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elduro25
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I think the guys who got a really good Mathewson or Alexander in Round 1 and then were still able to get a good Ruth/Gehrig combo in Round 2 or 3 are ahead of the game here. Wish I was thinking beyond "OOH, AWESOME RUTH AND GEHRIG!" from the start
11/5/2009 11:36 AM
sgsmith
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Quote: Originally Posted By calhoop on 11/05/2009
My starting 8 offense: 5549 PA/162 .382/.471/.614

7 pitchers: 1816 IP/162 1.06 WHIP/0.28 HR/9.

I thought I was doing OK. Instead I'm going to get smoked!
11/5/2009 11:37 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By sgsmith on 11/05/2009
Quote: Originally Posted By calhoop on 11/05/2009

My starting 8 offense: 5549 PA/162 .382/.471/.614

7 pitchers: 1816 IP/162 1.06 WHIP/0.28 HR/9.

I thought I was doing OK. Instead I'm going to get smoked!



Don't worry. Those stats will be mitigated by poor management.
11/5/2009 11:39 AM
pmwksw
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Quote: Originally Posted By sgsmith on 11/05/2009
How many PA's is that, schwarze? I won't list my whole team, but my top 8 hitters are at 5240 PA/.327/.434/.571 for $60.1M. I'll have to use a portion of Tim Raines 1983 PA's -- adding in all of them we go to 5960/.323/.429/.552 for $66.0M.

On the pitching side, I have 1219 IP/2.57/.216/1.05 for $42.1M-- still need innings (and some good normalization!) -- my starters don't look nearly as good as yours, but I do have 200 innings of reasonably studly relief.



Normalization is key. The pitchers I expect to use are at 1515 IP/2.02/.203/.97. Normalized, though, they're not as good because I've got a Mathewson and a couple guys from '68. We'll see how it plays out.
11/5/2009 11:46 AM
schwarze
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Of my 8 hitters, only Javy Lopez is not full-time... so I will have to either use another teammate like Bresnahan (cut McDowell) or a lower-quality Bench.

Many of my numbers are also overstated because or normalization (1905 Mathewson, 1915 Alexander, 1960's Gibson, Seibert, McDowell) plus 1930 Gehringer, Ott, Lindstrom.

As far as having Ruth/Gehrig (1928 version) to go along with my Alexander/Mathewson, I kind of wish I hadn't made that pick. I would have surely taken 1893 Delahanty with that pick and also probably have taken the stud Gehringer/Greenberg season in the next round or two. And even if I hadn't, I would have then got to use the .400 hitting Bill Terry. I also have a stud Mike Donlin season that I have to cut. Basically, locking up 1B so early killed some really great teammate options.
11/5/2009 11:58 AM
ff09
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I'm shooting for a 1st round draft pick next season.
11/5/2009 12:38 PM
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My 8 starters .318 .424 .581 59M

My best pitchers IP 1,473 WHIP 1.00 HR/9 0.27 50.5M



I was real happy with that until seeing schwarze numbers. I'm sure getting a later Ruth hurt my SLG number. 840 of my innings normalize about 0.07 WHIP higher because it's 1888.
11/5/2009 12:50 PM
garyx23
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11/5/2009 1:08 PM
garyx23
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I dont feel as bad now about my team as I did earlier. I still need to cobble some more at-bats onto my team, but right now my hitting line stands at .338/.452/.587 but I still need to add about 1000 at bats.

My pitching is at 0.97 WHIP / 0.40 HR per 9 in 1260 IP between 4 starters and 2 relievers. Maybe I will be able to compete a little.
11/5/2009 1:23 PM
schwarze
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Draft Order for Round 8

1.pmwksw 44,974,326 2006 Greg Maddux + 1,784,207 = 46,758,533
2.boozerep 46,820,221 1991 Dennis Eckersley + 2,522,967 = 49,343,188
3.sgsmith 47,819,684 1983 Tim Raines + 5,956,990 = 53,776,674
4.elduro25 49,147,715 1998 Dwight Gooden + 2,748,415 = 51,896,130
5.teal_leo 50,754,386 1994 Tim Raines + 4,312,933 = 55,067,319
6.paul33329 52,158,392 1994 Dwight Gooden + 819,969 = 52,978,361
7.schwarze 54,868,111 1965 Luis Tiant + 4,731,310 = 59,599,421
8.ff09 57,339,009 1898 Ed Delahanty + 6,771,582 = 64,110,591
9.shysters3 58,714,367 1991 Kent Mercker + 1,811,397 = 60,525,764
10.calhoop 58,763,415 1927 Charlie Gehringer + 4,953,954 = 63,717,369
11.bheid408 58,778,668 1979 Dennis Eckersley + 5,926,895 = 64,705,563
12.ejstockman 60,009,011 1928 Carl Hubbell + 3,464,605 = 63,473,616
13.genemock91 60,958,564 1892 Ed Delahanty + 5,258,884 = 66,217,448
14.specsman 61,600,054 1975 Mike Schmidt + 6,777,188 = 68,377,242
15.pmars2001 67,875,306 1973 Bob Gibson + 5,947,948 = 73,823,254
16.garyx23 68,704,410 1939 Charlie Gehringer + 4,702,321 = 73,406,731
11/5/2009 1:27 PM
teal_leo
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Quote: Originally posted by pmars2001 on 11/05/20091973 Bob Gibson
Good grab. That's 200 great filler innings off the board.
11/5/2009 2:17 PM
pmwksw
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Time to pick up my Ruth and complete my everyday lineup 1929 Babe Ruth.
11/5/2009 2:19 PM
sgsmith
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Would'a been my next pick (Gibson, that is).
11/5/2009 2:20 PM
pmwksw
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Quote: Originally Posted By sgsmith on 11/05/2009Would'a been my next pick
I had lived on the edge long enough and was too nervous to continue - apparently with good reason.
11/5/2009 2:24 PM
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11/5/2009 2:34 PM
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