Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 12:52
The Draft Rationales thread is now complete. Thanks to everyone for contributing.
I have not yet updated the league summary page for 2017. That should be ready by Monday.
Feel free to add your thoughts in the Draft recap thread if you haven't done so already.
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Guru
ID: 330592710 Mon, Apr 03, 2017, 15:22
The league summary page is now up. Split stats are not yet active, but I should have that ready in the next day or so.
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kdl212
ID: 43240617 Mon, Apr 03, 2017, 17:26
I think the waiver order needs to be updated.
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kdl212
ID: 43240617 Mon, Apr 03, 2017, 17:28
is it reverse order of draft pick selection order, as opposed to actual draft order?
if so, it's correct.
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Seattle Zen
ID: 301361318 Mon, Apr 03, 2017, 18:35
I'm not sure which happened first, perhaps they were simultaneous, but my first RBI of the season was either a Ryan Schimpf dong off Kershaw or a bases loaded walk by Joe Mauer! This bemuses me to no end. :)
Yonder Alonso was dropped this morning at 10:34 AM, then picked up by a different manager today at 1:25 PM. I'm wondering why he didn't have to clear waivers. Am I missing something?
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JeffG
ID: 511362722 Sun, Apr 09, 2017, 17:34
[5] If he was picked up and dropped before he reached a lock period (before a game was played) he does not need to clear waivers again. I guess the reasoning is that someone could otherwise add and drop every player keeping other managers from grabbing someone
With Bumgarner's injury and the rest of my staff imploding, I need to trade for a very solid starting pitcher.
I'm also interested in middle infielders as my entire middle infield is suddenly seriously injured.
Send me balanced offers or send me an email.
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holt
ID: 375391517 Thu, Jun 15, 2017, 18:45
Zen, I wasn't able to send a reply from the trade rejection. Anyway, you said that Sale is much better than Rizzo but I wanted to point out that Rizzo was drafted at 1.16, Sale at 2.16 or so, and Rizzo is raking.
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Seattle Zen
ID: 1610533022 Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 11:23
Holt, that wasn't a particularly compelling argument. Rizzo is certainly "raking" in the promotion category, I see his handsome mug on many ESPN promos.
But for categories that matter, like OPS, he's the 10th ranked first baseman this year, 35th batter overall. In the ESPN player rater, he's the 8th ranked first baseman, 22nd overall batter, just about tied with Zack Cozart with a 7.39.
Chris Sale, on the other hand, is in a virtual tie with Clayton Kershaw and Max Sherzer as the very best pitcher with a 11.46, making him the sixth best player overall. That's better than "raking".
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beastiemiked
ID: 481162721 Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 14:48
Sale might be better now ytd but in most leagues that started today people would pick Rizzo before Sale. Both are obviously very good and I would gladly take them both.
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holt
ID: 375391517 Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 17:06
No biggie. I just meant that he kind of slumped earlier in the season but his numbers will be normal soon enough. His OPS has been the most consistent in the league over the past few years. Assuming no injuries for either of them for the rest of the year I'd rank them about evenly but pitchers are inherently a higher injury risk. That's why I considered offering Rizzo for Sale staight up but backed out after thinking about it a while.
I do really need to trade for a good pitcher if anyone wants to make a deal.
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mmikulka
ID: 57791610 Mon, Jul 10, 2017, 20:25
If anyone is looking for starting pitchers, I have a bunch of quality ones on the trading block (Robbie Ray, Severino, Gio Gonzalez, Cahill, and Rodon).
I'm looking for an offensive upgrade in return, with an focus on the counting stats.
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holt
ID: 516502217 Sat, Jul 22, 2017, 18:50
I need to trade for a middle infielder or two due to injuries. I have some good outfielders available (or possibly a closer for the right offer).
I have saves available and could use a decent third baseman. Send me an offer or email if interested.
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ksoze
ID: 11837915 Sat, Sep 09, 2017, 16:37
Guys, just an FYI, if I disappear from working my team (you know, to keep from coming in 16th)..., I live in Pt Charlotte, Florida, a town that's currently expected to see the eye of Irma and have evacuated away to Disney. While here I'll hopefully be online as Disney is on their own power grid so they're likely to be back up sooner than elsewhere if it goes down. That said, it's possible power will be gone for good at some time tomorrow. I'll be heading back to the west coast of the state on Tuesday and suspect I may have neither the access nor the time to manage by then, but if I'm able to access the team I'll welcome the escape.
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Uptown Bombers
ID: 38261518 Sun, Oct 01, 2017, 21:14
Congrats mmikulka!
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mmikulka
ID: 237262718 Mon, Oct 02, 2017, 17:29
Thanks!!
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mailedfoot
ID: 531322718 Mon, Oct 02, 2017, 20:00
Great job, mmikulka...congratulations
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Meatwads
ID: 5863742 Mon, Oct 02, 2017, 20:33
I'm not even in this league yet and I want to congratulate mmikulka! Anyone who wins this league is a bad ass fantasy baseball manager.
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beastiemiked
ID: 481162721 Mon, Oct 02, 2017, 22:55
Congrats mmikulka! Had been a foregone conclusion for awhile though. I think I got within a few points in September at one point but you had double digit lead for basically the last 2+ months. Nice job.
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holt
ID: 32645623 Mon, Oct 02, 2017, 22:57
Congrats Mmikulka. You ran away with it. Thanks to Guru for everything. Great fun as always and looking forward to next season.
I don't want to complain too much as I finished 4th and feel pretty fortunate about that, but I want to point out that my team was loaded with power hitters and I really worked on slugging % all season long. I even got to ride the Hoskins wave. And yet I still finished 15th in SLG %. This league is hard.
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twilson
ID: 2221181 Tue, Oct 03, 2017, 20:03
Congratulations mmikulka! Not only did your endless flow of strikeouts led you to a firm victory, but the "streaming on steroids" strategy you suggested to me for the final week allowed me to avoid relegation in style.
I take pride that both owners I've encouraged to join RIBC have now won a title (mmikulka and Pablo's Peapods). On the other hand, I'm a little annoyed that they beat me to it despite my multiyear head start!
Looking forward to next year and the latest chance to break through!
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kdl212
ID: 35919411 Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 12:19
More congrats to mmikulka. I can't believe I managed to stick around this year - some incredibly fortunate mad-streaming during August and September saved an otherwise bleak season.
as usual, a great league to compete in.
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