I'm listening to offers, people. Can't keep him and Correa!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
Five!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 April 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
Six!!!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 April 2016 00:11 (eight years ago) link
wow jeez
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 9 April 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
holy shit
― nomar, Saturday, 9 April 2016 00:15 (eight years ago) link
what the
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 9 April 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link
that 2nd round Kyle Schwarber is looking rough right now. Good trade bait though to a faltering team, I assume he's 22 or something.
― pandit pran nathalie (sanskrit), Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:44 (eight years ago) link
It's all downhill for me from here I suppose.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 9 April 2016 07:59 (eight years ago) link
good on you, whoever that was that just grabbed White.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 10 April 2016 05:05 (eight years ago) link
so... edwin drop in early may ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:28 (eight years ago) link
i was not going to say anything...
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 14:31 (eight years ago) link
i wouldn't have but i'm 7th waiver so i don't stand a chance anyway, but yeah! what up with that!
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
edwin has responded nicely to his shameful ilbb league dropping
― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 May 2016 01:25 (eight years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/mWEhiQVLsO9yg/giphy.gif
― nomar, Friday, 6 May 2016 01:40 (eight years ago) link
so bogus
― francisF, Friday, 6 May 2016 23:40 (eight years ago) link
thank god i was 10th priority and dont feel so bad missing this thread reminder nor the three starters I had on the bench yesterday.
― pandit pran nathalie (sanskrit), Saturday, 7 May 2016 01:12 (eight years ago) link
shit i didnt mean to start a knuckleballer in the rain o_o
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 May 2016 23:13 (seven years ago) link
can someone do some sabremetric analysis on whyhow im 1st in xbh but last in rbis lmk
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 May 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
My team has fallen off a cliff in the past four days -- I dropped from second to a distant fifth, and lost 30 points in the standings.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 22 May 2016 10:42 (seven years ago) link
After a 7 HR, 17 RBI day, HOMERBAiLi now has 133.5 out of a maximum possible 154 points. I think the rest of us can officially declare that the battle for second place is ON.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 09:37 (seven years ago) link
i might actually have a shot at second place if my starting pitching wasn't such inconsistent trash! way to waste some great offense, fellas.
― nomar, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
This is the third year in a row I've had a commanding lead on first place going into June only to fall apart over the next four months so don't count out touchdown everyone-else
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
i'm 30 points away from first and 14 ahead of 3rd. trevor story is for real – all you fools are in a race for 3rd!!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
also – we all like our league's sexy new icon?! feel free to submit any new icon ideas as they come up over the season.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
Nomar and I have the same problems. I couldn't have asked for much more from my offense, but my starting pitching stinks. Without Kershaw I would be in last place in almost every pitching category.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
*Chaperones 48-hour school trip to Toronto, forgets to download fantasy app, arrives home, sees slide from third to eighth place*
SAMURAIFANTASY BASEBALL
― Andy K, Saturday, 4 June 2016 15:46 (seven years ago) link
my SPs are all basically guys who are too potentially good to outright drop, too mediocre to rely on, and too weak to dangle as decent trade bait. Plus my best RP is pitching for a team that doesn't give him save opps.
― nomar, Saturday, 4 June 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
i think losing Pollock hurt a bit but it's also highlighting the importance of landing a true #1 pitcher, last year I had scherzer (plus good Sonny Gray.) keeping my fingers crossed that Kluber turns it on at some point, he seems pretty unlucky this year. But despite the Cy Young award he's not a guy to anchor a winning FBB rotation.
― nomar, Saturday, 4 June 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
my best RP is pitching for a team that doesn't give him save opps
should be ok tho, since we got SV+H now?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 6 June 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link
the importance of landing a true #1 pitcher
If anything this year for me is highlighting the importance of getting lucky with pitchers more than anything...
Two years ago I drafted pitching pretty hard with Wainwright, Salazar, Hamels, Sonny Gray, and kept Ryu... not so good. Gray was p good, Wainwright was p good, but Salazar crashed and burned that year, Hamels and Ryu underwhelming.
Last year I drafted Lester, Hughes, Samardzija, and then waited on my other dudes. Had Hughes kept up his incredible K/BB game up and Samardzija hadn't sucked out loud, i would've done better again, but... it was not meant to be.
This year I was risky AGAIN with pitching, not picking one until Cueto, then Liriano, Darvish, Matz, and finally Nola in the last round... for once, I'm actually getting amazing results. Nola and Matz in particular have been absolute steals, to the point where I was comfortable dropping an expensive but underwhelming Liriano fairly early. Cueto also hasn't disappointed.
Basically for pitching: if you pay a lot for it, your batting pays, but it doesn't always make the pitching work out.
That said, I have the champagniest of champagne problems this year... I have no idea who to keep for next year! Goldschmidt and either Belt or Kenley... and three of Harper, Arenado, Betts, Matz, Nola, Arcia and Franco. Harper's a lock, Arenado and Betts are borderline locks, but Nola and Matz have been SO GOOD and who even knows, maybe Arcia ends up being this year's Carlos Correa...
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 15:00 (seven years ago) link
Was 1.5 GB out of 1st place. now I'm 3.5GB and failed to realize my Ace-in-the-hole is making his first start tonight! Look out for the Lonelys, we're not even at full steam yet :D
Really, I just want to beat Lincecumlords; he's been coming on pretty hard since that savvy Edwin pickup :P (I have Chris Carter now by the way lol)
― francisF, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link
and...Lincecum's ahead of me >:( I will have vengeance GO CARTER
― francisF, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 00:49 (seven years ago) link
Do you guys use Yahoo Fantasy Baseball? It bugs me that they give you so much info on each player and game, including ratings of how well a player is expected to do in that day's game, but they don't tell you which starting pitcher they're facing that day. So you have to open MLB.com in a separate tab to get that info.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 01:07 (seven years ago) link
it says the opposing pitcher if you click matcup ratings, at least in browser.
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
In browser go to My Team and click Opponents
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
also, if you are losing the season and you have good old pitchers, ilxmail me and we'll figure out a way to give you an A+ keeper for next year in exchange for me not throwing this fucking season in the garbage can
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 03:07 (seven years ago) link
Greinke and Kershaw injured on the same day? There goes my season?!?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 06:51 (seven years ago) link
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― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, June 28, 2016 9:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
neither of these options work for me? matchup ratings aren't clickable and there's no opponents option under my team. weird. thanks for trying though!
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link
"Opponents" should be sitting between "Ranks" and "Matchup Ratings" to the right of where the date and "stats" is. click that and there'll be a column for opposing pitchers. it might not be visible on a smartphone/tablet tho.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
ah that did it. thanks.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
we're at the halfway mark! HOMERBaili has a 10.5 pt lead over Olney the Lonely.
top ten batters at the break:
DonaldsonOrtiz TroutBryantAltuveEncarnacionRizzoBettsArenadoTrumbo (!!)
top ten pitchers:
KershawBumgarnerScherzerCuetoFernandezSyndergaardStrasburgSaleMillerJansen
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
depending on how my July pans out, i might be in selling mode. I have a stunning number of non-keeper impact players on offense, plus the now-30 yr old Corey Kluber.
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
surprised Donaldson is over papi now as #1 batter
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
I can't believe I took Bautista over Donaldson; I'd be in first! >X'S
― francisF, Thursday, 14 July 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
no idea why i added Bregman. Already have Correa and Story. may have gotten a little carried away in the hype
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 25 July 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
free agent add of Jett Bandy, what a time to be alive
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 July 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Sorry Nomar, your trade offer was good but I was thinking about pulling that one all week...
― a simba man (Will M.), Friday, 29 July 2016 01:02 (seven years ago) link
just turned down one hell of a crazy 8-player deal... I'm surprised, tbh, Harper fetched so little. this is fun tho - our league had gotten quiet for a bit there.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 29 July 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
what was the point of the villar deal? villar can't even be kept...
― a simba man (Will M.), Friday, 29 July 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
i knew i overreached on my epic eight player deals.
― nomar, Friday, 29 July 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link