it's hard to predict how your team's performance will impact your ranking day-to-day because the scoring is relative to the other players, so your ranking is also based on how the other teams did that day
― na (NA), Monday, 6 May 2024 15:31 (four months ago) link
also having unfilled spots may be bad for the counting stats but can be helpful for your average-based stats if your active players do well
― na (NA), Monday, 6 May 2024 15:33 (four months ago) link
my injuries are out of control too. IL is full, have dropped two guys already due to being injured, and have two IL guys on my bench
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 6 May 2024 21:40 (four months ago) link
Is it a common strategy to make sure both your catchers are on the same team? I've got Jansen from the Jays and Moreno from the D-Backs right now (while I wait for Sean Murphy to return). There are so many days when they're both sitting.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 16:03 (three months ago) link
And honestly, is Jansen that fragile that Schneider has to sit him down when he's so hot? I assume he's 100% mended by now.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 16:05 (three months ago) link
i was about to offer some advice, but then remembered i am in 12th place and called Barf Sandwich
― z_tbd, Sunday, 12 May 2024 16:32 (three months ago) link
Advise away, please. My bouncing-between-9th-and-5th-place ego is under control.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 18:46 (three months ago) link
Fyi clemenza Bello was activated off the IL today and pitched five innings with 2 ER
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 12 May 2024 19:06 (three months ago) link
Backup catchers don't produce much at the plate (plenty of first string catchers don't either), I usually don't even bother with a second catcher, let alone worry about whether they play for the same team.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 12 May 2024 19:06 (three months ago) link
(xpost) Thanks--saw that and reactivated him this morning.
I'll give that some thought. When Murphy returns, maybe I'll just go with him.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 19:13 (three months ago) link
Now if I had the Ernie/Buck 1985 platoon, I'd want one of them in there every day.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 19:14 (three months ago) link
I'd rather keep Moreno and hope he figures it out than spend a roster spot on a few handy at-bats from Kirk. If the backup guy was significantly better than Kirk is, like when William Contreras was a backup but still raking, that's another story.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 12 May 2024 19:41 (three months ago) link
i prefer to just find a decent catcher and forget about the off days, i assume if they're good enough i'll get 130-140 starts from them and if the raw numbers are good and the OBP and slugging are solid, i prefer to not waste ABs on what is likely a lesser player who will bring down the latter stats. i also usually assume (unless i draft a star) i might have to find a catcher in the free agent pile anyway, considering the volatility of the position. i rarely carry two catchers except in the case of injury, or if there's a guy who's really solid in the free agent pile and my catcher is a good enough hitter to stick in the utility slot or another position they're eligible for (such as Honey Nut Chourios playing Salvy Perez at 1B right now.)
― omar little, Sunday, 12 May 2024 22:06 (three months ago) link
I'm wondering if I've been playing the whole time under a fundamentally false assumption--that counting numbers matter as much (if not more) than rate stats. That's why I worry about days with an unfilled position. When I look at categories like runs, 2B, HR, etc., are we talking total or on a percentage basis?
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 23:43 (three months ago) link
include me on the injury train; i've got 7 players on the IL as well as one who's DTD and another on bereavement leave. i'm trying to hold tight because it looks like some of them could be coming off the IL later this week, but it's really hampering my flexibility
― na (NA), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:11 (three months ago) link
Dumped Sal Frelick finally and changed my team name to Celebrity Skenes.
― Begs2Differ (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Monday, 13 May 2024 16:31 (three months ago) link
xp those are counting stats, whoever has the most HRs wins the category
― francisF, Monday, 13 May 2024 16:37 (three months ago) link
On one hand we have more counting stats than rate stats, on the other hand, counting stats are cumulative but rate stats can go up or down. I always worry about starting a third string player because if he goes 5-35 for the week with 2 RBI and a run scored, then my rate stats will certainly go down, and that will hurt my team more than the extra two ribbies will help. At least that's my feeling, am I wrong about this?
To make up for that 5-35, another player would need to go 15-35 and have a monster week, which is not something you can count on. Whereas picking up an extra run scored and two RBIs from a decent starting player isn't much of an ask.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 13 May 2024 16:41 (three months ago) link
What are the settings in this league? Is it head-to-head weekly matchups? How many transactions and bench spots are there?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 13 May 2024 17:22 (three months ago) link
didn't you used to be in it?! still a points league with no transaction limit, 6 bench spots and since covid we've been running with 4 IL spots
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 13 May 2024 19:48 (three months ago) link
Yeah it's been a long time though! I didn't remember how it was set up.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 13 May 2024 20:39 (three months ago) link
You should come back! You won back-to-back years like forever ago, right?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 13 May 2024 21:15 (three months ago) link
Hmm, I don't recall. Could be. I've been playing since the '90s so there's been a lot of leagues haha.
I thought about playing this year but it's cooler to me seeing people who haven't played before get involved. Plus it's not for money. ;)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 13 May 2024 21:24 (three months ago) link
didn't you used to be in it?! still a points league with no transaction limit, 6 bench spots and since covid we've been running with 4 IL spots― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, May 13, 2024 12:48 PM (two hours ago)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, May 13, 2024 12:48 PM (two hours ago)
Correction: it's a roto league.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 13 May 2024 22:38 (three months ago) link
Ya thank you. Weird brain fart there. It’s not head to head. That’s the important thing. We hate h2h.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 04:06 (three months ago) link
sorry to ask again but is there a new spreadsheet this season? i need to see which of my players are keeper-eligible before i can decide who to drop :(
― na (NA), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 15:44 (three months ago) link
now that i've got eight players on the IL, including three of my SPs
― na (NA), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 15:46 (three months ago) link
bookmark or ctrl-f "sheet":
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hpsG8k76efjA3bMamBZbU_RRa9Wf99KXzrFZHbsKdeI/edit#gid=1545943393
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 18:08 (three months ago) link
Trying to find a historical IRL analogue for my team... who was one of the great offensively stacked teams but had terrible pitching?
maybe the 2007 or 2009 Rockies?
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 18:12 (three months ago) link
thanks - i swear i searched the thread
― na (NA), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:31 (three months ago) link
Immediately Sal hits his first and then second home runs of the season. He just needed me to set him free!
― Begs2Differ (Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 18:21 (three months ago) link
I loved looking at the team compositions and names, impossible to say which one I like best but damn, some of you have been hit hard with injuries. I’ll have to play this next year.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:05 (three months ago) link
i was worried i'd get hit with a rash of injuries after Royce Lewis went 2 for 2 with a HR and promptly injured himself AGAIN***, but my team has been shockingly healthy. and yet aside from a couple SPs everyone i drafted is really underperforming.
***https://memeguy.com/photos/images/well-ok-then-283717.jpg
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:18 (three months ago) link
♪♫ For ACL or torn hammy, call Jacob Emrani. Call Jacob! ♫
― felicity, Thursday, 16 May 2024 22:29 (three months ago) link
^ this rules, I would also submit a modified version as:♪♫ For broken wrist or John that’s Tommy, call Jacob deGrommy . Call Jacob! ♫
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 16 May 2024 22:49 (three months ago) link
Lol very good. I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to experience one of LA's finest ear worms, that omar so thoughtfully reinserted in my ear.
― felicity, Friday, 17 May 2024 00:03 (three months ago) link
i use "charming" in the relative sense but Jacob is probably the most charming of the billboard lawyers (a million miles better than Sweet James)
he recruited LeBron to come to L.A.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rPmwPMof3hs/maxresdefault.jpg
― omar little, Friday, 17 May 2024 18:01 (three months ago) link
Jacob is the great guy who helped us through our collective trauma after the bitter Cellino & Barnes divorce. He's family.
(sorry for crashing fantasy thread)
― felicity, Friday, 17 May 2024 20:06 (three months ago) link
I went to check who had Paul Skenes, and I see he has his own team now!
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 May 2024 00:48 (three months ago) link
7 man SP rotation - Spencer Strider (25), Max Fried, Zach Eflin, Shane Bieber (28), Nathan Eovaldi, Triston McKenzie (26), Nestor Cortes (29)― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:37 PM (two months ago)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:37 PM (two months ago)
Only 3 of the 7 SPs I drafted are currently healthy (Fried, Cortes & McKenzie). 2 of the 4 on the IL will be out not just this season but a substantial part of next season as well (Strider & Bieber).
This must be how the Dodgers GM feels like, it's insane.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 20 May 2024 20:39 (three months ago) link
Forgot to switch Danny Jansen back into my lineup this morning: 3 hits, HR, 5 RBI.
― clemenza, Monday, 20 May 2024 21:42 (three months ago) link
Wait till that day when you make a calculated decision to sit someone and play someone else and the guy on your bench goes off for two or three home runs
― omar little, Monday, 20 May 2024 21:58 (three months ago) link
Right up there with dropping a struggling player who immediately it's a hot streak, and then you somehow manage to pick them back up and they immediately go cold again. One of the closer approximations of how the owner of Michigan J Frog must have felt.
― omar little, Monday, 20 May 2024 21:59 (three months ago) link
Fried, Cortes & McKenzie
And all these guy pretty much have one foot on a banana peel
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 20 May 2024 22:24 (three months ago) link
Yup, you know you're fucked when Cortes is your best pitcher.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 20 May 2024 23:12 (three months ago) link
Mired forever in 7th-8th-9th place, I forget to check in this morning (possibly the first time) and left Berrios on the bench for his (very good) start today.
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 May 2024 03:03 (three months ago) link
haha my team was finally starting to turn the corner
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Monday, 27 May 2024 21:30 (three months ago) link
finally got my IL down to four players, but my offense is dogshit right now, and i don't have much hope that getting ke'bryan hayes or tj friedl back off the IL is going to help. if anyone wants to trade me (Naked Ragans) a reliable source of offensive power (especially at 1B but i'm open to other positions as well), i have some decent SP/RP/keeper options available.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:29 (three months ago) link
Ridiculous--three catchers on my roster, and all are sitting today.
(xpost: I dropped Cedric Mullins today to make room for Sean Murphy's return--you're obviously after more than the numbers he's putting up this year, but maybe as a stopgap?)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:22 (three months ago) link
NA- I sent you a chat msg via the y! mobile app. Not sure if that made it to ya...
Clem- Clearly the solution is you need to roster a 4th catcher.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:26 (three months ago) link