Chameleon League Weekly Records
Runs:71 (Troy)
HR: 20 (Mike G)
RBI:65 (Mike G)
SB: 20 (Mike G)
AVG: .3292 (Todd/Matt)
K: 137(Mike G)
W: 17 (Troy)
SV: 12 (Jamaal, Mike G and Islam)
ERA: 0.00 (Troy, Carroll and Jamaal)
WHIP: 0.00 (Carroll)
Average Scoring
HR: 11.3
Runs: 48.8
RBI: 46.1
SB: 7.44
AVG: .274
W: 6.9
K: 80.9
S: 4.1
ERA: 3.98
WHIP: 1.31
Friday, June 25, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Booms and Busts
All-bust team
C Matt Wieters (Mike C)
1B Mark Teixiera (Todd/Matt)
2B Brian Roberts (Sean)
3B Aramis Ramirez (Shane)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Mike G)
1B/3B Mark Reynolds (Mike C)
2B/SS Stephen Drew (Dan)
OF Grady Sizemore (Islam)
OF Jacoby Ellsbury (Jamaal)
OF Carlos Lee (Jamaal)
OF Jayson Werth (Sean)
OF Adam Jones (Troy)
Util Chris Davis (Mike G)
Util Pablo Sandoval (Matt)
P Zack Greinke (Sean)
P Dan Haren (Sean)
P Jake Peavy (Jamaal)
P Brian Fuentes (Islam)
P Wandy Rodriguez (Mike C)
P Randy Wolf (Dan)
P Brandon Webb (Islam)
P Chad Qualls (Shane)
P Huston Street (Sean)
All-sleeper team
C Buster Posey (Matt)
1B Paul Konerko (Sean)
2B Robinson Cano (Dan)
3B Adrian Beltre (Todd/Matt)
SS Elvis Andrus (Matt)
1B/3B James Loney (Jamaal)
2B/SS Martin Prado (Mike C)
OF Alex Rios (Shane)
OF Josh Hamilton (Jamaal)
OF Brett Gardner (Dan)
OF Chris Young (Dan)
OF Colby Rasmus (Islam)
UTIL Vladimir Guerrero (Matt)
UTIL Marlon Byrd (Shane)
P Ubaldo Jimenez (Mike G)
P Phil Hughes (Mike G)
P Fransico Liriano (Mike G)
P Mike Pelfrey (Mike G)
P David Price (Shane)
P Andy Pettitte (Troy)
P Ricky Romero (Todd/Matt)
P Neftali Feliz (Jamaal)
P Clay Buchholz (Mike C)
P Mat Latos (Shane)
All-waiver team
C Mike Napoli (Islam)
1B Troy Glaus (Troy, traded by Jamaal)
2B Kelly Johnson (Mike C, traded by Troy)
3B Scott Rolen (Islam)
SS Alex Gonzalez (Sean, traded by Mike G)
1B/3B Jose Bautista (Troy)
2B/SS Ty Wiggin ton (Islam)
OF Scott Podsednik (Mike C)
OF Angel Pagan (Shane)
OF Vernon Wells (Troy, traded by Jamaal)
OF Corey Hart (Sean, traded by Mike G)
OF Nick Swisher (Islam)
UTIL Aubrey Huff (Justin)
UTIL Magglio Ordonez (Mike C, traded by Jamaal)
P Jaime Garcia (Sean, traded by Troy)
P Carlos Silva (Justin)
P Colby Lewis (Matt, traded by Troy)
P Barry Zito (Islam)
P Brett Cecil (Mike G)
P Jason Hammel (Jamaal)
P Jason Vargas (Jamaal)
P Manny Corpas (Mike C, traded by Mike G)
P John Axford (Todd/Matt, traded by Mike G)
C Matt Wieters (Mike C)
1B Mark Teixiera (Todd/Matt)
2B Brian Roberts (Sean)
3B Aramis Ramirez (Shane)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Mike G)
1B/3B Mark Reynolds (Mike C)
2B/SS Stephen Drew (Dan)
OF Grady Sizemore (Islam)
OF Jacoby Ellsbury (Jamaal)
OF Carlos Lee (Jamaal)
OF Jayson Werth (Sean)
OF Adam Jones (Troy)
Util Chris Davis (Mike G)
Util Pablo Sandoval (Matt)
P Zack Greinke (Sean)
P Dan Haren (Sean)
P Jake Peavy (Jamaal)
P Brian Fuentes (Islam)
P Wandy Rodriguez (Mike C)
P Randy Wolf (Dan)
P Brandon Webb (Islam)
P Chad Qualls (Shane)
P Huston Street (Sean)
All-sleeper team
C Buster Posey (Matt)
1B Paul Konerko (Sean)
2B Robinson Cano (Dan)
3B Adrian Beltre (Todd/Matt)
SS Elvis Andrus (Matt)
1B/3B James Loney (Jamaal)
2B/SS Martin Prado (Mike C)
OF Alex Rios (Shane)
OF Josh Hamilton (Jamaal)
OF Brett Gardner (Dan)
OF Chris Young (Dan)
OF Colby Rasmus (Islam)
UTIL Vladimir Guerrero (Matt)
UTIL Marlon Byrd (Shane)
P Ubaldo Jimenez (Mike G)
P Phil Hughes (Mike G)
P Fransico Liriano (Mike G)
P Mike Pelfrey (Mike G)
P David Price (Shane)
P Andy Pettitte (Troy)
P Ricky Romero (Todd/Matt)
P Neftali Feliz (Jamaal)
P Clay Buchholz (Mike C)
P Mat Latos (Shane)
All-waiver team
C Mike Napoli (Islam)
1B Troy Glaus (Troy, traded by Jamaal)
2B Kelly Johnson (Mike C, traded by Troy)
3B Scott Rolen (Islam)
SS Alex Gonzalez (Sean, traded by Mike G)
1B/3B Jose Bautista (Troy)
2B/SS Ty Wiggin ton (Islam)
OF Scott Podsednik (Mike C)
OF Angel Pagan (Shane)
OF Vernon Wells (Troy, traded by Jamaal)
OF Corey Hart (Sean, traded by Mike G)
OF Nick Swisher (Islam)
UTIL Aubrey Huff (Justin)
UTIL Magglio Ordonez (Mike C, traded by Jamaal)
P Jaime Garcia (Sean, traded by Troy)
P Carlos Silva (Justin)
P Colby Lewis (Matt, traded by Troy)
P Barry Zito (Islam)
P Brett Cecil (Mike G)
P Jason Hammel (Jamaal)
P Jason Vargas (Jamaal)
P Manny Corpas (Mike C, traded by Mike G)
P John Axford (Todd/Matt, traded by Mike G)
Saturday, May 1, 2010
April Owner Report Cards
Troy Balego
Activity: A-
Team Performance: C-
Message Board Contributions: D+
Health: B+
Luck: C-
MILB team: D
Troy has made his claim to fame in this league via trades. Troy has been a part of every trade in this league and is probably thinking about a potential trade right now. None of those trades were really that lopsided, but I do think Troy got the most value in all four. In my defense, I traded CC away and got great value since just about every owner is looking to acquire more hitting.
Troy’s team is just treading water right now despite Chase Utley, Andy Pettitte and Michael Bourn getting off to hot starts. On the flip side, Jason Bay, Brian McCann, and Adam Dunn are still waiting to have an impact.
Troy hasn’t been on the message board as much as I predicted, but I’m pretty sure that’s going to change from this moment forward.
Michael Carroll
Activity: B+
Team Performance: C
Message Board Contributions: A
Health: C
Luck: C
MILB team: C
I probably won’t disagree with anyone else more than Mike, but he is the unquestioned leader of the pack on the message board. Mike will let you know how he feels whether it is an idiotic point or not. Edwin Jackson?
Buchholz has been sticking it to AL lineups so far this year and has been the best pitcher on the Sox. Not to be outdone would be his AL East counter part, Matt Garza. Garza has been making Twins fans cringe every time he strikes out someone, or when Delmon Young even sets foot on the field. Carroll’s team has been scoring runs in bunches with guys like Braun, Pedoria, and Scott Podsednik touching plates more than Andruw Jones.
He’s going to need some of his high-upside guys to turn to come to fruition to have championship aspirations, but at least he will be on the message board saying they are going to breakout. Way to think positive!
Todd Chapman/Matt Russo
Activity: B
Team Performance: A
Message Board Contributions: B-
Health: A+
Luck: C+
MILB team: C
There’s really no argument that FWDL is the class of the league. That is until you look at the stats where they’re in the bottom third in two of the most highly coveted cats in the league: runs and bombs. They do lead the league in RBI and come in a second with wins and saves. T&M vaulted in the standings thanks largely in part to the 9-1 drubbing they put on Shane in week two.
Just imagine if Mark Teixeira could actually crack .200. As it stands right now, Big Tex is the biggest bust in the draft. He is currently riding the I-130 with a disgusting batting average (I-130 runs through Texas).
FWDL hasn’t really caught a snag, so it’s only a matter a time. This balanced team should be a force for the rest of the season.
Shane Cornelius
Activity: D
Team Performance: C-
Message Board Contributions: D
Health: D
Luck: C
MILB team: A
Shane was able to endure what seemed to be a crippling 9-1 blow a couple weeks ago by rebounding for a nice 8-2 W. I’m pretty sure Shane was blasting “Go Cubs Go” all Sunday night in celebration. He really hasn’t had much to celebrate by being in the lower half in all of the hitting categories outside of homers and a couple pitching cats. He is currently second in bombs (behind me) and he has the best pitcher on the planet. Tim Lincecum looks even better than last year and is poised to win the Cy Young for a third time.
Shane’s staff has been floundering a bit with guys like Lester and Baker yet to hit their strides. Unfortunately, Jorge De La Soula and Brett Anderson have hit the DL leaving Shane with a huge hole in his rotation. On the bright side, David Price looks to be a legit stud for him.
Shane’s AAA team has been improving thanks to the likes of Starlin Castro and Carlos Santana. Santana is probably the most valuable piece in all of the MILB teams, but what does that mean for a hot-hitting Doumit?
Shane hasn’t been as active as I thought, but he is starting to turn it on now that he has recognized a half-ass effort will get you a 1-9 loss.
Islam Elnaggar
Activity: B+
Team Performance: A-
Message Board Contributions: B-
Health: A-
Luck: A+
MILB team: A
Oh, Islam. I had to give you an A+ on luck since you essentially ignored pitching and you’re sitting at the top of the WHIP and ERA rankings. I hope your luck runs out this weekend so I can attempt to hand you an 8-2 beating. Todd aptly rubbed the V-Mart pick right in Islam’s face for taking a solid catcher over the best pitcher I’ve seen in the last 10 years. How many plus-pitches can one guy have?
Islam dodged a huge bullet by getting Jose Reyes back just after one week. Reyes was projected to miss about a month when we drafted. Colby Rasmus has arguably been the best hitter pick that took place late in the draft. Meanwhile, V-Mart has basically been a waste of space for him.
Islam has been cracking me up on the smack board all season and I can’t get enough of the Todd-Islam rivalry.
Dan Gallagher
Activity: F
Team Performance: D
Message Board Contributions: F
Health: B+
Luck: B
MILB team: B
I’m not even sure Dan is going to be able to read this since he has been the least active manager in our beloved fantasy league. Dan has made a whopping three moves this season (I have 77). He also hasn’t made any posts on the message board.
His team has been doing plenty of talking with guys like Miguel Cabrera and Robbie Cano absolutely murdering the baseball. Austin Jackson looks legit and he really doesn’t have one hitter than is underperforming.
His staff does need some work though. Josh Beckett is picking up where he left off with a 7.22 ERA, Vazquez is sporting a 9.00 ERA, and Matt Cain doesn’t have a win.
Much to the surprise of many, Dan had a pretty good draft. He just needs to do some work in order to compete in this league.
Matt Gallagher
Activity: B
Team Performance: C
Message Board Contributions: C+
Health: C
Luck: D
MILB team: A
There’s no doubt that Matt’s MILB team is the most stacked with upside. Everyone knows that Buster Posey is legit, but Matt’s two pitchers have been dealing in AAA. Jake Arrieta is the best pitcher down on the farm and Jeremy Hellikson is an injury away from becoming a part of the Tampa Bay rotation.
Matt went pitcher-heavy in the draft and none of those studs have really lived up to the billing. Ichrioson, Franklin Guttierez, and Jason Heyward have been off to hot starts for him. Matt’s early picks have panned out (Kemp and Wright).
Matt hasn’t been on the message board as much as everyone else, but he has been contributing enough to make a splash. Why oh why did I cut Mike Pelfrey?
Jamaal Gilbert
Activity: B-
Team Performance: F
Message Board Contributions: B
Health: D
Luck: D
MILB team: C
Poor Jamaal. There’s no doubt that his team is the caboose on the Chameleon fantasy train. Jamaal is last in ERA, WHIP, and stolen bases. He isn’t in the top-four for any category and clearly needs some help.
Of course it doesn’t help when his second round pick makes his season debut on April 30 and his top pick his scuffling a bit.
Jamaal’s staff has been dealing with more problems than Santonio Holmes. He has a couple big names, but those big names have even bigger ERA and WHIP numbers. Cole Hamels (5.28, 1.47), John Lackey (5.09, 1.65), Rich Harden (4.56, 1.86), and Carlos Zambrano (6.85, 1.79).
It’s not all bad news as it looks like the trade for Roy Oswalt was a step in the right direction and Max Scherzer has shown an ability to get outs in the AL. Dan Uggla, Bobby Abreu, and Justin Morneau have also gotten the out the gate rather quickly.
Jamaal really has to make another deal for a pitcher to contend, but he is far from out of it despite a disastrous start.
Sean Richards
Activity: D-
Team Performance: B
Message Board Contributions: F
Health: D
Luck: C
MILB team: B
Sean really took the safe approach all draft long and it didn’t really hurt him very much. Surprisingly, he has a few hitting breakout on his roster led by Paul Konerko. Konerko? I would have been surprised if Paulie hit 11 bombs by the break let alone through April. Chase Headley (It’s Headley!!!!) and Jorge Cantu have started off well, too. His pitching breakout appears to be John Danks. Danks is in a groove and has great command of all his pitches.
Sean, like Dan, doesn’t have any posts in the message board. He also only has seven transactions on the season. I loved the Hangin’ With Maholmies name, but it’s always a gamble when you name your team after a guy that shouldn’t be owned (Matusz is a stud). Sean has a nice group of guys, but it’s going to take more than seven transactions per month to move up in the standings.
Activity: A-
Team Performance: C-
Message Board Contributions: D+
Health: B+
Luck: C-
MILB team: D
Troy has made his claim to fame in this league via trades. Troy has been a part of every trade in this league and is probably thinking about a potential trade right now. None of those trades were really that lopsided, but I do think Troy got the most value in all four. In my defense, I traded CC away and got great value since just about every owner is looking to acquire more hitting.
Troy’s team is just treading water right now despite Chase Utley, Andy Pettitte and Michael Bourn getting off to hot starts. On the flip side, Jason Bay, Brian McCann, and Adam Dunn are still waiting to have an impact.
Troy hasn’t been on the message board as much as I predicted, but I’m pretty sure that’s going to change from this moment forward.
Michael Carroll
Activity: B+
Team Performance: C
Message Board Contributions: A
Health: C
Luck: C
MILB team: C
I probably won’t disagree with anyone else more than Mike, but he is the unquestioned leader of the pack on the message board. Mike will let you know how he feels whether it is an idiotic point or not. Edwin Jackson?
Buchholz has been sticking it to AL lineups so far this year and has been the best pitcher on the Sox. Not to be outdone would be his AL East counter part, Matt Garza. Garza has been making Twins fans cringe every time he strikes out someone, or when Delmon Young even sets foot on the field. Carroll’s team has been scoring runs in bunches with guys like Braun, Pedoria, and Scott Podsednik touching plates more than Andruw Jones.
He’s going to need some of his high-upside guys to turn to come to fruition to have championship aspirations, but at least he will be on the message board saying they are going to breakout. Way to think positive!
Todd Chapman/Matt Russo
Activity: B
Team Performance: A
Message Board Contributions: B-
Health: A+
Luck: C+
MILB team: C
There’s really no argument that FWDL is the class of the league. That is until you look at the stats where they’re in the bottom third in two of the most highly coveted cats in the league: runs and bombs. They do lead the league in RBI and come in a second with wins and saves. T&M vaulted in the standings thanks largely in part to the 9-1 drubbing they put on Shane in week two.
Just imagine if Mark Teixeira could actually crack .200. As it stands right now, Big Tex is the biggest bust in the draft. He is currently riding the I-130 with a disgusting batting average (I-130 runs through Texas).
FWDL hasn’t really caught a snag, so it’s only a matter a time. This balanced team should be a force for the rest of the season.
Shane Cornelius
Activity: D
Team Performance: C-
Message Board Contributions: D
Health: D
Luck: C
MILB team: A
Shane was able to endure what seemed to be a crippling 9-1 blow a couple weeks ago by rebounding for a nice 8-2 W. I’m pretty sure Shane was blasting “Go Cubs Go” all Sunday night in celebration. He really hasn’t had much to celebrate by being in the lower half in all of the hitting categories outside of homers and a couple pitching cats. He is currently second in bombs (behind me) and he has the best pitcher on the planet. Tim Lincecum looks even better than last year and is poised to win the Cy Young for a third time.
Shane’s staff has been floundering a bit with guys like Lester and Baker yet to hit their strides. Unfortunately, Jorge De La Soula and Brett Anderson have hit the DL leaving Shane with a huge hole in his rotation. On the bright side, David Price looks to be a legit stud for him.
Shane’s AAA team has been improving thanks to the likes of Starlin Castro and Carlos Santana. Santana is probably the most valuable piece in all of the MILB teams, but what does that mean for a hot-hitting Doumit?
Shane hasn’t been as active as I thought, but he is starting to turn it on now that he has recognized a half-ass effort will get you a 1-9 loss.
Islam Elnaggar
Activity: B+
Team Performance: A-
Message Board Contributions: B-
Health: A-
Luck: A+
MILB team: A
Oh, Islam. I had to give you an A+ on luck since you essentially ignored pitching and you’re sitting at the top of the WHIP and ERA rankings. I hope your luck runs out this weekend so I can attempt to hand you an 8-2 beating. Todd aptly rubbed the V-Mart pick right in Islam’s face for taking a solid catcher over the best pitcher I’ve seen in the last 10 years. How many plus-pitches can one guy have?
Islam dodged a huge bullet by getting Jose Reyes back just after one week. Reyes was projected to miss about a month when we drafted. Colby Rasmus has arguably been the best hitter pick that took place late in the draft. Meanwhile, V-Mart has basically been a waste of space for him.
Islam has been cracking me up on the smack board all season and I can’t get enough of the Todd-Islam rivalry.
Dan Gallagher
Activity: F
Team Performance: D
Message Board Contributions: F
Health: B+
Luck: B
MILB team: B
I’m not even sure Dan is going to be able to read this since he has been the least active manager in our beloved fantasy league. Dan has made a whopping three moves this season (I have 77). He also hasn’t made any posts on the message board.
His team has been doing plenty of talking with guys like Miguel Cabrera and Robbie Cano absolutely murdering the baseball. Austin Jackson looks legit and he really doesn’t have one hitter than is underperforming.
His staff does need some work though. Josh Beckett is picking up where he left off with a 7.22 ERA, Vazquez is sporting a 9.00 ERA, and Matt Cain doesn’t have a win.
Much to the surprise of many, Dan had a pretty good draft. He just needs to do some work in order to compete in this league.
Matt Gallagher
Activity: B
Team Performance: C
Message Board Contributions: C+
Health: C
Luck: D
MILB team: A
There’s no doubt that Matt’s MILB team is the most stacked with upside. Everyone knows that Buster Posey is legit, but Matt’s two pitchers have been dealing in AAA. Jake Arrieta is the best pitcher down on the farm and Jeremy Hellikson is an injury away from becoming a part of the Tampa Bay rotation.
Matt went pitcher-heavy in the draft and none of those studs have really lived up to the billing. Ichrioson, Franklin Guttierez, and Jason Heyward have been off to hot starts for him. Matt’s early picks have panned out (Kemp and Wright).
Matt hasn’t been on the message board as much as everyone else, but he has been contributing enough to make a splash. Why oh why did I cut Mike Pelfrey?
Jamaal Gilbert
Activity: B-
Team Performance: F
Message Board Contributions: B
Health: D
Luck: D
MILB team: C
Poor Jamaal. There’s no doubt that his team is the caboose on the Chameleon fantasy train. Jamaal is last in ERA, WHIP, and stolen bases. He isn’t in the top-four for any category and clearly needs some help.
Of course it doesn’t help when his second round pick makes his season debut on April 30 and his top pick his scuffling a bit.
Jamaal’s staff has been dealing with more problems than Santonio Holmes. He has a couple big names, but those big names have even bigger ERA and WHIP numbers. Cole Hamels (5.28, 1.47), John Lackey (5.09, 1.65), Rich Harden (4.56, 1.86), and Carlos Zambrano (6.85, 1.79).
It’s not all bad news as it looks like the trade for Roy Oswalt was a step in the right direction and Max Scherzer has shown an ability to get outs in the AL. Dan Uggla, Bobby Abreu, and Justin Morneau have also gotten the out the gate rather quickly.
Jamaal really has to make another deal for a pitcher to contend, but he is far from out of it despite a disastrous start.
Sean Richards
Activity: D-
Team Performance: B
Message Board Contributions: F
Health: D
Luck: C
MILB team: B
Sean really took the safe approach all draft long and it didn’t really hurt him very much. Surprisingly, he has a few hitting breakout on his roster led by Paul Konerko. Konerko? I would have been surprised if Paulie hit 11 bombs by the break let alone through April. Chase Headley (It’s Headley!!!!) and Jorge Cantu have started off well, too. His pitching breakout appears to be John Danks. Danks is in a groove and has great command of all his pitches.
Sean, like Dan, doesn’t have any posts in the message board. He also only has seven transactions on the season. I loved the Hangin’ With Maholmies name, but it’s always a gamble when you name your team after a guy that shouldn’t be owned (Matusz is a stud). Sean has a nice group of guys, but it’s going to take more than seven transactions per month to move up in the standings.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Called Up Archive
Islam called up Ian Desmond on April 9
Islam called up Ike Davis on April 19
Todd called up Eric Young on April 30
Shane called up Starlin Castro on May 8.
Mike G. called up Jhoulys Chacin on May 12.
Matt called up Buster Posey on May 30.
Shane called up Neil Walker on June 4.
Justin called up Mike Stanton on June 7.
Madison Bumgarnder, Dexter Fowler, Aroldis Chapman, Michael Brantley, Stephen Strasburg, Derek Holland, Chris Davis, Alex Gordon, Dontrelle Willis, Scott Sizemore, Max Scherzer, Cla Meredith, Nolan Reimold, Eric Young, Aaron Laffey, Cole Gillespie, Wilson Ramos, and Chris Tillman cannot be added to MILB teams at any time.
Islam called up Ike Davis on April 19
Todd called up Eric Young on April 30
Shane called up Starlin Castro on May 8.
Mike G. called up Jhoulys Chacin on May 12.
Matt called up Buster Posey on May 30.
Shane called up Neil Walker on June 4.
Justin called up Mike Stanton on June 7.
Madison Bumgarnder, Dexter Fowler, Aroldis Chapman, Michael Brantley, Stephen Strasburg, Derek Holland, Chris Davis, Alex Gordon, Dontrelle Willis, Scott Sizemore, Max Scherzer, Cla Meredith, Nolan Reimold, Eric Young, Aaron Laffey, Cole Gillespie, Wilson Ramos, and Chris Tillman cannot be added to MILB teams at any time.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Opening Day Awards
It's never too early to reflect on the impact of our draft. Here are some players and owners that made some headlines:
Burnt Man Award: Shane had the Byrd Man facing a very vulnerable Derek Lowe on the bench while he started weak hitters Conor Jackson and David Freese.
Assjol of the Day Award: Albert Pujols was the hitter of the day and didn't give a crap about the concerns of others.
Dr. James Andrews Award: Doc Halladay was a surgeon with the baseball and was the pitcher of the day for the Phillies and Troy.
The Ca-Zam Disappearing Act Award: Carlos Zambrano vanished in 1.1 IP and gave up eight earned for the worst pitching performance of the day.
The Unclaimed Baggage Award: Carlos Gomez (car-go) was the best player that wasn't on a roster for Opening Day (I added him already).
The Winoda Ryder Award: Chone Figgins stole the most bags with two against the Athletics.
Burnt Man Award: Shane had the Byrd Man facing a very vulnerable Derek Lowe on the bench while he started weak hitters Conor Jackson and David Freese.
Assjol of the Day Award: Albert Pujols was the hitter of the day and didn't give a crap about the concerns of others.
Dr. James Andrews Award: Doc Halladay was a surgeon with the baseball and was the pitcher of the day for the Phillies and Troy.
The Ca-Zam Disappearing Act Award: Carlos Zambrano vanished in 1.1 IP and gave up eight earned for the worst pitching performance of the day.
The Unclaimed Baggage Award: Carlos Gomez (car-go) was the best player that wasn't on a roster for Opening Day (I added him already).
The Winoda Ryder Award: Chone Figgins stole the most bags with two against the Athletics.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Draft Picks
1. Albert Pujols (Islam)
2. Hanley Ramirez (Shane)
3. Alex Rodriguez (Mike G.)
4. Ryan Braun (Mike C.)
5. Chase Utley (Troy)
6. Joe Mauer (Jamaal)
7. Mark Teixera (Todd)
8. David Wright (Matt G.)
9. Prince Fielder (Sean)
10. Ryan Howard (Dan)
11. Miguel Cabrera(Dan)
12. Evan Longoria(Sean)
13. Matt Kemp(Matt)
14. Carl Crawford(Todd)
15. Ian Kinsler(Jamaal)
16. Troy Tulowitzki(Troy)
17. Derek Jeter(Mike C.)
18. Matt Holliday(Mike G.)
19. Justin Upton(Shane)
20. Grady Sizemore(Islam)
21. Victor Martinez(Islam)
22. Tim Lineceum(Shane)
23. Jimmy Rollins(Mike G.)
24. Dustin Pedoria(Mike C.)
25. Roy Halladay(Troy)
26. Jacoby Ellsbury(Jamaal)
27. Joey Votto(Todd)
28. Felix Hernandez(Matt)
29. Zack Greinke(Sean)
30. Robbie Cano(Dan)
31. Torii Hunter(Dan)
32. Brian Roberts(Sean)
33. Pablo Sandoval(Matt)
34. Adrian Gonzalez(Todd)
35. Justin Morneau(Jamaal)
36. Brian McCann(Troy)
37. Kevin Youk(Mike C.)
38. CC Sabathia(Mike G.)
39. Brandon Phillips(Shane)
40. Jose Reyes(Islam)
41. Adam Lind(Islam)
42. Jon Lester(Shane)
43. B.J. Upton(Mike G.)
44. Mark Reynolds(Mike C.)
45. Ryan Zimmerman(Troy)
46. Curtis Granderson(Jamaal)
47. Justin Verlander(Todd)
48. Yovani Gallardo(Matt)
49. Jayson Werth(Sean)
50. Stephen Drew(Dan)
51. Matt Cain(Dan)
52. Dan Haren(Sean)
53. Ichiro(Matt)
54. Adam Wainwright(Todd)
55. Nick Markakis(Jamaal)
56. Jason Bay(Troy)
57. Cliff Lee(Mike C.)
58. Andre Ethier(Mike G.)
59. Aramis Ramirez(Shane)
60. Aaron Hill(Islam)
61. Chone Figgins(Islam)
62. Billy Butler(Shane)
63. Nelson Cruz(Mike G.)
64. Chris Carpenter(Mike C.)
65. Adam Jones(Troy)
66. Carlos Lee(Jamaal)
67. John Broxton(Todd)
68. Tommy Hanson(Matt)
69. Ben Zobrist(Sean)
70. Josh Beckett(Dan)
71. Jair Jurrjens(Dan)
72. Josh Johnson(Sean)
73. Elvis Andrus(Matt)
74. Jon Papelbon(Todd)
75. Josh Hamilton(Jamaal)
76. Mariano Rivera(Troy)
77. Shane Victorino(Mike C.)
78. Gordon Beckam(Mike G.)
79. Andrew McCutchen(Shane)
80. Joakim Soria(Islam)
81. Heath Bell(Islam)
82. Kendry Morales(Shane)
83. Johan Santana(Mike G.)
84. Francisco Rodriguez(Mike C.)
85. Adam Dunn(Troy)
86. Jake Peavy(Jamaal)
87. Shin Soo Choo(Todd)
88. Ricky Nolasco(Matt)
89. Hunter Pence(Sean)
90. Carlos Quentin(Dan)
91. Javier Vazquez(Dan)
92. Andrew Bailey(Sean)
93. Clayton Kershaw(Matt)
94. Jason Bartlett(Todd)
95. Cole Hamels(Jamaal)
96. Carlos Pena(Troy)
97. Matt Wieters(Mike C.)
98. Ubaldo Jimenez(Mike G.)
99. Alex Rios(Shane)
100. Brian Fuentes(Islam)
101. Franciso Cordero(Islam)
102. Jay Bruce(Shane)
103. Carlos Gonzalez(Mike G.)
104. Wandy Rodriguez(Mike C.)
105. Bobby Abreu(Troy)
106. Michael Young(Jamaal)
107. Jered Weaver(Todd)
108. Manny Ramirez(Matt)
109. Huston Street(Sean)
110. Erick Aybar(Dan)
111. Randy Wolf(Dan)
112. Nate McLouth(Sean)
113. Derek Lee(Matt)
114. Jason Kubel(Todd)
115. John Lackey(Jamaal)
116. Roy Oswalt(Troy)
117. Alfonso Soriano(Mike C.)
118. Lance Berkman(Mike G.)
119. Brett Anderson(Shane)
120. Raul Ibanz(Islam)
121. Brandon Webb(Islam)
122. Julio Borbon(Shane)
123. Chris Davis(Mike G.)
124. Matt Garza(Mike C.)
125. Michael Bourn(Troy)
126. Chad Billingsley(Jamaal)
127. Nyjer Morgan(Todd)
128. Jose Lopez(Matt)
129. Asdrubal Cabrera(Sean)
130. Jose Valverde(Dan)
131. Juan Pierre(Dan)
132. Denard Span(Sean)
133. Jason Heyward(Matt)
134. Ryan Ludwick(Todd)
135. Alexei Ramirez(Jamaal)
136. Scott Baker(Troy)
137. Clay Buchholz(Mike C.)
138. Yunel Escobar(Mike G.)
139. Brian Wilson(Shane)
140. Rajai Davis(Islam)
141. Michael Cuddyer(Islam)
142. Chad Qualls(Shane)
143. James Shields(Mike G.)
144. Dexter Fowler(Mike C.)
145. Howie Kendrick(Troy)
146. Dan Uggla(Jamaal)
147. Placido Polanco(Todd)
148. Franklin Gutierrez(Matt)
149. Miguel Montero(Sean)
150. Chipper Jones(Dan)
151. Russell J. Martin(Dan)
152. A.J. Burnett(Sean)
153. David Aardsma(Matt)
154. Adrian Beltre(Todd)
155. Max Scherzer(Jamaal)
156. Billy Wagner(Troy)
157. Ryan Franklin(Mike C.)
158. Carlos Marmol(Mike G.)
159. David Price(Shane)
160. J.A. Happ(Islam)
161. Ryan Dempster(Islam)
162. Jorge De La Rosa(Shane)
163. Rafael Soriano(Mike G.)
164. Johnny Damon(Mike C.)
165. Rick Porcello(Troy)
166. Rich Harden(Jamaal)
167. Frank Francisco(Todd)
168. Trevor Hoffman(Matt)
169. Brad Hawpe(Sean)
170. Kerry Wood(Dan)
171. Chris Young (AZ)(Dan)
172. Scott Kazmir(Sean)
173. Carlos Beltran(Matt)
174. Jeff Niemann(Todd)
175. Carlos Zambrano(Jamaal)
176. Gavin Floyd(Troy)
177. Tim Hudson(Mike C.)
178. Chris Coghlan(Mike G.)
179. Wade Davis(Shane)
180. Ian Stewart(Islam)
181. Colby Rasmus(Islam)
182. Mat Latos(Shane)
183. Bobby Jenks(Mike G.)
184. Edwin Jackson(Mike C.)
185. Nolan Reimold(Troy)
186. Lastings Milledge(Jamaal)
187. Ryan Madson(Todd)
188. Alcides Escobar(Matt)
189. Jorge Cantu(Sean)
190. Austin Jackson(Dan)
191. Ryan Sweeney(Dan)
192. John Danks(Sean)
193. Brad Lidge(Matt)
194. Everth Cabrera(Todd)
195. Ben Sheets(Jamaal)
196. Mark Buerhle(Troy)
197. Martin Prado(Mike C.)
198. Geovany Soto(Mike G.)
199. Scott Sizemore(Shane)
200. Cody Ross(Islam)
201. Daisuke Matsuzaka(Islam)
202. Ryan Doumit(Shane)
203. Brian Matusz(Mike G.)
204. Mike Gonzalez(Mike C.)
205. Todd Helton(Troy)
206. James Loney(Jamaal)
207. Matt Capps(Todd)
208. Jon Rauch(Matt)
209. Adam LaRoche(Sean)
210. Brett Gardner(Dan)
211. Coco Crisp(Dan)
212. Joe Blanton(Sean)
213. Brandon Wood(Matt)
214. Ervin Santana(Todd)
215. Kevin Slowey(Jamaal)
216. Stephen Strausburg(Troy)
217. Rickie Weeks(Mike C.)
218. Aroldis Chapman(Mike G.)
219. David Freese(Shane)
220. Nick Johnson(Islam)
221. Leo Nunez(Islam)
222. Marlon Byrd(Shane)
223. Francisco Liriano(Mike G.)
224. Marco Scutaro(Mike C.)
225. Nick Blackburn(Troy)
226. Homer Bailey(Jamaal)
227. Kyle Blanks(Todd)
228. Octavio Dotel(Matt)
229. Jorge Posada(Sean)
230. Johnny Cueto(Dan)
231. Drew Stubbs(Dan)
232. Ted Lilly(Sean)
233. Vladimir Guerrero(Matt)
234. Kurt Suzuki(Todd)
235. Corey Hart(Jamaal)
236. David Ortiz(Troy)
237. Joel Piniero(Mike C.)
238. Phil Hughes(Mike G.)
239. Conor Jackson(Shane)
240. Jonathan Sanchez(Islam)
241. Aaron Harang(Islam)
242. Brandon Lyon(Shane)
243. Chris Tillman(Mike G.)
244. Mark DeRosa(Mike C.)
245. Erik Bedard(Troy)
246. Magglio Ordonez(Jamaal)
247. Jason Marquis(Todd)
248. Kevin Gregg(Matt)
249. Ryan Theriot(Sean)
250. Hiroki Kuroda(Dan)
251. Joe Saunders(Dan)
252. Shaun Marcum(Sean)
253. Jonathan Niese(Matt)
254. Scott Feldman(Todd)
255. Neftali Feliz(Jamaal)
256. Andy Pettitte(Troy)
257. Ian Kennedy(Mike C.)
258. Mike Pelfrey(Mike G.)
259. Randy Wells(Shane)
260. Rafael Furcal(Islam)
261. Chris Young(SD)(Islam)
262. Casey Blake(Shane)
263. Travis Snider(Mike G.)
264. Derek Holland(Mike C.)
265. Trevor Cahill(Troy)
266. Kevin Kouzmanoff(Jamaal)
267. John Maine(Todd)
268. Justin Masterson(Matt)
269. Paul Maholm(Sean)
270. Derek Lowe(Dan)
271. Gio Gonzalez(Dan)
272. Gil Meche(Sean)
273.Madison Bumgardner(Matt)
274. Ricky Romero(Todd)
275. Delmon Young(Jamaal)
276. Bronson Arroyo(Troy)
277. J.D. Drew(Mike C.)
278. Chris Perez(Mike G.)
279. Matt Lindstrom(Shane)
280. Kevin Millwood(Islam)
281. Jake Westbrook(Islam)
282. Casey McGehee(Shane)
283. Franklin Morales(Mike G.)
284. Mike Cameron(Mike C.)
285. Cameron Maybin(Troy)
286. Brett Myers(Jamaal)
287. Travis Hafner(Todd)
288. Joe Nathan(Matt)
289. Chase Headley(Sean)
290. Orlando Hudson(Dan)
291. Mike Stanton(Dan MILB CALL-UP)
292. Desmond Jennings(Sean MILB CALL-UP)
293. Buster Posey(Matt MILB CALL-UP)
294. Eric Young, Jr.(Todd MILB CALL-UP)
295. Justin Smoak(Jamaal MILB CALL-UP)
296. Fernando Martinez(Troy MILB CALL-UP)
297. Cris Carter(Mike C. MILB CALL-UP)
298. Pedro Alvarez(Mike G. MILB CALL-UP)
299. Starlin Castro(Shane MILB CALL-UP)
300. Ian Desmond(Islam MILB CALL-UP)
301. Ike Davis(Islam MILB CALL-UP)
302. Carlos Santana(Shane MILB CALL-UP)
303. Michael Taylor(Mike G. MILB CALL-UP)
304. (Mike Moustakas(Mike C. MILB CALL-UP)
305. Kyle Drabek(Troy MILB CALL-UP)
306. Daniel Hudson(Jamaal MILB CALL-UP)
307. Jennry Meija(Todd MILB CALL-UP)
308. Jeremy Hellikson(Matt MILB CALL-UP)
309. Brett Wallace(Sean MILB CALL-UP)
310. Josh Vitters(Dan MILB CALL-UP)
311. Logan Morrison(Dan MILB CALL-UP)
312. Josh Reddick(Sean MILB CALL-UP)
313. Jake Arrieta(Matt MILB CALL-UP)
314. Tim Beckham(Todd MILB CALL-UP)
315. Hector Rondon(Jamaal MILB CALL-UP)
316. Danny Valencia(Troy MILB CALL-UP)
317. Casey Kelly(Mike C. MILB CALL-UP)
318. Gaby Sanchez(Mike G. MILB CALL-UP)
319. Mat Gamel(Shane MILB CALL-UP)
320. Jason Maxwell(Islam MILB CALL-UP)
2. Hanley Ramirez (Shane)
3. Alex Rodriguez (Mike G.)
4. Ryan Braun (Mike C.)
5. Chase Utley (Troy)
6. Joe Mauer (Jamaal)
7. Mark Teixera (Todd)
8. David Wright (Matt G.)
9. Prince Fielder (Sean)
10. Ryan Howard (Dan)
11. Miguel Cabrera(Dan)
12. Evan Longoria(Sean)
13. Matt Kemp(Matt)
14. Carl Crawford(Todd)
15. Ian Kinsler(Jamaal)
16. Troy Tulowitzki(Troy)
17. Derek Jeter(Mike C.)
18. Matt Holliday(Mike G.)
19. Justin Upton(Shane)
20. Grady Sizemore(Islam)
21. Victor Martinez(Islam)
22. Tim Lineceum(Shane)
23. Jimmy Rollins(Mike G.)
24. Dustin Pedoria(Mike C.)
25. Roy Halladay(Troy)
26. Jacoby Ellsbury(Jamaal)
27. Joey Votto(Todd)
28. Felix Hernandez(Matt)
29. Zack Greinke(Sean)
30. Robbie Cano(Dan)
31. Torii Hunter(Dan)
32. Brian Roberts(Sean)
33. Pablo Sandoval(Matt)
34. Adrian Gonzalez(Todd)
35. Justin Morneau(Jamaal)
36. Brian McCann(Troy)
37. Kevin Youk(Mike C.)
38. CC Sabathia(Mike G.)
39. Brandon Phillips(Shane)
40. Jose Reyes(Islam)
41. Adam Lind(Islam)
42. Jon Lester(Shane)
43. B.J. Upton(Mike G.)
44. Mark Reynolds(Mike C.)
45. Ryan Zimmerman(Troy)
46. Curtis Granderson(Jamaal)
47. Justin Verlander(Todd)
48. Yovani Gallardo(Matt)
49. Jayson Werth(Sean)
50. Stephen Drew(Dan)
51. Matt Cain(Dan)
52. Dan Haren(Sean)
53. Ichiro(Matt)
54. Adam Wainwright(Todd)
55. Nick Markakis(Jamaal)
56. Jason Bay(Troy)
57. Cliff Lee(Mike C.)
58. Andre Ethier(Mike G.)
59. Aramis Ramirez(Shane)
60. Aaron Hill(Islam)
61. Chone Figgins(Islam)
62. Billy Butler(Shane)
63. Nelson Cruz(Mike G.)
64. Chris Carpenter(Mike C.)
65. Adam Jones(Troy)
66. Carlos Lee(Jamaal)
67. John Broxton(Todd)
68. Tommy Hanson(Matt)
69. Ben Zobrist(Sean)
70. Josh Beckett(Dan)
71. Jair Jurrjens(Dan)
72. Josh Johnson(Sean)
73. Elvis Andrus(Matt)
74. Jon Papelbon(Todd)
75. Josh Hamilton(Jamaal)
76. Mariano Rivera(Troy)
77. Shane Victorino(Mike C.)
78. Gordon Beckam(Mike G.)
79. Andrew McCutchen(Shane)
80. Joakim Soria(Islam)
81. Heath Bell(Islam)
82. Kendry Morales(Shane)
83. Johan Santana(Mike G.)
84. Francisco Rodriguez(Mike C.)
85. Adam Dunn(Troy)
86. Jake Peavy(Jamaal)
87. Shin Soo Choo(Todd)
88. Ricky Nolasco(Matt)
89. Hunter Pence(Sean)
90. Carlos Quentin(Dan)
91. Javier Vazquez(Dan)
92. Andrew Bailey(Sean)
93. Clayton Kershaw(Matt)
94. Jason Bartlett(Todd)
95. Cole Hamels(Jamaal)
96. Carlos Pena(Troy)
97. Matt Wieters(Mike C.)
98. Ubaldo Jimenez(Mike G.)
99. Alex Rios(Shane)
100. Brian Fuentes(Islam)
101. Franciso Cordero(Islam)
102. Jay Bruce(Shane)
103. Carlos Gonzalez(Mike G.)
104. Wandy Rodriguez(Mike C.)
105. Bobby Abreu(Troy)
106. Michael Young(Jamaal)
107. Jered Weaver(Todd)
108. Manny Ramirez(Matt)
109. Huston Street(Sean)
110. Erick Aybar(Dan)
111. Randy Wolf(Dan)
112. Nate McLouth(Sean)
113. Derek Lee(Matt)
114. Jason Kubel(Todd)
115. John Lackey(Jamaal)
116. Roy Oswalt(Troy)
117. Alfonso Soriano(Mike C.)
118. Lance Berkman(Mike G.)
119. Brett Anderson(Shane)
120. Raul Ibanz(Islam)
121. Brandon Webb(Islam)
122. Julio Borbon(Shane)
123. Chris Davis(Mike G.)
124. Matt Garza(Mike C.)
125. Michael Bourn(Troy)
126. Chad Billingsley(Jamaal)
127. Nyjer Morgan(Todd)
128. Jose Lopez(Matt)
129. Asdrubal Cabrera(Sean)
130. Jose Valverde(Dan)
131. Juan Pierre(Dan)
132. Denard Span(Sean)
133. Jason Heyward(Matt)
134. Ryan Ludwick(Todd)
135. Alexei Ramirez(Jamaal)
136. Scott Baker(Troy)
137. Clay Buchholz(Mike C.)
138. Yunel Escobar(Mike G.)
139. Brian Wilson(Shane)
140. Rajai Davis(Islam)
141. Michael Cuddyer(Islam)
142. Chad Qualls(Shane)
143. James Shields(Mike G.)
144. Dexter Fowler(Mike C.)
145. Howie Kendrick(Troy)
146. Dan Uggla(Jamaal)
147. Placido Polanco(Todd)
148. Franklin Gutierrez(Matt)
149. Miguel Montero(Sean)
150. Chipper Jones(Dan)
151. Russell J. Martin(Dan)
152. A.J. Burnett(Sean)
153. David Aardsma(Matt)
154. Adrian Beltre(Todd)
155. Max Scherzer(Jamaal)
156. Billy Wagner(Troy)
157. Ryan Franklin(Mike C.)
158. Carlos Marmol(Mike G.)
159. David Price(Shane)
160. J.A. Happ(Islam)
161. Ryan Dempster(Islam)
162. Jorge De La Rosa(Shane)
163. Rafael Soriano(Mike G.)
164. Johnny Damon(Mike C.)
165. Rick Porcello(Troy)
166. Rich Harden(Jamaal)
167. Frank Francisco(Todd)
168. Trevor Hoffman(Matt)
169. Brad Hawpe(Sean)
170. Kerry Wood(Dan)
171. Chris Young (AZ)(Dan)
172. Scott Kazmir(Sean)
173. Carlos Beltran(Matt)
174. Jeff Niemann(Todd)
175. Carlos Zambrano(Jamaal)
176. Gavin Floyd(Troy)
177. Tim Hudson(Mike C.)
178. Chris Coghlan(Mike G.)
179. Wade Davis(Shane)
180. Ian Stewart(Islam)
181. Colby Rasmus(Islam)
182. Mat Latos(Shane)
183. Bobby Jenks(Mike G.)
184. Edwin Jackson(Mike C.)
185. Nolan Reimold(Troy)
186. Lastings Milledge(Jamaal)
187. Ryan Madson(Todd)
188. Alcides Escobar(Matt)
189. Jorge Cantu(Sean)
190. Austin Jackson(Dan)
191. Ryan Sweeney(Dan)
192. John Danks(Sean)
193. Brad Lidge(Matt)
194. Everth Cabrera(Todd)
195. Ben Sheets(Jamaal)
196. Mark Buerhle(Troy)
197. Martin Prado(Mike C.)
198. Geovany Soto(Mike G.)
199. Scott Sizemore(Shane)
200. Cody Ross(Islam)
201. Daisuke Matsuzaka(Islam)
202. Ryan Doumit(Shane)
203. Brian Matusz(Mike G.)
204. Mike Gonzalez(Mike C.)
205. Todd Helton(Troy)
206. James Loney(Jamaal)
207. Matt Capps(Todd)
208. Jon Rauch(Matt)
209. Adam LaRoche(Sean)
210. Brett Gardner(Dan)
211. Coco Crisp(Dan)
212. Joe Blanton(Sean)
213. Brandon Wood(Matt)
214. Ervin Santana(Todd)
215. Kevin Slowey(Jamaal)
216. Stephen Strausburg(Troy)
217. Rickie Weeks(Mike C.)
218. Aroldis Chapman(Mike G.)
219. David Freese(Shane)
220. Nick Johnson(Islam)
221. Leo Nunez(Islam)
222. Marlon Byrd(Shane)
223. Francisco Liriano(Mike G.)
224. Marco Scutaro(Mike C.)
225. Nick Blackburn(Troy)
226. Homer Bailey(Jamaal)
227. Kyle Blanks(Todd)
228. Octavio Dotel(Matt)
229. Jorge Posada(Sean)
230. Johnny Cueto(Dan)
231. Drew Stubbs(Dan)
232. Ted Lilly(Sean)
233. Vladimir Guerrero(Matt)
234. Kurt Suzuki(Todd)
235. Corey Hart(Jamaal)
236. David Ortiz(Troy)
237. Joel Piniero(Mike C.)
238. Phil Hughes(Mike G.)
239. Conor Jackson(Shane)
240. Jonathan Sanchez(Islam)
241. Aaron Harang(Islam)
242. Brandon Lyon(Shane)
243. Chris Tillman(Mike G.)
244. Mark DeRosa(Mike C.)
245. Erik Bedard(Troy)
246. Magglio Ordonez(Jamaal)
247. Jason Marquis(Todd)
248. Kevin Gregg(Matt)
249. Ryan Theriot(Sean)
250. Hiroki Kuroda(Dan)
251. Joe Saunders(Dan)
252. Shaun Marcum(Sean)
253. Jonathan Niese(Matt)
254. Scott Feldman(Todd)
255. Neftali Feliz(Jamaal)
256. Andy Pettitte(Troy)
257. Ian Kennedy(Mike C.)
258. Mike Pelfrey(Mike G.)
259. Randy Wells(Shane)
260. Rafael Furcal(Islam)
261. Chris Young(SD)(Islam)
262. Casey Blake(Shane)
263. Travis Snider(Mike G.)
264. Derek Holland(Mike C.)
265. Trevor Cahill(Troy)
266. Kevin Kouzmanoff(Jamaal)
267. John Maine(Todd)
268. Justin Masterson(Matt)
269. Paul Maholm(Sean)
270. Derek Lowe(Dan)
271. Gio Gonzalez(Dan)
272. Gil Meche(Sean)
273.Madison Bumgardner(Matt)
274. Ricky Romero(Todd)
275. Delmon Young(Jamaal)
276. Bronson Arroyo(Troy)
277. J.D. Drew(Mike C.)
278. Chris Perez(Mike G.)
279. Matt Lindstrom(Shane)
280. Kevin Millwood(Islam)
281. Jake Westbrook(Islam)
282. Casey McGehee(Shane)
283. Franklin Morales(Mike G.)
284. Mike Cameron(Mike C.)
285. Cameron Maybin(Troy)
286. Brett Myers(Jamaal)
287. Travis Hafner(Todd)
288. Joe Nathan(Matt)
289. Chase Headley(Sean)
290. Orlando Hudson(Dan)
291. Mike Stanton(Dan MILB CALL-UP)
292. Desmond Jennings(Sean MILB CALL-UP)
293. Buster Posey(Matt MILB CALL-UP)
294. Eric Young, Jr.(Todd MILB CALL-UP)
295. Justin Smoak(Jamaal MILB CALL-UP)
296. Fernando Martinez(Troy MILB CALL-UP)
297. Cris Carter(Mike C. MILB CALL-UP)
298. Pedro Alvarez(Mike G. MILB CALL-UP)
299. Starlin Castro(Shane MILB CALL-UP)
300. Ian Desmond(Islam MILB CALL-UP)
301. Ike Davis(Islam MILB CALL-UP)
302. Carlos Santana(Shane MILB CALL-UP)
303. Michael Taylor(Mike G. MILB CALL-UP)
304. (Mike Moustakas(Mike C. MILB CALL-UP)
305. Kyle Drabek(Troy MILB CALL-UP)
306. Daniel Hudson(Jamaal MILB CALL-UP)
307. Jennry Meija(Todd MILB CALL-UP)
308. Jeremy Hellikson(Matt MILB CALL-UP)
309. Brett Wallace(Sean MILB CALL-UP)
310. Josh Vitters(Dan MILB CALL-UP)
311. Logan Morrison(Dan MILB CALL-UP)
312. Josh Reddick(Sean MILB CALL-UP)
313. Jake Arrieta(Matt MILB CALL-UP)
314. Tim Beckham(Todd MILB CALL-UP)
315. Hector Rondon(Jamaal MILB CALL-UP)
316. Danny Valencia(Troy MILB CALL-UP)
317. Casey Kelly(Mike C. MILB CALL-UP)
318. Gaby Sanchez(Mike G. MILB CALL-UP)
319. Mat Gamel(Shane MILB CALL-UP)
320. Jason Maxwell(Islam MILB CALL-UP)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
2010 Call-ups
Dan Gallagher's Team
1. Mike Stanton
2. Logan Morrison
3. Jeff Vickers
Sean Richard's Team
1. Desmond Jennings
2. Brett Wallace
3. Josh Reddick
Matt Gallagher's Team
1. Buster Posey
2. Jake Arrieta
3. Jeremy Hellikson
Todd Chapman's Team
1. Eric Young, Jr.
2. Jenrry Meija
3. Tim Beckham
Jamaal Gilbert's Team
1. Justin Smoak
2. Daniel Hudson
3. Hector Rondon
Troy Balego's Team
1. Fernando Martinez
2. Danny Valencia
3. Kyle Drabek
Mike Carroll's Team
1. Chris Carter
2. Casey Kelly
3. Mike Moustakas
Triple-A Batteries(Mike Gallagher's Team)
1. Pedro Alvarez
2. Michael Taylor
3. Gaby Sanchez
Shane Cornelius' Team
1. Starlin Castro
2. Carlos Santana
3. Mat Gamel
Islam Elnaggar's Team
1. Ike Davis
2. Ian Desmond
3. Jason Maxwell
1. Mike Stanton
2. Logan Morrison
3. Jeff Vickers
Sean Richard's Team
1. Desmond Jennings
2. Brett Wallace
3. Josh Reddick
Matt Gallagher's Team
1. Buster Posey
2. Jake Arrieta
3. Jeremy Hellikson
Todd Chapman's Team
1. Eric Young, Jr.
2. Jenrry Meija
3. Tim Beckham
Jamaal Gilbert's Team
1. Justin Smoak
2. Daniel Hudson
3. Hector Rondon
Troy Balego's Team
1. Fernando Martinez
2. Danny Valencia
3. Kyle Drabek
Mike Carroll's Team
1. Chris Carter
2. Casey Kelly
3. Mike Moustakas
Triple-A Batteries(Mike Gallagher's Team)
1. Pedro Alvarez
2. Michael Taylor
3. Gaby Sanchez
Shane Cornelius' Team
1. Starlin Castro
2. Carlos Santana
3. Mat Gamel
Islam Elnaggar's Team
1. Ike Davis
2. Ian Desmond
3. Jason Maxwell
2010 Can't Cut List
ESPN's (20): Roy Halladay, Felix Hernandez, Tim Lincecum, Joe Mauer, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols, Mark Teixeira, Chase Utley, Evan Longoria, Alex Rodriguez, David Wright, Hanley Ramirez, Troy Tulowitzki, Ryan Braun, Carl Crawford, Jacoby Ellsbury, Matt Kemp, and Justin Upton.
League (30): Ian Kinsler, Derek Jeter, Matt Holliday, Grady Sizemore, Jimmy Rollins, Dustin Pedoria, Joey Votto, Zack Greinke, Robinson Cano, Pablo Sandoval, Adrian Gonzalez, Justin Morneau, Kevin Youkilis, CC Sabathia, Adam Lind, Jon Lester, B.J. Upton, Mark Reynolds, Brandon Phillps, Ryan Zimmerman, Curtis Granderson, Justin Verlander, Yovani Gallardo, Jayson Werth, Dan Haren, Ichiro, Adam Wainwright, Nick Markakis., Jason Bay, and Andre Ethier
League (30): Ian Kinsler, Derek Jeter, Matt Holliday, Grady Sizemore, Jimmy Rollins, Dustin Pedoria, Joey Votto, Zack Greinke, Robinson Cano, Pablo Sandoval, Adrian Gonzalez, Justin Morneau, Kevin Youkilis, CC Sabathia, Adam Lind, Jon Lester, B.J. Upton, Mark Reynolds, Brandon Phillps, Ryan Zimmerman, Curtis Granderson, Justin Verlander, Yovani Gallardo, Jayson Werth, Dan Haren, Ichiro, Adam Wainwright, Nick Markakis., Jason Bay, and Andre Ethier
Monday, February 1, 2010
League Rules
League Fees
The league fees are expected to be paid in full at the draft. Every once in a while guys fall off the face of the Earth and the full amount of league dues cannot be collected.
Of course there are some circumstance where money is tight and in that event, half of the league dues will be owed prior to the draft.
In an effort to prevent all the owners saying "money is tight" all the owners that pay on time will be given a five dollar off discount on the league fee.
The fee has yet to be determined, but it will likely be 80-105 dollars for the 2010 season. My paypal is gallagher005@yahoo.com and I advise everyone to utilize paypal since it is free and happens instantaneously.
Draft
The Draft time has not been set yet, but it will be announced on the league page and on the web site. It will be a snake draft (meaning last pick in the first is the first pick in the second, and first pick in the first is last in the second and so on). The draft order will be selected at random by ESPN one hour prior to the draft date set. At that time the draft room will open and owners can chat and set up anything that would help them draft better. Please show up on time for the draft and draft in an efficient manner.
Divisions
The divisions will be selected at random once all the teams have been assigned. There will be two divisions in this league with two wild cards for the remaining playoff spots.
Keeper Info
There is a good chance that this league will be of the keeper variety. Once the specifics have been figured out, all the owners will be notified and of course they will appear on the league page. I don't think it is fair to those that pick later in the draft to do a straight X amount of keepers. This holds true because picking first and 20th holds more value than 10th and 11th (for a 10-team league).
Here are some possible ideas:
Idea 1a
This is kind of a three part proposition, 1a and 1b involve the first two rounds being non-keeper rounds. This will ensure that the teams in the end rounds will not get shafted on not getting a mega-stud for the next X years (hopefully x is a big number). The draft will then continue as drawn up and each team will get "K" amount of keepers (K will be determined when we have all the teams sold).
Idea 1b
The same premise is involved with 1b, except after the two non-keeper rounds are done, the order will flip. Meaning the first pick in the first round will pick last in the second and third round, and last pick in the first round, first pick in the second round, and will get the first choice of keeper (round three).
Personally, I like this idea better because the first pick team has a huge advantage and could pick a player he doesn't want to keep in the 2nd, then get that guy in the third and have him as a keeper. This method will be mentioned again, so we'll call it the "third round flip" to save the explanation.
One potential problem with doing non-keeper round would be if someone traded a non-keeper for a keeper. I think that the players taken in the non-keeper rounds are ineligible when traded, and players taken in the keeper rounds are still eligible as keepers. Therefore, if a team is falling out of it, he can trade his non-keeper player for a keeper next year. No matter how many trades will be made "K" will be constant. Of course there will be a section on the web page called 2010 Ineligible Keepers.
Idea 1c
This is kind of the middle ground of the two. We could just make the first round the non-keeper round. That way we wouldn't have to switch the order.
The last pick has a advantage in this one because they could pick the player the want to keep second.
Furthermore, the problem with this one is that the drop off from pick 11 to pick 21 is much larger than the drop off from 21 to 31. Meaning as nice as it is to have first pick and take Pujols, it's a bigger disadvantage since you'll have to deal without Pujols next year. Plus, the last pick will have the first choice of keeper (pick 11) and Pujol's owner will be stuck with the 20th pick as his first keeper. Therefore, by making it two non-keeper rounds the drop off from the first keeper pick (21) isn't as valuable pick 11 in a one round keeper.
Idea 2
For this idea let "X" equal the round a player was selected. Every owner will get a certain amount of keeper slots ("K"). When X<10 in order to keep that player it will cost you an X-2 pick next year. So if you draft a player in round five and he explodes (so you'll obviously want to keep him), it'll cost you a third round pick in next year's draft.
When X>9 in order to keep a player it will cost you an X-3 round pick. So if you pick someone in round 10 it will cost you a seventh round pick next year.
Finally, when X>15 it will cost you an X-4 pick next year.
So let's say you draft a player in the 16th round this year, it would cost you a 12th next year. Now after the following season you'll want to keep him again it will be a ninth round pick.
The beauty of this is that you can't keep your first two rounds, so it fundamentally ties in with Idea 1. We can also do a third round flip in this draft, too.
The same problem comes about as in ideas 1a and 1b. If you trade for a player, then he will cost you what it would have cost the owner that just traded him away. So if you traded away your fifth round pick for his eighth round pick, the player you just received will cost you a sixth rounder next year (it would cost him a third rounder next year for the player you traded away).
The same would hold true if a player had been cut and you added him. If someone cut their third round pick, then it would cost you a first rounder.
Which poses another potential problem: What happens if you acquire a player and it results in you costing two picks in the same round? It obviously would be X for the first, then X+1 for the second. So if you have two firsts and second round, then it would cost you the first three picks in your draft to keep all three.
Idea 3
No fantasy bells and whistles with this one. We conduct a normal draft and every player is eligible as a keeper. This is by far the easiest way, but I think it's slightly unfair for the people in the later rounds. Each team would get K amount of keeper slots.
Idea 4
We could also do an auction draft. We then could derive some formula for what it would cost next year to keep that player. I'm just messing around but let's say "X" equals the dollar value spent in the draft. We could assign a multiplier based on the size of X. For example if X is greater than 35, then it would cost you 1.2X to keep him next year. If X is more than 25 and less than or equal to 35 , then it would cost you 1.35X to keep him next year. If 15 < x<25 it would be 1.6X. If 5< x<15 then 2X. X<5 would be 3X. These numbers were just thrown together, but I'm sure you get the idea.
The same rule would apply with the draft if there is a trade. So if you trade a for a player, the X value would be for what his former owner paid for him in the draft. Again, same would hold true should you want to keep a player you added via the waiver wire.
Idea 5
We do an auction draft and assign K amount of keepers.
Idea 6
We can do either an auction draft, or snake draft and predetermine which players are ineligible keepers. The list will be like 10-20 players and posted on the site. It would be players like Pujols and Hanley. The ineligible players can be based on the ESPN rankings, based on the 2009 performance, the commissioner could come up with his own list, or it can be a league consensus.
The problem with this one is that it will vary year-to-year. Let's say we decided to put 20 player on the Ineligible Keeper List, so next year we rule 2010's best 20 ineligible. There's a chance that someone has the players ranked 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. That team would have a ridiculous advantage based on luck.
It would certainly make it interesting having keepers being taken before non-keeper mega-studs.
Idea 7
It would be a basic snake draft and each owner would get K amount of keeper spots. This time each owner would have two players that are ineligible as keepers. The two players that are ineligible would be the two players that were highest on ESPN's Player Rater. This would definitely benefit the deeper teams in the draft, and teams that have two studs that carried them all year would be at a disadvantage next year. I actually think that having great depth should be rewarded, so I don't view this as a problem.
Secondly, this is kind of cool because if your first two player are struck by the injury bug they won't be in the top-20, so you can keep them again next year. It's kind of like a cool consolation prize.
The problem with this one would be if you have two unbelievably good later round picks. If your 10th and 11th round picks absolutely exploded, you wouldn't be rewarded for the phenomenal picks.
Idea 8
This is a hybrid draft. The first two rounds would be a non-keeper snake draft, then the remaining players would be up for auction and could be kept. I think that the later picks in the non-keeper first round should get some sort of bonus though. I like the idea that your pick number in the first round would give you that many more dollars in the auction. So first pick would get $1 more and 10th pick would get $10 more in the auction.
I think that one of those ideas should be good to go. We can also incorporate a couple ideas together. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Call-ups
I'm hoping we will do this regardless of if it is a keeper or not. At the end of the draft each team can select three players for to put in their Minor League system. They have to be in the minors when they are drafted and they won't take up your roster spot. Obviously, if you don't like one of your picks anymore you can cut him for another player.The Call-ups will be listed on this web page and all add-drops will be posted on the league page.
If you decide to call-up a player, then you must cut a player off your current roster (obviously). YOU CANNOT SEND A PLAYER BACK DOWN AFTER HE IS CALLED UP. You must either keep him up, or cut him.
Since it's not totally certain whether certain guys are MLB bound and which are headed to an MILB affiliate, our initial draft will becoming from MLB.com prospects. You'll notice that some guys like Stephen Strasberg, Brian Matusz, Jason Heyward, and Neftali Feliz are going to be with the big club at season's start. Owners that took guys in the regular draft can't send them down because they are already on your roster.
As mentioned before, there can be add-drops. However, since we don't know which players are going where, no add-drops can take place until the first week is over. This is going to be tough to follow if we call go crazy on changing guys, so each owner can add-drop only once per week (Monday to Sunday).
Trading your Call-up for a big leaguer is allowed and will be treated like any other trade.
There are going to be a lot of transactions in this league, so if for some reason I miss an owner picking up another owner's call-up, then the mistaken owner will have to forfeit upon its discovery.
For example, if someone had Tommy Hanson as one of his call-ups, then another owner added him without knowing, and let's say Hanson's owner didn't notice until August, then Hanson would be switched to the correct owner with no consolation. I will remove the player (Hanson in this case) and the mistaken owner will have to pick up a player on his own time.
I'm thinking the best way to add-drop from your minor league system would be to just have a thread that documents all the add-drops. The only problem is people can edit their posts which could potentially mess up the one move per week cap. The best way to let everyone know would be to just email everyone in the league. This sort of kills two birds with one stone since it will notify me there was a move and I can adjust the call-up list.
If an MLB team calls up one of your players, you can keep him down as long as you like. When you want to call him up, you obviously just need to add him to your roster and just let the league know which player you want to replace him with in your minor league system.
Once a player is placed on any league roster, then no owner can add him to the MILB group. So if Heyward gets sent down and his owner (Matt) decides to cut him, then no owner can add him to the MILB group. He would have to be on the league roster.
Another idea would be to do this in a auction-style post draft. Meaning each team get X dollars immediately following the draft. However, Owners will be allowed to save their money and use it during the season. The only downside of this would be owners can't really grab some under-the-radar guy since there will be bidding on all players that weren't selected in the draft day auction.
If you draft a player in our fantasy draft, then he cannot be placed in your minor league system.
In the event you would like to keep one of the call-ups on your roster, the details will be ironed out once all the keeper arrangements have been set up.
General League Rules
This league is a head-to-head 10-cat league. Those 10 categories are runs, RBI, steals, home runs, batting average, wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Each week has 10 potential wins or losses (for each category). Unlike some leagues where a 6-4 win is the same as a 10-0 win, this league will depend heavily on the severity of an owner's win or loss. Ties count as ties in standings, so tiebreakers aren't an issue for the regular season (playoffs defined below).
There are no maximums in this league, so every owner is welcome to have as many starts as he pleases. If an owner wanted to add a player for the day, it would have to be done before the first day of the day began. If it wasn't done in time, then the move would be for the following day. ESPN will let you know when you add a player because when you click the players tab to add a player it will either say "today's games" or "tomorrow's games."
The only minimum is there has to be at least one AB for the hitting categories and more than one pitch thrown by the pitchers. That means if for some reason you don't play a pitcher for the whole week, your opponent could conceivably beat you in ERA with a 300 ERA for the week.
Trades
Everyone loves to trade and everyone likes to assess the winners and losers of each trade. There is really only one rule this league will live by with regards to trades: Collusion is the only reason for a veto.
It's really the only fair way to do it for many reasons.
First and foremost, it minimizes the gray area for bias and having everyone treated fairly.
Secondly, nobody has a crystal ball. There been several trades where it might seem lopsided, but it turned out the trade was advantageous for the perceived loser, or the trade was a wash. For example in one of my baseball leagues someone traded Derek Lee for Cliff Lee. This trade was early on in the 2008 year (Lee's Cy Young year) and a lot of people were up in arms because Derek Lee's former owner was just buying high on Lee and the majority of the league thought it was unfair. Obviously, Cliff clearly outperformed Derek, so it proved that there's no way anyone can predict they trade winners until the season is over.
Thirdly, if collusion is suspected the fate of the trade will go to a vote. The two teams involved in the trade and the commissioner will not be involved in the voting process. Obviously, the two teams can't vote and since the commissioner will be already moving it to a vote, he won't be able to participate either. There has to be at least a 2/3 vote in favor of the veto by eligible parties. Just to clarify, if it is a 10-team league, the commissioner and the two teams involved wouldn't be voting, so there would have to be at least five(5) votes in favor to stop the trade.
There has been other shady business in fantasy leagues, so if you trade away a player then you can't acquire him back for two scoring periods. This will prevent owners from trying to exploit matchups and just trade back after the matchup occurs.
Furthermore, the same can be said for accidentally hitting accept on a trade or putting in the wrong players for the deal. If an owner makes a mistake in a trade it will go to a vote in the same manner as a collusion-related trade.
Finally, if an owner repeatedly has suspected collusion-related trades vetoed he is subject to expulsion from the league. If an owner has three trades vetoed in a two-year span, he will be expelled from the league. This isn't to decrease the amount of trading or anything, and as long as your intentions are good, then there's no reason to worry.
Mistakes
Everyone makes mistakes. Unfortunately, most mistakes come with consequences and this league will be no different. I'm sure most of you have been in a league where someone meant to drop a player (we'll say Aaron Heilman), but they mistakenly selected a great player to drop (we'll say David Wright). The person with the number one waiver would obviously be all over that and the owner that meant to drop a horrible pitcher is now out likely their best player. If someone drops someone that isn't on the Can't Cut List by mistake there is nothing that can be done.
ESPN does have provide a Can't Cut List, so obviously those players can't be cut from rosters. The Commissioner will also provide a list of 50 players (including the ESPN can't cut players) that will allow the owner to have his player back provided he is currently on the list.
On the other hand, this only happens about once a season, so each owner will only get one (1) free pass. If an owner does drop two players on the Can't Cut List by mistake, the second player mistakenly dropped will remain on waivers. Meaning if the second player dropped is valued less than the first by the owner, it doesn't matter and he can't say he'd rather drop the first player.
The Can't Cut List will be turned off during the final week. This is to allow the maximum amount of moves for the finalists and third place game contestants. If anyone is mistakenly dropped during said period, then nothing will happen.
There really shouldn't be any other significant mistakes made and under no circumstance will the commissioner change any roster spot that is locked.
Waivers
The league will be set for the waiver period to be one day. That means if you cut him on Tuesday (no matter what the time is), the player will remain on waivers for Wednesday and will come off waivers Thursday morning.
The original order will be inverse of the draft order (last pick is first waiver priority and first pick is last priority).
Once Minor League players that were not taken in our fantasy draft are promoted to the Majors, they will be played on waivers for one day.
If a player is owned for less than one day, then he will be a free agent and will not be placed on waivers.
Etiquette
Quite frankly, there really is no etiquette for this mother fucker! Trash talking is encouraged and don't talk trash unless you can back it up (or you'll likely be ripped by majority of the owners). We are all adults, so we should try to keep it related to fantasy and try not to take any trash talking to a personal level. I'm pleased to announce that the Finks are permanently expelled from fantasy leagues, so it should be a lot easier to keep it civil.
If you do have an issue with another owner, I'd suggest emailing each other and/or let the commissioner know so we can resolve the issue.
There is no etiquette with regards to adding and dropping players. You can make as many moves as you like and there is no penalty for being too active.
Inactivity
Every year it seems like a team falls out of it and stops caring about his fantasy team. If this sounds like you, then maybe this isn't the league for you. Although stuff can happen and people's lives get busy.
If an owner becomes inactive for a period longer than one week, the commissioner will attempt to contact the owner to advise him to set his lineup. If he still isn't active after the second week, then the commissioner will set his roster and won't be adding or dropping any players until the owner returns to activtiy.
Once the commissioner has taken charge of the team, said team is up for sale. Any current owner could seek out a potential owner that is befitting of our league. The league fees should have been collected, so the new owner wouldn't have to pay for that year. Obviously, they would need to pay for the following years.
In the unlikely circumstance where a playoff team is inactive at the time of the playoffs, that team would be forfeited and the next best team would slide into his spot.
Potential Playoff Issues
This league is a 10-cat league, so there's a decent chance that there is a tie in the playoffs. The tie goes to the higher seed. Even if the three seed has a better record than the two seed, the two seed would be declared the winner in the event of a tie.
As it stands right now, four teams will make the playoffs. In the event that two or more teams have the same winning percentage at the conclusion of the Regular Season, and have played the same number of Head-to-Head games between them, the following tie-breaking system determines the seed:
1 - Overall record
2 - Head-to-head record
3 - Division record
4 - Total Number of Runs, Steals, HR, RBI, K, Saves, and Wins.
5 - Coin Flip
Payouts
The payouts will be as follows:
60 percent of the pot to the winner
30 percent of the pot to second place
10 percent of the pot to third place
The league fees are expected to be paid in full at the draft. Every once in a while guys fall off the face of the Earth and the full amount of league dues cannot be collected.
Of course there are some circumstance where money is tight and in that event, half of the league dues will be owed prior to the draft.
In an effort to prevent all the owners saying "money is tight" all the owners that pay on time will be given a five dollar off discount on the league fee.
The fee has yet to be determined, but it will likely be 80-105 dollars for the 2010 season. My paypal is gallagher005@yahoo.com and I advise everyone to utilize paypal since it is free and happens instantaneously.
Draft
The Draft time has not been set yet, but it will be announced on the league page and on the web site. It will be a snake draft (meaning last pick in the first is the first pick in the second, and first pick in the first is last in the second and so on). The draft order will be selected at random by ESPN one hour prior to the draft date set. At that time the draft room will open and owners can chat and set up anything that would help them draft better. Please show up on time for the draft and draft in an efficient manner.
Divisions
The divisions will be selected at random once all the teams have been assigned. There will be two divisions in this league with two wild cards for the remaining playoff spots.
Keeper Info
There is a good chance that this league will be of the keeper variety. Once the specifics have been figured out, all the owners will be notified and of course they will appear on the league page. I don't think it is fair to those that pick later in the draft to do a straight X amount of keepers. This holds true because picking first and 20th holds more value than 10th and 11th (for a 10-team league).
Here are some possible ideas:
Idea 1a
This is kind of a three part proposition, 1a and 1b involve the first two rounds being non-keeper rounds. This will ensure that the teams in the end rounds will not get shafted on not getting a mega-stud for the next X years (hopefully x is a big number). The draft will then continue as drawn up and each team will get "K" amount of keepers (K will be determined when we have all the teams sold).
Idea 1b
The same premise is involved with 1b, except after the two non-keeper rounds are done, the order will flip. Meaning the first pick in the first round will pick last in the second and third round, and last pick in the first round, first pick in the second round, and will get the first choice of keeper (round three).
Personally, I like this idea better because the first pick team has a huge advantage and could pick a player he doesn't want to keep in the 2nd, then get that guy in the third and have him as a keeper. This method will be mentioned again, so we'll call it the "third round flip" to save the explanation.
One potential problem with doing non-keeper round would be if someone traded a non-keeper for a keeper. I think that the players taken in the non-keeper rounds are ineligible when traded, and players taken in the keeper rounds are still eligible as keepers. Therefore, if a team is falling out of it, he can trade his non-keeper player for a keeper next year. No matter how many trades will be made "K" will be constant. Of course there will be a section on the web page called 2010 Ineligible Keepers.
Idea 1c
This is kind of the middle ground of the two. We could just make the first round the non-keeper round. That way we wouldn't have to switch the order.
The last pick has a advantage in this one because they could pick the player the want to keep second.
Furthermore, the problem with this one is that the drop off from pick 11 to pick 21 is much larger than the drop off from 21 to 31. Meaning as nice as it is to have first pick and take Pujols, it's a bigger disadvantage since you'll have to deal without Pujols next year. Plus, the last pick will have the first choice of keeper (pick 11) and Pujol's owner will be stuck with the 20th pick as his first keeper. Therefore, by making it two non-keeper rounds the drop off from the first keeper pick (21) isn't as valuable pick 11 in a one round keeper.
Idea 2
For this idea let "X" equal the round a player was selected. Every owner will get a certain amount of keeper slots ("K"). When X<10 in order to keep that player it will cost you an X-2 pick next year. So if you draft a player in round five and he explodes (so you'll obviously want to keep him), it'll cost you a third round pick in next year's draft.
When X>9 in order to keep a player it will cost you an X-3 round pick. So if you pick someone in round 10 it will cost you a seventh round pick next year.
Finally, when X>15 it will cost you an X-4 pick next year.
So let's say you draft a player in the 16th round this year, it would cost you a 12th next year. Now after the following season you'll want to keep him again it will be a ninth round pick.
The beauty of this is that you can't keep your first two rounds, so it fundamentally ties in with Idea 1. We can also do a third round flip in this draft, too.
The same problem comes about as in ideas 1a and 1b. If you trade for a player, then he will cost you what it would have cost the owner that just traded him away. So if you traded away your fifth round pick for his eighth round pick, the player you just received will cost you a sixth rounder next year (it would cost him a third rounder next year for the player you traded away).
The same would hold true if a player had been cut and you added him. If someone cut their third round pick, then it would cost you a first rounder.
Which poses another potential problem: What happens if you acquire a player and it results in you costing two picks in the same round? It obviously would be X for the first, then X+1 for the second. So if you have two firsts and second round, then it would cost you the first three picks in your draft to keep all three.
Idea 3
No fantasy bells and whistles with this one. We conduct a normal draft and every player is eligible as a keeper. This is by far the easiest way, but I think it's slightly unfair for the people in the later rounds. Each team would get K amount of keeper slots.
Idea 4
We could also do an auction draft. We then could derive some formula for what it would cost next year to keep that player. I'm just messing around but let's say "X" equals the dollar value spent in the draft. We could assign a multiplier based on the size of X. For example if X is greater than 35, then it would cost you 1.2X to keep him next year. If X is more than 25 and less than or equal to 35 , then it would cost you 1.35X to keep him next year. If 15 < x<25 it would be 1.6X. If 5< x<15 then 2X. X<5 would be 3X. These numbers were just thrown together, but I'm sure you get the idea.
The same rule would apply with the draft if there is a trade. So if you trade a for a player, the X value would be for what his former owner paid for him in the draft. Again, same would hold true should you want to keep a player you added via the waiver wire.
Idea 5
We do an auction draft and assign K amount of keepers.
Idea 6
We can do either an auction draft, or snake draft and predetermine which players are ineligible keepers. The list will be like 10-20 players and posted on the site. It would be players like Pujols and Hanley. The ineligible players can be based on the ESPN rankings, based on the 2009 performance, the commissioner could come up with his own list, or it can be a league consensus.
The problem with this one is that it will vary year-to-year. Let's say we decided to put 20 player on the Ineligible Keeper List, so next year we rule 2010's best 20 ineligible. There's a chance that someone has the players ranked 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. That team would have a ridiculous advantage based on luck.
It would certainly make it interesting having keepers being taken before non-keeper mega-studs.
Idea 7
It would be a basic snake draft and each owner would get K amount of keeper spots. This time each owner would have two players that are ineligible as keepers. The two players that are ineligible would be the two players that were highest on ESPN's Player Rater. This would definitely benefit the deeper teams in the draft, and teams that have two studs that carried them all year would be at a disadvantage next year. I actually think that having great depth should be rewarded, so I don't view this as a problem.
Secondly, this is kind of cool because if your first two player are struck by the injury bug they won't be in the top-20, so you can keep them again next year. It's kind of like a cool consolation prize.
The problem with this one would be if you have two unbelievably good later round picks. If your 10th and 11th round picks absolutely exploded, you wouldn't be rewarded for the phenomenal picks.
Idea 8
This is a hybrid draft. The first two rounds would be a non-keeper snake draft, then the remaining players would be up for auction and could be kept. I think that the later picks in the non-keeper first round should get some sort of bonus though. I like the idea that your pick number in the first round would give you that many more dollars in the auction. So first pick would get $1 more and 10th pick would get $10 more in the auction.
I think that one of those ideas should be good to go. We can also incorporate a couple ideas together. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Call-ups
I'm hoping we will do this regardless of if it is a keeper or not. At the end of the draft each team can select three players for to put in their Minor League system. They have to be in the minors when they are drafted and they won't take up your roster spot. Obviously, if you don't like one of your picks anymore you can cut him for another player.The Call-ups will be listed on this web page and all add-drops will be posted on the league page.
If you decide to call-up a player, then you must cut a player off your current roster (obviously). YOU CANNOT SEND A PLAYER BACK DOWN AFTER HE IS CALLED UP. You must either keep him up, or cut him.
Since it's not totally certain whether certain guys are MLB bound and which are headed to an MILB affiliate, our initial draft will becoming from MLB.com prospects. You'll notice that some guys like Stephen Strasberg, Brian Matusz, Jason Heyward, and Neftali Feliz are going to be with the big club at season's start. Owners that took guys in the regular draft can't send them down because they are already on your roster.
As mentioned before, there can be add-drops. However, since we don't know which players are going where, no add-drops can take place until the first week is over. This is going to be tough to follow if we call go crazy on changing guys, so each owner can add-drop only once per week (Monday to Sunday).
Trading your Call-up for a big leaguer is allowed and will be treated like any other trade.
There are going to be a lot of transactions in this league, so if for some reason I miss an owner picking up another owner's call-up, then the mistaken owner will have to forfeit upon its discovery.
For example, if someone had Tommy Hanson as one of his call-ups, then another owner added him without knowing, and let's say Hanson's owner didn't notice until August, then Hanson would be switched to the correct owner with no consolation. I will remove the player (Hanson in this case) and the mistaken owner will have to pick up a player on his own time.
I'm thinking the best way to add-drop from your minor league system would be to just have a thread that documents all the add-drops. The only problem is people can edit their posts which could potentially mess up the one move per week cap. The best way to let everyone know would be to just email everyone in the league. This sort of kills two birds with one stone since it will notify me there was a move and I can adjust the call-up list.
If an MLB team calls up one of your players, you can keep him down as long as you like. When you want to call him up, you obviously just need to add him to your roster and just let the league know which player you want to replace him with in your minor league system.
Once a player is placed on any league roster, then no owner can add him to the MILB group. So if Heyward gets sent down and his owner (Matt) decides to cut him, then no owner can add him to the MILB group. He would have to be on the league roster.
Another idea would be to do this in a auction-style post draft. Meaning each team get X dollars immediately following the draft. However, Owners will be allowed to save their money and use it during the season. The only downside of this would be owners can't really grab some under-the-radar guy since there will be bidding on all players that weren't selected in the draft day auction.
If you draft a player in our fantasy draft, then he cannot be placed in your minor league system.
In the event you would like to keep one of the call-ups on your roster, the details will be ironed out once all the keeper arrangements have been set up.
General League Rules
This league is a head-to-head 10-cat league. Those 10 categories are runs, RBI, steals, home runs, batting average, wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Each week has 10 potential wins or losses (for each category). Unlike some leagues where a 6-4 win is the same as a 10-0 win, this league will depend heavily on the severity of an owner's win or loss. Ties count as ties in standings, so tiebreakers aren't an issue for the regular season (playoffs defined below).
There are no maximums in this league, so every owner is welcome to have as many starts as he pleases. If an owner wanted to add a player for the day, it would have to be done before the first day of the day began. If it wasn't done in time, then the move would be for the following day. ESPN will let you know when you add a player because when you click the players tab to add a player it will either say "today's games" or "tomorrow's games."
The only minimum is there has to be at least one AB for the hitting categories and more than one pitch thrown by the pitchers. That means if for some reason you don't play a pitcher for the whole week, your opponent could conceivably beat you in ERA with a 300 ERA for the week.
Trades
Everyone loves to trade and everyone likes to assess the winners and losers of each trade. There is really only one rule this league will live by with regards to trades: Collusion is the only reason for a veto.
It's really the only fair way to do it for many reasons.
First and foremost, it minimizes the gray area for bias and having everyone treated fairly.
Secondly, nobody has a crystal ball. There been several trades where it might seem lopsided, but it turned out the trade was advantageous for the perceived loser, or the trade was a wash. For example in one of my baseball leagues someone traded Derek Lee for Cliff Lee. This trade was early on in the 2008 year (Lee's Cy Young year) and a lot of people were up in arms because Derek Lee's former owner was just buying high on Lee and the majority of the league thought it was unfair. Obviously, Cliff clearly outperformed Derek, so it proved that there's no way anyone can predict they trade winners until the season is over.
Thirdly, if collusion is suspected the fate of the trade will go to a vote. The two teams involved in the trade and the commissioner will not be involved in the voting process. Obviously, the two teams can't vote and since the commissioner will be already moving it to a vote, he won't be able to participate either. There has to be at least a 2/3 vote in favor of the veto by eligible parties. Just to clarify, if it is a 10-team league, the commissioner and the two teams involved wouldn't be voting, so there would have to be at least five(5) votes in favor to stop the trade.
There has been other shady business in fantasy leagues, so if you trade away a player then you can't acquire him back for two scoring periods. This will prevent owners from trying to exploit matchups and just trade back after the matchup occurs.
Furthermore, the same can be said for accidentally hitting accept on a trade or putting in the wrong players for the deal. If an owner makes a mistake in a trade it will go to a vote in the same manner as a collusion-related trade.
Finally, if an owner repeatedly has suspected collusion-related trades vetoed he is subject to expulsion from the league. If an owner has three trades vetoed in a two-year span, he will be expelled from the league. This isn't to decrease the amount of trading or anything, and as long as your intentions are good, then there's no reason to worry.
Mistakes
Everyone makes mistakes. Unfortunately, most mistakes come with consequences and this league will be no different. I'm sure most of you have been in a league where someone meant to drop a player (we'll say Aaron Heilman), but they mistakenly selected a great player to drop (we'll say David Wright). The person with the number one waiver would obviously be all over that and the owner that meant to drop a horrible pitcher is now out likely their best player. If someone drops someone that isn't on the Can't Cut List by mistake there is nothing that can be done.
ESPN does have provide a Can't Cut List, so obviously those players can't be cut from rosters. The Commissioner will also provide a list of 50 players (including the ESPN can't cut players) that will allow the owner to have his player back provided he is currently on the list.
On the other hand, this only happens about once a season, so each owner will only get one (1) free pass. If an owner does drop two players on the Can't Cut List by mistake, the second player mistakenly dropped will remain on waivers. Meaning if the second player dropped is valued less than the first by the owner, it doesn't matter and he can't say he'd rather drop the first player.
The Can't Cut List will be turned off during the final week. This is to allow the maximum amount of moves for the finalists and third place game contestants. If anyone is mistakenly dropped during said period, then nothing will happen.
There really shouldn't be any other significant mistakes made and under no circumstance will the commissioner change any roster spot that is locked.
Waivers
The league will be set for the waiver period to be one day. That means if you cut him on Tuesday (no matter what the time is), the player will remain on waivers for Wednesday and will come off waivers Thursday morning.
The original order will be inverse of the draft order (last pick is first waiver priority and first pick is last priority).
Once Minor League players that were not taken in our fantasy draft are promoted to the Majors, they will be played on waivers for one day.
If a player is owned for less than one day, then he will be a free agent and will not be placed on waivers.
Etiquette
Quite frankly, there really is no etiquette for this mother fucker! Trash talking is encouraged and don't talk trash unless you can back it up (or you'll likely be ripped by majority of the owners). We are all adults, so we should try to keep it related to fantasy and try not to take any trash talking to a personal level. I'm pleased to announce that the Finks are permanently expelled from fantasy leagues, so it should be a lot easier to keep it civil.
If you do have an issue with another owner, I'd suggest emailing each other and/or let the commissioner know so we can resolve the issue.
There is no etiquette with regards to adding and dropping players. You can make as many moves as you like and there is no penalty for being too active.
Inactivity
Every year it seems like a team falls out of it and stops caring about his fantasy team. If this sounds like you, then maybe this isn't the league for you. Although stuff can happen and people's lives get busy.
If an owner becomes inactive for a period longer than one week, the commissioner will attempt to contact the owner to advise him to set his lineup. If he still isn't active after the second week, then the commissioner will set his roster and won't be adding or dropping any players until the owner returns to activtiy.
Once the commissioner has taken charge of the team, said team is up for sale. Any current owner could seek out a potential owner that is befitting of our league. The league fees should have been collected, so the new owner wouldn't have to pay for that year. Obviously, they would need to pay for the following years.
In the unlikely circumstance where a playoff team is inactive at the time of the playoffs, that team would be forfeited and the next best team would slide into his spot.
Potential Playoff Issues
This league is a 10-cat league, so there's a decent chance that there is a tie in the playoffs. The tie goes to the higher seed. Even if the three seed has a better record than the two seed, the two seed would be declared the winner in the event of a tie.
As it stands right now, four teams will make the playoffs. In the event that two or more teams have the same winning percentage at the conclusion of the Regular Season, and have played the same number of Head-to-Head games between them, the following tie-breaking system determines the seed:
1 - Overall record
2 - Head-to-head record
3 - Division record
4 - Total Number of Runs, Steals, HR, RBI, K, Saves, and Wins.
5 - Coin Flip
Payouts
The payouts will be as follows:
60 percent of the pot to the winner
30 percent of the pot to second place
10 percent of the pot to third place
Welcome to the League Web Page
Welcome to the league! If you're new to this league and wondering why the hell it is called The Chameleon Fantasy Baseball League, it's because most of the people in the league change their names quite a bit.
This league is a lot of fun and requires a lot of work since it is a daily, no max moves league. If you're more familiar with fantasy football I have a saying that helps portray the commitment needed for fantasy baseball:
Owners should be able to take at least a few minutes out of their day to make moves for their team.
This page will serve as a complement to the league home page on ESPN.
This league is a lot of fun and requires a lot of work since it is a daily, no max moves league. If you're more familiar with fantasy football I have a saying that helps portray the commitment needed for fantasy baseball:
Taking caring of a fantasy football team is like taking care of a fish tank. You can take care of it a couple times a week and everything should be ok for the most part.
Taking care of a fantasy baseball or basketball team is like taking care of a dog. If you don't take care of it every day, then you're going to wind up with shit all over the place.
Owners should be able to take at least a few minutes out of their day to make moves for their team.
This page will serve as a complement to the league home page on ESPN.
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