re: TDBL hot stove

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shite'll kill ya.

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Damn...I'm in trouble then.

Driving off icy roads is for dicksuckers but do I give you a hard time about it?

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SFP quit too soon, though.

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I disagree. He quit at the perfect time.

And really only Stout quit. Rick still keeps up with his lineup and shite. Selling for next year is not quitting IMO.

I bet Port wishes he would have consolidated now that his playoff chances are between slim and none.

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And really only Stout quit.

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Stout needs to go. He actually has a pretty nice set up for someone to take over.

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I disagree. He quit at the perfect time.

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One bad week and he sold his team. I know it's not quitting in the sense that he quit setting his lineup, but when you just sell of all of your players, set your lineup but get beat 8-0 every week.....it's really the same thing as quitting - same result.

The commissioner does not abuse his power in any way. The commissioner is probably the only person who can cheat without pairing with another person in the league.

-No collusion. The second a team decides to help another team, integrity is lost. And it doesn't always have to be the last place team helping a contender. Maybe a team is running away with first place and colludes to help a friend get second place.
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I haven't seen either of these two in any of the TD leagues.


McCain offering people draft picks under the table to not make trades with other teams so he can in turn make the trade takes care of both of these.

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I bet Port wishes he would have consolidated now that his playoff chances are between slim and none.

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no i don't. i have a chance to make it, and by the way rmcc and gyno are playing each other, it could happen just as i hoped for. why quit when you still have a chance to make it? what is the point in even playing? to me, bragging about who has the best 5 keepers is gay. I don't think Jake upgraded his keepers that much. Gyno, cwill, mccain and I all still have a chance. There was no point in quitting when you are still in it.

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McCain offering people draft picks under the table to not make trades with other teams so he can in turn make the trade takes care of both of these.

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That's not abuse of commissioner powers or collusion. You can call it dirty but it did not involve him using his commissioner rights to affect a trade or add/drop nor was it helping another team get better or win other than his own.

im glad im not included in the quitting discussion




FTR, john lackey is now officially off the market

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john lackey is now officially off the market

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:omg:

These people don't like Ronnie's team as much as he does.

Patrick DiCaprio, Fantasy Pros 911

In my view it is unquestionably Matt Holliday. Given the change from Colorado to Oakland and his overall tendencies he is not a top 15 OF and arguably not top 20. Oakland does not steal as much as most teams, and regardless of Holliday's SB success rate he will not get as many stolen base opportunities; that is a guarantee. Those 28 steals of 2008 are a huge outlier. Thonly two guys with big SBO numbers were Rajai Davis and Eric Patterson; both one skilled type players from whom they were trying to squeeze value.

Secondly, Holliday routinely hits 35% or less FB; in Colorado that is enough to get an 18% HR/FB rate but that is very unlikely in Oakland. Throw in the fact that his power skills were way down from 2007 and you have a guy that is still a good player but is a fifth round talent. At best. Prediction: 20 HR, 15 SB and a BA below .300 and maybe worse

Ichiro. He's the perennial top 3 round pick of teams that finish in the bottom half. He generally projects and finishes around 70-100 in value. We've got him at #82 in value for 12-team MLB leagues in 2009. I see him as basically Placido Polanco with speed. If Polanco suddenly could steal 30 SBs, would he move up 15+ rounds to the top 3? Nope. Ichiro's HR/RBI leaves you at a disadvantages vs. other OFs (an estimated -3 points in combined HR/RBI standing points) and he'd need something like a .350 AVG and 40+ SBs to dig himself out of that trench to being extremely valuable.

In general, the worst top 3 round picks tend to be those that overdraft speed. Remember that SBs are just 1 of 5 stats - if you're giving up performance on the other 4 to get speed, it's generally a bad move. Also, multi-skilled players who stole 10-25 SBs the year prior can easily drop 5-10 SBs due to nagging injuries, injury prevention, manager philosophy, or aging.