Serious Biz Dynasty - Chasing Saves Like Lunatics Since 2008

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

11 hours ago, Spartans Rule said:

One of my favorite things about this league will always be opening my email inbox and seeing this.

 

[Kraft... 1,512]

Not sure why but I still have faith in Inciarte  

[PIK95 3,085]

Maybe I should sign up for these closer alert things.  Kinda feels like cheating to me, but as they say if you can't beat em, join em.

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

Paxton, Taillon, and Soto all to the IL on same day.

[Kraft... 1,512]

I suck at starting pitcher management. I hold Foltynewicz, Corbin and Luke Weaver for multiple years. Then let them go after things are looking meh and their arrows start pointing up. Hold Soroka for a while then he has arm issues, frustrated by half my pitching staff having arm issue I dump him(and hold every other Braves pitching prospect) and he takes off. Held Rodon forever :deadbanana: held Reyes forever up and down. :finger: TNSTAAPP  

Edited May 10, 2019 by Kraft...

[UMjake49 40]

I'm happy to have Soroka but I'm going to hold off on the celebration. TNSTAAPP still very much applies to him.

[Eephus 26,636]

The rules changes have made it tougher to roster pitching prospects.  Protecting pitchers for multiple years during their development seems like a high risk strategy for team building.   I didn't like losing Kyle Wright two years ago in the mini-draft but it hasn't come back to haunt me yet.  I've had more success with taking a bunch of flyers on young arms that have already reached the majors.  I'll probably miss out on the top pitching prospects because of this but I'd rather devote my minor league resources to hitters.

@RnR is taking a different approach with six MiLB pitchers on his roster.  Time will tell if it's the new market inefficiency.

 

[Eephus 26,636]

The only minor league pitcher I'm holding is Corbin Martin in the Astros organization.  He's thrived while Forrest Whitley has struggled at AAA and looks like the first guy to get called up to Houston.  A 1.48 ERA in the PCL is impressive, especially this year.  He also pitched 120 innings last year so an innings limit is unlikely to be a big issue.

 

[RnR 2,168]

3 hours ago, Eephus said:

The rules changes have made it tougher to roster pitching prospects.  Protecting pitchers for multiple years during their development seems like a high risk strategy for team building.   I didn't like losing Kyle Wright two years ago in the mini-draft but it hasn't come back to haunt me yet.  I've had more success with taking a bunch of flyers on young arms that have already reached the majors.  I'll probably miss out on the top pitching prospects because of this but I'd rather devote my minor league resources to hitters.

@RnR is taking a different approach with six MiLB pitchers on his roster.  Time will tell if it's the new market inefficiency.

 

It's mostly because you guys are hoarding all the good hitting prospects, but I'm glad to be called a genius if it works. (Nothing I've done in my "rebuild" has worked, so I think you're all safe)

[Eephus 26,636]

39 minutes ago, RnR said:

It's mostly because you guys are hoarding all the good hitting prospects, but I'm glad to be called a genius if it works. (Nothing I've done in my "rebuild" has worked, so I think you're all safe)

Casey Mize looks like the real deal so far

[Spartans Rule 1,535]

11 minutes ago, Eephus said:

Casey Mize looks like the real deal so far

My time in this league has made me a TINSTAAPP believer but Mize seems about as close to a safe investment as a pitching prospect can be.

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

@Kraft... set to compete in 2022.  

[HellToupee 15,874]

23 hours ago, Eephus said:

The only minor league pitcher I'm holding is Corbin Martin in the Astros organization.  He's thrived while Forrest Whitley has struggled at AAA and looks like the first guy to get called up to Houston.  A 1.48 ERA in the PCL is impressive, especially this year.  He also pitched 120 innings last year so an innings limit is unlikely to be a big issue.

 

Looks like he’s up tomorrow 

[Eephus 26,636]

2 hours ago, HellToupee said:

Looks like he’s up tomorrow 

[Kraft... 1,512]

On 4/26/2019 at 10:50 AM, Kraft... said:

Not sure why but I still have faith in Inciarte  

[cheese 1,048]

Matt Boyd trying to rescue my pitching. 

[Spartans Rule 1,535]

Never thought Jeimer Candelario could suck so much he'd get demoted in mid-May. I was honestly convinced a big breakout was coming. Between that and Rodgers getting promoted to presumably take McMahon's job, I really don't have a 3B right now.

Rebuilding anyway so I don't have to make a move right this second, but I'm definitely in the market for a long-term answer at 3B.

 

[Eephus 26,636]

4 hours ago, Spartans Rule said:

Never thought Jeimer Candelario could suck so much he'd get demoted in mid-May. I was honestly convinced a big breakout was coming. Between that and Rodgers getting promoted to presumably take McMahon's job, I really don't have a 3B right now.

Rebuilding anyway so I don't have to make a move right this second, but I'm definitely in the market for a long-term answer at 3B.

 

I was the first guy to pick up Candelario.  Before the first minidraft, I traded him to Pik for Derek Fisher who immediately flipped him to Dr. Detroit for Willy Adames.

Let's call that one a three way tie.

[Kraft... 1,512]

Shame on us prospect whores for sleeping on post hype Josh Bell

2019 Compettitive Balance Draft
1. UMJake49 - Nolan Gorman
2. pik95 - Jonathan India
3. RnR - Casey Mize
4. Kraft - Jarred Kelenic
5. NV - Nick Madrigal
6. Rodg12 - Josh Bell 

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

Yeah dynasty format is the best, also the worst. For example, I tried to sell Michael Chavis for spare change to every one of the 41 Red Sox owners in the league; left him unprotected, tried to include him in two trades this year. Not one taker. 

On the flip side, someone tried to include Cody Bellinger in a trade with me as a second piece and I laughed him off like he voted for Roy Moore.  

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

9 hours ago, Kraft... said:

Shame on us prospect whores for sleeping on post hype Josh Bell

2019 Compettitive Balance Draft
1. UMJake49 - Nolan Gorman
2. pik95 - Jonathan India
3. RnR - Casey Mize
4. Kraft - Jarred Kelenic
5. NV - Nick Madrigal
6. Rodg12 - Josh Bell 

Oh my 

[Spartans Rule 1,535]

12 hours ago, Doctor Detroit said:

Yeah dynasty format is the best, also the worst. For example, I tried to sell Michael Chavis for spare change to every one of the 41 Red Sox owners in the league; left him unprotected, tried to include him in two trades this year. Not one taker. 

On the flip side, someone tried to include Cody Bellinger in a trade with me as a second piece and I laughed him off like he voted for Roy Moore.  

I was the first in the league to pick up Bellinger, but dropped him down the stretch that season because I needed the roster space in a pennant race. I planned to pick him back up in the last week, but Hoos had the same idea and beat me to it, and then Eephus got him in Hoos draft.

I tried to give away Paddack last year too. He wasn’t on the first draft of my protect list but I switched him in at the last minute.

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

I have never been so frustrated with a team in fantasy sports before. I ended last year with Paxton, Taillon, McCullers, Ray, Heaney, and upside in starting pitching. All but Ray are dead and every time I stream someone they suck. 

Im still guessing I lead the league in offensive numbers even though I’m behind now, but I have no chance of winning this year because of downright gross pitching. Oof.

Edited May 23, 2019 by Doctor Detroit

[Hoos First 306]

I offered Bellinger to many

Edited May 27, 2019 by Hoos First

[Eephus 26,636]

Guys who went before Bellinger in the Hoosdraft

1. Nolan Arenado
2. Anthony Rizzo
3. Xander Bogaerts
4. Madison Bumgarner
5. Brian Dozier
6. Billy Hamilton
7. Ryan Braun
8. Kyle Hendricks
9. Stephen Strasburg
10. Carlos Gonzalez

[HellToupee 15,874]

4 hours ago, Eephus said:

Guys who went before Bellinger in the Hoosdraft

1. Nolan Arenado
2. Anthony Rizzo
3. Xander Bogaerts
4. Madison Bumgarner
5. Brian Dozier
6. Billy Hamilton
7. Ryan Braun
8. Kyle Hendricks
9. Stephen Strasburg
10. Carlos Gonzalez

I remember that draft , thought Xander fell to me.

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

4 hours ago, Eephus said:

Guys who went before Bellinger in the Hoosdraft

1. Nolan Arenado
2. Anthony Rizzo
3. Xander Bogaerts
4. Madison Bumgarner
5. Brian Dozier
6. Billy Hamilton
7. Ryan Braun
8. Kyle Hendricks
9. Stephen Strasburg
10. Carlos Gonzalez

 Not that terrible actually 

[Northern Voice 11,332]

Colome available for a prospect or young bat.

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

4 hours ago, Northern Voice said:

Colome available for a prospect or young bat.

Bartolo?

[Eephus 26,636]

6 hours ago, Northern Voice said:

Colome available for a prospect or young bat.

Word gets around

[PIK95 3,085]

On 5/21/2019 at 2:39 PM, Kraft... said:

Shame on us prospect whores for sleeping on post hype Josh Bell

2019 Compettitive Balance Draft
1. UMJake49 - Nolan Gorman
2. pik95 - Jonathan India
3. RnR - Casey Mize
4. Kraft - Jarred Kelenic
5. NV - Nick Madrigal
6. Rodg12 - Josh Bell 

I carried him for like five years too...

[Eephus 26,636]

24 minutes ago, PIK95 said:

On 5/21/2019 at 11:39 AM, Kraft... said:

Rodg12 - Josh Bell 

I carried him for like five years too...

Yeah but that was between ages 14 and 19.

[Eephus 26,636]

Added unlisted player

Brennen Davis Cubs OF

 

[PIK95 3,085]

On 6/1/2019 at 7:27 PM, Eephus said:

Yeah but that was between ages 14 and 19.

21-26 more likely.

[Doctor Detroit 20,906]

Just dropped Skaggs last week after having him quite a bit since I joined the league. What a shame. 

[Eephus 26,636]

1 hour ago, Doctor Detroit said:

Just dropped Skaggs last week after having him quite a bit since I joined the league. What a shame. 

I added him early today.

[cheese 1,048]

My pet project Matt Thaiss finally called up today. It was probably incredibly unnecessary to hold him all this time while he never really had traction on prospect lists, but he’s intriguing (to me at least) as a bat-only slugger type. Unfortunately, the dream of him retaining catcher eligibility is very dead. 

[Eephus 26,636]

5 hours ago, cheese said:

My pet project Matt Thaiss finally called up today. It was probably incredibly unnecessary to hold him all this time while he never really had traction on prospect lists, but he’s intriguing (to me at least) as a bat-only slugger type. Unfortunately, the dream of him retaining catcher eligibility is very dead. 

The AL West needs another guy named Matt.

[cheese 1,048]

So far, no major surprises.  Eephus hitting is good enough to finish in the money and Pik's pitching matter sooner rather than later.  Dr. D hitting amazing as expected.  Shady's pitching being mediocre despite what he's gotten from Morton has been a big factor so far.

[Kraft... 1,512]

David Price, Dallas Keuchel, elite reliever Will Smith and Util extraordinaire Jeff McNeil all available for trade.

Help me help you   

[Spartans Rule 1,535]

On 4/23/2019 at 5:32 PM, Spartans Rule said:

My longest tenured player is now Didi Gregorius, who I added in July 2016. I thought it was going to be Rhys Hoskins but he came on board in August. I’m planning on a lot less roster turnover in the next few years.

Check that, it's now Michael Pineda, who I rostered from July 2010 to May 2016. I didn't realize it was that long until I checked the transaction log... probably because he was injured most of that time.

His return to my team is a clear indication that I have no idea what I'm doing.

[Kraft... 1,512]

Mistakenly dropped Pache just now, can you possibly reverse that @Eephus  Meant to drop Dalbec 

Edited July 19, 2019 by Kraft...

[Spartans Rule 1,535]

29 minutes ago, Kraft... said:

Mistakenly dropped Pache just now, can you possibly reverse that @Eephus  Meant to drop Dalbec 

I was really excited for a few seconds until I realized it was probably an accident and even if it wasn’t I’m not high enough in the waiver order.

[PIK95 3,085]

7 hours ago, Kraft... said:

Mistakenly dropped Pache just now, can you possibly reverse that @Eephus  Meant to drop Dalbec 

I spent a good thirty minutes today trying to figure out who to drop in the waiver claim.  I regretted letting Pache go so I was thrilled to see him dropped.  Doh!

[Northern Voice 11,332]

Kraft is going to regret rejecting my last trade offer (a week or two ago) IMO

[Kraft... 1,512]

2 hours ago, Northern Voice said:

Kraft is going to regret rejecting my last trade offer (a week or two ago) IMO

Maybe  I believe in Vlad though

[HellToupee 15,874]

12 hours ago, Kraft... said:

Maybe  I believe in Vlad though

Wow a Vlad offer

[Kraft... 1,512]

Firmly entrenched in the middle of the pack, PROGRESS 

[PIK95 3,085]

When is our trade deadline? We could move a closer for a young bat as usual.  Someone that would make our top twenty five would be ideal. 

[Eephus 26,636]

58 minutes ago, PIK95 said:

When is our trade deadline? We could move a closer for a young bat as usual.  Someone that would make our top twenty five would be ideal. 

Trade Deadline - No trades can be made after the trade deadline of 11:59 pm et 8/15/19.