I don't really know what I think about Thecycle23 and his team...

Not bad, but it could struggle when facing some quality teams.

3/26/2009 4:03:29 PM

We'll see!



[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 4:18 PM. Reason : (no homo)]

3/26/2009 4:18:00 PM

8-team league, 6x6 (L, XBH), 3rd pick

1. (3) José Reyes SS
2. (14) Chase Utley 2B
3. (19) Lance Berkman 1B
4. (30) Ichiro Suzuki OF
5. (35) Álex Rodríguez 3B
6. (46) Brandon Webb SP
7. (51) Curtis Granderson OF
8. (62) Joe Nathan RP
9. (67) Víctor Martínez C,1B
10. (78) Roy Oswalt SP
11. (83) Chris Davis 1B,3B
12. (94) Ryan Ludwick OF
13. (99) Ricky Nolasco SP
14. (110) Andre Ethier OF
15. (115) Erik Bedard SP
16. (126) Josh Johnson SP
17. (131) Clayton Kershaw SP
18. (142) Scott Baker SP
19. (147) Pablo Sandoval C,1B,3B
20. (158) Chad Qualls RP
21. (163) Frank Francisco RP
22. (174) Chris Carpenter SP

3/26/2009 7:09:06 PM

Trends Batting
Pos Edit Batters Edit Opp Status % Started H/AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP
C Bengie Molina
(SF - C) CUtilBN 75% 155/530 46 155 16 95 0 .292 .322
1B Mark Teixeira
(NYY - 1B) 1BUtilBN 98% 177/574 102 177 33 121 2 .308 .410
2B Dustin Pedroia
(Bos - 2B) 2BUtilBN 97% 213/653 118 213 17 83 20 .326 .376
3B Aubrey Huff
(Bal - 1B,3B) 1B3BUtilBN 87% 182/598 96 182 32 108 4 .304 .360
SS Alexei Ramírez
(CWS - 2B,SS,OF) 2BSSOFUtilBN 95% 139/480 65 139 21 77 13 .290 .317
OF Matt Holliday
(Oak - OF) OFUtilBN 96% 173/539 107 173 25 88 28 .321 .409
OF Bobby Abreu
(LAA - OF) OFUtilBN 85% 180/609 100 180 20 100 22 .296 .371
OF Willy Taveras
(Cin - OF) OFUtilBN 28% 120/479 64 120 1 26 68 .251 .308
Util Carlos Delgado
(NYM - 1B) 1BUtilBN 73% 162/598 96 162 38 115 1 .271 .353
BN Pat Burrell
(TB - OF) OFUtilBN 46% 134/536 74 134 33 86 0 .250 .367
BN Ken Griffey Jr.
(Sea - OF) OFUtilBN 7% 122/490 67 122 18 71 0 .249 .353
BN Kelly Shoppach
(Cle - C) CUtilBN 20% 92/352 67 92 21 55 0 .261 .348
BN Mike Jacobs
(KC - 1B) 1BUtilBN 11% 118/477 67 118 32 93 1 .247 .299
BN César Izturis
(Bal - SS) SSUtilBN 1% 109/414 50 109 1 24 24 .263 .319
BN --empty-- - - - - - - - - -
DL --empty-- - - - - - - - - -

Trends Pitching
Pos Edit Pitchers Edit Opp Status % Started IP W SV H K HLD ERA WHIP
SP Francisco Liriano
(Min - SP) SPPBN 94% 76.0 6 0 74 67 0 3.91 1.39
SP Cole Hamels
(Phi - SP) SPPBN 96% 227.1 14 0 193 196 0 3.09 1.08
RP José Valverde
(Hou - RP) RPPBN 95% 72.0 6 44 62 83 0 3.38 1.18
RP George Sherrill
(Bal - RP) RPPBN 53% 53.1 3 31 47 58 0 4.72 1.50
P Dan Haren
(Ari - SP) SPPBN 96% 216.0 16 0 204 206 0 3.33 1.13
P Rich Harden
(ChC - SP) SPPBN 92% 148.0 10 0 96 181 0 2.07 1.06
BN Ben Sheets
(Mil - SP) NA SPPBN 36% 198.1 13 0 181 158 0 3.09 1.15
BN Joe Saunders
(LAA - SP) SPPBN 35% 198.0 17 0 187 103 0 3.41 1.21
BN Kenshin Kawakami
(Atl - SP) SPPBN 6% - - - - - - - -
BN Jamie Moyer
(Phi - SP) SPPBN 7% 196.1 16 0 199 123 0 3.71 1.33
BN John Smoltz
(Bos - SP)



10 team league, fucking 10th pick

3/26/2009 9:06:29 PM

somebody just dropped Carl Crawford in my league

is he hurt or something? i know he's kinda overrated, but not so overrated to where you drop him before the season starts unless something else is up

any ideas?

btw ^^ thats my team, should i drop carpenter for him?

ok i just dropped carpenter for him...despite carpenter have no earned runs allowed in 18 innings all spring, he basically pitched about 18 innings combined over the last 2 years, so i expect him to get hurt soon...hopefully Crawford can stay healthy

[Edited on March 27, 2009 at 4:55 PM. Reason : .]

3/27/2009 4:45:48 PM

i'm using the strategy that has won me the last two paid leagues, draft as many good pitchers as possible, fill in hitters, and use pitchers as trade bait if needed. it keeps you from subbing people in all the time and ruining pitching categories.

It has worked surprisingly well.

Pitchers

CC Sabathia
Brandon Webb
Francisco Liriano
Josh Beckett
Chris Volstad
Joe Nathan
Joakim Soria
Bobby Jenks
José Valverde
B.J. Ryan
Tim Wakefield

Batters

Dioner Navarro
Carlos Delgado
Rickie Weeks
Carlos Guillén
Jimmy Rollins
Denard Span
Rick Ankiel
Elijah Dukes
James Loney
Hank Blalock
Jeff Francoeur
Jack Cust
Kurt Suzuki
Jerry Hairston, Jr.

3/28/2009 10:22:37 PM

 C - Brian McCann (ATL)
1B - Carlos Delgado (NYM)
2B - Brandon Phillips (CIN)
3B - Evan Longoria (TB)
SS - Stephen Drew (ARI)
IF - Adrian Gonzalez (SD)
OF - Grady Sizemore (CLE)
OF - Adam Dunn (WAS)
OF - Ryan Braun (MIL)
OF - Raul Ibanez (PHI)
UTIL - David Ortiz (BOS)

Bench - Jim Thome (CWS , util)
Bench - Jorge Cantu (FLA, 1B-3B)
Bench - Garret Anderson (ATL, of)
Bench - Bengie Molina (SF, c)

P - Javier Vazquez (ATL)
P - Ted Lilly (ChC)
P - Randy Johnson (SF)
SP - Roy Halladay (TOR)
SP - Jake Peavy (SD)
SP - Ben Sheets (MIL)
RP - Brad Lidge (PHI)
RP - Brian Wilson (SF)

3/28/2009 11:07:38 PM

not bad...i'm pretty sure Ben Sheets is out for the year though so you might wanna investigate another pitcher

3/28/2009 11:31:50 PM

o rly kthx

3/28/2009 11:48:51 PM

actually i was just fucking around some websites and heard he might be back for all star break...still though, he's probably somebody to drop right now

3/28/2009 11:52:45 PM

I had the last pick, so I am #1 on waiver list

I just said to drop him and I picked up Gil Meche

3/28/2009 11:59:11 PM

I'm not too high on Royals pitchers not named Soria, but its a deep league and its not like you're drafting dude early, you're making a waiver pickup

i'm pretty obsessed with fantasy baseball btw, i finished 3rd 2 years ago and 2nd place last year, i need the gold this year!

3/29/2009 12:05:24 AM

damn i drafted ben sheets too..ill pick up meche too! haha

3/29/2009 12:23:18 AM

i just offered a guy a trade...

fransico loriano and bobby abreu

for

Edinson Vólquez and jason bay


is that a good trade? im not so hot on Loriano's spring training...

3/29/2009 12:25:59 AM

honestly Abreu and Bay are comparable players...pretty good average, 20-30 or more homeruns, both in good lineups...and Liriano and Volquez are comparable pitchers...Liriano was a BEAST a couple years ago with Minnesota as a rookie and then got hurt 2 years ago but looked very good last year...Volquez sucked ass with the Rangers but went to Cincy last year and balled the fuck out...honestly I don't see much of an upgrade for either of you with that trade, seems like trading equals

3/29/2009 12:34:44 AM

guy proposed this trade trade (I'm PWNT)

PWNT trades Grady Sizemore, Cle OF to Leghorn's
MATT trades Jermaine Dye, CWS OF to All-Starz
MATT trades Justin Verlander, Det SP to All-Starz

you know who i have in my team, should i take this ?

3/30/2009 4:47:37 PM

lol at dweedle playing baseball

his team will be abandoned by June

3/30/2009 4:55:15 PM

I wouldn't do it...Grady is a top 10 fantasy player...Dye might give you another 30 HR year, but so might Grady, plus 30 stolen bases, and he's a lot younger than Dye...Verlander was pretty bad last year...4+ ERA, 11-17 record, 2:1 K:BB ratio...your existing pitchers are already pretty good

I wouldn't do it

3/30/2009 4:57:32 PM

i already declined another trade by this guy

he keeps proposing more and the season hasnt even started, i know thats not uncommon, but i like what i have

3/30/2009 4:58:51 PM

Ive got an offer in a keeper league of Heath Bell for Ryan Spillbourgh.

Ive already got Fuentes, Wood, Street, and Rodney (Det) as potential close options. Usually you need 3 to really compete in saves in this league.

What do yall think of Spillbourgh's chances of being good this year with full time AB's in Colorado?

4/2/2009 3:44:15 PM

Mr. Met

1. (9) CC Sabbathia SP
2. (12) Johan Santana SP
3. (29) Ryan Braun OF
4. (32) Lance Berkman 1B
5 (49) Nick Markakis OF
6. (52) Adrian Gonzalez 1B
7. (69, lol) Alex Rios OF
8. (72) Curtis Granderson OF
9. (89) Carlos Lee OF
10. (92) Brian Roberts 2B
11. (109) Corey Hart OF
12. (112) Conor Jackson 1B/OF
13. (129) Matt Kemp OF
14. (132) Michael Young SS
15. (149) Chris Davis 3B
16. (152) Aaron Harang SP
17. (169) Yovani Gallardo SP
18. (172) Ervin Santana, SP
19. (189) Bengie Molina, C
20. (192) BJ Ryan, RP
21. (209) Mike Gonzalez, RP

10 teams, head to head
I've never done this before, so we'll see how it goes. I'm projected to be 1st or 2nd this week overall, but we'll see.

4/2/2009 8:49:53 PM

I have Soria, Jenks and Cordero for saves. As long as they stay healthy I should be ok there. What I need is SP. Thinking of trying to trade one of my big bombers for SP.

4/2/2009 8:55:40 PM

^well who is on your team besides those 3 solid closers?

4/3/2009 11:22:14 AM

Active Batters

McCann, Brian C ATL
Pierzynski, A.J. C CHW
LaRoche, Adam A. 1B PIT
Utley, Chase 2B PHI
Davis, Chris 3B TEX
Young, Michael SS TEX
Escobar, Yunel SS ATL
Lee, Derrek 1B CHC
Braun, Ryan J. LF MIL
Damon, Johnny LF NYY
Kubel, Jason LF MIN
McLouth, Nate CF PIT
Nady, Xavier RF NYY
Thames, Marcus LF DET

Active Pitchers
Capps, Matt RP PIT
Francisco, Frank RP TEX
Lowe, Derek SP ATL
Marmol, Carlos RP CHC
Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA
Soria, Joakim RP KC
Suppan, Jeff SP MIL
Webb, Brandon SP ARI
Wolf, Randy SP LA


Reserve Batters
Sandoval, Pablo 1B SF
Mora, Melvin 3B BAL
Maybin, Cameron CF FLA
Upton, B.J. CF TB

Reserve Pitchers
Chamberlain, Joba SP NYY
Perez, Oliver SP NYM


Not the greatest draft I've had, but I think I'm pretty well rounded

4/3/2009 11:24:04 AM

Quote :

"3. (29) Ryan Braun OF"

your league is full of idiots

4/5/2009 3:20:29 AM

C Pablo Sandoval (C,1B,3B,Util , SF)
1B Lance Berkman (1B,Util , HOU)
2B Dustin Pedroia (2B,Util , BOS)
3B Mark Reynolds (3B,Util , ARI)
SS Derek Jeter (SS,Util , NYY)
OF Xavier Nady (OF,Util , NYY)
OF Vladimir Guerrero (OF,Util , LAA)
OF Pat Burrell (OF,Util , TB)
U Johnny Damon (OF,Util , NYY)
Pitcher
P Boston Red Sox (P , BOS)

Bn Mike Lowell (3B,Util , BOS)
Bn Mike Cameron (OF,Util , MIL)
Bn Adam LaRoche (1B,Util , PIT)
Bn Orlando Cabrera (SS,Util , OAK)
Bn Randy Winn (OF,Util , SF)

4/5/2009 10:42:53 PM

derek lowe got 38 pts in the league tonight

is that a normal number for an 8-inning shutout performance? the guy that set up the league hasn't done a baseball league before I dont think (and i havent really been a part of one to know how it compares)

4/5/2009 10:47:08 PM

Quote :

"Pitcher P Boston Red Sox (P , BOS) "

interesting, i haven't seen a scoring system set up like that before...its kind of like fantasy football picking one defense

4/5/2009 11:07:38 PM

So what are some thoughts on my team? Its 16 team, 22 man rosters, standard 5x5 roto. We were allowed 6 keepers and starting this year have a new rule where you can keep one extra player still considered a rookie at the end of the year if he was on your team for more then half the year. As of now thats where LaPorta is fitting in on my roster.

C: Brandon Inge
1B: Carlos Pena
2B: Chase Utley
3B: Jorge Cantu
SS: Ryan Theriot
OF: Magglio Ordonez
OF: Jermaine Dye
OF: Ryan Ludwick
Util: Johnny Damon
BN: Emilio Bonifacio
BN: Matt LaPorta

SP: Josh Johnson, Edwin Jackson, Jarrod Washburn, Brandon Webb (DL)
RP: Carlos Marmol, BJ Ryan, Brad Ziegler, Joel Hanrahan, Octavio Dotel, David Aardsma

Provided BJ Ryan picks it up again then I should be able to make a run at saves. Although saves is one of the more contested categories in our league, anyone who at some point might have a save is probably picked up. I've considered abandoning saves and trying to put together a better rotation but with Webb out now (Hoping its just temporary like most say it is) my rotation needs a ton of work. I might be better off ditching W's and holding out for saves. Offensively I think I have one of the more all around solid teams in the league but I really need my outfielders to get to work.

Any thoughts?

4/13/2009 10:14:36 AM

Quote :

"3. (29) Ryan Braun OF"

Quote :

" your league is full of idiots"

Yeah, when I saw he was still up there, I couldn't believe it. He didn't do much for me in week 1, but I'm sure I'll appreciate everyone else's stupidity in my league by the time it's all said and done.

4/13/2009 1:20:16 PM

i dont know whats dumber, the fact that you took pitchers with your 1st two picks, or the fact that braun fell to you at your 3rd pick.

[Edited on April 13, 2009 at 10:23 PM. Reason : yea]

4/13/2009 10:20:59 PM

^Without both of those pitchers, I would have definitely lost week 1. Plus, pretty much everyone that was picked in that same area of the draft, that I could have had instead, are struggling. I have so much depth overall at the moment pretty much everywhere, so I don't see it as a dumb move. I'll give you the Braun argument, I couldn't believe he was there either. Someone took Papelbon over Braun, which I couldn't help but laugh at. But, I got guys like Kemp in round 13, and Ethier off the waiver wire (someone actually got rid of him). I have made some cuts and trades, and should win the league, so I have no problem with what I did.

4/25/2009 2:26:40 AM

^pitchers are a dime a dozen in fantasy... the top tier batters... not so much

4/25/2009 11:29:20 AM