Corbin Burnesen (list of star keepers and cursed individuals)
Corbin BurnesYordan AlvarezFernando Tatis JrDansby SwansonFreddy Peralta
― omar little, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 22:14 (one year ago) link
Guns of Buxton
Bobby Witt (22)Jazz Chisholm (25)Daulton Varsho (26)Pablo Lopez (27)Carlos Correa (28)
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:44 (one year ago) link
Ages for my guys:
Burnes (28)Alvarez (25)Tatis (24)Swanson (28)Peralta (26)
― omar little, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:56 (one year ago) link
keepers for my yet-to-be renamed team: Max Fried (29)Francisco Lindor (29)Ozzie Albies (26)Shane McClanahan (25)Alek Manoah (25)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 00:00 (one year ago) link
(Man Oahboard)
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 00:02 (one year ago) link
Giolito Shuffle keepers
Emmanuel Clase (25)Adley Rutschman (25)Luis Robert (25)Pete Alonso (28)Lucas Giolito (28)
feels weird keeping a closer but Clase was lights out last year and is young
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 01:18 (one year ago) link
if there is any option to change the draft day and other people are amenable to it, it would be more convenient for me to do it another day. i am taking my kid to a fan convention on the 26th and don’t know if I’ll be able to follow the draft. but i understand if not.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 01:24 (one year ago) link
Any opposition to the same same on the Saturday instead?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:31 (one year ago) link
i can prob do whichever day, as long as it's like in the afternoon/evening (i have another draft whose date isn't set yet and we usually do that the same weekend around ~1pm eastern)
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 04:23 (one year ago) link
same here
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 05:19 (one year ago) link
saturday would be much better for me, thanks
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:46 (one year ago) link
Ohtani Dancer in my Hand (formerly LuvWilTeheranUsApart) keepers:
Bo Bichette (25)Logan Webb (26)Dylan Cease (26)Shohei Ohtani (batter) (28)Alex Bregman (29)
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:21 (one year ago) link
i was going over some younger guys i might want to target – and I started to get the feeling like I was instead picking some poor unsuspecting prospect to jinx. i'm curious if i've actually had bad luck, or if I'm just being paranoid. over the last 8 years some guys i've reached for in the draft (or traded for) include: Julio Urías (pitched just 27 innings over two season before i moved on), Luis Severino (gave me one decent season before being injured for the next two), Nomar Mazara (replacement level his entire career), José Fernández (died after two seasons on my team), Jesús Luzardo (was good for 12 promising innings before fate took hold of him), Michael Soroka (he managed 13.2 inning before becoming irrelevant), Nate Pearson (Luzardo 2.0), Zach Plesac (career 0.4 WAR after drafting him), Francisco Lindor (he's been better, but proceeded to have a career worst season right after i traded for him), Jarred Kelenic (unequivocal dumpster fire), Riley Greene (Kelenic 2.0?!), Jack Flaherty (managed 36 innings and two serious injuries since i added him).
that's not to say i haven't had guys work out, but do most managers have this many guys flame out?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 23:47 (one year ago) link
https://imgur.com/krI0AyN.pngA Moon-Shaped Pujols (formerly Longmont Potion Castellanos)
24 Keibert Ruiz26 Tanner Houck28 Randy Arozerana29 Tyler Glasnow29 Byron Buxton
i botched my trade opportunities last year. gonna need a major re-tool here
― francisF, Thursday, 23 February 2023 16:55 (one year ago) link
hey – a team name reference i actually get!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
do you all still need an additional manager (or someone to take over for gygax, i guess)? no big deal if not, but i'd be glad to step in and be the guy who drafts all the cardinals prospects that will actually really suck for the next few years
― z_tbd, Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:06 (one year ago) link
thermo my keepers have previously included Mazara, Carlos Martinez, Benintendi, AJ Pollock, Miguel Sano, Khris Davis, Sonny Gray, David Dahl, Ian Anderson....lots of injuries, lots of unfulfilled promise.
― omar little, Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
hey, we're Mazara brothers! and that is a solid list of disappointment you got there.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
true hacking mass championship material right there!
i don't know what i ever saw in Mazara. probably something like...hey, his first name is Nomar? Stop there, I'm sold.
― omar little, Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:19 (one year ago) link
did someone once have team called faith nomar?
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
i don't recall ever seeing it. and i don't think i ever saw Mazara Starr either
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link
hello friends i didn't get any emails (nor do I deserve any) but someone please negotiate me to the spreadsheet so i can pick the worst possible keepers before i draft the worst possible team thank you matt s cibula at gmail dot com
― The Jesus Luzardo (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Saturday, 4 March 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
Emailed!
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Saturday, 4 March 2023 22:07 (one year ago) link
>>Send Nootbaar<<
Julio Urias 26Austin Riley 26Logan Gilbert 25Josh Hader 28Will Smith 28
― bnw, Sunday, 5 March 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
deGromlandic Edit a.k.a. a lot of other bad puns.
Jonathan India 2BFramber Valdez SPShohei Ohtani SPDevin Williams RP
― The Jesus Luzardo (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Monday, 6 March 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
Votto No Get Enemy
Grayson Rodriguez 23Vlad Guerrero Jr 24Oneil Cruz 24Sandy Alcantara 27Corey Seager 28
― ✖, Thursday, 9 March 2023 04:04 (one year ago) link
nice! just two managers left to confirm and then i can set/announce the draft order and we're gtg!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 9 March 2023 16:50 (one year ago) link
Dascenzo Corbusier fka Snitker Conspiracy
Julio Rodriguez (22)Rafael Devers (26)Gleyber Torres (26)Zac Gallen (27)Jorge Polanco (29)
Thanks, Thermo and Will!
― Andy K, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 00:58 (one year ago) link
So my flight lands 20 minutes before our draft starts lol... what could possibly go wrong dragging my family through the airport and customs while trying to put a decent team together. Relatives are picking us up so I don't have to worry about losing connection in a train tunnel or what not but I'll try to auto-populate my pre-draft rankings as much as possible.
Keepers (age):
Juan Soto (24)Kyle Tucker (26)Matt Olson (29)Tyler Stephenson (26)Ryan McMahon (28)
Thermy & Willy,Thank you for all that you do~
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 23:42 (one year ago) link
awesome! that's everyone!!! will – can you double check the ages? and I'll post the draft order in the next couple days and get the draft ready to go!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 00:35 (one year ago) link
do you all still need an additional manager (or someone to take over for gygax, i guess)? no big deal if not, but i'd be glad to step in and be the guy who drafts all the cardinals prospects that will actually really suck for the next few years― z_tbd, Thursday, February 23, 2023 9:06 AM (two weeks ago)
― z_tbd, Thursday, February 23, 2023 9:06 AM (two weeks ago)
Was there any follow-up on a way to integrate z_tbd into the league? I'd give him my team in exchange for some choice draft selections.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 05:23 (one year ago) link
jesus, i totally missed that! i will email him.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
any objections if I push the draft time back 15 minutes? our glorious league champ could probably use every minute we can give him to de-plane and get into the draft.feel free to email me directly – if it puts anyone out I'll drop the idea.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:37 (one year ago) link
Push it back as needed!
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
works for me
― na (NA), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:35 (one year ago) link
oh cool! i wasn't sure if there would be a way to join this year, but looks like i'll be able to start up a new team. i hope i can come up with a good pun. it's the hardest part of fantasy baseball
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:59 (one year ago) link
Awesome. I sent you an email. I just need to know what email to send the yahoo invite to.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 17:50 (one year ago) link
since they weren't posted here yet, these are the keeper rules for the league:
• total of 5 keepers• 2 of which must be 27, 28 or 29 yrs old• another 2 players 26 or under• one final keeper that can be either (basically anyone under the age of 30)• age is calculated as-of April 1• for a player to be keep-eligible he must have been drafted on draft day by your team or traded to you by a team that drafted him. that means:• free agent/waiver pick-ups cannot be kept• if you have less than 5 keepers, you will get an extra draft pick at the end of the draft• keep it clean
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
xp i sent you an email reply thermo! just in case you didn't get it, it's:
smithers underscore 312
hopefully it works - i haven't logged in since the last time i played in this fantasy league! just let me know if it doesn't and i'll create a new one.
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link
you don't nec need to use a yahoo email for your yahoo acc't. mine goes to a gmail. i'll send the invite to both the emails i have. just make sure whatever email your yahoo sends stuff to is one you monitor so you don't miss league emails that could be important.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:18 (one year ago) link
sounds good, thanks!
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
i'm in - thanks for the help! I'm out for the rest of the day but I'll be sure to pick a team name and do anything else I need to do before draft day
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:31 (one year ago) link
awesome! that's everyone!!! will – can you double check the ages? and I'll post the draft order in the next couple days and get the draft ready to go!― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:35 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:35 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
i didn't check the individual ages everyone wrote here, but everyone's choices are correct per the rules (2 of each + 1) so every team's legal!
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:47 (one year ago) link
but are they hot and ready?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link
i can guarantee at least some of them are In The Best Shape Of Their Lives and more than one of them Is Working On A New Swing... I think that counts as Hot and Ready
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
Some are even Looking To Make A Fresh Start In A New Environment, I've heard.
― Begs2Differ (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:00 (one year ago) link
i can confirmation some are even tinkering with a new pitch
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link
ok hommies, in what might be a first for our league since we started keepers, i have the draft order and keepers set-up ahead of schedule.
everything can be viewed on our league's draft page (scroll to the bottom for keepers). if anything looks amis, let me know.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:52 (one year ago) link
Z S's Impressive Team was not my choice for a placeholder but it'll have to do. second pick! obviously going andrew knizner, he is due
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Thursday, 16 March 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
Draft 2023/Keepers 2024 spreadsheet
here's the spreadsheet for the upcoming draft (and eventually, the keeper-eligible players for 2024). i'll update with draft results and then every month or so update the dropped players.
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Thursday, 16 March 2023 22:55 (one year ago) link
Seems to be a glut of quality OF right now. Was trying to unload Lowe in my other league - but everyone seems to already be at one-outfielder-too-many already.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 July 2023 22:17 (nine months ago) link
Our league YTD ranks:
JDM: 37 Castellanos: 42 Santander: 54Eloy: 390 (but was hurt for a couple months, he's as good as or better than the others)
These guys are all first pagers in league leader cats.
Lowe is #92 in comparison.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 13 July 2023 22:25 (nine months ago) link
There's been a great dogfight at the top of the standings for the last few weeks, but it's turning into a runaway now.
I can fool myself into thinking my team could have contended if their first month hadn't been so awful. But that's not realistic, Mourning Alonso and Billy Childish Bambino are just too good.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 12:13 (seven months ago) link
obviously i am hesitant to declare anyone running away with things again; i can say for sure we have our team name of the year in "Satanic Frelick in the Attic"
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 13:10 (seven months ago) link
i wouldn't call it a runaway yet, i managed to put up that lead over the course of like a week or two and my team is playing out of their minds -- if they start doing the opposite, i could lose all of those just as easily (and september is always weird)
plus BCB cleverly left themselves a way to make up some points...
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 15:11 (seven months ago) link
😬
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Sunday, 17 September 2023 20:27 (seven months ago) link
Yes, this has gotten interesting again.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 18 September 2023 11:06 (seven months ago) link
think Alonso is safe. Corbin has maxed out 4/7 lineup slots AND innings.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 September 2023 17:18 (seven months ago) link
The above statement by Therm is 100% untrue.
Corbin has not maxed out any cats but is projected to max out.
The month of September (esp. these last 2 weeks) is always a uh... fun time trying to calculate who gets shut down for the playoffs, shutdown due to lack of playoffs, rotations start to get tweaked to dovetail into playoffs/byes, 40 man roster call-ups taking up regulars positions so that front office can give them a look while they're getting their cup of coffee, &c. &c.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 18 September 2023 19:48 (seven months ago) link
Ah my bad! Pitching will probably be ok, but does mean sitting random dudes here and there or leaving slots empty. Basically 3 games at UTL (for example) that otherwise could have had a dude slotted in there. So counting stats will be a bit suppressed.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 03:17 (seven months ago) link
Also: I will be away in Germany for the next three weeks, so if there is any fantasy emergencies I might be slow to react. Will my absence even be noticeable from me team? Not likely.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 03:19 (seven months ago) link
Congrats Will - you did it! Between Acuna and the Franco deal, it was one for the books!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 2 October 2023 09:59 (six months ago) link
Congratulations Will on a great season! Like any of us had a chance against a team with Betts AND Acuna.
I'm happy with my fourth place finish considering my team's horrible start and the injuries to most of my top draft picks. OF and C were a mess all season long, I need to fix that in the draft next year.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 2 October 2023 10:13 (six months ago) link
After what happened to Manoah - I’m still not dissuaded from the idea that there is some kind of curse on my pitching.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 2 October 2023 10:40 (six months ago) link
I tried some late season heroics to take Will down but his GLORP was just insurmountable, well done!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 2 October 2023 13:52 (six months ago) link
Congrats will! I enjoyed my run at the top for awhile but in the end, some of my hot streak players who kept me afloat faded away and a couple of injuries did the rest, not that anyone would overcome the acuna/betts duo.
― omar little, Monday, 2 October 2023 15:31 (six months ago) link
I guess however for the first time in a few seasons, I'm thoroughly happy with my potential keepers entering next season.
― omar little, Monday, 2 October 2023 15:32 (six months ago) link
Whew thanks all! Burnesen and bambino really had me sweating at the end, almost as much as my average era of like 9 for most of September did. Now I can finally just... Stop sweating
I'll do a final update on the keeper sheet later today!
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Monday, 2 October 2023 17:46 (six months ago) link
congratulations! a dominant performance
frustrating season for me, my offense was pretty great all year but just couldn't get any reliable pitching rotation going. and then the franco trade lol. SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME. whatcha gonna do though.
― na (NA), Monday, 2 October 2023 17:47 (six months ago) link
i have a mere eight players remaining from draft day. six of them are possible keepers.
i was happy with my Freeman trade but it was too late to make a difference. i got wrecked by the early ERA troubles and later OBP troubles, and tried to balance semi-punting saves + holds with going all in with other categories. didn't quite work.
― omar little, Monday, 2 October 2023 18:02 (six months ago) link
the annual top 10 hitters of the fantasy season
Ronald Acuña Jr.Freddie FreemanMatt OlsonMookie BettsShohei OhtaniJuan SotoKyle TuckerCorey SeagerCorbin CarrollMarcus Semien
And the top 10 pitchers
Gerrit ColeZach EflinSpencer StriderGeorge KirbyLogan WebbZac GallenZack WheelerJustin SteeleKyle BradishLuis Castillo
― omar little, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 23:22 (six months ago) link
an all-Zachary staff might have taken the chip
― omar little, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 23:24 (six months ago) link
How good was Will's team?
I had top #3,6,7 hitters and top #1 & 3 pitchers and he still beat me by something like 10 points. That's kind of unreal in a 13T roto.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 4 October 2023 02:34 (six months ago) link
i was very fortunate to grab Eflin when i did, what a season that dude had. i'm kinda surprised he was sitting there most of the season, but it was a weird one for pitchers. there weren't a lot of guys who were across-the-board great for the full season, except for Cole.
― omar little, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 17:07 (six months ago) link
Hey y'all, Votto No Get Enemy's gonna cut out this year. If it wasn't obvious by my complete lack of engagement, my interest in FBB plummeted to zero last season. Thanks for letting me play along these past few years!
― ✖, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 20:03 (three months ago) link
we'll miss you! i hope this means you've also been able to extricate yourself from that truly nightmarish other glorping fantasy league with the family. it was bad enough that i retold your stories to some of the guys in my other league!
also, apparently, this was a lie:
I'll do a final update on the keeper sheet later today!― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Monday, October 2, 2023 1:46 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Monday, October 2, 2023 1:46 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
but i was able to do it today.see here
lemme know if there are any issues! (or wait until next season's thread, when most of you will bother looking at it lol)
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:39 (three months ago) link
godspeed ✖
thanks will
― na (NA), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 14:27 (three months ago) link
Sorry to hear. I might have to refresh my memory on the other glorping fantasy thread.
I guess will see if any posters are interested in taking over Votto…
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 18 January 2024 05:30 (three months ago) link
the keepers on Votto are p.great! Grayson/Vlad/Oneil, Sandy/Seager/Murphy
― francisF, Thursday, 18 January 2024 14:56 (three months ago) link
ya, some good options there for sure
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 18 January 2024 16:16 (three months ago) link
compared to my rebuilding-a$$ at least
― francisF, Friday, 19 January 2024 01:20 (three months ago) link
Is there a policy on how are abandoned teams are handled if no takers on adopting it? All players straight back to the draft or is there another way of redistributing?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 January 2024 02:37 (three months ago) link
Also, how do we get gyac to discover and relish the great American pastime of yahoo! Fantasy Baseball?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 January 2024 02:38 (three months ago) link
All players just go back into the draft pool. Any keepers not drafted are shot.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 19 January 2024 02:41 (three months ago) link
When is the deadline for keeper commitments? I have a potential odd man out situation...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 January 2024 17:33 (three months ago) link
we're not even close. i'll figure it out when i start the new thread in a couple weeks.deadline was March 19 last year, so expect something close to that.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 19 January 2024 19:47 (three months ago) link
Thank you Thermo.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 January 2024 21:14 (three months ago) link
for other bookmark-users who forget to check boards on account of all of the bookmarks: new thread
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Friday, 9 February 2024 20:09 (two months ago) link