WIS 2012: Back to the Future II - Draft and Season Thread (4 Viewers)

[Doug B]

No joy. The 212 hitter pool w/ the "random" setting is the biggest I can get.

That's enough hitters, isn't it?

 

[Eephus]

No joy. The 212 hitter pool w/ the "random" setting is the biggest I can get.

That's enough hitters, isn't it?

I think everybody should be able to find six hitters on the AAA list in order to get all their bats entered, even though they won't be the exact six guys you want to start the season in the minors.

 

[Doug B]

I think everybody should be able to find six hitters on the AAA list in order to get all their bats entered, even though they won't be the exact six guys you want to start the season in the minors.

Yeah, but I thought we didn't have to fill out our AAA squads at all. So if we only want to stash three bats and two arms, that that was alright. Wasn't that the way it was last year? My AAA squad last year most filled with $200,000 guys because my drafted squad was so thin.

 

[Eephus]

OK. Let's set divisions.

Pool A

JFranco77

Scoobus

Hoosfirst

Boubucarow

Sammy3469

Oso Diablo

Pool B

TUpside

Kraft

SoCalBroncoFan

Spartans Rule

Northern Voice

DocGreco

Pool C

BradyMarino

TRE

RockNRolen

Cheese

DougB

Moops

Pool D

ChemX

Bogart

LarryBoy

Eephus

Rodg12

Arsenal

I'm going to do four sets of six rolls to set the order of each pool. The first position in each pool will make up the Eastern Division of the top league.

 

[Eephus]

RPG Library Secure Dice generated the following rolls for wisruthroll@gmail.com.6d100, rolled 4 times.Roll set 1Die rolls: 85, 68, 90, 5, 70, 49Roll subtotal: 367Roll total: 367Roll set 2Die rolls: 100, 72, 73, 2, 17, 96Roll subtotal: 360Roll total: 360Roll set 3Die rolls: 9, 31, 97, 76, 91, 70Roll subtotal: 374Roll total: 374Roll set 4Die rolls: 11, 98, 13, 78, 93, 22Roll subtotal: 315Roll total: 315

 

[Eephus]

League 1, East: Hoosfirst, DocGreco, RockNRolen, Bogart

League 1, Central: JFranco77, SoCalBroncoFan, DougB, Rodg12

League 1, West: Sammy3469, Kraft, Cheese, Eephus

League 2, East: Scoobus, Northern Voice, Moops, Arsenal

League 2, Central: Oso Diablo, TUpside, TRE, LarryBoy

League 2, West: Boubucarow, Spartans Rule, BradyMarino, ChemX

 

[Doug B]

League 1, Central: JFranco77, SoCalBroncoFan, DougB, Rodg12

Two years in a row

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

League 1, Central: JFranco77, SoCalBroncoFan, DougB, Rodg12

Two years in a row

Oh well, at least I have fantasy football to concentrate on...

 

[oso diablo]

Overall Hitting: 275/344/434, B+/B defense, $54mm

Batting Lineup

1. RF Shin Soo-Choo - 814 ops

2. C Joe Mauer - 862

3. 3B David Wright - 883

4. CF Andrew McCutchen - 953

5. 1B Albert Pujols - 859

6. LF Gerardo Parra - 727

7. 2B Darwin Barney - 653

8. SS Zack Cozart - 687

Bench

1B Justin Morneau - 773 (may try to play him some in LF)

MIF Brendan Ryan - defensive replacement

C Martin Maldonado - 735

OF Eric Thames & Domonic Brown

AAA

C Devin Mesoraco

1B David Cooper & Lyle Overbay

 

[oso diablo]

Overall Pitching (best 12 guys only): 1297 IP, 1.20 whip, 8.7 k/9, 2.5 bb/9, $31mm

Rotation

1. Cliff Lee

2. Chris Sale

3. Adam Wainwright

4. Derek Holland

5/swing/long. Jeff Francis, Charlie Morton, Tom Gorzelanny, Phil Humber, Justin Germano, Liam Hendriks

CL - Kenley Jansen

SetR - Vinnie Pestano

SetL - Sean Marshall

Rest - Brad Brach, Shawn Tolleson, Scott Elbert

 

[Arsenal of Doom]

I'm still not really over the Scott Sizemore thing. It set me into a panic that resulted in me getting 0, zero ABs from the first three 3B I drafted. Not my finest hour.

 

[Eephus]

I'm still not really over the Scott Sizemore thing. It set me into a panic that resulted in me getting 0, zero ABs from the first three 3B I drafted. Not my finest hour.

The A's managed to recover

 

[Kraft...]

League 1, West: Sammy3469, Kraft, Cheese, Eephus

Interesting Division, a LOT of experience, all over the map in fantrax.

 

[Arsenal of Doom]

I'm still not really over the Scott Sizemore thing. It set me into a panic that resulted in me getting 0, zero ABs from the first three 3B I drafted. Not my finest hour.

The A's managed to recover

In retrospect my biggest mistake was feeling like I had to fill that gap right away rather than sticking to my original draft plan. Through trade and a player drafted much later (Matt Carpenter) I'll actually be decent at that spot.

 

[Eephus]

League 1, West: Sammy3469, Kraft, Cheese, Eephus

Interesting Division, a LOT of experience, all over the map in fantrax.

plus the Kraft Cheese exacta

 

[Brady Marino]

The more things change, the more Larry stays the same.

 

[Kraft...]

League 1, West: Sammy3469, Kraft, Cheese, Eephus

Interesting Division, a LOT of experience, all over the map in fantrax.

plus the Kraft Cheese exacta

 

[boubucarow]

LINEUP

Matt Holliday, LF - 295/379/497 - B/D-

Jason Heyward, RF - 269/335/479 - B/B+

Garrett Jones/Bryan LaHair, 1B - 271/321/502 - C/D-, B/D-

Evan Longoria/Trevor Plouffe, 3B - 261/334/489 - C-/B, C-/A-

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS - 270/338/423 - B/A

Jonathon Lucroy/Josh Thole, C - 283/323/415 - B/A+/D both

DJ LeMahieu/Steve Lombardozzi, 2B - 283/323/377 - A/D+, A/A-

pitcher

Denard Span, CF - 283/342/395 - A/A+

While LF is my best offensive position, I don't want to waste Holliday's PA's. That will lead to batting Span 9th to provide Holliday with a man on base and also to stretch out his PA's to keep his A/A+ in CF all year. The lack of full time players at C, 1B, and 3B will result in shuffling of the lineup in simlive. The slash numbers for those positions are based on expected use of both players.

BENCH

Dave Sappelt, PH 78 PA's - 275/351/449

Plouffe and LaHair will have plenty of PH PA's to waste as well

STARTING STAFF

Lance Lynn 176 ip 9.2/3.3 k/bb 1.32 whip 0.82 hr/9

Ryan Dempster 173, 8.0/2.7, 1.20, 0.99

Chad Billingsley 149, 7.7/2.7, 1.29, 0.66

Jonathan Niese 190, 7.3/2.3, 1.17, 1.04

Chris Capuano 198, 7.4/2.5, 1.22, 1.13

BULLPEN

David Hernandez 68, 12.9/2.9, 1.02, 0.53

Jason Grilli 58, 13.8/3.4, 1.14, 1.07

Darren Oliver 56, 8.3/2.4, 1.02, 0.48

Ernesto Frieri 66, 13.4/4.1, 0.99, 1.23

Randy Choate 38, 8.8/4.2, 1.22, 0.23

JJ Hoover 30, 9.1/3.8, 0.98, 0.59

Ross Detwiler 164, 5.8/2.9, 1.22, 0.82

AVAILABLE

Steve Clevenger, C - 214 PA - 540 OPS - C+/A/D-

Gaby Sanchez, 1B - 326 PA - 620 OPS - A/D

Adeiny Hechavarria, 3B/SS - 130 PA - 641 OPS - C/A- 3B D+/D+ SS

Tony Campana, OF - 187 PA - 602 OPS - 29/32 SB - A+/D-

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF - 314 PA - 691 OPS - C/C+

Eric Sogard, 3B/SS/2B - 108 PA - 481 OPS - C/C 3B C-/C- 2B C/D- SS

Juan Uribe, 3B - 179 PA - 542 OPS - B/C-

Chris Tillman, SP - 86 IP - 4.15 DICE

Jeanmar Gomez, LR/SP - 90 IP - 5.37 DICE

Dylan Axelrod, LR - 51 IP - 4.94 DICE

Marc Rzepczynski, RP - 46 IP - 4.68 DICE

Rafael Dolis, RP - 38 IP - 5.50 DICE

My 25 man roster is pretty much set. I would be willing to trade an 25 man player with some of the available players to improve one spot on my roster. If you are interested in any of these players send me a PM and I will look over your roster and see if I can find something I want.

 

[oso diablo]

5 Best Undrafted Position Players (by WIS$)

1. Justin Ruggiano - OF

2. Luis Cruz - 3B

3. Brandon Moss - 1B

4. Logan Forsythe - 2B

5. Donovan Solano - 2B

5 Best Undrafted Pitchers (by WIS$)

1. Scott Diamond

2. Travis Blackley

3. Jose Quintana

4. Craig Stammen

5. Eric Stults

You could actually build a decent pitching staff from the undrafteds. Others: Chris Young, Joe Kelly, David Phelps, Miguel Gonzalez, AJ Griffin, Jared Burton, Jordan Norberto, Tony Watson, Andy Pettite, Dale Thayer, George Kontos, Scott Atchison, and Sean Doolittle.

 

[scoobus]

Batting Totals .280 182 hr 644 rbi B-/C- $39,452,332

Pitching Totals 79-65 59 sv 3.29 1.16 1181K-349BB $33,794,575

 

[scoobus]

I think everybody should be able to find six hitters on the AAA list in order to get all their bats entered, even though they won't be the exact six guys you want to start the season in the minors.

Yeah, but I thought we didn't have to fill out our AAA squads at all. So if we only want to stash three bats and two arms, that that was alright. Wasn't that the way it was last year? My AAA squad last year most filled with $200,000 guys because my drafted squad was so thin.

I only have 3 AAA hitters. Forgot about the 200k player thing, are we allowed to play the 200K guys we pick up?

 

[oso diablo]

I made a trade with SCBF. I thought he was going to post it.

oso gets: Nate McLouth

SCBF gets: Lyle Overbay

 

[the moops]

I hate you larry.

 

[Northern Voice]

Anyone still looking to deal?

 

[Doug B]

Anyone still looking to deal?

Been looking to fire something up, but room to move has become scarce.

 

[rodg12]

I'd be interested in acquiring a SP.

 

[Chemical X]

looking to move inge for functional innings

 

[oso diablo]

looking to move inge for functional innings

why didn't you say so?

 

[Kraft...]

Still could use a C upgrade(200-250 PA's), better at the dish than Hundley and a B or better Arm

 

[Doug B]

Still could use a C upgrade(200-250 PA's), better at the dish than Hundley and a B or better Arm

In what positions are you fat?

 

[Kraft...]

Still could use a C upgrade(200-250 PA's), better at the dish than Hundley and a B or better Arm

In what positions are you fat?

Punto(Util)/Betancourt(2B)/Kotchman(1BSome 30-50 inning guys(Scheppers/Turner/Hawkins) All depends on how good the C Pa's are.

 

[scoobus]

Chris Volstad is available.

 

[Northern Voice]

Still could use a C upgrade(200-250 PA's), better at the dish than Hundley and a B or better Arm

So, not Kottaras then?

 

[Spartans Rule]

I'm still looking to trade Everth Cabrera and Elliot Johnson. Need 3B help and could use better innings.

RnR would be a good trading partner for me but he doesn't seem to be paying attention.

 

[scoobus]

looking to move inge for functional innings

define functional

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Close to moving Fernando Salas. I am looking for a servicable middle infielder. I have sent out a couple of offers just waiting to hear back from the two of you.

You know who you are!!!!

 

[Chemical X]

looking to move inge for functional innings

define functional

salasesque

 

[oso diablo]

I'm still looking to trade Everth Cabrera and Elliot Johnson. Need 3B help and could use better innings.RnR would be a good trading partner for me but he doesn't seem to be paying attention.

Close to moving Fernando Salas. I am looking for a servicable middle infielder. I have sent out a couple of offers just waiting to hear back from the two of you. You know who you are!!!!

you guys need a matchmaker?

 

[Eephus]

Got response back on my WIS ticket.

"Random" provides the largest distribution of available players. In our update, we'll be adding another option that allows the full spectrum but that is not yet available.

so you'll have to piece together your opening day rosters and AAA players around the list of players posted earlier. Chances are all 24 teams will have at most 6 minor leaguers among the 212 player pool. I'll finalize the league and update the OP tonight.

 

[Kraft...]

Still could use a C upgrade(200-250 PA's), better at the dish than Hundley and a B or better Arm

So, not Kottaras then?

Yeah, I need one of my C's to at least a serviceable arm

 

[cheese]

I'm still looking to trade Everth Cabrera and Elliot Johnson. Need 3B help and could use better innings.RnR would be a good trading partner for me but he doesn't seem to be paying attention.

I have both Hannahan and Rolen as backup 3b right now. Might be a fit

 

[boubucarow]

If you are interested in any of my available players above, I just want a minor upgrade on my 25 man roster (you would also receive the player I would be replacing in the trade). Tillman in particular could be useful as a tandem starter or long reliever.

 

[scoobus]

looking to move inge for functional innings

define functional

salasesque

best I can give at this point is Hensley, definitely not as good as Salas

 

[Brady Marino]

Got response back on my WIS ticket.

"Random" provides the largest distribution of available players. In our update, we'll be adding another option that allows the full spectrum but that is not yet available.

so you'll have to piece together your opening day rosters and AAA players around the list of players posted earlier. Chances are all 24 teams will have at most 6 minor leaguers among the 212 player pool. I'll finalize the league and update the OP tonight.

I wonder how long the wait will be to get the "full spectrum".

 

[RnR]

I'm still looking to trade Everth Cabrera and Elliot Johnson. Need 3B help and could use better innings.RnR would be a good trading partner for me but he doesn't seem to be paying attention.

I did recently acquire Danny Espinosa to play SS. However, I'm still very open to moving McCann or Pierzynski in a package to upgrade my SP or an OF slot. PM's are cleared out to entertain any deals. My apologies for being flaky during these few weeks, life happens.

 

[Brady Marino]

I did ask about Everth a while back but I heard nothing.

 

[Spartans Rule]

I was so hell-bent on trading Cabrera I never put him in the draft center and noticed he can play 3B. I may as well just keep him.

Anyone desperate enough for Elliot Johnson? He won't cost much.

 

[Spartans Rule]

I did ask about Everth a while back but I heard nothing.

Whoops. Sorry about that. I was working on a different trade and meant to get back to you afterwards.

 

[Eephus]

LEAGUE NUMBER 102750

See post #3505 for list of AAA eligible hitters

 

[jfranco77]

FYI, my trade with Larry was never entered into fantrax (Verlander for Strasburg, Bass, Noesi)