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Lefty's face 2 left-handed bats against me. Righty's face 3 right-handed bats. That was very much on purpose. On certain days (like when Tris needs a rest) I'll have an all-righty line-up vs lefties...and can actually go to an all-lefty line-up vs righty's. If you don't think a guy like Koufax has a HUGE advantage against a line-up w/ a ton of fixed lefty bats.....
While I agree with you that Koufax will have a great advantage against lefties, how often do you want to take a Larry Mize out of the lineup? I dont want to do that. In a game where many of us have a core of 4-5 just great players, I dont think you will see much platooning, in general. After that, I would agree. I would certainly put Billy Herman ® against Koufax, rather than Nellie Fox (L), all else being equal.I did draft with the desire to have enough L/R flexibility, but I was not willing to take a worse player because of it. I am not sitting Schmidt, Mize, or ARod, because of a matchup. Maybe I will be shown otherwise and will have to reconsider.Lefty's face 2 left-handed bats against me. Righty's face 3 right-handed bats. That was very much on purpose. On certain days (like when Tris needs a rest) I'll have an all-righty line-up vs lefties...and can actually go to an all-lefty line-up vs righty's. If you don't think a guy like Koufax has a HUGE advantage against a line-up w/ a ton of fixed lefty bats.....
Never. Especially in the Masters.
I think it was Bogart. He doesn't seem to be around too often on the weekends.I actualy think it was harriers pick, but I could be wrong.This is pretty much the three that I expected to see up here, though I wasn't expecting to see Koya above me. Props to Koya.
Been worried about the parameter selection bias (400 PAs / 140 OPS+), so i thought i'd take a 2nd look with the slightly expanded criteria. For this pass, i'll take at least 350 PAs and an OPS+ of 135 or higher.10 - Piazza7 - Ewing5 - Hartnett, Yogi, Simmons, Lombardi4 - Dickey, Bench, GCarter, Torre, Campanella3 - Bresnahan, Fisk, Freehan, Tettleton, Schang*2 - Cochrane, EHoward, Daulton, Hargrave1 - JLopez, Munson, Kelly, Burgess*, Parrish** Did not appear on previous listEwing, Lombardi, and Yogi make the big jumps.
I like that list. Especially for the earlier days, it was simply harder to play so many games - or years. Much better protection, training, health care over the last 5, 15, 30 and 50 years than before.
(And my Bubbles gets a little bump as well
I am surprised Daulton is that high. I thought him to have too low an average.
one of my favorite players growing up (in Dallas). while not the same numbers-wise as some other catchers, it's good to see him recognized here.
4-6-6 pretty consistantHere you go:Team WS:Wish I knew where I stood in this thing.
Pickles 662
Funkley 661
Koya 660
Kraft 647
Spartans 635
Sammy 627
Uconn 626
LastResort 623
Nipsey 622
Pumpnick 619
LarryBoy 608
Harrier 601
Spock 575
Bogart 549
Capella 541
DougB 537
Team Career:
Pickles 7314
DougB 7188
Capella 7128
Sammy 6999
Funkley 6844
Kraft 6829
LarryBoy 6763
Koya 6757
Nipsey 6733
LastResort 6724
Bogart 6680
Uconn 6359
Pumpnick 6334
Spartans 6309
Spock 5642
Harrier 5477
Team WS/162:
Koya 770
Harrier 758
Pickles 728
Bogart 727
Spartans 714
Kraft 705
LarryBoy 703
Pumpnick 694
Sammy 686
Nipsey 674
LastResort 670
Capella 662
DougB 658
Funkley 656
Uconn 649
Spock 561
I really didn't use Win Shares at all in my drafting strategy, the adjusted numbers(OPS+ ERA+) played a big factor but I basically went with guys who's games I liked. It was much easier for the first 15 or so picks, after that I did a little more digging into the numbers.
23/162win share fisher
We all miss Nipsey, UCONN.
Nope.
Al Leiter's name is spelled wrong.Yeah, that's the first thing I noticed.
Ok Cap. Thx. Question for everyone then - in the rules, we said each team would draft at least 3 starters, 2 relievers... what constitutes a reliever - someone that had relief appearances in a year, or just someone we "designate" as reliever only, so two pitchers on our rosters are available ONLY for relief? do we even have an idea?tiawe need a :RIP:I got your PM. The answer is, I don't know.
they spelled it Liter...its not like it was just mispelled, they KILLED it...I woulda noticed it first...its also the picture right at eye level when you opened the page...so, your not a nerd for noticing... Your just like everyone else... :rotflmao:Al Leiter's name is spelled wrong.Yeah, that's the first thing I noticed.
let me know if you want me to step in and make a pick on Nipsey's behalf. I have the choice ready.
Since Nipsey isnt here (he HAS to be banned. I dont think he has the power to stay away from this thread), I suppose I will have to say thanks for the props sammy.
Win shares, like any stat/tool is just one of many ways to measure a player. Win Shares alone dont mean a player/group of players is better, just as number of MVPs, or HoF inductees, or combined OPS+ alone do so. However, if you look at the Win Share numbers along with those other factors and then a little subjective "this guy/team/lineup is better" then you probably have a good idea.However, taken in context with everything else, Win Shares happens to be one good indicator of a players value. Personally, I am a win shares/162 guy because that best approxiamtes the value a player brings to one game. However, something can be said for a long career as well, so I wont totally ignore career win shares (i.e. Eddie Murray, Pete Rose). Some may give more value to a player on a given day vs. total career compilations, as well.One more note which win shares - or any other stat - tells us little about. A lineup. If you have the most win shares, but have all power hitting slow running high strike out players, then you arent going to manufacture the runs like a lower win share team that has the right roles in a lineup.Just my .02 to start the day.Now, as a test for Nipsey.Lebron James is simply the greatest player ever. I think everyone was a fool to let him drop out of the first round (aka... "Here Nipsey Nipsey, Here Nipsey Nipsey")
Sorry Johnny. 
