Author Topic: The only sport that matters: MLB 2010 Thread (Read 43077 times)

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #180 on:** March 29, 2010, 10:49:08 AM »

...nobody nominated Strasburg, lolz.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #181 on:** March 29, 2010, 10:49:53 AM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #182 on:** March 29, 2010, 10:51:30 AM »

That's the thing about auction- you can totally end up with good players WAY later in the draft. He's not gonna win a Cy Young or anything, but for example AJ Burnett was just kind of forgotten about until almost the end of the draft when everybody was all broke and shit. Aaron Harang too.

pollo · « **Reply #183 on:** March 29, 2010, 10:53:50 AM »

Also, if you play it too cheap you'll end up with a team that sucks:

1.    (1)    Phil Hughes    $7
2.    (14)    J.A. Happ    $7
3.    (38)    Garrett Jones    $6
4.    (62)    Nick Markakis    $21
5.    (70)    Denard Span    $14
6.    (77)    Derrek Lee    $20
7.    (86)    Franklin Gutiérrez    $6
8.    (88)    Brandon Phillips    $18
9.    (97)    Jonathan Broxton    $15
10.    (98)    Josh Hamilton    $11
11.    (103)    Gordon Beckham    $11
12.    (107)    Nelson Cruz    $14
13.    (110)    Asdrubal Cabrera    $13
14.    (123)    Chris Coghlan    $9
15.    (124)    Matt Wieters    $7
16.    (133)    Gavin Floyd    $10
17.    (146)    Rafael Soriano    $9
18.    (147)    Carlos Peña    $13
19.    (158)    Jake Peavy    $19
20.    (159)    Carlos González    $6
21.    (170)    Francisco Cordero    $24

as opposed to a team that's top heavy

1.    (2)    Chase Utley    $40
2.    (5)    Álex Rodríguez    $45
3.    (7)    Tim Lincecum    $47
4.    (13)    Jorge Posada    $5
5.    (30)    Joakim Soria    $14
6.    (34)    Justin Morneau    $22
7.    (42)    Andre Ethier    $18
8.    (54)    Jason Bartlett    $12
9.    (66)    John Lackey    $15
10.    (78)    Ryan Ludwick    $12
11.    (105)    Edwin Jackson    $10
12.    (117)    Jay Bruce    $9
13.    (174)    Ken Griffey Jr.    $1
14.    (178)    Miguel Tejada    $2
15.    (186)    Kevin Correia    $2
16.    (196)    Hiroki Kuroda    $1
17.    (217)    Alfredo Aceves    $1
18.    (224)    Vladimir Guerrero    $1
19.    (231)    Ryan Doumit    $1
20.    (236)    Vernon Wells    $1
21.    (241)    Alex Gordon    $1

I'd rather have the second team than the first.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #184 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:01:00 AM »

I kind of like my team, even though my first two picks were cases of me bidding up picks I didn't want and getting stuck with them.

1.    (24)    Johan Santana    $22
2.    (36)    Mariano Rivera    $20
3.    (50)    Robinson Canó    $20
4.    (58)    Tommy Hanson    $20
5.    (65)    Kendry Morales    $25
6.    (90)    Jason Heyward    $10
7.    (104)    José López    $7
8.    (122)    Andrew Bailey    $13
9.    (127)    Adam Dunn    $19
10.    (132)    Yunel Escobar    $12
11.    (134)    Brian Wilson    $12
12.    (141)    Jered Weaver    $9
13.    (142)    Nate McLouth    $7
14.    (144)    Jason Kubel    $9
15.    (145)    Francisco Rodríguez    $7
16.    (152)    Miguel Montero    $8
17.    (153)    Elvis Andrus    $10
18.    (169)    Rick Porcello    $3
19.    (188)    Chipper Jones    $8
20.    (202)    Bronson Arroyo    $1
21.    (203)    Tim Hudson    $18

Actually, now that I think about it, I got stuck with Santana, Rivera, Jose Lopez, K-rod and Elvis Andrus all by trying to bid them up. Kind of with Bronson Arroyo, too but I'll take him for a dollar.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #185 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:06:23 AM »

I guess my draft turned out OK -- definitely top heavy.

1.   (29)   Prince Fielder   $38
2.   (35)   Troy Tulowitzki   $31
3.   (41)   Dustin Pedroia   $22
4.   (44)   Jacoby Ellsbury   $25
5.   (53)   Roy Halladay   $35
6.   (120)   Matt Garza   $11
7.   (130)   Scott Baker   $8
8.   (136)   Heath Bell   $10
9.   (137)   Michael Young   $15
10.   (148)   Carlos Mármol   $7
11.   (162)   Ben Sheets   $6
12.   (165)   Michael Cuddyer   $5
13.   (171)   Carlos Zambrano   $6
14.   (175)   Mike Napoli   $2
15.   (177)   Brad Hawpe   $5
16.   (180)   Jorge De La Rosa   $4
17.   (181)   Mark Buehrle   $4
18.   (189)   Jorge Cantú    $4
19.   (190)   Justin Duchscherer   $3
20.   (192)   Max Scherzer   $5
21.   (213)   Rich Harden   $1

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #186 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:09:02 AM »

Your OF is laughably bad, Cajole. Ellsbury? Srsly?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #187 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:10:56 AM »

Cuddyer and Hawpe will be pretty good. The latter is totally streaky. Ellsbury is in a Boston lineup, so I'm sure he'll turn out just fine.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #188 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:13:16 AM »

I thought maybe I overpaid for Ellsbury for a few dollars, but I didn't have to worry about steals after that, really. And I made a point to wait extremely long to get the rest of my OF, because I agree with Will, they could easily combine for 55 HR and 190 RBI and .280 AVG. :shrug

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #189 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:16:47 AM »

I'd actually take the over on those home runs.

pollo · « **Reply #190 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:18:10 AM »

1.    (10)    John Maine    $1
2.    (52)    Ian Kinsler    $27
3.    (71)    Jimmy Rollins    $20
4.    (73)    Adrián González    $26
5.    (76)    Víctor Martínez    $23
6.    (87)    Jair Jurrjens    $12
7.    (89)    Jayson Werth    $22
8.    (101)    Adam Lind    $20
9.    (108)    Josh Beckett    $18
10.    (111)    Ryan Zimmerman    $24
11.    (116)    Ricky Nolasco    $16
12.    (121)    Matt Cain    $20
13.    (140)    Raúl Ibañez    $10
14.    (154)    Lance Berkman    $7
15.    (187)    Brian Fuentes    $3
16.    (194)    Huston Street    $2
17.    (200)    Carlos Beltrán    $3
18.    (207)    Leo Núñez    $2
19.    (218)    Jonathan Sánchez    $2
20.    (221)    Frank Francisco    $1
21.    (228)    Johnny Cueto    $1

Maine has been dropped as of today, 9:30 AM Eastern Standard Time

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #191 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:20:20 AM »

I'm still kinda shocked no one bet after I put down $35 for Halladay. Somehow Carpenter went for $37 after that. That was due to a computer drafting, right?

pollo · « **Reply #192 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:26:04 AM »

Yea, computer bid up Carpenter to 37

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #193 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:29:25 AM »

pollo's infield is pretty awesome, but that outfield is kind of dicey. Ibanez is 37-years-old. Beltran and Werth are in their early-to-mid thirties and extremely injury-prone. Lind is a stud, but it would have been nice if you drafted someone else who wasn't ancient or an injury risk.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #194 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:31:57 AM »

Pollo's pitching is also kind of dicey.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #195 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:36:19 AM »

Pitching is always dicey. Investing too much in pitching, outside of the top five, is stupid - and even then it doesn't pan out ALL THE TIME. I've been playing fantasy baseball forever, and the easiest way to end up with a team that sucks is spend a lot or draft high on pitching.

Total crapshoot. Arms burn out, injuries happen, etc.

Also, by the end of the season, we'll be talking about ten to fifteen kids nobody even mentioned in the beginning of the year that you can claim off waivers. ERAs are so bad in the first half that you can usually wait it out for the waiver fodder to kick in.

pollo · « **Reply #196 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:37:48 AM »

I'm happy with my outfield, it's my pitching that I'm worried about.

I had to overpay for Cain after I was outbid for Josh Johnson. I'm not happy about that.

Still, I like what Nolasco's been doing in spring, he should be this year's Josh Johnson if all goes well.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #197 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:40:25 AM »

Juice tells me you ruined the draft by informing people that Guzman lost his starting gig to ROOKIE OF THE YEAR candidate, Ian Desmond. Way to go jerk!

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #198 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:43:07 AM »

But seriously, the NFL league this year will certainly be an auction league. SO MUCH FUN. Only thing is that it takes way longer than a normal draft.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #199 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:44:14 AM »

Yeah, that was awesome starting it at 9:30 PM.

pollo · « **Reply #200 on:** March 29, 2010, 12:00:42 PM »

Yea, yea complete oversight on my part. Unlike you shut ins, it was the only way I could guarantee that almost everyone show up.

pollo · « **Reply #201 on:** March 29, 2010, 12:05:00 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on March 29, 2010, 11:40:25 AM

Juice tells me you ruined the draft by informing people that Guzman lost his starting gig to ROOKIE OF THE YEAR candidate, Ian Desmond. Way to go jerk!

Unlike imaginary people that *might* exist in real life, the people in this draft were people I interact with somewhat on the regular. So, ya know, I had to tone down douchebag mode a lil bit. But if this was Sanjuro I would have definitely bid up every Red Sock as much as I could.

Himu · « **Reply #202 on:** March 29, 2010, 03:54:15 PM »

Watching St Louis vs Min

ManaByte · « **Reply #203 on:** March 30, 2010, 04:08:29 AM »

This whole Dodgers divorce hilarity makes me glad I was raised to hate that team.

ManaByte · « **Reply #204 on:** March 30, 2010, 04:34:16 AM »

They had an emergency hearing today because the bitch is running out of money and wants her $1 million a month. She spends $43k a month on make-up and owns something like 7 houses and one is only used for laundry.

The plus side to this is that due to this stupidity the team has been passing up signing some players, which means they will suck this year and the LA thug fans will jump on the Angels bandwagon.

You can write the Dodgers out of the NL West this year

pollo · « **Reply #205 on:** March 30, 2010, 10:56:26 PM »

Triumph i'm down for another league- i'm sure i could garner enough interest from the people in the current league as well. Make it a points league though.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #206 on:** March 30, 2010, 11:18:22 PM »

Ok, what the fuck is a points league?

*looks it up*

Meh, fuck that.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #207 on:** March 30, 2010, 11:46:14 PM »

Points?

No thanks. Roto or H2H 5 cat only please, points are ghey in beisbol.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #208 on:** March 30, 2010, 11:46:53 PM »

Thank you, sir.

pollo · « **Reply #209 on:** March 31, 2010, 11:16:25 AM »

Fine, no points. But I want to make it interesting other than just standard Roto/H2H....NL only?

Would make the auction even more amazing. I'm thinking Ryan Howard goes for about 80 bucks

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #210 on:** March 31, 2010, 11:26:15 AM »

Have you ever done a draft with just one league? Trust me, it sounds way more interesting than it ends up being.

pollo · « **Reply #211 on:** March 31, 2010, 11:37:04 AM »

fine...expanded rosters then? like add C, 2 more OF spots and a 2b/ss spot and another util?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #212 on:** March 31, 2010, 11:38:31 AM »

I did NL-only once, it was horrible. You end up picking up all kinds of shitty players off waivers by the end of the season.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #213 on:** March 31, 2010, 11:40:38 AM »

Quote from: pollo on March 31, 2010, 11:37:04 AM

fine...expanded rosters then? like add C, 2 more OF spots and a 2b/ss spot and another util?

Remember how long the last draft lasted WITHOUT expanded rosters?

pollo · « **Reply #214 on:** March 31, 2010, 11:48:06 AM »

we could balance it out by having less bench spots

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #215 on:** March 31, 2010, 12:01:51 PM »

Quote from: pollo on March 31, 2010, 11:48:06 AM

we could balance it out by having less bench spots

Yeah, a league that forces me to have shittier position players and denies me my coveted pitching bench spots for more starters? Pass.

pollo · « **Reply #216 on:** March 31, 2010, 03:48:51 PM »

ugh what do you suggest then.

There's gotta be some way we keep this interesting other than just standard 5x5 h2h or roto.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #217 on:** March 31, 2010, 03:52:39 PM »

Money.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #218 on:** March 31, 2010, 05:24:47 PM »

Fantasy baseball in and of itself is interesting to me; adding the wrinkle of an auction draft is just icing on the cake. No need to change the flavor of the cake, so to speak.

I couldn't do a lot of money right now- maybe $20 or so. About to move in a month and that costs a shit ton of money.

pollo · « **Reply #219 on:** March 31, 2010, 05:26:52 PM »

aiight cool i'm down with a money league auction style.

20 bucks is fine.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #220 on:** March 31, 2010, 05:31:04 PM »

I wouldn't want to do much either haha, I just threw it out there. $20, winner takes all? How would we do this?

I can't believe I might have four teams, jesus christ.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #221 on:** March 31, 2010, 05:33:34 PM »

This money system was set up to discourage dirty poors such as myself from participating in fantasy leagues, and spare Triumph the shame of being annihilated by the Home School Boy Wonder once again, next NFL season

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #222 on:** March 31, 2010, 05:38:15 PM »

@ Maurice

$20 and I think we should have a break down like so

Winner gets 50% of the pot
runner up gets 25%
3rd and 4th split the rest

That way if we have 12 people at 20 each it breaks down to

Winner gets $120
Second gets $60
3rd and 4th each get $30

pollo · « **Reply #223 on:** March 31, 2010, 05:39:26 PM »

Thera, put that census money to good use.

You guys could paypal me cash, i'll keep it in my account. probably have a 20% 80% split to second and first.

or what triumph said.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #224 on:** March 31, 2010, 05:47:20 PM »

I would be fine with paypalling you the cash.

pollo · « **Reply #225 on:** March 31, 2010, 06:19:38 PM »

Let's see if we can garner enough interest first. I had one friend interested in doing it...if we could get at least 10 i think this could be a go.

pollo · « **Reply #226 on:** April 01, 2010, 08:53:19 AM »

I have two friends that are willing to do it. So that puts us at 5 so far.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #227 on:** April 01, 2010, 02:31:52 PM »

I don't think I have the time. Stupid law exams.

How much money are we talking about?

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #228 on:** April 01, 2010, 03:59:43 PM »

Twenty AMERICAN dollars.

pollo · « **Reply #229 on:** April 01, 2010, 04:02:11 PM »

$20.23 Kanadean

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #230 on:** April 01, 2010, 04:33:07 PM »

More news in the "God hates the Mets and you should too" category: Daniel Murphy is out for up to six weeks and Reyes will start the season on the DL, just like God and I wanted.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #231 on:** April 01, 2010, 04:45:29 PM »

That opening day lineup is gonna be awesome.

pollo · « **Reply #232 on:** April 01, 2010, 04:58:57 PM »

Daniel Murphy being injured before the season is a bad thing?

Really?

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #233 on:** April 01, 2010, 05:00:29 PM »

He led the team in HR last year.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #234 on:** April 01, 2010, 05:22:19 PM »

Quote from: pollo on April 01, 2010, 04:58:57 PM

Daniel Murphy being injured before the season is a bad thing?

Really?

Well, for most teams no, it would be awesome. But then when you're the Mets I guess you have to ask the question "who do we have to play 1b until he gets healthy" so there you go.

Also, how long until Jason Bay goes down for the season do you think?

pollo · « **Reply #235 on:** April 01, 2010, 05:38:39 PM »

For some reason I though Jacobs had put up better stats than Murphy last year.

And Bay will be good this year. I think next year is the year he absolutely collapses.

Himu · « **Reply #236 on:** April 01, 2010, 06:05:13 PM »

THIS SUNDAY

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #237 on:** April 01, 2010, 06:06:40 PM »

I'm gonna try and watch the Mariners season opener Tuesday morning in Tokyo... I'm sure I'll find a place airing it.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #238 on:** April 01, 2010, 06:17:15 PM »

Got awesome tickets for the Nationals/Phillies game on April 8th. I was hoping they would make Marquis the Opening Day starter, so I could see the best pitcher on the staff - John Lannan - throw off the mound. But, alas, Lannan has been named the Opening Day starter, so I'm stuck with Marquis. Here's hoping the Nats can score more than the 5-run deficit Marquis will lob over the plate.

ManaByte · « **Reply #239 on:** April 01, 2010, 06:21:39 PM »

Only game I'm going to this year is Giants at Padres on September 12th. Can't wait though.

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