i will never forgive myself for the draft - when i was looking at Fowler and CarGo and i went with Fowler.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i drafted rick porcello
― lilwayne.quizrewards4u.com (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
and he's yours for 8 years!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
wow.
well i'm not keeping him
― lilwayne.quizrewards4u.com (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i have my team name: King Felix & BBQ Show
xpost lol! u serious?
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
porcello?????
― lilwayne.quizrewards4u.com (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i already listed my 5 keepers
oh - i missed that. fair 'nuff - those are some quality keepers.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i think at 22 tho - porcello's not a write off or anything.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
damn ciderpress' keepers are very swag
yeah i basically drafted all keeper-eligible guys last year. i'm gonna have to release back into the pool: clay buchholz, colby lewis, pedro alvarez, miguel montero, etc
― ciderpress, Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
that is interesting news.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
At the risk of opening myself up to some CIA-level psyops, which one of these three guys would you keep?
BJ UptonJohn DanksJacoby Ellsbury
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Leaning towards Danks because he's a pitcher, but Upton's speed/power combo is tempting.
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ya - it's def between those two. i think it depends on your need for pitching vs power/speed.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd say that's a toss-up between upton and danks, ellsbury is trash at this point
― ciderpress, Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Porcello doesn't seem like keeper material at all -- doesn't go deep (hasn't shown he can do it), not a strikeout pitcher, etc.
― Andy K, Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Aite, my 5:
Ryan Braun 27.39David Wright 28.3John Danks 25.98Madison Bumgarner 21.68Martin Pardo 27.44
(Reviewing Thermo's rules, I kind of had to pick Danks over Upton anyway.)
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Possibly:
FielderMorneauGallardoGreinkeWeaver
― Andy K, Sunday, 30 January 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
damn son
― lilwayne.quizrewards4u.com (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 January 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
ya - those are two quality batches.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I have six candidates and I'm not sure which to pick, honestly. At least my two young guys (Posey and Gonzalez) will be an easy decision, but arguably my two best players (Crawford and Hamilton) will not be keeperable after this season. Verlander and Weeks are a bit younger.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 30 January 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
You're not referring to mine (in addition to Andy's), are you!?
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Sunday, 30 January 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
sure am.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Braun, Wright & Bumgarner is not bad.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 January 2011 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Underachieving bastards/manager.
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Sunday, 30 January 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd wait until the latest possible to make a decision on morneau tbh...reports about him are still sketchy
― ciderpress, Sunday, 30 January 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
That's why I said "possibly."
Soria and McCutchen are other possibilities.
― Andy K, Sunday, 30 January 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i would think that mccutcheon is a must-keep
― lilwayne.quizrewards4u.com (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 January 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Given what I have, McCutchen isn't top tier in enough categories (for OFs) to keep (unless Morneau remains risky). Love him, though.
Does any site track NSB (in a sortable manner)?
― Andy K, Monday, 31 January 2011 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Let me know if my math is egregiously wrong.. not my forte..
Granderson (28)Hart (28.. probably 29 before season starts)Kemp (26)Ubaldo (26)Price (25)
Looks like my OF is set. I kept Jesus Montero on my roster all goddamn year last year and Im releasing him back into the wild. Will miss u little buddy but I gotta have proven major leaguers in my stable of keepers. Was convinced he was going to be traded at the deadline last year and would be a starting C this year..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 31 January 2011 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Thermo, if one team trades a keeper-eligible player, does the other team need to send another keeper-eligible back to maintain a certain balance?
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Monday, 31 January 2011 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll probably end up keeping:
Robinson Cano (28)Jose Reyes (27)Brett Anderson (23)Matt Cain (26)
and then either
Michael Napoli (29) or Denard Span (27), depending on how much playing time Napoli is expected to get, and how much speed/power I need.
― 23 24 (Z S), Monday, 31 January 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
leee - i don't see why they should need to keep balance.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 31 January 2011 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
probably:
Rasmus (24)J Upton (23)Ade Gonzalez (28)K Morales (27)Aardsma (29)
― johnny crunch, Monday, 31 January 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
bad news, jingleberries - Granderson will turn 30 in march!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i'm keeping matusz, latos, longoria and pedroia for sure.
...and then? eesh.
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Aw sheeeeit. I knew my math was garbage. I think I can still keep Quentin right? Even tho I dont really want to, Im pretty sure I dont have anyone older than 26 other than him thats keeper eligible..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno - how old is he?
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm keeping:
Joe Mauer (27)Ryan Zimmerman (26)Clayton Kershaw (23)Stephen Strasburg (22) (RIP)Andre Ethier (28)
... unless I can somehow find space for Chad Billingsley (26). I'd seriously consider keeping him instead of Ethier if it were possible (because of age requirements). Carrying Strasburg for the entire season will sort of suck, but I guess it'll be worth it when he hopefully comes back better than ever and I can LAYETH THE SMACK DOWN ON YOU SUCKAS UNTIL 2018.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
that is some dedication there, brah. i commend you.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I was wondering if maybe we could adapt the rules slightly so that players claimed on waivers ARE eligible as keepers but free agents aren't? I thought that might be a fun wrinkle, so that if someone discards a player the keeper eligibility isn't immediately shot.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:53 (thirteen years ago) link
This would hypothetically apply only to the first time they go on waivers, of course.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought about something like that (when i was crafting the rules). but i have to keep track of all of this, and while i can check back to drafts etc - i cannot see free agent/waiver moves after a few months. i want to keep this as relatively simple as possible for everyone - including me, your beloved commissioner - because once it gets too confusing (or too much work) it stops being as much fun.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i would like to pick up Billingsley right now a la Rule 5 Draft.
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Quentin was born in 82 so I think he makes the cut. My math skills are poor to say the least.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Thermo, I'd be happy to be your fact-checkin' cuz if that made things easier, but obv it's your call.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
It's pretty easy to see the free agent / waiver moves all the way back to the beginning of the season, fwiw
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
it is? you got a link? all i could find was draft results.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Go to League > Transactions, and then you can sort by Drops and then subsort by the individual manager's team (for example) it gives you a list of every player one manager put on waivers for the season, which is a pretty quick and painless way of seeing if a player from that team's draft was ever waived. Or you can go through all the drops without subsorting.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
yahoo msg boards are still pretty lol:
What the "F K" 12-Sep-11 09:42 am How does a tie give the Fantasy Guru the victory? this is bull@#$% this is under protest i cant believe this @#$%... This a travesty of the worst kind 75X worst than any scandal is sport history i will take this all the way to the inventor of fantasy baseball..my guys played hard all year this is ashamed they get treated this way...This has ruined the mindset of my young players....We hate you!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS WAR!!!!!!!!!!WORST THAN RED SOX- YANKEESSTEELERS-RAVENS
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
ha ha!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
i have only just now noticed and laughed like a lunatic at "Ohlendorf On Golf".
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 24 September 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Suddenly my lead is in danger! Can I hold until Wednesday?!
― polyphonic, Sunday, 25 September 2011 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
A nearly 30 point lead is down to 6.5 points! Is this a choke?
Can my team make a late run and climb out of 12th place?
(answer to both questions: probably not)
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 26 September 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
a 7 point drop in 3 days isn't all that likely imho, but it is possible!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 September 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
my team of scrappy white hustlers has hustled and scrapped its way into the top 5ish after being in 12th all damn year since I made some decent moves and Dan Uggla decided to stop hitting .180.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 26 September 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
i was in the cellar early on and then had to scrap and grit my way to second place. first place is likely a difficult reach at this point, i'm hail marying it and banking on a few free agent pickups to carry me over the top.
― omar little, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
4 point difference!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
congrats polyphonic - on dominating us two years in a row now!a fantasy dynasty is born!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
i almost made it despite autodrafting from an unranked list! congrats poly.
― omar little, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
autodraft landed u some guys that really panned out big that everyone was down on at the time - ellsbury, michael young, beckett, asdrubal
congrats 2 poly
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
heres the best ranked players, end of season edition:
KempVerlanderEllsburyBraunKershawGrandersonHalladayCliff LeeMiguel CabreraAdrian Gonzalez
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
yahoo list?
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, I jumped 11 points in the final few days and finished in 9th. What happened to the innings limit? I started benching guys toward the end of the season because I thought it would stop accumulating pitching stats once you went above 1400 IP. Or does it stop only after the day in which you pass 1400 IP? Case in point, I had 1399 IP before yesterday and benched everyone except for Strasburg.
We almost had our own version of this year's wild card races but congrats Poly, your team is more clutch than the Braves and Red Sox combined!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
ya - you can blow 1400 IP out of the water on your last day if you want/can!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
damn you Barry - i just realized you slipped in ahead of me! jerk.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
wheew
and I juuuuust barely finished in the money in my money league too!
― polyphonic, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
what are the keeper rules again?
― omar little, Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
i will provide a link to a page that has the rules almost right at the top...
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
here you go!
I get to keep Kemp again this year! Maybe I will ride his production all the way to a 4th place finish and build on this momentum.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
are we keeping this going in 2012?
― j.q higgins, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
you know it! i was going to start a 2012 thread in the next few days (once i thought of a good song to reference or somesuch).
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
all i can think of right now is "Keeper Lagoon" :s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wngb5Mq1SQY
― omar little, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
three-peat?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
I look forward to being disappointed yet again. Will probably do better than my fantasy hoops team which fucking sucks.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
I will (be able to) pay more attention this year.
― Andy K, Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
oh man.. do i really want that to be the thread title?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:34 (twelve years ago) link
FYI, pretty sure I'm out. ._.
― omar leeettle (Leee), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
aw.makes me sad. :(
i think that makes you and Will. was it something i said?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 February 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
new thread:The Keepers Of The Stars: welcome to 2012 fantasy baseball country
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 February 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link