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Subject: RIBC 2005 - Regular Season Discussion #1
Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 11:54
I have released the draft results and activated the league. All undrafted players are on waivers until March 31. |
| 1 | Toral
ID: 5529286
Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 15:25
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Are you doing a spreadsheet run this year, Guru?
Toral
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| 2 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 16:47
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No, I didn't set it up that way this year.
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| 3 | Toral
ID: 5529286
Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 16:50
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Crap. There must be 3 or 4 other spreadsheet people who can do a prediction run?
Toral
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| 4 | KrazyKoalaBears
Leader
ID: 517553018
Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 17:03
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I only tracked my own team this year.
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| 5 | Toral
ID: 5529286
Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 17:22
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Bit o' fun here. My old friend Chris, whose baseball savvy I admire as much as anyone else's I know, is big on Bedard, partly because of what his record last year portends for this year.
I went to baseball-reference.com and looked for the most similar pitchers in MLB history to Bedard at his age. They are:
Doug Capilla (984)
Scott Sanders (981)
Bert Cole (980)
Danny McDevitt (978)
Mickey Mahler (978)
Al Leiter (976)
Roy Meeker (975)
Snipe Hansen (975)
Chris Capuano (975)
Joe Sullivan (975)
Their records the following year:
(W-L, IP, K, ERA)
0-1, 11, 9, 9.82
5-5. 90. 88. 3.38
13-5, 163, 32, 4.69
8-4, 145, 106, 3.97
5-11, 100, 71, 5.85
0-0, 1, 0, 0.00
Did Not Play Again
6-14, 169, 47, 4.44
[Capuano -- Don't Know]
Did not Play
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I suspect the baseball reference people aren't taking enough notice of K totals in doing similarity scores, but -- these are the(ir) facts!
Toral
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| 6 | Chris
ID: 4708114
Tue, Mar 29, 2005, 00:06
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The similarity method is horribly flawed. ERA, winning %, wins, losses are all component statistics(they are basically derived from performances in other categories), yet they count for many many times that of the predictive stats. For instance, the difference in 0.50 ERA(which can be attributed to luck at times) is equal to 750 strikeouts!
Besides, why would you lump rate stats and counting stats all together? I'm just not seeing the logic of this argument from you, a person whose arguments are usually based on logic and statistics.
There are a number of arguments you can use to detract from Bedard(his home ballpark, his 5 IP at the AAA level, his age...even possible Matt Clement Syndrome), but player similarity has huge holes in it that make it impossible to even argue for or against it in depth.
Couple thoughts to leave you with...
Before last season, the most similar pitcher to Jake Peavy was Brett Myers(there's no way in hell Myers ends up with nearly as good of a career as Peavy, and he was much more hyped as a prospect)
Before last season, the most similar pitcher to Ben Sheets was Jeff Weaver(Weaver, while a solid big league pitcher, has nowhere near the ceiling or the ability to dominate as Sheets)
Before last season, the most similar pitcher to Oliver Perez was David Clyde(David Clyde???)
The thing that the former pitchers all have that the latter pitchers lack is dominance in the majors(in the form of K/9) and minor league track records of dominance(in the form of both K/9 and BB/9).
I'll bank on a pitcher lowering his walk rate and raising his strikeout rate if he's proven in the past that he's likely to do so. Especially when it's way out of line with past performance. Bedard had a 4.65 BB/9 last year, when he's shown in the past that he's a 3 BB/9 pitcher.
Look for that to improve...
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| 7 | Toral
ID: 5529286
Tue, Mar 29, 2005, 01:04
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Chris, that wasn't an argument, just as I said, a bit o' fun. Good luck with Bedard.
Toral
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| 8 | Chris
ID: 4708114
Tue, Mar 29, 2005, 01:07
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Well, arguments aren't necessarily acrimonious, just meant argument from the standpoint of your point of contention.
And if your point was simply to have fun, I am not amused! ;)
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| 9 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 12:35
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I happened to see that we have hitter max at 162 now. Guess I forgot that we had changed it to that. Again, I disagree with that as we should have the best team win it all rather than the best starters, but apparently I was outvoted. Still doubt if I'd have changed much with my draft.
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| 10 | Chris
ID: 4708114
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 13:30
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Let's review this timeline, shall we?
March 13 - Dave Roberts might miss a game or two because of a ''very, very slight tweak of his groin,'' manager Bruce Bochy said.
March 17 - Dave Roberts was a late scratch Wednesday because of a sore groin.
March 19 - Dave Roberts was scratched once again today, this time due to wet field conditions.
March 20 - Dave Roberts returned to action today and went 2-for-3 with a double.
March 31 - Dave Roberts is getting another day off today because of his strained groin. The Padres hope he'll play on Saturday.
March 31 - Dave Roberts said today he'll probably start the season on the 15-day disabled list because of a lingering groin injury.
Bah! I'm very, very slightly tweaked by all this information :)
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| 11 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 14:05
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I learned a lesson today: always check the news in the (european) morning so that I can adjust my roster accordingly. today it was the possibility that Kim may be the Rockies closer (with Tsao on the DL). After lunch I found the time to get up to date and checked if he is still available, only to find out that rfs got him already. I hope he sucks.
today it is the first day I am really considering punting the saves category. at least I can only lose 11 points there.
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| 12 | holt
ID: 3035711
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 14:16
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I thought about picking him up, but holy crap - kim pitching in colorado? too risky. I had chacon as a closer on some team last year and it was a nightmare. no amount of saves are worth such damage to era and whip.
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| 13 | holt
ID: 3035711
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 14:17
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imagine a sidearmer flipping one to the plate at 84 mph in colorado. lol.
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| 14 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 14:24
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holt - he cannot be worse than Mantei last year. He killed my ERA and WHIP early and I needed the whole season to recover from that debacle. maybe it is better to not have him. he would cost me more in ERA/WHIP then the 1 or 2 points I could gain in SV.
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| 15 | darkside
Dude
ID: 3590317
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 14:37
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re: 11...how can you only lose 11 points...wouldn't it be 15?
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| 16 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 14:40
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darkside - I was still think about RIHC, of course that are 15 points
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| 17 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 15:00
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Kim is not very good and he will not be the closer. He was dangerous when he threw mid-90's+ but low 80's, it's like BP. Of course that delivery motion is deceptive so who knows what he will do. Still, I doubt if he closes games anytime soon--esp. with their top prospect expected to only miss three games.
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| 18 | loki
ID: 541122112
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 16:56
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Please pardon my intrusion on this board. I was wondering if your league had made any special consideratons for players such as Brandon Lyon who are not yet in Yahoo's data base? I drafted him in RIBC AAA as did Toral in RIBC. THANKS!!
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| 19 | rockafellerskank
ID: 180352016
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 17:15
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Yep, I took a chance on Kim. Who knows, maybe I'll only start him as a closer on the road... wouldn't that be wierd. Of course with the number of c-loser I have, I'm open to trade offers.
I believe we allowed Lyon to be drafted an put a retired player on that owner's team as a placed holder, IIRC.
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| 20 | holt
ID: 3035711
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 17:15
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toral is using tim salmon as a placeholder.
in leagues where he wasn't drafted, we'll go through waivers after yahoo adds him.
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| 21 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 20:08
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rfs, Kim is not the closer in Colorado. Fuentes will be used if needed for the first three games and then they are planning to bring Tsao off the DL and go to him on April 9th. By not using Tsao, they backdated his DL trip so he only had to miss three games. He's throwing in the minors again after the MRI confirmed that it was only tendonitis and nothing to do with the labrum. He got a shot and feels good now from what I've been reading.
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| 22 | Matt S in Jax, FL
ID: 332273021
Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 12:25
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Losing Gagne early is going to hurt. I'm going to have to get lucky with one of my other relievers and pick up a few saves to compensate for what I miss with my first round pick. Too bad I wasn't able to pick up Brazoban in the draft. I would have taken him with my 16.01 pick instead of Donnelly. Hopefully he won't miss much time.
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| 23 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 12:49
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Kim was so bad in is performance yesterday that he's talking about retirement. I guess 8 runs in 1/3 of an inning is enough to get anyone down.
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| 24 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Sun, Apr 03, 2005, 04:01
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Chris - add this to your list:
Apr 2 - The San Diego Padres placed center fielder Dave Roberts on the 15-day disabled list Saturday as they finalized their roster for opening day.
The move is retroactive to March 29. Roberts, an experienced leadoff hitter acquired from Boston, has a lingering groin injury.
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| 25 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sun, Apr 03, 2005, 12:15
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Yeah with Roberts, at least he can't be labled with one ailment. Maybe we can call him Dave "Hamstring-Groin" Roberts. I have him in another league and he was a big part of my strategy. All I wanted was his steals. Oh well.
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| 26 | Athletics Guy
ID: 422542515
Sun, Apr 03, 2005, 18:36
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Looks like Chris' team is starting out the same way it did last season.
First Roberts and Lilly ended up on the DL...
Now Atkins and Escobar...
He's cursed!
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| 27 | Chris
ID: 4708114
Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 06:20
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Yikes, no kidding. Plus Foppert and Strickland were sent to AAA.
Last year it was Bay, Reyes and Schmidt(followed shortly by Vidro, Delgado, Piazza).
I'm just hoping Atkins turns out like Bay(900+ OPS, ROY) and not like Reyes(650 OPS, 50 games played).
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| 28 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 13:09
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Bob Melvin is an idiot.
I knew I shouldn't have let Lyon slide too far - I have every intention of handcuffing him to Aquino.
What was Aquino supposed to do but throw 4 straight scoreless innings? Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.
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| 29 | Guru
ID: 3033648
Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 16:28
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Tentative standings page
Pretty much a carbon copy of last year's page. This will be updated daily, and linked to the league icon on the Blurb page as well.
Let me know if you notice any glitches.
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| 30 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 16:31
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While I'm at it, I has probably better capture the screen that shows I'm in first as it may not happen again this year. Heck, after Brazleton pitches tonight, I could go from first to...I don't even want to think about it.
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| 31 | Toral
ID: 14263120
Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 16:37
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Bob Melvin is an idiot.
Yes, but he's my kind of idiot.
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| 32 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 18:41
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Nate Robertson WHO? Xavier Nady with 2 bombs.
Ref running away with the league on the first day!!
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| 33 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 19:19
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ROFL. RIBC year #2 - 2nd year in a row of devastating relief pitching just KILLING me (Aquino, Cormier). Geeeeeeez.
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| 34 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 11:48
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Chad Fox has been added to Yahoo but is on waivers. I have Danny Bautista as my placeholder.
Any chance our Commish can speed up waivers and I can add him to my roster immediately?
Pretty please?
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| 35 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 18:59
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I tried. I dropped Bautista. Then I tried to add Fox directly. Nothing happened. So I tried to release him from waivers. Couldn't do it. Most players on waivers had the option, be he did not. Best I could do was change his waiver date to April 6.
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| 36 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 19:04
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Thanks for trying.
I cancelled the waiver so I don't lose my waiver rights on a drafted player. I will pick him up tomorrow as soon as I notice he's a free agent. Note to league (NOT that anyone is clamoring for Chad Fox of course, but....): please let Fox clear waivers as I own his rights. Thanks.
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| 37 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 22:36
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Sexy and now Vlad.... love those west coast guys. plenty o westcoasters in the starting lineup.
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| 38 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 23:34
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Species - it was your outstanding waiver claim that was preventing me from being able to release him to free agency!
Once you released your claim, I was able to put him on your roster.
Dumbass!
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| 39 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Wed, Apr 06, 2005, 00:24
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Corrections are warranted! See parentheses.
It was (MY) outstanding waiver claim that was preventing me from being able to release him to free agency!
Once you (ever so brilliantly) released (the) claim (I stupidly put on), I was able to put him on your roster.
(I'm such a) Dumbass!
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| 40 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Wed, Apr 06, 2005, 00:25
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Context to post 39: I never put a waiver claim on him. When Guru tried to add him, it resulted in a waiver claim....that I released upon noticing it.
Dumbass!
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| 41 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Apr 06, 2005, 09:52
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Hmmm... Point taken!
The system never told me I was putting in a waiver claim, and I even checked around to make sure that hadn't inadvertantly happened. Apparently the system is willing to let me put in a waiver claim for another team without ever providing any confirmation or evidence.
I think the real dumbass is some Yahoo! programmer. But, I'll not totally dismiss the possibility that Species has the finger pointed in the right direction.
Note to self: In the future, release a waiver player into free agency first, then put him on the roster. (Seems obvious now, but it usually helps to screw something up the first time in order to learn how to do it right.)
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| 42 | darkside
Dude
ID: 3590317
Wed, Apr 06, 2005, 10:04
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Guru: if it's not too much of a pain, could you do the same thing for Huston Street...I currently have Francis Beltran as a placeholder. It's not a huge deal if I wait it out, but figured why wait if it's easily remedied. Either way, thanks.
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| 43 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Apr 06, 2005, 10:34
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Man, what a difference a day makes. If I could only get a save. Heck, if I could only have gotten a hit!
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| 44 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Apr 06, 2005, 11:31
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darkside: Huston Street added. You'll find him on your April 7 roster.
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| 45 | darkside
Dude
ID: 3590317
Wed, Apr 06, 2005, 11:34
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Great. Thanks very much!
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| 46 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Wed, Apr 06, 2005, 23:25
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Out of curiosity, does anyone (Guru) have links to last year's final standings-- better yet, alink that shows the splits by dates. I'm curious about how the league progresses month by month.
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| 47 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 09:39
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Each 2004 daily standings snapshot is still available. For the final standings (10/03/04), the URL is
http://rotoguru1.com/base/RIBC/2004/RIBC100304.html
For any other date, you need to substitute the 6-digit date in the URL. For example, for the standings through April 7, the URL would be
http://rotoguru1.com/base/RIBC/2004/RIBC040704.html
These pages show the YTD standings through games on the "as of" date. You can no longer automatically generate split standings between two dates in 2004. For example, you can't run the splits from July 4 through August 14. However, I could easily configure the split program to allow that if someone is interested in doing it. (The program just needs to be trained to look for the 2004 files. Currently, it looks only for 2005.)
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| 48 | darkside
Dude
ID: 3590317
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 09:49
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I think April 6 is a day Species would rather forget:
Drop A. Béltre (LA - 3B) Species Waivers Apr 6 8:27am
At least his pickup of Biggio turned out to be a good one...that's hindsight for ya!
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| 49 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 11:21
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Yeap! I remember it well. All the news was that with the Bradley trade, Beltre would bat as low as 7th in the order. I drafted him after reading he'd bad 3rd.....seemed like a big difference.
What's worse though? That I dropped him and still finished 6th, or J got him and is in AAA! ;-)
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| 50 | rockafellerskank
ID: 180352016
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 14:10
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I was afraid to shart Loiaza, Washburn and Hampton this early... mistake. Of course, I DID start Glavine. Bring Prior back, and I could have a nice SP staff if 2 of the above mentioned 4 maintain their ST and early season form.
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| 51 | holt
ID: 12331515
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 16:59
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IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
J. Contreras 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 1.50
I'm gutless. I had contreras set to start but benched him. thought it would be better to watch him a couple of games first. he should get the win as long as takatsu doesn't blow it (HR casey blake).
meanwhile I have wolf and worrell getting together to lose to the nationals.
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| 52 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 17:12
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holt - don't fret! I had Cormier blow it instead of Worrell for you.
Takatsu DID blow it.....feel better?
In a bigger league I chickened out on Colon vs. Tex the other night. If only I was smart enough to bench my entire relief corps instead I'd be way ahead.
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| 53 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 17:59
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I F*&^#$(*&-ING GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
L. Vizcaino 2.1 5 6 6 3 1 0 17.18
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| 54 | holt
ID: 12331515
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 18:02
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takatsu really did blow it! 3 dingers in 2/3 ip. then vizcaino gives up 5 in the 11th. I don't feel so bad now.
oh wait - my hitters are 2/20 so far today. : (
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| 55 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 18:11
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This is a nightmare. Who do these freakin' idiots think they are, Matt Herges and Billy Koch?!?!?!?!?
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| 56 | holt
ID: 5133984
Sat, Apr 09, 2005, 02:35
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after wimping out on the contreras start yesterday, I started el duque and it paid off. go cuba!
missed out on a Putz win though.
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| 57 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Sat, Apr 09, 2005, 07:58
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looks like I am competing with Chris for the most players on DL award. my thanks will go out to Schilling, Tsao, Alou and Cameron. Durham and Lopez could be the next 2, after they missed a game this week due to injury. my hitting is a nightmare at the moment: 9 runs, .303 OBP, .308 SLG. Ouch!
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| 58 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sat, Apr 09, 2005, 12:21
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Tsao is due to join the team on Monday and come off the DL. Word is that he will immediately get a chance to close.
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| 59 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Sat, Apr 09, 2005, 12:32
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I hope that Tsao, Schilling and Cameron will be back next week.
interesting that I got the most wins (4) with the fewest innings pitched (29).
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| 60 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sat, Apr 09, 2005, 12:49
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I don't have the wins I should have, but except for a couple abd relief appearances, my pitching has been as good, if not better, than expected. With Penny's return looking more like a reality within 10 days, I have high hopes. Just wish Choi would do something...anything.
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| 61 | Peter N.
ID: 7359713
Sat, Apr 09, 2005, 14:17
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First Vazquez, then Mulder......and now Westbrook. Ugh, pitching staff is getting off to a rough start. I was going to bench Vazquez today to be conservative, but screw it, I can't get any worse. ;-) I'm still in search of that first win!!!
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| 62 | Matt S at Home
ID: 57340919
Sat, Apr 09, 2005, 22:33
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Finally back from my travels.
Nice to see I've been holding down the top spot for a few days. Hopefully I can stay at least near the top while Gagne is out. Might have to get creative on the WW.
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| 63 | Matt S at Home
ID: 57340919
Sun, Apr 10, 2005, 15:45
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My hitters are 5/25 with a run scored so far today. Gonna need big outings from Colon, Ortiz and Buehrle in order to prevent myself from nosediving in the standings. :(
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| 64 | Athletics Guy
ID: 422542515
Sun, Apr 10, 2005, 16:38
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My team's pitching has improved tremendously the past few days. As of now, I have a 7.06 ERA and 1.76 WHIP. Watch out for Oaktown!
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| 65 | Matt S
ID: 57340919
Sun, Apr 10, 2005, 23:28
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And let the nosedive begin!
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| 66 | holt
ID: 63221021
Sun, Apr 10, 2005, 23:41
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you and me both. carpenter really blew chunks today. glad to see drew finally get a couple hits though.
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| 67 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Tue, Apr 12, 2005, 12:06
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When I picked Bonds in round 1, I didn't expect to be ranked last in OBP. OF course, Bonds hasn't contributed a lick. But I still expected the rest of my team to average better than .306. I still do.
Perhaps the good news is that my runs, RBI, and steals are holding up, even if my hitting averages (.306/.382) are off to t-..., err..., horrid start.
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| 68 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Tue, Apr 12, 2005, 13:31
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Guru - I am with you. I finally got a higher SLG (.321) than OBP (.318). my additional problem is that these guys are stealing bases but don't get runs. I hope that its only bad luck for both of us.
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| 69 | Matt S
ID: 57340919
Wed, Apr 13, 2005, 03:43
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Gagne! I need you!
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| 70 | holt
ID: 193141315
Wed, Apr 13, 2005, 21:20
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another great day from my "hitters". 3 for 21 today (1 double). did they all fall off the steroid wagon or what? this is starting to look like the "year of the slump".
not just complaining about my ribc team. I'm seeing baffling things on all my roto teams.
does someone have total mlb stats for this time period from recent years so we can compare some numbers?
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| 71 | Matt S
ID: 57340919
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 00:31
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Man, the A's put up more runs in the 8th and take away Dotel's 1st save op, again! I'm never going to catch up to the pack in that category unless something happens quick!
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| 72 | holt
ID: 193141315
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 02:20
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somehow I manage to pull out of the day with my hitters going 10 for 33 with 5 doubles. hopefully that keeps me from slipping any further.
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| 73 | holt
ID: 193141315
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 04:28
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how long does it take for a players position eligibility to kick in? mackowiak has 6 games at 2b (5 starts).
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| 74 | Toral
ID: 14263120
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 09:20
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Not long. He's eligible now on Yahoo!.
Toral
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| 75 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 12:00
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I know it is early, but I cannot catch a break in pitching. They've either done well and not got a win or just got hammered. That's what you get when you get fringe pitchers. I know they will turn it around, but they have a lot to overcome already.
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| 76 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 13:44
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I am wondering how yahoo counts the percentage stats? it seems that they are inaccurate.
an example is my WHIP:
72 1/3 IP and 102 walks and hits should result in a 1.410138 WHIP. yahoo has me with 1.40
ERA is correct, I haven't checked OBP and SLG yet.
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| 77 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 13:58
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According to my calcs, yr, you have only 101 walks + hits.
That produces a WHIP of 1.396.
Here's my breakdown:
Johnson 16
Zito 19
Clement 19
Shields 8
Marte 6
Riske 3
Ohka 16
Floyd 3
Tsao 1
Schilling 10
(I did it by hand, so I may have erred somewhere.)
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| 78 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 14:20
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you are right Guru - I calculated the walks and hits yesterday for the early games and this morning for the late games and it seems that I added Tsao's hit twice.
now I have time to complain that my hitting sucks, my pitching sucks, nearly my whole team sucks. it can only get better. only my win-category is where it should be and surprisingly I am better than I thought in SB. Thanks to the league leader that gets 38 next week, that I drafted in round 22. who would have thought that Vizquel gets finally the green light. Should I say: Thanks Barry?
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| 79 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 19:40
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Alex Sanchez not only displaces Gathright, but is inserted into the #3 spot in the batting order?!?!?
Not that I'm complaining, but I don't think Pineilla got the memo that he's never slugged .400 in his life!
WEIRD!
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| 80 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Fri, Apr 15, 2005, 20:10
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There is a VMART sighting! Usually it's the pitchers that start slow, but I have a few hitters that haven't done squat. Once all of my hitters do what they are supposed to do, I'm going to be tough to catch up in the hitting stats. Unfortunately. my pitchers are going to weigh me down so much it may not matter. Things will turn around there too.
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| 81 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Sat, Apr 16, 2005, 12:51
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I'd like to see Mr Mia Hamm pick it up a bit-- speaking of underperformers. Nomar has easily been my worst player, and likley going to the bench today.
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| 82 | Matt S
ID: 30353190
Tue, Apr 19, 2005, 03:02
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Noooooo!!!! How can a player who lifetime hasn't hit over .200 against a pitcher in 30+ at bats put up 3R 3RBI HR 2B BB out of nowhere. I benched Darrin Erstad today thinking his poor trend against Moyer would continue. My matchup playing so far this year has really backfired.
On the bright side. Erstad has turned out to be a nice little FA pickup. Thanks rfs! ;-)
Matt S
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| 83 | Matt S
ID: 30353190
Tue, Apr 19, 2005, 03:08
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vs. Sele that is. However, he has an equally bad record vs. Moyer who he faces tomorrow. NOW I'm faced with a bigger dilemma. Grrrr...
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| 84 | holt
ID: 543292018
Wed, Apr 20, 2005, 20:40
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finally my team is starting to heat up. picked up 14 points yesterday, and in the early innings of tonight's games my hitters are 5 for 7 with a hr and 3 walks. 8 for 12 with a double and 2 dingers if you include my bench. hopefully this means the clouds are parting! I've had too many days with a roster full of 0 for 4's.
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| 85 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 10:45
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I think my team just had "an addition by subtraction" kinda night.... Mr Mia Hamm.
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| 86 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 12:38
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The thing I am most surprised at are the top hitters on my team that are struggling. My pitchers are not getting the wins even when the pitch well and a couple have blown up my era and whip in a couple outings--esp closers.
I still feel good about the makeup of my hitters. My pitchers need to be tweaked a smidge, but I knew that going in. Not doing too poorly in saves considering I skipped the closer run altogether. Just am not getting the hitter bounce from those guys I took instead as of yet.
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| 87 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 13:27
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Does the person who finishes last in RIBC get the 1st pick in AAA the following year? Gawd I hope so! Ughhhhhhhh.
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| 88 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 15:46
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Species - I'll try compete with you for that 1st pick in AAA next year. exact a year ago in AAA I had my lowest points total with 69 and managed to raise that by 40 points within a month. I hope I can repeat that, but I doubt that will happen this year.
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| 89 | Matt S
ID: 55381912
Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 15:47
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Well, my 8+9 round picks aren't doing all that bad. Colon and Buehrle combined:
59.2IP, 2.61 ERA, 43K, 0.92 WHIP, 6 Wins
I'll take it. :-)
Gagne should be back in a few weeks, and my team full of leadoff hitters (6 of em) have gotta start stealing some bases. I've gotta be happy with the way things have gone so far. Considering Matsui has bombed, and I don't have a 3B yet, my hitting numbers are pretty good.
Matt S
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| 90 | Toral
ID: 14263120
Fri, Apr 22, 2005, 01:12
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! I just went to release Matt LeCroy and pick up Brian Bruney, went to my team to set tomorrow's lineu and found that I had cut Mike Piazza instead.
The fault is mine, I went right through the "Are you sure?" page and must have clicked Yes.
Needless to say, I would like him back. If the decision is that I have to pay for my own mistakes, so be it. I throw myself on the mercy of the league.
Toral
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| 91 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Apr 22, 2005, 10:04
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I was just on Yahoo, and noticed the Piazza for Bruney swap. I thought that one seemed odd, so I came here to see if there was an explanation.
I added Piazza back, and dropped LeCroy. Piazza was then insterted into your Saturday lineup as catcher. (The change didn't impact the Friday rosters.)
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| 92 | Toral
ID: 14263120
Fri, Apr 22, 2005, 11:04
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Thank you very much, Guru.
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| 93 | Matt S
ID: 55381912
Fri, Apr 22, 2005, 16:33
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Hey, has anyone else noticed that the rest of this league is getting it's ass kicked by a couple of Canadians? Come on, pull up yer socks, eh. ;-)
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| 94 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Fri, Apr 22, 2005, 17:44
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It's way too early to be spewing that garbage just yet, my friend. ;)
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| 95 | Peter N.
ID: 543482012
Fri, Apr 22, 2005, 21:20
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Welcome back Justin Morneau!!! :-)
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| 96 | holt
ID: 33311233
Sat, Apr 23, 2005, 14:17
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anyone know if yahoo has updated points from yesterday? I was trying to look at my stats for friday but it's still blank. and on the main page it's got "pts change=0" for everyone.
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| 97 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Sat, Apr 23, 2005, 14:22
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holt - still no update yet. I hope that will not get a regular delay on weekends.
maybe yahoo wants to convert us buying their stat-tracker addon.
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| 98 | holt
ID: 33311233
Sat, Apr 23, 2005, 14:25
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strange. I just looked under stat corrections and that's where all of yesterday's stats are. says they'll be updated on sunday.
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| 99 | Chris
ID: 0317128
Sun, Apr 24, 2005, 12:57
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I'm definitely in no man's land with my 1 closer, so I'd be interested in a trade that would bring me another closer. Alternately, if anybody else needs a closer, I'm willing to look at offers FOR Benitez.
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| 100 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sun, Apr 24, 2005, 13:54
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I'm getting some of these gurupie names and their team names messed up. Chris, what is your team name again?
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| 101 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sun, Apr 24, 2005, 14:30
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Chris = Odalis Perez Express
Species = The big IF
I think the other team names are inherently indentifiable.
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| 102 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Mon, Apr 25, 2005, 11:58
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Thanks for the addition of ABs on the standings pages, Guru. Is that new, or did I just not notice it before?
Lucked into Turnbow as the c-loser for MIL (well, we'll see how lucky it is... but in theory...)
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| 103 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Apr 25, 2005, 12:13
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Yeah nice job rfs. Now I need closers in both leagues so when I heard Adams could be losing his job soon, I raced to get turnbow but you had beat me to him in BOTH leagues.
I'm known as a slow starter in roto leagues, but this is getting ridiculous in this league. I said to myself, I can't believe I'm hurting in the same areas in both league for the most part, then realized I have a lot of the same players! I never did like to hedge my bets, it's all or nothing. Just hope it doesn't take too long for my players to start coming around.
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| 104 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Mon, Apr 25, 2005, 12:15
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AB has been on the standings page all season. All last season too.
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| 105 | Matt S
ID: 273562510
Mon, Apr 25, 2005, 12:56
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Standings page?
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| 106 | Species
Leader
ID: 07724916
Mon, Apr 25, 2005, 13:25
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Matt -- look for the RIBC link under Guru's blurb page. Guru keeps a public version of the standings that includes some additional info, such as # of AB's.
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| 107 | holt
ID: 1935281
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 03:49
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just saw that someone in RIBC-AA #2 dropped Morneau, and the guy that got him was #15 on the waiver list.
amazing. if someone dropped morneau in RIBC I'm guessing that 15 (or even 16) of us would put in waiver claims on him.
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| 108 | beastiemiked
ID: 4310501610
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 09:16
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Not necessarily. We normally make so many transactions in one day that he'd be off the first page of transactions before some people even logged on.
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| 109 | Bandos
ID: 41348287
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 10:03
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holt - how did you see that?
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| 110 | Chris
ID: 0317128
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 11:21
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I put Benitez on the trading block, and 2 days later he tears his hamstring to shreds out of spite. I better be careful before upsetting my team chemistry again :)
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| 111 | Bandos
ID: 167221614
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 12:06
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nevermind - i see that it was discussed in a thread.
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| 112 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 14:11
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Chris, that's why you don't shuffle your feet. He was on the block in G20 as well, but that manager also hesitated. I've been in the same boat before. Now if I can afford to trade a commodity that someone else wants and what he's offering will help me, I move on it. Of course, I've traded for a guy that gets lost for the season too, so go figure.
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| 113 | rockafellerskank
ID: 180352016
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 15:15
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What was the logical argunent that was made against a DL slot again?
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| 114 | Matt S
ID: 55381912
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 16:20
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Because you wouldn't be having all that fun trying to decide whether to put Nomar on waivers or not. ;-)
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| 115 | Matt S
ID: 55381912
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 16:29
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I'm offering Kevin Brown for a 3B.
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| 116 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 16:44
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rfs, deep leagues need wiggle room. Since the rules are so conservative (and got even more conservative this year), the choice is clear. Let your team suffer with one less roster spot, or cut him loose. Is Nomar worth it? Glad I don't have to make that choice!
I still like having another bench spot rather than a DL at the expense of a P or MI/CI, but I think everyone is pretty clear about that position by now. ;) I think it's a good league--not knocking its quality whatsoever. Just hard to juggle things. The draft is everything. That said, managers seem to be a LOT more active on the wire this year. Guru, do you keep track from year to year on add/drops?
I look at my team and scratch my head why I'm so far down, but have been gaining as my players are starting to pick it up. I think I will be fine when all is said and done.
Species, perhaps you should change your team name to the "Big What If" ;)
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| 117 | rockafellerskank
ID: 180352016
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 17:15
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My MI, specifically SS, is a diasaster. Big decision on holding/dropping Nomar for me.
I'd be willing to move Shea Hillenbrand for a mid level SS or either of Turnbow/Herges for a servicable SS. Yes, i know Turnbow/Herges are not high end closers, but they will provide a very had to get stat for at least a few months. I'm not looking for a "Jeter" in return.
If I cannot make a deal, I'll just play musical SS for as long as it takes....
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| 118 | beastiemiked
ID: 4310501610
Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 17:37
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Good luck finding a SS. I already looked and there aren't any teams hording them. That position just plain sucks this year. Berroa(though he is 2-2 with 2 HBP's today) and Eric Chavez are doing their best to kill my %'s.
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| 119 | holt
ID: 1935281
Fri, Apr 29, 2005, 00:09
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holy cow. now someone in AA#2 has traded Rolen for Lyons, B.Williams, and Crede. yikes.
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| 120 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 12:50
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Well, finally dropped Nomar. It was tough to lose such a high pick at such a rare position. I decided my hitters were holding their own across the board with a reasonable # of ABs so far, but I need them to keep that up. ow, if only COL could keep Gonz/Relaford somehwere in the lineup 2 out of 3 days, I'd be OK.
I'm hoping this stockpile of RPs I have will lower my ERA/WHIP to gain some points and/or provide some trade bait as time progresses (hint, hint)
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| 121 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 12:56
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That was probably the right decision for Nomar. Last season, I had a similar dilemma with Preston Wilson, but held him. In hindsight, I should have dumped him. He never rounded into form, and the loss of a productive bench slot was damaging.
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| 122 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 20:33
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I sent out several trade offers. Feel free to counter, but I will only have limited access until Monday night as I will be travelling to sunny (ugh!) Detroit so I may be slow to reply.
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| 123 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 20:35
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I would have dumped nomar as well.
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| 124 | holt
ID: 73443015
Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 21:18
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rfs. what are you looking for?
I've been looking at rosters to see if I can find any good trade possibilities. it just seems difficult in this league because no one has a lot of depth anywhere.
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| 125 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 21:43
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holt, I'm looking for a SS. What would be your asking price for J. Valentín -- shoot me an email if interested.
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| 126 | Peter N.
ID: 45411323
Wed, May 04, 2005, 02:29
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I left two pretty good pitching performances(Westbrook and Capuano) on the bench tonight. Dangit!
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| 127 | Matt S
ID: 273562510
Wed, May 04, 2005, 02:39
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What came over me to start Kevin Brown tonight?
I need to find my fantasy baseball instincts. They're clearly not working very well right now. ;-)
Matt S
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| 128 | holt
ID: 543334
Wed, May 04, 2005, 21:10
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just catching up on the games today.
thought I was having a good day. my hitters are doing great - but then I see the oak-tex box score. park gives up 8 hits, 5 walks, and 5 earned in only 3 2/3 ip, and to make it even worse, calero gets shelled for 4 hits, a walk, and 5 earned in only 1/3rd!
that's gonna destroy my era and whip. holy crap!
looks like I'll have to let calero go. I guess something's up with his elbow.
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| 129 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, May 05, 2005, 18:18
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If I had to analyze my draft right now from the first month, I'd say my draft flat out stunk. Albeit, so many guys have done zip and I just can't believe it will continue for long. We shall see. By the time they do something, I may be in such a hole, it will be darn near impossible to crawl out.
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| 130 | beastiemiked
ID: 262411016
Mon, May 09, 2005, 20:01
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I officially hate Eric Chavez. He never gets a hit or scores a run when he's in my lineup but the 1 night I bench him he actually gets on base.
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| 131 | Trip
Sustainer
ID: 13961611
Tue, May 10, 2005, 14:25
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Holt (128) - From the A's website:
Kiko Calero, post-injury. Discuss.
-- Lonnie G., Oakland, Calif.
That might be the best mailbag submission of the year. Brevity is good, especially when you can make your point as clearly as you do. So I'll try to follow suit.
The team thinks Calero's elbow problem was caused by his sidearm slider, so they don't want him throwing it. Problem: It's his best pitch.
Now I need to find out if Lonnie G is really Blue Hen.
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| 132 | holt
ID: 44414106
Tue, May 10, 2005, 14:32
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lol.
yeah - I think calero is damaged goods now. I already dropped him.
and thanks to Lonnie BH G for sniffing out the intel.
:D
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| 133 | youngroman
ID: 298482214
Tue, May 10, 2005, 16:30
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my team is finally moving up, at least in points. it seems that Mike Cameron was the spark plug for that feet. Thanks to him, and I hope he stays healthy.
I also looked at the Yahoo ranking system and decided that I will never look at it again. take these 3 pitchers stats from last week:
(1) 2.1 IP, 1 SV, 1 K, 0.00 ERA, 1.29 WHIP
(2) 4.0 IP, 1 SV, 2 K, 4.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
(3) 0.0 IP, DL
how would you rank those 3? for me (1) and (2) should be very similiar and (3) should be last. for yahoo (1) Marte is ranked 998th, (2) Tsao is ranked 138th and (3) Schilling is ranked 844th. can someone explain this to me?
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| 134 | darkside
Dude
ID: 3590317
Tue, May 10, 2005, 16:50
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That is weird. I've got no idea. I do use the rankings sometimes to look at the wire, but hadn't ever noticed anything as off as that.
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| 135 | rockafellerskank
ID: 180352016
Tue, May 10, 2005, 22:30
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Wow. I think I've really gotten lucky with catchers (bang for the buck anyway).
I drafted Molina in the 25th round he turned out to be servicable. When he got hurt, I went to Zaun who got hot, when he got hurt, I picked up Toby hall who homered tonight. Considering 2 FAs and a last round draft pick, I'll bet I have "above average" #s from that slot.
Wait, my guys keep getting hurt-- maybe I'm not lucky.
I know Guru has the stats downoaded into his site, but I wonder if anyone else is interested in seeing what kind of production that have from a particular slot... IE maybe you went strong and hard at SS & MIs... did it pay off? If someone banked heavily of RPs, is there ERA/WHIP/S where they expected? We all had a startegy... I'm happy with my game plan this early in the season. I notice I have less ABs that I'd have thought, yet my SLG is a bit low. And... I hate Short Stops!
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| 136 | Toral
ID: 53422511
Tue, May 10, 2005, 22:42
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I'm not talking, so I don't jinx myself...but Hall was a great pickup. He wouldn't have been sitting out there long.
Toral
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| 137 | Ref
ID: 51445421
Wed, May 11, 2005, 00:56
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Well, I've been using my 2nd catcher as my Util and has paid off well. Of course my 3rd rounder in VMart has been a total flop.
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| 138 | Matt S
ID: 273562510
Wed, May 11, 2005, 03:24
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