*** OFFICIAL 2013 CAKE LEAGUE DRAFT THREAD *** (2 Viewers)

[Mr. Pickles]

Drink it in, X. It's only down hill from here.

 

[shuke]

Good stuff. In 6 years I've never finished worst than 5th, and I don't think X has ever finished better than 10th.

I actually like where he took Howard, but other than that his team is horrible.

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

Less Buster Olney, more picks please

 

[Frostillicus]

Keep in mind I've only played in a few fantasy baseball leagues ever, and have actually never played in a roto league so, you know, grain of salt and all.

 

[Pumpnick]

where did tre go? :(

 

[shuke]

Keep in mind I've only played in a few fantasy baseball leagues ever, and have actually never played in a roto league so, you know, grain of salt and all.

Oh, well good stuff then.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Good stuff. In 6 years I've never finished worst than 5th, and I don't think X has ever finished better than 10th.

Have you ever looked at who remained on your roster from the draft? All you're doing is giving yourself a shot in the draft and either committing or relieving yourself of the need to scour the wire. You're excellent at in-season management. I hate it, but I realize that's probably more than 60% of fantasy baseball success.Most years, I think you do a nice job of drafting. This year is an exception.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I'll gladly take best team name

Likely the only thing I'll win this year

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I'm here, am I up?

 

[shuke]

Good stuff. In 6 years I've never finished worst than 5th, and I don't think X has ever finished better than 10th.

Have you ever looked at who remained on your roster from the draft? All you're doing is giving yourself a shot in the draft and either committing or relieving yourself of the need to scour the wire. You're excellent at in-season management. I hate it, but I realize that's probably more than 60% of fantasy baseball success.Most years, I think you do a nice job of drafting. This year is an exception.

I've briefly looked. I would imagine that most of my first 13 picks remained.I don't really have any regrets this draft. I admit that the Weeks pick was due to positional panic, but he's serviceable. I was really hoping Maybin would have lasted a round, so took Reynolds. Good power for 180+ picks into the draft. While his OBP isn't stellar, I don't think he deserves the stigma he has like he would in an AVG league.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Keep in mind I've only played in a few fantasy baseball leagues ever, and have actually never played in a roto league so, you know, grain of salt and all.

Was going to rat you out on never playing roto. Pretty sure I've never finished that low in cake either..but I could secretly be having a Shukedraft™

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

I'm here, am I up?

This ain't no meat raffle

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I'm here, am I up?

This ain't no meat raffle

Kinda hammered, sorry. No one bothered to text or twitter message me.Give me two mins.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

I'm here, am I up?

This ain't no meat raffle

Kinda hammered, sorry. No one bothered to text or twitter message me.Give me two mins.

No one saw the need since you were here when the last pick was made.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I'm here, am I up?

This ain't no meat raffle

Kinda hammered, sorry. No one bothered to text or twitter message me.Give me two mins.

No one saw the need since you were here when the last pick was made.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Good stuff. In 6 years I've never finished worst than 5th, and I don't think X has ever finished better than 10th.

Have you ever looked at who remained on your roster from the draft? All you're doing is giving yourself a shot in the draft and either committing or relieving yourself of the need to scour the wire. You're excellent at in-season management. I hate it, but I realize that's probably more than 60% of fantasy baseball success.Most years, I think you do a nice job of drafting. This year is an exception.

I've briefly looked. I would imagine that most of my first 13 picks remained.I don't really have any regrets this draft. I admit that the Weeks pick was due to positional panic, but he's serviceable. I was really hoping Maybin would have lasted a round, so took Reynolds. Good power for 180+ picks into the draft. While his OBP isn't stellar, I don't think he deserves the stigma he has like he would in an AVG league.

I'm not certain about Reynolds' playing time in Cleveland. I think that along with his complete first half collapse last year portends of a dismal season for him.

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

I'm here, am I up?

This ain't no meat raffle

Kinda hammered, sorry. No one bothered to text or twitter message me.Give me two mins.

No one saw the need since you were here when the last pick was made.

Tweet sent

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Grant Balfour, RP

I figure I can't piss off Truck if I take an Oakland Athletic.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Good stuff. In 6 years I've never finished worst than 5th, and I don't think X has ever finished better than 10th.

Have you ever looked at who remained on your roster from the draft? All you're doing is giving yourself a shot in the draft and either committing or relieving yourself of the need to scour the wire. You're excellent at in-season management. I hate it, but I realize that's probably more than 60% of fantasy baseball success.Most years, I think you do a nice job of drafting. This year is an exception.

I've briefly looked. I would imagine that most of my first 13 picks remained.I don't really have any regrets this draft. I admit that the Weeks pick was due to positional panic, but he's serviceable. I was really hoping Maybin would have lasted a round, so took Reynolds. Good power for 180+ picks into the draft. While his OBP isn't stellar, I don't think he deserves the stigma he has like he would in an AVG league.

I'm not certain about Reynolds' playing time in Cleveland. I think that along with his complete first half collapse last year portends of a dismal season for him.

That was my thought as well. I've been a sucker for Reynolds for many years, but I don't think he's one of my 23 keepers in uber.

 

[Pumpnick]

13.12- Starling Marte OF PIT

 

[shuke]

Good stuff. In 6 years I've never finished worst than 5th, and I don't think X has ever finished better than 10th.

Have you ever looked at who remained on your roster from the draft? All you're doing is giving yourself a shot in the draft and either committing or relieving yourself of the need to scour the wire. You're excellent at in-season management. I hate it, but I realize that's probably more than 60% of fantasy baseball success.Most years, I think you do a nice job of drafting. This year is an exception.

I've briefly looked. I would imagine that most of my first 13 picks remained.I don't really have any regrets this draft. I admit that the Weeks pick was due to positional panic, but he's serviceable. I was really hoping Maybin would have lasted a round, so took Reynolds. Good power for 180+ picks into the draft. While his OBP isn't stellar, I don't think he deserves the stigma he has like he would in an AVG league.

I'm not certain about Reynolds' playing time in Cleveland. I think that along with his complete first half collapse last year portends of a dismal season for him.

I thought thought Stubbs was moving to right, Swish was going to play first, and Reynolds would be regular DH.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

13.13 Wil Myers, OF

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

13.13 Wil Myers, OF

Is there new info on Wil?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

13.13 Wil Myers, OF

Is there new info on Wil?

He'll start the year in AAA, but I think he'll be up by Mid May...

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Good stuff. In 6 years I've never finished worst than 5th, and I don't think X has ever finished better than 10th.

Have you ever looked at who remained on your roster from the draft? All you're doing is giving yourself a shot in the draft and either committing or relieving yourself of the need to scour the wire. You're excellent at in-season management. I hate it, but I realize that's probably more than 60% of fantasy baseball success.Most years, I think you do a nice job of drafting. This year is an exception.

I've briefly looked. I would imagine that most of my first 13 picks remained.I don't really have any regrets this draft. I admit that the Weeks pick was due to positional panic, but he's serviceable. I was really hoping Maybin would have lasted a round, so took Reynolds. Good power for 180+ picks into the draft. While his OBP isn't stellar, I don't think he deserves the stigma he has like he would in an AVG league.

I'm not certain about Reynolds' playing time in Cleveland. I think that along with his complete first half collapse last year portends of a dismal season for him.

I thought thought Stubbs was moving to right, Swish was going to play first, and Reynolds would be regular DH.

Yes, that's the plan. The problem is that you're not entrenched in a lineup as a DH. It's easy to swap in anyone that is hitting better than Mark Reynolds at that moment. They'll also need a place to stick Santana so that he's not destroying his knees every game.When you have a wind machine like Reynolds and he's slumping, there are a lot of permutations that fix that problem.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

13.13 Wil Myers, OF

Is there new info on Wil?

No new info. I must've picked him up three or four times last year hoping for a call up.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Permutations

 

[shuke]

Good stuff. In 6 years I've never finished worst than 5th, and I don't think X has ever finished better than 10th.

Have you ever looked at who remained on your roster from the draft? All you're doing is giving yourself a shot in the draft and either committing or relieving yourself of the need to scour the wire. You're excellent at in-season management. I hate it, but I realize that's probably more than 60% of fantasy baseball success.Most years, I think you do a nice job of drafting. This year is an exception.

I've briefly looked. I would imagine that most of my first 13 picks remained.I don't really have any regrets this draft. I admit that the Weeks pick was due to positional panic, but he's serviceable. I was really hoping Maybin would have lasted a round, so took Reynolds. Good power for 180+ picks into the draft. While his OBP isn't stellar, I don't think he deserves the stigma he has like he would in an AVG league.

I'm not certain about Reynolds' playing time in Cleveland. I think that along with his complete first half collapse last year portends of a dismal season for him.

I thought thought Stubbs was moving to right, Swish was going to play first, and Reynolds would be regular DH.

Yes, that's the plan. The problem is that you're not entrenched in a lineup as a DH. It's easy to swap in anyone that is hitting better than Mark Reynolds at that moment. They'll also need a place to stick Santana so that he's not destroying his knees every game.When you have a wind machine like Reynolds and he's slumping, there are a lot of permutations that fix that problem.

35 homers.

 

[Hoos First]

13.14 Denard Span

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

13.15 - Jon Niese - SP - NYM

 

[Kraft...]

Chris Perez, RP Best shape of his life

Hiroki Kuroda, SP

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

14.02 - Dustin Ackley - 2B -SEA

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Good turn, folks.

 

[Hoos First]

Josh Beckett, SP

 

[shuke]

14.03 Hoos

14.04 TU

14.05 Pumpnick

14.06 TRE

14.07 shuke

Any chance this gets to me in the next 15 min?

 

[Pumpnick]

14.02 - Dustin Ackley - 2B -SEA

:(

 

[Mr. Pickles]

14.03 Hoos14.04 TU14.05 Pumpnick14.06 TRE14.07 shukeAny chance this gets to me in the next 15 min?

There's a chance.

 

[General Malaise]

The Rickie Weeks/Mark Reynolds right side of the infield is breathtaking.

Please rank the teams so far.

Do you have a convenient list?

My linkIt's updating with each pick.

Like...automatically? You nanocrystal this with some code or something?

 

[shuke]

Automatically

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Am I waiting on GWB?

 

[Pumpnick]

Am I waiting on GWB?

nope, he picked ackley

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

OH snap, I'm almost up again.

 

[shuke]

14.04 TU

14.05 Pumpnick

14.06 TRE

14.07 shuke

14.08 Eephus

14.09 RnR

All here.

 

[Kraft...]

Am I waiting on GWB?

You're up

 

[shuke]

I have a short list of 2. If they both get picked, I may have to sleep on it.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I have a short list of 2. If they both get picked, I may have to sleep on it.

I'll take a PM, I need some ideas.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Ryan Braun- Steal of the draft.

He's Miguel Cabrera + 25 steals. Easy first pick for any redraft.

Classic

 

[Tremendous Upside]

14.04 Corey Hart, OF/1B

It's funny because someone with the same name had a song once that was about incongruous accessory choices!

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Oh, it was at least two songs. Canadian songs, so maybe like one full song.

 

[Pumpnick]

14.05- Ryan Ludwick OF CIN