2016 players - what are you excited for? Topic

I'm looking forward to Kershaw - 149 innings of 0.73 whip and 0.5 HR/9.

Also looking forward to 3 more high AVG second basemen (Lemahieu 348/416/495, Altuve 338/396/531 and Murphy 347/390/595).

Gary Sanchez will be a massively popular platoon option at C - 229 PA of 299/376/657 and a solid 41% CS rate.

Trea Turner will be another popular platoon guy - 324 PA 342/370/567 with 33sb/6cs

Wondering just how severe the normalization for HR/9 will be.
10/3/2016 1:22 PM
Posted by jfranco77 on 10/3/2016 1:22:00 PM (view original):
I'm looking forward to Kershaw - 149 innings of 0.73 whip and 0.5 HR/9.

Also looking forward to 3 more high AVG second basemen (Lemahieu 348/416/495, Altuve 338/396/531 and Murphy 347/390/595).

Gary Sanchez will be a massively popular platoon option at C - 229 PA of 299/376/657 and a solid 41% CS rate.

Trea Turner will be another popular platoon guy - 324 PA 342/370/567 with 33sb/6cs

Wondering just how severe the normalization for HR/9 will be.
Me too. As a Tigers fan, Verlander had a great year. The only way he doesn't win the Cy Young this year, is if they knock him for the homers he gave up. 1.2 HR/9. I really wanna see his normalized HR/9 cuz homers were way up this year everywhere
10/3/2016 1:46 PM
for those of you excited about 2016 players, I'm putting together a draft league of 2016 players once they come out. Sign up in the theme league classifieds!
10/3/2016 2:01 PM
Kenley Jansen looks good for higher caps. Britton should be good, too.
10/3/2016 2:26 PM
Along with Britton/Jansen, Full Season of Chapman (.158 OAV, 0.86 WHIP, .31 Hr/9, 58 IP, should be good to go with a 10/15 pitch count setting, even 15/15 if needed).

Andrew Miller has some interesting stuff going on (i.e. 1.09 bb/9, 0.69 whip, and .160 OAV, but the 8 HRs allowed in 74-1/3 scares me. Maybe in Target, Municipal or other park that suppresses long ball. Need to see how the HRs normalize... there were a lot this year as pointed out above.

Dan Otero might be useful in a "-" singles park. Ditto Chris Devenski. (108 IPs in 48 games, 0.91 whip, 0.33 hr/9, but .211 OAV). I think Verlander will be difficult to use given the aforementioned 1.20 HR/9 number despite how it might be normalized.

On the position player side, I'm anxious to see what Freddie Freeman costs. 43 doubles, 34 HR (only 91 RBI, playing for the Braves must be tough, not that RBI matter in the SIM), and a .302/.400/.569 triple slash. Hopefully Brandon Belt will be cheap and end up as some sort of value play in the right park. He ended up with 41 2bs and 8 trips to go with a .275/.394/.474 slash.... has 104 BBs to boot. Goldschmidt will be expensive, interesting he was 32/37 in SBs/SB attempts.

It's like Christmas in October when the new players are released. I don't play in many OLs these last several years, but have always dropped in an OL team when the new players are released and they usually do well. This year will be no exception, except for the doing well part.


10/3/2016 2:58 PM
Devenski looks great
10/3/2016 3:05 PM
Posted by ozomatli on 10/3/2016 3:05:00 PM (view original):
Devenski looks great
Never mind, for 40K/IP he's not exactly a bargain. Maybe still usable at mid-caps though, like a Joe Berry type
10/3/2016 6:28 PM
Final Boss - 80 innings at 41k/ip, not far off from '85 Ontiveros...
10/3/2016 8:23 PM
Gary Sanchez $3.5M for 229 PA...1 hr every 11 PA
10/3/2016 8:26 PM
Altuve $6.4M, D- range...
10/3/2016 8:28 PM
Big Papi $5.4M, he should get some use at DH...
10/3/2016 8:35 PM
Asher. 28ip $874k
10/3/2016 8:41 PM
This has to be the fastest new players have ever been added to the database. Great work WIS staff!!!
10/4/2016 1:16 AM
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