Adding new roster slot for Trash Can – 2020 ILX Fantasy Baseball!

i take back what i said: Francis, you can't keep Pederson either!

oh whaat lemme take a look

I'm going in with 4 picks:

MACHADO, Manny 27
OZUNA, Marcell 29
GALLO, Joey 26
FLAHERTY, Jack 24

thx

has anyone seen or heard from Van Horn Street? not sure where he's at.

Mad Boone Rising is back! Sorry, things have been weird(as you may know)

Posting keepers in an instant

Ronald Acuna, 22
Yoan Moncada, 24
Francisco Mejia, 24
Rhys Hoskins, 27
Anthony Rendon, 29

Thanks man! I was honestly worried for a bit something had befallen you.

ok. Order is set and picks are in.

if anyone wants to check my work:
https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/42294/draftresults?drafttab=team

thanks

i don't mind having last pick but having back-to-back picks each time is going to be stressful

i do not feel prepared for this draft. but that somehow feels appropriate?

I changed my team name from Soto Voce to BillyChildishBambino

shitty q but it didn't occur to me to ask... is it too late to swap in luis castillo and aaron judge out as a keeper? no worries if it's a big pain in the ass

both age 27 (well judge is 28 now but was 27 in april) so it doesn't throw anything out of whack on that front

I can swap them.

thanks!

alright, you should be all set.

Can the commish kindly explain why we have HR, SLG & XBH? Seems excessive.

Watch out guys, I just simulated our season using keepers alone and I finished a very distant last place.

For the XBH, we had added some new pitching categories and wanted something to add to hitting to balance it out. There wasn’t a lot to choose from - and some people were worried it would reward HR hitters too much, but it seemed to reward more gap-power type hitters just as much. It was a while ago and we had a convo about it at the time, if you want to go back and see the discussion in the older fantasy threads, my memory is hazy.

we're doing this in an hour yeah?

yah

i'm ready!

why did i think this was tomorrow?! I AM THE GODDAMNED COMMISSIONER!!!V

so i mentioned this in the draft – if yahoo doesn't adjust the games and IP maximums for the 60-game schedule I will punch that in myself.

I noticed Loftons & Mussina - drafting Mize, Gore and Whitley; covering the spread on secondary prospect pitchers after Pearson!

Next year I propose instead of Net Stolen Bases: Absolute Value Stolen Bases, I'm currently at -2.

I noticed Loftons & Mussina - drafting Mize, Gore and Whitley; covering the spread on secondary prospect pitchers after Pearson!

― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, July 25, 2020 8:51 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

oh i had every intention of drafting pearson, i just forgot about him. i starred a bunch of guys before the draft thinking that would highlight them in some way during the draft but that didn't happen

i drafted like a total idiot completely disregarding this year and drafting all but 2 or 3 players under 30, none of whom are going to be given enough playing time to actually prove to anyone that they're worth keeping for 2021

i wonder if yahoo! will remain flexible on position designation for next year so that we don't end up with a bunch of DHs trying to qualify for position eligibility in 2021.

My keepers' stats through week 1+:

.185/.231/.281 slash
0 HRs, 0 RBIs, 0 NSB
1 COVID positive
1 demolished testicle
1 pending IL trip due to a quad strain

And my brand new team ace just had to be helped off the field.

christ. torn achilles for Soroka. could be out up to a year. fuck. my keeper SPs have curse on them i swear. (RIP Fernandez)

Fourth in runs, last in OBP.

Well I had quite a fall from grace, sparked by Scherzer's 1st inning exit a few days ago and all downhill from there, team-wide. If Flaherty ever makes his 2nd start that may help (has not pitched since opening day!)

The curse on my pitching continues... 2nd day in a row with a SP getting totally blown out by a team of replacement level shleps.

Accepting trade offers for Matthew Boyd.

ISO a crusty jock strap or anything with a similar WAR.

oh, and ALSO one of my SP in missing a start because he went out partying during an epidemic.

It is with very heavy hearts that BillyChildishBambino has parted ways with keeper Mitch Haniger and what remains of his testicles. We wish him much luck in the 2022 or 2023 season when he finally returns to the field.

Damn you Javy!
I went to add Solak and you’d picked him up literally a second before I did!

my original pitching staff:
Mike Soroka – torn achilles, out for season
Mike Clevenger – demoted indefinitely for being a complete fucking idiot
Zack Wheeler – unharmed as of yet
Nate Pearson – ERA of 6.61 and is now on the IL wth elbow issues
Dinelson Lamet – unharmed as of yet
Dylan Bundy – pitching surprising well somehow
Mitch Keller – IL for a month now with a strained oblique

I should also mention that one of those young arms was meant to replace Luis Severino, who has now missed two seasons

Make me an offer:

Pedro Severino, C, BAL

Current #106 overall ranking with:

7 R, 5 HR, 19 RBI, .398 OBP, .581 SLG, 9 XBH, 1 NSB

which ranks him at #2 out of all MLB catchers (only Realmuto has performed better).

Looking to close a deal ASAP.

can he pitch?

According to my scouts he throws heat in the mid-70s and his offspeed arsenal includes a 55mph eephus.

A solid #2 on my team

Speaking of a solid #2...

I'm getting 1-hit today (1/19) with 8 of 9 batting slots filled. So long first place, it was a wild last few weeks.

Dude. You’re 6/33 with two home runs. Also you’re ahead by like 17 points! Settle down.

I guess you just don't get how that works alright?

If I don't post anything, my team continues to falter... so I post and suddenly it's like a John Wooden halftime speech and the bats come alive (barely, I esentially have a one man offense).

But what a one-man offence!

Meanwhile, in 2nd place I took a peek in on my guys and they were 0/13. They ended up .083/.128/.139 on the day. Don't assume your opponents are killing it everyday either

Since I like to maximize my anxiety, I like to see who’s ahead and behind me in individual categories and check in on the teams that are close to me, since my score is just as affected by those around me in specific stats.

took me long enough, but for those looking towards the future, here's your handy keepers tracker for 2021