Dye got lucky last year, he will come back down to reality with his old bonesNot on mine.
And in that regard, my insurance policies (for Carlos Lee, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Nate McLouth) are Bobby Abreu, Jermaine Dye, Johnny Damon, and Delmon Young.
I'll transform into y Commish for just one second, but -- ahem -- I think I'll take mine.
Damon sucks
Delmon Young stikes out too much
and you broke the Golden Rule of never drafting a Pittsburgh Pirate
My Insurance policies: Thome, Torii Hunter, Shin Shoo Choo, Cam Maybin (you all will be trying to trade me everything for him come July), Gordon (same as Maybin), Peralta and Coco Crisp (he sucks and is my weak link)
I'm about to rename my team to the Dream Team
I just looked at my team's schedule and realized that its brutal. Play everyone twice and then play 5 of the teams a third time. My schedule of those extra games -- all in the pennant race -- is ATRAIN, slayer, timvp, Melmart, and whottt!!!
&(*@()&)$%)& schedule.
Don't worry, my team apparently sucks, ask Thunder Dan.
I'm just saying, I don't like winning by a point- I like to rub it in. Braggin rights. It's part of the You Hang It, I Bang It philosophy
basically the Pirates of the Spurstalk smackdown
Great. But that won't help you in the standings at all. And the standings and playoffs is where I like to rub it in. You are rubbing too early. That causes premature ejaculation. Just sayin.
Hitting always shows up. Pitchers and balance always get hurt. That is the You Hang It, I Bang It golden rule (besides never drafting a Pirate)
My lineup could hit .310 with 400 home runs in their collective sleep
It's pretty much an indictment of every owner in this league that we let timvp pull this crap off. One owner winding up with both Pujols and A-Rod via draft picks is probably a first in the history of fantasy baseball or at leat since Pujols rookie season.
He also wound up with Vlad, Ortiz and Soriano....
Projections be damned...he's going to lead the league in HR this year, and he's got 3 guys that can win that category for a team by themselves in any given week.
I think the projections show that he's going to hit 364 HR this year...what they don't show is that he'll hit 264 of them in the last 2 months of the season.
Just so you know slick...you're talking to the person who won this league last year...and her pitching was probably the main reason.
BTW FWDT, nice breakdown, thanks for doing that.
I know. Have you ever heard the one tip people say when you go to prison? Find the biggest guy and punch him in the face; it's the same thing they say in fantasy baseball.
Her pitchers will get hurt, and I'll get to my computer quicker than anyone else to pick up the emerging stars.
I remember a couple of years ago we did one of these projection things for D-league 1 fantasy basketball that had me as the #1 team by like a 20 point margin...I finished with the worst record in the league that year.WOW .... so according to that projections, I guess Atrain is gonna win. We will never hear the end of it if that happens!
I think like FWD says, timvp, whottt and I are gonna have something to say about being ranked the three last teams.
My offensive team doesn't look all that hot, but I think they are well-balanced and solid and will improve as the year goes on, like my squad last year. I was mired in the middle of the pack for several months before my team took off. Nobody feared my team this time last year. I am not worried at all.
They are fun but...grain of salt and all that.
Thanks for the breakdwon FWDT.
Sez the man who drafted Chipper Jones.
That's actually my team you're talking about there. Unless of course I traded all of those players to Atrain in my sleep.RUNS BATTED IN
1. ATRAIN's Army (1610) -- A strong, if quarrelsome, finish to last season's newcomer brings ATrain back with sights on the le. A lineup boasting 3 guys likely to best the 110 RBI mark in '09 (Cabrera, Morneau, and Longoria) helps. Having a total of 8 players who are projected to exceed 80 RBI is all the better.
By the way about the limits on waiver wire moves in the post season...where are we on that? I say 3 per week. That's more than enough to cover any injuries.
When he started rumbling about a trade, I figured this was his plan. Short of someone talking overtly about blocking the deal -- by explaining what the plan was -- or burning an early pick on ARod (something I nearly did a few picks in front of timvp's selection -- I took Carlos Lee instead; the picks that followed were Pedroia, Sabathia, Manny (all pretty reasonable, I think), and then timvp's back-to-back of Vlad and ARod) it was a hard thing to stop.
For what it's worth, I did play in an auction league with roto scoring, in which one guy had ARod, Pujols, and Howard (a keeper from the previous season) -- and still didn't come close to winning the league. What he didn't have, though, was the speed of a guys like Soriano and Furcal (if he can stay healthy) or any pitching to speak of (timvp does at least have Liriano and Rivera).
Pitching counts for half the categories that determine who wins and who loses...I don't care how little you value it.
Ugh. Fixed it.That's actually my team you're talking about there. Unless of course I traded all of those players to Atrain in my sleep.
I apologize for not being at the draft, I was driving some things over to Tucson Arizona and had some car trouble and didnt get to the hotel until midnight central.
that being said, it looks like Yahoo Auto draft lucked me into a decent team.
I apologize again guys, I try my best in this but I suck at Yahoo Baseball Fantasty, but I still like it none the less.
Thanks for the great breakdown FWDT and thanks everyone for your understanding, hopefully.
Alex Gordon, remember the name. I might have to sit a healthy Chipper because of the emergence of Gordon. That is one of the many position battles I have going on in my camp where I am 3 deep at every position
but most pitchers get hurt atleast once a year. And there are always guys that come out of nowhere to have a good season, last year who drafted Justin Dutchesher, Cliff Lee, Edinson Volquez or Tim Lince ? If there is any position that doesn't translate year to year it's pitchers. There are maybe only 5-8 pitchers you can guarantee will be solid for you, other than that it's a crap shoot. I can pick up another closer once one goes down, pick up a starter anytime.
Now see, this is good.
Thunder Dan stirs it up, we get some good chatter with about 72 hours left before the season opens, and everyone's ready to go.
We've been remembering that name for the past 3 years. Still waiting on that breakout season.
Great .. but that is still only half of your wins and losses. What about the other half? Have you ever played head-to-head before?
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