What was the argument for 2Bs instead of XBHs? Overvalues HRs but undervalues 3Bs?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:07 (three months ago) link
Or a negative OFF stat? Ks is a nice equalizer.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:09 (three months ago) link
(I think I used GIDPs one year as well lol)
more or less. i think a few people thought home runs were just too overpowered with xbh
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GIDP was kiboshed because it punished cleanup type hitters with lead foots hitting a head of them
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:12 (three months ago) link
Yeah my rationale was that guys who hit with runners on get more RBI chances so GIDPs a nice way to balance that out for guys who play on weaker teams who do not have the luxury of RBI opps.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 March 2024 02:14 (three months ago) link
I also remember a year where we drafted after Opening Day in Japan one of those years, and it didn't really make a difference? But I'm fine with moving up the draft by a week.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 7 March 2024 09:03 (three months ago) link
sorry i've been not as attentive as i should be! i am in full on winging it mode, but i need to get my list of keepers. also i submitted to surveymonkey (bow down to the one you serve) for the draft dates, i'll do my best to make whichever date so i don't get autodrafted!
― z_tbd, Thursday, 7 March 2024 19:39 (three months ago) link
we're at 9 answers so far and it's weirdly very interesting lol
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 19:58 (three months ago) link
baseball fans, tell me what to do. i am faced with an agonizing choice for my 27+ keepers.
one of them is cody bellinger, who is definitely going to be MVP in 2024, chance of regression = 0.0000000001%the other? JACK FLAHERTY OR AMED ROSARIOgoddammit
on the other side, i will obviously keep Eury Perez. then, i must pick 2 of francisco alvarez, lars nootbaar, hunter greene, and everybody's favorite little big guy who runs fast, alejandro kirk. i'm going with lars nootbaar just because i like to root for the home team, and i've seen him do some very athletic things so i believer in his potential. soFRANCISCO ALVAREZ OR HUNTER GREENE
― z_tbd, Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:02 (three months ago) link
speaking from experience, get off of Jack Flaherty's wild ride asap
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:06 (three months ago) link
I’m smelling a comeback player of the year award for amed rosario!
― z_tbd, Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:12 (three months ago) link
smell the rosarios!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:22 (three months ago) link
formerly A Moon-Shaped Pujols, now obviously:
Honey Nut Chouri◎s20 CHOURIO26 LODOLO26 HOERNER29 AROZARENA29 HELSLEY
― francisF, Thursday, 7 March 2024 21:53 (three months ago) link
ok - 11 respondents. think it's safe to call this one...
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 15:34 (three months ago) link
9 vs 2 in terms of picking a new date. Most preferred date was a tie between the Sat 16th and Tues 18th; and a tie between Tues 18th and the OG date for what most people found workable. Highest rage score, after the "none" option: Sat 16th.
So looks like our new date will be Tuesday the 18th starting at 7:30 est. apologies to the two managers that had that date as their least favourite option.
I will change the league setting shortly; and anyone with outstanding picks, please get them in my mid week next week. i should prolly get a mod to edit the initial post as well.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 15:35 (three months ago) link
Tues the 19th?
― francisF, Friday, 8 March 2024 15:40 (three months ago) link
FFS. yes. Tuesday the 19th. sorry about that.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 16:11 (three months ago) link
trying to do too much this morning.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 16:12 (three months ago) link
apologies to the two managers that had that date as their least favourite option.
if i finish in last again this season i'm going to blame it on this!! ;) ;)
no worries, and there's a chance i could join for at least part of it (aka do the draft in the background of a band practice lol)
― z_tbd, Friday, 8 March 2024 16:33 (three months ago) link
could always do a little pre-ranking (esp if there are young guys you'd like to target) and then join in part way to fix whatever mess the auto draft left you with.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 16:37 (three months ago) link
i was the other person who ranked that at as my least favorite option but it's OK, should still be able to join
― na (NA), Friday, 8 March 2024 16:40 (three months ago) link
appreciate all efforts made to accommodate the rescheduled draft
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 March 2024 17:23 (three months ago) link
good news - looks like Votto No Get Enemy will live on under the stewardship of clemenza! i think this might be his first foray into fantasy nerdball?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 March 2024 16:04 (three months ago) link
That spreadsheet looks like hieroglyphics to me, but I'll tentatively give it go. No guarantee I'll last. Thanks for the invitation.
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 March 2024 16:39 (three months ago) link
EURY PEREZHUNTER GREENEFRANCISO ALVAREZAMED "MVP" ROSARIOCODY BELLINGER
― z_tbd, Sunday, 10 March 2024 17:08 (three months ago) link
fuck, oops, sorry for including that text at the top! i meant to delete before posting my keepers:
lars nootbaar has fractured his ribs. i am sorry lars.
― z_tbd, Sunday, 10 March 2024 17:09 (three months ago) link
clemenza, i predict that you'll have a great time doing this, if you participate! and if nothing else you can race me for the cellar
Stumbling along blindly here, will help from Thermo, but these will be my keepers:
Grayson Rodriguez (24, P)Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (25, 1B)Bryson Scott (26, 2B)Corey Seager (29, SS)Sean Murphy (29, C)
I'll change my team name as soon as I think of a good Ball Four connection.
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 March 2024 18:00 (three months ago) link
Grant BallFour?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 10 March 2024 18:05 (three months ago) link
Ok, since i don't think we are in danger of adding or losing any more managers, i am going to lock the league and will post the draft order later today.
i think there is just one last manager that needs to get their selects in and then i can start plugging those bad boys in.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 11 March 2024 17:51 (three months ago) link
Lets try to get final keep selects in by the 14th.
Is this still valid or out-of-date?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 11 March 2024 18:11 (three months ago) link
(I would like to see a larger sample of more than 2IP of ST pitching before I lock in a keeper lol)
14th is still good. I’ll probably enter the picks over the weekend - I just want managers to have some time to double check I got everything right.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 11 March 2024 18:21 (three months ago) link
Billy Childish Bambino:
Juan Soto (25)Spencer Strider (25)Triston McKenzie (26)Kyle Tucker (27)Willy Adames (28)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 05:21 (three months ago) link
Mind blowing that Soto is only 25
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 13:59 (three months ago) link
ok. draft order is set:
1 Giolito Shuffle2 Satanic Frelick in the Attic3 The Worst Players in Baseball4 The Guns of Buxton5 Newcombes On de Blok6 A Moon-Shaped Pujols7 Votto No Get Enemy8 Send Nootbaar9 Ohtani Dancer in my Hand10 Dascenzo Corbusier11 Corbin Burnesen12 Billy Childish Bambino13 Morning Alonso!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:22 (three months ago) link
oh man the pressure of the #1 pick (and back-to-back picks after that). not that i'm complaining.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:35 (three months ago) link
Changed my team name to Steve Barber and a Cast of Thousands (rendered a bit differently on Yahoo to fit the 30-character maximum). Bob Locker, Ball Four: "Boys, today it looks like Steve Barber and a cast of thousands."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:15 (three months ago) link
I love these team names, have fun everyone. Whoever gets the most dodgers, let me know so I can root for you
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 22:04 (three months ago) link
So do we have 2B again as an off cat or ... ?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 23:07 (three months ago) link
Not really a lot of input on that front - so same as last year.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 23:34 (three months ago) link
Einstürzende Baumgarten fka Dascenzo Corbusier
Julio Rodriguez (23)Jarred Kelenic (24)William Contreras (26)Rafael Devers (27)Zac Gallen (28)
― Andy K, Thursday, 14 March 2024 01:01 (three months ago) link
He lives!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 14 March 2024 01:28 (three months ago) link
However, almost 30 years after throwing my last pitch, I have developed a torn rotator cuff, delaying my return to the field another season.
― Andy K, Friday, 15 March 2024 00:32 (three months ago) link
Devastating. But this bodes well for Tarik Skubal as the clear #1 on the squad
― Begs2Differ (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Friday, 15 March 2024 12:19 (three months ago) link
selects have been input. everyone have a look and double check i got everything right: https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/41654/draftresults?drafttab=team
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:12 (three months ago) link
Einstürzende Baumgarten--love that!
― clemenza, Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:44 (three months ago) link
yeah i love that name too. in fact a couple of times i have wanted to tell ppl about how great that name is irl but then i keep realizing that the fantasy baseball music pun game is a venn diagram with a brutally tiny sliver
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Saturday, 16 March 2024 23:34 (three months ago) link
like my gf has listened to a bunch of EN due to her old roommate but i don't wanna be like "ok so there's this guy named madison bumgarner"
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Saturday, 16 March 2024 23:35 (three months ago) link
I will always have a soft spot for yanc3y's first year ILXFBB team name: "My Bobby Valentine"
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 17 March 2024 00:45 (three months ago) link
I have six players on the DL, five of them were Opening Day starters on offense.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 20 June 2024 18:15 (six days ago) link
I wrote that post, and last night my team put up 12R, 4HR, 12 RBIs. Obviously my words fired up the fantasy troops.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 21 June 2024 12:23 (five days ago) link
My impressive free-fall continues: 12th-place, with last well within view. I have power (most of it from Ozuna, I think) and nothing else.
― clemenza, Saturday, 22 June 2024 14:06 (four days ago) link
Royce Lewis has worked out spectacularly thus far--power from him, too--and it hasn't mattered a bit.
― clemenza, Saturday, 22 June 2024 14:09 (four days ago) link
JACK FLAHERTY OR AMED ROSARIO
Jack Flaherty is pitching the best season of his career
Amed Rosario has lacerations after getting hit in the face with a 97 mph fastball yesterday
i'm riding the amed rosario train all the way to mvp city
― z_tbd, Sunday, 23 June 2024 22:41 (three days ago) link
well my will to try and compete this season has been crushed, i'm open to trade offers too. in particular i've got a couple of excellent closers for anyone chasing saves. looking for keepers in the lower age bracket, since i only have one option there right now. not trading rutschman or ragans but i'd listen to offers on anyone else.
― na (NA), Monday, 24 June 2024 18:23 (two days ago) link
I'm now 12th, a mere 6 points ahead of z_tbd. My collapse has been relentless.
― clemenza, Monday, 24 June 2024 18:27 (two days ago) link
Sent you an offer.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 24 June 2024 18:38 (two days ago) link
(2 NA)
i was not joking, clemenza - the battle for last place will be a real one, and it will get ugly
― z_tbd, Monday, 24 June 2024 18:39 (two days ago) link
it is my honor and duty to be a competitive last place team
i do think there should be some sort of league system where the last place team gets a special bonus in the offseason, like maybe a big cash prize
― z_tbd, Monday, 24 June 2024 18:40 (two days ago) link
i am so passionate about winning that i am not only starting Lance Lynn today, but i am also physically traveling to busch stadium to cheer him on from the loge section along the first base line! i am hoping that lance lynn gets PISSED about something!
― z_tbd, Monday, 24 June 2024 18:45 (two days ago) link
https://swanboy.com/comic/injuredlist/
― na (NA), Monday, 24 June 2024 21:16 (two days ago) link
lol my team has -3 steals tonight
― na (NA), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 02:53 (yesterday) link
Done! I have found my way home.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 13:31 (yesterday) link
REBUILD MODE CONTINUES:
For anyone looking for <27 keepers, I drafted a 24yo 1B currently in AAA who is currently ranked #54¹, 55², 74³ or 89th⁴ in Fantasy Dynasty/Keeper/Prospect rankings:
Spencer Torkelson (he hit 27 homeruns over Jun-Oct last year in MLB)
He is cockblocked because I have 2 *other* <27yo prospects awaiting my NA list and the other 1B I drafted as insurance has exceeded expectations.
I'm humbly looking for SVH help, eg someone who has earned ~20 SVH so far...?
src:¹: MrCheatsheet²: FantasyPros³: Fantrax⁴: ImaginaryBrickWall
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 16:47 (yesterday) link
NEVERMIND, lol NA accepted my trade earlier lol. Kindly disregard.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 16:50 (yesterday) link
i have a similar problem - i need some 27-29 keepers for next year! i will try to some research soon and figure out if another team is a good fit for a trade. but...i have a surplus of younger keepers and decent starting pitching, up for grabs
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 16:51 (yesterday) link
i feel like we are all very trade-y this season
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 19:30 (yesterday) link