I can't wait to end up with 5 shortstops!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:40 (five years ago) link
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
is there a way in Yahoo to see all players in one list, except for keepers, sorted by some kind of preseason ranking? i can see how to view batters and pitchers separately but that doesn't help in trying to guess who'll be available each time i come up in the draft. in case you can't tell i'm VERY bored at work today
― na (NA), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/9455/players
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
yeah but you can't see batters and pitchers together
― na (NA), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
i was hoping to see the list we see on draft day essentially. but OH WELL
― na (NA), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
ah, ya. no idea.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
TWO of my best keepers on the ringer's list of fantasy players to avoid
― na (NA), Friday, 15 March 2019 19:15 (five years ago) link
One of my keepers some of you people laughed at for even considering may well be the closer for your team, NA.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 15 March 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
your IRL team that is.
good luck with that
― na (NA), Friday, 15 March 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
Other draft is over, got 45 minutes to cram for this one lets goooooo
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Sunday, 17 March 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
Wait a sec... the draft is today?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 17 March 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
ten minutes!
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Sunday, 17 March 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
so many young padres
― na (NA), Sunday, 17 March 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
no one on my team is predicted to hit more than 30 home runs :/
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 17 March 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
its criminal that autodraft only gave me two (2) starting pitchers wtff
― johnny crunch, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
I have no idea how/why yahoo hasn’t been able to fix the thing.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 March 2019 00:08 (five years ago) link
jesus. Half your team is relievers! They’re good ones at least, but I guess the yahoo auto brain saw no one was scooping them up (because we do sv+h I guess) and thought it was a great deal. My other league is AL only, 10 team auction and whenever a team auto drafts, it’s a train wreck. Seems to have no awareness of how to properly fill out a team.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 March 2019 00:16 (five years ago) link
Doesn't it just pick the highest ranked player in Yahoo's rankings, regardless of position?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 18 March 2019 04:02 (five years ago) link
That would explain it.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 March 2019 04:33 (five years ago) link
drafted somewhat drunk and after another draft that has completely different player pools (lots of keepers but different keepers; no pitchers; points league; head to head) and tried just for fun a spreadsheet i found online. i was so busy with the stupid spreadsheet that i forgot to pay attnetion to my team, and about halfway through the draft i gave up on the sheet and just started winging it. i think my team is probably awful?
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 18 March 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
HE AIN'T JAVY (He's My Baez) STARTING ROSTER 2019
C - Willson Contreras1B - Max Muncy2B - Javy Baez3B - Rafael DeversSS - Gleyber TorresOF - Charlie BlackmonOF - Khris DavisOF - Christian Yelich
Utility/Backups/Prospects:C/1B - Victor Caratini1B - Miguel Cabrera1B - Peter AlonsoOF - Franchy CorderoOF - Adam EatonOF - Franmil Reyes2B/3B/SS - Asdrubal Cabrera
SP - Stephen StrasburgSP - Yu DarvishSP - Mike ClevingerSP - Nathan EovaldiSP - Chris Paddack
RP - Alex ColomeRP - Corey KnebelRP - Shane Greene
― na (NA), Monday, 18 March 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link
good luck to you, as someone who owns almost the exact same infield in my other league (javy/gleyber/devers, also franmil)!
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 18 March 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
behold the CORROSION OF CONFORTO
(?) - CJesús Aguilar Mil - 1BLourdes Gurriel Jr. Tor - 2B,SSMike Moustakas Mil - 3BXander Bogaerts Bos - SS David Dahl Col - OFMichael Conforto NYM - OFAndrew Benintendi Bos - OF
Util/benchBrandon Nimmo NYM - OFFernando Tatis Jr. SD - SSJake Lamb Ari - 3BJustin Smoak Tor - 1BJosé Martínez StL - 1B,OFNomar Mazara Tex - OF
Corey Kluber Cle - SPZack Wheeler NYM - SPJhoulys Chacín Mil - SPJosé Quintana ChC - SPJoey Lucchesi SD - SPForrest Whitley Hou - SP
Carlos Martínez StL - SP,RP Arodys Vizcaíno Atl - RPRaisel Iglesias Cin - RP
fuck it
― omar little, Monday, 18 March 2019 15:31 (five years ago) link