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re: FSBDL Championship: 8th Seed RDR wins Ship
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:22 pm to rondo
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:22 pm to rondo
I'll do mine to save Gyno time.
Bats
The Good: added a full season of top prospect Seager at a premium position, but he still needs to prove himself. Also added a slugging 2B in Schoop who could lead 2B in HR provided a full season. Though the news about him batting 9th tanks his value and despite a strong spring, he needs to not be an OBP drain when the regular season starts.
The Bad: his first round pick last year has slid to the middle or end of the second round in drafts this year. No true top 10 offensive threat, but a bunch of guys who could hit for 25/90. His 3B starter is a bench bat on most teams and there's no hope to improve his terrible OBP standings from an offense that ranked in the bottom 3rd last year.
Outlook: IF everyone stays healthy he should improve from last year, but will still be ranked in the bottom half in offensive categories, save for SB which one category Hamilton should win week to week. The bench is pretty much an AAAA holding spot so he better hope no one goes down for a lengthy period.
Arms
The Good: Now fully healthy and not pissing blood, he has a strong 1-2-3 in Strasburg, Harvey, and Corbin. Heaney is a decent #4. Has one of the best pens in the league with Jansen, Familia and Giles. Jeffress will just pile on more S+H for a group that should lead the league in that category. Had a top 3 staff last year, should be near the top again.
The Bad: Conley is an unproven gamble as a 5th starter, could be on the WW by May, leaving him trying to stream 2-4 starts/week.
Outlook: this is his meal ticket and he sinks or swims in these 6 cats. He should be swimming
Overall: There should be improvement from a bottom 6 finish last year. Could possibly finish in the top half of the league, but just misses the playoffs if that happens. With a young roster and a top heavy farm of studs, he will be competing sooner than later
Bats
The Good: added a full season of top prospect Seager at a premium position, but he still needs to prove himself. Also added a slugging 2B in Schoop who could lead 2B in HR provided a full season. Though the news about him batting 9th tanks his value and despite a strong spring, he needs to not be an OBP drain when the regular season starts.
The Bad: his first round pick last year has slid to the middle or end of the second round in drafts this year. No true top 10 offensive threat, but a bunch of guys who could hit for 25/90. His 3B starter is a bench bat on most teams and there's no hope to improve his terrible OBP standings from an offense that ranked in the bottom 3rd last year.
Outlook: IF everyone stays healthy he should improve from last year, but will still be ranked in the bottom half in offensive categories, save for SB which one category Hamilton should win week to week. The bench is pretty much an AAAA holding spot so he better hope no one goes down for a lengthy period.
Arms
The Good: Now fully healthy and not pissing blood, he has a strong 1-2-3 in Strasburg, Harvey, and Corbin. Heaney is a decent #4. Has one of the best pens in the league with Jansen, Familia and Giles. Jeffress will just pile on more S+H for a group that should lead the league in that category. Had a top 3 staff last year, should be near the top again.
The Bad: Conley is an unproven gamble as a 5th starter, could be on the WW by May, leaving him trying to stream 2-4 starts/week.
Outlook: this is his meal ticket and he sinks or swims in these 6 cats. He should be swimming
Overall: There should be improvement from a bottom 6 finish last year. Could possibly finish in the top half of the league, but just misses the playoffs if that happens. With a young roster and a top heavy farm of studs, he will be competing sooner than later
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Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:22 pm to Lester Earl
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for a 20 team league thats a pretty damn good collection
I'll take it then. Maybe I'm looking at these guys wrong
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:26 pm to MrWiseGuy
i mean all were sub 4.00 ERA with upwards of 8 or 9 K per 9. Each started at least 30 games.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:32 pm to Lester Earl
Gio never seemed to make it to the 6th
Shields was meh after the first month
Wacha's K/9 was like at 7 pre ASG, then he had an era north of 4.00 post ASG
Acquired Lynn late, he was strong for a couple starts then completely fell apart in September.
Lackey was solid throughout
Maybe cause I owned them, I was always focusing on their deficiencies
Shields was meh after the first month
Wacha's K/9 was like at 7 pre ASG, then he had an era north of 4.00 post ASG
Acquired Lynn late, he was strong for a couple starts then completely fell apart in September.
Lackey was solid throughout
Maybe cause I owned them, I was always focusing on their deficiencies
This post was edited on 4/1/16 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:36 pm to MrWiseGuy
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I guess. It just felt like my pitching was garbage outside of Arrietta.
shite, with 20 teams each starting 9 pitchers?
You figure each team is rolling 5 SPs
You controlled 5 in the top 50
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I think you can get by with average starters -- Wacha, Lackey, Lynn, Gio and Shields. Average, no?
See above. 4 in the top 60 and Gio, who you can at least throw out every start
Look at final 4
1. Arrietta
7. Price
15. Lackey
18. Syndergaard
19. Tanaka
21. Salazar
27. Felix
35. Chen
36. Zimmerman
37. Wacha
43. Lynn
45. Leake
46. Tomlin
48. Fiers
50. Santiago
55. Hendrick
58. Shields
4 teams controlled 28% of the top 60 SP (cwill check my math, mate!)
Probably isnt no right or wrong, but an interesting case study nonetheless
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:37 pm to MrWiseGuy
id tell you who i was trotting out, but i honestly cant even remember.
vidal nuno, matt boyd, robbie ray, jesse hahn?
something like that
you had it good, baw
vidal nuno, matt boyd, robbie ray, jesse hahn?
something like that
you had it good, baw
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:44 pm to Lester Earl
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I think you can get by with average starters -- Wacha, Lackey, Lynn, Gio and Shields. Average, no?
for a 20 team league thats a pretty damn good collection
Agreed. That's solid.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:48 pm to GynoSandberg
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GynoSandberg
Posted on 4/1/16 at 12:50 pm to GynoSandberg
Chat, Redd and OMT were the top three offenses in our league. Literally ranked 1-2-3 in fantraxs rankings. MWG added Encarnacion later in the season to help his O (and E5 pretty much single handedly won him a playoff week).
You could give half the teams in the league their O and they would have made a playoff run. Give my team that finished 12th with elite pitching in 3 out of 6 categories their Os and I also make a run.
The teams you mentioned are great, but their common denominator is that they are literally the top offenses in the league with above average to great pitching (the worst being a pitching staff that didn't kill them).
Ill stick to my opinion: You win the ratio pitching categories with a top O and you'll go far even with an average SP staff, imo.
You could give half the teams in the league their O and they would have made a playoff run. Give my team that finished 12th with elite pitching in 3 out of 6 categories their Os and I also make a run.
The teams you mentioned are great, but their common denominator is that they are literally the top offenses in the league with above average to great pitching (the worst being a pitching staff that didn't kill them).
Ill stick to my opinion: You win the ratio pitching categories with a top O and you'll go far even with an average SP staff, imo.
This post was edited on 4/1/16 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:03 pm to TTownTiger
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Chat, Redd and OMT were the top three offenses in our league. Literally ranked 1-2-3 in fantraxs rankings. MWG added Encarnacion later in the season to help his O (and E5 pretty much single handedly won him a playoff week).
Well yes, they were the top 4 teams for a reason. They had good hitting and good pitching.
They can be a tick behind in the ratios overall for a season, but they are competing there with the top teams every week. Can go either way. Once you throw in all the extra IP and QS, you are swimming against the current at that point. The playing field is titled.
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their common denominator is that they are literally the top offenses in the league with above average to great pitching
aka the recipe to building a successful team in any league
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:05 pm to GynoSandberg
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aka the recipe to building a successful team in any league
walked into that one
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:14 pm to TTownTiger
I can work with a mediocre pitching staff based on perceived value. However if my team isn't hitting, it's not doing crap.
RP's played a big role in a lot of teams success last season.
RP's played a big role in a lot of teams success last season.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 2:54 pm to papz
It's Friday...the season is almost here...there is no better fantasy game than baseball. 
Posted on 4/1/16 at 2:58 pm to cwill
I put in for the day off on Monday... so much baseball to watch.
Still have one league drafting Sunday... talk about last minute.
Still have one league drafting Sunday... talk about last minute.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 3:00 pm to cwill
quote:
.there is no better fantasy game than baseball
Posted on 4/1/16 at 3:00 pm to cwill
quote:
there is no better fantasy game than baseball
Posted on 4/1/16 at 3:02 pm to RollDatRoll
Thought that would have been a no brainier, OMT
He's certainly a tantalizing prospect
He's certainly a tantalizing prospect
Posted on 4/1/16 at 3:04 pm to MrWiseGuy
I may be having second thoughts. Went back and forth on it all afternoon.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 3:06 pm to LSUBoo
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Still have one league drafting Sunday... talk about last minute.
Me too - live auction, AL only roto with a bunch of crusty, old losers that live for this one league...just joined as an expansion team about 3 years ago and have done nothing but donate dollars the since.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 3:09 pm to OneMoreTime
quote:
I may be having second thoughts. Went back and forth on it all afternoon.
I'm not even 100% committed to it on my end
I just really like the prospect This post was edited on 4/1/16 at 3:09 pm
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