Mar
11
RAB Fantasy Baseball League Part Five
ByAlright folks, the league settings are the same as the other four leagues (see them here), though remember that the maximum number of moves per week has been capped at eight. We don’t want people swapping out starters every day to build up those win and strikeout totals. If you missed out on the other leagues and want in, go to Yahoo and sign up using this info…
League ID: 442039
Password: riveraveblues
If you’ve already signed up for one of the other leagues, please don’t double up. Give everyone a chance.
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I’m in. Awesome!!!! I am “The Best Team”
Also, don’t miss this convo from the Open Thread:
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-800839
We’re anticipating that this fifth league will be part of a linked 5-league tiered relegation keeper league system called “The RAB 100″.
Win, and your reward is moving up to a higher league. Let the games begin.
I’m so excited. This has gotta be the most epic fantasy league ever
Ridiculous, though how one can keeper league and relegate I’m not sure.
Read the linked convo. I think it’ll be fairly easy and straightforward.
Makes sense, its true, especially only with 4 or so keepers.
Yeah, you can’t combine relegation and keepers if you keep your ENTIRE team, but if it’s only a few (like 4-7 or so), it’s totally doable.
I. Am. In.
Dammit. Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in.
/moviequotefromamovieIownbutrefusetowatch’d
I watched it, I forget when, sometime this past year… Just to see how bad it really was, since I hadn’t seen it in years.
Mistake.
Well I made it in. But I need a real team name…using my handle from here is pretty lame. In my other leagues I’ve always been Evil Empire, but that is kinda lame in a league with Yankee fans….
Team name suggestion:
Mattingly’s Porn Stache
I like it. I was thinking about something with Goose’s stache, but to tie in my handle would be good.
I don’t think that fits inside the 20-character max, though.
Donnie’s Porn Stache works. 20 on the nose.
No spaces worked fine for me. Thanks man!
I give because I love.
If only Hideki was still on the team, I would have countered with Matsui’s Porn Stash. I’ll stick with Philthy though.
Can someone explain to me how the pitching draft works. I’ve only used MLB.com fantasy, where you pick pitchers as a team, generally in middle rounds. When and how does this work?
You pick individual pitchers (starters and relievers), not teams. You can have Mo as your closer and then Beckett, Halladay, Lincecum, etc. as your starters.
I get that, but are you supposed to pick guys like halladay in the 2nd round? Do you picks closers, who only pitch 60 innings or so, in the last rounds? How does it work?
The top starters usually go in the 2nd-3rd round, elite closers around the 5th-6th round. You can always find saves on the waiver wire though. Always.
Draft a kicker first, though, they go fast.
I’ve put myself on auto-pick for the last few rounds. I got Roy in the 2nd round. Then In later got Kershaw, Cain, Jackson and K-rod.
I got in. Man, this league filled up fast. Prepare for a nice dose of reality boys!
Took all of 6 minutes to fill up.
RAB: mad popular, yo.
I actually set an alarm on my phone to remind me to get my ass on the computer tonight before 10pm. This shit is gonna be awesome.
Next year I’m going to have to create like, eight leagues. Post two in the morning, then two at night, then the same thing the next day.
At this point many people will be grandfathered into their current league
It’s insane how popular RAB’s become
meritocracy
IT’S INSANE, THIS GUY’S TAINT!!!!
I finally got in. I was relieved to say the least.
Bull chit 10:02 and full already!!!!We Friggin need more !!!!
You could probably get 10 leagues, that might be too much though.
Shit, this is bad. I’m now in 5 leagues. Idk how I’m going to keep track of these teams. 4 Yahoo leagues and my ESPN keeper league.
This draft is gonna take like a solid 3 hours. Intense
I signed up at 10:05 and the league was already full.
Shit, do we need a 6th tier?
The RAB 120™?
RAB 200 here it comes
Figure:
MLB
AAA
AA
A+
A-
Short-Season
Then if necessary:
GCL
DSL 1
DSL 2
What the heck does a commish do ? 6th maybe?
So why no OPS instead of OBP again?
OBP is more important, yo. Doubles and triple are for sissies. Walks and hit by pitches is where it’s out.
But OPS encompasses walks and hbp as well as doubles and triples, no? Why not get rid of avg and use OBP and SLG instead? Just wondering.
Yeah, I know. There’s really no good reason for it, but I wanted a way to work walks in there. Double and triple will show up somewhat in RBI and run. It’s a lame excuse, I know.
Yeah, it’s just shocking that a forward-thinking blog like RAB wouldn’t just shift to OBP and SLG or AVG and OPS. Seems weird to just leave out an important game result such as doubles and triples for RAB but I guess it’s understandable.
Short version: Shocking, backwards, weird… but understandable.
(Just messing with you, Dr. Spaceman.)
I’m just mad cause I led my Little League in doubles back when I was a wee lad but had only one homer so I got a soft spot for them doubles hitters.
You should have petitioned your little league to play all its games in Fenway Park.
Sincerely,
Dustin Pedroia
Damn. I could’ve got Peter Gammons’ eye with the way I got my jersey dirty.
Fucking crap. I end up arguing with a writer from NESN who wrote that “all indications are Ellsbury is a fine defender.”
Because of that I lose out on joining RAB fantasy.
Oh well.
SIX LEAGUES!!!
1.) RAB Premier League
2.) RAB Championship League
3.) RAB Baseball League One
4.) RAB Baseball League Two
5.) RAB Conference American League
6.) RAB Conference National League
Fuck it, why not?
DO IT! It also means I pretty much have to get Ellsbury.
I concur. there needs to be a 6th league.
And if AxlRoseavelli doesn’t get in one of them, we literally will NEVER hear the end of it.
If he’s not in this 5th league, let’s just force him into the 6th.
LOL….if there is a 6th league, I will pick up Marquis as one of my starters. =\
I’m doing a mock draft,a dn got pujos as the 3rd spot. Someone took utley 1st, then hanley. I get hanley….sorta, put Utley? Crazy people scare me.
Let’s try again in English, yes?
I get hanley….sorta, put Utley?
That was my favorite.
I mean, it’s not like the B and the P keys are right next to each other or anything… they’re far apart on the keyboard. That’s not a typo.
Maybe its like a pronunciation thing. He says “but” and the way he says it it comes out like “put”. And he has no hands so he has to talk into his computer and it types it out for him. Obviously
Maybe he’s Ozzie Guillen.
I don’t get the Ozzie Guillen thing.
English: not Ozzie Guillen’s strong suit
(Spanish also probably isn’t a strong suit, but I digress.)
Does Ozzie try to misspell/botch English for his tweets?
Does he ever, it’s my new go-to source for comedy http://twitter.com/OzzieGuillen
Fuck that shit snatch wrangler.
Sorry, I was in the middle of the draft, and I had to go fast to get back to it. I was 2 turns away.
Dude don’t apologize, this little convo was pretty entertaining.
I was putting my money on “I wrote that comment from my iPhone” being the excuse. Your explanation is actually funnier though, I love that you had to get that comment out so fast that it got so messed up.
So far, with the 3rd pick, I have Pujos, Halladay, McCann, Werth, Roberts, Figgins, and Bartlett, in that order. What do you think?
The Roberts pick was bad. He’s out with a back injury until who knows when.
Also, is Figgins a 3B or a 2B? The Mariners are talking about moving him to second and playing Jose Lopez at third.
Shit. Whatever, it’s my first mock draft. When did the injury happen? I don’t remember reading about it.
What’s the difference between P and SP?
P is a flex spot. You can ue it for either a SP or a RP.
Roberts injury happened a few weeks ago, hasn’t done anything in ST at all.
I ended up with Pujos, Halladay, McCann, Roberts, Figgins, Werth, Bartlett, Cain, Kershaw, K-Rod, Edwin Jackson, Kubel, and Ibanez. Not bad.
It’s all good. Just having a little fun. Must be an intense draft.
It is a mock draft. I’m sure they could have just been seeing how their team would look if they did not take Pujols.
Mike, do you have access to all 5 leagues? Can you post up a list of who’s in all five of them? I’d love to know what 100 guys are in so far.
I do not. I made sure the other four leagues had nothing to do with me and could be run independently.
Do me a favor and start an email with all 5 of the commissioners, plus Mondesi and I? We need to get organized here.
And include donttradecano on it, we’re probably going to need a 6th league. The demand continues.
ill comish a 6th league if were makng a 6th
I’d join a 6th if I’d actually remember to check the site when I meant to check the site. I was working… WORKING… at 10 pm instead.
Me too. Please Do.
We gotta cap the keepers around 4 or 5 if we do a 6th league. Also how soon does Jesus come off the board?
first pick baby!!!
First pick in a 20 team league is bad. I’d rather have the last pick. You’ll get better players with picks 20+21 than at 1+40.
i think it was a joke of where jesus is drafted.
Oh, duh. I thought he was excited about getting the first pick. I’m exhausted, just running out the clock at MLBTR then bed time.
that is debatable. Pujols and Cano vs. Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez. I would rather have Pujols and Cano there. There are obviously other combinations, but this year, I think I would rather have 1 and 40 than 20 and 21
Go all top prospects, and wait out for a few years before dominationg
At this point the amount of leagues are irrelevant for the keeper issue if I have it correct. But I do agree with the less keepers the better in general for something like this.
That.
west Virginia should be embarrassed for letting 24% shooting Cincinnati to stay in this game.
in other news if Cincinnati has some shooters coming in next year and the young guys stay they could be extremely dangerous.
eh wrong thread. apoligies.
I wonder if in all the leagues there are any repeats of team names.
We’ll crack down on that shizz.
If this RAB 100™ lasts lets say 10 years, I envision a RAB 100™ Hall of Fame, Retired Team names, old-timers league…. the possibilities are endless
Shit, the RAB 100™ is already dead. It’s gonna be either the RAB 120™ or RAB 140™ before Opening Day 2010.
Oh, and:
http://www.theonion.com/conten....._to_rock_n
and every year there’s gonna be more and more people that want to join. Soon we’re gonna have to have the equivalent of a USFL or arena football type set of leagues
Mock draft thus far, not in order:
I have Mauer, Helton, Uggla, Beckham (G), Ramirez (alexei), McCutchen (Andrew), Eithier, Pence
Hernandez (Felix), Johnson (Josh), Mo.
Thoughts?
McCutchen in the 6th seems like a steal.
All these Yahoo mock drafts are 12-team mocks, though, right? They’re not 20-team mocks like we’re about to do… that kinda changes their effectiveness, IMO.
Yeah, my mock is a 10-team mock I think. No one’s taken Strasburg yet…
not in order
Ah, my bad.
DFA’d!
If she put the pick number that might work better.
Also, with what pick would you guys take Mauer?
Not enough established power hitting for my liking. But the beauty of fantasy baseball is that there are many different ways to build a good team.
I’m in for another league if someone starts one.
I’ve also never played fantasy baseball before so I’ve got that beginner’s luck on my side.
If there is a 6th i would also like to join.
I will be interested to see where a guy like Strasburg, Montero, Hughes, and Joba go since it is a keeper draft.
What exactly is a keeper league?
Depending on the rules, you can “keep” a certain # of players on your roster from year-to-year. Say you get to keep 3 players from your mock draft, you decide to hold onto Pujols, Kershaw, and McCann. Then the following season you will lose your first 3 draft picks as they will go to those 3 players. However, the commish could assign draft values to the players you hold onto depending on where they were drafted, their performance, etc. so that if you choose to hold onto a Pujols, you lose more than just 1 draft pick. It can get pretty intense, but the jist is you hold onto X number of players from year-to-year.
When are draft placements released?
10 minutes before the draft.
I just traded Adam Lind for Jacoby Ellsbury (non-keeper). I have a lot of HRs but I need everything else (Runs, RBIs, Average and Stolen bases). Did I get the better end of the deal?
My final mock draft results for my first mock draft ever were:
1. Albert Pujols (StL – 1B)
2. Roy Halladay (Phi – SP)
3. Brian McCann (Atl – C)
4. Jayson Werth (Phi – OF)
5. Brian Roberts (Bal – 2B)
6. Chone Figgins (Sea – 3B)
7. Jason Bartlett (TB – SS)
8. Clayton Kershaw (LAD – SP)
9. Matt Cain (SF – SP)
10. Raúl Ibañez (Phi – OF)
11. Jason Kubel (Min – OF)
12. Francisco Rodríguez (NYM – RP)
13. Edwin Jackson (Ari – SP)
14. José López (Sea – 1B,2B)
15. Hiroki Kuroda (LAD – SP)
16. Plácido Polanco (Phi – 2B)
17. Adrián Béltre (Bos – 3B)
18. Phil Hughes (NYY – SP,RP)
19. Vernon Wells (Tor – OF)
20. Andy Pettitte (NYY – SP)
21. Maicer Izturis (LAA – 2B,SS)
22. Elijah Dukes (Was – OF)
23. Nick Johnson (NYY – 1B
P.S. I had 3rd pick
Don’t know what the format is, but you’re going to be in good shape on Runs and SB’s, but I think you might be in trouble in HR’s and RBI’s. Pujols at the 3rd overall pick is fantastic value. McCann will also get RBI’s, but the rest of your guys are top-of-the-order speedsters, who won’t contribute a lot to RBI’s.
Roberts is having back-problems, so it’s good you’ve got several guys with 2b eligibility.
You’ve got one closer, who’s peripheral numbers are on the decline (K-Rod), and on a team whose possibility of winning is questionable. You’ve got a bunch of starters, would’ve like to have seen a couple more RP’s on your staff.
I am suprised that Nick Johnson was left in the 23rd round and I am not in love Roberts going so high due to his injuries, but it looks like a really solid draft.
I would join if another league was made.
Lets’s get a 6th league, I’ll commish it if that can make it happen.
How about we do an auction draft for this one? I heard theyre really fun and theyre now on yahoo.
i would be in if there was another league set up. i kept missing the others.