It's Not a Trick, It's a Collusion – 2018 In Love Baseball Fantasy League

Assuming Chapman had a perfect inning save, striking out 3

oh wait i was +5 lol WATCH OUT

can't wait for the 2019 fantasy league season ts'gonna be dope

PS There's a sale on Sale

to a contender for a young franchise-builder

Define franchise builder...

well... I've got Machado under 27, so I'll need 27/28 year-old or a young guy that's gonna be better than éloy jimenez (or more likely both). It's gonna have to be an unrefuseable deal at this point, so not a Chris "Sale", more of a Chris "Fair Deal". maybe i'm being premature, but i'm anticipating a sell-off as i don't think this team as it stands will break the top 3.

i'm delusional and believe that my crippled team still has a shot, but i also assume Max Scherzer will go blind and Jacob DeGrom will tear his elbow ligament while brushing his teeth.

high-ceiling types i need, you know
xp

lmao

just today:

Matt Davidson has some back stiffness
Rasiel Iglesias goes on the 10-day DL
Welington Castillo gets an 80-game suspension

free team name for anyone who wants it: gorky's hernandez minci

My team is straight garbage but man, my offensive line today:

2/30, 2 Runs, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .176 OBP/.100 SLG, 1 XBH, -1 SB

Join the tank! It's fun!

My team has gained about 40 points in the standings in the past month but somehow I don't seem to be getting any closer to the league leaders!

It's about time my team woke up from their comatose funk though.

6 players on the 10 Days DL and one on the 60 Days DL for the Bodak Yellichs of Petite Patrie. Welp.

Yeah i’m going to lobby for an extra DL spot next season.

I would not fight that.

so I'm officially putting Scherzer and DeGrom on the market in exchange for a good keeper (they're ranked #1 and #7 in pitching btw!!!) Greinke too, but I doubt he's super interesting to anyone. actually the rest of my team probably isn't very interesting beyond the keepers I won't trade.

regarding NSB:

Is the statistical variable absolute or nah?

I think I might end the season with negative steals...

ugh, despite my solid keepers my season is lost. went in with a bunch of promising options for my 4th/5th slot (mookie/arenado/judge being the big 3)... and they're dropping like flies due to injury or sucking. Alex Reyes, probably Shohei Ohtani, Ken Giles, Rougned Odor... worst part is, now would be when I start dismantling my team for next year, but I don't really have anyone worth offering up. Not looking for for the ol' Trap.

Well anyway if you're making a run for it and anyone not named Aaron, Mookie or Nolan interests you, I could probably stand to upgrade Hosmer & Robles I guess? as my 2019 keepers at each age bracket, so get at me!

#1 in HRs yet last in SLG...

Impressive!

me last night: "I should add Gurriel"
me this morning: "Fuck."

Hey man, I'm just like trying to preserve like my 10th place over here.

I blame you for what happened to him today!

Lol, you want him?

not now that you broke him!

When’s the trade deadline again?

On the block: Scherzer, Greinke, DeGrom, Marco Gonzales. A quality rotation could be yours for the right price!

Also: Gattis, Kemp, Franco, Molina...beyond that my offense is keeping me down and I doubt anyone would want any other non-keepers.

this league is so boring for trades

Deadline is Aug 12.

hey man i made some wild-ass trades in years past, remember when i gave up bryce harper and won the league?

that said i have 4 sick keepers this year and my team is trash so there's virtually no reason for me to make a trade, but if someone wants one of my non-keepers and they'll put up a 27-29 dude i'm game! i'll also try to update the keeper sheet today if i have some time

(my potential trade bait players: cesar hernandez, starling marte, felipe vazquez, david price, lol this team is terrible)

have there been any trades at all this season?

not this year. previous years have had between 2 and 10

(estimation, i don't have time to check now)

i updated the keeper sheet tho!

xxxp i remember, helped me win the following yr ;)

i will trade verlander for a keeper elig type of, say, a nick castellanos quality or rough equivalent fyi

Hmmm. He’s DL’d right now - but I’d move Mazara for some trade deadline nitro. Tho I’m sceptical I’ll be able to close the gap between me and holla.

I'm ISO some keepers.

FT:
Kluber (#4 SP)
Aguilar (#5 1B)
Trivino (#9 RP)
Cruz (#12 OF)
Jansen (#15 RP)
Happ (#25 SP)

Not sure if anyone else on my team would garner interest but lmk.

With only 13 teams in the league there are a lot of good unclaimed FA's and less incentive to make trades.

I think all of us are really protective of our keeper eligible guys and don't want to trade them away unless there's a really good chance of winning the league. These kinds of trades happened in the past when the top three teams were more closely bunched.

Yeah, the realy parity is in the middle... I just went from like 10th to 3rd in ~3 days.

real*

Trout Mike Replica – check yr email!

everyone else - also check your email. trade deadline is sunday

Best thing I’ve done was draft Acuna.

Yup. Snag of the 2017 draft fo sho.

the story of my season today in a nutshell: ridiculous pitching (Eduardo-Rod: 5 IP, 11 K, 0 ER, 11:1 K/BB ratio), and 0-15 with one run scored from the offense.

https://i.imgur.com/p3ucTR0.png

Start Glasnow they* said
*rotoballers

I had the best ERA in the league coming into this game and Glasnow's 0.2 IP outing was enough to move my season ERA a full quarter of a run.

The WHIP race is insane right now: 4 teams within <0.01 at the top.

congrats BNW!
and congrats on ended your 10-year victory drought!

also, i just randomly discovered the league record book today! kinda fun to poke around (fun fact: i hold the all time, single-day strikeout record at 40).

Kept expecting to get overtaken - must have lost like 30 pts in the 2nd half. Gerrit Cole and Suarez got me through. Thanks for the league! All those years of tanking paid off!

Frustrating year for me (every SP was injured at some point, etc.) but congrats bnw for dominating for most of the year and a well deserved win.