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Post by abisai on Jul 1, 2005 10:47:50 GMT -5
July 1st Draft Round is here. 1. Papo - selected Bob Wickman, RP, Cleveland Indians. 2. Booth - selected Miguel Batista, RP, Toronto Blue Jays 3. Buckley - selected Cliff Floyd, OF, NY Mets 4. Pultz - selected John Garland, SP, Chicago White Sox 5. Sylvester - selected Morgan Ensberg, 3rd, Houston Astros 6. Gault - selected Felipe Lopez, SS, Cincinnati Reds
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Post by abisai on Jul 1, 2005 15:02:32 GMT -5
;D FANTASY BASEBALL ;D After today the only responsibility anyone has is to submit a final lineup before the first pitch of the league championship series. If you intend to make your Yahoo lineup stand as your final lineup selection, just let me know that and be sure to make whatever changes need to be done before the season ends - it locks the lineups after the regular season ends. Trade deadline is July 31st. Players traded after that deadline cannot be used on the final lineups, which makes trades after that deadline a waste and unequivically revoked by the commissioner.
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Post by abisai on Jul 7, 2005 14:11:43 GMT -5
Big news is Curt Schilling becoming a relief pitcher for the Red Sox. This means a lot to the owners of Curt Schilling, Keith Foulke, and SP for the team that currently suffers from a lot of runs allowed by the bullpen.
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Post by abisai on Jul 9, 2005 11:11:14 GMT -5
For kicks I looked at who Yahoo ranks as players we missed. I pulled top 120 players based on this season's stats and returned the following guys: J. Bonderman (Det - SP) 38 S. Shields (LAA - RP) 56 C. Politte (CWS - RP) 58 P. Burrell (Phi - OF) 70 C. Capuano (Mil - SP) 72 C. Young (Tex - SP) 78 B. Webb (Ari - SP) 80 J. Dye (CWS - OF) 83 J. Crain (Min - RP) 84 C. Lee (Cle - SP) 86 J. Duchscherer 87 K. Rogers (Tex - SP) 93 T. Jones (Fla - RP) 94 D. Haren (Oak - SP,RP) 96 D. Dellucci (Tex - OF) 97 P. Byrd (LAA - SP) 98 G. Sizemore (Cle - OF) 100 E. Bedard (Bal - SP) 106 A. Eaton (SD - SP) 109 C. Lidle (Phi - SP) 111 B. Clark (Mil - OF) 112 S. Stewart (Min - OF) 115 C. Hammond (SD - RP) 114 M. Lawton (Pit - OF) 116 K. Mench (Tex - OF) 117 H. Street (Oak - RP) 119 J. CantĂș (TB - 2B,3B) 120
A couple of these guys are on the DL and should drop, plus Yahoo has a weird preference for middle relievers for some reason, but these are good players. A couple have been drafted in past years and I have no doubt more than a couple will be drafted next season. I used to always say give me the field after the first draft day and I could win. With a larger league size and more guys drafted that becomes exponentially harder to accomplish. But there are still plenty of guys out there surprisingly good at piling on stats. Yahoo rankings indicate of the top 120 players this season, 27 are not in our league. That is enough to compete in the League (120/6, means we should each have 20 of the top players).
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Post by abisai on Jul 13, 2005 11:13:32 GMT -5
Random fantasy baseball questions can be answered here by the one and only COMMISH.
I'll throw out some theories about player performances to expect in the second half:
Jason Giambi hit a bunch of HR recently. Remember when Tino did that this season? Tino hasn't really produced since then and I expect Giambi to suffer a similar fate in the second half. I don't care what hitting technique you use, the guy could not avoid getting hit in the face with a pitch because he could not see the ball. He will continue to amass walks though and retain a good OBP and Runs scored total because of it. Yankees should let him lead off with his chin stuck out, maybe that would start them some more rallies.
Derek Lee. Should produce at a very high level, no reason to not expect his RBI and AVG numbers to remain among the league best. HR I would expect to not be among leaders though. Still awesome all around.
Brian Roberts. Should see fewer HR and actually more SB and Runs scored. That I my prediction anyway.
John Garland I expect to Win many more games. The only way this could not happen is if the White Sox move him into #1 pitcher role and he faces #1 pitchers. But with their staff that should not happen.
Cy Young Awards in the making: Mark Buerhle and Dontrelle Willis. D-Train coming to a venue near you.
Worst Pitcher in Baseball Awards: Jose Lima and Devil Rays starting pitching staff. Even the Rockies are better this year.
Overhyped rookies that will not produce to expectations: Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks. I have faith in Lance Niekro putting up good numbers by the end of the year though.
The I Was Just Playing Award: Chan Ho Park. After being injured for years he is actually performing well. At some point he will tell the team he was just playing and either go on the DL or turn his ERA into something approaching his hat size.
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Post by Rob G on Jul 14, 2005 22:07:14 GMT -5
Heres Robs FANTASY PROJECTIONS:
Buckleys current lead will only solidify into TOTAL DOMINANCE. Before the end of the season all other coaches including Booth will come to the Grim Relisation that there is no hope. And Dave Buckley is GOD OF FANTASY BASEBALL.
Booth will continue to post impressive numbers especially batting but will fade into the darkness of second place. Though third place will be so far behind he wont even know whos there.
Rob will rise like the Ostrich and secure 3rd place.
Papo will fall right behind Rob.
Pete will to no credit of his own avoid Johnnys fate of last place.
Cheez will suck and suck bad and remain in the distant bottom of the barrel. ALONE..... FOREVER
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Post by abisai on Jul 15, 2005 13:37:08 GMT -5
Thanks Rob. I always want you to play in the League, just for the sake of being my promoter.
Al Leiter is going to no longer be a Marlin. The Yankees should get him. This would improve his shitty stats a little.
Bret Boone is a Twin. He still sucks. This could increase his RBI, but who the hell cares about Bret Boone.
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Post by THE COMMISH on Jul 27, 2005 22:18:41 GMT -5
There was a trade:
Papo traded Jamie Moyer to Gault for Barry Bonds and Marquis Grissom.
The ramifications of this could never be known for all of eternity.
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Post by COMMISH on Jul 28, 2005 11:45:50 GMT -5
Gault also traded RP Tom "Flash" Gordon to Sylvester for SP Brad Radke.
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Post by abisai on Jul 31, 2005 23:43:33 GMT -5
Trade pending: Sylvester offered Juan Rincon to Papo for Jason Isringhausen
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Post by COMMISH on Aug 1, 2005 18:40:45 GMT -5
Papo traded Jamie Moyer to Gault for Barry Bonds and Marquis Grissom. The ramifications of this could never be known for all of eternity. Barry Bonds today officially announced he will not be back this season: mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050801&content_id=1153950&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb""I don't think you're going to see me out there this year," Bonds said during a telephone interview. "That's the reality of the situation. I'm improving. I'm happy with the progress. I'm working out hard on the exercise bike and the elliptical machine, but I'm just not there yet. The last thing I want is to get back on the field and be out again a week later. "The doctors say it's wise for me to work out hard this winter and be ready to go next season. I want to be out there and play the whole year." The timing of this (8/1/05) is not coinciding with the Palmeiro story. Rather, I thought the timing coincided with the end of the pre-waiver trade deadline. I thought the team might have asked him to delay such a bold statement until they had past that point and no longer bore a bargaining position in the trade market for outfielders.
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Post by abisai on Aug 6, 2005 23:57:41 GMT -5
Trade pending: Sylvester offered Juan Rincon to Papo for Jason Isringhausen Althought originally revoked by the COMMISH, this deal has been filed to the Commish and Co for further review. At least two of the three members decided to reverse the original decision and allow the trade to be ratified.
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Post by abisai on Aug 7, 2005 18:29:06 GMT -5
"A player is eligible for any position at which he plays 20 or more games. All players that bat in a cumulative total of 20 games are eligible to be Designated Hitter. Any pitcher that does not start at least 20 regular season games (and appears in at least 20 or more regular season games) is considered a relief pitcher."
I wanted to bring this up again as the season winds down. It is also relevant given a couple elite starting pitchers heading to the bullpen (Curt Schilling and Kerry Wood). The rules were crafted to accomodate this, prompted by such a scenario involving Kelvim Escobar in Toronto moving from closer to starting pitcher in mid-season in 2003. The official rule is that to be a starting pitcher you must start 20 games. Any pitcher that plays in at least 20 games without meeting this requirement is deemed a relief pitcher. Basically, you cannot slide a guy that once started into the final roster as a SP without him performing that duty at least 20 times that year. You can slide him into RP unless he has started 20 games that year. This was an unstated understanding of the rules as written. I will make this revision to the rules as well as crafting a more clearly defined grievance handling process for next season. Rest assured, the COMMISH always has final say (and that is in the rules).
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Post by Rob G on Aug 7, 2005 21:19:56 GMT -5
Needless to say I am confused. Heres what I thought.
To be eligible for starter you have to start 20 games.
To be eligible for Relief you have to play in 20 games where you did not start.
If you fullfill both quotas you could appear as either. If you fulfill neither quota you cannot appear at all.
Is this wrong? --------------------- It sounds like your saying you can take a dude that only played 19 games but started all of them and put him in as RP. Or maybe he had 19 starts and one relief.
It also sounds like if a dude gets 20 starts and then relieves for mad long he cant be put in as a reliever.
Explain
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Post by abisai on Aug 8, 2005 17:40:06 GMT -5
To be eligible for starter you have to start 20 games. Yes, to be final roster eligible as SP you must start 20 games. To be eligible for Relief you have to play in 20 games where you did not start. No, just have to pitch in 20 games while starting fewer than 20 games. If you fullfill both quotas you could appear as either. If someone is good enough to start 20 games they would have slim to no shot at being called out of the bullpen for 20 more games, given that 20 games starting takes into consideration the rest days, days off, fatigue, and injury, which eats up most the schedule. But if someone were to manage 20 games starting in addition to 20 games relieving I believe I would have to approve them for either SP or RP. The rules were written to make an bozo with 20 starts locked in as SP without hope of status as RP. That still seems much more fair to me, but I can see the argument going very much both ways. This is perhaps an instance where I might consult the league opinion on the matter. If you fulfill neither quota you cannot appear at all. No. Someone that pitches any combination of 20 games is technically eligible. Where is he eligible? Not as a starter since he did not start 20 games. There are plenty of scrappy relief pitchers (Ramiro Mendoza, Tanyon Sturtz, and others) that sacrifice games pitched to become starters given the needs of the team. Basically, one game starting prevents them from at least 4 other nights they could have pitched since relievers are used much more often and in shorter stints. The idea here was to provide a chance for someone who started 19 games and relieved 19 games to be able to be used somehow, having pitched in 38 games that season. It sounds like your saying you can take a dude that only played 19 games but started all of them and put him in as RP. No, a player must appear in 20 games to be eligible for the final roster. Or maybe he had 19 starts and one relief. Sad but true, if this were to be done in one season. The idea was not to provide a loophole to exploit stat dumps but instead to allow someone who converted roles mid-season to be used somewhere. Specifically, to prevent a closer from being inserted as a starting pitcher because the guy started one game. Usually a relief pitcher will attain 20 appearances within a span of 6 weeks. The top starters this season are just reaching 20+ starts. So if a guy is starting he will need to do it for mad long, but if a guy is relieving he will attain the minimum games within a very short span. The likelihood was more that a reliever would get one shining moment to start, but that should not construe a starting pitcher status. A starter could relieve, but nearly any starter worth his salt would get 20 starts in a season and so should be considered a starter. It also sounds like if a dude gets 20 starts and then relieves for mad long he cant be put in as a reliever. Right, unless he gets to 20 games as reliever. Again, achieving both conditions is rather difficult to attain in one season. This is more crafted for the guy that fails to make 20 starts to be used somewhere in the final roster. Traditional long reliever role. Cases in point: Kelvim Escobar in 2003 started 26 games and relieved 15 others. His 20 starts qualified him as starter. He did not attain 20 relief appearances so failed to qualify as reliever. Tanyon Sturtz in 2000 started 5 games and relieved 14 others. He did not attain 20 games at either position, but pitched in 20 total games so as to be eligible for the final roster. This made him eligible as a reliever, but not as a starter. Ramiro Mendoza in 2000 started 9 games and relieved 5 others. Since he did not meet 20 games pitcher he was not eligible for either position. Relevant to 2005: Curt Schilling started 3 games and relieved 15 others. I would consider him a reliever if he pitches in two more games, regardless in what capacity. He will not attain 20 games started in any condition. He very well could attain 20 games relieving. He should attain some combination of 20 games pitched and should be eligible somewhere. The overwhelming majority of guys that pitch 20 games without 20 starts attain 20 relief appearances making the point moot. But in case he stops playing after two more games, I rule he should still be eligible somewhere. This does not seem likely to be an issue, as he should get 5 more relief appearances. Kerry Wood started 10 games and relieved 1 other. He needs to stay healthy enough to pitch in 9 more games. If that happens he would attain 20 appearances and be eligible as a reliever. If he starts 10 more games he would only be eligible as a starter. Neither scenario seems plausible as he is already talking of quitting this season again. I had a horrible vision one year of a guy with 8 variations of relief pitchers who had some starts and one ERA/WHIP champ to capture 3 categories. Now I have nightmares of 9 variations of starting pitchers to capture the other 2 categories. I really thought that anyone who starts relieving would quickly and easily attain 20 games as a reliever and that would not be the issue, but the 20 games starting would be problematic. Derek Lowe started 3 games in 2001, but that should not make him a starting pitcher even though he had pitched in 67 games that season. Schilling made one relief appearance in 2002, but that should not make him a relief pitcher. I needed something on the books to address the crossover potential and the rule was inserted. This was the scenario that originated the rule in place, to prevent some dirty dealings by a former member of the league. But also legitimately for the inevitable guy who started 10 games and relieved 10 others. The only exploitation allowed now is a guy that started 19 games and began relieving to become a RP eligible pitcher. That scenario seems the far less likely and if possible would lead to 20 relief appearances in all probability. That was the hope and expectation, I might have to rethink and retool the rules if need be. In a league of our size, it was less likely that someone would ever try to slide a guy who could not manage 20 starts in as a reliever and more likely that someone would try to sneak a closer with fewer than 20 starts into SP. Also given closers lower ERA/WHIP and the weighted effect a superstar SP in that category would have in conjunction with that strategy. Simply put, quasi-starters are not likley to relief and even if they do are not likely to have been drafted in our league or even considered for final rosters. Quasi-starters are that for a reason and usually have bad stats. I feel I am talking in circles at this point. Please provide any feedback if this is unclear or likely to be an issue.
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