Welcome to my NL-only draft page for 2008. There's nothing quite like drafting at a Hooters in a college town during the NCAA Final Four (Layfayette IN, home of Purdue U.) All comments and opinions are welcome. There's a description of how the league works at the end of the roster.
C Torrealba
C Iannetta
1B Hatteberg
2B Escobar
3B Wright
SS H. Ramirez
Middle Inf. Theriot
Corner Inf. Kouzmanoff
Util. Hardy
O Holliday
O Kemp
O Beltran
O Soriano
O Hart
P Cain
P Billingsley
P Peavy
P Lincicome
P Capps
P Wood
P Maddux
P Jiminez
P Marmol
This is a private league running since 1984, based on Bill James' "Rotisserie Handbook." NL-only 4X4, using Avg., HR, RBI, SB, W, S, ERA and Whip. It's auction-style with a salary cap, a keeper league with 12 maximum held over, and long-term contracts are available with escalating fees for each year a player is "signed." If a player under long-term contract is cut, his salary must be bought out in its entirety. This year, it happened that a lot of my offense was under contract (but unfortunately they become free agents after '08 - dang), so that's where most of my payroll went. On the pitching side, I was able to get Cain and Lincicome at a moderate price because no one thought they'd get wins, but I figured Cain can't be that unlucky 2 years in a row. Can he? My sources tell me Sabean about to be run out fo SF, and all will be splendid again in the city by the bay. I had to pay dearly for Wood, which killed me because I'll now have nightmares of his arm flying over my house 10 miles north of Wrigley. Then watch, they'll leave Marmol as a set-up man and Howry will ring up 40 Saves. Oh God, I'm nauseous.
But I will be strong. I've been through these early season panics before. Some have risked more than a nervous breakdown at this game. One of our founding members wrote a computer program that we actually entered the stats in off of morning box scores in the newspaper before Al Gore invented the internet, then got fired when the hospital he worked at went bankrupt because half of the IT department was playing roto all day. I'm inspired by that sort of thing, aren't you?
We drafted a week late this year due to conflicting travel schedules, but the first week's stats do count. You should see what that did to Cueto's and Hall's value (6 RBIs against the Cubs yesterday). All transactions during the year (putting a player on the DL, activating him, waiving him, signing off the waiver wire, etc.) have a fee. We stay pretty close to the original guidelines in James's book, but one thing we decided to institute is a Best Behavior rule. Under this rule, a player suspended for any reason cannot be released or DL'ed. He has to remain on your roster till the suspension is over, accumulating no stats. Over the years, Gooden, Strawberry, Raines, Howe, even Brett Myers (wife-beating) have killed many a team.
My NL-only draft tried to kill me!!!!!!
Posted on: April 6, 2008 1:45 am
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Posted on: April 6, 2008 2:55 am
My NL-only draft tried to kill me!!!!!!Correction: The author of "Rotisserie Handbook" is Glenn Waggoner. |
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Posted on: April 6, 2008 10:29 am
My NL-only draft tried to kill me!!!!!!Pretty solid Frantic across the board. One thing I don't believe that you mentioned was how many teams were in this league. The outfield and infield you have would be incredible in a mixed league. I would suggest to find another 1st baseman, Hatteberg, even if he got all the playing time, will not drive in any runs. The only thing Hatteberg will bring you is a good average, but the infield that you have should more than make up for him, but there should be better options out there. If Votto is available, pick him up, he has the ability to drive in runs and steal a base or two and is the better option of the two.. The pitching staff in a 4x4 format is pretty good as well. As you said though, Lincecum and Cain may not get the run support they need to get the wins, but how can you complain with those two with where you got them? A guy who should be under your radar if available pitches today(Edinson Volquez). Volquez would be a better option in a 5x5 format with his K potential. The only area of concern for Volquez would be his inability to throw strikes, but he has had his control early on so far and did have it at the end of last year. He could be a real sleeper. Overall grade I would say you did very well. I am guessing you were focused on the draft while others were focused on the scenery. |
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Posted on: April 6, 2008 11:27 am
My NL-only draft tried to kill me!!!!!!Thanks, Reds. It's a 10-team league. With the way the league is structured, you sometimes find yourself with a bunch of studs that will come to the end of their long-term, non-renewable contracts in the same year. That's the case with a ton of my offense this coming season, so I'll be trying to upgrade my pitching with trades of those players by mid-summer. It's worse than sucking on one side or the other, because you dominate for a few months, then you're impotent and start freaking out as the season comes to a close. |
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