i like the imagery of the train stopping, backing up, and and then plowing into him again to meet your repeatedly qualifier.
― sanskrit, Friday, 11 February 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
geovany lord sotosyn:
bailey (26)loney (26)marmol (28)alexei ramirez (29)chris young (27)
http://qag.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0018/80631/04._Sonatine.jpg
― omar little, Friday, 11 February 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
how about we can change our keepers if they aren't on the 40-man roster on opening day? (i.e. they are on 60-day DL or restricted list. or dead.)
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 February 2011 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
err on draft day i mean not opening day
i'm surprised some enterprising small market team hasn't pried loney from the dodgers yet, he's underhit his high line drive rate for 2 seasons now and you can't keep hitting line drives straight at fielders forever
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 February 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd like to read something more promising than "Concussion survivor Justin Morneau has picked up a baseball bat," but
FielderMorneauGallardoGreinkeWeaver
― Wrong-Way Willy (Andy K), Friday, 11 February 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry ciderpress - changing even one team's keepers means unlocking the league and doing everything (all the teams etc) all over again. doing all of that on the day of the draft is not a thing i'd like to do!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 11 February 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
alright well i don't expect it to happen to anyone anyway
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 February 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
may as well hold thermo to his "by march" stance (*roots for ciderpresses stud keepers 2 slip in the shower*)
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 February 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
*exceptions made for freak accidents or acts of god/train.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 11 February 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm holding out a couple weeks too, I'm still in deep thought about a pick between 2 guys
― francisF, Friday, 11 February 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
In case you need it again, here is ANAL KENT's five:
Ryan Braun 27.39David Wright 28.3John Danks 25.98Madison Bumgarner 21.68Martin Pardo 27.44
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
OK, so I'm starting to think about putting together a list of players that are already taken so I can think about what positions/players to target during the draft. Here's what I've got so far:
sorted by team
TEAM Player Pos. Ageciderpress Jon Lester SP 27ciderpress Josh Johnson SP 27ciderpress Joey Votto 1B 27ciderpress Troy Tulowitzki SS 26ciderpress Jay Bruce OF 24omar little Andrew Bailey RP 26omar little James Loney 1B 26omar little Carlos Marmol RP 28omar little Alexei Ramirez SS 29omar little Chris Young OF 27J0rdan S Elvis Andrus SS 22J0rdan S Miguel Cabrera 1B 27J0rdan S Shin-Soo Choo OF 28J0rdan S Mike Stanton OF 21J0rdan S Ricky Nolasco SP 28bnw Jorge de la Rosa SP 29bnw Brandon Phillips 2B 29bnw Chris Perez RP 25bnw Tim Lincecum SP 26bnw Austin Jackson OF 24thermo Matt Wieters C 24thermo Felix Hernandez SP 24thermo Dexter Fowler OF 25thermo Nick Markakis OF 27thermo Cole Hamels SP 27Leee Ryan Braun OF 27Leee David Wright 3B 28Leee John Danks SP 26Leee Madison Bumgarner SP 21Leee Martin Prado 2B, 3B 27Andy K Prince Fielder 1B 26Andy K Justin Morneau 1B 29Andy K Yovani Gallardo SP 24Andy K Zack Greinke SP 27Andy K Jered Weaver SP 28mayor jberries Carlos Quentin OF 28mayor jberries Corey Hart OF 29mayor jberries Matt Kemp OF 26mayor jberries Ubaldo Jimenez SP 27mayor jberries David Price SP 25Z S Robinson Cano 2B 28Z S Jose Reyes SS 27Z S Brett Anderson SP 23Z S Matt Cain SP 26Z S Mike Napoli C 29 (OR SPAN)Z S Denard Span OF 27 (OR NAPOLI)johnny crunch Colby Rasmus OF 24johnny crunch Justin Upton OF 23johnny crunch Adrian Gonzalez 1B 28johnny crunch Kendry Morales 1B 27johnny crunch David Aardsma RP 29NoTimeB4Time Joe Mauer C 27NoTimeB4Time Ryan Zimmerman 3B 26NoTimeB4Time Clayton Kershaw SP 23NoTimeB4Time Stephen Strasburg SP 22NoTimeB4Time Andre Ethier OF 28polyphonic Buster Posey C 24polyphonic Carlos Gonzalez OF 25polyphonic Carl Crawford OF 29polyphonic Josh Hamilton OF 29polyphonic Justin Verlander SP 28
― fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (Z S), Saturday, 12 February 2011 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
sorted by position
TEAM Player Pos. Ageciderpress Joey Votto 1B 27omar little James Loney 1B 26J0rdan S Miguel Cabrera 1B 27Andy K Prince Fielder 1B 26Andy K Justin Morneau 1B 29johnny crunch Adrian Gonzalez 1B 28johnny crunch Kendry Morales 1B 27bnw Brandon Phillips 2B 29Z S Robinson Cano 2B 28Leee Martin Prado 2B, 3B 27Leee David Wright 3B 28NoTimeB4Time Ryan Zimmerman 3B 26thermo Matt Wieters C 24Z S Mike Napoli C 29NoTimeB4Time Joe Mauer C 27polyphonic Buster Posey C 24ciderpress Jay Bruce OF 24omar little Chris Young OF 27J0rdan S Shin-Soo Choo OF 28J0rdan S Mike Stanton OF 21bnw Austin Jackson OF 24thermo Dexter Fowler OF 25thermo Nick Markakis OF 27Leee Ryan Braun OF 27mayor jberries Carlos Quentin OF 28mayor jberries Corey Hart OF 29mayor jberries Matt Kemp OF 26Z S Denard Span OF 27johnny crunch Colby Rasmus OF 24johnny crunch Justin Upton OF 23NoTimeB4Time Andre Ethier OF 28polyphonic Carlos Gonzalez OF 25polyphonic Carl Crawford OF 29polyphonic Josh Hamilton OF 29omar little Andrew Bailey RP 26omar little Carlos Marmol RP 28bnw Chris Perez RP 25johnny crunch David Aardsma RP 29ciderpress Jon Lester SP 27ciderpress Josh Johnson SP 27J0rdan S Ricky Nolasco SP 28bnw Jorge de la Rosa SP 29bnw Tim Lincecum SP 26thermo Felix Hernandez SP 24thermo Cole Hamels SP 27Leee John Danks SP 26Leee Madison Bumgarner SP 21Andy K Yovani Gallardo SP 24Andy K Zack Greinke SP 27Andy K Jered Weaver SP 28mayor jberries Ubaldo Jimenez SP 27mayor jberries David Price SP 25Z S Brett Anderson SP 23Z S Matt Cain SP 26NoTimeB4Time Clayton Kershaw SP 23NoTimeB4Time Stephen Strasburg SP 22polyphonic Justin Verlander SP 28ciderpress Troy Tulowitzki SS 26omar little Alexei Ramirez SS 29J0rdan S Elvis Andrus SS 22Z S Jose Reyes SS 27
― fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (Z S), Saturday, 12 February 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
there are 14 teams registered, only 12 have named their keepers. I'll update this list again before the draft.
― fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (Z S), Saturday, 12 February 2011 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
really torn about keeping Napoli or Span. the pre-rankings that I've seen have Napoli at around #7-8 for the catcher position (even though he'll mainly be filling a utility role in TX, he's still C-eligible), and catcher is a pretty weak position so it would tempting to just keep him, but...what if he only gets 200 PA's or something?
― fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (Z S), Saturday, 12 February 2011 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey, I go to the trouble of giving you floating point ages, and you go and truncate them into ints????????
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Saturday, 12 February 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
my shame is compounding the longer this spreadsheet stays open!*closes it*
― fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (Z S), Saturday, 12 February 2011 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i am so happy to see someone else being as nerdy about this as i am.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 13 February 2011 08:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Ok, here you go then i feel bad for holding out now :D
27-29: Adam Lind, Kelly Johnson <26: Thomas J. "Handsome Tommy" Hanson, Neftali Feliz, Carlos "Supernatural" Santana
Really wish i paid attention to who i was drafting in the 27-29 range
― francisF, Sunday, 13 February 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
teams that haven't weighed in yet:
impatient youth (heyward!)BJ Upton Top Ranking (Hanley Ramirez!)Kneel before Zaun! (Longoria!)
― fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (Z S), Monday, 14 February 2011 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Impatient Youth is me -- I said a few months ago that I was dropping out. Still hoping somebody is willing to pick up my team, but if not, Heyward is going to be a mighty tempting early pick in this league.
― old man yells at poop first thing in the morning (pixel farmer), Monday, 14 February 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
McCann, too!
― fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (Z S), Monday, 14 February 2011 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
gwow...i thought i piped up earlier.
longoriamatuszpedroialatosreynolds
― j.q higgins, Monday, 14 February 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
still trawling the fantasy thread tho, eh Will?!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 February 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm going to follow you guys all season long! For the LOLs! The sub-boards that I do follow, like Comics/Cooking/Baseball, I follow closely. I just don't want to play fantasy sports anymore, it quit being fun. :/
― old man yells at poop first thing in the morning (pixel farmer), Monday, 14 February 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
ok, i feel stupid for even deliberating on it for so long but I'm keeping Napoli over Denard Span. (my main concern w/ Napoli was that he'd just be platooning at 1B, but I forgot that it's the AL and he can fill in at DH too, as well as the occasional turn at catcher)
So, just to make it official, that leaves me with:
CainBrett AndersonReyesCanoNapoli
― you are taking me apart, Lisa! (Z S), Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought Napoli was the starting catcher. Is Torrealba starting?
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 17 February 2011 07:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty sure Torrealba is starting, yep. :/
― you are taking me apart, Lisa! (Z S), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
fine fine fine
Hanley Ramírez 27Francisco Liriano 27Adam Jones 25Ian Stewart 25Jonathong Sánchez 28
― sanskrit, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Jordan: why you no sign up??
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
so man, most of the SP aces are already taken.
Taken: Lincecum, Hernandez, Johnson, Jiminez, Lester, Price, Kershaw, Verlander, Greinke, Hanson, Ltos, Liriano, Hamels, Gallardo, Weaver, Cain
Available to draft: Halladay, Wainwright, Lee, Sabathia, and Carpenter
― OH YEAAAAH! (Z S), Saturday, 19 February 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
you have to spend two picks for joba. because he is a fatty.
― bnw, Saturday, 19 February 2011 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
actually my favorite part of fantasy baseball is building my pitching rotation from the april waiver wire. aces are overrated. (says the guy who has lester and j.johnson as keepers)
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 February 2011 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Available to draft: Halladay, Wainwright, Lee, Sabathia, and Carpenter― OH YEAAAAH! (Z S), Saturday, February 19, 2011 5:50 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark
― OH YEAAAAH! (Z S), Saturday, February 19, 2011 5:50 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark
And then there were four.
― sanskrit, Thursday, 24 February 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i finally registered
― pop the s1ock (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 03:54 (thirteen years ago) link
cheers!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 27 February 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ok, tonight i will lock the league and set keepers. so speak now or forever yadda yadda...
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I look forward to finishing in the bpttom tier again. I tried to mollify myself in thinking that my keepers would make my team sucking so hard last year worth it this year, but we shall see.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Gardenhire said Sunday that Morneau was scheduled to see a doctor in order to gain clearance to play in games, but he didn't have anything to add on Monday. "I have no idea," said Gardenhire. "I'm not even getting into that. That's done. Don't ask me about him anymore. You're going to start tweeting it and blogging it. That's over with."
OK Gardy that's GREAT.
Uh.
― Shirley MODOK (Andy K), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Thermo, can you please swap out Morneau for Andrew McCutchen? Thanks and sorry.
Opening day ages:
Weaver 28Greinke 27Fielder 26Gallardo 25McCutchen 24
― Shirley MODOK (Andy K), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
for some insane reason I joined another keeper league with $ involved. there is no age limit on keepers but you can only keep players drafted during/after round 10. weird, eh?
― bnw, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
np. *crosses McCutchen off list*
xpost
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
ya - i've heard of that before. that way there isn't a monopoly on elite talent and it's much easier to manage than having to run through everybody's age (ours is still better tho).
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
*adds Morneau onto the "maybe if shit gets crazy" list*
last year i didn't check anyone for injuries (\_(OO)-/) and ended up drafting Brandon Webb, Carlos Beltran AND Huston Street
― Z S, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i'll stick w/ the 5 i posted upthread, even tho it sounds like kendry may not be ready by opening day :(
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
it is done.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:23 (thirteen years ago) link
you can see the first 5 rounds of the draft under "draft results". if you see a mistake FOR THE LOVE OF GOD please let me know asap.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
mine look good!
*plots pick #13*
― Z S, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm supposed to have Lincecum instead of Danks.
j/k
The top 10 of Lester, Andrus, Cano, Bailey, Mark Reynolds, Rasmus, Quentin, Jorge de la Rosa, King Felix, and Adam Lind is a lolzy traet.
― My Urine No Longer Smells Like Asparagus (Leee), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 05:42 (thirteen years ago) link