with steady production from 1-9 and a group of starting pitchers who live on corners and are quality start masters, His lineup consists of multiple four to five tool players who can hit for average, steal, use the entire field, and bang out homers.

Playoff Odds : 90%

Rank 3 : (The Moneyballers) - Dino [9-4]

A former champion with another steadfast team filled with production and high hoping prospects looking to knock the door off the hinges in highly touted prospects Gioloto and Guerra, but with a steady front end of Bumgarner, Hamels, and Lester, he can afford these types of players. His lineup leaks star power from beginning to end, rolling with Harper, Tulo, Cruz, Perez, and getting steady production from a resurgent Beltran.

Playoff Odds : 85%

Rank 4 : Hold Mah Dickerson (Spencer) [7-6]

Spencer's team is really hit or miss, but he is a notorious playoff contender every year since his join date in 2013. His team is very fluky, but when they are on, they are on, capable of mashing out 20+ homers a week and multiple pitchers in Eickhoff, Walker, Sale and Smyly, all capable of dropping 10+k's a game if they are on, along with a steady fly ball pitcher in Miami with Chen, it's a good recipe, one can hope the end result can be good enough for a deep playoff run.

Playoff Odds : 85%

Rank 5 : King Koji (ImAlive) [8-5]

Just like his name, ImAlive's team stays alive through grit, power, and the American way. He has frontline starts in Arrieta, a resurgent Shark, new Red Sox Allstar Drew Pomeranz, top tier AL ERA leader knuckleballer Steven Wright, and Win master Chris Tillman. And that's just his pitching, his lineup is front loaded and all capable of leaving the yard or giving you those 0-0 5BB walk games as well.

Playoff Odds : 85%


Rank 6 : Betts on Gardner (Joe Mistretta) [5-8]

A sub .500 team cracking the top 8 for seeding makes it slightly interesting, but it's worth noting his team has been absolutely white hot since the beginning of June. He lucked into a dream scenario with Trevor Story and his steady waiver pickups of Reyes, Napoli, and Villar only adds to the potency of MVP Frontrunner Jose Altuve. His pitching is lackluster, but has finally picked themselves off and dusted off with Wainwright pitching like his former self, pair him with the breakout of Trevor Bauer, Rookie of the Year frontrunner Michael Fulton, and steadfast performances from Hendricks, Porcello, and AJ Griffin allow to roll out pitchers with confidence with next to no fear of matchups, that and he has also has Aaron Sanchez, who is enjoying his finest season to date. Despite being under .500, he needs to keep winning, but if his lineup keeps producing at this rate and his pitching remains as steady as it has been, we could be looking at an 8 seed with a 2 seed production.

Playoff Odds : 50%

Rank 7 : Royal Screw Ups (Gypsy) [6-7]

Real life has stopped Gypsy from being able to be fully committed to his cause, however who needs to pay attention that much with a potent lineup filled with MVP awards galore. Posey, Pujols, Braun, Correa. A lights out bullpen in K-Rod, Ziegler, and Wilson gives him high opportunities with high percentage winning teams, couple that with a bunch of pitchers who just eat innings in Kazmir, Kennedy, and Karns. It's lackluster and doesn't jump off the page, but he's around 2-3 pitching waiver pickups from being a legit contender who can knock off pretty much any team in the league with ease.

Playoff Odds : 70%

Rank 8 : Team Philly (PhillySoul) [7-6]

Once again, another participant facing real life worries. But let's not get in twisted, the resident Exit 3 and under from Philly native boasts another potent lineup with 12 batters all capable of destroying opposing pitching in Lucroy, Eddy Encarnacion, Kinsler, Carpenter, and breakout superstar Lindor. Mixing and matching with new Cardinals closer The Final Boss in Oh, massively potent pitching aces in Scherzer, ERA Leader Salazar, and Kluber.

Playoff Odds : 70%

Rank 9 : Windy City Heaters (Nightmarez) [5-8]

Another inactive with a top 3 caliber team, though he should be ranked higher based on team alone, he goes here simply because he hasn't really done anything since week 5. He sports possible MVP Candidate Arenado, Rizzo, Ortiz, Ramos, and Upton, and is lined from top to bottom with current or future star power from beginning to end. His pitching is underperforming and he carries three Tampa Bay pitchers, but hell, Archer on any given start can roll out a string of 10+ k games, steady performances in Odorizzi, Verlander, and Matz give him a solid team. Shame he's not really paying attention to it.

Playoff Odds : 50%

Rank 10 : The Thunder (Thunder) [4-9]

Where there's Thunder there's lightning, but Thunder seems too busy to bother with us lowly people anymore despite having one of the better teams in the league. It's okay though, Cueto, Keuchel, Darvish, King Felix, Tanaka, and Gio seems like a dream rotation that can remain undefeated, I guess all that work and awesome pictures he takes kinda defeats the whole virtual reality thing, keep taking those awesome photos

Playoff Odds : 0%

Rank 11 : Team (H)odor (Blex)

Completely inactive

Playoff Odds : 0%

Rank 12 : Victorious Secret (Veil)

Completely inactive despite ending Gryph's undefeated season in glorious fashion.

Playoff Odds : 0%

Rank 13 : Big Dick Bandits (Sano)

Completely inactive, but understandable, keep up the good work and thanks for the service to our country homie.

Playoff Odds : 0%

Greendaybum5
07-18-2016, 08:25 AM
Worst part about this league.... if I was in the other division my matchup this week would be for the division lead.....next year we should just do 1 big league no divisions

edit: 8 teams make the playoffs, I retract my previous statement.

Gryph
07-22-2016, 12:14 PM
I don't think you guys have any idea how badly I'm clenching my booty hoping to god Kershaw can initiate god mode and return.

Spencer 555
07-22-2016, 03:31 PM
veil is actually managing his team recently and u can add that ive been pretty inqctive this year as well unfortunately. My team really feels like its been underperforming lately though, hoping we can bounce back a bit in the second half

Spencer 555
07-22-2016, 03:32 PM
and ya kersh is easily the best player in our league by far. massive blow

Hulky
07-22-2016, 03:59 PM
Mistretta is probably the worst record team most deserving of a playoff spot.

Hulky
07-31-2016, 05:20 PM
I'm going to beat Spencer unless some extreme insanity happens, and what that means is that the American League division is now 100% under 0.500.

#getrekt

Greendaybum5
07-31-2016, 10:14 PM
fucking lucroy vetoing that trade... would've helped me a ton

Veilmenacex
08-05-2016, 11:46 PM
I really think I have a shot of making it into the playoffs.

My pitching line up is great

David Price
Jose Fernandez
Jacob DeGrom

Jamie Garcia is on Cardinals so will get a nice win here and there
Marco Estrada is underrated

my Closers are decent

Mark Melanacon
Santiago Casillas
Ken Giles

My hitters are great

Vogt is a nice platoon hitter
Mark Teixiera and Joe Mauer nice veteran 1B hitters
Rougned Odor and Xander Bogaerts Rookie 2B and SS with nice potential very nice potential
Evan Longoria another veteran 3B hitter
GianCarlo Stanton nice HR potential and RBI
Kole Kalhoune Platoon Hitter again

Veilmenacex
08-05-2016, 11:49 PM
When I compare my team to spencer my team has the upper hand by a mile

when it comes to Starting pitching and closers and hitting
Spencer just has Chris Sale while I have 3 dominant Starting Pitchers
Bogaerts is better than Seager

Gryph
08-28-2016, 06:42 PM
Tomorrow begin the final week of the regular season. Thanks for hanging in there all of you, even the inactives. This league this year didn't go as I planned, considering a lot of people were inactive, but hey, shit happens.

Da Gyps
08-28-2016, 10:10 PM
Inactivity helped me make the playoffs lmao.

Gryph
08-28-2016, 10:33 PM
#Gypsy'ing

Now's your time to Rally Mantis your way through the bracket.

Greendaybum5
08-29-2016, 07:46 AM
I really think I have a shot of making it into the playoffs.

My pitching line up is great

David Price
Jose Fernandez
Jacob DeGrom

Jamie Garcia is on Cardinals so will get a nice win here and there
Marco Estrada is underrated

my Closers are decent

Mark Melanacon
Santiago Casillas
Ken Giles

My hitters are great

Vogt is a nice platoon hitter
Mark Teixiera and Joe Mauer nice veteran 1B hitters
Rougned Odor and Xander Bogaerts Rookie 2B and SS with nice potential very nice potential
Evan Longoria another veteran 3B hitter
GianCarlo Stanton nice HR potential and RBI
Kole Kalhoune Platoon Hitter again


When I compare my team to spencer my team has the upper hand by a mile

when it comes to Starting pitching and closers and hitting
Spencer just has Chris Sale while I have 3 dominant Starting Pitchers
Bogaerts is better than Seager

I'm just noticing these.... is this real? David Price isn't a dominant SP anymore....and I disagree with about 8 other things he said lol

Da Gyps
08-29-2016, 08:30 AM
Veil gonna veil.

Spencer 555
08-29-2016, 10:26 AM
I kinda agree with everything he said there. He would have made the playoffs if he had been active. Seager > bogz though and his team doesnt beat me by a mile.. more like 100 meters lol

Greendaybum5
08-29-2016, 12:50 PM
I really think I have a shot of making it into the playoffs.

My pitching line up is great

David Price
Jose Fernandez
Jacob DeGrom

Jamie Garcia is on Cardinals so will get a nice win here and there
Marco Estrada is underrated

my Closers are decent

Mark Melanacon
Santiago Casillas
Ken Giles

My hitters are great

Vogt is a nice platoon hitter
Mark Teixiera and Joe Mauer nice veteran 1B hitters
Rougned Odor and Xander Bogaerts Rookie 2B and SS with nice potential very nice potential
Evan Longoria another veteran 3B hitter
GianCarlo Stanton nice HR potential and RBI
Kole Kalhoune Platoon Hitter again


I kinda agree with everything he said there. He would have made the playoffs if he had been active. Seager > bogz though and his team doesnt beat me by a mile.. more like 100 meters lol

his hitters are average, not great by any means. Stanton having shitty year his 2b/ss/3b having good years, but that's about it.

Spencer 555
08-31-2016, 12:37 AM
my hitters arentuch better and his sp clearly outclass mine.

Hulky
08-31-2016, 10:20 PM
I think Blex had a legit chance to be the #1 team if he was just active this year.

Spencer 555
09-05-2016, 09:27 AM
playoff time! :)

Spencer 555
09-05-2016, 01:03 PM
agreed, but your in the wrong thread and im not sure who your post is directed at. end of the day its not a crime lofton isnt gonna be in the hall, hes worthy but not an all time great.

Wizzy
09-05-2016, 01:13 PM
agreed, but your in the wrong thread and im not sure who your post is directed at. end of the day its not a crime lofton isnt gonna be in the hall, hes worthy but not an all time great.

(It was a bot that was pretty sneaky/smart)

Spencer 555
09-05-2016, 01:48 PM
i figured but wanted tp give it the benefit of a doubt.

Hulky
09-05-2016, 05:05 PM
I think Philly is going to eliminate me. I don't have great match ups this week and I just feel like Philly's one of the worse week 1 match ups to go up against. RIP season.

Gryph
09-05-2016, 06:52 PM
Yeah, aside from Kershaw I can't start a SP until Thursday lol I feel your pain Hulky.

Da Gyps
09-05-2016, 08:03 PM
I just assume I'm going to get destroyed.

Greendaybum5
09-06-2016, 08:31 AM
I think Philly is going to eliminate me. I don't have great match ups this week and I just feel like Philly's one of the worse week 1 match ups to go up against. RIP season.

one can hope... :)

I have Scherzer and Kluber going twice this week I believe. And Scherzer was vs braves yesterday and Phillies later this week I think.

Spencer 555
09-06-2016, 02:27 PM
thats a rough matchup hulky. Glad you got that twin headed monster and not me though. This is why I prefer 2 week matchups in the playoffs.

Greendaybum5
09-08-2016, 08:17 AM
looks like Hulky should end up beating me anyway. I only have 2-3 serviceable hitters and with pitchers devalued this year as much as they were I don't think I have a chance.

Spencer 555
09-09-2016, 12:18 PM
I guess its only fair that the yanks swept the jays, cause im pullin the upset on gryph this week pending a kersh no hitter tn.

Hulky
09-16-2016, 08:41 PM
:infinitesadness:

Spencer 555
09-16-2016, 08:53 PM
Not lookin good for me against I'ma. My bats have gone a bit quiet after my cluster fuck against gryphon. Fucking Batista needs to do something.

Da Gyps
09-16-2016, 09:50 PM
DicksoutforGyprambe

Da Gyps
09-25-2016, 05:52 PM
Grats Ima

I'malive
09-26-2016, 12:04 PM
Thanks gyp, ya had me worried going into the weekend but Vmart came through in the clutch for me..I'm pretty pleased with my method of streaming pitchers off of waivers for an entire season though, ended up working out a lot better than I ever expected. Stumbling into gems like Wright really saved my season early on though.

Spencer 555
09-26-2016, 02:41 PM
Great job ima. Glad gyp didnt go back 2 back

Da Gyps
09-26-2016, 04:56 PM
Lol Spencer.