CanadianChris Posted March 3, 2007 Report Posted March 3, 2007 Changed my team name to Kings of VORP.
Guest Posted March 3, 2007 Report Posted March 3, 2007 I wish I could change it to "stats have ruined baseball"
Guest Smues Posted March 3, 2007 Report Posted March 3, 2007 League is full. Thank you all for joining. If there is interest, I'll consider doing an NL-only league as well. Go for it. The more leagues the better.
HarleyQuinn Posted March 3, 2007 Report Posted March 3, 2007 Here are some "fun" stats out of boredom... Â - 400 players will be drafted including at least 60 OF (15%). OF will make up 33% of the offense. - The 20 teams combined have won 126 Yahoo trophies (average of 6.3 per team). The most trophies won was 20 by Raza. - Only 7 SP had a 1.10 or less WHIP in 2006. In 2005, 9 SP reached that mark (minimum of 100 IP). - The only other catcher to post a .400+ OBP (Josh Bard) ranked 413 last season. - Jamey Carroll posted the 5th best OBP among SS and ranked 300 last season. - Juan Pierre tied Carl Crawford for 2nd with 58 SB and finished ranked 104th last season. - Raul Ibanez ranked 6th in RBI and finished 48th last season. - Aramis Ramirez ranked 9th in RBI and finished 50th last season. Â Top 100 Breakdown Last Year (Most to Least) *Note: Some players may cover multiple positions and 'skew' the numbers* - 36 SP (10 in Top 50. 01 in Top 25) - 21 OF (15 in Top 50. 08 in Top 25) - 14 RP (09 in Top 50. 05 in Top 25) - 10 1B (06 in Top 50. 05 in Top 25) - 10 SS (04 in Top 50. 03 in Top 25) - 09 3B (05 in Top 50. 03 in Top 25) - 03 2B (01 in Top 50. 01 in Top 25) - 01 C (00 in Top 50. 00 in Top 25)
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 3, 2007 Report Posted March 3, 2007 Hey, quiet down on the strategies.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted March 5, 2007 Author Report Posted March 5, 2007 NL League on Yahoo. Â League ID: 160484 password: tsm
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 6, 2007 Report Posted March 6, 2007 Dnepropetrovsk Dupas  I'm also changing all my old names. Candy Cummings sucks. And it pains me that Al wouldn't do a Keltner List for him.
Vern Gagne Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 Savage Lombards  I had to open a new account.
CanadianChris Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 NL only - Blue Blazers AL only - Vancouver Canadians
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 AL Only - Vladivostok VORPers. Â I'm out of room now.
The Man in Blak Posted March 8, 2007 Report Posted March 8, 2007 I've joined onto the NL Only league as the Eek! Destructo-Frogs. I'd jump onto the AL Only league if there was room, but I can't make the draft time at 6:30 pm CDT.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Posted March 9, 2007 I have two more openings in the NL league.
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Draft is tomorrow night. Â Alan, may I suggest adding a soft minimum innings requirement. If one wanted to, they could draft one top reliever, get a perfect inning from him, and clinch top ERA and WHIP for the entire season.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Posted March 12, 2007 There is no minimum requirement available. It doesn't matter in any case. A person could lock up WHIP and ERA yes, but they would punt wins, saves and strikeouts, receiving the minimum points in three categories. A person could not possibly win the league under those conditions.
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 There is no minimum requirement available. It doesn't matter in any case. A person could lock up WHIP and ERA yes, but they would punt wins, saves and strikeouts, receiving the minimum points in three categories. A person could not possibly win the league under those conditions. In this very deep league with many fantasy novices, you're right. It wouldn't work. But, it definitely works in other formats.
Cheech Tremendous Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 In this very deep league with many fantasy novices, you're right. It wouldn't work. But, it definitely works in other formats. Â Uh... Â - The 20 teams combined have won 126 Yahoo trophies (average of 6.3 per team). The most trophies won was 20 by Raza.
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 If we're going to play the role of "disagree with Leena whenever possible because she's hated and I want to look kewl on a message board, despite having no idea what I'm talking about", please do so in The Chocolate Socket, terrible poster. Â Thank you.
HarleyQuinn Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 If we're going to play the role of "disagree with Leena whenever possible because she's hated and I want to look kewl on a message board, despite having no idea what I'm talking about", please do so in The Chocolate Socket, terrible poster. Thank you.  ... Yeah, we're all disagreeing just to be "cool" *eye roll*  What exactly do you mean by fantasy novices? As far as I could tell, only 5 teams had never played in a Yahoo baseball league prior to 2005. That doesn't mean that they didn't play in leagues elsewhere (ESPN, CBSSportsline, etc.)  If anything, many of the teams have been in leagues since 2004 at the least. Unless you meant rotisseries novices?
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 Novices in that many here have no idea on draft value and are homers. Â But, unfortunately, the Yahoo rankings are accurate for the most part. I wish sites wouldn't be n00b friendly. Fuck ethics.
HarleyQuinn Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 Well, at least you can take solice in the fact that some of us know (or like to think we know) what we are doing in terms of value and such. You can always look for "Saber" friendly leagues too where competition might be higher. I joined one and the draft was one of the most difficult I've had in terms of 3/4ths of the owners throwing out their draft plans because guys kept getting stolen, etc. Â My draft in that league (12 Teams) with pick 8. Scoring is 10x9 with H/HR/SB/BB/K/GIDP/TB/OBP/SLG/OPS vs. HA/HRA/BB/K/GIDP/ERA/WHIP/K to BB/K/9 1: Miguel Cabrera 2: Joe Mauer 3: Miguel Tejada 4: Ben Sheets 5: Scott Kazmir 6: John Lackey 7: Ray Durham 8: Barry Bonds 9: Adam LaRoche 10: Erik Bedard 11: Rocco Baldelli 12: Brad Hawpe 13: Takashi Saito 14: Justin Duchscherer 15: Andy Pettitte 16: Mike Gonzalez 17: Carlos Quentin 18: Kiko Calero 19: Ryan Shealy 20: Dustin Pedroia (my only homer pick) 21: Brad Penny 22: Pedro Feliciano 23: Matt Murton 24: Wilson Betemit 25: David DeJesus 26: Joe Blanton 27: Matt Thornton 28: David Ross 29: Rich Aurilia
Guest Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 I don't like picking players from my own team. If they bust, it's enough having to deal with it from one end, but I don't want to have to deal with it on both ends.
Vern Gagne Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 I'll take the best players that fit my criteria. Â Joe Mauer works in the these TSM leagues. Â I thinK Jason Bartlett will be a good fit.
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 Mauer works well in every league. Â It all comes down to how much one values drafting the elite player at a position.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Posted March 14, 2007 Just a reminder that the draft starts in 15 minutes.
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