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
So the draft is now set for 4:15. This involved, stupidly, having to re-enter all the keeper picks and order etc. so double check everything looks right and you have the correct Ohtani or will smith etc
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
I'm so sorry Thermo but I sincerely thank you.
It will be interesting to say the least... while it won't be my first draft via mobile while otherwise preoccupied, it will be the first one while incredibly jet-lagged while navigating customs & baggage claim with family in tow and then trying to be cordial and respectful to in-laws I haven't seen in 3+ years lol.
so double check everything looks right and you have the correct Ohtani or will smith etc
remember that one year there were like 5 different Wander Francos?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 04:16 (one year ago) link
the best part is they're his brothers! Wander Samuel Franco, Wander Alexander Franco and Wander Javier Franco (also their dad is Wander Franco)
and the reason? he was a ballplayer who never made the bigs but he wanted his name to make the bigs lmao
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 14:22 (one year ago) link
I have the correct Bobby Jones and once again will scramble to set pre-draft rankings for a disastrous auto-draft.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
wait, you've got the first pick and won't be there for the draft?! i guess having pick 1 makes pre-ranking a little easier, but still...
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
Five hours until the draft!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 25 March 2023 15:20 (one year ago) link
Four!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 25 March 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link
3
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 25 March 2023 17:15 (one year ago) link
Too
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 25 March 2023 18:14 (one year ago) link
My plan to come up with my own draft ranking last failed, so I will be basically using my gut. Lol! Looking forward to it!
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Saturday, 25 March 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
JUAN!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 25 March 2023 19:16 (one year ago) link
Corbin Burnesen:
C - JT Realmuto1B - Pasquantino, Abreu2B - Drury, Grissom3B - France, JungSS - Swanson, TatisOF - Alvarez, Carroll, Bryant, YoshidaSP - Burnes, Heaney, Kirby, Peralta, Sale, Kluber, TaillonRP - Minter, Brown (gonna need some RPs….)
― omar little, Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:10 (one year ago) link
C - Salvador Perez1B - Freddy Freeman, Josh Bell2B - Brandon Lowe, Jonathan India3B - Eugenio SuarezSS - Jeremy Pena, Ezequiel TovarOF - Eloy Jimenez, Steven Kwan, Chrisian Yelich, Nick Castellanos, Riley Greene, Garrett Mitchell, Sal FrelickSP - Max Scherzer, Shohei Ohtani, Merrill Kelly, Framber ValdezRP - Devin Williams, Alexis Diaz, Daniel Bard
outfield rich but mid, pitching top-heavy and sparse, let's f'in go
― Begs2Differ (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:16 (one year ago) link
I went prospect heavy this year, trying to get prospects who might conceivably contribute this season though.gonna have to make major adjustments as I go mos def.
― omar little, Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:20 (one year ago) link
i was also intending to go more prospect heavy, seeing as how this season is going to be really difficult as a new team. i can't believe how early Jordan Walker went! i was thinking he might be a 5th or 6th round kind of thing.
on the prospects side i did end up with eury perez, franciso alvarez, and hunter greene, who i guess isn't really a prospect anymore but is still really young and will hopefully become really good soon. i was also happy to land alejandro kirk as a potential keeper
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
Newcombes On deBlok
C | Willson Contreras 1B | Anthony Rizzo2B | Ozzie Albies 3B, and hopefully keeper legend | Gunnar Henderson SS | Francisco Lindor (last year I can keep him RIP)OF | Kyle "Daddy" Shwarbucks, Bryan Reynolds, Brandon "Captain" Nimmo
SP | McClanahan, Manoah, Fried, Cortes, Luzardo, Cabrera
RP | Munoz, Fairbanks, Lange, Montero
bench bats | Merrifield, Miranda, Conforto
total flier NA pick for the hell of it | Kyle Manzardo
said this before, but i like this team a lot. only thing I'm nervous about is that my entire pitching staff is barely out of diapers. Feel like I should have picked Grey instead of Cabrera so I'd have a more proven/boring arm.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:52 (one year ago) link
xpost _ Kirk was a solid get!
The sheet is up to date!
My team is apparently good except for home runs and rbis. are those important? (caps = keeper)
C - Grandal1B - Nathaniel Lowe / Vargas2B - Mookie / Urias3B - Bohm / UriasSS - TREA / WANDEROF1 - ACUNAOF2 - MullinsOF3 - O'Neill / Meneses
SP1 - NOLASP2 - BIEBERSP3 - GausmanSP4 - MortonSP5 - BassittSP6 - SingerRP - Jansen / Bednar / Ottavino
Minor league stash - James Wood
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:53 (one year ago) link
giolito shuffle
C - rutschman1b - alonso, torkelson2b - semien3b - arenado, ke'bryan hayesss - andersonof - robert, renfroe, adolis garcia, kelenic, friedlutil - muncyna - colas
sp - giolito, lynn, ray, stroman, trevor rogersrp - clase, leclerc, fulmer
in hindsight i'm fairly happy with my results. starting pitching could be bad but i usually end up streaming to some degree. i might have gone a little galaxy brain on my later picks but most of them are keeper-eligible and it's fun to have a couple of gambles going (like kelenic or torkelson finally being good eg)
― na (NA), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:54 (one year ago) link
Will, I really liked the Vargas pick up. Right abouts where i was about to take him. And again: if you don't finish top 3 with that team, I will mock you without mercy.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:00 (one year ago) link
whoops
the question will be can i keep up with the teams that play the daily wire game! cos i am not sure i can!
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:01 (one year ago) link
oh, thank you for doing that! i hadn't actually gone through and checked for my own players yet, so that is a big timesaver
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:27 (one year ago) link
no worries, i did most of the work years ago and at this point its just adding the new players and their birthdates, which i can grab off of bbref very easily.
@NA: man i really like your team. i was watching your picks (you were on the elbow of the draft right?) and i was just like damn this is a good team. the only pick i didn't like was ke'bryan (latent anti-pirate bias?), but now that i am seeing that he's backing up arenado (and muncy!), im just like damn someone's in it to win it
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Sunday, 26 March 2023 21:02 (one year ago) link
your jinx game is strong
― na (NA), Sunday, 26 March 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link
that team does look good. so does Childish Bambino, Corbin Burnesen and Dascenzo Corbusier – but i think Will's team looks strongest right now.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 26 March 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
The number of players I have who are going to be under 27 going into next season means I’m going to have a lot of tough choices to make with regards to keepers. Unless several of them faceplant, which is totally possible.
― omar little, Sunday, 26 March 2023 22:08 (one year ago) link
your jinx game is strong― na (NA), Sunday, March 26, 2023 5:25 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― na (NA), Sunday, March 26, 2023 5:25 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol i swear it was unintended, i just genuinely liked your picks! i thought after round 7 or 8 "i keep liking NA's picks"
― Potemkin Mystery Dungeon (Will M.), Sunday, 26 March 2023 22:29 (one year ago) link
ha i know. i’m pretty happy with my draft but all that matters is results, so we’ll see
― na (NA), Sunday, 26 March 2023 23:25 (one year ago) link
Omar - I’m the same. Wasn’t trying to wind up with so many young guys, kinda just happened. But if midway through the season Cabrera/Luzardo/Manoah and/or Miranda/Manzardo are all on fire, I’ll probably find one or two of them a forever home for a little competitive bump.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 27 March 2023 00:09 (one year ago) link
I have 8 dudes who’ll be under 27. I feel like I’ll also have to turn on the trade machine at some point, unless I’m totally out of the running in which case I’ll just hold and play out the string.
― omar little, Monday, 27 March 2023 00:28 (one year ago) link
A Moon-Shaped Pujols
C / RUIZ, K1B / WALKER, C2B / MARTE, K3B / DIAZ, YSS / HOERNER, NOF / BUXTON, BOF / AROZARENA, ROF / TROUT, MUT / SPRINGER, GBN / VERDUGO / LeMAHIEU / NAYLOR, J
SP / GLASNOW, TSP / DeGROM, JSP / RODON, CSP / COBB, ARP / DURAN, JRP / HELSLEY, RRP / SEWALD, PP / HOUCK, T
NA / CHOURIO, JNA / PAINTER, A
If anyone failed to draft a prospect, I've got Painter available for spare parts.Trout et al are available for your keepers this year, hmu!
― francisF, Monday, 27 March 2023 15:37 (one year ago) link
Impressive injured list you got there!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 27 March 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
Ohtani Dancer In My Hand
C Christian Bethancourt1B Triston Casas2B Nick Gordon3B Alex BregmanSS Bo BichetteOF Michael Harris II, Giancarlo Stanton, Jake FraleyUT Shohei OhtaniBN Jose Altuve, Chris Taylor, Shea Langeliers
SP Dylan Cease, Logan Webb, Blake Snell, Dustin May, Jose Berrios, Brandon Woodroof, Cristian JavierRP Evan Phillips, Hector Neris, Seranthony Dominguez
My bench is weak and I somehow failed to draft a decent catcher, but at least the pitching should be good!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 30 March 2023 11:11 (one year ago) link
not a fan of yahoo showing every single player as not playing today
― na (NA), Thursday, 30 March 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
at least every single batter
It makes looking at my roster incredibly stressful
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 March 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
Same thing happened opening day last year too iirc
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 March 2023 20:21 (one year ago) link
So far today I’ve lost my catcher and starting pitcher
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 March 2023 23:21 (one year ago) link
The incredibly jetlagged Billy Childish Bambino
C Tyler Stephenson (K) 1B Ryan Mountcastle/Matt Olson (K)/Tyler Stephenson (K) 2B Tommy Edman/Ryan McMahon (K) SS Willy Adames/Tommy Edman 3B Matt Chapman/Ryan McMahon (K) OF Juan Soto (K), Kyle Tucker (K), Anthony Santander, Andrew Benitendi DH JD Martinez
SP Gerrit Cole, Spencer Strider, Triston McKenzie (IL), Joe Musgrove (IL), Jordan Montgomery, Tony Gonsolin (IL), Jon Gray (plus a bunch of other scrubs, does anyone even read these things?)RP David Robertson, James Karinchak, Robert Suarez (IL)
NA N/A
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link
I read your things brah
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:45 (one year ago) link
I’ve had top-tier hitting so far this season at least until today. And I believe a single good start from a pitcher.
― omar little, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
I feel like some guys have to get used to the pitching clock, he said hopefully
― omar little, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 01:14 (one year ago) link
i anticipate kikuchi turning out to be a real good pick this year
― francisF, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 01:36 (one year ago) link
That was indeed an impressive outing.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 01:55 (one year ago) link
Ohtani got dinged for a pitch clock violation but went aside with the umpire at the end of the inning with his interpreter to try to explain that he hasn’t finished his windup when it was called.
― limb tins & cum (gyac), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 20:36 (one year ago) link
Finally able to sit down and take a look at the post-draft shake out. Send Nootbar's early lead is insane. Everyone is getting steals (except for me, which was the common theme last few years). QS and Wins continue to be as elusive as ever... esp as pitch clock anxiety is absolutely a thing, doubly knowing that baserunners will be running like crazy.
Whomever sent me that goofy trade proposal, sorry if my rejection was a little harsh but I'm not giving up 3 years of a better outfielder for your 1 year rental of a fading star who is ranked 34 spots behind my guy, lol.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link