Taking adderall durring the draft will require league permission: the 2015 I Love Baseball fantasy league thread!

Pablo is only 28?!

sox buying his prime years!

um, johnny, you realize you can keep five guys - right? this is two years in a row now you're only hanging onto four!

thx therm, for drawing attention to my organizations total lack of foresight and planning! my only other eligible players are too young

actually, can trading occur now y/n ? if so, i have keep eligible yordanni ventura or mike wacha on the slate for a 27/28/29 age player

i guess i wouldn't have a problem with it, unless someone else can think of a good reason why not.

would anyone want to step up as co-commish? i stupidly already had plans on the weekend that I have moved the draft to and it's 50/50 that i will actually be there for the draft.

I can help

thanks, but i decided to cancel the other thing.

when's the new wedding date?

ha! it was a bachelor thing that would have required me to head to Nashville. i was on the fence to begin with, this just kind of pushed me over.

priorities, man

you guys should feel honoured.

ok gang - league is renewed. once all the managers have signed up i can set the draft order and assign keepers.

Damn, that means I have to stop putting off the decision about who I'm keeping.

don't feel like you're obligated to keep Seager, just because you totally hosed me in that trade!
;p

i've hosed myself in so many trades the past few years
kept rizzo through his rookie season, only to trade him before his first good year
traded cueto before last year
i think i traded away adam jones back during the first season

i've made some questionable "going of it" trades over the years too :/ which i wouldn't regret if my team hadn't shat the bed after the deadline both years. cargo out, sonny gray out, etc etc etc.

also my team name in my 2nd league is "WHIP Priest" which i am pretty proud of. hope to god i didn't see it here years ago & think I came up w/ it myself.

2/3 of the trades in my hunt for 1st blew up in my face, but I'm lucky i was able to hang on. i traded away Marte, Seager and Miller and they *all* caught fire after being dealt. glad i hung onto Lucroy and Fernandez tho, despite a few guys making hard pushes to pry them away - so coulda been worse!

i like the addition of the NA spot. i would have loved to have used it the last two years when i had oscar taveras!
Saves+holds should be interesting.
no big deal for this year, but i still think the batting categories lean a bit too heavily toward power hitters. but i can live with it.

what i would love is for yahoo to allow us to replace runs and rbi's with total runs (rbi + r - HR).

nooooooo yuuuuuuu!

Only a week left to make up my mind about who I'm keeping ...

What other keeper lists are we still missing?

missing 6 in total. more importantly, i'm still waiting on Jordan to join up. until all the managers return, I can't start plugging in our keepers.

My keepers:

Anthony Rizzo (25)
Kyle Seager (27)
Oswaldo Arcia (23)
Johnny Cueto (29)
Clayton Kershaw (27)

thank you.

so tomorrow was supposed to be the deadline to get picks in, but I'm going to extend it a week. with J0ordan still not signing up, i'm pretty much forced to wait. if by next sunday he still hasn't bothered, i'm going to have to lock the league to input everyone's picks and his keepers will be up for grabs. here's his list from last year:
carlos gonzalez
matt carpenter
brandon belt
giancarlo stanton
jurickson profar

are we missing anyone else's list of keepers?

yes... Sanskrit, bnw, Francis and Matt (aka this cannot be changed).

hey it's me Matt aka this cannot be changed

so how do i find out how i got a player that i didnt trade for (aka dee gordon)

crap i meant to say

How do i find out how i got a player i didn't draft (aka dee gordon)?

anyone?

look in last yr's transactions -- looks like via trade

Aug 8 1:40am
Conor Gillaspie(CWS - 1B,3B)
Dee Gordon(Mia - 2B,SS)
Santiago Casilla(SF - RP)
Trade The Lucroyals Tinker2Evers2Chainz Thermo
Adrián Béltre(Tex - 3B)
Joe Smith(LAA - RP)P
Tinker2Evers2Chainz The Lucroyals Matt

dang okay thanks. lucroyals didn't draft him right so he's off limits I'm guessing.
so here are mine:

madison bumgarner (25)
julio teheran (24)
gio gonzalez (29)
dellin betances (27)
ben revere (28)

Also I have a new team name

i like it.

i have a spreadsheet that sorts all players by age, and whether or not they were ever dropped/added from waivers, i can post it tmrw

thanks!

looks liek dee wasn't initially drafted in 2014

i took the list of players who were drafted*, ran it against a complete list of players who were at any point dropped to waivers, ran all THAT against a list of ages i found on the internet**, and generated the following list per team.

* I think I marked every trade but I may not have, so if you see a player you own on another team, my bad
** Double-check the ages, there has been at least one error on this so definitely make sure your players are eligible

12 rodneys
Chris Archer
Shelby Miller
Elvis Andrus
Gerrit Cole
Mark Trumbo
Michael Brantley
Buster Posey
Homer Bailey
Desmond Jennings

AIR BUD SELIG
Yasiel Puig
Michael Wacha
Jose Altuve
Yordano Ventura
Freddie Freeman
Asdrubal Cabrera
Justin Upton

Ausmus Tietchens
Jean Segura
Mike Trout
Drew Smyly
Yoenis Cespedes
Josh Donaldson
Yovani Gallardo
Andrew McCutchen

Hosmertronix
Jonathan Villar
Alex Wood
Billy Hamilton
Jay Bruce
Pedro Alvarez
Billy Butler
Everth Cabrera
Matt Wieters
Tyson Ross
Kenley Jansen
Jordan Zimmermann
Adam Jones

Iwakuma Jamaica Aroma
Addison Reed
Oswaldo Arcia
James Paxton
Cody Allen
Anthony Rizzo
Kyle Seager
Johnny Cueto
Andrew Cashner
Hyun-jin Ryu
Clayton Kershaw
Mike Minor

Jazzy Jeff Hornacek
Wilin Rosario
Trevor Rosenthal
Carlos Martinez
Stephen Strasburg
Oscar Taveras
Lance Lynn
Pablo Sandoval

Lincecumlords
Xander Bogaerts
Sonny Gray
Starling Marte
Wil Myers
Corey Kluber
Aroldis Chapman

Quien Es Mas Machado
Masahiro Tanaka
Kevin Gausman
George Springer
Jose Abreu
Steve Cishek
Alex Cobb
Evan Longoria
Mat Latos
Yu Darvish

Rich Homie Braun
Starlin Castro
Taijuan Walker
Archie Bradley
Jurickson Profar
Giancarlo Stanton
Jason Kipnis
Greg Holland
Brandon Belt
Matt Carpenter
Carlos Gonzalez

The Lucroyals
Jose Fernandez
Jason Heyward
Jonathan Lucroy
Neil Walker
Felix Hernandez
David Price

Thee Tee Ohs
Javier Baez
Chris Sale
Carlos Santana
Craig Kimbrel
Chris Tillman
Ian Desmond
Chris Davis

Tinker2Evers2Chainz
Andrelton Simmons
Patrick Corbin
Madison Bumgarner
Julio Teheran
Domonic Brown
Evan Gattis
A.J. Griffin
Gio Gonzalez

Villar Love Triangle
Matt Adams
Anthony Rendon
Bryce Harper
Carlos Gomez
Paul Goldschmidt

btw bold is under 27, italic is 27-29

jesus - how long did this take?!

Yup, here are some errors from that list

Should have included in italic (age 29 on opening day, not 30):
David Robertson - Hosmertronix
Saltalamacchia - Iwakuma Jamaica Aroma

Put in italic, should been bold (age 26 on opening day, not 27):
Bandon Belt - Rich HGomie Braun
Craig Kimbrel - Thee Tee Ohs
Chris Tillman - Thee Tee Ohs

xp not sure how long it actually took because i maintained that list all year. every week or two i copy-pasted all of the drops from the site, put them in a spreadsheet against the draft results spreadsheet, and if a drafted player also showed up in the drop list, he was "flagged." then i found a list of ages and just did vlookups for everyone.

making the list bold/italic was just a simple if statement. so basically that took about 10 minutes today, but probably a few hours of chipping away over the course of the season. idk i liek fantasy baseball spreadsheets.

my keeps:

Chris Archer 26
Shelby Miller 24
Gerrit Cole 24
Michael Brantley 27
Buster Posey 27

my team name is now teletubby tuivalala. not sure if I keep it, possibly too intimidating.

omg thank you. three more to go! (although one i've written off entirely)

You probably shouldn't be able to keep Oscar Taveras

yeah, now i'm keeping trevor rosenthal instead. ugh

i didn't really think about it, just mass copy-pasted from the spreadsheet :S

Hey - I'll allow it!

arrgh just realized today i missed the 15th. so sorry. if you'll still have me, i'll toss them up in a sec

my team sucks but i finally thought of a baseball/music pun so that's progress

Why are people not responding to my trade offers?

I need more offense, I'm willing to trade a good SP in return.

i don't think i got one... i'll at the very least shoot you down promptly.

my hail marys have paid off for what will likely be only one day!

Four teams within five points of first place!

Me, two years ago, almost to the day:
This rate stats thing is ruining my liiiiiiife~~~ HOW DO I GET OUT OF THE PITCHING GUTTER
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Friday, July 26, 2013 10:45 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

At the start of last year:
wow, this year same as last year -- top 3 in almost every stat, bottom 3 in the pitcher rate stats
― Neckbread (Will M.), Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:29 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just so you all know that I am, if nothing else, consistent: first place in RBI, SLG, OBP, 2nd in XBH, top 4 in all other batting stats... and bottom half for all pitching cats except sv+hld.

HOW DO U PITCHER?

(also consistent with at least last year, and possibly the year before: my first-half lead followed by inexorable descent into high-mid table)

so, with Sano hitting really well i might not have room for Heyward (26) anymore. And with Lucroy stinking i might be interested in someone a year or two older than Jason (27/28). still not sure about this move, but if anyone is interested in swaying me, hit me up.

When's the trade deadline? Must be soon.

fuck, i'm a terrible commish. didn't realize the deadline was two days ago! i suck.
in my defense we just (sort of) finished sleep training our kid and am dealing with a nightmare tenant in our basement we've been trying to evict for months now.

is his name jason heyward?

my child is not named jason Heyward, no.

i might not have room for Heyward (26) anymore

dealing with a nightmare tenant in our basement we've been trying to evict for months now

my joke sucked so i am not sure why i am blockquoting this agh never mind I AM GOING TO LOSE THIS LEAGUE AGAIN

i was just being a pain! ;p

12 runs, 5 HR, and 12 RBI's yesterday (thx Gardner and Joey Bats) and I barely moved in the standings. Tough league.

I want 5th place and you're in my way!

congrats (n)omar!

p happy finishing 2nd tbh think if waino hadnt suffered his injury i coulda made a better run @ it

Congrats Omar! this is championship #2?

having spent the fist half around 10/11th i'm pretty happy with a 4th (or possibly 3rd?!) place finish. i'm in a good spot for next year with Bryant Sano, Fernandez, Felix and other (maybe Quintana since i accidentally dropped Pineda).

Yep I won in '09 too! I thought for sure my team was sunk at one point, but I managed to plug some gaps and keep battling and you know it was a team effort, my hats off to the kids, they really played with a lot of heart and just knew how to win in the end.

btw I'm tentatively finished with fantasy, allowing myself the possibility to change my mind if my schedule gets better. So these guys I was debating on keeping may be out there for next season:

Marte
Bogaerts
Gray
Kluber
Chapman
Pollock
Kipnis
McHugh

nooooooooooo..........

There's not a good time to do it, so may as well say I'm most likely out for bext season as well. It's lame but I got really into daily fantasy this year and although season long isn't as much work, it's too much to do both at the same time.

I have mookie, Addison Russell, Strasburg, Carlos Martinez, lance Lynn, and I think a couple other potential keepers.

;_;

fug.

well I may be back. the grind of 162 games really runs me down at age 40 but if Julio Franco can play real baseball at 48 I might have another season in me.

i for one am shocked

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/sports/fanduel-draftkings-fantasy-employees-bet-rivals.html

Congrats nomar! There were a lot of strong teams in the first half of the season but you crushed everyone in July and by mid-August there wasn't really any doubt about who would win.

It was a disappointing season for me, I had a good two month run where I was in the top three and even had a two day cup of coffee in first place, but it turned out that my offense was playing way over its head. I like my keeper options for next year though.

I think I've changed my mind on quitting already. I need at least one fantasy league to distract me.

I went into first place one day and I thought I'd be done bc there were several other scary rosters but cargo and ortiz kept hitting. pollock ended up being a great pick, I was going to use him as a reserve and he ended up the fourth best offensive player or something ridiculous like that.