Okay, the draft is over, the season has started and this thread is overdue. Here's the link for the site: http://www.fantasybaseballsite.com/baseball/clutchcity/ Predictions? Who are the early winners and losers? For myself, I think this is the best I've felt about a fade baseball draft going into the season so far. I've got to make up for after the awful showing in the basketball league.
Have I mentioned how much of a man crush I have for Jon Papelbon? He singlehandedly gave me just enough points to move even for the tie after I was sure I would take the loss. I think he just became my new favorite player..... which is sort of problematic, since I'm a converted Jays fan now and he's the closer for their biggest rival. But anyway... LonhornFan -- you're lucky King Felix's game got snowed out.
160-159. You gotta be f***ing kidding me. First a tie and now this? And both results due to stupid rainouts.
Ouch, forgot to set the lineup. Can someone set mine to the one below? 1B-Pujols,Albert,STL 2B-Weeks,Rickie,MIL 3B-Ramirez,Aramis,CHC SS-Renteria,Edgar,ATL C-Estrada,Johnny,MIL OF-Hawpe,Brad,COL OF-Cuddyer,Michael,MIN OF-Bonds,Barry,SF OF-Ibanez,Raul,SEA UI-Ortiz,David,BOS RP-Wagner,Billy,NYM RP-Fuentes,Brian,COL SP-Olsen,Scott,FLA SP-Arroyo,Bronson,CIN SP-Zambrano,Carlos,CHC RP-Benitez,Armando,SF
Buehrle had a crappy start to the year, pitching on the road against the Rangers in Arlington. Meanwhile, Wainwright is at home versus the Pirates. On paper, Wainwright was the right choice. Sometimes you just can't predict these things. This is the reason I absolutely hate spot starters. I much prefer to have a solid group of aces and just play them all the time regardless of matchup. My draft just didn't work out that way this time, though.
My first pitcher drafted, Mr. Zambrano laughs at that comment. You never know who the studs will be year after year. My "ace" is pitching more like a fifth starter on an AL team.
A tie followed by a one point loss, and now a one point win. My team is trying its best to give me an ulcer. Losing Felix for a while is going to hurt. Hopefully Buerhle's recent no hitter indicates that last year's poor season was simply an aberration and not the beginning of a downward trend.
Can someone set this for me this week: 1B-Delgado,Carlos, NYM 2B-Durham,Ray,SF OF-Youkilis,Kevin, BOS 3B-Cabrera,Miguel M., FLA UI-Hill,Aaron, TOR SS-Rollins,Jimmy, PHI C-Posada,Jorge, NYY OF-Rowand,Aaron, PHI OF-Burrell,Pat, PHI OF-Jones,Andruw, ATL SP-Meche,Gil,KC SP-Contreras,Jose A.,CWS SP-Oswalt,Roy,HOU SP-Capuano,Chris,MIL RP-Wheeler,Dan, HOU RP-Isringhausen,Jason, STL
Hey... similar thing happened to me. Pudge is on the bench for me for some reason. Games haven't started yet, so hopefully it won't be a big deal to fix. Thanks.
DH, Great job on that trade! And you pulled that off from Fade of all people........... To bad that I am destined to win this year. I have the worst team, but lead after 11 weeks - with the lowest points scored!!!! I feel the streak riding me all the way to the end, especially after last year scoring the most points, but continued to lose by a slim margin to people having incredible weeks.
Here's an update on SP and RP games used through week 14: LHornFan: 56 SP, 43 RP Smeg: 51 SP, 41 RP PSJ: 42 SP, 38 RP Fade: 48 SP, 42 RP Castor: 49 SP, 39 RP SamC: 59 SP, 33 RP Jent: 39 SP, 56 RP Rook: 44 SP, 39 RP BFinn: 55 SP, 38 RP DHorse: 44 SP, 37 RP SP Usage Pace (regular season is 45 game periods) LongHornFan is using 4 SP games per week. He will run out of SP games by week 39. Smeg is using 3.64 SP games per week. He will run out of SP games by week 43. PSJ is using 3 SP games per week. He will not run out of SP games and will be left with 20 unused SP games at season's end. Fade is using 3.43 SP games per week. He will run out of SP games by week 45. Castor is using 3.5 SP games per week. He will run out of SP games in week 44. Sam is using 4.21 SP games per week. He will run out of SP games by week 37. Jent is using 2.79 SP games per week. He will not run out of SP games and will be left with 30 unused SP games at season's end. Rook is using 3.14 SP games per week. He will not run out of SP games and will be left with 14 unused SP games at season's end. Finn is using 3.93 SP games per week. He will run out of SP games by week 40. DarkHorse is using 3.14 SP games per week. He will not run out of SP games and will be left with 14 unused SP games at season's end. I'll try to get the RP pace sorted out when I have some more free time.
