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0 Subject: 2020 RIBC AAA ESPN LEAGUE

Posted by: Judy
- [351462418] Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 19:49

Welcome aboard to all.
1Judy
      ID: 351462418
      Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 19:49
Invites to both draftime and ESPN should be out by Tuesday night. Please sign in ASAP.
2Species
      SuperDude
      ID: 07724916
      Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 20:20
Thanks Judy! I was wondering where we are at!
3 Valkyrie
      ID: 371382420
      Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 21:38
Los Angeles Burmese Cats
4Judy
      ID: 351462418
      Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 21:40
Valk
WHAT????
6Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 07:46

I was unable to get in by clicking on the link in the e-mail. If anyone else has this problem, I was able to get in by cut-and-pasting the link into my browser.
7JeffG
      ID: 35132257
      Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 08:32
Gurupie handle: JeffG
DraftTime name: jeffg
ESPN team name: JeffG AAA

Thanks Judy for commissioning... Can’t wait.
8 GoatLocker
      ID: 481111410
      Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 12:17
I'm in and set.

GL
9Species
      SuperDude
      ID: 07724916
      Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 15:49
I am in and set:

Gurupie handle: Species
DraftTime name: Species
ESPN team name: Species RIBC
10Judy
      ID: 351462418
      Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 17:40
Draftime: Judy
ESPN: Sam n Max
11Thumqer
      ID: 39230821
      Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 18:46
I’m in on ESPN

Thumqer on Draft-time
The Thumpers on ESPN
1st place on the Final Standings
12Valkyrie
      ID: 371382420
      Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 00:50
think i am in-
draftime-valkyrie
espn- los angeles burmese cats to be changed to Burma Cats or Mumbai cats whichever the genus is called now. Or I could just use the mandarin symbols for black colored cat? but neither of us(the cat or i) can read mandarin.
sorry under influence of heavy dose of pain meds right now.
13Seattle Zen
      ID: 301361318
      Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 09:06
under influence of heavy dose of pain meds right now.

well, who isn't these days?
14GO
      ID: 14143919
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 10:26
GO Great One
restok79
Delaware Destroyers

Trying to avoid last place.
15Judy
      ID: 351462418
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 12:56
Here is the order guru sent me for sign ups.

1. Blue hen
2. Great One
3. Jaydog
4. Jeff game
5. Judy
6. Larry
7. Seattle zen
8. Sparky Anne
9. Species
10. Thumpers
11. Toral
12. Tosh
13. Twilson
14. Valkyrie
15. Goatlocker
16. Youngroman

We need an random number generator to set the order for picking draft slots.

Volunteer?
16Judy
      ID: 351462418
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 13:00
Alll signed into ESPN, one more to sign in to draftime...

Straight snake.

Big boys plan to start their draft March 9, a Monday.

If we get the drafts slots picked and entered into draftime, I can open it untimed when that happens.

At the latest, a Monday, March 9 official start.
17JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 13:10
Judy -

You can click this, and you can cut and paste the results and assign them to each name on your list and then you will have the order.

generate random numbers 1-16
18JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 13:11
if someone clicks and cuts and pastes results, i will apply to the main list to generate the order
19 GoatLocker
      ID: 481111410
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 13:20
Here it is Jeff.

3
2
5
8
9
1
7
4
14
10
12
11
6
15
16
13

GL
20JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 13:23
THanks GL!

I applied thoese numbers to Guru's list

1. Blue hen 3
2. Great One 2
3. Jaydog 5
4. JeffG 8
5. Judy 9
6. Larry 1
7. Seattle zen 7
8. Sparky Anne 4
9. Species 14
10. Thumpers 10
11. Toral 12
12. Tosh 11
13. Twilson 6
14. Valkyrie 15
15. Goatlocker 16
16. Youngroman 13


So here is the order for selecting our slot
Larry 1
Great One 2
Blue hen 3
Sparky Anne 4
Jaydog 5
Twilson 6
Seattle zen 7
JeffG 8
Judy 9
Thumpers 10
Tosh 11
Toral 12
Youngroman 13
Species 14
Valkyrie 15
Goatlocker 16


21JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 13:25
Fill in your selction here:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Next up
Larry

Remaining order
Great One
Blue Hen
Sparky Anne
Jaydog
Twilson
Seattle Zen
JeffG
Judy
Thumpers
Tosh
Toral
Youngroman
Species
Valkyrie
Goatlocker
22GoatLocker
      ID: 481111410
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 13:29
Well, that sucks.

:)

GL
23JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 13:34
LOL Goatlocker.... no one will yell 'fixed' that is for sure :)
24 Larry Fleisher
      ID: 171502713
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 14:50
I pick Mike Trout
25Larry Fleisher
      ID: 171502713
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 14:55
Oops I misread this and thought it was the actual draft as opposed to picking numbers to draft. I’ll take number 1
26Larry Fleisher
      ID: 44182712
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 14:57
1 Larry
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Next up
Great One

Remaining order
Blue Hen
Sparky Anne
Jaydog
Twilson
Seattle Zen
JeffG
Judy
Thumpers
Tosh
Toral
Youngroman
Species
Valkyrie
Goatlocker
27 GoatLocker
      ID: 481111410
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 16:26
That is a fact, and can pretty well guess which pick I will get.

GL
28Judy
      ID: 351462418
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 17:01
Well Larry, I am guessing that you plan to pick Mike Trout!!!

Thanks guys for doing this...
29 GoatLocker
      ID: 481111410
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 19:47
No thanks needed, had to go drink two shots of whiskey after seeing what the random numbers I created did to me.

LOL,
GL
30Blue Hen
      ID: 410452818
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 20:06
GO picks 2 by email. I pick 3.
31Species
      SuperDude
      ID: 07724916
      Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 20:46
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Next up: Sparky Anne
32 sparkyanne
      ID: 111302811
      Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 08:23
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Up next: jaydog
33Jaydog
      ID: 350128
      Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 09:55
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Why bother even having a draft slot selection! I'll keep the train rolling and take the 5th slot.

TWilson, then SeattleZen
34twilson
      ID: 4321810
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 01:19
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

I agree with Jaydog--pure snake makes this process much less interesting. I've never understood why we don't switch to 3RR or another more balanced draft model. Oh well, 6th it is!

Next up: SZ, then JeffG
35Seattle Zen
      ID: 16212113
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 14:12
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 Seattle Zen
14
15
16

JeffG, you up.

A little curve on a Sunday to mix things up.
36JeffG
      ID: 35132257
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 14:30
I could make an argument for the back of the draft this year.... but I’ll go back to the trend and take next available in the front. Seven please

1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7 JeffG
8
9
10
11
12
13 Seattle Zen
14
15
16

Judy next ... then Thumpers
37JeffG
      ID: 35132257
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 14:33
Judy via email with 8


1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7 JeffG
8 Judy
9
10
11
12
13 Seattle Zen
14
15
16

Thumpers up
Then Tosh
38Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 15:24
I'll take the number closest to Larry (Mike Trout) when it's my turn.

39Thumqer
      ID: 39230821
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 17:00
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7 JeffG
8 Judy
9
10
11
12
13 Seattle Zen
14
15
16 Thumper

Tosh then Toral!
40Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 17:32
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7 JeffG
8 Judy
9 Tosh
10
11
12
13 Seattle Zen
14
15
16 Thumper


Toral
Youngroman
Species
Valkyrie
Goatlocker
41Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 17:36
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7 JeffG
8 Judy
9 Tosh
10
11
12
13 Seattle Zen
14 Toral
15
16 Thumper

NEXT UP:
Youngroman
Species
Valkyrie
Goatlocker
42youngroman
      ID: 25116273
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 18:39
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7 JeffG
8 Judy
9 Tosh
10 youngroman
11
12
13 Seattle Zen
14 Toral
15
16 Thumper

NEXT UP:
Species
Valkyrie
Goatlocker
43Species
      SuperDude
      ID: 07724916
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 19:35
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7 JeffG
8 Judy
9 Tosh
10 youngroman
11 Species
12
13 Seattle Zen
14 Toral
15
16 Thumper

NEXT UP:
Valkyrie
Goatlocker
44Valkyrie
      ID: 371382420
      Sun, Mar 01, 2020, 22:49
1 Larry
2 Great One
3 blue hen
4 sparkyanne
5 jaydog
6 twilson
7 JeffG
8 Judy
9 Tosh
10 youngroman
11 Species
12 Goatlocker
13 Seattle Zen
14 Toral
15 Valkyrie
16 Thumper

Done
45Judy
      ID: 30244220
      Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 21:45
Will input into draftime Tuesday.

Will open it Friday unless you want it earlier...

Timed to begin Monday 8 am.

Pause EDT, midnight to 8 am.

Three hour clock (if on the turn, 3 for both).

Concerns?

Please comment here.

Thx.
46JeffG
      ID: 35132257
      Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 22:44
I’m good with starting Friday and untimed until Monday.
47Seattle Zen
      ID: 28221222
      Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 23:22
I like that plan.
48Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Tue, Mar 03, 2020, 06:34

That plan is OK.
49Thumqer
      ID: 39230821
      Tue, Mar 03, 2020, 09:24
Good plan!
50Species
      ID: 351051122
      Tue, Mar 03, 2020, 13:32
Agreed!
51 sparkyanne
      ID: 4248313
      Tue, Mar 03, 2020, 14:48
Sounds good
52 GoatLocker
      Dude
      ID: 060151121
      Tue, Mar 03, 2020, 20:10
Works for me.

GL
53Jaydog
      ID: 350128
      Wed, Mar 04, 2020, 12:29
I'm good starting whenever. Fair warning that I'll be at Disney World (Covid-19 World) from Friday through Tuesday. I'll do my best to set up queue's, but expect that I may have some delays/challenges.
54Judy
      ID: 30244220
      Wed, Mar 04, 2020, 19:41
Order is in, checking to see if I need to hit the start draft button so you can create queues...

Will send email when that happens. Right now scheduled to open Friday 8 am untimed.

If you don’t plan to draft over the weekend, let us know so we don’t get annoyed at you. No pressure to go early!!! Just let us know!
55Judy
      ID: 30244220
      Wed, Mar 04, 2020, 21:47
Draft opened for queues or picks. Your choice.

Lost LM tools in my espn page, so can’t email everyone, but you did get the email from draftime...
56Thumqer
      ID: 39230821
      Wed, Mar 04, 2020, 21:55
Thanks judy! I’m down to draft this weekend if all 15 other people ahead of me are down!
57Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Thu, Mar 05, 2020, 07:34
Hear Ye, Hear Ye: My first pick will likely be made Friday afternoon or Saturday morning (unless it happens to be a pitcher starting later Saturday). So don't expect pix to get beyond position 14 till then.
58Seattle Zen
      ID: 4924059
      Thu, Mar 05, 2020, 10:40
Hey, Twilson, look at post #57. See, it’s not that hard.
59GoatLocker
      Dude
      ID: 060151121
      Thu, Mar 05, 2020, 17:59
That was a quick 5 picks. Kinda.
60Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Thu, Mar 05, 2020, 18:47
I've got two long swim meet days ahead of me this weekend.

I'll be able to make picks, but don't anticipate quick ones. I can only do so much on the phone with a bunch of 10&unders yanking on my shirt sleeve.
61Judy
      ID: 30244220
      Thu, Mar 05, 2020, 18:58
10 and under swim meet? I thought masters meets were crazy...
62Thumqer
      ID: 39230821
      Thu, Mar 05, 2020, 22:43
Do we have enough swammers to make a full relay here?
63Judy
      ID: 30244220
      Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 12:52
I got dibs on freestyle anchor!
64JeffG
      ID: 0226714
      Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 15:27
Keeping with the swimming reference... Still waiting on the starting block to get my leg of the relay.

Do we know if Twilson didn’t pick yet because he communicated he was waiting or is it just that he is not checking in and he doesn’t know we started?

Anyway, locked and loaded on autopick.
65Species
      ID: 351051122
      Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 16:29
It would be kind of jolly if twilson announced his/her intentions. Or acknowledged the existence of know he/she was up.
66JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 16:37
[65] I was wondering the same thing so i emailed Twilson. He finally replied and said he is planning to pick on Monday.
67Thumqer
      ID: 39230821
      Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 22:45
2 hours and 59 minutes after 8 am Monday?
68JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Mon, Mar 09, 2020, 09:49
OK we are rolling....

i am just thinking out loud here.. but with a 3 hour clock, maybe out of fairness to the west coast drafters that the daily pause go until 9AM ET instead of 8AM.
69Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Mon, Mar 09, 2020, 18:09

RATIONALES:

RIBC tradition states that it is best to compose your rationales just after you pick. They are not to be published of course, until 2 rounds after you pick.

Commissioner Judy's recent practice has been to create one big blob post to include all these rationales, so that is probably what she will do this year.
-----------------------------------------

70Judy
      ID: 30244220
      Mon, Mar 09, 2020, 22:10
Here is the optional rationales. Good practice in case you make it to RIBC..

Please do it in groups of 5.

Your first one should tell us why you chose or got stuck with the slot you have.

Will open thread now.
71Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 16:16
Sorry about the delay on my last pick.

My little community just became a ground zero for the virus. I've spent the past 24 hours stocking the fridge, figuring out child care (schools closed for 6 weeks), cancelling swim team activities, and finally closing the pool while figuring out how to pay my lifeguards. Next up is figuring out what's going on with my college girl, and if she needs to come back home.

Even without watching CNN, it's been a strange and stressful last 24 hours.
72Seattle Zen
      ID: 212301215
      Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 16:30
Fools! You had the perfect defense, but you let people on and off the island, Tosh. Don’t cough on my parents, please. 😷
74Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 17:04
Zen -- It was a Tacoma guy that came over on a ferry, as a temp employee for one of the companies. He had direct and close contact with multiple islanders. We're still figuring out where everyone went and when. We'll all be coughing soon I fear.
75Judy
      ID: 142511220
      Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 21:51
Very little soup left — or TP or soaps, sanitizers. Went at a normally slow time and it was packed!
I’ve got enough for 3 weeks.
Still planning to play pickleball outside. Ball is the contact point so no touching face after touching ball...
Villages, FL

Also changed time to 4 hours to reduce panic for those of your dealing with this.
76Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 00:51
At what point do we put the draft on pause?

We're almost halfway through. It's that point of the draft that wins/loses a season. The closers are the "maybe" guys. Many of the position players left were battling for that opening day role.

Lots of risk/reward all over the board. I would certainly prefer to start getting new info prior to selecting those sort of players.

Thoughts??
77Seattle Zen
      ID: 301361318
      Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 10:39
I vote for "no". This is the one thing keeping me sane. Plenty of fantasy drafts occur before Spring Training even begins, we will have to pick among the "maybes" without any news.
78GoatLocker
      Dude
      ID: 060151121
      Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 12:32
I'm fine with continuing, and sorry for the Time Out. Lot going on last nite and didn't look to see when I was due up. Won't happen again.

GL
79Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 13:00

I'm for pressing on. Besides reasons of Very Important Principle, after a live draft this afternoon I don't have anything else to do except watch reruns of old poker tournaments or forcing myself to read Calvin's Institutes.
80Seattle Zen
      ID: 22242011
      Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 12:24
I'm glad we are moving forward but confused as to why some people are dragging their feet or setting their auto pick for three hours. It's like a back seat passenger reaching up into the middle console and pulling the emergency brake while complaining that "we are going too fast" 😫
81Seattle Zen
      ID: 22242011
      Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 14:22
Re: #78 - Goat, won't happen again? 🙄🤥
82Species
      SuperDude
      ID: 07724916
      Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 16:16
I am for continuing. We are all in the same boat with the same information (or lack thereof). It is a nice distraction.
83Judy
      ID: 282442111
      Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 22:42
Draft is finished.
At some point this week, I will drag myself off the sofa and enter the lineups into ESPN. Quite a change from training for the biggest pickleball tournament in the world to sitting most of the day... ugh.
I will then check to see when guru wants us to open up for dumping lousy picks etc.

This shelter in place is gonna make me lazy...but it looks like hitting Pickleballs into the garage drywall isn’t causing any damage yet...

Please everyone stay safe. My home in philly is stay at home only, so at this point I do not know when I will be leaving florida to get there.

If you need a distraction, check this out:

https://twitter.com/sportscenter/status/1242095730401185797?s=21

84JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 08:42
lets follow RIBC major's league when they decide, but i'd think that the best approach is that the rosters be loaded, but the league not launched. Once we know when the season opens, there will probably some direction in pro-rating the innings cap and the games played cap.

The league should probably be launched a week before opening day, then everyone's first set of roster moves will be league wide and waiver related.

anyway, whatever is decided... i'm game.
85Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 11:36

Right. As Guru said about his plans for RIBC:

"When the draft is completed, I will effectively lock-down all rosters. Draft results will be entered...but I will not push the final release button. This allows everyone to see their rosters, but will lock out any ability to do adds or drops. When the start of the season is announced, we can decide the best time to release the final draft, which then puts all undrafted players through a waiver period."
86GO
      ID: 141062421
      Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 21:59
Hi Judy -- do we want to copy RIBC format of sort of a draft summary thread too? or is that just something they do?
87JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 14:50
I have been following the baseball reference/OOTP simulation for the 2020 season. Today we are 20 games into the season, or 1/8 of the way through.... how depressing..... Tonight would have been my 4th in person Yankee game of the season.

For those who want the links
scores/standing batting stats pitching stats


But figured I'd see how my fantasy team was doing. Ok, I guess. Not very good.

The bad is four of my five top hitting draft picks are all slumping. Here are their slash lines

Soto .233/.317/.356
Springer .188/.330/.333
Donaldson .205/.323/.359
Hoskyns .182/.308/.403

My catcher (5th overall catcher in Round 9) Contreras is horrid .135/.273/.162

Only Semien SS (rd 5) is carrying the team .273/.350/.602

At least for OBP i am getting a lift from the bottom of my draft (KDavis .356, Wong .361, Andujar .344) - my team composite is .348 pretty good)

My team composite slugging would probably break an RIBC all time worst - .413.

Khris Davis and Miguel Andujar are both having good starts, however one would be on my bench most days due to position inflexibility so even my numbers that I compiled are based on Miggy being a CI so we'd have to deflate a bit.

R - my team seems decent, 7 starters averaging more than 1 per game, team composite is 149 through 1/8 the season a 1192 pace. But these SIM games appear to be much higher scoring so cannot really judge on my pace vs last year's final league stats.

RBI the start I wanted is a little slower than the pace. Composite is 122 as a team.

SB, I worried about my team but surprisingly led by Buxton and Simmons 5 each, and Wong wit h 4 we are totaling 24. Again, a great pace but without doing everyone's team no idea where I would really stand, but probably decent since only six players have more than 5 SB on the year in this SIM.

My team hitting composites (counting stats multiplied by 8).
OBP - .342
SLG - .414
RBI - 976
R - 1192
SB - 192


Pitching
11 wins an 10 saves so far would be a very good seasons pace. This simulation has 6 of my 10 saves coming from Will Smith, who may not REALLY be the Brave closer, and the two Red Sox relievers I handcuffed accounting for the other 4.

Wins, Zack Britton has 2 vultures (and a 7.94 ERA and 2.47 WHIP - whoa), but Flaherty, Woodruff, and Lopez also have 2 each.

ERA. Flaherty 2.28, Stroman 2.77 and 25th pick Gausman 2.32 are crushing it. My team has a composite 3.16

Whip - not good total. composite 1.32 Flaherty again maintaining his ACE status 1.06 and Gaussman again out of no where 1.03. Also Reynaldo Lopez 1.10 (with a 5.10 ERA go figure). But my other 2 starters Stroman/Woodruff over 1.4.

K - real good. 173 in 163 innings pitched. But only 2 of my starters in the top-30 (Woodruff 36, Lopez 27) and strikeouts seem to be trending up again... so it is again, real tough to gauge versus the rest of the teams.

Team composites
W - 88
Sv - 80
K - 1432 (based on 1350 innings)
ERA - 3.16
WHIP 1.32

Anyway. i just needed a break from the reality that is sheltering in place and the 20 game mark of the MLB season seemed like a good time to take the team pulse.

Hope we have real baseball soon, and hope everyone is well and staying safe.

88Seattle Zen
      ID: 301361318
      Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 16:36
Franmil Reyes with 10 Perm Dudes in just 76 at bats!

Tyler Wade with a decent 2.475 OPS

Alex Wood with 4 hits in 8 at bats, one homer, 1.500 OPS

JD Martinez .178/.229/.278! NOOO!

Brad Hand 8 saves!

Shane Bieber, Dakota Hudson and J Verlander 4 wins.

Bryse Wilson (who?) 3-1 0.68 ERA for the Braves

Kendall Graveman 1-2 11.15 ERA. Do any of you even know what team trotted him out four times?

Garrett Richards 0-4
89Seattle Zen
      ID: 301361318
      Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 14:35
Sorry, Val. Hope he recovers completely

Trey Mancini won't play in 2020
90Seattle Zen
      ID: 301361318
      Wed, Jun 03, 2020, 11:52
Sorry, Randy, Chris Archer was not a bargain at pick #297 after all.

He needed an outlet after being cooped up all Spring.
91Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Wed, Jun 03, 2020, 15:45
Drat. I'm gonna' really miss that 4.33 ERA and 1.33 WHIP.
92Species
      SuperDude
      ID: 07724916
      Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 19:59
So........should we have an arbitrary date upon which the free agent pool should be considered available?

Or would it be possible to forbid pickups, then put the pool on waivers (on a certain date)for a fair, clean slate?
93JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 13:38
ESPN Shortened Fantasy Season FAQ
94Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 07:53

Like Species said in 92, starting with a waiver date.
95Judy
      ID: 51626120
      Wed, Jul 01, 2020, 21:27
Just logged into league page.

Anyone else see a totally changed format?

Waiting for word from guru re updates.
96 GoatLocker
      Dude
      ID: 060151121
      Tue, Jul 07, 2020, 18:34
Will watch for waivers / free agent pool since I need to drop Syndergaard.

GL
98Species
      SuperDude
      ID: 07724916
      Wed, Jul 08, 2020, 11:04
95: Judy - see Guru's update. He is more or less going to leave it to each league to figure it out.

JeffG had what I thought was a very equitable idea. Any teams that have had a player opt out of the season due to COVID could be given a one-time 'draft pick' or waiver priority before the rest of the league. That would allow them to replace a player whose availability to participate has everything to do with the pandemic and little to do about baseball.
99Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Wed, Jul 08, 2020, 11:17

Guru also said (about the RIBC):

"For the RIBC, I'll probably release the draft about a week in advance of the season (i.e., around July 16)."

If we can hold the line and avoid pickups until then that should greatly facilitate whatever solution we adopt.

Following Jeff G and Species, perhaps owners of COVID dropouts should get first priority in picking up players once we open up. Priority decided by the players' draft position.
100Judy
      ID: 56401221
      Sun, Jul 12, 2020, 22:40
Waiver order is opposite of order used to choose your slot.

Will set up this week.

Also can anyone explain to me why when I use the internet ESPN page to get to my home page, it keeps sending me to the app?

101 GoatLocker
      Dude
      ID: 060151121
      Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 15:53
I'm going to do an updated list to try to keep it together.

Players that are sitting out the season for 2020:

Nationals:
Ryan Zimmerman
Joe Ross
Wellington Castillo

Diamondbacks:
Mike Leake

Rockies:
Ian Desmond

Dodgers:
David Price

Braves:
Felix Hernandez
Nick Markakis

Giants:
Buster Posey

White Sox:
Michael Kopech

St Louis Cards:
Jordan Hicks


This is as of today 14 July.
102JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 12:01
Here are the opted out players as of this morning who were drafted in our league

LAD LHP David Price - Seattle Zen 12.04
CWS RHP Michael Kopech - sparkyanne 18.13
SF C Buster Posey - Goatlocker 20.05
103JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 12:55
ok. i see the league was launched and folks made roster moves... cool.

Do the league settings have to be changed to 60 games per position (from 162) and 500 IP (from 1350). I think they need to be adjusted by the commish.
104Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 18:03

Yes they do,

Quote from RIBC thread:

"GP limits should be proportionately reduced from 162 to 60.
IP limits should be proportionately reduced from 1350 to 500."
105JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 10:19
looks like the IP was changed last night in our league to 600. Should be 500.
106Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 11:39

I have notified Judy of this.
107Species
      ID: 10431316
      Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 21:24
Whoa!! When was in announced that FA pickups were open for business?? That's kinda lame.
108Seattle Zen
      ID: 301361318
      Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 11:05
Wire to Wire! Catch me if you can {SPOILER ALERT - You can't}
109Guru
      ID: 330592710
      Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 13:36
I reactivated the program that checks your roster for today's starting lineup, showing opposing starter info, as well as some other useful info.

http://dailybaseballdata.com/cgi-bin/rosterCheck.pl

Starting lineup data is based on my data supplier feed, which often updates earlier than ESPN does.

This works for all three of the RIBC ESPN leagues.
110Judy
      ID: 406482418
      Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 19:48
Why do I have no data on ESPN for today’s games...
111Judy
      ID: 406482418
      Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 19:53
Never mind. Had to go to standings and then. Back to team...
112Judy
      ID: 406482418
      Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 21:23
Never mind. Had to go to standings and then. Back to team...
113 GoatLocker
      Dude
      ID: 060151121
      Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 11:02
Quick question, is anybody else having issues making player moves.
Keeps saying transaction type can only be executed in future scoring periods.

GL
114 GoatLocker
      Dude
      ID: 060151121
      Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 11:05
Locked out and back in and now it is working.

GL
115Judy
      ID: 30740113
      Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 14:40
Yes I have the same thing. What did you do to fix it?

I have a ton of postponed games.
116Judy
      ID: 30740113
      Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 14:42
Ok. Went to standings and then back to team and it worked.
117JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Fri, Aug 07, 2020, 10:47
10 games in... 16% of the season gone and my team is crapping the bed right now. Hoping my high priced bats (Soto, Donaldson, Springer) start earning their keep.

One thing I seem to have an abundance of is SAVES. (although my one saves asset - Britton - will soon move to the 8th inning). If anyone wants to part with a serviceable bat or someone who can swipe me a few bags, I'm desperate enough to buy high. Throw an offer my way - your bat for any reliever.
118JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 08:35
Some teams have played 30 games so the season is almost halfway over. We have some separation after the top, can they be caught?

but i want to shout out my dissapointment in the teams that suddenly found themselves at the bottom. Blue Hen and sparkyanne seemed to have abandoned their teams. Both have only made one roster move so far, but their lineup has several IL players. Sparky still has LeMaheiu, Yates and others still in their starting, hen's rotation is half players on the IL. First, I hope all is ok and understand that this may not be a priority in these times... but I expect better of my RIBC adversaries.
119Species
      ID: 43712611
      Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 12:42
118: I am insulted! I have worked VERY hard to stream the worst pitchers possible to EARN my low ranking! hahahahaha I suck!
120Judy
      ID: 22732318
      Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 21:46
How odd not to see blue hen with over 200 moves so far...
121Seattle Zen
      ID: 301361318
      Wed, Sep 09, 2020, 12:42
Oh, it pains me to have to let Teoscar go. Did any of you see anyone else anywhere who hyped him preseason like I did? I think I alone with his family gave him the affection that he has shown he deserved.
122Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 07:30

Wow. What happened here? Oh, check the standings -- all teams are listed equally for ERA and WHIP. There's a setting for a minimum of 1000 innings pitched; no one reached it The other leagues seem to have ended OK, so my guess is the commissioner didn't change the default settings for the shorter season.

That was quite a shock looking at the standings page! It would have been quite a collapse to lose 14 points on the final day.

I'll wait till things get sorted out. I hope thjat it isn't necessary to go back and calculate the standings manually.
123Toral
      ID: 9541311
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 07:40

BTW congratulations to youngroman (who was second, last I checked yesterday) and to JeffG for his impressive final charge. Top 4 usually advance to RIBC. Re 118: the answer to your question, JeffG ("We have some separation after the top, can they be caught?) is yes!
124JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 08:25
Wait? What? It says I won.. if only.

Hopefully Judy can fix our settings... but stand by.... i will calculate and post by hand so Toral can get the recognition his kick-butt season deserve.
125JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 08:47
R RBI SB OBP SLG K W SV ERA WHIP GP IP MOVES
Saskatoon Wheatfarmers  (Alan Stewart) 397 368 22 0.3491 0.4493 567 33 49 3.366 1.066 721 484 67
youngroman's Luschen  (Roman Vock) 393 364 49 0.3345 0.4567 557 37 14 4.151 1.233 690 503 43
JeffG AAA  (Jeff Goldberg) 388 340 37 0.3361 0.4524 550 38 30 4.161 1.255 682 508.1 63
Seattle Zen  (Charlie Commeree) 364 412 29 0.3242 0.471 497 22 35 3.838 1.271 694 480.2 58
Team Tosh  (Randy Turner) 342 336 34 0.3416 0.4328 517 31 36 4.257 1.246 682 499 21
Team Jaydog  (Jason Hall) 350 327 35 0.3332 0.4289 462 34 20 4.031 1.176 680 435.1 18
AAA Thumpers  (Nick Woomer) 316 299 33 0.346 0.4495 474 26 24 3.774 1.195 616 493.2 30
Delaware Destroyers  (Ryan Estok) 398 367 39 0.3297 0.4382 459 29 6 3.944 1.288 697 442.2 37
GoatLockersBums Dilling  (Clifford Dilling) 275 278 38 0.324 0.4202 444 34 22 3.466 1.14 593 444 3
Milchian Magicians  (Terence Wilson) 349 332 42 0.3204 0.4225 525 29 14 4.644 1.348 672 519.1 86
Species RIBC  (Greg Robinson) 332 308 22 0.3286 0.4167 486 37 6 4.208 1.253 686 513.1 61
Sam n Max  (Judy Michel) 320 287 49 0.3177 0.39 458 28 13 4.185 1.213 657 451.2 7
New York Jammers  (Larry Fleisher) 328 293 23 0.3379 0.4625 350 27 8 4.36 1.264 583 396.1 3
Los Angeles Bombay Cats  (Steven Poucher) 312 334 36 0.31 0.4521 409 21 4 3.925 1.261 618 362.1 14
sparky's sluggers  (anne volk) 315 312 31 0.3356 0.4401 270 10 10 4.389 1.332 617 229.2 1
Team Lipman  (David Lipman) 298 254 26 0.3416 0.4135 270 19 18 4.211 1.257 566 280 1


R RBI SB OBP SLG K W SV ERA WHIP TOT
Saskatoon Wheatfarmers  (Alan Stewart) 15 15 1.5 16 10 16 11 16 16 16 132.5
youngroman's Luschen  (Roman Vock) 14 13 15.5 9 14 15 14.5 7.5 9 11 122.5
JeffG AAA  (Jeff Goldberg) 13 12 11 11 13 14 16 13 8 8 119
Seattle Zen  (Charlie Commeree) 12 16 5 5 16 11 4 14 13 4 100
Team Tosh  (Randy Turner) 9 11 8 13 7 12 10 15 4 10 99
Team Jaydog  (Jason Hall) 11 8 9 8 6 8 12.5 10 10 14 96.5
AAA Thumpers  (Nick Woomer) 5 5 7 15 11 9 5 12 14 13 96
Delaware Destroyers  (Ryan Estok) 16 14 13 7 8 7 8.5 2.5 11 3 90
GoatLockersBums Dilling  (Clifford Dilling) 1 2 12 4 4 5 12.5 11 15 15 81.5
Milchian Magicians  (Terence Wilson) 10 9 14 3 5 13 8.5 7.5 1 1 72
Species RIBC  (Greg Robinson) 8 6 1.5 6 3 10 14.5 2.5 6 9 66.5
Sam n Max  (Judy Michel) 6 3 15.5 2 1 6 7 6 7 12 65.5
New York Jammers  (Larry Fleisher) 7 4 3 12 15 3 6 4 3 5 62
Los Angeles Bombay Cats  (Steven Poucher) 3 10 10 1 12 4 3 1 12 6 62
sparky's sluggers  (anne volk) 4 7 6 10 9 1.5 1 5 2 2 47.5
Team Lipman  (David Lipman) 2 1 4 14 2 1.5 2 9 5 7 47.5
126JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 08:48
Hopefully someone can take the data above and turn it into something more presentable... But here are the final standings



Saskatoon Wheatfarmers  (Alan Stewart) 132.5
youngroman's Luschen  (Roman Vock) 122.5
JeffG AAA  (Jeff Goldberg) 119
Seattle Zen  (Charlie Commeree) 100
Team Tosh  (Randy Turner) 99
Team Jaydog  (Jason Hall) 96.5
AAA Thumpers  (Nick Woomer) 96
Delaware Destroyers  (Ryan Estok) 90
GoatLockersBums Dilling  (Clifford Dilling) 81.5
Milchian Magicians  (Terence Wilson) 72
Species RIBC  (Greg Robinson) 66.5
Sam n Max  (Judy Michel) 65.5
New York Jammers  (Larry Fleisher) 62
Los Angeles Bombay Cats  (Steven Poucher) 62
sparky's sluggers  (anne volk) 47.5
Team Lipman  (David Lipman) 47.5
127JeffG
      ID: 44182712
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 08:59
Now that we got that out of the way...

Congrats to the real winner Toral. You were uncatchable for most of the season and our league became a battle for second.... Which I ALMOST pulled off. Great job by YoungRoman on that last two days streamed free agent starting pitching and picked up 75 Strikeouts in 66 innings without doing any harm to his ratios... actually they gave him a bump. I was in a similar boat and made up 100 (of our 500 max) innings in the last week of the season... I'll have more thoughts on how i think our innings limits is too high later.

Props really go out to everyone who stayed with it all season. The top 8 were making moves up to the last day. Zen, Tosh, Jaydog, and Thumpers (along with me and youngroman) were jostling for position all that last week and each of us were at one time in that 2 or 3 slot until the very end.

I'll post my personal recap later... but thanks all for a fun season. It was just 2 months but we made it.... Now to watch another month of baseball without worrying about which hitters and pitchers i need to root for or against.
128Seattle Zen
      ID: 301361318
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 11:15
Hundred of thousands of COVID deaths, murder hornets and Toral winning AAA RIBC... well, as long as Trump gets THUMPED in November it will be okay.

Congrats on your solid showing. At one point you had every pitching point possible, quite the feat.

Crazy strong finish by Young Roman. You have been calling yourself that for like twenty years, I don't think you are still young.

Very impressive second half of the season by JeffG.

I sure hope the top four get called up for 2021. I was in second just a few days ago when my squad started googling "Cancun vacations" and I sank, just barely edging out Tosh.

With the Heat crushing the Celtics and me winning two other fantasy leagues, yesterday was pretty damn good after all. SZ
129GO
      ID: 517342812
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 12:13
So what happened with limits?

Congrats to BH too for winning the Toilet Bowl.
130youngroman
      ID: 515013
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 13:40
congrats Toral! early in the season I thought I had a chance, but when your lead grew to 30+ pts it was just a race for 2nd.

It was a bit crazy the last few days. due to some injuries I fell a bit behind in IP and the last few weeks I did not like the available options to stream. 10 days before the end of the season I thought, who cares. I can't lose that much in the ratios but can gain a lot on k's/wins/saves, so I looked into pitchers that are expected to start 2 or 3 days in the future and could give me just that. the last 3 days I then went all-in and selected all available starting pitchers and played most of them. I don't know if this was skill or luck. I am usually not good in picking up spot-starts. I guess some early season pickups can prove that.
If only my hitters would have been better the last few days. I would have still ended up in 2nd, but much closer.
131Judy
      ID: 68552520
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 14:01
I do not see a minimum setting.

I sent dave a screenshot of what I set. I have not touched anything.

BTW. I did tie for the SB points! That was one of my predictions and my P did Ok til about mid August.
132Judy
      ID: 68552520
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 14:07
I fixed it. Found the box and put in 001 as the minimum.

We never had to change that stat before, so I wasn’t aware of it.

Congrats to those moving on.

It was a weird season and the 2020 Phillies acted just like the 1964 team. I had World Series tickets in 1964, just like when in PGH, I had World Series tickets for the 1993 Pirates. Where were you when Sid slid?
133Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 15:43
Congrats to Toral for the victory. And thanks to everyone for the season. It was nice to have a baseball distraction for 2 months.
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