NLD 13 Draft thread

Postby joethejet » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:13 pm

[quote:34767be2b1]Defense ratings should be high [/quote:34767be2b1]
Hit should be high, Fielding and Pitching low. For us, this team is a departure from the past a bit. We have one of the best rated hitting teams while our fielding is not what we would normally like.
[quote:34767be2b1]I think the trouble with trying to predict in such an even league is that your margin of error is likely to exceed the variance in the actual play.[/quote:34767be2b1]
Absolutely. The ratings are so close only one team would be a surprise to make the playoffs.
[quote:34767be2b1]I see the same trend with Petco teams. Is it any particular style of team that does this? [/quote:34767be2b1]

I have not noticed Petco teams doing exceptionally well because the ratings don't value HRs as much as the salaries do. The only "style" of that I've noticed consistently overperforming has been Coors teams. With the ratings I used up to the middle of last year I noticed that heavy pitching teams underperformed, but I think that's been fixed with these ratings.
[quote:34767be2b1]If you dont mind sharing, should i have chosen minute maid over fenway? [/quote:34767be2b1]

I don't mind sharing, but I don't know if there is a simple answer to that. I could possibly tell you your rating in both parks, but then I would have to run all the other teams through the two parks to see which would favor you the most. I don't have that kind of time right now. Sorry.
[quote:34767be2b1]one run games that will decide the race winners[/quote:34767be2b1]
No doubt. Actually, what the ratings should tell you is what the expected run differentials will be. Or, actually, more properly the number of bases differential, including steals and runners advancing on Single(cf), for example, and fielding bases, etc.
[quote:34767be2b1]RiggoDrill and he has shared many[/quote:34767be2b1]
I hope he's not giving away too much! ;)
[quote:34767be2b1]sorry for my ramblings[/quote:34767be2b1]
I love it. This is the kind of conversation I had in mind when I post the ratings.
[quote:34767be2b1]prices have been driven up to [/quote:34767be2b1]
No doubt, but given the way we filled our rosters with the most expensive players and platoon guys I don't think it had all that much effect.
[quote:34767be2b1] I always hate it when my team rates well [/quote:34767be2b1]
Guess you shouldn't have bought the rating then. :D BTW, have your other teams started to improve?
[quote:34767be2b1]Unfortunately I'm never the favorite. [/quote:34767be2b1]
JG, We can fix that, see www.angelfire.com/games5/joethejet :D
[quote:34767be2b1]. Does this happen to anyone else???[/quote:34767be2b1]
Nope.
[quote:34767be2b1] I'm near the bottom in them...keeps "overperforming." [/quote:34767be2b1]
Niners, the ratings are so close, anyone could win the Central. Turnbow is now 17-17 with no runs allowed. Boy is he going to stink when the stats even out. Trade him now! ;)
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Postby ArrylT » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:08 am

Turnbow didnt make an appearance in our series last night - maybe that explains why my team finally won its second series at home! :)

2 series wins out of a possible 9. :o
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Postby ArrylT » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:11 am

:oops:

Looks like Turnbow did make an appearance, in Game II, but it was a non-save situation. Nonetheless he did strike out Edmonds with the bases loaded ... :(
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Postby Jeepdriver » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:58 am

[b:2c3882e6d9]Charlotte Observer (April 27)[/b:2c3882e6d9] A lot of the media has been predicting the WC to come from the West, with Big the favorite. Well, an East team, the Lambs, took down the Diamond Kings for all three games last night, giving the East three teams over 500.

Yes it's still early, but the underdogs are making a statement, if nothing else saying, "we will not be run over this time!"

Furthermore, rumblings abound certain managers have been taking stock of some ratings released yesterday, rather than preparing their squads for last night's games. Could it be possible the Diamond Kings got a little too confident?

Ran down for a comment just before boarding a plane for a return flight home, Lambs' manager Jeep was asked about the impressive road sweep. How did his squad manage to play so well, when they even arrived late following airplane maintenance that delayed their flight for several hours before they arrived in Baltimore? Jeep simply responded, "We got real lucky last night. No time to wallow in the throws of victory here, the Silvers are on deck."

Meanwhile, attempts to get a comment from Kings manager Big failed. This paper is not one to comment on rumor and hearsay, therefore we'll only say Big probably had a good reason for leaving the Clubhouse so quickly following last night's games. We only can report there were a couple of windows broken out on the team bus, and no vandals were around. So we'll leave that conclusion up to our readers.
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Postby joethejet » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:40 am

Jeep, nicely done.

Well, we won a series tonight despite the fact that I forgot to check the team today and had Ellis sit out v LHP and Duffy was hurt so Hal got to make his selections. Ugh.

We're still looking to sweep a series. Course, OTOH, we've only been swept once...

Jet
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Postby bigmahon » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:25 am

[quote:37e61145c5="Jeepdriver"][b:37e61145c5]Charlotte Observer (April 27)[/b:37e61145c5] A lot of the media has been predicting the WC to come from the West, with Big the favorite. Well, an East team, the Lambs, took down the Diamond Kings for all three games last night, giving the East three teams over 500.

Yes it's still early, but the underdogs are making a statement, if nothing else saying, "we will not be run over this time!"

Furthermore, rumblings abound certain managers have been taking stock of some ratings released yesterday, rather than preparing their squads for last night's games. Could it be possible the Diamond Kings got a little too confident?

Ran down for a comment just before boarding a plane for a return flight home, Lambs' manager Jeep was asked about the impressive road sweep. How did his squad manage to play so well, when they even arrived late following airplane maintenance that delayed their flight for several hours before they arrived in Baltimore? Jeep simply responded, "We got real lucky last night. No time to wallow in the throws of victory here, the Silvers are on deck."

Meanwhile, attempts to get a comment from Kings manager Big failed. This paper is not one to comment on rumor and hearsay, therefore we'll only say Big probably had a good reason for leaving the Clubhouse so quickly following last night's games. We only can report there were a couple of windows broken out on the team bus, and no vandals were around. So we'll leave that conclusion up to our readers.[/quote:37e61145c5]

No comment. :x
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Postby ArrylT » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:26 am

Bah! The only reason you won JTJ is because you were playing my squad in my park. My team is still trying to outperform, err underperform day's squad at home. Never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd want to play on the road. :roll: :shock: :?
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Postby Jeepdriver » Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:00 am

A little surprised not much is being said about the reversal of strength in the divisions. The East, sporting the 4 worst records in the last NLD is doing a little whipping up on the West since Inter-divisional play began. The top 3 teams in the East are now 16 games over 500.

A very competitive series with Quick last night. I won the first two and dropped game 3 by just a 1 run margin. What stands out in that series to me, however, is that Quick's staff held my top scoring offense to just 8 runs the entire series. I don't like the fact he kept my bats in check, but I do like that [i:5cab320b9d]my[/i:5cab320b9d] pitching last night looked the best it had all season.

Even though I'm a Sophomore here, I can tell we've got another tightly contested NLD season on our hands.
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Postby Ninersphan » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:44 am

[quote:2d1c918de6]A little surprised not much is being said about the reversal of strength in the divisions.[/quote:2d1c918de6]


that's cause it's not that unusual in this league. The whole league is always so tightly contested it's the norm for about 9 teams to still be fighting for the playoffs into the last week. Nothing against the East's accomplishmenst this season, but I'm sure the long time vets of this league will back me up on this.
A BIGGER suprise would be qksilver NOT making the playoffs.
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Postby qksilver69 » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:36 am

Yeah Jeep, let's review those 2 losses to you: Gm 1 I leave 11 on base, you leave 3, I lose 2-0. Gm 2 I leave 9 men on base, you leave 2, I lose 2-1.

So I'm licking my chops for my next opportunity against your squad, to say the least! 8)
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