Spurs Talk Fantasy Baseball 09

[Thunder Dan]

LMAO, you are calling my pitching staff ty? Your best pitcher will be suspended by Friday and all the others could easily implode just as Lester and Carmona did tonight. Plus, you in all your genius sat a guy that tossed a no hitter until the 7th inning, and started 3 guys that didn't even take the field.

My Japanese Phenom will give me 8-9K's, Haren will give me 7-8, Lester will give me 5-7, and my other guys will give me 15-20..so if your closers can give you 80 K's then they are something else because that is what it will take to beat me

[whottt]

Sorry but I refuse to take advice from a guy that started 3 guys that didn't even play today.

Pssst slick...I started every guy on my roster whose team was playing today with the exception of Justin Upton who might just be tiest hitter in baseball right now this side of Lastings(was on the waiver wire more last year than Jim Thome) Milledge......

Tell me Eintstein, who on my roster would you have started instead? The other 5 guys whose teams weren't even playing today? Or the guy hitless 7 games into the season?

It's called a Monday...not to be confused with a Thursday.

Yeah Carmona and Lester had bad outings, but I still have a solid week of hitting coming

Damn...I didn't think about that, and all my hitters are already done for the week unlike yours.

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and I'll be able to take a pitching category

Looks to me like you are doing a pretty good job of taking the ERA and Whip categories this season...just not in the way you want.

[Melmart1]

I hate to break it to you but Melmart could have taken the K easily if she wanted too...I think it was probably something about principles.

In case you didn't notice, you lost with your strategy last week.

Yeah, he needed eight extra starts that he picked up off the wire to beat me by two K's. If I had resorted to his tactics (because this is not a "strategy") then I could have easily won that category. If I don't make the playoffs by one loss, I will likely look back on this and regret it. But hopefully it won't come to that.

[Thunder Dan]

Pssst slick...I started every guy on my roster whose team was playing today with the exception of Justin Upton who might just be tiest hitter in baseball right now this side of Lastings(was on the waiver wire more last year than Jim Thome) Milledge......

Tell me Eintstein, who on my roster would you have started instead? The other 5 guys whose teams weren't even playing today? Or the guy hitless 7 games into the season?

Ted Lilly out hit the guys you started

It's called a Monday...not to be confused with a Thursday.

I know what day it is

Damn...I didn't think about that, and all my hitters are already done for the week unlike yours.

have you looked at your lineup? Aside from David Wright the rest of your team sucks












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Looks to me like you are doing a pretty good job of taking the ERA and Whip categories this season...just not in the way you want.

I had 2 terrible outings tonight and I'm still close in WHIP
























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[whottt]

Ted Lilly out hit the guys you started

He got more AB's.

I know what day it is

I think the significance is lost on you due to your newbieness.

have you looked at your lineup? Aside from David Wright the rest of your team sucks

Well they're no Jim Thomes that's for sure.

I had 2 terrible outings tonight and I'm still close in WHIP

You really aren't...I could have about triple the Whip you have right now(ditto ERA) and it still wouldn't be close.

[Thunder Dan]

this is bull - The Tigers game is postponed to a later date and I can't take them out of my lineup

[slayermin]

this is bull - The Tigers game is postponed to a later date and I can't take them out of my lineup

Welcome to the Spurstalk Smackdown Grind.

[Thunder Dan]

Josh Beckett Suspended 6 Games! Who has then on their fantasy team?

[Melmart1]

Josh Beckett Suspended 6 Games! Who has then on their fantasy team?

Who cares? Six games for an SP= 1 start. When they suspend pitchers it should be for six starts instead of games for it to have the same impact as a position player.

[FromWayDowntown]

I want Swisher's inning from last night. Outside of Halladay and Santana's work, it's probably about the best inning my staff has put together this year.

[TheTruth]

Damn, Volquez and Gallardo decided they wanted to suck ass when facing each other. At least one of them got the win.


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[Thunder Dan]

Hey Whott, that was a solid outing by Dice-K last night. I'm willing to bet my Japanese stud will have a better outing tomorrow

[TheTruth]

Dan...no one has ever made the playoffs doing the strategy you are doing during the regular season.

Timvp has done it the playoffs, but he's never done it in the regular season. Which makes you wonder why the he does it in the post season...I mean if not doing it is good enough to get his team to the post season, it's good enough to win a championship.


And Truth isn't in this boat with you either even though it may seem like he is...I tope truthy starts dropping 5 pitchers per night...as he's got some pitching I'd like to get hold of. Even better if he drops some of his freaking hitters that laid 20 HR and 60 RBI on me last week(which I believe is probably a record)....


Bottom line is that other guys are voting for it just to keep the option open...you've actually pencilled yourself into having to do it.

after 2 1/2 days i'm on pace to at least match it. Guess we'll see if some of my players stay hot.

[whottt]

Hey Whott, that was a solid outing by Dice-K last night. I'm willing to bet my Japanese stud will have a better outing tomorrow

And I'm willing to bet you have a pitcher go on the DL before the season is over, like Dice K now is...making this entire line of arguing stupid on your part.


One thing you'll learn as get more experienced at fantasy baseball...

There are no certainties when it comes to pitching...

Well except for one...

And that's that with the current state of your roster, you are going to either lose or at best tie in the saves category every week for the rest of the season.

Anything else?

[EricB]

Need relievers, please send trade offers

[ATRAIN]

Damn Truth and I are really battling it out this week, this looks to maybe be decided over the weekend.

[Thunder Dan]

Hahahahaha The Hammer with a 4/5 night!!!

[Thunder Dan]

Man I was at a concert and missed the Hammer's big night. How about this line: 5/6 a HR a double and 3 Runs scored. See that's just great scouting by me. You all laughed when I picked him up, but I picked him up for days like today when his true potential comes out.

[TheTruth]

what was your reason for picking up Alex Gordon? BUST!!!!!

[Thunder Dan]

Welp Whott, It appears that this is one of those cases of student beating the teacher . Looks like you still have some work to do before we can consider you a serious contender for the le. A 6-4 win is nice, however if Lilly pitched tonight it would be 8-2 or 7-3 at the very least since I closed in on WHIP and ERA. It's a shame my team didn't bother to steal any bases this week, or it would have been 9-1.

No shame in losing though Whott, don't hang your head

[Thunder Dan]

what was your reason for picking up Alex Gordon? BUST!!!!!

he is just hurt, no big deal. He has the same injury Arod has, it's an injury all great hitters get at some point in their career.

[whottt]

Welp Whott, It appears that this is one of those cases of student beating the teacher . Looks like you still have some work to do before we can consider you a serious contender for the le. A 6-4 win is nice, however if Lilly pitched tonight it would be 8-2 or 7-3 at the very least since I closed in on WHIP and ERA. It's a shame my team didn't bother to steal any bases this week, or it would have been 9-1.

No shame in losing though Whott, don't hang your head

Don't forget I didn't start Lilly the first game of the week either. Not to mention Dice K going out after an inning with a 45 era.

As for the 6-4 loss, don't feel too special, I would have lost by at least that score to every team in the league this week and in fact I had an incredibly ty week offensively...

Thankfully utilizing your strategy you conceded me ERA and WHIP and that held up.....like I said before you did it, thanks, because my team kind of sucks in ERA and whip right now.

OTOH, I improved my team a little in the steals category and even won it, which, has been the focus of pretty much all 21 waiver moves I have made and was my major focus of the week since I only got like 2 or something last week.

[Thunder Dan]

Don't forget I didn't start Lilly the first game of the week either. Not to mention Dice K going out after an inning with a 45 era.

As for the 6-4 loss, don't feel too special, I would have lost by at least that score to every team in the league this week and in fact I had an incredibly ty week offensively...

Thankfully utilizing your strategy you conceded me ERA and WHIP and that held up.....like I said before you did it, thanks, because my team kind of sucks in ERA and whip right now.

OTOH, I improved my team a little in the steals category and even won it, which was my major focus of the week since I only got like 2 or something last week.

same could be said for ty starts I got from Baker and Lester earlier in the week. Assuming either of them just play decent it's a 8-2 victory for the good guys

[Ginofan]

Good week Atrain. If I hadn't been a dumbass and benched Ethier on Monday it would have been a little better for me.

[ATRAIN]

Good week Atrain. If I hadn't been a dumbass and benched Ethier on Monday it would have been a little better for me.

Yeah I know I had a few bonehead mistakes.....some I dont think would have made much of a difference but things could have turned out different but could have made things worse for me at the same time. Good week to you too, we fought each other off pretty good, looking forward to the rematch.