2013 HBT Fantasy Baseball

[WildGingerBrewing]

I have a friend that might be willing but he's not an HBT-er. He loves baseball and plays in my other league. He could be a last resort if needed. I'll mention it and see what he says if no one has objections.

I know i'm new, but hate to see you go, jump.

 

[jump_xiii]

Thanks Ginger. I'll leave it up to the rest of you to decide who takes over on 1 condition- no Yankees fans!

Pretty sad to give it up, but I feel like I can't put in the necessary time and knowledge that you guys deserve...

 

[bosoxdave]

So I have a thought on this.

Jump, has your knowledge of baseball increased over the last two seasons?

Do you enjoy playing fantasy baseball?

If you answered no to either question, feel free to give it up, otherwise please keep playing!

Dave

 

[jump_xiii]

Dave,

Thanks for the boost! My answer is yes to both questions so maybe you're right.

I shall keep it up for the time being at least.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Good questions. I'm no expert and my team is average at best, but i love to play so i do! Glad to hear youre staying.

 

[MMTG]

Go Dodgers. That being said, I'm so happy as the dog days of summer are upon us...MLB is having a great year as there are some great pennant races going down right now. Oh, and the Giants are imploding too!

 

[JohnnyO]

Hey Everyone. Checking in...

Looks like we have some decent races going on in the league this year.

IPA Division has Othon and Alfred in first and second, along with a three-way tie for third between me, the Yankees and Black Sabathias.

The APA Division has Carson in the lead (again) followed by BoSox Dave and Ginger. (I'm happy to have given Carson one of his two losses this year).

The playoffs are just a few short weeks away. Round One begins on Sept. 9. If the season ended today, we would see the following teams in the playoffs:
Carson
Alfred
Ginger
Othon
BoSox Dave
Yankees

The rest of us would duke it out inthe consolation ladder.

A lot can happen in the final 2-3 weeks of the season (Don't believe me? Just ask the 2007 Mets). Have fun and make it count.

 

[Darwin18]

My team has been sucking it up for the last few weeks

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

A chance to make the playoffs? Hell yeah! My team has been lousy lately. But i will take what wins i can get!

 

[JohnnyO]

Good news: JohnnyO is currently slated for the playoffs.

Bad news: Matt Harvey out for remainder of season (and possibly 2014).

I feel like I was just on "Kicked in the Nuts"

 

[Darwin18]

You should know by now that the Mets are not allowed to have nice things. Seriously though, terrible break with Harvey. The guy was killing it.

 

[bosoxdave]

That is definitely a tough break.

On a side note, it was nice for the Sox to catch the Dodgers' other pitchers...you know the ones not named Greinke or Kershaw. With that said, I am thrilled that series is over. I can't take any more attention on last years deal!

Dave

 

[JohnnyO]

Wow my team sucks right now.

 

[bosoxdave]

I appreciate that!

 

[Darwin18]

Ouch....

 

[JohnnyO]

I appreciate that!

Ouch....

Srsly. Don't care though. Got a good drunk going tonight.

 

[bosoxdave]

Now that we are in the last week of the regular season, I have a thought...

Can we up the keepers to 9 or 10?

The reasons I think this is a good idea are the following:

1. It seems that we don't have any real slouches in the league this year. Everyone seems to have paid enough attention to their teams to not get the boot from the league. Having this continuity should increase interest in the league year after year.

2. There has been a lot of attention given to young kids who may be a year or two away, both this year and last. I like to call this the Trout-Harper affect. Thus more keepers will allow people to keep some of these players with bright futures but may not truly warrant a keeper slot with 7 keepers.

3. It will make for a more interesting draft. By this I believe that there will be a greater strategy to either keep the full 9 or 10 or keep 5-6 and get to pick 3-4 times while many teams are not picking yet. This should allow teams to either build for the future or stack up heavy for the coming season. Either way this will provide more strategies for people to choose from to build their team both for the short and long term.

4. It is more fun to be able to hold on to players for multiple seasons. It feels more like the real deal and acts more like a dynasty league without going all in.

Anyways, let's discuss it the least.

Dave

 

[Guidry]

I would be all for it with a guarantee that draft pick trades would be processed correctly. I would have to draw names from a hat to keep 7, let alone 9-10.

 

[bosoxdave]

I think that that mishap was a 1-time thing. I still feel bad how that went down. I think Johnny has stated he will not push trades through any longer before a draft. Thus, all trades will have to happen AT LEAST two days (preferably three to really avoid this issue) before the draft. The crappy part is that no one could see what happened, coming.

Dave

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

I am glad how the trade thing went down, because without it, i wouldnt have a team! Ha that being said, my team sucks and i don't want to keep any more than two or three tops! I would love a full draft with a chance to pick up players the players i want! But whatever the majority says, i will abide by and be happy with it.

 

[bosoxdave]

I think the benefit of this proposed format for you, a team that would only keep 2-3 players, would be that you could pick several times in a row (likely 3 straight picks of the best left) and then 3-4 times out of a total of ten or less picks. So, while there will be less high end talent, if you draft well, you could draft 7-8 times out of the first 15ish picks. That could really set you up well and allow you to pick high upside young talent a bit earlier in the draft than you would be able to otherwise. Last year I traded (despite the debacle) away keeper quality players for 8th round picks and drafted around 5-6 times in rounds 7-9 which really helped my team out this year.

I think this format would really help everyone.

For the record I vote for 9 keepers, just a few more than last year, but still shifts the drafting paradigm to a more interesting - and arguably better - style.

 

[MMTG]

I see it from both points of view...as an original member, I don't want to "lose" players I could keep. I've racked my brain numerous times with trades, waiver and free agent acquisitions. I'd vote for 9 or keep it at 7 and Bump our rosters from 23 to 25. This would be a huge help but would require strategy as well as you'd have a deeper Bench to pull from. I also wish we could have 1-2 "prospect" slots...

 

[JohnnyO]

I'm open to all of these suggestions. Increasing the keepers, extending the roster and opening up prospect (NA to be specific) slot, etc.

So long as no one is seriously put off by it, it's something we can certainly do for next season.

This is out league and I think we need to test out these things as they come up to keep us interested and motivated.

And you're right Dave. I'm not going to push any deals through again in such short notice again. The only thing I'll step in on is if someone drops a player or accepts a real in error.

Lastly, I'd really like it if Harvey didn't need Tommy John surgery. They would be greaaaat.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Could my team possibly be more AVERAGE?!?!?! For 22 weeks, I win a week, lose a week. EVERY week. I am now 11-11. I am ready for a draft to re-set this thing! I guess it's better than being last but, I couldn't pick a more average team if I tried!

 

[JohnnyO]

Congratulations to all of you who have advanced to the playoffs!

Remember that the winner gets a year's free membership and a set of HBT pint glasses!

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Are you trying to rub it in my face how average my team is by taunting me with prizes I will never win?!?!?!?!

 

[JohnnyO]

Yes.

You do make a handsome woman though. There's your consolation prize.

 

[Darwin18]

I would wish you luck this week Johnny, but it looks like you already have that down. Gio put up 46.9 of your team's 68.9 points (68% of your point total...). My pitching has been atrocious all year - I'm hoping next year to get more out of my starters than this year. I'm not a big fan of expanding on the number of keepers; I think 5 - 6 is more than enough.

 

[Guidry]

I guess it's better than being last!

Hey! What's wrong with last??!! Oh, I'm not last....Wait, I am tied for last....Damn!

Anyway...Y'all will all be wanting my early draft picks next year....Think I'll trade for them????

 

[Darwin18]

Why are the #12 and #11 seeds playing each other? Shouldn't the #7 be playing the #12, #8 playing #11, and #9 playing #10?