Man... I only have a couple days of annecdotal data but I'm thinking the balls could be juiced this season?
It's freaking April! Imagine what July is gonna look like...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
Yesterday starters: 3/32, 2R, 1 2B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .171 OBP, .125 SLG, 0 NSB
Yesterday bench:4/15, 3R, 0 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .333 OPB, .700 SLG, -1 NSB
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
my team had 14 RBI yesterday. Adolis Garcia was responsible for 8 of them.
― na (NA), Sunday, 23 April 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
fuck i 100% switched gausman to my roster a couple of days ago but it somehow got reset probably by another move i did after
7 IP / 13 K / 1 BB / 1.00 WHIP wasted. i hate myself
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Saturday, 29 April 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
Deactivating Judge 2 activate Harper
Slow descent imminent -- no way is the pitching staff this good.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 11:40 (one year ago) link
welp, the worst players in baseball are off to a rough start. morale is low.
i'm in sell/trade mode, thinking of next year. i have a surplus of decent <27 keepers for next year, and a weakness in the 27-29 category.
this spreadsheet is more or less accurate, except that i no longer have the immortal danny jansen, and i do have 20-year-old SP prospect Eury Perez, who i drafted and makes his debut today.
if anyone would like to make a trade, i would like to improve my pool of 27-29 year old keepers, and i have at least one <27 keeper that i could part with as part of that trade. either Alejandro Kirk or Francisco Alvarez needs to go. pretty much anyone in my lineup could be considered for a trade, i just want to improve the team for next year.
if anyone has a trade they want to propose, let me know, otherwise i'll probably propose one of my own in the next few days
― z_tbd, Friday, 12 May 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
whoops, fixed eury! i guess there was another eury perez who at some point played and was born in 1990.
for dropped guys i usually update that about once a month!
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Sunday, 14 May 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link
even with Turner tanking this season, Will is starting to pull ahead of the pack. i guess Acuna is offsetting that pretty nicely.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
Pull ahead of the pack? Omar was in first for a good chunk of the last month my dude. This is the most competitive the league's been in years!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
yeah i only stumbled into first for a day or two ago after losing it for a while! its clooooose and last i checked i'm not even first in any individual categories
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
for
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 16:41 (one year ago) link
to the trade offerer: good lord i'm tempted. im thinknig about it
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
I didn’t mean to imply the season is over or anything. Just noticed will has hung into the lead for a bit now and had a three point jump last night. Also this was before my coffee and thought he had a 12 point lead instead of 8.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
I am also very glad I didn’t pursue trading away younger guys when I was flirting with 4th place, as my team has now crashed brutally and might just drop Manoah entirely. (Which wil break my heart)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 19:07 (one year ago) link
As soon as I dropped Jose Abreu my team started rising up. Clearly he was a bad clubhouse guy.
― omar little, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
guess i gotta change my team name
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 17:48 (one year ago) link
was about to say - it's one of the unspoken rules of fantasy baseball!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 18:06 (one year ago) link
also took a flyer on a pitcher because he was against the A's
189.00 ERA, 24.00 WHIP in 0.1 innings oops
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 18:13 (one year ago) link
Daym. Manoah-esque!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
morelike GRoansy amirite?
2 month+ analysis (currently 4th place):My round #2 pick might skip a start due to cramping My round #3 pick is on the IL (concussion protocol)My round #4 pick is due to make his season debut this week (only took 2 months & 1 week of IL residency)My round #5 pick is on the benchMy round #6 pick in on the benchMy round #7 pick is on the trading block* because I have an all-star outfield (and would be on the bench if there wasn't a PPD)etc.
(*Check your trading block inbox, esp those of you with a plethora of RPs)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
This trade!! Love it. It takes a lot of guts to go all in for the league title by trading away a HOF calibre young player (been there, done that).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 8 June 2023 02:18 (one year ago) link
bad timing for Alonso to get hurt there
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 June 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
I, myself, remember when Will was pulling away in first place... for a few hours... in early June.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 9 June 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
jk lolz.
I initially vetoed this trade but now I think it's fair? Could the commish remove my veto vote so the trade gets pushed through?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 9 June 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
why did you veto in the first place? I guess the option is there for a reason but I can’t imagine vetoing a trade that two adults agreed on unless it was comically lopsided.
― na (NA), Friday, 9 June 2023 18:45 (one year ago) link
{narrator: it was comically lopsided}
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 9 June 2023 20:41 (one year ago) link
I don’t think I can change votes?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 June 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
And ya. I may have been premature there on calling the league.
And I def feel like that was a steal for Franco (assuming that’s the lopsided ss had in mind)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 June 2023 21:01 (one year ago) link
if it was comically lopsided, why did will accept the offer?
― na (NA), Friday, 9 June 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
never mind, I am not interested in getting into a pissing match over fantasy baseball. I don’t know if one veto can kill a trade. if it can I will be annoyed bc this was a genuine attempt at a trade that would benefit both parties.
― na (NA), Friday, 9 June 2023 21:46 (one year ago) link
I think it has to be a majority veto to nix the trade. But now I think it's more fair! So please assume I said nothing and let's all go on our merry way.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 9 June 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
ya, takes a certain % to tank a trade. usually the veto is for suspected collusion or other antics, but iirc we have tanked lopsided trades before
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 June 2023 22:10 (one year ago) link
ok then I’ll chill out about it. sorry about that
― na (NA), Friday, 9 June 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
idk if it's even the most lopsided trade this year lol. dalton varsho?????????
anyway... fuck
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Friday, 9 June 2023 23:38 (one year ago) link
At least this gives me a great idea for my team name for the next month
Mourning Alonso
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Saturday, 10 June 2023 14:06 (one year ago) link
sorry dude. he should be back in a few weeks hopefully? still a potential difference-maker?
― na (NA), Saturday, 10 June 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
That is a A+ name
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 June 2023 15:23 (one year ago) link
sorry dude. he should be back in a few weeks hopefully? still a potential difference-maker?― na (NA),
― na (NA),
Nah I'm just being dramatic. Dats fantasy baseball baby! (Plus I can't resist a 90s Charlotte hornets pun)
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Saturday, 10 June 2023 20:32 (one year ago) link
For the good of the league I have decided not to use these Terence Trent D'arby-themed team names:
Syndergaard or DamnWelcome to My Andruw MonasterioCastellanos BlueNeither Fishman Nor Flexen
― Begs2Differ (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Sunday, 11 June 2023 14:51 (one year ago) link
Jung Like A HorseEflin4Zaggin
― omar little, Sunday, 11 June 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
Sorry that was meant to be "Jung Like A Jorse" I apologize
― omar little, Sunday, 11 June 2023 15:38 (one year ago) link
also took a flyer on a pitcher because he was against the A's189.00 ERA, 24.00 WHIP in 0.1 innings oops
At least I can trust my old faithful, the aces who have got me thru the season, such as Kevin gausman who is currently on *checks notes* infinity ERA/whip uh oh
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:55 (one year ago) link
impressive pitching line for Billy Childish Bambino yesterday
― na (NA), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
Ya that’s quite an impressive jump in points there
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 18:22 (one year ago) link
At the start of May, my team was 90 points behind the leader, I'm now 22 points back.
Most of my top draft picks were injured or were just awful, my offense was a AAA-level bad joke outside of about two players, and most of my keepers got off to slow starts.
I tried to swing a couple of trades, but nothing worked out, in part because some of the players I wanted to offer got injured.
I'm not sure if my team is regressing to the norm after a bad start or playing way over their heads, but either way, it's been fun.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 25 June 2023 08:20 (eleven months ago) link
Y'all I just got back from 8 days truly off the grid (zero wifi/cell service) and somehow I'm in 2nd place. WTF is even happening...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 8 July 2023 20:53 (eleven months ago) link
homers hit during the HR derby should count
― na (NA), Monday, 10 July 2023 19:33 (eleven months ago) link
Anyone interested in a non-keeper trade? I need RP help and have a surplus of OF:
Castellanos or Santander for a top 100 RPEloy for a top 200 RPJDM (DH) for a top 50 RP
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 13 July 2023 21:33 (eleven months ago) link
Seems to be a glut of quality OF right now. Was trying to unload Lowe in my other league - but everyone seems to already be at one-outfielder-too-many already.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 July 2023 22:17 (eleven months ago) link
Our league YTD ranks:
JDM: 37 Castellanos: 42 Santander: 54Eloy: 390 (but was hurt for a couple months, he's as good as or better than the others)
These guys are all first pagers in league leader cats.
Lowe is #92 in comparison.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 13 July 2023 22:25 (eleven months ago) link