Posted by ozomatli on 4/28/2016 2:50:00 PM (view original):
Since I've got a little time to kill before my flight, I'll go unfiltered for a bit and make some way-too-early predictions for playoff teams. I wonder if any of these will end up being right... (probably not).

NL East - Very tough one right off the bat. slainte has out drafted me before, so I'm inclined to give him the edge
NL Central - Another tight one. Could go either way between jbar8888 and SouthHeat. I'll give it to jbar8888 since he's defending champ
NL West - I'm definitely bias, but the draft has gone pretty well for me and I'm confident my strategy will work well.
Wildcard - Lots to choose from here. Despite being late on a lot of these early picks, I really like what duece_duece has going and think it'll be him

AL East - I like what asufan04 is doing with his squad. Good mix of hitting and pitching so far
AL Central - If Morris and Welch hold up, which I think they will, my money's on bottomlee
AL West - Tough to bet against a quality owner like ej, but I like Rattlers team a bit more so far
Wildcard - If ejstockman can get the most out of Reb Russell (harder to do than for King, surprisingly), he's got this

NL West is mine, ozomatli. Best of luck with the Wild Card!

We'll see, Kyle. Those are fightin' words, but I think my squad matches up pretty well against yours so far.

Don't sleep on the other two teams either, I don't know roadhouse well but dipped is very dangerous.

Posted by ozomatli on 4/28/2016 5:11:00 PM (view original):
We'll see, Kyle. Those are fightin' words, but I think my squad matches up pretty well against yours so far.

Don't sleep on the other two teams either, I don't know roadhouse well but dipped is very dangerous.

If we aren't fightin', then where's the fun? Agree your squad is looking tough...I'm bummed you scooped up Buffinton.

There's still one guy out there you could grab as a replacement. I thought d_rock was going to take him before you got the chance. A guy I almost took over Smith, but Smith's HR/9 was too good to pass on

Posted by ozomatli on 4/28/2016 5:22:00 PM (view original):
There's still one guy out there you could grab as a replacement. I thought d_rock was going to take him before you got the chance. A guy I almost took over Smith, but Smith's HR/9 was too good to pass on

If it's the guy I think ur thinking of, I would've taken him, but I panicked cuz I was in class and thought I was late, so I opened up Google and typed in Amos Rusie.

Roadhouse19, I'm not in this draft... lol, sorry I can't make your proxy pick for ya! :P

My team so far:

C
1B - Bill Terry (may be a bit of an underachiever in WIS, but I like him in my park)
2B
3B -- Freddie Lindstrom
SS - Nomar Garciaparra
OF -- Paul Waner
OF -- Joe Jackson
OF
DF -- Pete Browning

4200 ABS of .391 avg, .446 OBP, .520 SLG

P Silver King
P Reb Russell
RP Hon Chih Kuo

1042 IP of .88 WHIP and .08 HR/9.

Just took Catfish Hunter to round out my rotation. Passed up on middle INF & a 3rd OF. Hope those guys are there next round...: P

Very interesting draft so far... it's obvious that most people are putting a lot of thought into it and making good picks. I've been kind of goofy with my own choices taking some guys because they're really famous and I can't believe they've slipped so far. I've got a power team shaping up that would crush any league that excluded deadball pitchers. But in this league who knows... we might end up pretty mediocre.

C Mike Napoli (short season but without a weakness, I was very pleased to get him in the 9th round)
1B Mark McGwire (I'm a little worried he will be a "hot pile of garbage" again)
2B Robinson Cano (good glove, will probably bat 9th)
3B Pedro Guerrero
SS Bill Dahlen (has the speed and OBP, and is a strong enough hitter overall to lead off in a DH league, hope he doesn't cost me games with his glove)
OF Stan Musial (looking for big numbers from him and the other OFs in Fulton County Stadium)
OF Joe Dimaggio
OF Sammy Sosa
DH Ted Williams
C Don Padgett
OF Bobby Murcer
SS John Valentin
SP Lady Baldwin (I will try to use him vs. heavily lefty lineups as much as possible )
SP Roger Clemens (He and Chance should control HRs very well but I'm nervous about high WHIPs)
SP Dean Chance
SP Juan Marichal (in keeping with the theme of taking really famous guys who were passed over he was chosen #531 overall... will be strictly a road specialist as he would get hammered for HRs in my park)
RP Billy Wagner (good lefties are scarce... took him in the 10th because of his great ERC* and OAV* but worried that he will allow HRs.)
RP Rob Nen
RP Jake McGee
RP Francisco Rodriguez
RP Sergio Romo
RP Bobby Jenks
RP Jonathan Broxton
RP Russ Springer
RP Aaron Sanchez

payroll: 188.8 million - 7353 PAs for $ 103.4 milion and 2063 IPs for $85.4 million.

Posted by ejstockman on 4/29/2016 1:34:00 PM (view original):
My team so far:

C
1B - Bill Terry (may be a bit of an underachiever in WIS, but I like him in my park)
2B
3B -- Freddie Lindstrom
SS - Nomar Garciaparra
OF -- Paul Waner
OF -- Joe Jackson
OF
DF -- Pete Browning

4200 ABS of .391 avg, .446 OBP, .520 SLG

P Silver King
P Reb Russell
RP Hon Chih Kuo

1042 IP of .88 WHIP and .08 HR/9.

I like your low strikeout, high AVG lineup. Trying to stay away from batters with over 100 strikeouts but it's hard!!!

Position Players
		Pos	Player	B	PA/ 162	AB/ 162	HR	RBI	SB- CS	SO- BB	AB/ HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	F/R	Salary
		C	1993 Chris Hoiles	R	503	419	29	82	1-1	94-69	14.4	.310	.416	.585	A-/A	$6,033,521
		1B	1969 Willie McCovey	L	623	491	45	126	0-0	66-121	10.9	.320	.453	.656	B-/A	$8,429,376
		2B	click to draft
		3B	1981 Mike Schmidt	R	658	536	31	91	12-4	71-73	11.4	.316	.435	.644	B/A-	$9,415,969
		SS	1996 Barry Larkin	R	627	517	33	89	36-10	52-96	15.7	.298	.410	.567	B+/C+	$6,818,582
		OF	2015 Bryce Harper	L	654	521	42	99	6-4	131-124	12.4	.330	.460	.649	C/C+	$8,326,834
		OF	1962 Hank Aaron	R	667	592	45	128	15-7	73-66	13.2	.323	.390	.618	B-/B+	$8,150,860
		OF	1977 George Foster	R	689	615	52	149	6-4	107-61	11.8	.320	.382	.631	A/B	$8,498,056
		1B	1938 Hank Greenberg	R	717	585	58	146	7-5	92-119	9.6	.315	.438	.683	B-/B	$8,531,841

Pitching Staff
		Role	Player	T	W-L-S	IP/ 162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/ 9	BB/ 9	HR/ 9	K-BB	Salary
		SP	1965 Sandy Koufax	L	26-8-2	336	2.04	.179	0.86	10.24	1.90	0.70	382-71	$14,402,541
		SP/RP	1968 Bob Gibson	R	22-9-0	305	1.12	.184	0.85	7.92	1.83	0.32	268-62	$12,894,242
		SP/RP	1906 Jack Pfiester	L	20-8-0	268	1.51	.194	0.94	5.49	2.26	0.11	153-63	$8,946,897
		SP/RP	1972 Catfish Hunter	R	21-7-0	309	2.04	.189	0.91	5.82	2.13	0.64	191-70	$11,215,215
		SP/RP	1991 Todd Frohwirth	R	7-3-3	97	1.87	.190	0.97	7.19	2.71	0.19	77-29	$4,129,901
		SP/RP	1987 Dave Smith	R	2-3-24	60	1.65	.182	1.00	10.95	3.15	0.00	73-21	$2,866,335
		SP/RP	1990 Zane Smith	L	6-2-0	76	1.30	.203	0.84	5.92	1.07	0.47	50-9	$2,880,849

Updated Roster
C-
1B - Bill Terry
2B- Buddy Myer (never used him but like the .440 OB)
3B- Freddie Lindstrom
SS- Nomar Garciaparra
OF - Paul Waner
OF - Joe Jackson
OF - Goose Goslin (using the great offensive year, defense be damned)
DH - Pete Browning

5500 ABs of .384 BA, .445 OBP, only 280ks

P - SIlver King
P- Reb Russell
P. Joe Berry
P - Kuo
P - Saito
P- Maddox
P Bell
P -Saucier
P. Murphy
1500 innings, .190 OAV, .90 WHIP, .13 HRs/9

ej, how's your defense with that lineup?

Pos	Player	B	PA/ 162	AB/ 162	HR	RBI	SB- CS	SO- BB	AB/ HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	F/R	Salary
		C	2012 Buster Posey	R	610	530	24	103	1-1	96-69	22.1	.336	.408	.549	B/A+	$6,744,149
		1B	1939 Johnny Mize	L	710	598	28	108	0-0	49-92	20.1	.349	.444	.626	C-/B-	$7,919,798
		2B	1949 Jackie Robinson	R	741	624	16	124	37-22	27-86	37.1	.342	.432	.528	B/B-	$8,513,841
		3B	1953 Al Rosen	R	724	631	43	145	8-7	48-85	13.9	.336	.422	.613	B+/A-	$10,448,670
		SS	1948 Lou Boudreau	R	707	586	18	106	3-2	9-98	31.1	.355	.453	.534	A-/A	$10,690,853
		OF	1929 Lefty O'Doul	L	774	676	32	122	2-2	19-76	19.9	.398	.465	.622	C/D+	$9,380,920
		OF	1928 Heinie Manush	L	734	672	13	108	17-5	14-39	49.1	.378	.414	.575	A/C+	$8,956,620
		OF	1994 Ken Griffey Jr.	L	714	627	40	90	11-3	73-56	10.8	.323	.402	.674	B/C+	$8,397,965
		OF	1927 Earle Combs	L	762	682	6	64	15-6	31-62	108.0	.356	.414	.511	C/A	$7,806,106
		C	1961 Johnny Blanchard	L	275	243	21	54	1-0	28-27	11.6	.305	.382	.613	B/A-	$3,188,659
		OF	1984 Dan Gladden	R	384	342	4	31	31-16	37-33	85.5	.351	.410	.447	B+/A-	$4,417,643
		3B	2014 Justin Turner	R	322	288	7	43	6-1	58-28	41.1	.340	.404	.493	B/D-	$2,661,740
		2B	2006 Kazuo Matsui	S	126	113	2	19	8-1	27-10	56.5	.345	.392	.504	A-/A	$1,628,922
		OF	1995 Dwayne Hosey	S	87	77	3	7	6-0	16-8	22.7	.338	.408	.618	A+/B-	$1,267,879
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
Batting Totals					7670	6689	257	1124	146-66	532-769	24.3	.351	.424	.568	B/B	$92,023,765

Pitching Staff
		Role	Player	T	W-L-S	IP/ 162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/ 9	BB/ 9	HR/ 9	K-BB	Salary
		SP	1888 Tim Keefe	R	35-12-0	538	1.74	.196	0.94	6.94	1.86	0.10	335-90	$20,218,056
		SP/RP	1905 Rube Waddell	L	27-10-0	360	1.48	.200	0.98	7.86	2.46	0.14	287-90	$11,587,699
		SP/RP	1981 Rollie Fingers	R	6-3-28	116	1.04	.198	0.87	7.04	1.50	0.35	61-13	$4,720,765
		SP/RP	1967 Ted Abernathy	R	6-3-28	107	1.27	.170	0.98	7.45	3.47	0.08	88-41	$4,617,700
		SP/RP	1909 Cy Morgan	R	16-11-0	243	1.65	.191	0.98	3.19	2.79	0.12	81-71	$7,196,032
		SP/RP	1943 Howie Pollet	L	8-4-0	125	1.75	.200	0.97	4.64	2.43	0.15	61-32	$4,450,703
		SP/RP	1968 Bobby Bolin	R	10-5-0	177	1.99	.200	0.98	6.42	2.34	0.46	126-46	$5,600,739
		SP/RP	1967 Moe Drabowsky	R	7-5-12	96	1.60	.194	0.95	9.06	2.36	0.66	96-25	$3,103,845
		SP/RP	2013 Neal Cotts	L	8-3-1	56	1.11	.180	0.95	10.26	2.84	0.32	65-18	$2,409,784
		SP/RP	2003 Damaso Marte	L	4-2-11	80	1.58	.185	1.05	9.83	3.84	0.34	87-34	$3,169,826
		SP/RP	1909 Howie Camnitz	R	25-6-3	302	1.62	.211	0.97	4.23	2.16	0.03	133-68	$10,328,494
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
Pitching Totals					152-64-83	2,200	1.61	.196	0.96	6.44	2.39	0.19	1420-528	$77,403,643

The final roster!

Team Name: Misdeal

Position Players
		Pos	Player	B	PA/ 162	AB/ 162	HR	RBI	SB- CS	SO- BB	AB/ HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	F/R	Salary
		C	1993 Chris Hoiles	R	503	419	29	82	1-1	94-69	14.4	.310	.416	.585	A-/A	$6,033,521
		1B	1969 Willie McCovey	L	623	491	45	126	0-0	66-121	10.9	.320	.453	.656	B-/A	$8,429,376
		2B	2001 Bret Boone	R	690	623	37	141	5-5	110-40	16.8	.331	.372	.578	B+/B+	$7,543,172
		3B	1981 Mike Schmidt	R	658	536	31	91	12-4	71-73	11.4	.316	.435	.644	B/A-	$9,415,969
		SS	1996 Barry Larkin	R	627	517	33	89	36-10	52-96	15.7	.298	.410	.567	B+/C+	$6,818,582
		OF	2015 Bryce Harper	L	654	521	42	99	6-4	131-124	12.4	.330	.460	.649	C/C+	$8,326,834
		OF	1962 Hank Aaron	R	667	592	45	128	15-7	73-66	13.2	.323	.390	.618	B-/B+	$8,150,860
		OF	1977 George Foster	R	689	615	52	149	6-4	107-61	11.8	.320	.382	.631	A/B	$8,498,056
		1B	1938 Hank Greenberg	R	717	585	58	146	7-5	92-119	9.6	.315	.438	.683	B-/B	$8,531,841
		OF	1998 Shane Spencer	R	73	67	10	27	0-1	12-5	6.7	.373	.411	.910	A+/D-	$2,554,486
		2B	1999 Terry Shumpert	R	304	262	10	37	14-0	41-31	26.2	.347	.413	.584	A-/D	$3,247,180
		OF	2001 Todd Hollandsworth	L	125	117	6	19	5-0	20-8	19.5	.368	.408	.667	B-/D	$1,635,932
		C	2000 Charles Johnson	R	158	135	10	36	0-0	37-20	13.5	.326	.411	.607	B+/A	$2,005,253
		SS	2015 Corey Seager	L	113	98	4	17	2-0	19-14	24.5	.337	.425	.561	D+/A+	$1,287,305
		3B	2004 Chone Figgins	S	638	577	5	60	34-13	94-49	115.4	.296	.350	.419	C/D-	$4,107,995
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
Batting Totals					7239	6155	417	1247	143-54	1019-896	14.3	.320	.410	.604	B/B-	$86,586,362

Pitching Staff
		Role	Player	T	W-L-S	IP/ 162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/ 9	BB/ 9	HR/ 9	K-BB	Salary
		SP	1965 Sandy Koufax	L	26-8-2	336	2.04	.179	0.86	10.24	1.90	0.70	382-71	$14,402,541
		SP/RP	1968 Bob Gibson	R	22-9-0	305	1.12	.184	0.85	7.92	1.83	0.32	268-62	$12,894,242
		SP/RP	1906 Jack Pfiester	L	20-8-0	268	1.51	.194	0.94	5.49	2.26	0.11	153-63	$8,946,897
		SP/RP	1972 Catfish Hunter	R	21-7-0	309	2.04	.189	0.91	5.82	2.13	0.64	191-70	$11,215,215
		SP/RP	1991 Todd Frohwirth	R	7-3-3	97	1.87	.190	0.97	7.19	2.71	0.19	77-29	$4,129,901
		SP/RP	1987 Dave Smith	R	2-3-24	60	1.65	.182	1.00	10.95	3.15	0.00	73-21	$2,866,335
		SP/RP	1990 Zane Smith	L	6-2-0	76	1.30	.203	0.84	5.92	1.07	0.47	50-9	$2,880,849
		SP/RP	1991 Doug Henry	R	2-1-15	36	1.00	.133	0.83	7.00	3.50	0.25	28-14	$1,756,102
		SP/RP	1992 Cal Eldred	R	11-2-0	101	1.79	.207	0.99	5.56	2.06	0.36	62-23	$3,503,641
		SP/RP	1990 Rob Dibble	R	8-3-11	98	1.74	.183	0.98	12.49	3.12	0.28	136-34	$4,182,046
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
Pitching Totals					125-46-55	1,686	1.68	.187	0.90	7.73	2.16	0.41	1420-396	$66,777,769