ha!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
the disparity between my team's offensive and pitching points is truly inspiring
https://imgur.com/pjTghwP
― na (NA), Monday, 1 April 2019 15:07 (five years ago) link
I probably asked this before, but remind me why there are categories for both SLG & XBH? Seems like double dipping into the same skill set for its own sake.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 02:24 (five years ago) link
(I guess I could do a regression and see how correlated they are, but I am not really feeling like doing yet another regression in my free time.)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 02:26 (five years ago) link
i think it's supposed to be double-dipping for power hitters (triple-dipping if you count homers), kinda like QS and W for SP?
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:27 (five years ago) link
Ah but QS and W are not correlated, as evidenced by Jake DeGrom last year (and my team, I was towards the top in QS but only midpack in W). QS is kind of an equalizer for good pitchers on low-scoring teams or with bad luck (or both, eg: DeGrom). Kind of a way to hack advanced stats using traditional stats.
I'll do a regression on SLG & XBH just to make my point. It seems to be pretty much double-counting power, with a little bit of a correlation with NSB.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:08 (five years ago) link
Yeah, having HR and SLG and XBH seems way too power-shifted, this isn't 1996-2002 anymore. Perhaps chicks dig WAR these days.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:10 (five years ago) link
we don't include defense at all right now, right? WAR would be at least a step towards that
― na (NA), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
but more innings means higher likelihood of wins, no? and also qs is literally about more innings
i mean unless we have RPs out here throwing 160 innings a season
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
Exactly... Tampa's "openers" always get denied QS due to archaic scoresheet criteria.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:27 (five years ago) link
I mean, not the openers, but the followers who pitch the bulk of the game.
> but more innings means higher likelihood of wins, no?
slightly, wins and QS only correlate 63% of the time. Not a dutiful correlation imho.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
with two outliers (kersh and degrom, who any other year wd probably have more), all of the 20+ QS guys have at least 12 and up to 20 wins. Of all of the 15+ wins guys, only one didn't post double-digit QS (yarborough, because rays). it might have a leaguewide correlation of 63% (which still seems... pretty high to me!), but don't we only care about the most valuable players? (i use "most" loosely here, like, top 100 pitchers or something)
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
if WAR is available next season i would definitely be open to replacing Wins and XBH with it. however – i'm not sure it will be. right now they have it viewable with a bunch of other advanced stats - but i don't see it as an option for actual scoring stats.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
Right, and reminder it's Will that's hung up on QS/W correlation, it is I who thinks XBH+HR+SLG seems superfluous towards power.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
idk if i'd say i'm hung up on it, just kinda wondering out loud about it. i'm happy w/ how the league is!
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
THAT IS NICE TO HEAR! seriously. could do with more positive feedback.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
oh geez! sorry if i don't say it enough but i look forward to this league every year! in fact this yera i dropped out of a couple of leagues because i wanted to pay attention to the only ones i care about this one, my good irl friends one and this one. i dig how totally different it is from everything else, it kinda makes you focus on good players vs. "good fantasy players" (or adapt your meaning of "good fantasy players" with STATS.XLS) and the age gated thing is a thing of beauty that i have ripped off for other-sport leagues over the past few years. it's great, you're great, i kiss u
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
i care about0 this one, my good irl friends one and this one.
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
i promise to be more positive (once I win).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 4 April 2019 00:51 (five years ago) link
I'm in first place, so I'm very positive about our league right now!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 4 April 2019 06:17 (five years ago) link
i'm so incredibly in last place right now i almost wonder if my season is over on april 4. still a good league!
for real tho i saw my score today and almost threw my phone out the window. NOBODY IS HITTING NOBODY IS PITCHING
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Thursday, 4 April 2019 15:16 (five years ago) link
You should have used my spreadsheet.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 4 April 2019 16:10 (five years ago) link
My crew of sluggers are still slugging behind their obp
― francisF, Thursday, 4 April 2019 16:52 (five years ago) link
well shit
― omar little, Sunday, 14 April 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
Boys of March!
― Andy K, Monday, 15 April 2019 00:09 (five years ago) link
team ERA: 6.52team WHIP: 1.64
― omar little, Monday, 15 April 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
My team's first time in 3rd since early September 2018.
...and with that post, I have cursed my team to a freefall into the cellar.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 15 April 2019 03:19 (five years ago) link
Need six IL slots — maybe a dozen by the end of the week.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
was thinking next year, with the short IL (DL) we might should add a 3rd slot.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 19 April 2019 05:57 (five years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/joV1k1sNOT5xC/giphy.gif
― omar little, Monday, 22 April 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
https://marquetteeducator.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/snail.jpg
― omar little, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 16:03 (five years ago) link
jesus i took a bath last night - dropped from middle of the pack to 12th. not quite Corrosion Of Conforto territory, but still not good.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
at least i have a very good OBP
― omar little, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:31 (five years ago) link
it is astonishing, i'm not sure what happened. everything is terrible.
― omar little, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link
I’m impressed really.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
you ready for tomorrow Barry? 1.25 seasons of waiting!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 26 April 2019 03:51 (five years ago) link
Hell yes dude, I'm not sure if I'm more excited for the fantasy or real life Vlad era.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 26 April 2019 04:48 (five years ago) link
Virtually the only good thing I’ve done this year is draft Tatis Jr, the poor man’s Vlad Jr.
― omar little, Friday, 26 April 2019 05:30 (five years ago) link
I had a dream nightmare last night my roster was replaced with the Detroit Tigers
― francisF, Friday, 26 April 2019 13:46 (five years ago) link
Every morning I wake up and check the standings like
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJM5lHwql0
― omar little, Sunday, 28 April 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
two problems you might be able to help me with:
1) i have tim anderson and paul dejong, i don't need both. would trade one for a 2B, or maybe 1B, or maybe pitcher of some variety. 2) my potential keepers for 2020 include four 27-29 studs (arenado, judge, castillo, betts -- all 27 next year except arenado who will be 28) but my under 27 crop is (comparatively) weak (buxton, robles, wander franco, mcmahon). i'm definitely listening if someone finds themselves in the opposite situation, looking to shore up their mid-age keepers.
― deus ex majima (Will M.), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
Not bad for a getaway day, I'm sniffing top 3 for the first time in 5 weeks:
https://i.imgur.com/JHHB6xS.png
Also massive thank you to whomever dropped Josh Bell.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 23 May 2019 23:21 (five years ago) link
3 QS & 0 wins is absolutely the name of my game fwiw.
Not bad! I just checked, and look what my relievers strung together today:https://imgur.com/Li9rAte.jpegMay I welcome you to the 3rd place dogfight bnw & I have got going on here
― francisF, Friday, 24 May 2019 03:50 (five years ago) link
https://imgur.com/vzgNyqv.jpeg
― francisF, Saturday, 25 May 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
whoops, yeah so i'm in fifth now ^game on
― francisF, Saturday, 25 May 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link
so i've gone from 12th to 1/2 game from first! I've got Kershaw going for me today and He Ain't Javy has Strahm going. Let's do this!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 27 May 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
...and the fantasy gods taketh:
https://i.imgur.com/vo2zTDs.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 30 May 2019 02:47 (four years ago) link