I know Fantasy, I have the best Baseball – 2017 ILX league is open!

(there have also been many mistakes on age over the years so please double-check before believing them!)

that's awesome, thanks for putting it together

Stanton Like My Mama (pka MidtableObscurity/Bread and Jam Betances):

C - Russell Martin, Welington Castillo
1B - Miguel Cabrera, Brandon Belt
2B - DJ LeMahieu, Jonathan Schoop
3B - Miguel Sano
SS - Jonathan Villar, Asdrubal Cabrera
OF - Giancarlo Stanton, Jose Batista, Kendrys Morales, Eric Thames
SP - Rick Porcello, Madison Bumgarner, Julio Teheran, Masahiro Tanaka, Drew Smyly, Sean Manaea
RP - Mark Melancon, Hector Rondon, Dellin Betances

i have eight solid dudes pretty well under 27, i think i'll be making some deals this season.

I think those deals will be with NA!

Thanks for the spreadsheet, Will! Seeing that made me feel better about my keeper situation. It also reminded me that eight years of Kershaw (best draft pick I ever made) are ending this year -- if I'm out of it mid-season, guess who's going to be available!

i'm suddenly wishing i drafted more trade-bait.

First place after opening day -- it really is the best day of the season, where anything seems possible.

and you've also peaked!

the magical time of the season when you can lose 34 points in one day

jeez i have five guys named Carlos on my team

Team now named Carter Guti Boyd (no longer Ultralight Bream), fyi.

i have 6 guys on the dl rn

I'll have five (including four SPs) shortly.

Probably leading the league in SP DL stints following disaster starts.

This has not been my year

this 10-day DL is really fucking with my junk.

thinking about your offer, Nick. it's not bad, but leaves me in a pinch for the 27-29 range. will get back to you in a day or two.

i might want to flip Mazara for an older OF who is performing a little better, if anyone is interested!

may god have mercy on our souls

Day-to-Day
Day-to-Day
10-Day DL
10-Day DL
10-Day DL
60-Day DL
10-Day DL

ya... my other league has opened up a 3rd DL slot. i'm not opposed, if enough of us want to go that route.

have you guys played deadball? i am playing a game against myself this evening and it is ridic fun

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/695502966/smallball-baseball-with-dice

let's see how some of my key draftees and keepers are doing

Marte, suspended, dropped
Pollock, DL
Chapman, DL
Familia, DL, dropped
Richards, DL, dropped
Rodon, DL, dropped

ok nm

oh cool, thx

Carlos Carrasco departed Monday's start against the Rays in the fourth inning with an apparent injury.

ya... my other league has opened up a 3rd DL slot. i'm not opposed, if enough of us want to go that route.

― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:00 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

How about six, maybe seven?

have a pending trade out there but also looking for other good starting pitching for my 1b/3b/of (not harper), get at me w any proposals~

How about six, maybe seven?

Definitely seven.

let's check in on my draft day team

1. (10) Jacob deGrom (NYM - SP) - not bad
2. (13) Kyle Schwarber (ChC - C,OF) - dreadful
3. (32) Jon Lester (ChC - SP) - halfway decent
4. (35) Carlos Carrasco (Cle - SP) - good
5. (54) Andrew Benintendi (Bos - OF) - someday he'll be better
6. (57) Yoan Moncada (CWS - 3B) - NA
7. (76) Anthony Rendon (Was - 3B) - good
8. (79) Carlos Santana (Cle - 1B,OF) - bad production at 1B, dropped
9. (98) Dustin Pedroia (Bos - 2B) - power's gone, dropped
10. (101) Dansby Swanson (Atl - SS) - terrible, dropped
11. (120) Jeurys Familia (NYM - RP) - suspended, dropped
12. (123) Lorenzo Cain (KC - OF) - not great, dropped
13. (142) Garrett Richards (LAA - SP) - injured, dropped
14. (145) Jedd Gyorko (StL - 1B,2B,3B,SS) - good
15. (164) Carlos Rodón (CWS - SP) - injured, dropped
16. (167) Ryon Healy (Oak - 1B,3B) - not great then, dropped
17. (186) David Phelps (Mia - SP,RP) - whatever, dropped
18. (189) Carlos Martínez  (StL - SP) - good
19. (208) Aroldis Chapman  (NYY - RP) - injured
20. (211) A.J. Pollock  (Ari - OF) - injured
21. (230) Starling Marte  (Pit - OF) - suspended, dropped
22. (233) Xander Bogaerts  (Bos - SS) - good, not great

7 of my top 8 ranked batters on yahoo are free agent pickups, it's a miracle that I'm in the middle of the pack

Bogart was leading the league in AVG up until a few weeks ago – and so far has a career high OPS (.849) (only 2 HR but 8-0 in SB). maybe not MVP-level great, but he's doing pretty damn well. Esp for a guy you got at #233!

and thank you for Cain, btw!

ha ha you're welcome, i don't feel too bad since i dropped him for Avisail Garcia. i figured Cain might not win me the league this year either way, I had to start doing hail marys with my OF after Marte was suspended.

funny thing tho i picked up Cain on waivers a couple seasons back when I won the league. perhaps he will help you become more "able" to win this year too.

i approve of that pun.

i was wondering when someone was going to grab cozart

well, my Urias gambit is officially a failure.

A twelve point, one day turnaround at the top of the standings!

Ya, I did not expect to wake up to that.

i knew it was coming, just not when.

i've almost unlocked a new trophy for my case: the all-waiver wire starting lineup.

please tell me that's a real thing

maybe it's a secret trophy

judge and bellinger weren't drafted this season, imagining they'll go 1&2 next year maybe...?

Bellinger is three years younger so he's probably the clear #1.

really? given judge's better this year and his excellence was perhaps more "expected" i'd be taking him above bellinger. also bellinger's swing fucking scares me. look at his legs when he swings hard.

Seven on the DL.

my team is open for business!

trade bait:

Smoak
Schoop
Rendon
Pollock
Marte
Conforto
Souza
Gennett
Morrison
Lester
Carrasco
Severino
Chapman

there are others, too. i just didn't mention them because who the hell wants Schwarber now.

none of these guys are keepers, fwiw. I'm looking for at least one (1) good 27-29 keeper for next season and perhaps a <27 keeper.

off the market (barring an astonishing offer): Benintendi, Bogaerts, Carlos Martinez, DeGrom.

I've been waiting all season to trade Kershaw if my team was out of it, and he's injured :(

SIX regulars on the DL plus two assholes day to day.

Aaaand my lead is gone

Another change at the top. And my team has its highest point total since June!

I don't understand what happened this morning. I had a pretty typical day; not bad... drop 6.5 points.

another drop! time to fucking panic!!

:-)