Here are the theme rules.

Owner	SP	IP	Salary	$/IP	Division
--------------------	--------	-----------	--------------------	----------------	-----------------
razorclams	2	1137	43,527,238	38,283	NL East
DoctorKz	2	1126	41,642,530	36,983	NL Central
tridentric	2	1101	41,403,052	37,605	NL West
beauchamp	2	1033	40,258,472	38,972	AL East
ozomatli	2	983	36,890,958	37,529	AL Central
doctorwoo	2	1051	30,309,791	28,839	AL West
--------------------	--------	-----------	--------------------	----------------	-----------------
d_rock97	3	1066	44,494,934	41,740	NL East
thunder1008	3	1016	43,992,422	43,300	NL Central
ozomatli	3	1051	43,556,779	41,443	NL West
justinlee_24	3	1047	42,544,164	40,634	AL East
redwingscup	3	978	35,018,361	35,806	AL Central
ejstockman	3	939	34,900,601	37,168	AL West
--------------------	--------	-----------	--------------------	----------------	-----------------
fatguyrd	4	972	51,253,023	52,729	NL East
nordawg	4	1014	41,856,148	41,290	NL Central
mensu1954	4	1016	40,937,686	40,305	NL West
schwarze	4	962	39,877,617	41,466	AL East
calhoop	4	928	36,999,758	39,870	AL Central
dlchow	4	919	33,378,085	36,320	AL West
--------------------	--------	-----------	--------------------	----------------	-----------------
rbow923	5	1117	42,693,236	38,221	NL East
Chisock	5	1000	42,184,474	42,184	NL Central
joerat1	5	1029	40,839,843	39,689	NL West
dougpalm	5	1035	40,810,512	39,415	AL East
mllama54	5	952	39,872,591	41,865	AL Central
teamhydro	5	1043	36,922,224	35,410	AL West

SP	Avg IP	Avg Salary	$/IP
--------	-----------	--------------------	-----------
2	1,072	39,005,340	36,391
3	1,016	40,751,210	40,103
4	968	40,717,053	42,048
5	1,029	40,553,813	39,395
--------	-----------	--------------------	-----------
Average	1,021	40,256,854	39,412
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Division	Avg IP	Avg Salary	$/IP
--------	-----------	--------------------	-----------
NL East	1,073	45,492,108	42,397
NL Central	1,039	42,418,894	40,830
NL West	1,049	41,684,340	39,731
AL East	1,019	40,872,691	40,100
AL Central	960	37,195,417	38,731
AL West	988	33,877,675	34,292
--------	-----------	--------------------	-----------
Average	1,021	40,256,854	39,412

Here is a list of the 84 specified starting pitchers and how many times they were taken.
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X-SP	Pitcher	Salary	Count
----------	---------------------------------	---------------------	------------
2	1908 Ed Walsh	19,584,074	3
3	1914 Claude Hendrix	15,444,022	3
3 & 4	1910 Russ Ford	13,696,778	3
4	2015 Clayton Kershaw	10,612,102	3
5	2014 Clayton Kershaw	10,127,516	3
4 & 5	1996 Kevin Brown	9,903,221	3
4	1906 Doc White	9,597,234	3
2	1886 Lady Baldwin	23,943,164	2
2	1888 Tim Keefe	20,674,398	2
3	1909 Mordecai Brown	15,354,134	2
3	1919 Babe Adams	12,758,623	2
4	1997 Greg Maddux	9,282,997	2
5	2002 Pedro Martinez	8,994,829	2
5	1964 Joe Horlen	8,931,684	2
4 & 5	1904 Mordecai Brown	8,708,490	2
5	2017 Corey Kluber	8,244,559	2
4	1914 Ray Caldwell	7,291,663	2
5	1902 Joe McGinnity	5,486,751	2
2	1886 Charlie Ferguson	20,728,654	1
4	1995 Greg Maddux	19,207,768	1
2	1888 Pete Conway	17,699,366	1
2	1904 Jack Chesbro	17,306,884	1
3	1908 Mordecai Brown	15,904,677	1
2	1888 Mickey Welch	15,820,478	1
2	1886 Dan Casey	14,489,313	1
3	1917 Eddie Cicotte	14,390,967	1
3	1905 Christy Mathewson	14,341,519	1
4	1968 Luis Tiant	12,351,391	1
3	1909 Orval Overall	12,310,948	1
3	1933 Carl Hubbell	12,114,190	1
3	1964 Don Drysdale	12,054,227	1
3	1904 Jake Weimer	11,780,948	1
4	1997 Pedro Martinez	11,323,746	1
4	1968 Dave McNally	10,904,138	1
3	1915 Jeff Tesreau	10,849,944	1
3	1905 Frank Smith	10,808,705	1
4	1995 Randy Johnson	10,096,630	1
4	1989 Bret Saberhagen	10,079,297	1
5	2004 Johan Santana	9,546,606	1
5	1964 Sandy Koufax	9,534,665	1
5	1902 Bill Bernhard	9,370,956	1
4	2014 Felix Hernandez	9,337,143	1
5	2018 Jacob deGrom	9,223,818	1
4	1914 Russ Ford	9,016,162	1
5	2003 Jason Schmidt	8,643,694	1
4	1909 Harry Krause	8,216,306	1
5	2017 Max Scherzer	8,101,147	1
4	1906 Ed Reulbach	7,780,698	1
5	2015 Dallas Keuchel	7,644,583	1
5	1907 Jack Pfiester	7,411,067	1
5	2018 Aaron Nola	7,394,530	1
5	1966 Gary Peters	7,390,410	1
5	1943 Whit Wyatt	7,256,564	1
5	2009 Chris Carpenter	7,213,451	1
5	1904 Addie Joss	6,979,166	1
5	2018 Blake Snell	6,879,702	1
5	1962 Sandy Koufax	6,657,093	1
5	2016 Jon Lester	6,381,988	1
5	2006 Chris Young	5,383,535	1

These are the other pitchers taken at least twice...
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Pitcher	Salary	Count
---------------------------------	---------------------	------------
2015 Rich Hill	1,542,827	4
2016 Clayton Kershaw	7,766,928	3
1944 Joe Berry	4,688,458	3
1989 Dennis Eckersley	3,443,134	3
1918 Jack Quinn	2,709,861	3
1907 Nick Maddox	2,620,891	3
2018 Sean Doolittle	2,566,363	3
2016 Aroldis Chapman	2,462,800	3
1915 Cy Falkenberg	2,228,116	3
1987 Jack McDowell	1,450,341	3
2006 Joe Nathan	4,333,323	2
2016 Kenley Jansen	4,041,431	2
1983 Tom Niedenfuer	3,986,345	2
1918 Jake Northrop	3,375,906	2
1943 Johnny Niggeling	2,992,540	2
2014 Zach Britton	2,931,657	2
2016 Andrew Miller	2,841,305	2
2017 Adam Warren	2,432,169	2
1958 Barry Latman	2,389,633	2
1929 Al Grabowski	2,224,288	2
2013 Tanner Roark	2,207,971	2
2014 Drew Smyly	2,092,656	2
1976 Fred Holdsworth	1,625,026	2
1886 Phenomenal Smith	1,279,726	2
1963 Bobby Tiefenauer	1,181,276	2
2016 Alec Asher	876,208	2

Here is every hitter (over $1M) selected more than once...
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Pos	Pitcher	Salary	Count
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3B	1921 Frankie Frisch	7,699,530	5
OF	1915 Benny Kauff	7,618,028	4
OF	1916 Ty Cobb	8,390,432	4
1B	1885 Roger Connor	9,893,668	4
SS	2008 Jimmy Rollins	5,909,402	3
C	1888 King Kelly	6,429,543	3
3B	1979 George Brett	7,600,272	3
1B	1890 Roger Connor	8,238,438	3
OF	1913 Tris Speaker	8,512,877	3
OF	1914 Tris Speaker	9,362,303	3
2B	2008 Felipe Lopez	2,069,901	2
C	1938 Earle Brucker	2,556,799	2
3B	1897 Bill Joyce	4,677,976	2
1B	1887 John Kerins	4,884,588	2
3B	1891 Duke Farrell	5,581,078	2
C	1929 Mickey Cochrane	5,663,775	2
C	1996 Ivan Rodriguez	5,840,666	2
2B	1930 Frankie Frisch	6,368,583	2
3B	1913 Frank Baker	6,697,127	2
1B	1886 Roger Connor	7,318,035	2
OF	1922 Max Carey	7,372,038	2
OF	1890 Pete Browning	7,497,181	2
OF	1921 Tris Speaker	7,729,376	2
OF	1921 Harry Heilmann	7,821,622	2
OF	1920 Joe Jackson	8,653,483	2

I'm the only one with deGrom or Bernhard. Did not expect that. Making up for it by having all 4 of the hitters drafted 4 or more times, and two of the 3's.

Interesting analysis. My 3 man staff team is kind of out there on its own (Hubbell, Drysdale, and Tesreau). All three of my 300+ guys were sole choices. The only relief pitcher I'm using on the list is '15 Hill. Ditto the '13 Speaker for position players.

There's a lot of ways to skin a cat gents.

why do I feel like the cat

Was a player really selected twice if ozomatli has him on both of his teams?

Posted by rbow923 on 7/15/2019 8:24:00 PM (view original):
Was a player really selected twice if ozomatli has him on both of his teams?

Was thinking the same thing. I think my lineup and bullpens are almost identical across both teams.

Also I cannot believe:

• Bernhard and deGrom were only selected one
• 1908 Walsh isn't on every 2 man team
• No one used 1908 Frank Smith in a 3 man (I wanted to, but had to raise my SP salaries to get my teams in separate conferences)
• Only 3 people (well, 2) took 2016 Kershaw

Frank Smith is underpriced but otherwise nothing special, better suited for $100m. Kershaw can't start in this theme and his relief performance is on par with other RP at $50,000+ per inning who are easier to manage.

Agree to disagree. By my metrics...

2016 Kershaw is the 3rd best value pitcher-season over $25,000 $/IP with at least 100IP. As a comparison, 1918 Toney is 220th and 1888 Chamberlain is 445th. And he can start in the playoffs, which is all that matters for him.

1908 Smith is the 12th best value pitcher-season over $25,000 $/IP with at least 300IP. When you're THAT underpriced, you're a good value at a stretch-cap. I'd rather let Smith give up a few extra runs and spend the money on offense, a different SP or my pen.