Round 1 Sound Off Thread, 2019 Topic

I still can't complain too much, but another 16 inning game in the $70M league just as I was almost starting to recover from fatigue issues is disappointing. 1 of 25 players is at 100% (Next SP). Most of my lineup is in the low 90s with 1 at 88%.
8/24/2019 8:21 PM (edited)
Still not a single Schwarze or Mauch, only a single 5-1. Steady Eddie is just what we'd hoped for here...
8/22/2019 3:01 PM
Day 9:
The Good - rebounded from a 1-5 am cycle to finish the day at .500 . . . with a good start under our belt I now classify .500 as good.
The Bad - having to start my mop-up in the variable cap league due to mismanagement of starting pitching. . . .that won't end well.
The Ugly - Variable cap team. . . 52 Stu Miller is 0-2 with an ERA of 9.00, OAV of .422, and WHIP of 2.36. :O
8/22/2019 10:16 PM
Day 10:
The Good - $110M league - Walter Johnson with a 1-hitter in the pm game, walked 1.
The Bad - workhorse Tim Keefe continues to suck in the $120M league, record now at 2-7.
The Ugly - as expected, starting a mop-up in the variable cap league went badly. . .1 IP, 7 ER. . .thank you for your service Justin Masterson.
8/23/2019 7:20 PM
I think I've already had more 1-5 and 2-4 cycles than I did in all of Round 1 last year
8/24/2019 1:25 PM
One thing I'm noticing as I do these roster analyses is that a lot of the players who were selected by owners who were pre-ranked better than other owners are players who used to be underpriced, but now are not. So, it seems like some of the top owners relied on players they knew rather than doing true value hunting. This may be why it appears that parity will be high in this year's tournament so far.
8/24/2019 3:00 PM
Several 2-4 cycles over the past few days... Not good.
My $70M lineup has somewhat recovered from all of the extra innings and high scoring games (All 8 starters- for the next game- are now 93-99%- 1 regular starter is at 91%, but resting next game)
That last 16 inning game has destroyed my pitching staff though. The 2 pitchers available for next game (including the starter) should get me through 9 innings... It looks like the next 2+ games after that I'll be counting on fatigued pitchers to pitch numerous innings..... 1 foot in the grave??
8/24/2019 6:43 PM (edited)
Okay enough of the good, bad & ugly posts. I'll just say much like milest points out, things are slowly trending to the ugly side.

Did schwarze get shot out of a canon or something??? He is flying up the charts faster than the Beatles in the 60's.
8/24/2019 8:00 PM
I drafted pitching staffs that are difficult to manage for the most part.
In the $130M league, I basically only have 2 true starters in Gibson & '94 Maddux with 3 'spot starters' (101-125 IP each) and '38 Dizzy & '66 Jarvis giving me multiple bullpen innings when needed. (Dizzy will throw 40-45 pitches next game. He'll come out of that can pretty fatigued I suspect and will have to rest for a while afterwards)
My $110M staff only has 3 starters and 2 of them 'only' throw 259 & 272. Not a substantial amount for a 3 man rotation. I don't really have any spot starters in that league, so I have to be careful with pitches/appearance for the whole staff.
My $70M staff has a bunch of guys that can start- but only 2 of them throw more than 200 inning. 1359 total IP has proven to be barely enough given that I've played a ton of extra innings thus far.
My $90M cap has Claude Hendrix & 7 guys (6 potential starters) that throw 100-190 innings each.
My $120M team has 2 garbage mops, which has made things harder to manager than I anticipated.
I have done a decent job managing the variable cap staff, although Gibson is starting at 99% next game. Silver King giving me 8-9 innings every other game is nice.
I've done a decent job managing the staffs overall, but there is definitely no 'set it an forget it' here.
I can't say designing the staffs the way I did was a bad strategy, but it is a stressful strategy.
8/24/2019 8:55 PM (edited)
^ This tournament is notorious for fatigue if you try to skate by with the minimum IP.
8/24/2019 9:24 PM
Posted by NebHusker on 8/24/2019 8:00:00 PM (view original):
Okay enough of the good, bad & ugly posts. I'll just say much like milest points out, things are slowly trending to the ugly side.

Did schwarze get shot out of a canon or something??? He is flying up the charts faster than the Beatles in the 60's.
...trying to stay quietly under the radar...
8/25/2019 1:15 PM
Posted by rbow923 on 8/24/2019 9:24:00 PM (view original):
^ This tournament is notorious for fatigue if you try to skate by with the minimum IP.
At low caps though you tend not to do well if you drafted enough IP/PA to actually set it and forget it. Realistically, the WISC isn't a set it and forget it tournament, at least not at the lower caps.
8/25/2019 2:30 PM
There's always that fine line between fatigue and too much fatigue. We all pretty much cut it close...a little luck, a good crop of parks to play in can make all the difference. ..here we are, near the 1/6th mark, a couple of wins is the difference between 20th and 40th.

Crash Davis had a good explanation of the difference between hitting .250 and .300...a dink, a gork, 1 seeing eyed grounder a week...just one more dying quail a week, and you're in Yankee Stadium...
8/25/2019 4:31 PM (edited)
I appreciate the input.
8/25/2019 6:54 PM
First schwarze in two years in the PM2 games
8/25/2019 7:12 PM
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