WIS 2012: Back to the Future II - Draft and Season Thread (1 Viewer)

[Brady Marino]

I don't have access to my team. Can someone post the numbers for me, the hitting is really bad I think.

In 6th right now. .250/.324/.4193.27 ERA, 1.14 WHIPSolid pitching, meh hitting.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I don't have access to my team. Can someone post the numbers for me, the hitting is really bad I think.

In 6th right now. .250/.324/.4193.27 ERA, 1.14 WHIPSolid pitching, meh hitting.

Yeah I figured the pitching was good, bullpen exceptional so far I think. Thanks for posting, Greco took the keys to the car and went for a long ride.

 

[Brady Marino]

I don't have access to my team. Can someone post the numbers for me, the hitting is really bad I think.

In 6th right now. .250/.324/.4193.27 ERA, 1.14 WHIPSolid pitching, meh hitting.

Yeah I figured the pitching was good, bullpen exceptional so far I think. Thanks for posting, Greco took the keys to the car and went for a long ride.

The first few weeks after hockey season ends rough on the guy?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I don't have access to my team. Can someone post the numbers for me, the hitting is really bad I think.

In 6th right now. .250/.324/.4193.27 ERA, 1.14 WHIPSolid pitching, meh hitting.

Yeah I figured the pitching was good, bullpen exceptional so far I think. Thanks for posting, Greco took the keys to the car and went for a long ride.

The first few weeks after hockey season ends rough on the guy?

I know him in real life and have always thought he might be a serial killer.

 

[Eephus]

I don't have access to my team. Can someone post the numbers for me, the hitting is really bad I think.

In 6th right now. .250/.324/.4193.27 ERA, 1.14 WHIPSolid pitching, meh hitting.

Yeah I figured the pitching was good, bullpen exceptional so far I think. Thanks for posting, Greco took the keys to the car and went for a long ride.

The first few weeks after hockey season ends rough on the guy?

I know him in real life and have always thought he might be a serial killer.

Hope he's better at that

 

[Brady Marino]

I don't have access to my team. Can someone post the numbers for me, the hitting is really bad I think.

In 6th right now. .250/.324/.4193.27 ERA, 1.14 WHIPSolid pitching, meh hitting.

Yeah I figured the pitching was good, bullpen exceptional so far I think. Thanks for posting, Greco took the keys to the car and went for a long ride.

The first few weeks after hockey season ends rough on the guy?

I know him in real life and have always thought he might be a serial killer.

I see you take the expression "keeps your friends close, and your enemies closer" seriously.

 

[Northern Voice]

So, I need a catcher...

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Strange stat of the day: I have 28 total pitching starts on my roster and 25 of them have been Quality Starts.

Pretty sure I cant keep that ratio up.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Strange stat of the day: I have 28 total pitching starts on my roster and 25 of them have been Quality Starts.Pretty sure I cant keep that ratio up.

55 starts, 26 QS.Edit: 18 of 21 pitchers have thrown at least 9 innings! (3 goose eggs)

 

[boubucarow]

Strange stat of the day: I have 28 total pitching starts on my roster and 25 of them have been Quality Starts.Pretty sure I cant keep that ratio up.

55 starts, 26 QS.Edit: 18 of 21 pitchers have thrown at least 9 innings! (3 goose eggs)

54 starts, 33 QSAlso have 18 pitcher with at least 9 innings.I might actually have a full pitching staff for the sim. I had to trade for Rodrigo Lopez last year.

 

[Northern Voice]

53 starts, 33 quality starts.

16 pitchers with 9+ innings and all have at least 13IP so far.

My only position player without an AB is Scott Podsednik. Vinny Rottino, Darin Mastroianni, Steve Tolleson and Conor Gillaspie all somehow found their way to MLB rosters for a time over the past couple weeks.

 

[rodg12]

60 starts, 30 quality starts. 16 pitchers with 10+ innings.

 

[Brady Marino]

38 starts, 23 quality starts.

Doesn't help that two of the guys I drafted (Livan and Crow) have been relievers when I hoped they'd be starters. I have 5 pitchers that have actually started a game and one of them (Worley) just got put on the DL. Awesome.

But I have PLENTY of relievers.

 

[Kraft...]

My SP sucks outside Weaver(and kinda Jarod Parker). Scherzer and Matt Moore killing me :(

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

GO VICIEDO, GO! I need this.

Also could use Stephen Drew (pretty much have given up on Crawford).

 

[boubucarow]

So far, it looks like my offense will be built around Jonathan Lucroy.

 

[boubucarow]

And now all three of my catchers are on the DL.

 

[Brady Marino]

Will need a starting pitcher and will have an OF to deal. A backup catcher that actually plays every once in a while would be nice, too.

 

[the moops]

285 IP to date. Ow

 

[Hoos First]

Im in a $140,000 league. Would you rather have a Sp that has this line: Dead Ball Pitcher- .240 OAV / 1.05 WHIP/ 1.2 BB/9 / .18 HR/100 or 1970s SP with a line of- .197 OAV / 2.54 BB/9 / .98 WHIP / 1.72 HR/100

Will be a HR+ stadium and pretty good D

 

[Spartans Rule]

Im in a $140,000 league. Would you rather have a Sp that has this line: Dead Ball Pitcher- .240 OAV / 1.05 WHIP/ 1.2 BB/9 / .18 HR/100 or 1970s SP with a line of- .197 OAV / 2.54 BB/9 / .98 WHIP / 1.72 HR/100Will be a HR+ stadium and pretty good D

I want the deadballer. OAV is usually my fatal flaw of choice.

 

[jfranco77]

Im in a $140,000 league. Would you rather have a Sp that has this line: Dead Ball Pitcher- .240 OAV / 1.05 WHIP/ 1.2 BB/9 / .18 HR/100 or 1970s SP with a line of- .197 OAV / 2.54 BB/9 / .98 WHIP / 1.72 HR/100Will be a HR+ stadium and pretty good D

I want the deadballer. OAV is usually my fatal flaw of choice.

Me too, especially in a + HR park.

 

[cheese]

Last year, all my guys stunk (minus Shields who won CY IIRC), but they stayed healthy and were always fresh. This year, I am going to have 40 partial seasons with decent stats. I didn't try to do anything differently. Just worked out that way. Halladay joining my list of injured guys hurts badly.

Oh, and impressive picks by me of Venters and Madson to "lock up" my bullpen. Venters is getting slaughtered and Madson won't throw a pitch.

 

[jfranco77]

Yeah, I've had a lot of guys nicked up this year. Sandoval, Kemp, AJax, Morse are the primary culprits. I've had a lot of good pitching performances from guys like Blanton, Bass, Westbrook... and those guys are giving back all of their early season goodness with mid-season struggles. At least I have a lot of innings, but they're spread out so much that I may need a 6-man rotation.

 

[Spartans Rule]

My play-it-safe strategy seems to be working well so far, with the exception of the silly RP situation. Lots of guys performing right about where I expected.

 

[oso diablo]

And now all three of my catchers are on the DL.

i might have some excess: Mauer, Mesoraco, Jaso, and now Maldonado

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

I have solid pitching so far. 4 good starters and 5 good pen arms. My offense is going to be a patchwork. I am solid at C, 1B, 2B and the 3 OF spots. 3B and SS are going to be an adventure. I actually am going to have to trade for a SS. None of the guys I picked have panned out, and without a miracle (some sort of injury to a starter), I wont even have 300 PA at SS.

 

[scoobus]

And now all three of my catchers are on the DL.

i might have some excess: Mauer, Mesoraco, Jaso, and now Maldonado

I also might be looking for a C

 

[boubucarow]

And now all three of my catchers are on the DL.

i might have some excess: Mauer, Mesoraco, Jaso, and now Maldonado

I also might be looking for a C

Well, Clevenger got back just in time. I already have 270 PA's, Clevenger should get plenty of starts until Soto/Castillo can return, and Thole should be back Friday. If Lucroy's wife isn't an idiot, I would have great trade bait.And those 270's PA carry about an 800 OPS so far.

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Anyone have an extra SS?

 

[Northern Voice]

I'll likely need a catcher as well. F'n Ramos. Kottaras will get some time now with Lucroy injured but I can't see getting enough PA's as it stands right now.

I'm going to have extra guys with PA's but awful stats from the looks of things if anyone gets desperate for a Daric Barton/Orlando Hudson/Delmon Young type.

Not sure how my pitching is going to do. Anibal Sanchez has been good. Darvish and Romero are both walking a lot of guys but getting away with it in real life. Henderson Alvarez gets tons of grounder, no strike outs and gives up HR's, not sure that will work for the sim. I'm still waiting for Zito to collapse. Leake and Hughes are there as guys who have been okay on any start but nothing special... at least I have 7 guys making regular starts, hopefully it comes together.

My bullpen should be really good.

 

[oso diablo]

Anyone have an extra SS?

i might, but it would be Brendan Ryan and his 525 OPS

 

[Spartans Rule]

What's the protocol around players injured while the draft is going on? Once we have them are locked in indefinitely, or can they be released at some point and replaced? I'm sure this came up last year but I can't remember how it was handled.

With the draft going so many rounds, I think you're stuck and will just have to replace him on your final roster from the rest of your picks. Could be wrong though.I owe you one for picking Sizemore. Never thought I'd be happy to have Valencia, but here we are.

In hindsight I think I'd rather have Sizemore. Valencia is beyond awful.

 

[scoobus]

Anyone have an extra SS?

i might, but it would be Brendan Ryan and his 525 OPS

I also might, but it's way to early to tell.

 

[Spartans Rule]

My lineup based on current numbers:

1. OF David DeJesus 288/379/412

2. 2B Dan Uggla 267/379/455

3. 1B Prince Fielder 318/380/500

4. OF Josh Willingham 276/401/564

5. CA Matt Wieters 226/316/427

6. SS Jhonny Peralta 244/328/378

7. OF Brian Bogusevic 224/311/322

8. 3B Wilson Betemit 224/298/406

The top 4 look really nice. I have hope Wieters and Peralta will improve. Bourjos and Valencia sucking hurts but at least I have backups getting PAs so I shouldn't have to trade. I'd guess this is an above-average lineup but not really sure.

 

[Arsenal of Doom]

What's the protocol around players injured while the draft is going on? Once we have them are locked in indefinitely, or can they be released at some point and replaced? I'm sure this came up last year but I can't remember how it was handled.

With the draft going so many rounds, I think you're stuck and will just have to replace him on your final roster from the rest of your picks. Could be wrong though.I owe you one for picking Sizemore. Never thought I'd be happy to have Valencia, but here we are.

In hindsight I think I'd rather have Sizemore. Valencia is beyond awful.

3B is giant bag of suck. I think there's a very good chance I'll end up with less than 100 PA from the first three 3B eligible players I drafted. After Sizemore I drafted Blake, who was supposed to be the Rockies everyday 3B but was released and retired, and Arenado who's looking more and more like a Sept call-up at best. My only hope at this point is that Matt Carpenter comes back and ends up getting somewhere around 400 ABs between 1st, 3rd, and the OF... keeping his .850+ OPS would be nice too. Otherwise, it'll be Wigginton. Either way the defense is going to suck, but if Carpenter gets enough ABs it might at least be a serviceable platoon.

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

What's the protocol around players injured while the draft is going on? Once we have them are locked in indefinitely, or can they be released at some point and replaced? I'm sure this came up last year but I can't remember how it was handled.

With the draft going so many rounds, I think you're stuck and will just have to replace him on your final roster from the rest of your picks. Could be wrong though.I owe you one for picking Sizemore. Never thought I'd be happy to have Valencia, but here we are.

In hindsight I think I'd rather have Sizemore. Valencia is beyond awful.

3B is giant bag of suck. I think there's a very good chance I'll end up with less than 100 PA from the first three 3B eligible players I drafted. After Sizemore I drafted Blake, who was supposed to be the Rockies everyday 3B but was released and retired, and Arenado who's looking more and more like a Sept call-up at best. My only hope at this point is that Matt Carpenter comes back and ends up getting somewhere around 400 ABs between 1st, 3rd, and the OF... keeping his .850+ OPS would be nice too. Otherwise, it'll be Wigginton. Either way the defense is going to suck, but if Carpenter gets enough ABs it might at least be a serviceable platoon.

Thanks for making me feel better about my 3B dilemma. Right now I have Ryan Roberts and his .226/.288/.329 line and Daniel Descalso and his .234/.333/.383 line platooning.Now that I look at Descalso's line it isnt so bad. He has hit pretty well lately.

Still have no SS though.

 

[Northern Voice]

Mine right now I guess would be something like:

SS Jeter 336/382/455

OF Rios 283/337/429

2B Altuve 309/357/464

1B Votto 325/463/598

3B Lawrie 283/321/391

OF Saunders 247/321/406

OF Ichiro 271/305/367

C Ramos/??? 265/354/398

Ideally Ichiro remembers how to get on base and hits 1st or 2nd and Rios bumps down to about 6th (assuming Lawrie's numbers keep improving).

I have Delmon Young and Vernon Wells as OF options as well.

 

[Brady Marino]

SS Assdribble Cabrera (.298/.392/.478)

CF Mike Trout (.303/.366/.521)

3B Miggy Cabrera (.315/.369/.512)

RF Matt Joyce (.288/.401/.542)

LF Josh Reddick (.266/.333/.547)

1B Carlos Lee (.299/.352/.418)

C Miguel Montero (.252/.349/.340)

2B Jemile Weeks (.215/.298/.312...but he does have 10 steals)

Outside of that blight at leadoff, I'd say that's not a horrible lineup at all. Trout's month in the minors will affect his ABs for sure.

Edit: Had Weeks leading off, Cabrera 2nd, Trout 5th before.

 

[boubucarow]

I have a top of the order hitter (Span) and a middle of the order hitter (Holliday). And then a bunch of question marks. Beckham and 1B (Sanchez, Jones, Giambi) looked destined for the bottom of the lineup. Longoria needs to come back and I have Lombardozzi to fill in his PA's. Of course that means my lineup will be changing regularly. My catchers in particular will be interesting as Lucroy could be a middle of the order hitter with enough PA's to batter lefties (and then some). While Thole and Clevenger could be good top of the order options against righties. Heyward and Yunel need to get hot. Nieuwenhuis has been a nice surprise but like Lombarozzi, Lucroy, and even Campana, how valuable will the OPS and PA's be in the end.

So, it is way too early for me to even try and project a lineup.

 

[scoobus]

Crazy early to start projecting lineups.

 

[boubucarow]

Crazy early to start projecting lineups.

Yes, but even this early I know that I am going to have to shuffle my lineup all sim long. After last year's Posey/Ike Davis disasters, I was hoping for close to a simple everyday lineup. At least my pitching looks like it has the chance to be simple and plentiful instead of again needing to stretch every pitcher's limit.

 

[scoobus]

Crazy early to start projecting lineups.

Yes, but even this early I know that I am going to have to shuffle my lineup all sim long. After last year's Posey/Ike Davis disasters, I was hoping for close to a simple everyday lineup. At least my pitching looks like it has the chance to be simple and plentiful instead of again needing to stretch every pitcher's limit.

Meh, I'd rather have a half-season of Lucroy and have to manage PA's all year than have a full season of mediocrity/crap.

 

[boubucarow]

Crazy early to start projecting lineups.

Yes, but even this early I know that I am going to have to shuffle my lineup all sim long. After last year's Posey/Ike Davis disasters, I was hoping for close to a simple everyday lineup. At least my pitching looks like it has the chance to be simple and plentiful instead of again needing to stretch every pitcher's limit.

Meh, I'd rather have a half-season of Lucroy and have to manage PA's all year than have a full season of mediocrity/crap.

True

 

[cheese]

You guys are making me pretty jealous with your lineups.

Hannahan 276/353/419

Kendrick 257/287/383

Teixeira 257/322/475

Ross 271/349/534

Ibanez 268/318/543

Soriano 266/308/444

J.Harrison 237/284/408

Shoppach 270/370/492

Somewhere once some of those guys implode...

Youk 253/321/411

Werth 276/372/439

 

[cheese]

Crazy early to start projecting lineups.

Yes, but even this early I know that I am going to have to shuffle my lineup all sim long. After last year's Posey/Ike Davis disasters, I was hoping for close to a simple everyday lineup. At least my pitching looks like it has the chance to be simple and plentiful instead of again needing to stretch every pitcher's limit.

Meh, I'd rather have a half-season of Lucroy and have to manage PA's all year than have a full season of mediocrity/crap.

Not to mention it's Lucroy so him getting hurt saves him the chance to tank his stat line before the season ends.

 

[boubucarow]

Crazy early to start projecting lineups.

Yes, but even this early I know that I am going to have to shuffle my lineup all sim long. After last year's Posey/Ike Davis disasters, I was hoping for close to a simple everyday lineup. At least my pitching looks like it has the chance to be simple and plentiful instead of again needing to stretch every pitcher's limit.

Meh, I'd rather have a half-season of Lucroy and have to manage PA's all year than have a full season of mediocrity/crap.

Not to mention it's Lucroy so him getting hurt saves him the chance to tank his stat line before the season ends.

Yeah, I might get the perfect mix of hot starts and injuries to do some serious damage offensively at catcher.

 

[Brady Marino]

SS Assdribble Cabrera (.298/.392/.478)CF Mike Trout (.303/.366/.521)3B Miggy Cabrera (.315/.369/.512)RF Matt Joyce (.288/.401/.542)LF Josh Reddick (.266/.333/.547)1B Carlos Lee (.299/.352/.418)C Miguel Montero (.252/.349/.340)2B Jemile Weeks (.215/.298/.312...but he does have 10 steals)Outside of that blight at leadoff, I'd say that's not a horrible lineup at all. Trout's month in the minors will affect his ABs for sure.Edit: Had Weeks leading off, Cabrera 2nd, Trout 5th before.

Updated.I don't care if Weeks is the second coming of Willie Wilson in terms of speed, he's not a leadoff hitter with an OBP like that.

 

[Kraft...]

Scutaro SS

 

[Spartans Rule]

You guys are making me pretty jealous with your lineups.Hannahan 276/353/419Kendrick 257/287/383Teixeira 257/322/475Ross 271/349/534Ibanez 268/318/543Soriano 266/308/444J.Harrison 237/284/408Shoppach 270/370/492Somewhere once some of those guys implode...Youk 253/321/411Werth 276/372/439

It's not terrible. Good slugging. BA and OBP, not so much. But solo HRs still count.Somebody needs to post a really awful lineup to boost my confidence.