Yikes, I will be out of town that weekend but will try to cut out a chunk of time to devote to this.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 25 February 2019 22:40 (five years ago) link
an idea, maybe others will be into it, maybe not, but is there any chance we could determine the draft order more than an hour before the draft this year? i do kinda like the "who knows for sure" aspect of it but at the same time i will be coming fresh off another draft so the more prep i can do the better. won't be offended if nobody likes the idea, just wanted to float it. even if the order is decided, like, a day or two in advance, it'd give me the chance to set up my sheets or whatever... what do you think?
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
i can update everyone here as soon as i know. (once all the keepers are set)
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
oh wait... am i misremembering? do we not do random draft order on draft day?
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
If it's a true keeper league the draft order should be the reverse standings at the end of the previous season.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
People have insanely good keepers and I have...
Josh Shithead Hader 24Trevor Story 26Gary Sanchez 26Eugenio Suarez 27Gerrit Cole 28
― bnw, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 02:11 (five years ago) link
Colonisqattsi:
Cody BellingerAaron NolaJean SeguraPatrick CorbinGiancarlo Stanton
― @TtamAlubic (Display Name (this cannot be changed):), Friday, 1 March 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
lol my other draft just got moved to 2pm. should still be ok because that one goes fast, but lol... this 3pm isn't gonna move up anymore, is it?
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Friday, 1 March 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
*types lol a 15th time nervously*
no, i have a brunch/daytime drinking event i'm going to be leaving early from for the draft as it is.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 March 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
oh hey you know how upthread i said, double check the ages because the moving opening day can make them inaccurate sometimes?
chris sale's birthday is march 30, opening day is march 28, making him keepable this year! so jealous
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Friday, 1 March 2019 21:15 (five years ago) link
Definitive keepers for Mad Boone Rising
Rhys Hoskins <27Ronald Acuna <27Yoan Moncada <27Anthony Rendon 27-29Aaron Hicks 27-29
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 1 March 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
It occurs to me - might have to set a transaction limit of we same day pick ups.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 2 March 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
Sale is keeperable? that changes everything!
― francisF, Saturday, 2 March 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
27-29 SALE, Chris27-29 PEREZ, Sal27-29 OZUNA, Marcell27> MACHADO, Manny27> JIMENEZ, Eloy
flirting with the team name Orel Halo
― francisF, Saturday, 2 March 2019 22:31 (five years ago) link
LuvWilTeheranUsApart keepers
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. <27Alex Bregman <27Matt Olson <27Anthony Rizzo 27-29Trevor Bauer 27-29
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 3 March 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
Subbing out Myers for Vazquez, because I don't wanna be mr nobp (that's no + obp) again
Victor Robles - 21Aaron Judge - 26Mookie Betts - 26Nolan Arenado - 27Felipe Vazquez - 27
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 4 March 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
Pretty sure Sal Perez is out for the season Francis.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 4 March 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
shhhhhhhhhhhh
― na (NA), Monday, 4 March 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
jk
Thermo/Will, how many more people are we waiting to finalize keepers? Is there a deadline?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link
i think thermo said a week today (mar 11) for keeper deadline. all i know is only one team hasn't posted their keepers in this thread yet (guns of buxton) and they have an embarrassment of riches to choose from and i am kinda jealous.
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
Nice! If I get a chance tonight I'm gonna start building my a pre-ranking list in the event I'm unable to attend the live draft.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:40 (five years ago) link
I can't wait to end up with 5 shortstops!
sub:PEREZ, Sal x_xforGALLO, Joey o_O
thx for heads up!
― francisF, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
(Gallo for Perez, doy)
― francisF, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
took me a few years, but i finally found a trustworthy list of players birthdates (vs. just a "list of ages" that is never accurate) so hopefully my keeper sheets will never have an opening day age issue again! but do double-check and let me know if there are any mistakes!
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link
If I had the time, I would scrape the baseball-reference site for their entire birthdate database and then use that as a master to run a SQL query against (or vlookup if in a spreadsheet).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
someone beat us to it, apparently! link
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:28 (five years ago) link
Haha, exactly.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:57 (five years ago) link
If it's a true keeper league the draft order should be the reverse standings at the end of the previous season.― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:26 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:26 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is something i'd definitely be interested in talking abt more! always made sense to me as the strongest teams will typically have the strongest keepers, so reverse order (and no snake) made the most sense for the next year's draft. is this something we could consider in the future? (i'm not just saying this because i finished in the basement for what feels like the first time ever!)
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
I’d consider it - but what’s to stop teams from benching guys and tanking once things start looking bleak?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2019 00:18 (five years ago) link
i'd say there should be some kinda "at least start guys" rule or you get kicked to the bottom of the draft order per commish's discretion. as long as we had something like that, i think most of us are above-board folks. and no dropping good-ass players in september!
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
ya - we are all pretty awesome, but i would prefer to eliminate temptations wherever i can. maybe what i might propose doing is going half way between random and standings-based draft order. basically what i've been doing is putting team names into an online random list generator. what i could do is make it a weighted draft lottery – giving 13 entries to the 13th place team, 12 to 12th place and so on until 1st place getting one entry and then draw for the first pick using the rondo generator, then 2nd round etc. a bit more work for me, but more fun and wouldn't 100% guarantee the first pick to tanky mcsitstrout.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
i'm also thinking of a daily transaction limit of 3, to prevent anyone from going crazy with the same-day FA adds. that seem reasonable?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
can't imagine needing more than 3, although i know yahoo has a safeguard against "churning" free agents, so like i can't pick up and drop 20 guys to put em all on WW. anyone you pick up and drop same day just goes back in the FA pool, iirc? but yeah still 3 per day seems fine!
also love the weighted lottery idea!
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Thursday, 7 March 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
anyone you pick up and drop same day just goes back in the FA pool, iirc?
oh! i that's the case, i won't even bother with transaction limits. i'll look into this some more, thanks.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
FWIW: When I was commish we had a seasonal tranactional limit. Limitless leagues are much easier to game.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 7 March 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
ok player has to be rostered for 24 hours to go on waivers. transaction limit cancelled.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
scooter gennett (29)george springer (29)trea turner (26)francisco lindor (26)jose ramirez (26)
sorry for lollygagging.
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link
thanks dude - i'm just glad you're alive!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 14:52 (five years ago) link
holy crap at that infield.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:39 (five years ago) link
ok - draft order and keepers are set. please check your teams and make sure everything looks right.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
where does the draft order show up?
― na (NA), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
from the main page > draft >> draft results
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
!!! No snake draft though really?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:27 (five years ago) link
Oh it is, whoopsies.
damn im in the 13th/1st swing position~& i think i am going to be autodrafting most likely O_o
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
Same, I can't wait to end up with 5 catchers and no shortstop.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
you've got the first overall pick and three extra rounds to yourself – pre-rank like like a mad man!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link