Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
No more sad than any of the last 50 picks.
HE HAS RISEN!!!28.13 - Josh Hamilton - OF - TEX
The knee is as healthy as it has been in 5 years. Honest to God.
I've paid. Team Terrible is whole.Here is what I show as paid. I'll ask @General Malaise for an update. I think someone named after poop or something paid.
shuke PAID
GM PAID
cheese PAID
Chemical X PAID
cosjobs PAID
St. Louis Bob PAID
Lambskin/Bender PAID
trogg PAID
Capella PAID
Bogart/FDAS partial Paid $50
Hack/DD
Buckfast1
SoCal
Pickles
sounds like a bladder/kidney stone/AIDSCapella said:I'm not saying Matt Harvey is definitely dead, but he's probably dead.
Pickles has paid and Bogart paid his half. And I think Buckfast paid too....he's the fella with the last name that rhymes with "poop" right?shuke said:Here is what I show as paid. I'll ask @General Malaise for an update. I think someone named after poop or something paid.
shuke PAID
GM PAID
cheese PAID
Chemical X PAID
cosjobs PAID
St. Louis Bob PAID
Lambskin/Bender PAID
trogg PAID
Capella PAID
Bogart/FDAS partial Paid $50
Hack/DD
Buckfast1
SoCal
Pickles
tremendous upsideI'm fairly pleased with my roster.
Although my team will likely be in the bottom third in OBP, I'm pretty loaded with power (Rizzo, Chris Davis, Chris Carter, Trumbo, Dozier) and speed with multiple guys who could potentially steal 40+ bases each (DeShields, Dyson, Segura). Essentially my entire squad hits at the top or middle of the order, so I am hopeful that the runs and RBIs will be there. And I feel like I have a number of bats with strong breakout potential (Corey Seager, Trevor Story, Ozuna, Shaw).
My pitching staff is loaded with 9+ K/9 strikeout artists (Sale, Liriano, Darvish, Cueto, Severino, Gausman, Kennedy). If Severino and Gausman breakout as many expect, my staff could be downright scary. My closers are somewhat pedestrian with some question marks, but every bullpen in the league has question marks.
Overall, I feel like I built a contender with plenty of upside.
Translation: "I have Rizzo, Chris Davis, Sale and a bunch of crap."I'm fairly pleased with my roster.
Although my team will likely be in the bottom third in OBP, I'm pretty loaded with power (Rizzo, Chris Davis, Chris Carter, Trumbo, Dozier) and speed with multiple guys who could potentially steal 40+ bases each (DeShields, Dyson, Segura). Essentially my entire squad hits at the top or middle of the order, so I am hopeful that the runs and RBIs will be there. And I feel like I have a number of bats with strong breakout potential (Corey Seager, Trevor Story, Ozuna, Shaw).
My pitching staff is loaded with 9+ K/9 strikeout artists (Sale, Liriano, Darvish, Cueto, Severino, Gausman, Kennedy). If Severino and Gausman breakout as many expect, my staff could be downright scary. My closers are somewhat pedestrian with some question marks, but every bullpen in the league has question marks.
Overall, I feel like I built a contender with plenty of upside.
At least my crap hits hard and moves fast. I don't hold anything back like Harvey.Translation: "I have Rizzo, Chris Davis, Sale and a bunch of crap."
YES!Maybe I'll get drunk and do some 100% inaccurate team projections tonight.
Looks like you punted OBP altogether, but the squad is interesting thanks to some nice late SP grabs.I think Team BenderSkin has a floor of 85 points. Should be able to break 100 with some luck.
DO ITMaybe I'll get drunk and do some 100% inaccurate team projections tonight.
Taps footMaybe I'll get drunk and do some 100% inaccurate team projections tonight.
Strong words for arguably the hottest hitter in baseball at the moment who is currently batting .527 with a 1.344 OPS in spring training. I'm sure he will keep it up in the regular season. Honestly, I'm just hoping that he can surpass his 14 walks in 584 at-bats from last season.Segura won't even get on base 40 times this year so you'll need a few double steals IMO
Nolan Arenado has a 1.673 OPS. Currently batting a cool .580.Strong words for arguably the hottest hitter in baseball at the moment who is currently batting .527 with a 1.344 OPS in spring training. I'm sure he will keep it up in the regular season.
Yep, that's what happened. Also realized I don't want to tip my hand for NewZA auction tonight. So....SOON.or maybe just get drunk
This is how you know those projections suck.The Draft Dominator-esque program that I use for fantasy baseball provides projected roto standings using their projections. It is obviously somewhat biased in favor of my team since I relied, in part, on their projections in drafting my team (but, on the other hand, my team is pretty nasty). Here are the draft program's preseason rankings:
1. Buckfast - 102
2. Bogart/FDAS - 92
3. Lambskin/Bender - 90
4. Cheese - 84
5. Shuke - 78
6. Cosjobs - 78
7. Urbanhack/Dr. Detroit - 78
8. SoCalBroncoFan - 75
9. Capella - 72
10. Chemical X - 71
11. GM - 70
12. Trogg - 64
13. Mr. Pickles - 53
14. St. Louis Bob - 43
The same projections actually did a nice job predicting the final standings last year. Here were my Cake preseason rankings last year with the final standings in parentheses:Notorious T.R.E. said:This is how you know those projections suck.
The projections have Pickles towards the bottom of most hitting categories. Looking at his roster, I'm not sure that those projections are that far off. I think he is going to need some legit breakout seasons from Springer, Peralta, and Hosmer to stay competitive in the hitting categories. Jackie Bradley may be his saving grace.Capella said:Lol at pickles at 13. Might want to tweak that system for next year.
You didn't bold enough IMO.Notorious T.R.E. said:This is how you know those projections suck.The Draft Dominator-esque program that I use for fantasy baseball provides projected roto standings using their projections. It is obviously somewhat biased in favor of my team since I relied, in part, on their projections in drafting my team (but, on the other hand, my team is pretty nasty). Here are the draft program's preseason rankings:
1. Buckfast - 102
2. Bogart/FDAS - 92
3. Lambskin/Bender - 90
4. Cheese - 84
5. Shuke - 78
6. Cosjobs - 78
7. Urbanhack/Dr. Detroit - 78
8. SoCalBroncoFan - 75
9. Capella - 72
10. Chemical X - 71
11. GM - 70
12. Trogg - 64
13. Mr. Pickles - 53
14. St. Louis Bob - 43