Fantasy Baseball 2016

[zoraster]

Rhinox: 1st Pick (1st choice)
D3f3nd3r: 6th Pick (1st Choice)
Anix: 2nd Pick (1st Choice)
Locke: 3rd Pick (1st Choice)
Zoraster: 12th Pick (4th Choice)
Zachrulez: 4th Pick (4th Choice*)
DrippingGoofball: 5th Pick (5th Choice*)
Bert: 7th Pick (7th Choice*)
AGar: 10th Pick (5th Choice)
Zalderic: 8th Pick (8th Choice*)
Nero Cain: 9th Pick (9th Choice*)
Yiley: 11th Pick (11th Choice)

I'll give a sorted version of this soon.

[zoraster]

The asterixes indicate a person didn't actually fill out a form. Of those who filled out a form, Yiley CLEARLY got the raw end of the deal as everyone else got their 5th or better choice. It's kind of impressive that the first four people got their first pick!

[Locke Lamora]

That is weird. I guess there's sort of a pattern to it, but outside of the top 3 it's pretty strange that we'd pick the same thing.

[zoraster]

Main League Draft Order

1. Rhinox
   
2. Dr. Daniel Anix, JD
   
3. Locke
   
4. Zachrulez
   
5. DrippingGoofball
   
6. D3f3nd3r
   
7. Bert
   
8. Zalderic
   
9. Nero Cain
   
10. AGar
    
11. Yiley
    
12. Zoraster

Please remember that our draft is this Saturday at 4:15pm EST!

[zoraster]

That is weird. I guess there's sort of a pattern to it, but outside of the top 3 it's pretty strange that we'd pick the same thing.

Yeah. Maybe we had a similar read on the top 3 and then basically said "okay, well. I'd rather just play it by ear and get nearer the turn"?

[D3f3nd3r]

I thought 6th would be nice, now I'm thinking through it and ehh not really...

[AniX]

I realize now I seem to have completely misread the chart and switched the criteria: I took "1st Pick" to mean "1st Pick of Order I Want to Go In" and "1st Choice" to mean "1st Choice in the Draft".

I actually had 11th Pick (that is: Going 11th in the Draft) as my preferred spot so if Yiley wants to switch/you'll permit the switch I'd be down.

[zoraster]

sure, if you both are okay with that, i'm fine with it.

[Locke Lamora]

That is weird. I guess there's sort of a pattern to it, but outside of the top 3 it's pretty strange that we'd pick the same thing.

Yeah. Maybe we had a similar read on the top 3 and then basically said "okay, well. I'd rather just play it by ear and get nearer the turn"?

Pretty much. Will be weird actually just doing 12-team H2H after the 16s.

[zoraster]

To be fair, I think our categories are probably the weirdest thing.

[Locke Lamora]

In comparison to the majority of fantasy baseball, sure. I think playing one-win might actually be the most unusual thing we do in that sense. I was more talking about the fact that this is the only H2H baseball league I play every year, so I'd become somewhat used to it being deeper.

[zoraster]

yeah, very true! I wonder if we'll feel the 3 transactions per week max thing more this year. Replacement level for pitchers last year was pretty grim.

[AGar]

That is weird. I guess there's sort of a pattern to it, but outside of the top 3 it's pretty strange that we'd pick the same thing.

Yeah. Maybe we had a similar read on the top 3 and then basically said "okay, well. I'd rather just play it by ear and get nearer the turn"?

I was hoping my 1-2-5-6 strategy might've paid off but alas, I guess it wasn't meant to be. Almost half the field being just standard 1-12 lists kinda sucked, but eh.

[Zachrulez]

I actually didn't realize that we could meticulously pick our draft order preferences beyond first choice. Oh well.

[Yiley]

I'm alright with 11th I think. 2nd was fairly far down my list as well, and I think 11th will do me just fine.
Thank you for the offer though.

[AniX]

Ugh. Screwed by vague terminology ONCE AGAIN!

[Rhinox]

Heh i just submitted the draft order form then checked the thread to see the order was already set.

I submit straight 1-12 preference anyways lol

Also, i got an email from yahoo reminding me about the draft. It said 5:15 was the start time?

[D3f3nd3r]

It might be screwy since Sunday night is when Daylight Savings starts.

[zoraster]

no, it's my fault. i do everything on here in East coast time even though i live in CST. But yahoo automatically set it to central. I've fixed it.

Hopefully that doesn't screw anyone up.

[D3f3nd3r]

What are we going to do with divisions this year?

[zoraster]

With 12 teams, it makes the most sense not to do divisions and run the season for 22 weeks, with playoffs in week 23 and 24 (and 25 if we want 6 teams in the playoffs). The other option that makes sense is two divisions of 6 teams with intradivisional play happening three times and out of division happening once, with playoffs in week 22 and 23 (and possibly 24)

[Rhinox]

no, it's my fault. i do everything on here in East coast time even though i live in CST. But yahoo automatically set it to central. I've fixed it.

Hopefully that doesn't screw anyone up.

Ok no worries. And just to confirm the auction draft is still the 20th right? (Because yahoo currently says the 19th)

[Nero Cain]

I feel pretty happy with my draft. I had wanted to get Yan Gomez as my starting catcher 'cause like wasn't the guy a top 5 catcher a season ago? So I'm expecting a rebound. And Norris is just a backup. I'm thinking that I'll just play Machado at SS though I was planning on getting Crawford but I can just play Kang (when he gets healthy) and Lawrie. Buxton may have been a stretch but he was supposed to be a big prospect so we'll see if he rebounds.

[zoraster]

I just want to say that in the keeper league, Bert has just astounding value on his team. He's spending $44 for the following players: Correa, Sano, Schwarber, Arenado, Donaldson, Pollock.

[AGar]

Jesus fuck.