WIS MMXI: Back to the Future Edition- Draft & Season Thread (3 Viewers)

[Doug B]

Need James Loney to wake up and start hitting like his career averages. Was hoping that with Mauer, I wouldn't need to have an especally high-OPS 1B ... but I need better than Loney's .392 OPS.

Mauer's "leg weakness" thing seems to be tied to a recent influenza diagnosis ... so Mauer should return by around May 1st. Hoping that herniated disk rumor is nothing more than baseless fan-forum fodder.

If things hold to form -- and yeah, we're just 1/10 of the way into the season -- the strengths of my offense will be 2B, SS, and 3B. SS Asdrubal Cabrera has been cooling off some -- an no way he keeps up the power -- but he's been a very nice find so far. Meanwhile, Juan Pierre is starting to round into form, and Casper Wells is hitting well enough to start in the OF for the Tigers this past week.

 

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Dropped over 50 points this weekend. Going 22 - 115 and some suspect pitching husts. Not sure how bad my team would be if I wasn't getting great starts from the likes of Fuld, Carroll and Baker. I think it is going to be a long season for my squad.

 

[Greco]

Free falling...

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Need James Loney to wake up and start hitting like his career averages. Was hoping that with Mauer, I wouldn't need to have an especally high-OPS 1B ... but I need better than Loney's .392 OPS.

Sands just called up...will he play some 1B?

 

[Eephus]

Need James Loney to wake up and start hitting like his career averages. Was hoping that with Mauer, I wouldn't need to have an especally high-OPS 1B ... but I need better than Loney's .392 OPS.

Sands just called up...will he play some 1B?

Maybe against some lefties but I think LF is a bigger need area for the Bums.

 

[Doug B]

Need James Loney to wake up and start hitting like his career averages. Was hoping that with Mauer, I wouldn't need to have an especally high-OPS 1B ... but I need better than Loney's .392 OPS.

Sands just called up...will he play some 1B?

Guess we'll see -- LFs haven't been hitting for the Dodgers, either. Seems kinda quick to pull the plug on Loney, given his decent track record.

 

[Eephus]

Need James Loney to wake up and start hitting like his career averages. Was hoping that with Mauer, I wouldn't need to have an especally high-OPS 1B ... but I need better than Loney's .392 OPS.

Sands just called up...will he play some 1B?

Guess we'll see -- LFs haven't been hitting for the Dodgers, either. Seems kinda quick to pull the plug on Loney, given his decent track record.

I think you're the only guy who thinks Loney is anything special. His OPS+ as a full time player are 103, 103 and 99 which really isn't what you want at 1B.

 

[Doug B]

I think you're the only guy who thinks Loney is anything special. His OPS+ as a full time player are 103, 103 and 99 which really isn't what you want at 1B.

Stupid FBB mag I bought to help research was high on him Maybe I can luck out, and have one of my other IFs end up with legit 1B-type hitting, and Loney will be good enough to keep in the lineup. If not, I try to trade for someone, or perhaps someone else on my roster emerges.

 

[Eephus]

I think you're the only guy who thinks Loney is anything special. His OPS+ as a full time player are 103, 103 and 99 which really isn't what you want at 1B.

Stupid FBB mag I bought to help research was high on him Maybe I can luck out, and have one of my other IFs end up with legit 1B-type hitting, and Loney will be good enough to keep in the lineup. If not, I try to trade for someone, or perhaps someone else on my roster emerges.

One thing about the sim is you can stick anybody at 1B and not get punished too badly on defense. 100 OPS+ will probably be adequate in this format as long as Loney gets enough PAs.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I think you're the only guy who thinks Loney is anything special. His OPS+ as a full time player are 103, 103 and 99 which really isn't what you want at 1B.

Stupid FBB mag I bought to help research was high on him Maybe I can luck out, and have one of my other IFs end up with legit 1B-type hitting, and Loney will be good enough to keep in the lineup. If not, I try to trade for someone, or perhaps someone else on my roster emerges.

One thing about the sim is you can stick anybody at 1B and not get punished too badly on defense. 100 OPS+ will probably be adequate in this format as long as Loney gets enough PAs.

Was counting on Daric Barton superdefense at 1B...5 errors and counting. :deadbanana:

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Yeah, Loney is a slug, imo.

 

[Eephus]

Yeah, Loney is a slug, imo.

True but he was the 23rd first-baseman drafted.

 

[belljr]

2 weeks in and I'm not last too bad WIS won't be the case

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I sent a support ticket in on DICE...they're doing something wrong there.

 

[Doug B]

Yeah, Loney is a slug, imo.

True but he was the 23rd first-baseman drafted.

In our ordinary sim drafts, I've been benefitting from waiting on 1B and OF. Not sure that was a great strategy ITF.

 

[Spartans Rule]

I think you're the only guy who thinks Loney is anything special. His OPS+ as a full time player are 103, 103 and 99 which really isn't what you want at 1B.

Stupid FBB mag I bought to help research was high on him Maybe I can luck out, and have one of my other IFs end up with legit 1B-type hitting, and Loney will be good enough to keep in the lineup. If not, I try to trade for someone, or perhaps someone else on my roster emerges.

Loney's fantasy value has exceeded his real value for a few years because he played almost every day and hit in a nice spot in the Dodgers' lineup, so he kept managing to pile up 90 RBIs despite his sub-800 OPS.

 

[the moops]

I sent a support ticket in on DICE...they're doing something wrong there.

What was wrong?

 

[larry_boy_44]

I sent a support ticket in on DICE...they're doing something wrong there.

What was wrong?

according to wikipedia, DICE should be:3+(13*hr)+(3*(BB+HBP))-(2*K)

IP

my team's DICE should be 1.54 (assuming my quick math is right), it is listed as .04...

 

[the moops]

I thought we were talking about Matsuzaka

 

[Eephus]

I sent a support ticket in on DICE...they're doing something wrong there.

What was wrong?

according to wikipedia, DICE should be:3+(13*hr)+(3*(BB+HBP))-(2*K)

IP

my team's DICE should be 1.54 (assuming my quick math is right), it is listed as .04...

Redraft!

 

[Spartans Rule]

I sent a support ticket in on DICE...they're doing something wrong there.

What was wrong?

according to wikipedia, DICE should be:3+(13*hr)+(3*(BB+HBP))-(2*K)

IP

my team's DICE should be 1.54 (assuming my quick math is right), it is listed as .04...

We'll know it's accurate once mine is in double digits.

 

[jfranco77]

I am starting to think the jays will not play bautista at 3b all year, making me look dumb for not picking a backuP 3b.

 

[boubucarow]

It is plain bizarre how much this league changes the general thoughts about your team. Unlike fantasy, it doesn't matter if you man gets driven in or gets his double with no one on. It doesn't matter if your pitcher gets a win or a save. If you trade a player this summer, you lose all of his stats for the entire season. You watch your players hoping to see them improve their range factor. And so on...

 

[Eephus]

It is plain bizarre how much this league changes the general thoughts about your team. Unlike fantasy, it doesn't matter if you man gets driven in or gets his double with no one on. It doesn't matter if your pitcher gets a win or a save. If you trade a player this summer, you lose all of his stats for the entire season. You watch your players hoping to see them improve their range factor. And so on...

I was very happy when Cuddyer had 4 POs and 3 AST in his first game at 2B.

 

[Greco]

I'm going to have holes.

 

[Sammy3469]

I'm going to have holes.

I have a SS who can't get the ball out of the infield, a benched 2B who can't throw straight, and a plethora of pitchers who love the long ball. Let's make a deal

 

[Sammy3469]

I sent a support ticket in on DICE...they're doing something wrong there.

Still not fixed

 

[Sammy3469]

I sent a support ticket in on DICE...they're doing something wrong there.

What was wrong?

according to wikipedia, DICE should be:3+(13*hr)+(3*(BB+HBP))-(2*K)

IP

my team's DICE should be 1.54 (assuming my quick math is right), it is listed as .04...

Try again...yours is around 4.30 ish (a little higher if you have any HBPs)....the 3 that you have in the numerator is really added to the total

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I thought we were talking about Matsuzaka

lol, nothing wrong there yesterday.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I sent a support ticket in on DICE...they're doing something wrong there.

Still not fixed

No change from yesterday. I'll follow up.

 

[Greco]

I'm going to have holes.

I have a SS who can't get the ball out of the infield, a benched 2B who can't throw straight, and a plethora of pitchers who love the long ball. Let's make a deal

I've got 12 ABs from my SS position. Go!

 

[the moops]

I'm loving my team

 

[Spartans Rule]

Just gave my team a real thorough look for the first time since the season started.

My offense looks better than I thought it would (LoMo ) and I should have enough PAs everywhere barring future injuries. Concerned about Morneau though.

To say that my pitching staff is absolutely ####### horrendous would be a compliment.

 

[Northern Voice]

Utley, Matusz and Morrow returning in the coming weeks would be nice for my team. Maybe enough to get me out of last?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Utley, Matusz and Morrow returning in the coming weeks would be nice for my team. Maybe enough to get me out of last?

Do you know something I don't?

 

[belljr]

I know it doesn't matter at all but can I be a tiny bit excited to move up to 3rd

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Sammy brought this up in chat and I thought it wound be interesting to post here.

The top 20 hitters on fantrax by our scoring method:

Rk Pos Player Action Opp Score PA R HR RBI SB Avg OBP SLG RC27 K/PA E Status 1 OF Kemp, Matt - LAD ATL Thu 3:10PM 3333 74 13 3 13 8 .438 .514 .656 0.75 0.14 1 RODG 2 OF Braun, Ryan - MIL 3250 77 17 5 12 1 .377 .494 .672 0.82 0.12 0 LB 3 SS,MI Tulowitzki, Troy - COL 3132 77 12 7 14 0 .323 .442 .742 0.72 0.10 1 TRE 4 1B,CI Votto, Joey - CIN ARI Thu 12:35PM 3095 75 16 2 8 3 .407 .520 .610 0.71 0.11 0 #### 5 1B,CI Cabrera, Miguel - DET 3095 79 17 5 13 0 .333 .456 .635 0.69 0.13 1 GREC 6 3B,CI Rodriguez, Alex - NYY 3040 50 12 4 9 0 .385 .500 .821 0.56 0.08 0 HOOS 7 1B,CI Fielder, Prince - MIL 2955 76 8 3 19 0 .358 .434 .597 0.63 0.11 0 X 8 3B,CI,OF Roberts, Ryan - ARI @CIN Thu 12:35PM 2935 39 7 4 10 2 .382 .462 .765 0.41 0.13 0 SCBF 9 1B,CI Butler, Billy - KC CLE Thu 8:10PM 2905 75 11 2 9 1 .367 .493 .533 0.62 0.05 0 LB 10 1B,CI,OF Berkman, Lance - STL WAS Thu 1:45PM 2897 57 14 6 13 0 .308 .368 .692 0.48 0.16 1 RNR 11 OF Tabata, Jose - PIT @FLA Thu 7:10PM 2889 79 14 3 4 8 .303 .410 .500 0.51 0.18 0 TU 12 OF Gomes, Jonny - CIN ARI Thu 12:35PM 2875 70 11 6 14 3 .245 .414 .642 0.59 0.20 1 BELL 13 OF Fuld, Sam - TB CHW Thu 6:40PM 2832 62 8 1 5 7 .368 .403 .561 0.44 0.06 1 SNC 14 SS,MI Castro, Starlin - CHC 2825 74 14 1 7 2 .408 .432 .563 0.63 0.05 2 BOB 15 OF Gordon, Alex - KC CLE Thu 8:10PM 2783 75 15 1 13 2 .361 .387 .528 0.54 0.19 0 #### 16 OF Upton, Justin - ARI @CIN Thu 12:35PM 2757 69 13 4 9 2 .300 .391 .583 0.48 0.16 1 #### 17 2B,MI Herrera, Jonathan - COL 2744 52 10 1 4 4 .359 .510 .513 0.41 0.06 1 #### 18 OF Morrison, Logan - FLA PIT Thu 7:10PM 2743 66 8 4 11 1 .327 .424 .636 0.57 0.17 1 SpartyNO 19 3B,CI Sandoval, Pablo - SF 2727 65 9 5 13 0 .328 .400 .603 0.50 0.18 1 MOOP 20 OF Rasmus, Colby - STL WAS Thu 1:45PM 2717 75 15 2 5 1 .364 .440 .591 0.65 0.19 0 EEPH
Arsenal aka #### with an impressive 4 in the top 20.

The top 20 pitchers on fantrax by our scoring method (with DICE still flavved):

I had to remove FAs or Clay Rapada's 1.1 IP put him 1st overall.

Rk Pos Player Action Opp Score QS IP BB/9 K K/9 ERA WHIP DICE HR/9 OPS IRS% IP/GP Owner 1 P Haren, Dan - LAA BOS Thu 10:05PM 3318 4 31 0.58 27 7.84 1.16 0.645 0.06 0.29 .424 0.00 6.20 TRE 2 P Johnson, Josh - FLA PIT Thu 7:10PM 3310 4 27 2.00 27 9.00 1.00 0.593 0.08 0.33 .348 0.00 6.75 SpartyNO 3 P Reynolds, Matt - COL 3210 0 6 1.50 9 13.50 3.00 0.500 0.08 0.00 .308 100.00 0.67 SNC 4 P Lincecum, Tim - SF 3195 3 27 2.33 32 10.67 1.67 0.889 0.08 0.33 .503 0.00 6.75 SNC 5 P Pestano, Vinnie - CLE @KC Thu 8:10PM 3164 0 5.2 1.59 8 12.71 1.59 0.706 0.12 0.00 .463 100.00 0.94 BELL 6 P Weaver, Jered - LAA BOS Thu 10:05PM 3162 4 27.2 2.93 31 10.08 1.30 0.795 0.10 0.65 .440 0.00 6.92 MOOP 7 P Romo, Sergio - SF 3087 0 6.2 0.00 10 13.50 0.00 0.450 0.00 0.00 .304 33.33 0.83 Sammy 8 P Beckett, Josh - BOS @LAA Thu 10:05PM 2956 2 20 3.15 23 10.35 1.80 0.850 0.10 0.00 .443 0.00 6.67 RNR 9 P Crow, Aaron - KC CLE Thu 8:10PM 2953 0 10.1 3.48 12 10.45 0.00 0.968 0.18 0.00 .485 100.00 1.48 HOOS 10 P Anderson, Brett - OAK @SEA Thu 10:10PM 2945 3 27.2 0.98 21 6.83 1.63 1.048 0.07 0.00 .562 0.00 6.92 JF 11 P Venters, Jonny - ATL @LAD Thu 3:10PM 2936 0 9.2 2.79 9 8.38 0.93 0.517 0.21 0.00 .252 85.71 1.07 TRE 12 P Wuertz, Michael - OAK @SEA Thu 10:10PM 2935 0 1 0.00 2 18.00 0.00 0.000 -1.00 0.00 .000 0.00 1.00 BOB 13 P Melancon, Mark - HOU @NYM Thu 7:10PM 2927 0 8.2 2.08 9 9.35 2.08 1.038 0.19 0.00 .456 100.00 0.87 SpartyNO 14 P Kimbrel, Craig - ATL @LAD Thu 3:10PM 2926 0 6 1.50 10 15.00 0.00 0.667 0.03 0.00 .411 0.00 1.00 BELL 15 P Halladay, Roy - PHI @SD Thu 10:05PM 2911 3 28.2 1.57 25 7.85 2.83 1.116 0.08 0.31 .584 0.00 7.17 SCOO 16 P Farnsworth, Kyle - TB CHW Thu 6:40PM 2910 0 5.1 0.00 5 8.44 1.69 0.938 0.21 0.00 .550 100.00 0.76 #### 17 P Walden, Jordan - LAA BOS Thu 10:05PM 2892 0 8.1 4.32 10 10.80 0.00 0.840 0.24 0.00 .362 100.00 0.93 RODG 18 P Wright, Jamey - SEA OAK Thu 10:10PM 2888 0 7.1 2.45 6 7.36 0.00 0.545 0.30 0.00 .303 100.00 1.05 Queso 19 P Harang, Aaron - SD PHI Thu 10:05PM 2887 3 18 2.50 16 8.00 1.50 0.944 0.11 0.00 .472 0.00 6.00 MOOP 20 P Garcia, Jaime - STL WAS Thu 1:45PM 2881 2 20 2.25 20 9.00 1.35 1.050 0.10 0.00 .539 0.00 6.67 OSO
SNC 2, Sparty, Bell, TRE, Moops all with 2.

 

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Offensive free fall is continuing. With out Sam Fuld my team has a slash line of .181/.267/.240 over the last week (about 300 PAs). WIth his it is not much better but he is the only bright spot. That and the fact I lost both of my 3Bs is not a good outlook for the near future.

 

[Arsenal of Doom]

Sammy brought this up in chat and I thought it wound be interesting to post here.The top 20 hitters on fantrax by our scoring method:

Rk Pos Player Action Opp Score PA R HR RBI SB Avg OBP SLG RC27 K/PA E Status 1 OF Kemp, Matt - LAD        ATL Thu 3:10PM  3333 74 13 3 13 8 .438 .514 .656 0.75 0.14 1 RODG  2 OF Braun, Ryan - MIL         3250 77 17 5 12 1 .377 .494 .672 0.82 0.12 0 LB  3 SS,MI Tulowitzki, Troy - COL         3132 77 12 7 14 0 .323 .442 .742 0.72 0.10 1 TRE  4 1B,CI Votto, Joey - CIN       ARI Thu 12:35PM  3095 75 16 2 8 3 .407 .520 .610 0.71 0.11 0 ####  5 1B,CI Cabrera, Miguel - DET         3095 79 17 5 13 0 .333 .456 .635 0.69 0.13 1 GREC  6 3B,CI Rodriguez, Alex - NYY          3040 50 12 4 9 0 .385 .500 .821 0.56 0.08 0 HOOS  7 1B,CI Fielder, Prince - MIL         2955 76 8 3 19 0 .358 .434 .597 0.63 0.11 0 X  8 3B,CI,OF Roberts, Ryan - ARI        @CIN Thu 12:35PM  2935 39 7 4 10 2 .382 .462 .765 0.41 0.13 0 SCBF  9 1B,CI Butler, Billy - KC        CLE Thu 8:10PM  2905 75 11 2 9 1 .367 .493 .533 0.62 0.05 0 LB  10 1B,CI,OF Berkman, Lance - STL       WAS Thu 1:45PM  2897 57 14 6 13 0 .308 .368 .692 0.48 0.16 1 RNR  11 OF Tabata, Jose - PIT       @FLA Thu 7:10PM  2889 79 14 3 4 8 .303 .410 .500 0.51 0.18 0 TU  12 OF Gomes, Jonny - CIN       ARI Thu 12:35PM  2875 70 11 6 14 3 .245 .414 .642 0.59 0.20 1 BELL  13 OF Fuld, Sam - TB       CHW Thu 6:40PM  2832 62 8 1 5 7 .368 .403 .561 0.44 0.06 1 SNC  14 SS,MI Castro, Starlin - CHC         2825 74 14 1 7 2 .408 .432 .563 0.63 0.05 2 BOB  15 OF Gordon, Alex - KC       CLE Thu 8:10PM  2783 75 15 1 13 2 .361 .387 .528 0.54 0.19 0 ####  16 OF Upton, Justin - ARI       @CIN Thu 12:35PM  2757 69 13 4 9 2 .300 .391 .583 0.48 0.16 1 ####  17 2B,MI Herrera, Jonathan - COL        2744 52 10 1 4 4 .359 .510 .513 0.41 0.06 1 ####  18 OF Morrison, Logan - FLA         PIT Thu 7:10PM  2743 66 8 4 11 1 .327 .424 .636 0.57 0.17 1 SpartyNO  19 3B,CI Sandoval, Pablo - SF         2727 65 9 5 13 0 .328 .400 .603 0.50 0.18 1 MOOP  20 OF Rasmus, Colby - STL       WAS Thu 1:45PM  2717 75 15 2 5 1 .364 .440 .591 0.65 0.19 0 EEPH

Arsenal aka #### with an impressive 4 in the top 20.

You can't stop Johnny Herrera, you can only hope to contain him.

 

[the moops]

Jered Weaver = Pedro Martinez

 

[belljr]

I just realized I have the shoplifter...

 

[oso diablo]

just want to self-congratulate for being in 1st place in the fake standings of our fake league. :whileican:

 

[Doug B]

just want to self-congratulate for being in 1st place in the fake standings of our fake league. :whileican:

So far, you have 7 SPs with multiple quality starts

 

[oso diablo]

just want to self-congratulate for being in 1st place in the fake standings of our fake league. :whileican:

So far, you have 7 SPs with multiple quality starts

yep, the SP is looking ok, but may need to deal from that excess for some PAs, or someone in the pen who can pitch like the old Matt Thornton

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Happy Tommy Hanson and Dan Haren Day to everyone. Here's hoping they give me a much needed boost again.

 

[the moops]

Can we trade in this thing right now?

 

[Eephus]

Can we trade in this thing right now?

Sure. You can trade at any time during the RL season and get full-season sim stats. You can also trade during the sim season up to the trading deadline and split the stats.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Can we trade in this thing right now?

I think I have enabled on the site...go get em, cowboy.

 

[Greco]

Annibal Sanchez on the block for a SS.

 

[Eephus]

It figures this is the one league where I have Mitchell Boggs and Ryan Madson.