WIS MMXI: Back to the Future Edition- Draft & Season Thread (2 Viewers)

[Tremendous Upside]

A WIS draft where Larry is getting ripped for his picks and Portis26 starting a new Madden fantasy thread.I had no idea I woke up in 2005 this morning.

 

[Sammy3469]

We just literally flipped a coin in our office for this pick.Brian Roberts

Head you lose, tails you lose?

 

[Eephus]

5 . 11 ( 107 ) Greco…. Nick Markakis OF via text

 

[Eephus]

5 . 01 ( 97 ) TRE…… Wandy Rodriguez P

5 . 02 ( 98 ) sammy…. Clay Buchholz P

5 . 03 ( 99 ) LB_44…. Billy Butler 1B

5 . 04 ( 100 ) moops…. Drew Stubbs OF

5 . 05 ( 101 ) jfranco77 Brett Anderson P

5 . 06 ( 102 ) eephus… Ricky Nolasco P

5 . 07 ( 103 ) scoobus.. Alexis Rios OF

5 . 08 ( 104 ) belljr… Brian Wilson P

5 . 09 ( 105 ) SCBF….. Paul Konerko 1B

5 . 10 ( 106 ) cheese… Brian Roberts 2B

5 . 11 ( 107 ) Greco…. Nick Markakis OF

5 . 12 ( 108 ) rodg12… OTC to xx00

5 . 13 ( 109 ) ChemX….

5 . 14 ( 110 ) Arsenal..

5 . 15 ( 111 ) DougB…. Skip unless in thread

 

[cheese]

We just literally flipped a coin in our office for this pick.Brian Roberts

Head you lose, tails you lose?

Pretty much... Tough call between 550 bad ABs and 12 solid ABs. Heads was the 12 and won.

 

[rodg12]

5.12 - Kendry Morales, 1B, LAAoANA

No more breaking your leg after hitting walk-off grand slams this year, please Kendry. Go ahead and hit the walk-off. Just do as the name intends...walk off.

1B - Kendry Morales

2B - Robinson Cano

OF - Matt Kemp

OF - Shane Victorino

SP - Francisco Liriano

 

[Tremendous Upside]

5 . 11 ( 107 ) Greco…. Nick Markakis OF via text

Way to live up to an ethnic sterotype

Wonder if he had to put down his Souvlaki to make this pick



There Goes His Gyro, He's Ordinary

 

[Eephus]

5 . 11 ( 107 ) Greco…. Nick Markakis OF via text

Way to live up to an ethnic sterotype

Wonder if he had to put down his Souvlaki to make this pick



There Goes His Gyro, He's Ordinary

Markakis - the Greek God of unfulfilled expectations

 

[scoobus]

5.12 - Kendry Morales, 1B, LAAoANA

No more breaking your leg after hitting walk-off grand slams this year, please Kendry. Go ahead and hit the walk-off. Just do as the name intends...walk off.

1B - Kendry Morales

2B - Robinson Cano

OF - Matt Kemp

OF - Shane Victorino

SP - Francisco Liriano

Was incredibly close to picking him

 

[RnR]

5 . 11 ( 107 ) Greco…. Nick Markakis OF via text

Way to live up to an ethnic sterotype

Wonder if he had to put down his Souvlaki to make this pick



There Goes His Gyro, He's Ordinary

Markakis - the Greek God of unfulfilled expectations

I had him pegged as an awesome lead-off man for this thing. I'm bummed he didn't make it to me.

 

[Eephus]

5 . 11 ( 107 ) Greco…. Nick Markakis OF via text

Way to live up to an ethnic sterotype

Wonder if he had to put down his Souvlaki to make this pick



There Goes His Gyro, He's Ordinary

Markakis - the Greek God of unfulfilled expectations

I had him pegged as an awesome lead-off man for this thing. I'm bummed he didn't make it to me.

He was definitely someone I was considering. His skills seem much more transferable to WIS than 5x5 roto.

 

[Chemical X]

pedro alvarez, 3b, dreckburgh

 

[Tremendous Upside]

BTW, I am updating the draft page and the positions page on the google doc, but am not doing individual team updates

 

[Eephus]

is Arsenal or Oso making this pick?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Oso is, I believe

 

[Eephus]

Team Arsenal for Oso's benefit

R . P # Team Player Pos

1 . 14 ( 14 ) Arsenal.. Joey Votto 1B

2 . 11 ( 35 ) Arsenal.. Ubaldo Jiminez P AT&T Park

3 . 14 ( 62 ) Arsenal.. Justin Upton OF

4 . 11 ( 83 ) Arsenal.. Shaun Marcum P

5 . 14 ( 110 ) Arsenal..

ETA: that's a pretty decent team, albeit one without players at thin positions

 

[oso diablo]

pedro alvarez, 3b, dreckburgh

uncanny. that's who i was going to pick for Arsenal. will pick within 5 minutes here.

 

[oso diablo]

for Arsenal...

5.14 Nick Swisher - OF

p.s. it's more nerve-wracking to make picks for someone else than for my own team.

 

[Eephus]

5 . 15 ( 111 ) DougB…. Skipped by request

5 . 16 ( 112 ) SNC…… OTC to xx32

5 . 17 ( 113 ) NV……. emailed

5 . 18 ( 114 ) Bogart…

5 . 19 ( 115 ) bobucarow

5 . 20 ( 116 ) sparty…

5 . 21 ( 117 ) RnRolen..

5 . 22 ( 118 ) HoosFirst

5 . 23 ( 119 ) TUpside...

5 . 24 ( 120 ) OsoDiablo hopefully not sniping himself

 

[oso diablo]

5 . 24 ( 120 ) OsoDiablo hopefully not sniping himself

it's bound to happen. using the same model for both teams.

 

[RnR]

5 . 24 ( 120 ) OsoDiablo hopefully not sniping himself

it's bound to happen. using the same model for both teams.

Well, at least Arsenal already has a couple of SP.

 

[Eephus]

I have a pick for NV unless SNC snipes him.

Has anyone PMed SNC?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I have a pick for NV unless SNC snipes him.Has anyone PMed SNC?

I did

 

[RnR]

 

[Bogart]

Pick ready and waiting.

Which means it will get sniped.

 

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Sorry got hung up at work. Go ahead with the NV pick and I will catch up soon.

 

[Eephus]

5 . 15 ( 111 ) DougB…. Skipped by request

5 . 16 ( 112 ) SNC…… Timed out skipped

5 . 17 ( 113 ) NV……. Vernon Wells OF/Ex-Canadian

5 . 18 ( 114 ) Bogart… OTC to xx32

5 . 19 ( 115 ) bobucarow

5 . 20 ( 116 ) sparty…

5 . 21 ( 117 ) RnRolen..

5 . 22 ( 118 ) HoosFirst

5 . 23 ( 119 ) TUpside...

5 . 24 ( 120 ) OsoDiablo

 

[Eephus]

We've made pretty good progress today in spite of four people (Larry, scoobus, cheese & SNC) using up their entire clock before making their pick.

If we haven't already, we're reaching the famed Plateau du Larry stage of the draft. Lists are possible, they've been proven to work.

 

[Bogart]

I almost don't want to pick this guy, because the shtick level is now too high for me to handle, but he is the highest guy left on my list and the next guy down is almost 20 spots later. And I almost took him in round 4 when I took Elvis, some 80+ picks ago.

5.18 Bogart - Michael Young - 3B

The guy is going to get 500+ ABs this year, hit 0.300, have decent power numbers, and more than likely play more than enough at 1B, 2B and 3B to be available at all three spots.

So now my team is the Rangers if they traded Kinsler and Beltre for Ichiro and my next pick.

I will enjoy watching this team.

 

[rodg12]

We've made pretty good progress today in spite of four people (Larry, scoobus, cheese & SNC) using up their entire clock before making their pick.If we haven't already, we're reaching the famed Plateau du Larry stage of the draft. Lists are possible, they've been proven to work.

We setting an O/U on what round Larry waits to select his first P?

 

[cheese]

We've made pretty good progress today in spite of four people (Larry, scoobus, cheese & SNC) using up their entire clock before making their pick.If we haven't already, we're reaching the famed Plateau du Larry stage of the draft. Lists are possible, they've been proven to work.

I used 28 minutes which is 27 more than I would've used had you not stolen Ricky Nolasco.

 

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Not liking this pick at all:

5.16 Corey Hart, OF

 

[Eephus]

We've made pretty good progress today in spite of four people (Larry, scoobus, cheese & SNC) using up their entire clock before making their pick.If we haven't already, we're reaching the famed Plateau du Larry stage of the draft. Lists are possible, they've been proven to work.

I used 28 minutes which is 27 more than I would've used had you not stolen Ricky Nolasco.

sorry, may have gotten you mistaken for the moops. when you're as old as i am, all white people look the same

 

[Eephus]

We've made pretty good progress today in spite of four people (Larry, scoobus, cheese & SNC) using up their entire clock before making their pick.If we haven't already, we're reaching the famed Plateau du Larry stage of the draft. Lists are possible, they've been proven to work.

We setting an O/U on what round Larry waits to select his first P?

My guess is he'll try to draft Gary Peters in round 12

 

[Doug B]

5th rd makeup:

SP Colby Lewis

 

[Eephus]

5th rd makeup:

SP Colby Lewis

sniped Bogart

 

[Eephus]

5 . 15 ( 111 ) DougB…. Colby Lewis P

5 . 16 ( 112 ) SNC…… Corey Hart OF

5 . 17 ( 113 ) NV……. Vernon Wells OF

5 . 18 ( 114 ) Bogart… Michael Young 3B

5 . 19 ( 115 ) bobucarow OTC to xx41

5 . 20 ( 116 ) sparty…

5 . 21 ( 117 ) RnRolen..

5 . 22 ( 118 ) HoosFirst

5 . 23 ( 119 ) TUpside...

5 . 24 ( 120 ) OsoDiablo

 

[Bogart]

5th rd makeup:

SP Colby Lewis

sniped Bogart

It's getting ####### insane.

 

[boubucarow]

Scott Rolen, 3B

C Buster Posey

3B Scott Rolen

OF Andrew McCutchen

OF Torii Hunter

OF Jacoby Ellsbury

 

[Spartans Rule]

5.20 Adam Jones, OF

I hate this guy's offensive game. He has the plate discipline of a 4-year-old, and he's always off the board in fantasy drafts about 3 rounds before I even think about him.

But I want that range in CF. Hopefully he can be at least decent offensively.

 

[Eephus]

5 . 21 ( 117 ) RnRolen.. OTC to xx20

5 . 22 ( 118 ) HoosFirst

5 . 23 ( 119 ) TUpside...

5 . 24 ( 120 ) OsoDiablo TRADING OF DRAFT PICKS IS ALLOWED AFTER PICK #120

 

[RnR]

05.21- Matt Wieters (CA)

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I can't decide if this pick is really smart or really dumb. I still believe.

 

[Bogart]

5 . 21 ( 117 ) RnRolen.. OTC to xx20

5 . 22 ( 118 ) HoosFirst

5 . 23 ( 119 ) TUpside...

5 . 24 ( 120 ) OsoDiablo TRADING OF DRAFT PICKS IS ALLOWED AFTER PICK #120

Ohhhh, Larry......have I got a deal for you!!Just kidding, GB. Unless you are interested in a deal that gets you BOTH Gary Peters and Frank Thomas.

Think about it.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Run on overhyped young Orioles.

Wieters was on my radar but I wasn't ready to pull the trigger yet.

 

[RnR]

Run on overhyped young Orioles.Wieters was on my radar but I wasn't ready to pull the trigger yet.

I was scared to think about what will be left around the next turn at that position. Like Jones, I'm fairly sure I can count on Wieters defensively. Hopefully, Wieters takes the next step offensively and gives me ~500 AB at a .800+ OPS level.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

5th rd makeup:

SP Colby Lewis

sniped Bogart

Yeah, Bogart picked the wrong Ranger there.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

5.20 Adam Jones, OF

I hate this guy's offensive game. He has the plate discipline of a 4-year-old, and he's always off the board in fantasy drafts about 3 rounds before I even think about him.

But I want that range in CF. Hopefully he can be at least decent offensively.

CF getting THIN.

 

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

5 . 22 ( 118 ) HoosFirst xx:24

5 . 23 ( 119 ) TUpside...

5 . 24 ( 120 ) OsoDiablo TRADING OF DRAFT PICKS IS ALLOWED AFTER PICK #120

 

[Eephus]

Clock is off until Monday morning. Hoos will still be skipped at 24 minutes after, but he won't be double skipped after the turn.

Pretty good week of drafting. We're 13.9% complete.

 

[oso diablo]

been waiting all day. let me make a pick (for my own team)

p.s. see that TU is here, so looks promising