OFFICIAL WIS XVIII THREAD: An Ode to Claude Hendrix (2 Viewers)

[Koya]

Maybe you should draft 1Bman instead of pinch hitters, champ.

Plenty if talent available.If I go third base, I have three guys that have been there forever. If I go 1B same situation.

The man with the plan

That is true, but it's been a ####ty one.

 

[Frostillicus]

I don't think my team is going to be very good, but they should be able to pitch well in Petco at least.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I'm up, yes?

 

[Spartans Rule]

18.10 Roger Freed, PH, 1970s

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

18.11 - Joe Black, RP 1950s

Went 15-4 in 1952 despite only starting twice. IP/G is something like 2.5, so could be useful if he doesn't spend the season getting shelled.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

18.11 - Joe Black, RP 1950s

Went 15-4 in 1952 despite only starting twice. IP/G is something like 2.5, so could be useful if he doesn't spend the season getting shelled.

Also was the first black player to win a WS game. He was 8 innings short of winning the ERA title.

The Arizona fall league MVP is named after Black.

"His legacy is the thought that unheralded players can rise to the heights, that someone who at the time was considered an ordinary athlete could wind up pitching Game 1 of the World Series," said Vin Scully, the Dodgers' play-by-play announcer since 1951.

 

[AcerFC]

Im going to the ranger game tonight

please text or pm when im up

 

[Koya]

Im up?

 

[RnR]

Yep

 

[Eephus]

18.11 - Joe Black, RP 1950s

Went 15-4 in 1952 despite only starting twice. IP/G is something like 2.5, so could be useful if he doesn't spend the season getting shelled.

Also was the first black player to win a WS game. He was 8 innings short of winning the ERA title.The Arizona fall league MVP is named after Black.

"His legacy is the thought that unheralded players can rise to the heights, that someone who at the time was considered an ordinary athlete could wind up pitching Game 1 of the World Series," said Vin Scully, the Dodgers' play-by-play announcer since 1951.

In my mind's ear, I can hear Scully saying that--the rhythm of "rise to the heights", a pause, the pitch of his voice going a little higher around "at the time", extending the "or" in "ordinary" and the gravitas of the World Series. He's really a national treasure.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

YES?

 

[Koya]

Pick coming in 5

 

[Eephus]

Pick coming in 5

**** Allen is on pins and needles

 

[Koya]

Mike Griffin, OF 1890's

Not much left from that era, still some options at my positions of need.

 

[Koya]

Pick coming in 5

**** Allen is on pins and needles

He will have to wait another round or four until he knows his final resting place on my bottom dwelling team.

That's what happens when you party too much in the offseason.

 

[RnR]

Anyone have the X phone? I'm ready to fire here.

 

[Koya]

teXted

 

[Chemical X]

Tim McCabe, P, 1910s

only 44 innings, but i had him in a prior sim and he was a decent closer.......i wont win 40 games, so the innings are OK.

 

[RnR]

A little housekeeping... Noodles Hahn will move to 1899 season.

This makes way for: Deacon Phillippe (SP) 1900s

 

[avoiding injuries]

Skip me

 

[rodg12]

A little housekeeping... Noodles Hahn will move to 1899 season.

This makes way for: Deacon Phillippe (SP) 1900s

Had him in the franchises draft. Was inconsistent. Would be good for a stretch then get bombed.

 

[Koya]

Well, my team might suck, but I will only have to punt one Fed League roster spot.

Trades?

 

[jfranco77]

ChemX... McCabe

RNR ... Phillippe

AvoidingBooBoos... skip

Greco... up

Jfranco... on deck

Eephus... in the hole

 

[Brady Marino]

Trades?

I already did my trade of the draft.

 

[Greco]

George Kell, 3B 1949

 

[jfranco77]

Duke Farrell, C/PH, 1903

Feel like I'm kind of wasting a good decade here.

 

[jfranco77]

ChemX... McCabe

RNR ... Phillippe

AvoidingBooBoos... skip

Greco... Kell

Jfranco... Farrell

Eephus... up

DrD... on deck

 

[Eephus]

Darrell Porter C 1970s

Meh

 

[Bogart]

17.21 - Tim Salmon - OF - 1990s

 

[larry_boy_44]

Johnny Niggeling, P, 1940s?

 

[Koya]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

 

[Koya]

Johnny Niggeling, P, 1940s?

Tehehe

 

[Bogart]

18.04 - Yogi Berra - C - 1950s

 

[Brady Marino]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

Sounds like you're leaning towards his 1B already, which is what I'd choose.

 

[Bogart]

Johnny Niggeling, P, 1940s?

Language Filter sir.

 

[Koya]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

Sounds like you're leaning towards his 1B already, which is what I'd choose.

Have been the whole time, but curious what others think. Getting to that slow part of the draft.

 

[Arsenal of Doom]

Johnny Niggeling, P, 1940s?

You might want to be sure you aren't looking at his partial season.

 

[Arsenal of Doom]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

Sounds like you're leaning towards his 1B already, which is what I'd choose.

Have been the whole time, but curious what others think. Getting to that slow part of the draft.

Bad defense at 3rd usually doesn't end well.

 

[larry_boy_44]

Johnny Niggeling, P, 1940s?

You might want to be sure you aren't looking at his partial season.

I was, but his full isn't completely awful, so I'll deal with it...

:hands Johnny a mop:

 

[Koya]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

Sounds like you're leaning towards his 1B already, which is what I'd choose.

Have been the whole time, but curious what others think. Getting to that slow part of the draft.

Bad defense at 3rd usually doesn't end well.

Yeah, I forget which sim but I had McGraw and he was an unmitigated disaster. Got on base a lot, had no power so was ok offensively, but a revolving door at 3B.

Now, if I had one more reliever it would make my choice easier, although with this set up, some of the deadballers should be ok to start and relieve some, which has worked for me in the past.

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Darrell Porter C 1970s

Meh

That hurt. This was my pick.

 

[Doug B]

Bad defense at 3rd usually doesn't end well.

Define "bad"

I've had the opposite experience -- good defense at 3B is very nice ... but, to me, it's been more it's more luxury than neccessity.

If I were in Koya's situation, I'd even consider using that 70s 1B season at 3B, since Allen at least has a D-/D- grade there. Of course, you gotta look at the advanced fielding stats and make sure it's merely a bad defensive season, and not something like .750 FLD%.

 

[rodg12]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

Sounds like you're leaning towards his 1B already, which is what I'd choose.

Have been the whole time, but curious what others think. Getting to that slow part of the draft.

Bad defense at 3rd usually doesn't end well.

Yeah, I forget which sim but I had McGraw and he was an unmitigated disaster. Got on base a lot, had no power so was ok offensively, but a revolving door at 3B.

Now, if I had one more reliever it would make my choice easier, although with this set up, some of the deadballers should be ok to start and relieve some, which has worked for me in the past.

Personally, I'd start him at 3rd and get a caddy that can play D (which is what I'm doing with Killebrew and Traynor). 3B Allen + remaning 1B >>> 1B Allen + remaining 3B, IMO.

 

[Koya]

Bad defense at 3rd usually doesn't end well.

Define "bad"

I've had the opposite experience -- good defense at 3B is very nice ... but, to me, it's been more it's more luxury than neccessity.

If I were in Koya's situation, I'd even consider using that 70s 1B season at 3B, since Allen at least has a D-/D- grade there. Of course, you gotta look at the advanced fielding stats and make sure it's merely a bad defensive season, and not something like .750 FLD%.

I don't think even I am crazy enough to do that. Plus, I can use the steller D/D 3B eligibility of Rudy York who won't get singles, but will get a few walks with a ton of power - and seems to be a sim favorite as well.

 

[Koya]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

Sounds like you're leaning towards his 1B already, which is what I'd choose.

Have been the whole time, but curious what others think. Getting to that slow part of the draft.

Bad defense at 3rd usually doesn't end well.

Yeah, I forget which sim but I had McGraw and he was an unmitigated disaster. Got on base a lot, had no power so was ok offensively, but a revolving door at 3B.

Now, if I had one more reliever it would make my choice easier, although with this set up, some of the deadballers should be ok to start and relieve some, which has worked for me in the past.

Personally, I'd start him at 3rd and get a caddy that can play D (which is what I'm doing with Killebrew and Traynor). 3B Allen + remaning 1B >>> 1B Allen + remaining 3B, IMO.

I had thought about that, and definitely can grab a 1B and if it's too bad at 3B on D, abandon the experiment. And while the remaining 3B is meh, it's been about the same meh for a long time with Freddy Lindstrom marginally better than guys left, and in my park with -1 singles, not even sure about that.

 

[Eephus]

Darrell Porter C 1970s

Meh

That hurt. This was my pick.

I've been waiting on picking a catcher for about seven rounds. Porter is pretty meh but he'll limit SBs and hit a few triples. His best attribute is his left-handed bat which makes it a lot easier to find a platoon partner among the remaining dregs.

 

[Kraft...]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

Sounds like you're leaning towards his 1B already, which is what I'd choose.

Have been the whole time, but curious what others think. Getting to that slow part of the draft.

Best value is at 3B IMO

 

[Eephus]

So, let's nerdsource this #####.

And then I'll probably be contrarian and do the opposite.

At top level **** Allen would be at 3B. Has a higher raw BA and SLG and even higher normalized. But a lot more Ks and a lot les walks.

At 1B, he's in a year where there should be huge normalization help and makes a lot more contact. Obviously it's a far less scarce position ( a lot of meh available at 3B still but viable and some decent 1B bats that won't even be drafted in this at the end of the day). It also allows for a better fielding 3B.

So, do I go much more contact and many more walks and huge normalization at 1B, or the conservative approach of good power (though less than the 1B season since the higher SLG is due to singles resulting in a lower ops at 3b by a decent amount) and a ton of k with weak d at third.

Curious if anyone would even consider 1b which I'm dying to test out.

Sounds like you're leaning towards his 1B already, which is what I'd choose.

Have been the whole time, but curious what others think. Getting to that slow part of the draft.

Bad defense at 3rd usually doesn't end well.

Yeah, I forget which sim but I had McGraw and he was an unmitigated disaster. Got on base a lot, had no power so was ok offensively, but a revolving door at 3B.

Now, if I had one more reliever it would make my choice easier, although with this set up, some of the deadballers should be ok to start and relieve some, which has worked for me in the past.

Personally, I'd start him at 3rd and get a caddy that can play D (which is what I'm doing with Killebrew and Traynor). 3B Allen + remaning 1B >>> 1B Allen + remaining 3B, IMO.

I had thought about that, and definitely can grab a 1B and if it's too bad at 3B on D, abandon the experiment. And while the remaining 3B is meh, it's been about the same meh for a long time with Freddy Lindstrom marginally better than guys left, and in my park with -1 singles, not even sure about that.

I used the 60s 3B season once or twice and got decent results. I drafted my 1B very early this time but there's always been good positional depth in previous all-time sims. I suspect Allen has only been used at 1B in the disco era leeg.

 

[rodg12]

Hoos x4 skips

Avoiding Injuries x1 skip

Dr. Detroit - OTC to XX:34 (almost timed out)
SCBF
Acer
Arsenal
moops
Doug B
Doug B
moops
Arsenal
Acer
SCBF
Dr. Detroit
Eephus
Franco
Greco
Avoiding Injuries
RnR

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I'll be disappointed if the CHAMP doesn't stick his 1B plan that he's been yapping about all draft.