More like I know he wants 3000 hits, needs at least one more big season to pull it off, is pretty much successful every time he sets his mind to having a big season, the last time he was in the NL it resucitated his career, he plays in a good hitters park, he is notorious for hot starts(as in flirting with 400 pre all star), he idolizes a catcher that played effectively to a very old age, and oh yeah, he is knocking the out of the ball in spring training....
That and it's not going to be hard to find catchers with the smaller benches.
ironically, ESPN just wrote an article about how Berkman could be a steal (along with Kinsler) in drafts this year. Though, I don't think they are saying you "steal" Berkman in the 6th round, and Kinsler in the 1st.
http://insider.espn.go.com/sports/fa...all&id=5043679
you draft like everyone else on average, you will have the results of everyone else on average
You just keep on pickin them the way tell you Dan...will take you far.
you should rename your team to The Disabled List
And you should make the playoffs before talking .
Look, I know this is a game you play to get info out of me...I will give it for free if you ask. And I already told you my opinon that you are going to start really slowly and have a bogged down bench...and no one is going to trade you for Strasburg.
Someday when you make the playoffs you will find out the hard way they shut young pitchers down in Sep if the team isn't in a penant race.
bogged down bench? I have the most efficient bench in the league, 1 backup first basemen (konerko), a backup 2nd/3rd (beckham), 2 backup OF, and a backup shortstop. A guy to enter if I need steals (escobar) and power(blanks)
can't argue against a perfect team. My team is like trying to find flaws on Mila Kunis, your team is like trying to find flaws on Bea Aurthur
My team
Sea Dogs
Bea Authur would whip the out of that girl....
yeah before she died maybe. Just like your team, Bea is past her prime, now she is pushing up daisies
2 takers on the bet so far: Alamo and ATrain.....noticeably absent from this list is Whott.
I'm definatly rooting for the screwballs, but I cant help to laugh everytime he posts this.."With the 62nd pick in the 2010 fantasy draft...Screwballs selects.......Lance Berkman!"
How can I not get in on that bet?
I did use auto-draft last year because the draft was in the middle of the night for me over here in Holland.
I studied the league and had some good pick-ups and trades.
Hence the championship with the missing trophy.
I trust on my developed skills to at least make the playoffs again.
Can't wait what excuses you gonna have when I collect your $25 Dan!
So, are we all paying our league fees this year or will there be somebody not paying again?
WTF, dude? I thought that whole was settled, no need to bring it back up.
Calm down girl.
What I meant to say is when we have to pay.
When administration is in order, that mess from last year won't have to be.
whats going on, i must have missed it..WTF, dude? I thought that whole was settled, no need to bring it back up.
Last year, one league owner failed to pay his or her entry fee. When it came time to pay out the prizes, I made mention of that to explain a short delay. It became the cause celebre of the board to figure out who didn't pay. I figured it was a matter solely between me and that person and really nobody else's business beyond explaining the brief delay.
To this day, I'm quite certain that the guesses were all incorrect.
Last edited by FromWayDowntown; 03-31-2010 at 06:18 PM.
As for this year's payments, you can send them to me via PayPal.
My e-mail address for that account is: [email protected]
Payment sent.
. . . and received.
Thanks for acknowledging. It says "unclaimed" so I was about to double check to make sure I got the email addy right. All it says is I sent a payment to "From Way" ... I don't know why that made me
Problem with this league. A team can load up starting RPs and win WHIP ERA and Saves and only draft 3 sps. RP will get you better WHIP and ERA totals generally than SPs.
The Min innings pitched needs to be ramped up to make it so it is harder to do. I see the commissioner using this strategy. It should not be allowed. Build your team SP and RP not just RP to get an advantage in 3 out of 5 categories.
I could have a better overall staff but get beat by someone who is just playing RPs.
Should be claimed now.Thanks for acknowledging. It says "unclaimed" so I was about to double check to make sure I got the email addy right. All it says is I sent a payment to "From Way" ... I don't know why that made me
-From Way
I think you're incorrect about the overall effect of that strategy; with an RP-heavy staff, it takes one horrible outing by a starter to blast your ERA and WHIP to the moon. If you don't have dominant closer-types and you use RP primarily, I think you're going to have weeks -- and plenty of them -- where you will suffer from just one bad outing because you don't have enough innings to overcome that damage. Besides, if you go with an RP heavy strategy, you've got no chance in Wins and Strikeouts and you're going to be taking your chances that you'll lose out on ERA and WHIP if those relievers get lit up.
Put it this way: if my team, as currently constructed, were to get a horrible outing by James Shields, a mediocre outing from Kazmir, an average outing from either Gallardo or Johnson, and a great outing from the other one of those two, I'm screwed in ERA and WHIP -- and wins and strikeouts. One great start and a week's worth of immaculate relief appearances won't undo a 3IP, 7ER, 0K, 6BB start coupled with a 5.2IP, 6ER, 2K, 7BB start and a 6.2 IP, 5 ER, 3K, 2 BB start.
With that said, if the owners favor increasing the innings pitched requirement, that can be done.
As for me, I don't know that your characterization of my "strategy" is particularly right. I have a phobia of ending up short on closers and have a tendency to draft them in boatloads sometimes to avoid being caught with my pants down. To be really honest, I'd prefer to have more starting pitchers and will probably be in the market to address that need in short order. In fact, I've already mentioned here that I'm looking to deal relievers for starter and I've put players on the block on the league website asking for SP in return. As my example above illustrates, there's almost nothing I can do right now to overcome a terrible start or two.
I disagree with you. You will win more often the ERA and WHIP categories loading up on RP.
I understand that one bad game from a starter with the fewer innings pitched from your team can do more damage but there is much more possibility that a team with more SP will have those poor stars and big run outings. Just look at the RP as compared to the SP- ERA WHIP totals and that says it all.
Those big run outings are more common from SP.
RP generally will have better ERA and WHIP totals.
Yes the MIn innings pitched should be ramped up to discourage this strategy. A staff should be built around both SP and RP.
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