Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

Thread for those who want to follow the ongoing draft for the Tour finals. Note that top seed Cristano has decided to go with the absurd flex of drafting all 50-cent players lol

East

Lockport Locks (Owner: Toddgotmon)
2022 Skokie Normalites BSF (Owner: watershark1967)
Stadium Rooters (Owner: labratory)
DC Task Force (Owner: justicej)

Central

KC Urban Achievers (Owner: nathan_hern@yahoo.com)
Tomsk Conquistadors (Owner: BruceF)
Watts-Barr Lakers (Owner: FrankieT)
Rank Rabid Raunchy Rabbits (Owner: Dodgerfan Always)

West

Springfield Isotopes (Owner: MaxPower)
Pikesville Rye Finals (Owner: ScumbyJr)
Syracuse Bulldogs (Owner: djp_77)
cristano1 Barn22-F (Owner: cristano1)

Round 7
84. W-B Whitaker, L. (1983) 2B 5.78M
83. KC Williams, E. (1971) C 2.63M
82. SYR Bass, K. (1985) CF 1.57M
81. PIK Aaron, H. (1971) 1B 7.37M
80. RAN Smith, K. (1982) 1B 2.04M
79. 202 Burgess, S. (1954) C 4.06M
78. DC Walker, H. (1946) LF .90M
77. LOC Miller, E. (1945) SS 2.06M
76. TOM Fox, N. (1955) 2B 3.33M
75. STA Yost, E. (1949) 3B 2.93M
74. SPR Renfroe, H. (2017) RF 1.34M
73. CRI Alfonseca, A. (1998) P .50M

Round 6
72. CRI Newsome, O. (1922) P .50M
71. SPR Gregg, V. (1911) P 9.21M
70. STA Vance, D. (1934) P 1.73M
69. TOM Lavalliere, M. (1987) C 2.78M
68. LOC Young, C. (1903) P 8.08M
67. DC Delahanty, E. (1899) LF 8.44M
66. 202 Jackson, R. (1980) RF 5.45M
65. RAN Cochrane, M. (1934) C 4.86M
64. PIK Arrieta, J. (2015) P 11.11M
63. SYR Stanky, E. (1945) 2B 2.72M
62. KC McCovey, W. (1962) 1B 5.14M
61. W-B McLain, D. (1969) P 5.34M

Round 5
60. W-B Marichal, J. (1962) P 3.33M
59. KC Mathewson, C. (1905 P 10.31M
58. SYR Daniels, K. (1987) LF 4.65M
57. PIK Gaston, C. (1971) CF .98M
56. RAN Dimaggio, J. (1936) LF 6.87M
55. 202 Childs, C. (1896) 2B 6.10M
54. DC Thomas, R. (1902) CF 2.57M
53. LOC Seaver, T. (1969) P 6.30M
52. TOM Phillips, T. (1988) 1B .90M
51. STA Anson, C. (1888) 1B 4.35M
50. SPR Robinson, B. (1979) LF 1.18M
49. CRI Brown, M. (1924) P .50M

Round 4
48. CRI Kincannon, T. (1936) P .50M
47. SPR Koufax, S. (1963) P 9.94M
46. STA Jennings, H. (1900) 1B 1.38M
45. TOM Collins, S. (1920) RF .97M
44. LOC Sandberg, R. (1990) 2B 7.94M
43. DC Appling, L. (1937) SS 3.77M
42. 202 Adams, B. (1920) P 8.84M
41. RAN Rodriguez, A. (2002) SS 8.18M
40. PIK Armas, T. (1986) LF .70M
39. SYR Charleston, O. (1931 1B 4.51M
38. KC Wockenfuss, J. (1979 C .98M
37. W-B Suzuki, I. (2007) CF 6.97M

Round 3
36. W-B Ruel, M. (1924) C 1.90M
35. KC Keefe, T. (1888) P 9.69M
34. SYR Griffey Jr., K. (2000) CF 6.77M
33. PIK Navin Field 1924 BP 0.00M
32. RAN Bonds, B. (1993) LF 12.20M
31. 202 Jones, C. (2008) 3B 6.47M
30. DC Weintraub, P. (1934) LF 1.84M
29. LOC Jones, A. (2005) CF 7.11M
28. TOM Ferguson, J. (1982) C .92M
27. STA Kelly, K. (1889) RF 3.33M
26. SPR Brouhard, M. (1982) RF .86M
25. CRI Scott, D. (1916) P .50M

Round 2
24. CRI Jackson, B. (1938) P .50M
23. SPR Mercer, J. (2013) SS 1.93M
22. STA Lajoie, N. (1906) 2B 8.44M
21. TOM Blowers, M. (1993) 3B 1.64M
20. LOC Bautista, J. (2010) RF 7.16M
19. DC Kershaw, C. (2014) P 8.77M
18. 202 Williams, T. (1957) LF 9.50M
17. RAN Brown, G. (1968) LF 5.55M
16. PIK Martinez, P. (1994) P 5.83M
15. SYR Mathews, E. (1957) 3B 6.42M
14. KC Mays, W. (1954) CF 10.12M
13. W-B Cobb, T. (1917) CF 10.68M

Round 1
12. W-B Wagner, H. (1900) RF 7.68M
11. KC Ford, R. (1910) P 11.08M
10. SYR Rodriguez, I. (2003) C 5.22M
9. PIK Clemens, R. (2004) P 6.81M
8. RAN Kiner, R. (1949) LF 9.65M
7. 202 Vaughan, A. (1935) SS 10.49M
6. DC McGraw, J. (1900) 3B 6.88M
5. LOC McGwire, M. (1990) 1B 6.55M
4. TOM Duncan, M. (1990) 2B 1.15M
3. STA Maddux, G. (1993) P 7.35M
2. SPR Hornsby, R. (1925) 2B 11.90M
1. CRI Smith, F. (1936) P .50M

It's difficult to understand and accept why The #s 1 and 2 seed, Christano and MaxPower, could wind up in the same division...



And as shocking is Christano's draft... his 7 first draftpicks, including # 1 overall, have all been 0.50M$ players... Maybe he wants to keep his hand to himself and wait till the last moment to make his move...

We ran into a brick wall yesterday but are moving again today

Round 10
120. CRI Gulley, N. (1945) P .50M
119. SPR Scherzer, M. (2013) P 8.37M
118. STA Tekulve, K. (1976) P 1.10M
117. TOM Gardner, L. (1911) 3B 2.18M
116. LOC Bailey, B. (1970) 3B 6.30M
115. DC Slaught, D. (1992) C 7.00M
114. SKO Wilson, J. (NeL) 1B 7.71M
113. RAN King, S. (1888) P 12.21M
112. PIK Foxx, J. (1932) 1B 12.74M
111. SYR Robinson, F. (1970) RF 5.14M
110. KC Thomas, G. (1980) CF 4.88M
109. W-B Caldwell, R. (1914) P 9.20M

Round 9
108. W-B Gooden, D. (1985) P 9.37M
107. KC Aikens, W. (1982) 1B 2.82M
106. SYR Desmond, I. (2012) SS 3.98M
105. PIK Tulowitzki, T. (2007) SS 3.99M
104. RAN Sweeney, C. (1884) P 12.52M
103. SKO Radbourn, C. (1884) P 9.58M
102. DC Johnson, R. (2002) P 8.32M
101. LOC Brown, D. (1961) C 1.85M
100. TOM Mazzilli, L. (1986) 1B 2.52M
99. STA Ruiz, C. (2012) C 5.05M
98. SPR Thornton, A. (1979) 1B 3.98M
97. CRI Julio, J. (2007) P .50M

Round 8
96. CRI Calero, K. (2007) P .50M
95. SPR Larkin, B. (1999) SS 4.62M
94. STA Johnson, W. (1924) P 8.22M
93. TOM Puig, Y. (2017) RF 4.40M
92. LOC Rice, D. (1950) C .99M
91. DC Rice, H. (1925) RF 7.01M
90. SKO Bell, H. (1944) C 2.06M
89. RAN Lange, B. (1895) CF 5.99M
88. PIK Wilson, H. (1929) CF 7.86M
87. SYR White, W. (1882) P 7.71M
86. KC Thome, J. (1995) 3B 5.99M
85. W-B Carew, R. (1982) 1B 2.59M

chaberlal wrote:It's difficult to understand and accept why The #s 1 and 2 seed, Christano and MaxPower, could wind up in the same division...



And as shocking is Christano's draft... his 7 first draftpicks, including # 1 overall, have all been 0.50M$ players... Maybe he wants to keep his hand to himself and wait till the last moment to make his move...

The only reason I can think of (other than showing he could win even after essentially drafting after everyone else) is to wait until everyone has their ballpark and their players...and then to number crunch the best ballpark and players against that set-up.

Cristano just wants attention, he got that. True, there's lots of players left to pick up in a 12 team league. But Max should feel pretty good in his division. But it looks like Cristano will probably pick up a lot of the lefty killers, always available and cheap or so, to play against Max's expected lefty ballpark team. Factor that into your pitching, Max. Scherzer was good.

And we're done drafting!

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/league/464012

Absolutely epic conclusion to the draft. I spent the first 2/3 of the draft selecting for Hilltop but Pikesville drafted Navin early on, and I got increasingly paranoid about giving Cristano the opportunity to go lefty against Hilltop and Navin, to the point where I started stashing Shea players at the end of the draft to keep my options open. Like a CRAZY person! Meanwhile Cristano keeps drafting 50 centers (also like a crazy person) so I have next to no idea what park he'll take with the last pick of the draft. Time comes to pick my park and I am 50/50 between Shea and Hilltop. Ultimately I decide I can't live with the risk of Cris going lefty if I take Hilltop, so I take Shea even though my roster fits better in Hilltop. After which Cristano's queue fires and he takes...Minute Maid! Now suddenly I'm in the favorable situation I was trying to prevent him from being in! Unreal.

Okay but the LAYERS to this ballpark drama at the end...

As the draft was winding down I clumsily tried to get some intel out of Cris about which park he was leaning towards. He'd made a comment earlier in the draft that, assuming the rest of the division was righty-righty-bopper (which indeed was how it was shaping up), then his preferred park in that context would be smallball. And I kept obsessing over that because for me in that position it would be lefty every day of the week, and I kept wondering if he was trying to misdirect me. So late in the draft I tried to get him to elaborate and obviously he did not take the bait, and I said well you can't blame a guy for trying given the state of your roster lol, it's not revealing much in terms of park. So Cris voluntarily sets a queue of four ballparks, and announces that he's queued smallball, lefty, bopper, righty, in that order, and that whichever one is at the top of the queue at the end of the draft will be his park. This is like 2 or 3 rounds before the end. Anyway, I just now saw the final messages he sent in the draft chat after I picked my park:

cristano1 Barn22-F: Shea? Wow.
cristano1 Barn22-F: My mind is blown.
cristano1 Barn22-F: That was my lefty park proxy. Way to royally F the both of us!
cristano1 Barn22-F: I had: Forbes 57, Shea, Mile High, and Minute Maid.
cristano1 Barn22-F: In that order. Wow.

So his top 3 parks all got poached, the final one by me. But if I'd gone Hilltop like I was considering, he would've queued into Shea, which was the exact scenario I was so paranoid about. BUT he seems to think that lefty vs 2 righty isn't even advantageous, as evidenced by his comment that I f'ed myself as well. The whole thing just fascinates and amuses me to no end.

chaberlal wrote:It's difficult to understand and accept why The #s 1 and 2 seed, Christano and MaxPower, could wind up in the same division...

understand and accept? cmon chabs...it's randomized...and no scrubs in these divisions that I can see

MaxPower thanks for the commentary on the draft drama, wonderfully fun.

Cristano fires the last shot, dropping Lundgren for Waddel. I kind of think Max saw that one coming, I kind of did (told Eric O that if it were me, I'd go with an all lefty starting rotation in this league)