anyway assuming no injuries between now and keeper deadline i'm keeping
Wander Franco 21Eloy Jimenez 25Shane Bieber 26Trea Turner 28Mookie Betts 29
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Sunday, 13 February 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
As defending champ, I accept my role as the dark lord of the league this year. The fantasy season WILL be played! I will use replacement fantasy players if I have to!
but my point is i feel like the league is set up so that the managers that take those points are putting themselves at a general disadvantage unless they get one of the few first-round burners who also contribute in the other 6 categories
I agree, and I'm also in favour of a stats change. Most stats are flawed in some way, but there are a bunch of interesting ones that we've never used: inherited runners scored, net saves, on base percentage against ... and those are just the pitching categories.
I also don't mind a little bit of randomness thrown in, e.g. categories like no-hitters and cycles (we had both one year, but one is enough).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 14 February 2022 08:42 (two years ago) link
We did have rando stats that one season (maybe two) but everyone turned on them pretty quickly from what I remember. It was more fun in concept than actually having do deal with a middling team jump up 13 points over night and be pretty much entrenched there. I also remember having blown saves one year (not much different from having net saves) and very quickly people stopped carrying set up guys and we ditched that pretty quickly too.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 February 2022 13:58 (two years ago) link
One random stat can add some unpredictability to the season -- a team middling in 8th place might fluke into a no-hitter and jump to 3rd or 4th, the potential is there to keep more teams in the hunt.
I agree about blown saves, that's a terrible stat. But there are plenty of other choices. Even a stat like singles adds some strategy and forces teams to add players with a specific skill (rather than just the best overall hitters).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 14 February 2022 15:01 (two years ago) link
i feel like if we did one rando stat, we'd have to have at least a 2nd (one pitcher, one hitter) to make it a little more equitable. my main issue is how unpopular it was last time. maybe something slightly less rare like shutouts and grand slams might get more people on board? i do like the idea of OBP against or something similar. we'd have to ditch WHIP tho.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 February 2022 15:21 (two years ago) link
i am not smart enough about fantasy baseball to give good input on all this but NSB does seem like a fairly useless category right now. i'd be in favor of switching it out or dropping it.
― na (NA), Monday, 14 February 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
I dunno. If people wanted to get rid of XBH because it put too much focus on power hitters - getting rid of NSB seems counterintuitive to that idea to me.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 February 2022 17:51 (two years ago) link
i don't see how rando stats is good, you can't plan for rando and planning is the fun part of fantasy ball!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Monday, 14 February 2022 19:45 (two years ago) link
Ha!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:32 (two years ago) link
penciled-in keepers for He Ain't Javy (He's My Baez) (likely team name change to come)
Adley Rutschman (24)Chris Paddack (26)Sandy Alcantara (26)Pete Alonso (27)Lucas Giolito (27)
mostly pretty easy decisions this season. vaguely considering swapping in Andrew Vaughn for Paddack but for now this is the crew. i'm gonna need bats.
― na (NA), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:42 (two years ago) link
With rando stats, if team gets the first no-hitter/cycle/etc. then scoring in that category jumps from (in the case of a 13-team league) a 13-way tie at 7 points, to a 12-way tie at 6.5 points and one team with 13 points. That's a 6.5 point swing, which isn't enough to flip the standings on its own. No manager could hope for a rando stat to completely rescue his season! If others hate then, no problem, but it would be a way to add (reintroduce) something to the league.
The stats we use now are a little *too* good, in the sense that you can plan the draft more or less by looking at WAR leaders from the previous season. But if we added singles and double plays turned it would add a different strategic element! I don't know, it could be interesting to add some speed/defense first categories while removing power categories like XBH and/or SLG.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 07:57 (two years ago) link
the stats available to us aren't the best imho:
BattersGames PlayedGames StartedAt BatsRunsHitsSinglesDoublesTriplesHome RunsRuns Batted InSacrifice HitsSacrifice FlysStolen BasesCaught StealingWalksIntentional WalksHit By PitchStrikeoutsGround Into Double PlayTotal BasesPutoutsAssistsErrorsFielding PercentageBatting AverageOn-base PercentageSlugging PercentageOn-base + Slugging PercentageExtra Base HitsNet Stolen BasesStolen Base PercentageHitting for the CyclePlate AppearancesGrand Slam Home RunsOutfield AssistsDouble Plays TurnedCatcher InterferencePitchersPitching AppearancesGames StartedInnings PitchedWinsLossesComplete GamesShutoutsSavesOutsHitsTotal Batters FacedRunsEarned RunsHome RunsWalksIntentional WalksHit BattersStrikeoutsWild PitchesBalksStolen Bases AllowedBatters Grounded Into Double PlaysSave ChancesHoldsTotal Bases AllowedEarned Run Average(Walks + Hits)/ Innings PitchedStrikeouts per Walk RatioStrikeouts per Nine InningsPitch CountSingles AllowedDoubles AllowedTriples AllowedRelief WinsRelief LossesPickoffsRelief AppearancesOn-base Percentage AgainstWinning PercentageHits Per Nine InningsWalks Per Nine InningsNo HittersPerfect GamesSave PercentageInherited Runners ScoredQuality StartsBlown SavesNet SavesSaves + HoldsNet Saves and HoldsNet Wins
PitchersPitching AppearancesGames StartedInnings PitchedWinsLossesComplete GamesShutoutsSavesOutsHitsTotal Batters FacedRunsEarned RunsHome RunsWalksIntentional WalksHit BattersStrikeoutsWild PitchesBalksStolen Bases AllowedBatters Grounded Into Double PlaysSave ChancesHoldsTotal Bases AllowedEarned Run Average(Walks + Hits)/ Innings PitchedStrikeouts per Walk RatioStrikeouts per Nine InningsPitch CountSingles AllowedDoubles AllowedTriples AllowedRelief WinsRelief LossesPickoffsRelief AppearancesOn-base Percentage AgainstWinning PercentageHits Per Nine InningsWalks Per Nine InningsNo HittersPerfect GamesSave PercentageInherited Runners ScoredQuality StartsBlown SavesNet SavesSaves + HoldsNet Saves and HoldsNet Wins
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
Balks!
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 16:14 (two years ago) link
Is there even a difference between WHIP and OBP against?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 17:45 (two years ago) link
i mean, the obp against would look far more impressive what with it being a smaller number but uhh... yeah not much of a difference eh?
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 17:55 (two years ago) link
Good I’m not too late.
Corbin Burnesen:
Fernando Tatis Jr.Yordan AlvarezCorbin BurnesBrandon WoodruffFreddy Peralta
― omar little, Saturday, 5 March 2022 20:28 (two years ago) link
Oops:
Tatis: 23Alvarez: 24Burnes: 27Woodruff: 29Peralta: 25
― omar little, Saturday, 5 March 2022 20:31 (two years ago) link
MLB was kind enough to extend the deadline for us.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 6 March 2022 01:08 (two years ago) link
let's go. are we still doing the draft next weekend?
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 March 2022 20:48 (two years ago) link
oh wait, the draft wasn't set for next weekend. nevermind.
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 March 2022 20:52 (two years ago) link
ahhh – might want to push the draft day back since there will be a later start to the season. gonna wait to see what the official opening day is.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:11 (two years ago) link
also, i've been getting emails about the category changes in addition to the comments here and, considering the limited stats at our disposal, i figure we have one of three options: • replace xbh with doubles • drop xbh along with a corresponding P category – wins most likely • do nothing, because our league is perfect and so are you
• wild card 4th option: replace xbh with something nutty like cycles or grandy slammies
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:25 (two years ago) link
I vote for option 2 with the proviso that QS should go instead of W, because i like position-agnostic stats (SP and RP are positions now ok?!).
id be fine with option 1 though. and ok with option 3. and i hate option 4 lol
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
short version here's my ranked ballot
2(QS) > 2(W) > 1 > 3 > huffing a fart > 4
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:37 (two years ago) link
ok – so official opening day is pushed back by about 1.5 weeks. lets set the draft for Sunday April 3rd. ahhh... 3:30pm eastern (so done by diner)? please please PLEASE, have your selects in by the weekend before. i don't want to go on a rant here about how my life is falling apart, but april is set to be a horrible month for me – so let's get this done on time!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
ah, true about RP wins. always a fun bonus.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:41 (two years ago) link
1>2>3>4
additionally: replace XBH with doubles, destroy SLG and QS anyway, R/RBI/2B/HR/OBP/NSB
― ✖, Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:48 (two years ago) link
i don't hate it
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 10 March 2022 22:45 (two years ago) link
ANYWAY whatever you end up picking, thermo, as always if you need any help lmk i can do whatever you need!
Gonna email you actually.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 March 2022 23:11 (two years ago) link
R/RBI/2B/HR/OBP/NSB
This is interesting ... very streamlined, I like it. Not a huge fan of keeping W and dropping QS (too dependent on luck). Anybody interested in a semi-exotic pitching category such as Inherited Runners Scored?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 13 March 2022 08:26 (two years ago) link
We only have one stat for relievers (sv + h) anything like that or blown saves would cause people to stop running set-up guys entirely, I think.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 13 March 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
Yes, you're right. And I really like SV + H rather than having the separate categories. I never liked having to scramble to pick up a few extra saves by keeping a watch on the revolving door of closers.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 13 March 2022 15:27 (two years ago) link
guns of buxton
jose ramirez (29)carlos correa (27)jose berrios (27)pablo lopez (26)
is that even right? don't believe i can hold onto my other keeper eligible guys for age requirement. would love to be wrong, though.
― j.q higgins, Monday, 14 March 2022 21:03 (two years ago) link
looks right to me, you only had pablo in that bracket
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Monday, 14 March 2022 22:04 (two years ago) link
Snitker Conspiracy
Rafael Devers (25)Franmil Reyes (26)Brandon Lowe (27)Jorge Polanco (28)Noah Syndergaard (29)
Thanks!
― Andy K, Monday, 14 March 2022 23:19 (two years ago) link
Walker Buehler ACody Bellinger AKeston Hiura AHunter Renfroe BKevin Newman B
Keonisqaatsi but I'll do a new, and worse, name soon
― The Jesus Luzardo (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
I think you're looking at the wrong spreadsheet! I linked the correct one a few posts down, here it is again -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yncy5eLVvjxmnFcXEivwwiwagqiJc8L6kBPHtp4AC_w/edit?usp=drivesdk
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 17 March 2022 16:47 (two years ago) link
Now THAT makes more sense. Sorry everyone. More to follow later.
― The Jesus Luzardo (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
Sorry about linking the wrong thing guys.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
so we have 7/13 teams so far?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 18 March 2022 14:07 (two years ago) link
itll be 7 once we hear back from jimmie l!
still waiting on the managers of
votto get no enemy (✖, youve been in the thread so i know u seein this!)mad boone rising (vhs i think? might need to email those picks. my email is on the League -> Managers page of the fantasy league)luv wil teheran us apart (notimebeforetime)burn your fire for no jeffress (omar little)holla tuivalala/last of the molinas (bnw)billy childish gambino (albert r broccoli)keonisqaatsi/any kestons?/wow my team sucks (jimmie)
iirc a couple of these folks are no longer rly on board so we might need to reach out. lmk if you want me to start emailin
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 18 March 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
making a messageboard post, hopefully that'll wrangle all (most?) of the slowpokes. keeper deadline is tomorrow!!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:01 (two years ago) link
Will - the draft isn’t until the 3rd, so we don’t need picks until the 27th. Can you correct the post in our league page?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:08 (two years ago) link
ah ok. i cant seem to edit the message so i just replied to it. (unless you meant edit somewhere else, like this thread, which i cannot do because i am v much not a mod)
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:12 (two years ago) link
Even if it was just one game, I sure did hate giving money to the Ricketts family today.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
revised for me
James Karinchak, ACody Bellinger, AWalker Buehler, BTim Anderson, BDevin Williams, B
― The Jesus Luzardo (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Friday, 18 March 2022 21:33 (two years ago) link
Austin Riley - AJulio Urias - AXander Bogaerts - BJosh Hader - BWill Smith - A
― bnw, Saturday, 19 March 2022 21:33 (two years ago) link
^^Last of the Molinas
― bnw, Saturday, 19 March 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
^^^Charlie Morton XCX
― The Jesus Luzardo (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Saturday, 19 March 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
i had him on a team in the past couple of seasons, he's a solid OBP contributor for sure
― na (NA), Monday, 23 May 2022 14:18 (two years ago) link
i was going to snag him this am. oh, well!
― j.q higgins, Monday, 23 May 2022 14:22 (two years ago) link
i'm excited that holding on to adley rutschman for 1.25 seasons while waiting for the orioles to call him up will finally pay off by getting me the 40 points i need to jump from second place to first place
― na (NA), Monday, 23 May 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
i have faith, friend-o.
― j.q higgins, Monday, 23 May 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
― na (NA), Monday, February 14, 2022 2:42 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
well i made the wrong decision there (by keeping chris paddack instead of andrew vaughn). i think i dropped paddack even before he got tommy john, while vaughn is looking like a solid hitter who will probably continue to improve. vaughn is available but having him as keeper-eligible would have been the real value.
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 June 2022 14:08 (two years ago) link
i always liked his plate discipline. not as much power as you'd hope from a 1b tho, so the OF eligibility helps some. obv at this point tho, anyone under the age of 26 is going to be looking better than Paddack.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 June 2022 14:31 (two years ago) link
had vaughn for a while, dropped him because he just wasn't providing enough upside in any specific category. but he might go wild at any moment.
my biggest regret, and i've had a few, was trading one year of aaron judge for two years of joey gallo. lol.
― ✖, Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:24 (two years ago) link
my second biggest regret was drafting 4 players who i knew were going to be IL/NA for a long time and praying no one else would get hurt. lol.
― ✖, Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:26 (two years ago) link
entertaining offers for berrios and ramirez, i guess
― j.q higgins, Sunday, 5 June 2022 01:21 (two years ago) link
i've got willy adames and seiya suzuki coming off the IL in the next week, but i don't really need either of them in my lineup right now. they're both keeper-eligible. i'm open to trades, primarily for reliable sources of SV/Hs.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
i should never have dropped Kirk. holy shit.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 June 2022 05:35 (two years ago) link
Everyone except omar little keep reading. Omar stop reading here
... ......
Fellas how are we gonna sabotage omar little
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Saturday, 11 June 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
seems kinda rude to go out of our way to sabotage the 6th place team but i'm always down for a plot
― ✖, Saturday, 11 June 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
Wait did I pick the wrong person
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Saturday, 11 June 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
Yes I did. Ignore previous post how do we sabotage... Whoever is in first I forget who is who
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Saturday, 11 June 2022 19:59 (two years ago) link
he’s more of a lurker these day. But also running away with it this year!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:10 (two years ago) link
spent a good chunk of the season in 2nd and I'm hesitant to make any trades because I'm not sure it's surmountable
― ✖, Saturday, 11 June 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link
more i think about it the more i wish i pushed for hitter strikeouts to be a category. i can't believe i argued for making the categories nicer to non-power hitters and completely forgot that was an option. strikeouts impact two pitching categories, may as well judge hitters against them too!
for next year i propose replacing something or other with Ks
― ✖, Thursday, 16 June 2022 20:10 (two years ago) link
my starting pitching rotation, which had been pretty reliable for the first couple of months of the season, seems to be all shitting the bed at the same time
― na (NA), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 19:23 (two years ago) link
see if you can guess which two starting pitchers i had in the two day games today lol
― na (NA), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 19:26 (two years ago) link
Was Giolito one?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 23 June 2022 01:49 (two years ago) link
once jacob degrom, max scherzer, bryce harper, aroldis chapman, ty france, nathan eolvaldi, grayson rodriguez and andrew heaney come off the IL i'm gunning for that top spot
― ✖, Sunday, 26 June 2022 04:43 (two years ago) link
My god. Taylor out with an injury now… I think this might be one of the worst drafts I have ever had.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 20:07 (two years ago) link
keeper list updated through july 5th, if anyone's interested -- all drops and trades (well, trade) accounted for
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 7 July 2022 18:48 (two years ago) link
important note for teams that i have a trade offer out to: the trade deadline is in like 3 hours
― ✖, Thursday, 11 August 2022 01:18 (two years ago) link
Oh. I totally forgot it was upon us!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 11 August 2022 01:19 (two years ago) link
Daring trade going on there, I love it.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 11 August 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
wow! Giolitto trying to shuffle into first with a 20 point swing through pitching! this is the good stuff i don't get to see in other leagues
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 11 August 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
yolo
― na (NA), Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
That trade might work out for *everyone*.
I considered some fun proposals but don’t know even with the players that were offered if it would make a difference. I sent another proposal to someone earlier today but then realized it would leave me shy one keeper so I decided to pull it.
― omar little, Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:05 (two years ago) link
was assuming the deadline would be 12AM PST like normal, looks like it's going a little bit longer
thank you both for entertaining my many desperate offers for players you understandably wouldn't want to give up
― ✖, Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
Well it was certainly a close one but congrats to Billy Childish Bambino for winning the chip — what Verlander and Judge did this year to the rest of fantasy was obv absolutely disgusting.
― omar little, Thursday, 6 October 2022 02:43 (one year ago) link
Have them both on my other team!
Congrats to BCB, aka gygax (tho you probably won’t see this)! Schooled everyone this year! I think, second victory??
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 October 2022 03:19 (one year ago) link
congrats to BCB on the dominant win! at the least the competition for 2/3/4 was interesting. my big trade didn't really pay off but no regrets.
― na (NA), Thursday, 6 October 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
Congratulations BCB, you led nearly wire to wire with by far the best team and it really wasn't close.
My team kind of muddled around all year -- a bunch of good but not great seasons, never managed to cobble together a decent outfield or bullpen. My keepers for next year should still be good so hopefully I can bounce back.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 6 October 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
late congrats to the dominant BCB squad. maybe we should do a weekly setup next year to avoid that kind of runaway? just a thought
― bnw, Thursday, 13 October 2022 00:08 (one year ago) link