NLD 34 - Here we go again

Not a great start for the Olympians. After six games we have an 8.27 ERA. I *think* we have at least decent pitching. Ouch.

You got to toss the heat inside and force the hitters away from the plate. Otherwise, I'm surprised that your SPs are getting hit hard by RH batters.

yeah that's what our pitching coach http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2013/stylewatch/blog/131118/jamie-alexander-600x450.jpg has been telling them. But they haven't gotten it yet. Things are about to get tougher for them! http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2013/04/jaimie-alexander-sif-thor-dark-world1.jpg

Yeah, when RHB's are hitting .396 against you, you have to do *something* different! Of course it's a SSS so I expect that things will change very soon.

Anyone else curious to see how successfuls gbrookes strategy of waiving 2 of his top 4 picks will be? Maybe if he wins his third consecutive championship we could make it challenging for him and have him skip the first 6 rounds of the drafr.

Btw that was my fiftieth post on the stat community chat board - which I believe entitles me to a free rating by JTJ/WM.

Actually those 2 players are now on Sempers team ... what could this mean? The only possible explanation is that gbrookes is semper in disguise!! Now that he has been outed he can now make 2x as many waiver transactions!

Didn't he already win 3 row?

Didn't he already win 3 row?

Yes. AT is behind the times. Maybe he thinks he beat GB!

It *is* a pretty interesting strategy to cut 2 of your first 4 picks. I like your theory AT, can't wait to see GB start making waiver moves a la Semper!

AT, If you buy the stats, I'll throw in a free rating to celebrate your 50th post. Of course, you get a team rating, of sorts, for every NLD team you have anyway!

Actually those 2 players are now on Sempers team ... what could this mean? The only possible explanation is that gbrookes is semper in disguise!! Now that he has been outed he can now make 2x as many waiver transactions!

Think of it has a trade as gbrookes has my #1 pick.

Actually those 2 players are now on Sempers team ... what could this mean? The only possible explanation is that gbrookes is semper in disguise!! Now that he has been outed he can now make 2x as many waiver transactions!

lol!

Semper - should you reply, or should I? Why isn't he answering me?

I've said a few times on the 200x discussion boards that I always try to assess how my team matches up against divisional opponents. I often make lots of moves after the draft.

I'd really love to have had Melky on my team. I love the high batting average. I just felt that I couldn't justify having such an L balanced hitter on my team when there are so few lefty starting pitchers that I might face. (Having said that, I see Clayton Richard is getting a start vs the Goldeyes tonight). If my team was that L balanced hitting-wise, I feared that I wouldn't get to use the full value of Melky often enough to justify his salary. So I downsized at LF $ wise. I thought that there might be some scope for a cheap speedy guy like Rajai Davis, to go with speedy Dyson in CF. Would like to see if they can take a lot of bases, with some arms to run on in the division. I initially liked David Murphy in LF, and considered Carpenter instead of Frandsen at 3b, but decided that I might be better off with RHB with high batting averages. So I kept Frandsen (who is still darn good against RHB, with a very high batting average), and upgraded from Laird to Ruiz at catcher. Overall, the RHP in our division might be slightly L balanced overall (net). And my ballpark has a slight singles bonus to RHB.

I went through a similar thought process for Gonzalez. Would love to have him on my team, with a low hits to innings ratio. I would like the SP* like I've said. Trouble is, only one team is roughly E balanced by my calcs, one is somewhat L balanced, and the other is very L balanced. Just no bang for the buck for the lefty, by my calcs. Again,I downgraded the $ at SP, in the end settling on Tillman, while also exchanging Feliz for Green (no teams in division with 5 or more RHB vs RHP).

With the extra dollars, I also decided to take a gamble on Votto (from an injury perspective).

My overall goal is to have a team that outhits the opposition, by singles, doubles and triples, but not in homeruns. We'll see if it works, both in execution and in theory. If the Goldeyes actually can outhit their opponents, will it achieve a positive run differential? Will they be able to do it?

I have injury issues with Ruiz and Votto. That will likely play a big factor in whether the strategy works or not. The injury luck factor, which I benefited from last season.

Anyway, I like the team, and it will be fun to play out!!

Semper
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Semper - should you reply, or should I? Why isn't he answering me?

I've said a few times on the 200x discussion boards that I always try to assess how my team matches up against divisional opponents. I often make lots of moves after the draft.

I'd really love to have had Melky on my team. I love the high batting average. I just felt that I couldn't justify having such an L balanced hitter on my team when there are so few lefty starting pitchers that I might face. (Having said that, I see Clayton Richard is getting a start vs the Goldeyes tonight). If my team was that L balanced hitting-wise, I feared that I wouldn't get to use the full value of Melky often enough to justify his salary. So I downsized at LF $ wise. I thought that there might be some scope for a cheap speedy guy like Rajai Davis, to go with speedy Dyson in CF. Would like to see if they can take a lot of bases, with some arms to run on in the division. I initially liked David Murphy in LF, and considered Carpenter instead of Frandsen at 3b, but decided that I might be better off with RHB with high batting averages. So I kept Frandsen (who is still darn good against RHB, with a very high batting average), and upgraded from Laird to Ruiz at catcher. Overall, the RHP in our division might be slightly L balanced overall (net). And my ballpark has a slight singles bonus to RHB.

I went through a similar thought process for Gonzalez. Would love to have him on my team, with a low hits to innings ratio. I would like the SP* like I've said. Trouble is, only one team is roughly E balanced by my calcs, one is somewhat L balanced, and the other is very L balanced. Just no bang for the buck for the lefty, by my calcs. Again,I downgraded the $ at SP, in the end settling on Tillman, while also exchanging Feliz for Green (no teams in division with 5 or more RHB vs RHP).

With the extra dollars, I also decided to take a gamble on Votto (from an injury perspective).

My overall goal is to have a team that outhits the opposition, by singles, doubles and triples, but not in homeruns. We'll see if it works, both in execution and in theory. If the Goldeyes actually can outhit their opponents, will it achieve a positive run differential? Will they be able to do it?

I have injury issues with Ruiz and Votto. That will likely play a big factor in whether the strategy works or not. The injury luck factor, which I benefited from last season.

Anyway, I like the team, and it will be fun to play out!!

Semper
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