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Anyone looking to deal? I’m a cellar dweller looking towards next season...
Carita’s Sox on
August 29, 2020 2:19 PM
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Brainiacs log: Hey I finally have a functional bullpen. Probably too little, too late, but also I am well-positioned for 2021, I only need to shed one player and $19 to field a complete team, even if I draw maximum arb and the couple of true prospects I have are called up and have a full cost increase. (Assuming that we have a 2021 season.)
RICOhtani on
August 18, 2020 1:31 PM
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I got 4 cheap players with upside for 3 guys that I wouldn't have kept going into next season. I would have loved to have gotten more but certainly feel I'm better off with Olson, Biggio, Howard and Martin at their contacts going into next season.
Carita’s Sox on
August 10, 2020 11:58 AM
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Listen I'm good with people doing whatever they want with their teams and props to you Wahoo. I think you crushed in that trade. Just though Law Office should have gotten more for those guys.
TBD on
August 10, 2020 11:24 AM
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Yes because a $4 Biggio, $1 Hower and $3 Martin don't have any value /s
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seems like an awful lot to give up for essentially matt Olsen?
TBD on
August 10, 2020 11:13 AM
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Well, actually, it's the other way around Usual Suspects got future talent and Wahoo gets the big studs, time will say, good luck to both of you (but not too much...lol)
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You mean a blockbuster trade, not happy because Usual Suspects (right behind me) gets a lot of big talent in that trade, well life goes on. Stay safe people
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Huge trade!!
Free Bauer on
August 9, 2020 12:48 PM
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That would be something Niv would decide. I don't know that anything is decided at this point, and hopefully we get the season in.
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Do we have the option (at the very least vote on) to return the league buy in this year to each owner if the season abruptly ends? Looking more and more likely...Since the buy in is handled through Ottoneu I’m not sure how that works but I would think there should be a way.
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With no baseball to distract me, I wrote a recap of an MLB Survivor game played in the EW FB group: http://www.banishedtothepen.com/the-2020-effectively-wild-survivor-game-recap/
RICOhtani on
April 17, 2020 9:02 PM
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Good job Brainiacs, tks
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I've got 13 spots to fill so some depth will come. However, my roster is at the end of it's competitive cycle, if it's not past it. Had a good 3 year run
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Appreciate the analysis, it's fun to read but I gotta say though BOCHIA has the best team by a fairly large margin.
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That's all I have - hope you enjoyed and best of luck for the 2020 season!
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:11 PM
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9. Freaks - absolutely average in every metric. 10. Uncle Charlie - hitting looks weaker than he'd like but the pitching is great. I gave him a replacement level bench which is weak. 11. Aging & Expensive Roster - Excellent hitting and average pitching, weak bench. 12. Musial Standard - weak hitting and bench, average pitching - this is the team with the most prospects and I think is in the middle of rebuilding (As close to a rebuilding team as we have this relatively even season.)
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:11 PM
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5. Law Offices of Babip, Pecota, Vorp - excellent pitching, no weaknesses. 6. Wahoo! - best overall hitting in the league, slightly shallow bench. 7. Big Papi memories - no weaknesses and a deep bench. 8. Ichiro's Geriatrics - absolutely average in every metric.
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:10 PM
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Here are my conclusions: 1. top dog - The Barsi Boys. Strengths are elite pitching and a deep bench. 2. Rotor City Brainiacs - no real weaknesses and the deepeest bench in the league. (Keep in mind that my own projection should favor me, so I probably won't do as well as this method predicts.) 3. The Usual Suspects - no weaknesses and terrific hitting. 4. BOHICA - strong and balanced hitting and pitching, shallow bench.
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:09 PM
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A couple of our managers don't have full rosters - for those teams I supplement their totals with replacement level players and give them a replacement-level bench. It's always better to have a drafted team, but the replacement-level supplements make the comparison a little fairer, in my opinion.
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:09 PM
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So everyone is in the hunt and anyone could win, in my opinion. Now I'll try to guess at who is favored. Method - I construct an optimal roster for each team based on my projection, a complete team of position players and pitchers. I add up totals for hitting and pitching. Then I look at everyone's active (non-prospect, non-injured) bench. I grant full points for the main roster and half points for the bench, that gives me a grand total and three factors I can analyze.
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:09 PM
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2. The most expensive player in the draft was Nolan Arenado at $52, which I can convert to $34 in (260/400 = .65 * 52 = 33.8) in more standard player valuation. That's reasonably close to his Baseball Forecaster valuation, for instance. Typically we have a couple players bid into the $80s, this year the bidding was all what I'd consider restrained and reasonable.
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:08 PM
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This year is remarkable for a couple reasons. 1. League parity - I don't think we've gone into a season with this little difference between the team that has the best projected points total and the least. The best is 19975. The worst is 17039. That is historically close, and I speculate the reason is that no teams are carrying a large surplus of prospects and obviously in rebuilding mode. This season it looks like everyone is playing to win this year. At least so far.
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:08 PM
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Hi Rivals, some of you are new this year, welcome to the league. If you scroll through this feed, you'll see that every season I post some kind of post-draft analysis and construct a "power-ranking" of the teams that is probably inaccurate. My analysis is adding up all the points for each team on my projection and playing around it a bit until I get something that looks reasonable, then I post it here where it's mostly ignored. (The appropriate response.)
RICOhtani on
March 9, 2020 4:08 PM
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Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Carita’s Sox on
March 8, 2020 3:04 PM
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My grandson will run my team as I recover from surgery. Send any trades and the 2 of us will decide. Good Luck everyone. I am here for the auction today
Free Bauer on
March 8, 2020 2:43 PM
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Ugh. I have another draft at this time - we'll see how that goes!
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While we had some varied responses, the plurality was for 3-3:30 CST, and this also split the difference for the remaining times. Auction is 3/8 at 4:00 EST.
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Are we set. 3/8 starting at 3:00 PM Central?
Free Bauer on
March 1, 2020 7:41 AM
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OK I will go ahead with my scheduling
Free Bauer on
February 28, 2020 10:57 AM
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Aging & Expensive can make it official but it looks like Sunday, March 8th.
RICOhtani on
February 28, 2020 10:17 AM
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Guys I need to know the date for the auction now because of the eye surgery I must schedule
Free Bauer on
February 28, 2020 8:32 AM
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Good catch
Sototally Baty on
February 27, 2020 6:16 PM
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Central
Sototally Baty on
February 27, 2020 6:16 PM
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What time zone?
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voted
Free Bauer on
February 27, 2020 4:16 PM
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It seems there is a consensus for 3/8. Please pick your preferred time in the Google Form https://forms.gle/85Gany8RMPWjT2qG6
Sototally Baty on
February 27, 2020 1:15 PM
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3/8 is fine with me
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Are we confirmed for 3/8? I have another league looking at that date.
Carita’s Sox on
February 26, 2020 2:21 PM
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Sounds like we are circling around Sunday 3/8 between 3PM and 6PM (Eastern.)
RICOhtani on
February 25, 2020 1:31 PM
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3/8 works for me. I can make anytime work, but mid-afternoon PST would be ideal
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Please consider that I'm six hours ahead of EST. So starting a draft after 6pm EST is a grind for me
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Afternoon or evening 3/8 is okay but will cost me political capital. in my marriage etc...
RICOhtani on
February 25, 2020 10:39 AM
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3/8 works for me as long as it’s after 2 pm central time. I could probably swing the morning of 3/15 if we’re looking to do a Sunday morning.
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3/8 all day for me is fine
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What I mean is, a decent night's sleep morning on the East Coast, 9AM draft time, is perfect for me because then I can wake up before my wife and children and draft at 6AM, and it's all done and out of the way by the time they need me to make breakfast or run errands. East Coasters get a leisurely Sunday morning, I get a draft that doesn't interfere with anything else I have going on. Ideal.
RICOhtani on
February 25, 2020 9:58 AM
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How about Sunday 3/8? For me - ideally early in the morning Pacific Time.
RICOhtani on
February 25, 2020 9:55 AM
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The only days I cannot do are 3/13 and 3/22
Free Bauer on
February 25, 2020 8:03 AM
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2/29 and 3/8 both work for me
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Weekends for me, possibly Fridays. Looking at the schedules posted above, maybe Saturday 2/29 or Sunday 3/8? Not sure if Freaks days are preferred or exclusive.
RICOhtani on
February 24, 2020 10:31 PM
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