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Gryph
02-14-2018, 10:27 AM
Getting a head count early. ESPN hasn't renewed leagues this year, I'll be sporadically contacting people during the following few weeks if you're still interested in being in the league and we can set up a draft time from there. Those who haven't been active will be replaced. No free wins this season. Feel free to respond to this thread if you'd like a spot or simply want to avoid me pestering you about your spot.

Greendaybum5
02-14-2018, 11:20 AM
what's the format on this again? can we do yahoo by any chance instead of espn?

Hulky
02-14-2018, 01:42 PM
still interested

Spencer 555
02-15-2018, 11:49 AM
Im in no mater what. Im down to change the rules to somethin for philly this year.

Gryph
02-15-2018, 04:45 PM
what's the format on this again? can we do yahoo by any chance instead of espn?

It was daily H2H, in an ideal situation, I'd like to keep it on ESPN, only because they are a lot faster to adjust for changing positions / multi position player adjusts and adding minor league players on 40 mans for future callups.

Sanosuke
02-17-2018, 01:48 AM
I don't think I can play since ill be in afghanistan the entire baseball season. sorry :(

Blexican
02-18-2018, 03:48 PM
Gonna skip these year, sorry.

Sanosuke
02-18-2018, 06:39 PM
i can try depending on how early the draft is but idk

I'malive
02-19-2018, 03:33 AM
You can count me in as usual

Veilmenacex
02-21-2018, 03:42 PM
In

Greendaybum5
02-21-2018, 09:47 PM
In

this fucker goes inactive every year lol

Spencer 555
02-22-2018, 03:24 AM
Most of these guys do lol

Spencer 555
02-22-2018, 03:24 AM
At this point I think me gryph and ima are the only ones whove stayed active every single year.

Gryph
02-22-2018, 07:28 AM
At this point I think me gryph and ima are the only ones whove stayed active every single year.

stretta as well. lol.

if anyone has any friends they'd like to try to get in this year, there should be room.

There's about 6 slots being opened.

Spencer 555
02-22-2018, 12:27 PM
I meant of the tao people :p

Sanosuke
02-22-2018, 03:19 PM
I stay active :(

Veilmenacex
02-22-2018, 03:46 PM
this fucker goes inactive every year lol

you are one to talk

Hulky
02-24-2018, 06:29 PM
:|
I guess my activity doesn't count.

2014: Learned the sport during the fantasy season, finished 6-15
2015: 14-7
2016: 16-4
2017: 15-6

over those last three years my record is 45-17... Gryph has a record of 49-13, and Spencer with 37-24.

Pretty sure I have been a good addition to this league.

Spencer 555
02-24-2018, 06:42 PM
I forgot u for some reason.

Gryph
02-25-2018, 12:02 AM
49-13 is effin insane. lol

Ego + 5

Da Gyps
02-25-2018, 09:43 AM
At this point I think me gryph and ima are the only ones whove stayed active every single year.

heyyyyyyy

Greendaybum5
02-25-2018, 10:28 PM
i always miss a days which cost me big at end of the year. I'm going to pass this year unless we do yahoo since i check that for my money leagues.

Veilmenacex
03-02-2018, 12:57 PM
Gryph tell us our pick order number.

Gryph
03-02-2018, 11:34 PM
Gryph tell us our pick order number.

ESPN hasn't swapped over yet. It should by next week, if it doesn't, I'll just create a new league.

Veilmenacex
03-04-2018, 01:29 PM
Gryph I made a league its 1 keeper per season shoot me your emails and i will invite you and non tao players can join this as well pm me your emails or post them here

Gryph
03-05-2018, 06:47 PM
League is reactivated, one small thing before I wanna run by y'all real quick though. Sano wants to be in the league, however he deploys for Afghanistan in late March, (said he'll try his best to stay active, so I'm willing to let it go, he's gravy in my book) would you guys be ok or willing to draft on March 18th? (it's a sunday) we should be able to do anytime. If not, then I'll try to dual screen and draft for him. lol

I'malive
03-05-2018, 07:03 PM
Sundays are my ideal draft day so I vote in favor of this plan.

Spencer 555
03-05-2018, 08:27 PM
Amazingly I'm off Sunday march 18

Da Gyps
03-05-2018, 09:18 PM
So am I not in the league? :(

Spencer 555
03-05-2018, 09:25 PM
U are from what I can tell

Gryph
03-05-2018, 09:32 PM
So am I not in the league? :(

ARE YOU GONNA REPLY TO ME ON FUCKIN FACEBOOK SO I GET YOUR DAMN EMAIL? OR HAVE IT SIT THERE ON "SEEN" LIKE A PRETEEN GIRL.

(hi btw)

Veilmenacex
03-06-2018, 12:48 PM
Is nightmarez gonna be in this?

Gryph
03-06-2018, 05:50 PM
No, he plays for three weeks then disappears and gives out free wins the past 2 years. I'll figure it out.

Veilmenacex
03-06-2018, 06:38 PM
yea I am okay with this.

Spencer 555
03-11-2018, 04:48 PM
Very excite

Hulky
03-11-2018, 04:59 PM
1 week right?

Gryph
03-11-2018, 06:15 PM
yes

Spencer 555
03-11-2018, 07:48 PM
Do our draft order asap. I'm going full ham on the draft this year.

Gryph
03-14-2018, 07:03 AM
Sorry homies, been working almost 70 hour weeks for the past two weeks, I've been fucking dead tired. Anyways, here it is courtesy of random.org

1-sano
2-hulky
3-dino
4-gypsy
5-ima
6-spencer
7-mistretta
8-veil
9-midge
10-gryph

Spencer 555
03-14-2018, 12:45 PM
Thx gyrph appreciate u setting this up for us as always. Id throw u a bone but I'm lazy and cheap.... and also poor xD

Nightmarez
03-15-2018, 02:26 AM
No, he plays for three weeks then disappears and gives out free wins the past 2 years. I'll figure it out.
In my defense, I don't think I ever actually signed up last year at any point. I was on ESPN one day and got a notification y'all were drafting and I was very surprised.

But yeah I'm not going to commit to play.

Hulky
03-15-2018, 01:07 PM
I had a dream I took Albert Puhols in the draft and Veil criticized the pick in the chat and I quit the league and deleted taoforums because I couldn't deal with the pressure.

Hopefully I don't draft Puhols.

Gryph
03-15-2018, 04:34 PM
Ill draft him for you Hulky.

Hulky
03-15-2018, 04:35 PM
Ill draft him for you Hulky.

He was my only pick in my dream, the rest was autodraft and I had 0 pitchers when I took Puhols lol.

Spencer 555
03-15-2018, 04:42 PM
I laughed so hard reading this. It's such an imaginable scenario.

Spencer 555
03-15-2018, 04:43 PM
In my defense, I don't think I ever actually signed up last year at any point. I was on ESPN one day and got a notification y'all were drafting and I was very surprised.

But yeah I'm not going to commit to play.

Miss u dude. We need a way to keep in touch!

Hulky
03-18-2018, 05:11 PM
Draft Lobby is open

Veilmenacex
03-18-2018, 07:10 PM
I had a dream I took Albert Puhols in the draft and Veil criticized the pick in the chat and I quit the league and deleted taoforums because I couldn't deal with the pressure.

Hopefully I don't draft Puhols.

ok to prove my point of that dream being bullshit i drafted pujols. There... veil approves pujols. :)

Hulky
03-18-2018, 08:01 PM
I kinda like my team.

C: Buster Posey and Jonathan Lucroy
Posey should be good to go for catcher, and Lucroy was my last pick and could theoretically get some starts if Posey goes to 1B (but not likely since I drafted a bunch of 1B).

1B: Eric Hosmer, Miguel Cabrera, Chris Davis
Hosmer is likely my every day 1B, and Cabrera is my UTIL. If Cabrera's back flares back up hopefully Chris Davis is healthy to give my team UTIL power.

2B: Eduardo Nunez (Paul DeJong, and Chris Taylor)
Edwardo Nunez is my second baseman, but should injuries strike positional versatility of my other guys wont pigeon hole me into picking up a 2B.

3B: Mike Moustakas (Edwardo Nunez)
Probably isn't "elite" power, but he's one of my power guys. Should be a solid third baseman.

SS: Paul Dejong
Picked him up last year and really liked him. Cardinals picked up Ozuna too so his lineup improved around him.

OF: Charlie Blackmon, Andrew McCutchen, Chris Talyor (Mark Trumbo)
Chris Taylor starts the year as my third OF while Trumbo's leg gets better. Once Trumbo is back I can readjust for more power if I need it, and Taylor could move to 2B if Nunez is under performing at that point. Blackmon was nuts last year and should lead off again. McCutchen I've wanted for years and never have had the opportunity, and this year I got him and I probably will get to follow him more this year as he is local with the Giants.

RP:
Kenley Jansen, Aroldis Chapman, Cody Allen
Imma rack up the points with my P and RP positions.

SP:
Madison Bumgarner, Noah Syndergaard, Justin Verlander, Luis Castillo, Johnny Cueto, Taijuan Walker, Julio Tehran
I think I might have the best pitching group. The issue is injury concerns, but unless I get hit wicked hard I should have depth to allow any of them to miss time and keep it rolling.

Overall I think my team is super heavy on pitching talent and will need someone to break out in the 2B/SS/OF3 spots to be a playoff team. I think it's possible though and I'm chill with my team.

Gryph
03-18-2018, 08:50 PM
Stretta's pitching is top tier, he stacked the fuck out of that shit. Though fwiw I really like my team as well (you can't really not in a 10 teamer)

C - Gary Sanchez, Austin Hedges
1B - Ryan Zimmermann
2B - Brandon Drury
3B - Kyle Seager
SS - Alex Bregman
OF - Giancarlo Stanton, Khris Davis, Nomar Mazara, Adam Eaton

SP - Max Scherzer, Gerrit Cole, Aaron Nola, Danny Duffy, Jon Gray, Colin Mchugh, Lance Lynn, Aaron Sanchez
RP - Craig Kimbrel, Felipe Rivero, Sean Doolittle

What I like about this though is there's a high floor, with potential first to third round production from like 80% of my team. I'm projected for 275 Homers this year, and that's probably undervaluing 3 guys on that roster (Drury, Eaton, and Hedges)

Hulky
03-23-2018, 07:50 PM
Madison Bumgarner broke his pitching hand.

...
god damn it

Sanosuke
04-04-2018, 03:47 PM
my team is good, fuck you spencer

Spencer 555
04-04-2018, 07:22 PM
Lol!

Spencer 555
04-04-2018, 07:23 PM
Get some relief pitching and then we'll talk.

Sanosuke
04-05-2018, 02:38 PM
you can relief pitch these nuts

Sanosuke
04-09-2018, 12:57 PM
UNDEFEATED TWO WEEKS IN A ROW!x

Gryph
04-10-2018, 06:14 PM
UNDEFEATED TWO WEEKS IN A ROW!x

Talk to me when you get it to 13-0. Pass that, I'll give you respect you desire. #Robbed of the championship that year

Bitch. <3 lol

Spencer 555
04-10-2018, 09:23 PM
Talk to me when you win the championship and then you'll get the #respect. #shade

Gryph
04-10-2018, 09:32 PM
I got fucked in 2015 vs Thunder when I lost by 1.5, I still remember it vividly,someone bunted, fielded by Nunez, had no chance whatsoever to get him, Thunder's pitcher was going, Nunez fields, he was already one step from first base, he fires, over throws, runner on 3rd scores with 1 out, guy counts it as an error and an unearned run. Would of counted as -1 and -2 for the QS giving me the win. Cause it should of gone as a hit, but because Nunez is a fucking twat...

Broke my heart, considering it was literally a base hit that Nunez just went "FUCK IT" and threw it into the stands, thus ruining my year. I forgot this year, but I was planning on trying to find a way to fix the playoffs slightly. It's kinda boring to have 1 person dominate the entire year then get waxed round 1 cause he had 1 bad week out of 30 y'know? lol. Maybe Ottoneu might be able to fix it

Spencer 555
04-10-2018, 10:11 PM
Ya the playoffs 1 week elimination is pretty lame. And I find it funny you've not been able to actually win the championship honestly. I think you and hulky are due.

Hulky
04-11-2018, 12:49 AM
I've never won fantasy any sport any league and I've done it for a decade.
lol.

Hulky
04-11-2018, 12:49 AM
I've never won fantasy any sport any league and I've done it for a decade.
lol.

Gryph
04-11-2018, 11:02 AM
I crushed Thunder's league once, I still remember that pitching rotation (2013) I had King Felix, Bumgarner, Kluber, Iwakuma, Cliff Lee, and Liriano. Never looked back lol

Sanosuke
04-11-2018, 12:21 PM
I'm winning it with rookie phenoms drafted for cheap.

Da Gyps
04-15-2018, 06:54 PM
http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/ku-medium.gif

Maybe a lil premature but lol

I'malive
04-25-2018, 05:31 PM
Looking to trade one of Cruz, Devers, or Sano for some starting pitching help if anyone is interested. Can also package with one of my outfielders not named Bryce Harper.

Veilmenacex
04-26-2018, 06:04 PM
ozuna for Robbie ray i'ma

you have 1 hour to accept or reject

Sanosuke
05-12-2018, 01:26 AM
Shopping Ohtani. Submit offers if interested and you need pitching/hitting help.

Veilmenacex
05-12-2018, 02:37 AM
robbie ray for ohtani

Sanosuke
05-14-2018, 02:14 PM
somebody do a 1/3rd of the season write up after this week and I'll give them a firm handshake and a pat on the butt, good game style.

Gryph
05-14-2018, 05:12 PM
somebody do a 1/3rd of the season write up after this week and I'll give them a firm handshake and a pat on the butt, good game style.

k. Expect one in a few hours.

Nvm, I got way too detailed, expect more than a few hours lol

Sanosuke
05-15-2018, 01:03 PM
Detail is bueno

Spencer 555
05-15-2018, 06:58 PM
I will. I've been slacking hard on the power rankings because I'm a bitch like that.

Sanosuke
05-20-2018, 11:58 PM
1/3 of the season over. Ed if you're still doing it message me on FB. If not I'll type one up tonight.

Spencer 555
05-22-2018, 01:28 PM
Go for it sano. I was gonna write one yesterday but got a little busy.

Hulky
05-23-2018, 01:01 PM
Can the commish put Ozzie Albies in the guy who is inactive's lineup over Corey Seager who is on DL? He's like the hottest 2B and is wasting on an inactive teams bench while a 60 day DL guy starts at UTIL. Probably doesn't win anymore games, but at least holds a shot in hell.

I think we have 10 teams and 8 playoff teams and if this goes on much longer only 1 active person fails to make playoffs so it snipes the competition a bit.

Sanosuke
05-23-2018, 02:59 PM
I'm mad he has Betts and Albies. Literally the best at their respective positions right now and he's not gonna do shit with his team.

Gryph
05-23-2018, 03:39 PM
To be quite honest, i'm 2 seconds away from assuming direct control of his team and just holding a "redraft" of his team to everyone else, I don't use the word much anymore, but he made this huge deal that he wanted to get into fantasy baseball and all this shit, then when he found out it was a free league, he didn't want in cause "that's not fun" and got drunk on the draft day, he literally acted like the biggest fuckboy faggot over it afterward to. I haven't talked to him since we drafted. Dude is legit dead to me, don't fuck up my league.

Also 6 out of 10 make it Hulk. I had to lower it.

I'malive
05-27-2018, 01:22 AM
What's really fucked is I somehow still lost to him because my real life favorite players shit all over me (well, JD isn't really one of my favorite players yet, but he's certainly putting the work in to get there)..

My team has just had some shitty luck to start the season. I feel like I'm due to reel off a solid few wins in a row at this point.

Sanosuke
05-29-2018, 04:22 PM
My team has been on fire lately and I don't think it's gonna slow down.

Hulky
05-30-2018, 06:35 PM
1B - Miguel Cabrera - DL
2B - DJ LeMahieu - DL
SP - Madison Bumgarner - DL
SP - Noah Syndergaard - DL
SP - Johnny Cueto - DL

plz let my team live

Spencer 555
05-30-2018, 07:39 PM
Lol damn. I thought my injuries were bad.

Sanosuke
06-18-2018, 05:33 AM
6 win streak? 6 win streak.

Spencer 555
06-18-2018, 04:44 PM
I feel bad for Ima. His team isn't that bad, but seems like he can't catch a break. I've been kinda lucky I think. Good shit Sano.

Gryph
06-18-2018, 05:35 PM
Quick notes : To any owners of Nationals and Yankees players, I will be monitoring the Yankees - Nationals "resumed" game.

ESPN is not allowing scoring to be held for this week (it was suspended May 22nd iirc) so I'm making that week and will be adjusting scoring for the league.

As of right now the changes are as follows :
Gryph : + 12.7 (Juan Soto 2 Run Home, Strikeout Gary Sanchez Double, Giancarlo Stanton Strikeout, Strikeout Adam Eaton Strikeout, Sean Doolittle Strikeout, Strikeout, Flyout, Save)
Mistretta : - 0.3 (Didi Gregorious Strikeout
Spencer : + 1.5 (Daniel Murphy Walk, Run Scored)
Veil : +0.2 (Aaron Judge Walk, strikout)
Midge : +0.7 (Trea Turner Double, Anthony Rendon Strikeout)
Ima : +.1 (Bryce Harper Walk, Caught Stealing)
Hulky : +.5 (Gleybor Torres Single)

When the game concludes, scoring will be adjusted for the appropriate week (May 21st - 28th matchup) This will not and should not affect any outcomes of the games, however due to the weirdness of fantasy baseball, there might be potential for a tied team record mess with total points to determine seeding. Will keep you posted if anything strange happens further after the conclusion of the game.

*End Public Servant announcement*

Also, for the record, if anyone is aware of any games that were delayed to resume at a later date (this is the first one this year) please keep me notified if a player of yours is rostered and not accruing the proper points so I can monitor the game and adjust as needed.

kk, nothing bad happened. Scoring adjusted.

Spencer 555
07-10-2018, 05:04 PM
Just got syndergaard for reynaldo lopez and brandon morrow in my dynasty league. Pretty happy.

Hulky
07-10-2018, 08:04 PM
Just got syndergaard for reynaldo lopez and brandon morrow in my dynasty league. Pretty happy.

I started reading this and for a second thought I accidentally cut Syndergaard and you snatched him off waivers or something

Veilmenacex
07-10-2018, 10:07 PM
I won't be surprised if you did.

Spencer 555
08-21-2018, 08:57 AM
I traded Lourdes Gurriel Jr and Jorge Polanco for Max Muncy and Andrelton Simmons in a dynasty league where batter strikeouts and walks are a category (why simmons was alluring).

Im a believer in Muncy despite his play recently and lack of ABs. Figured I could buy low now that people might be coming off him.

Thoughts?

Hulky
08-21-2018, 11:26 AM
I picked up Max Muncy in TAO league. Upgrade (likely) over Eric Hosmer when Muncy was in the lineup. Hosmer was a guy who I tried to hedge during draft day when I took Miguel Cabrera.

Gryph
08-21-2018, 03:59 PM
I traded Lourdes Gurriel Jr and Jorge Polanco for Max Muncy and Andrelton Simmons in a dynasty league where batter strikeouts and walks are a category (why simmons was alluring).

Im a believer in Muncy despite his play recently and lack of ABs. Figured I could buy low now that people might be coming off him.

Thoughts?

Chris Taylor 2.0

Spencer 555
08-21-2018, 05:41 PM
That would be pretty good honestly.

Gryph
08-21-2018, 11:14 PM
.230 / ~11hr / 40rbi? with one great year?

not really lol

Spencer 555
08-22-2018, 03:22 PM
vs what I traded away? If Muncy starts next season Ill be happy I think.

Hulky
08-22-2018, 03:29 PM
1B: Justin Turner/Cody Bellinger
2B: Chris Taylor
SS: Manny Machado
3B: Corey Seager
LF: Matt Kemp/Joc Pederson
CF: Cody Bellinger/Joc Pederson
RF: Bryce Harper

If they retain Machado and landed Harper with the Kershaw cash where would Muncy play? Rotating in with Taylor and Seager?

1. Seager
2. Machado
3. Harper
4. Kemp
5. Bellinger
6. Turner
7. Grandal
8. Taylor
9. Pitcher

nutty team, I hope they do it

Spencer 555
08-22-2018, 04:46 PM
I dont think there's any chance kemp gets to start for that team next year. The dodgers are likely going to resign Kershaw and I think they would have to be the favs to resign machado to play 3b because seager is the better SS defensively.

Muncy likely gets relegated to the bench with kemp and Hernandez if Im being honest with myself, because Turner is the better bat and Taylor is the much better defender at 2b.

Most commonly used lineup likely would be:

LF Pederson
SS Seager
3B Machado
CF Bellinger
1B Turner
RF Puig
2B Taylor
C Grandal

Imo

Hulky
08-22-2018, 05:33 PM
I think Machado leaves if the Dodgers doin't have him playing SS.

Sanosuke
08-22-2018, 06:41 PM
can't stop won't stop

Spencer 555
08-22-2018, 07:47 PM
I think Machado leaves if the Dodgers doin't have him playing SS.

I think he played SS this year to boost his value on the market and show that he can still play the position, not because he just has to play SS or else he's gonna be a bitch.

Hulky
09-23-2018, 09:16 PM
:D

Spencer 555
09-24-2018, 09:11 AM
Congrats hulky!

Hulky
09-24-2018, 11:13 AM
Thanks! This is the first fantasy league of any sport I've ever won. I've been playing for 10 years lol.

Sanosuke
09-24-2018, 11:54 AM
Kinda irritated I had the second best team in the league all season to get bounced in the first round, but congrats hulkster

Spencer 555
09-24-2018, 08:52 PM
I felt bad for Gryph, his team was so dominant the whole season and then took a dump in the playoffs. Im just glad Dino didnt win with his auto drafted team.

Hulky
09-24-2018, 11:28 PM
I am happy that when I won I was the league high score every week of the playoffs, makes it feel better than a what if so and so bombed a week and changed the brackets.

edit: funny enough Dino was the 2nd highest score every week of the playoffs.

Spencer 555
09-25-2018, 11:32 AM
Ya, I woulda beat him had I not accidentally cut price.

Gryph
09-25-2018, 11:52 AM
it annoyed the fuck outta me that I beat Hulky in every single category except ERA and W lol, regardless congrats.

I've been thinking about ways to customize the league a little better, either making it more competitive / in depth.

So far I'm leaning towards 2 week matchups for playoffs, adding another DL slot (forgot this year, that was a my bad), also potentially limited free agent pickups to a weekly reset, so you can't just drop half your team in a single day (I've had this happen to me and also abused it myself, all of us are guilty of this lol) as well as tweaking the batter / pitching totals.

If ESPN / Yahoo don't allow these things to go down, maybe we can move to Otto? iirc they have a lot more customization options there I'll try my best to not have fuckboys who arent active and say they will be from the league the following year as well.

Spencer 555
09-25-2018, 12:31 PM
Having a DL slot isnt too important for me personally, but Id be fine either way. The 2 week playoffs would be really nice though. I don't really care for the max moves per week though, we already have a player and pitcher start max, I don't mind having someone who's crazy enough to micro manage their team that much. I do it all the time :p

Sanosuke
09-25-2018, 02:52 PM
2 week long playoff matches is good too because teams start tapering their aces innings count depending on standings. More than 1 DL slot would be nice tho.

I'malive
09-25-2018, 03:29 PM
I got dicked really hard early on in this season and kind of lost interest toward the end, but I will be back in full force next season. Maybe I'll even remember to draft a team with some decent SP depth next time around..

Congrats on the win, Hulky, you deserve it.