ssshhhh. it's a secret

OK, I think we're ready to get going. First, as usual, the list of players claimed more than twice. This time the list is headlined by a couple pitchers you may have heard of.

6			3
Pete	Alexander		Roberto	Alomar
Greg	Maddux		Frank	Baker
			Elton	Chamberlain
5			George	Davis
Jack	Pfiester		Carlton	Fisk
			Dwight	Gooden
4			Al	Grabowski
Rogers	Hornsby		Mike	Griffin
Babe	Ruth		Randy	Johnson
Ed	Walsh		Addie	Joss
Rick	Wilkins		Harry	Krause
			Christy	Mathewson
			Jake	Northrop
			Tim	Raines
			Dave	Righetti
			John	Smoltz
			Doc	White
			Ted	Williams

Now, sitemails to everyone revealing who you got and your cap. (Check back here for what we know about division alignment.) Then, the posting of the master list.

Well, that did not go as expected

Posted by ozomatli on 5/2/2016 9:59:00 PM (view original):
Well, that did not go as expected

Ok, so now that it has been foiled, will you reveal your secret plan?

batandball	11
bigmc	12
boclaird	12
cholatse	15
dcmatcheck	19
djraym	18
Donburgh	17
EasyE7273	14
ghsisler	17
halo23	18
Javeo364	24
jbap17	16
jvt87	17
lenbo1212	20
mensu1954	17
midknight	16
mllama54	17
ozomatli	15
pstuts73	17
Relkcirts	10
rickysdad44	14
skunk206	16
tridentric	13
Tucker T's	14

Hey looks like I'm with the bottom feeders. no shock there.

All right, who got Pedro!?

The list of players claimed exactly twice, and who claimed them. Everyone of these was worth an extra million bucks.

Babe	Adams	batandball;ozomatli		Jake	McGee	batandball;ghsisler
Mike	Adams	mensu1954;ozomatli		John	McGraw	donburgh;jvt87
Dick	Allen	boclaird;tridentric		Cla	Meredith	batandball;djraym
Frank	Arellanes	ghsisler;jbap17		Cy	Morgan	pstuts73;tridentric
Dave	Bancroft	EasyE7273;mllama54		Johnny	Niggeling	batandball;midknight
Jason	Bay	donburgh;jvt87		Jose	Offerman	djraym;jbap17
Lance	Berkman	ghsisler;Tucker T's		Jim	O'Rourke	cholatse;mensu1954
Vida	Blue	boclaird;rickysdad44		Mel	Ott	ghsisler;halo23
Tiny	Bonham	halo23;Relkcirts		Neifi	Perez	midknight;mllama54
Dick	Bosman	mensu1954;midknight		Mariano	Rivera	boclaird;EasyE7273
Tim	Burke	jvt87;tridentric		Bip	Roberts	batandball;bigmc
Max	Carey	bigmc;EasyE7273		Brian	Roberts	jvt87;mensu1954
Dean	Chance	rickysdad44;skunk206		Ivan	Rodriguez	boclaird;EasyE7273
Norm	Charlton	djraym;EasyE7273		Edd	Roush	cholatse;djraym
Cupid	Childs	cholatse;jbap17		Chris	Sale	jvt87;midknight
Ty	Cobb	bigmc;ozomatli		Freddy	Sanchez	halo23;mllama54
Dave	Collins	batandball;boclaird		Mike	Scott	halo23;rickysdad44
Roger	Connor	EasyE7273;rickysdad44		David	Segui	skunk206;Tucker T's
Wilson	Delgado	Relkcirts;tridentric		Bobby	Shantz	lenbo1212;pstuts73
Chone	Figgins	batandball;boclaird		Jimmy	Sheckard	dcmatcheck;ozomatli
Jack	Fournier	jbap17;rickysdad44		Bill	Singer	cholatse;Tucker T's
Augie	Galan	cholatse;donburgh		Bryn	Smith	batandball;Relkcirts
Juan	Gonzalez	Javeo364;Tucker T's		Frank	Smith	pstuts73;tridentric
Mike	Gonzalez	jbap17;jvt87		Ozzie	Smith	boclaird;tridentric
Chick	Hafey	donburgh;mensu1954		Tris	Speaker	EasyE7273;lenbo1212
Billy	Hamilton	boclaird;rickysdad44		Frank	Thomas	jbap17;pstuts73
Steve	Howe	ghsisler;Relkcirts		Hal	Trosky	lenbo1212;tridentric
Carl	Hubbell	cholatse;mllama54		Rube	Waddell	cholatse;ghsisler
Gregg	Jefferies	batandball;Relkcirts		Jamie	Walker	boclaird;jbap17
Lance	Johnson	batandball;rickysdad44		Paul	Waner	jbap17;mensu1954
Willie	Keeler	Relkcirts;rickysdad44		Al	Wingo	dcmatcheck;Tucker T's
Barry	Larkin	batandball;Tucker T's		Roger	Wolff	batandball;donburgh
Denny	Lyons	dcmatcheck;jvt87		Ross	Youngs	cholatse;skunk206
Mickey	Mantle	midknight;mllama54

	players	cap	division
Javeo364	24	114	NL East
lenbo1212	20	110	NL East
dcmatcheck	19	109	NL East
djraym	18	108	NL East/NL Central
halo23	18	108	NL East/NL Central
Donburgh	17	107	NL Central/NL West
ghsisler	17	107	NL Central/NL West
jvt87	17	107	NL Central/NL West
mensu1954	17	107	NL Central/NL West
mllama54	17	107	NL Central/NL West
pstuts73	17	107	NL Central/NL West
jbap17	16	106	NL West/AL East
midknight	16	106	NL West/AL East
skunk206	16	106	NL West/AL East
cholatse	15	105	AL East
ozomatli	15	105	AL East
EasyE7273	14	104	AL Central
rickysdad44	14	104	AL Central
Tucker T's	14	104	AL Central
tridentric	13	103	AL Central
bigmc	12	102	AL West
boclaird	12	102	AL West
batandball	11	101	AL West
Relkcirts	10	100	AL West

Glad I snuck Jake Arrieta in there because he's the only SP I got.

Like my offense though.

Posted by dcmatcheck on 5/2/2016 10:06:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 5/2/2016 9:59:00 PM (view original):
Well, that did not go as expected

Ok, so now that it has been foiled, will you reveal your secret plan?

Ha, sure. I thought there was a chance this would work since it's a variable cap. Looks like I actually just overthought it (which is usually what happens when I have "brilliant" ideas).

Anyway, I divided my roster into "guarantees," "likely gets," and "gambles." I wanted at least a 98M cap, so I allocated 8 roster spots for the guarantees. These were all 200K players who did not appear at the top of any searchable lists. Just random 200K guys. I got all 8 of these. I then allocated 2 spots for likely gets, which were my 300K pinch hitter and my 250K pinch runner. I got both of these. So far so good, 100M cap.

That left me with 15 roster spots left for gambles. The gambles consisted largely of players with high priced "best" seasons but also some lower priced seasons to allow me to fit them under the 90M cap. These included Greg Maddux, Christy Mathewson, Pete Alexander, Babe Adams, Ed Walsh, Elton Chamberlain, and Mike Adams on the pitching side, and King Kelly, Ty Cobb, Frank Baker, Hughie Jennings and a few others on the hitting side. I ended up getting 5 of these, which was about what I was expecting, which leaves me with a 105M cap. The problem, though, is that I got NONE of my pitchers. I figured I would get at least one of the elite starters I gambled on and that would give me a leg up in the league. Instead, I'm left building my pitching staff from scratch in Round 2. Though, I did get Bob Caruthers (as a hitter), so maybe I'll just transfer him over to the pitching side for my second roster like I did last season. Who knows! Definitely not the result I was hoping for, though. I thought the balance between hitters and pitchers I got from the gambles would be more even.

Needless to say, I have doubts we will be making a third straight WS appearance.

Referring to the above chart, djraym and halo tied; one will go to the NL East and the other to the Central. In the logjam at 17 players, 3 will go to the Central and 3 to the West. And with jbap, midknight, and skunk, the highest of the three will go to the NL, and the other two to the AL.

Don, you have me at 17 on the list, but I only claimed 15

Congratulations to pstuts73 on winning Exclusive Ownership 54!

Pstuts73's team, Titcomb Cannonballs, won the AL West by a single game over mllama's Jacob's Ladders with 86 wins.The Cannonballs then blasted past King and his Court in five games in the Division Series, climbed over the Ladders in six games for the pennant, then defeated ozomatli's MH Big Bad Bob Caruthers to take the championship.