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Add/Drop and Waiver Wire wonderment thread: Do you still own Domingo Santana? (1 Viewer)
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the moops
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Mr. Pickles
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Good Posting Judge
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Our league already has an apathy problem. Going roto would make it worse. A guy's in 13th after 6 weeks, he'll just check the #### out. And having played in both, there's a bit more strategy in H2H.Yeah, stuff like that doesn't happen in head-to-head.You're clearly not in a league where someone leaves four injured/demoted players in their starting lineup for an entire week.You can never have too much apathyAnd dreadfully dull, 90% of the time. We have enough apathy already, having teams that are buried by May would be pretty bad.Roto rulesFantasy baseball playoffs are really arbitrary. A 10 team playoff, even with byes, renders the regular season near-meaningless.The four wild card teams in the league I commish all beat the four division winners (16-teamer).
I lobbied to go with either a 10-team playoff (top two records get byes to semifinals) or a 6-teamer, to give some reward to the best in the regular season. Most guys voted to go back to the 8-team bracket. So they get what they wanted.
Roto is chess. HTH is checkers.
I think the best combination would be some sort of roto regular season with a playoff at the end, but nobody really supports that.
Limp Ditka
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Meh - major part of the strategy here is praying that you don't end up on the wrong side of # of available pitchers for the week.Our league already has an apathy problem. Going roto would make it worse. A guy's in 13th after 6 weeks, he'll just check the #### out. And having played in both, there's a bit more strategy in H2H.Yeah, stuff like that doesn't happen in head-to-head.You're clearly not in a league where someone leaves four injured/demoted players in their starting lineup for an entire week.You can never have too much apathyAnd dreadfully dull, 90% of the time. We have enough apathy already, having teams that are buried by May would be pretty bad.Roto rulesFantasy baseball playoffs are really arbitrary. A 10 team playoff, even with byes, renders the regular season near-meaningless.The four wild card teams in the league I commish all beat the four division winners (16-teamer).
I lobbied to go with either a 10-team playoff (top two records get byes to semifinals) or a 6-teamer, to give some reward to the best in the regular season. Most guys voted to go back to the 8-team bracket. So they get what they wanted.
Roto is chess. HTH is checkers.
I think the best combination would be some sort of roto regular season with a playoff at the end, but nobody really supports that.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
I need K's so I grabbed AJ Burnett to pitch at San Diego tomorrow. Pray for me.
Dickie Dunn
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Commish in my Yahoo! league is in the semis and I have three of his first four picks next year. W/L this week could be the difference of 2-3 draft positions. Any good jinx tactics? (I also have a third from another team in the semis).
rodg12
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Limp Ditka
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Sooooo. You're going to be that Drew Hutchison tonight.
TheWalkmen
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I need someone to fill in for Arenado in my championship matchup that ends Sunday. I have Carlos Santana and Matt Carpenter both eligible at 3B so I could pick up a C, 2B, or 3B. I currently have Kolten Wong at 2B and Carpenter at 3B. Watcha got?
MAC_32
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No options?
Going blind, Rutledge has 5 games in Coors and 4 of them against the Diamondbacks lousy pitching.
Don Quixote
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Red Sox calling up Rusney Castillo. Not yet in Yahoo. I'm thinking of picking him up in a keeper league that I'm eliminated in; not sure I'll keep him, but could be an option.
TheWalkmen
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Hottest 3B over the last 30 days:MAC_32 said:
I'm looking for R, RBI, AVG. Leaning towards Plouffe I supposed.
Trevor Plouffe Min - 3B
Martín Prado NYY - 2B,3B,OF
Luis Valbuena ChC - 2B,3B
Wilmer Flores NYM - 2B,3B,SS
Xander Bogaerts Bos - 3B,SS
Juan Uribe LAD - 3B
Chris Davis Bal - 1B,3B
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Jimmy Paredes Bal - 3B,OF
Lonnie Chisenhall Cle - 1B,3B
Brock Holt Bos - 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF
David Freese LAA - 3B
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TheWalkmen
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Yeah got that sorry, I just copied and pasted and didn't delete him. Actually leaning towards bogaerts since he's been hot, but he worries me. BTW I've used 49 of 50 moves so I have 1 move left until Sunday.
TheWalkmen
Footballguy
Ah crap, Bogaerts game log indicates sporadic RBI's. Damn, just when Arenado had solved my 3B problem.
TheWalkmen
Footballguy
Russell Martin is available. May pick him up and put Carlos Santana in at 3B.
ETA: Martin's hitting .348 at home this year and they're home through Sunday. I think I like him at C and Santana at 3B over Santana at C and someone like Plouffe at 3B.
ETA: Martin's hitting .348 at home this year and they're home through Sunday. I think I like him at C and Santana at 3B over Santana at C and someone like Plouffe at 3B.
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pantagrapher
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rodg12
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pantagrapher
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In one-catcher leagues—13 teamer here—there's always some decent catchers on the waivers. And some owners are stubborn and don't like picking up hot schmotatoes.
MAC_32
Footballguy
...and many others stopped paying attention weeks ago.
I don't intentionally back load IP's because of that, but it's something I keep in mind throughout the year, don't want to force bad pitchers into the lineup to keep up with the IP pace. If I'm behind I don't sweat it too much. If there are only 3-5 teams left at this point there's simply more options available on waivers because the teams in contention can't roster everyone.
TheWalkmen
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rodg12
Footballguy
Odd. #6 C on ESPN's player rater. Plus AVG, plus RBI. Good HR and R. At least for a C. Really surprised he'd be available. Has he been there all year or did somebody recently drop him?
Fariq
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Maybe for you. I find it as thrilling as watching paint dry. I am done with that format forever after this month. Luckily, I did win a roto league once. So I can at least say that. I do leave it the format on a low note (two middling performances in 2013 and a rotten team this year, but enough is enough), but I can't take it anymore.Roto rulesFantasy baseball playoffs are really arbitrary. A 10 team playoff, even with byes, renders the regular season near-meaningless.The four wild card teams in the league I commish all beat the four division winners (16-teamer).
I lobbied to go with either a 10-team playoff (top two records get byes to semifinals) or a 6-teamer, to give some reward to the best in the regular season. Most guys voted to go back to the 8-team bracket. So they get what they wanted.
TheWalkmen
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Dropped Sep 4th by the guy I'm dominating in the championship. He has Yan Gomes. Is that acceptable?
pantagrapher
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I can beat that. I had a horrible draft. Of the guys I drafted, only four are still on my team: Cabrera, Reyes, Tanaka and Dickerson (who I got with my last pick, dropped in week one, then picked up a couple weeks later).My 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th round picks were all dropped by me at some point this season.
Chris Davis, David Wright, Jay Bruce, and Jean Segura combined for a 220 AVG, 190 R, 46 HR, 176 RBI, and 30 SB. Gross.
My six keepers were: Chris Davis (dropped), Jose Fernandez (toast), Starling Marte (nice), Matt Carpenter (meh), Kenley Jansen (nice), Carlos Gomez (traded).
After furious waiver work, I finished with my best season ever, still only good for second place. Set a bunch of league records on the pitching side.
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MAC_32
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I don't know whether to pat myself on the back or punch myself in the face for my auction. Kept McCann, Beltran, and Cuddy below market value + paid market value for Pedroia, Hosmer, Longoria, Zobrist, and Verlander + filled in the gaps with Asdrubal, Lincecum, and A Jacks. The only guys I spent > $5 on and will net a profit are Pujols and Wainwright. Despite that, currently in 3rd, outside shot of catching 2nd.My 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th round picks were all dropped by me at some point this season.
Chris Davis, David Wright, Jay Bruce, and Jean Segura combined for a 220 AVG, 190 R, 46 HR, 176 RBI, and 30 SB. Gross.
A truly terrible auction, but hitting on some fliers and being proactive on waivers to replace these bums kept me in the hunt.
Dickie Dunn
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My OF in my Yahoo! league coming out of the draft was Harper (one of three keepers), Beltran and Craig (Rounds 2-3). Came back with Segura in Round 6. :X :X :X :X
rodg12
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Don Quixote
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That sounds like my team, but sub Craig for Cuddyer. I kept Segura, thinking he would regress, but thought he'd still outplay the $5 tag I had on him. Nope.
bigmarc27
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My first league about 15 years ago was on Sandbox and it was total points and you'd get x number of games at each spot. Single was a point, double 2, triple 3, etc... Runs and RBIs were a point each, Ks were a -1. It was fun. A top hitter would average about 4.2 ppg.Maybe for you. I find it as thrilling as watching paint dry. I am done with that format forever after this month. Luckily, I did win a roto league once. So I can at least say that. I do leave it the format on a low note (two middling performances in 2013 and a rotten team this year, but enough is enough), but I can't take it anymore.Roto rulesFantasy baseball playoffs are really arbitrary. A 10 team playoff, even with byes, renders the regular season near-meaningless.The four wild card teams in the league I commish all beat the four division winners (16-teamer).
I lobbied to go with either a 10-team playoff (top two records get byes to semifinals) or a 6-teamer, to give some reward to the best in the regular season. Most guys voted to go back to the 8-team bracket. So they get what they wanted.
I've never been able to recreate that league on espn how it needed to be done.
Mr. Pickles
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I started with Sandbox as well. Still miss that format.My first league about 15 years ago was on Sandbox and it was total points and you'd get x number of games at each spot. Single was a point, double 2, triple 3, etc... Runs and RBIs were a point each, Ks were a -1. It was fun. A top hitter would average about 4.2 ppg.Maybe for you. I find it as thrilling as watching paint dry. I am done with that format forever after this month. Luckily, I did win a roto league once. So I can at least say that. I do leave it the format on a low note (two middling performances in 2013 and a rotten team this year, but enough is enough), but I can't take it anymore.Roto rulesFantasy baseball playoffs are really arbitrary. A 10 team playoff, even with byes, renders the regular season near-meaningless.The four wild card teams in the league I commish all beat the four division winners (16-teamer).
I lobbied to go with either a 10-team playoff (top two records get byes to semifinals) or a 6-teamer, to give some reward to the best in the regular season. Most guys voted to go back to the 8-team bracket. So they get what they wanted.
I've never been able to recreate that league on espn how it needed to be done.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
i was in an espn league this year that was pretty much exactly this. 1 pt for each TB, R or RBI. -1 for K. 2 for SB and -1 for CS.bigmarc27 said:My first league about 15 years ago was on Sandbox and it was total points and you'd get x number of games at each spot. Single was a point, double 2, triple 3, etc... Runs and RBIs were a point each, Ks were a -1. It was fun. A top hitter would average about 4.2 ppg.Maybe for you. I find it as thrilling as watching paint dry. I am done with that format forever after this month. Luckily, I did win a roto league once. So I can at least say that. I do leave it the format on a low note (two middling performances in 2013 and a rotten team this year, but enough is enough), but I can't take it anymore.Roto rulesFantasy baseball playoffs are really arbitrary. A 10 team playoff, even with byes, renders the regular season near-meaningless.The four wild card teams in the league I commish all beat the four division winners (16-teamer).
I lobbied to go with either a 10-team playoff (top two records get byes to semifinals) or a 6-teamer, to give some reward to the best in the regular season. Most guys voted to go back to the 8-team bracket. So they get what they wanted.
I've never been able to recreate that league on espn how it needed to be done.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
I think the issues we had was with the pitching - sandbox used to have like 140 games allow for RP and 162 games allowed for SP. ESPN did it on innings I believe?i was in an espn league this year that was pretty much exactly this. 1 pt for each TB, R or RBI. -1 for K. 2 for SB and -1 for CS.My first league about 15 years ago was on Sandbox and it was total points and you'd get x number of games at each spot. Single was a point, double 2, triple 3, etc... Runs and RBIs were a point each, Ks were a -1. It was fun. A top hitter would average about 4.2 ppg.Maybe for you. I find it as thrilling as watching paint dry. I am done with that format forever after this month. Luckily, I did win a roto league once. So I can at least say that. I do leave it the format on a low note (two middling performances in 2013 and a rotten team this year, but enough is enough), but I can't take it anymore.Roto rulesFantasy baseball playoffs are really arbitrary. A 10 team playoff, even with byes, renders the regular season near-meaningless.The four wild card teams in the league I commish all beat the four division winners (16-teamer).
I lobbied to go with either a 10-team playoff (top two records get byes to semifinals) or a 6-teamer, to give some reward to the best in the regular season. Most guys voted to go back to the 8-team bracket. So they get what they wanted.
I've never been able to recreate that league on espn how it needed to be done.
How did you handle pitching games?
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
No innings limit. 3 SP and 2 RP.
IP: 3
K: 1
ER: -2
H: -1
BB: -1
QS: 5
L: -5 (controversial choice)
SV: 5
IP: 3
K: 1
ER: -2
H: -1
BB: -1
QS: 5
L: -5 (controversial choice)
SV: 5
bigmarc27
Footballguy
Right, but are there unlimited SP games? What I'm saying is under sandbox it would cap - you would get 162 sp games and could use them all in June or run it like a real rotation through the end of the year.
Long Ball Larry
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Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Closed for retooling?
Does that mean MAC's being replaced?
Does that mean MAC's being replaced?
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
I love the first big sweep in my home league where there are two FA periods a week. The first one always features drops of a bunch of guys I wanted to draft.
Eephus
Footballguy
Rule 5 guy Odubel Herrera looks like he'll see regular playing time at CF in Philadelphia. He's 23 and has never played above AA. His minor league stats suggest no power and unspectacular speed. He wasn't highly regarded as a prospect in Rangers' organization but ought to have more potential going forward than Francoeur and Grady Sizemore.
