These 12 managers signed up for 2016 Fantasy Baseball. What happened next will shock you!

yikes. would moving the time around at all help your ability to make the draft, or join wherever you'll be at? if not i will send a message about the 2nd.

i might be able to do the draft anyway? i'm going to be on a super mellow four day trip to the desert, but my four yr old might be easter egg hunting at the time we're drafting. maybe if it's moved to 5 PM EST/2 PM PST?

ok. if no one objects here, i will send out a message about pushing it back a little further in a few days.

excellent thanks!

so, i haven't heard any grumbling – i'm change the draft time to 5pm est. i really hope everyone saw the message i sent out.

is there an ilbb mod up in our fantasy league that can change the time in my initial post from 2 to 5?

i'm sorry i am so bad at decisions :/

keeper number five is buxton hamilton rendon

all good. you're keeping pace with the frequency i'm revising the draft time!

Anibal Corpse

Mike Trout (24)
Drew Smyly (26)
Jake Odorizzi (26)
Elvis Andrus (27)
Andrew McCutchen (29)

ok - time has been push back to 5pm est

so when does it flush the system/assign keepers? is it at the draft? i haven't done my rankings in the yahoo system yet

i meant to do it sunday, and i'm just about to hunker down now and take care of it.

so, uh – sanskrit looks like Matt Harvey will be 27 on opening day (late march b-day), which would give you 4 guys in the 27+ dept on opening day. sorry i didn't catch this sooner.

also – still waiting on Francis to submit his picks.

Olney The Lonely:

Sal Perez (25)
Danny Salazar (26)
Chris Sale (27)
Craig Kimbrel (27)
Dee Gordon (28)

Thanks for your patience, Thermo!!

NP. just waiting on sanskrit now.

so – I'm not sure what to do about sanskrit's team. he made an mistake with Harvey's (and also Carrasco's) age which has put him one over how many guys he can have in the 27-29 range and I haven't heard back from him yet. i figure he'd probably drop Ross (28) - but do i take the liberty of guessing who's he prefer in the sub-27 range? i think Soler is the obvious pick, but there's also Castillo and Wood... or do i just leave him with 4 keepers and an extra draft pick?

also – everybody check your picks on your team page. make sure i got them right.

wait where? i see in the notes log you edited keepers or whatever but when i view my roster it just shows my whole 2015 team

The picks *should* have that keeper icon next to their name. This really sucks waiting on sanskrit, I can't make anything final without hearing from him.

Ok, no they don't. Fml

ok. i've locked shit down. keepers will now have the "K" icon next to them. i should be able to go back and revise things up to a few hours before the draft if sanskrit isn't happy with hanging onto soler instead of ross.

ok. 30 mins. hopefully most people turn up on this easter draft-day!

is the order set yet or not til the draft client launches?

if you click "draft results" you can see the order.

with manual keepers i have to select the draft order myself (i use a website that randomizes lists to do this).

also - i have done next to no prep work this year.

thx willm

I have also done next to no prep work this year.

"I have also done next to no prep work this year."

said will m, lyingly

you'all are crazy letting Carrea slip to #4, btw!

According to Yahoo's projected stats, I'm winning this year. Thanks for playing everyone, better luck next year.

your 2016 LINCECUMLORDS

1B Miguel Cabrera Det
2B Robinson Canó Sea
3B Adrián Béltre Tex
SS Xander Bogaerts Bos
OF David Peralta Ari
OF Starling Marte Pit
OF A.J. Pollock Ari
Util Dustin Pedroia Bos
BN Mitch Moreland Tex
BN Javier Baez CHC
BN Brett Gardner NYY
BN Jackie Bradley Jr. Bos


SP Cole Hamels Tex
SP Carlos Martínez StL
RP Aroldis Chapman NYY
RP Héctor Rondón ChC
P Huston Street LAA
P Jason Hammel ChC
P Yordano Ventura KC
BN Sonny Gray Oak
BN Corey Kluber Cle

where do you see projected standings btw? i must be looking in the wrong place.

There was a tab for projected standings during the draft, but now I can't find it on the regular yahoo site.

i think it's only a draft window feature. would be curious to see the full standings

C - castillo
1b - goldschmidt, votto
2b - Rendon, schoop
3b - arenado, franco
Ss - Castro, arcia (minors)
Of1 - harper
Of2 - betts
Of3 - cain
Of4+ - deshields, belt

Sp - cueto, liriano, darvish, Verlander, nola
Rp - Jansen, tolleson

Summary: can I somehow get extra points for batting when my pitching shits the bed

Oops and Steven matz

C • Russ Martin (my hometown boy)
1B • Albert Pujols
2B • Matt Carpenter (3b)
3B • Miguel Sano (was a keeper, we'll see)
SS • Carlos Correa (likely keeper)
OF • Kris Bryant (3b) (keeper)
OF • Jayson Heyward (possible keeper)
OF • Michael Brantley
bench • Matt Holliday (OF, possibly 1B)
bench • Adam Eaton (OF)
bench • Daniel Murphy (1b, 2b, 3b)
bench • Trevor "what's the" Story "morning glory" (SS)

SP • King Felix (keeper)
SP • Jose Fernandez (keeper)
SP • Jose Quintana (was keeper)
SP • Jordan Zimmerman
SP • Collin McHugh
SP • Jamie Garcia
SP • Jose Berrios (NA)
RP • Andrew Miller
RP • Joaquin Benoit
RP • Pedro Stropitalready

i seem to have a wealth of pitching so homerbaili (demo) maybe we can work something

TLOP OPS+
c - darnaud
1b - freeman; morales; hosmer
2b - altuve
3b - tomas/kang
ss- seager
of - upton; parra; kemp; puig

sp - scherzer; price; keuchel; lackey; shelby miller; severino;
rp - perkins; segrist; melacon

Iwakuma Jamaica Aroma 2016

C - Lucroy
1B - Rizzo (K)
2B - Josh Harrison
3B - Kyle Seager (K)
SS - Brandon Crawford
OF - CarGo
OF - Choo
OF - Joc Pederson
bench - Teixeira, Castellanos, Piscotty, Span, Alex Gordon

SP - Kershaw (K)
SP - deGrom (K)
SP - Greinke
SP - Patrick Corbin
SP - Trevor Bauer

RP - Osuna, Rosenthal, Doolittle, Finnegan (K)

I tried to focus more on offense, every year I find I'm struggling on offense and wasting my good pitching (only two more years of Kershaw carrying my team!)

Hopefully at least one of my post-hype prospects pan out (Bauer, Castellanos) for future keeperables.

Finnegan will be starting with the Reds this year, he's young, and has been really good in his limited time in the majors. Unfortunately he's been getting shelled in spring training and will be pitching half of his games in a HR launching pad, but it's not like any of my other keeper eligibles were a surer thing.

Anibal Corpse has selected Lord Byron Buxton of the Baxley, Georgia Buxtons.

I had a hot date so I missed the draft, sorry for picking Jose Reyes

damn Kershaw / degrom / greinke is p nice, Aroma

easter didnt work for me, sorry i couldn't take part in draft. thx for fixing up my team.

yo will what u think of my trade offer

damn Kershaw / degrom / greinke is p nice, Aroma

Greinke and Kershaw together again ... only in our dreams (and on my fantasy team).

Will I've sent you an offer

how's the weather down there btw, boys?

signed,
your homerun leader

I saw that, I see the appeal but I'm more desperate for pitching tbh.

also apologies to the other person who sent me an offer that i never responded to, i was trying to think of a counter offer that worked for both of us but then i got drunk a few times

pitching i definitely cannot help with haha

although i think it's a missed opportunity, i appreciate the speedy reply! offer is still on the table.

I'll take this opportunity to offer up OF/SS Ian Desmond for 3B/Pitching help

THERMO YOU JINXING SON OF A FUCK I'M ONLY UP 8 POINTS NOW

I BETTER NOT LOSE

having a hard time dropping Jose Fernandez. i shoulda done it last night... but, fuck. i can't believe he's gone.

gonna sound dumb and tone-deaf but there is a "NA" slot you can use.

had the same feeling in my keeper league w/ oscar tavares couple years back.

i could kiss you!

Way to go Will – you mopped the floor with us!
I got sort close and then it was a pretty big gap after that.

I feel like i should photoshop up a trophy for you or something. (but i'm lazy)

it was a lot more of a nail biter than i expected. now that i have won one i can finally CHILL (lol jk never)

Congrats Will, you really mopped the floor with the field this year.

is this happening again this year? would it be possible for me to play? i've been in a league the last couple of years but i don't really know anyone in it and it would be more fun to be competing against relative non-strangers.

oh! yes it is happening again! send me your yahoo email addy and i will invite you when i restart the league in a few days.
we'll figure out how to get you set-up with a new team when i create a new thread and find out if everyone is coming back.

also thank you for reminding me about this.

cool. i sent you a webmail, let me know if that doesn't work