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I vote no limit on both. This is America, land of freedom and no restrictions!
RIF -- answer question No. 1 as well, please.
I vote no limit on both. This is America, land of freedom and no restrictions!
1. Yes
2. A
I didn't push much for a transaction limit because I had only seen this tactic employed in the playoffs, I honestly didn't think anyone had the time or energy to do this everyday, every single week. Oh well, my bad.
no, e
1. Yes
2. A
Basically this strategy is one that banks on having a good offensive week and stealing two pitching categories because of it...it turns wins and k's into de-facto offensive categories.
The way it is, you do not need to win 6 categories or 5 and a tie breaker on the basis of having the superior team...the way it is, you simply need to win 4 offensive categories, then you can pretty much dictate what goes on on the pitching side of the ball first through W and K, then once those are in play whip and ERA will usually come into play too...and it turns the pitching side of things into a total crapfest.
It gives the offense domain over the pitching stats, and the best offense shouldn't have domain over pitching, the best pitching staff should. That's why those are pitching stats and not hitting stats.
Incidentally Mel, it's much worse in the playoffs, you don't see anyone waiving their best pitchers in the regular season...in an all or nothing situation like the playoffs, you will.
And if one person has the lead in only 4 offensive categories, they can kamikazee the pitching staff of the opposing team.
5 transactions per week is still plenty enough to comletely jack the W and K categories. It just at least forces the person attempting it to be selective about pitching, which you should have to be to win pitching categories. This also gives the other team the option of staying in and fighting the kamikazee without turning his pitching staff(and improving those of other playoff teams) and championship aspirations into total crap in order to so.
Still need to hear from timvp, EricB, florige, A-train, slayer and FWDT on this.
Last edited by whottt; 04-12-2009 at 03:56 AM.
You haven't come anywhere near 5 transactions this week...you've made fewer than I have. There's nothing wrong with this...being able to force someone to drop their entire pitching staffs just because you have the better offensive team, is wrong. And that's what can happen in the playoffs. The hitting shouldn't be able to dictate to the pitching. You win the hitting by having the best hitters, you should have to win the pitching by having the best pitchers, not the best hitters.
1. No
2. e.
1. Yes
2. A
As most of you know im not a fan of this during the post season and you can ask TIMVP what I think about this hahaha. What Truth is doing on maybe dropping 2 pitchers a week I see as fine, its totally revamping your pitching squad for the sake of k's and win's that sucks. I just dont seeing this being very successful during the regular season though. Yeah it helped dan stay in it but if he drops his good pitchers for scrubs it opens the door to those of us who need another solid starter. Hey Dan let me know when your going to drop Haren, he already misses my team and my pitching squad (aka the strike out kings).
How can you change this in the middle of the season when I drafted my team with the sole purpose to do this? That's a load of BS if you ask me. I've been saying since day 1 I was going to do this and no one seemed to know what I was referring to, and now that I actually did it, fantasy lifers whott and melmart have a problem with it. You cant just change it now all of a sudden, if you do just give me my $25 back, because this league will be bs. You set the rules at the beginning and play by them- if you change now we will have to redraft
This is a witch hunt against me because my lineup is nails compared to everyones.
I drafted my team with the intent on using this strategy to steal one category. It's why I traded Papelbon for Haren. You can't just change it now without a redraft. You all act like I've never played fantasy before. Whott likes to give me life lessons, and Melmart like to be the forum expert- but they didn't seem to understand what I was talking about when I referred to using this strategy 2 weeks ago. You can't just change now that you figured it out.
Last edited by Thunder Dan; 04-12-2009 at 08:21 AM.
and let me also say that changing this rule will not make the league better, it will actually make it much worse for all of you. I won't go down quietly! I still have tricks up my sleeve
Hey Dan this vote is for the post season so you really dont have to worry since you wont be making it anywayslol
Well I am catching up in Ks but melmarts zeros are playing out of their minds- this is the only way I can lose if your team gets really hot and mine gets cold. Even when my lineup is having a down week, and mels is on fire, I'm still right there. So you all can point to this one loss but I love my team and my strategy. I will prevail
1.Yes
2.A
Just to clarify before I vote, did either of the last two winners employ the mass drop and add strategy? I did it to perfection () and I still lost. While you can use it to get you wins and strikeouts, I have found out first hand that it basically gives you no hope of winning ERA and WHIP. Saves is the fifth pitching stat and that strategy doesn't make a difference. So basically by using the strategy, you are basically switching the game from a best out of ten to a best out of six.
Honestly, with the way Dominicans have rationed out who plays which position, I have no hope to win in the playoffs without unlimited maneuvers. There's no way I ever win a pitching category outside of a maybe saves and one fluke other stat. So selfishly, it would make sense for me to vote for no limit.
That said, I'd like confirmation on whether or not the first winner of the league used the strategy. I will then place my vote. Right now, I'm leaning toward "Yes, A" . . .
P.S.
Holland must have some sort of hex on my island.
Wait, whottt is the transaction Nazi yet he leads the league in transactions so far?
Does not compute.
This is just a witch hunt. I was closing in on Melmart and she just had to complain. Without the help of career weeks by a bunch of no names it would have worked too because I caught up in Ks.
LMAO, Whott are you serious with this lineup? Who are these guys? Get this weak stuff outta here! Dexter Fowler?
C
Jorge Posada
(NYY - C)
- - - - -
1B
Lance Berkman
(Hou - 1B)
- - - - -
2B
Clint Barmes
(Col - 2B,3B,SS)
- - - - -
3B
David Wright
(NYM - 3B)
- - - - -
SS
J.J. Hardy
(Mil - SS)
- - - - -
CI
Prince Fielder
(Mil - 1B)
- - - - -
MI
Ian Stewart
(Col - 2B,3B)
- - - - -
OF
Hunter Pence
(Hou - OF)
- - - - -
OF
Eric Byrnes
(Ari - OF)
- - - - -
OF
Randy Winn
(SF - OF)
- - - - -
Util
Dexter Fowler
(Col - OF)
Damn it. One boneheaded start of Carl Pavano away from a 9 - 1 week. Oh well, at least I took 7 from the Waiver Wire Nazi.
hey Whott, I think you made a mistake; Eric Byrnes is in your starting lineup. Just so you know, ou only have a couple hours to change that before it's becomes locked in.
Just to clarify before I vote, did either of the last two winners employ the mass drop and add strategy? I did it to perfection (
Honestly, with the way Dominicans have rationed out who plays which position, I have no hope to win in the playoffs without unlimited maneuvers. There's no way I ever win a pitching category outside of a maybe saves and one fluke other stat. So selfishly, it would make sense for me to vote for no limit.
That said, I'd like confirmation on whether or not the first winner of the league used the strategy. I will then place my vote. Right now, I'm leaning toward "Yes, A" . . .
P.S.
Holland must have some sort of hex on my island.
Fail.
#1. You use that strategy to pick up non-dominican pitchers when you use it. So if you are going to end up using American pitchers to use that strategy, why not just do it to build a worthy pitching staff.
#2. You can play for wins in ERA and Whip using this All Dominican strategy. Since you are basically banking on winning at least 4 offensive categories with your Dominicans, why not just play for ERA and whip and use the cream of the crop of Dominican pitchers.
#3. Five transactions is more than enough to win W and K cheaply if you want to go that route...you just have to pick good pitchers to pull it off.
On the contrary my dear timvp, the way for you to pull off your Dominican dream and keep it pure Dominican, is by not attempting to kamikazee a pitching staff with AMERICAN(or Puerto Rican, Venzuelan etc.) pitchers and by either going for the sweep in the 5 offensive categories, or winning 4 and ERA and WHIP.
And you're welcome
Last edited by whottt; 04-13-2009 at 01:46 PM.
My team is playing in memory of Harry Kalas today. Whott doesn't stand a chance
I hate to tell you offensive category studs this...but you can win a series by sweeping the 5 offensive categories since OBP is the first tie breaker.
You guys want to win with offense only? Then do it...simply sweep the offensive categories and you can realize the macho dream. Don't half ass it by winning only 4 and then counting on cheap inevitability and rule raping to win two pitching cats so you can then tell yourself you won with offense...you're living a lie doing that.
And if you need to start more than 5 pitchers more than an opponent to win the W and K categories, you've got no business winning them because your judge of pitching talent is horrible.
I vote that Whott is taking this too seriously and needs to chill the F out and stoping bringing everyone down by telling people what do do and being controlling and no fun
Whott is debbie downer
And I'm not really a waiver wire Nazi by the way. I had two guys go on the DL and have simply been trying to pick up a run scorer...yeah I started an extra pitcher this week, after Truth picked up 4 of them, but since I had a pitcher go on the DL at the begnning of the week anyway it's not like I was boosting those stats.
I didn't even start half the guys I picked up on the waiver wire..
Besides, it never hurts to clear other people out of your way in the waiver claim order.
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