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That should be "and last year"
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Both this year and I think this year I didn't make 1500 innings. Not for lack of trying, but I didn't want to cut an injured pitcher to pick up a lesser quality one.
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What about the vote player off team.idea ?
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Using innings is meaningless. Need to try and score points, not pick up Rox SPs to throw meaningless frames. And 1300 is pointless. Anyone can get to 1500 if they’re in anyway trying to.
Houck Trea on
September 26, 2019 6:15 PM
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How about bit more lenient, 1300 points, and if you don't make it, rest of the league gets to vote someone off your team. Or maybe you have to use 1000 innings minimum.
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So the final lost tally last night for my staff was 157.5. Might end up being the difference between 2nd and 3rd, but clearly wasn’t gonna be enough to catch Henry
Houck Trea on
September 26, 2019 9:07 AM
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Yeah, nobody else is in favor of it. I know this. Just felt the need to say it again since Hook brought it up and I feel like it’s obvious. (Also, no one would get kicked out. They’d just alter their behavior to prevent it.)
Houck Trea on
September 26, 2019 9:04 AM
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HA! Accidentally hit return on that last message before completing it. I was going to make an eloquent argument that we the league are the issue by being willing to give out loan after loan to chase the young prospects. Until we fix that, any disincentive will likely fall short and I’m not in favor of kicking folks out for not reaching an arbitrary pt threshold.
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I’m not sure that what BravI may be in the minority here, but I don’t really care how someone chooses to manage their team. We as a league have demonstrated year after year that we will facilitate teams of superstars by giving out loan after loan by
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Half wonder??? Go on and full wonder, Hook! Of course the incentive we installed was meaningless. I mean, it's effective as to maybe keeping races tight, but on the other end of the spectrum, we solved nothing, as the bottom-feeder himself says. But the disincentive to not field a real team isn't the least bit complicated. It's not the Belle rule, and it's extraordinarily simple. Each team has to score 15000 points to play, which is asking nothing more than the most basic level of competence.
Houck Trea on
September 25, 2019 8:42 PM
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It's not just the points ,its the 794 ip... wow !
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Once you figure out a disincentive strong enough to overwhelm the incentive to win a future championship, you should give mlb leadership a phone call.
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Though I half wonder if we designed the incentives wrong, given that 11K is, by a fairly large margin, the lowest score I've ever seen seen for an actively managed team.
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I wouldn't expect to see much change until next year. Year 1 is always competitive. The effects on the contend/rebuild cycle won't show up until 2020.
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This year was an interesting experiment, was anything gleaned however ?
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When I said it would catch up to the Cardinals bullpen I didn’t necessarily mean immediately, but welp, we’re here
Houck Trea on
September 25, 2019 6:34 PM
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It’s soooo over
Houck Trea on
September 25, 2019 6:33 PM
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Just saying, it's not over until it's over... not like you have a 1,400 pt lead or something.
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Indeed, you SHOULD be good... just like Kloobs was correct to expect that he SHOULDN'T have to worry about all five of his RPs pitching on the same day! Sometimes what should happen, doesn't. Not very often, but sometimes.
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There's a chance my pitchers blow up, but with volume, I should be good.
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Kevin's August to September run was pretty epic.
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A month ago I thought Kevin was going to somehow win, he faded
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Well, it probably wouldn’t have mattered, but yeah, I’M saying I blew it. If Henry wins by a smaller margin than my SPs put up tonight, then I blew it in a Spectacular Buckner/Bartman fashion. None of which means Henry doesn’t get credit. He don’t need no stinking “credit” anyhow; Flags fly forever.
Houck Trea on
September 25, 2019 5:44 PM
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Also, Henry hasn't wrapped it up yet. A 125-pt lead with 5 days remaining is not exactly a sure thing. He's in a great position and should win barring disaster, but disasters can happen. He has pitching to burn, but the funny thing is that even King Felix in his prime can put up -60 pts on any given day!!
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Have no idea what you're talking about Fred. No one has come even remotely close to saying that anyone blew it.
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I think Henry isnt get enough credit , nobody blew it, Henry just came on strong at right time of the year
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Kloobs, it's amazing the way you just can't catch a break down the stretch of all these close races you've been in. On the other hand, the way the Marlins have been having their way with Mets starting pitchers, maybe the universe just smiled on you... DeGrom probably gets rocked tonight.
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I lucked out there, Hitch. Thanks.
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Pomeranz would have been better choice than Miller , I saw Miller 4 games here and hes not the same . Weary and tired looking
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Henry should have started Turnbull
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Get all 5 RPs going on the same night like once a season. Sigh. Congrats, Henry.
Houck Trea on
September 25, 2019 7:18 AM
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It's crazy that Odorizzi is my second best pitcher. Who was that other guy I pitched tonight? Oh yeah. Syndergaard.
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He was fine except 2 hr he gave up
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OF COURSE I should’ve played Houser and sat Scherzer.
Houck Trea on
September 24, 2019 8:29 PM
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Im.not going to effect this race in anyway
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Drop... drop... drop... drop... drop... drop...
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On a waiver claim the lower team in the standings wins the claim. Quintana wouldn't go to auction until after he cleared waivers at his current salary.
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Henry has more cash and has been willing and able to drop high salary stars that are underperforming
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Not an issue Brew, is it? Wouldn't Res Ipsa just claim him on waivers to block Henry from getting him?
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what it help or hinder Henry if I cut Quintaba ..hmmm perplexing
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The Cardinals are a completely average hitting team, but by God, they are my kryptonite. Every spot start I start against them goes bad. Hitch you get your wish. Luckily, I have the Ray's relievers to balance things out.
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If words were beer, I'd drink more of it. That's really fascinating.
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For many years , Bavariani law prohibited brewing after May 15th until September 15th due to spoilage. So they would brew heaving in March /April and store in cellers and caves for the hot summer consumption months. When they had over supply in fall still , and the harvest coming they came up with Oktoberfest to mass use beer to free up barrels
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Bat, when it comes to yours or anyones taste, there is no wrong answer. A proper German Oktoberfest is known for its extreme smoothness, color and clarity due to 6 months cellering . The genesis of that style (before refridgeration) was it was harvest time and they needed all the barrels they could find for that years beer. So they had fests , royal weddings etc to massively consume all the remaining beer brewed in the Spring.
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yeah, but i paid 98 for my 1-2. Yours aces were $14 and $1. Thats the way to do it
Houck Trea on
September 23, 2019 10:42 AM
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Is “none” the right answer? Like you with hazies, this is a style I’ll pass on. Maybe you have to be a brewer to appreciate the effort put into it, but it seems like beer made for swilling by the liter, not enjoying. American brewers seem to realize this and instead brew what they imagine Germans were making in 1919, or maybe 1819. At least they don’t put pumpkin in it (yet). I trust your taste though so I’ll try an Ayinger if I see one.
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What is everyone's favorite Oktoberfest bier , domestic or import ? For me, hands down winner is Ayinger
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Scherzer / DeGrom is a hell of a two-headed monster. Scherzer's last 3 starts: 38.90, 24.80, 28.53. DeGrom's last 3 starts: 50.70, 57.00, 59.40. That guy might throw a perfect game against the Marlins.
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Looks like Hitch has Scherzer tomorrow and DeGrom on Wednesday with the option of loading up 3 more starters with DeGrom. I'm not 100% sure who I'll have after the current auctions, but I'll definitely have Alex Young today, Syndergaard and Odorizzi tomorrow, five pitchers on Wednesday, DeSclafani on Thursday, and an unknown number of pitchers on the final weekend. Could be 0. Could be 5.
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This is all I've got: https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/1011/playercard?id=36962
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