2005 I Love Baseball Yahoo Fantasy Thread #3

When discussing his beloved fantasy sports teams, Stephen Malkmus might as well be talking about his music persona: "If I have a winning team, I act really cocky, and if I have a losing team, I act sort of indignant."

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"That [dramatics at final Pavement show] was stupid," he remembers now, regretfully. Though there was obviously some tension in the breakup, it appears to have been largely amicable — many of the Pavement guys are in Malkmus' fantasy baseball league, after all.

More here.

We're a mere 1/3 of the way through, my friends...

derrek lee

by: mini ditkas (yumyum1999) Jun 3 5:00am

how can I have derrek lee and suck such gigantic cock? It's a mystery to me. The fucking beltway busts of beltre and beltran.

it's like being a virtual cub fan. MVP for nothing!

gay

IP is a statistical category this year, as opposed to last year when it wasn't figured into the standings BUT there was a 1200 inning limit (is this correct?).

This year, IP counts toward the standings but there is still a 1400 inning limit. However, only four or five teams are currently projected to reach that limit. For everybody else, IP is effectively a counting stat just like any other.

Yes?

Note to team: HIT THE DAMN BALL.

I have bunches of starting pitching for trade.

Nym, pitch me some woo! I got yr pitching right here!

The winds of trade at Chez Namesakes are always blowing (if you are reconsidering) ...

but i got you all in mind. i just think it's not very sporting of me to retract my trade offer to leeeeeeeeee. i do that too much anyway.

we drove home, I ran
up the stairs to quick pick up
MR. RICKIE WEEKS

You don't think it was a fair offer? My guy is presently ranked higher than your guy on Yahoo's rankings. Also, I figured that you were in the ideal "sell high" situation.

and leee, no, it's Hee Hate Me that i have an offer in with. grr. I'm cancelling, and announcing:

JOHNNY DAMON IS ON THE TRADING BLOCK. FIRST ONE THAT OFFERS ME GREAT RELIEF OR STARTING PITCHING WILL BE AMPLY REWARDED.

Sorry! I typed that comment this morning before I saw your offer (which has now been accepted).

Anyway, this exchange has confused me a bit, but the end result is the same -- CAN/US CROSS-BORDER TRADING HAS BEEN RESUMED.

Guess who picked him back up? :D

I don't think it (FG for JD) was a bad trade at all, though Freddy G gives me the willies, as I don't trust him (or the ChiSox) much. (Yes, the ChiSox will need to win 120 games this year to convince me they are For Real.)

Re: pitching vs hitting in the league this year, I do think that more teams are in need of hitting than pitching right now. Stated differently: Yanc3y, gygax, and milo's teams are dominating the major hitting categories, whereas everybody else's teams have major holes in their offense. And whaddaya know, Yanc3y, gygax, and milo's teams are placed 1-2-3, and have been for a while now.

However, as far as availability goes, I believe good pitching is just as difficult to find as good hitting. During the first 6-8 weeks of the season, a lot of us revamped our pitching staffs by picking up undrafted free agents. Now, there are *no* good starters available. If you're in need of a replacement player, it's definitely easier to find a decent hitter than a decent starter.

Even when Garcia isn't at his best (like yesterday), he still goes 6-7 innings, keeps the ball in the park, doesn't walk people, etc.; which is more than I can say for any of my other starters who aren't former Cy Young winners. Now I've got to sweat through Backe and Webb's starts that much more. But of course, I'm excited about this trade. My team needed a big change.

On the other hand, I welcome the change, and this allows me to keep Wily Mo in the lineup and maybe give the suddenly-hot David DeJesus a shot. Plus I have another shocking trade in the works that will ROCK ALL Y'ALL'S WORLD.

Sheets: 1.29, one win
Greinke: 22.85, no wins
Robertson: 8.71, no wins
Kazmir: 17.36, no wins
Wang: 9.00, no wins
Cabrera: 31.50, no wins

xpost - looking at those numbers - Haikunym would def. fall into the "pitching desperate" category

I wake up each morning and it's like somebody has ranked the top twelve teams (except for the top three) by picking names out of a hat overnight. For the previous three weeks it seemed as though I was 7th almost every day, so I'm finding things a lot more exciting these days.

shit, for most of the first quarter of the season, my team era was significantly higher than my k/9. it's not even that much lower now.

I only have ONE pitcher in the top 100 and that's Jason Isringhausen who I traded Jimmy Rollins for about a month ago.

My best OF sat out 2 weeks for being on the juice and as chronicled on that other thread, was released yesterday despite batting .346/.373/.466... making people ask "What exactly was the big deal about Victor Diaz?"

You have two in top 100, four in top 100 offense. But those top two are fucking awesome: Tejada is the best at his position, Delgado is arguably the best at his position (er, if he was still in the AL). And the rest of your offense is fairly balanced (or has been to this point, Pedro Felix's return to earth notwithstanding) -- no stinkers, from where I sit.

Also, if we're judging things just by the # of guys we have in the top 100, then even I have two guys in the top 100 (not including Damon, who hasn't played for me yet) (four in the top 102 in offense) but my hitting sucks because there's no balance -- my outfield is excellent, but Vidro has been out for six weeks (and at least two more), while Helton and Lowell are hitting like their dead-ball era equivalents.

Also, hi, Gygax, if you're going to rely on shiny turds like Pedro Feliz for consistent production, then I have some bridges you might want to purchase.

Edgardo Alfonzo + PTBNL for the Kaz's (Matsui/Ishii).

Yahoo's (although I'm still not sure how they're compiled).

Thermo, I would sub-in for you, but I hurt my back over the weekend so my flexibility is nearly nil. I won't be participating in any non-biking sports for a couple of days. Listen to us, we sound like pathetic old men "OH MY LEG!!" "OH MY BACK!!".

i'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere, just that i'm to lazy to ferret it out.

Jun 16 9:13am M. Ordóñez DL (Det - OF) Add
Jun 16 9:12am R. Baldelli* DL (TB - OF) Drop
Jun 16 9:11am L. Matos DL (Bal - OF) Add
Jun 16 9:11am J. Mays (Min - SP) Drop
Jun 16 9:10am R. Seánez (SD - RP) Add
Jun 16 9:10am M. Wuertz (ChC - RP) Drop

*not sure if any of you were privy to this keen tidbit but here you go:

(Jun 15) Devil Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli was making solid progress in his recovery from a torn ACL in his left knee, but it appears that will now be on hold. Baldelli injured his right elbow while working out on the field at the Raymond Naimoli complex this week and will fly to Birmingham, Ala., where Rays team physician James Andrews will examine the elbow to determine the extent of the injury, the Tampa Tribune reports. The report indicates it's likely that Baldelli will need Tommy John surgery which would put his timetable for recovery at a 12 month minimum.

Views: Those fantasy owners with Damon Hollins on their roster can expect him to continue to get regular playing time during any extended absence by Baldelli. This also means a possible call up of one of the franchise's promising young outfielders like Jonny Gomes, Delmon Young, or Joey Gathright could happen in the near future. Then again, we're talking about a team that recalls players like Reggie Taylor over three players with star potential.

Getting Morneau and Bellhorn for Renteria sounds like a steal to me (but then again, I've never been sold on Renteria's star potential).

you just snagged the estimable emil brown away from me right as i was making my move!

foiled again.

you should pick up ryan wagner though! i had to drop him to get emil, maybe his 11 holds will do someone some good. but I'm last in ERA and he ain't doin' me nothing.

Although it doesn't matter, they don't win enough to know who their closer should be.

Pedro Feliz OPS:
2003 .793
2004 .790
2005 .739

I was thinking more of his peripheral numbers:

           Games        Runs         RBI
2004       144          72           84
2005        62          32           40

Also, it's just his power numbers that are down -- OBP and AVG are virtually the same as last year.

Basically, it makes no sense to me that he's having this type of season without Bonds in the lineup.

MIR - sorry about that dopey trade offer. I made it while playing poker (won $70!), and was distracted, and came to my senses about 5 minutes after making the offer.

Note to Carlos Beltran: go on the stupid DL, heal your damn quads, and stop "being a man" about it, because there's nothing manly about a 2-for-22 slide and ONE STOLEN BASE.

Also - hot damn, that in-hindsight ill-advised Jorge Cantu / Nick Johnson swap is almost not embarrassing! Dude actually WALKED a couple of times this weekend! That's hot!

I'm not sure what I'll do if Ramon Hernandez ends up on the DL. I don't see the point of picking up another catcher short-term, because catchers can't hit and the replacement would just drag down my stats.

g!, I think my OF situation is pretty stable right now (cf. JOHNNY GOMES!), but thanks anyhoo!

C: Hernandez (wrist)
2B: Vidro (ankle)
SS: Cabrera (elbow)
OF: Edmonds (ribs)
OF: Damon (shoulder)
OF: Holliday (hand)

That's five regulars and a semi-regular, all of them are either on the DL or day-to-day (although Edmonds looks like he's back as of today). Damon should be full-time by the weekend, and Vidro could be back this weekend. Surely this is the low point of my season.

My only opening day starters who haven't been injured are Helton and Lowell. Ironically, they both have sucked.

dude, they gained last night!

no thanks to your precious miguel tejada!

Honestly, I've gone through about five or six players in his abscence to try and fill the void left by his two months on the DL.

Jim Thome
Chipper Jones
Steve Finley
Oliver Perez
Clint Barmes (since dumped -- I have to have someone to play.)

I am totally fuxxored and probably won't finish much better than where I am currently located, unless Brad Hawpe, Jason Lane and Aaron Boone turn into some power hitting machines. I've been making up some ground in hits, OBP and SB, but other than Livan, I've been bleeding some points in my pitching.

to view the draft results:
http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/43955/draftresults

Of my #11-20 picks, 7 are no longer on my team.

Like you, my 4th round pick is ass (Lowell). I kind of wish he'd get cut, it'd put me out of my misery.

Only four of my #11 - 20 picks are no longer on my team (one left via trade). Like I said upthread, most of my roster moves consisted of cycling through a parade of infielders to fill in for Vidro (and the struggling Lowell).

# of pitchers drafted prior to:

Roy Halladay - 12
Roger Clemens - 17
John Smoltz - 36
Chris Carpenter - 37
Jon Garland - I won't even bother counting

for the record, my DL list before Schmidt came back the other day--

Curt Schilling
Jason Schmidt
Nomar Garciaparra
Corie Koskie
Brandon Lyon (was NL saves leader)
Mike Hampton (was having an outstanding start to the season)

but my team still sucks
like a mosquito sucking
melons through a straw

warning: I think Todd Helton is no longer teh suck -- watch out folx.