TCB Fantasy League Update
by hayzer13 on Jun 9, 2010 2:47 PM CDT
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PrintIt's time for an update on The Crawfish Boxes 16 team fantasy league. We're 2/5 of the way through the fantasy regular season now, so by no means has anything been even remotely decided. However, if the season ended today, and if I understand how the playoffs will work correctly, here is what the playoff seedings would look like, plus plenty more after the jump.
1. Hangin' with Cecil Cooper (DBAG) 8-1
2. Lancelot (LAN) 8-1
3.Ed Wade's Relievers (EWR) 5-4
4. Masked Mooners (MM) 7-2 No word on if this video is actually Tim...
5. Houston Buffalos (BUFF) 6-3
6. Bud Norris Facts (BUD) 6-3
The top 2 seeds would get byes and EWR would play BUD while MM would take on BUFF.
West Division breakdown: Due to an 8 game win streak, Hanging with Cecil Cooper holds a two game lead over the Houston Buffalos and Bud Norris Facts. The surging Houston Buffalos have led the league in scoring each of the past weeks to jump into 2nd place in the overall points standings. Team 10 is 3-6 and Team 11 is currently 2-7 after dropping the past four weeks.
Central Division breakdown: Lancelot has led this division since week 1 and, at 8-1, currently has a one game lead on the Masked Mooners who has won five straight. Though having the 5th most points, Armadillos has had some bad luck with scheduling and is in third place with a 4-5. On the flip side, Beltran's Ear Mole is 15th in points, but is also 4-5. ijustcantseem2quitu and John Kruk's Ball Club both sit at 3-6.
East Division breakdown: Reminiscent of the 2008 NL West division, the divison leader is only a game over .500. By virtue of a 196 point lead in overall points 5-4 Ed Wade's Relievers currently holds the division lead over 5-4 MDC3's Pitching Coach. Sluggo and the Sluggin' Squirrels are 3rd and 4th respectively with records of 3-6. Team 4 rounds out the East division at 2-7.
Some Awards.... or something.
Best team: Hangin' with Cecil Cooper (DBAG) - I am a little biased here, but at 8-1 with a 336 point lead over the next highest point total, I can't help but pick myself. Finally being able to activate Stephen Strasburg last night certainly doesn't hurt my chances for continued success.
Runner-up: Lancelot (LAN) - Also at 8-1, Lancelot is the only team to beat DBAG and is currently third in total points. An extremely balanced team, Lancelot has an incredible 14 players with 150+ points.
Best draft pick to date: Armadillos - Ubaldo Jimenez. Round 6, 83rd overall. His 280 total points leads all pitchers and is only 16.5 points behind the leading hitter, who rather surprisingly is Kevin Youkilis.
Very close runner-up: Ed Wade's Relievers - Mike Pelfrey. Round 19, 297th overall. His 215 points is 5th among pitchers. This would easily be the best draft pick if Jimenez hadn't been so dominant. Jimenez's staying power gives him an edge in this race, but if Pelfrey remains in the top 5-10 all year, he will definitely end up as the best pick at 297.
Note: Kelly Johnson with 221 points at pick 313 would certainly be in consideration, however he's been sitting on Team 4's bench from day one.
Best Pick-ups: Masked Mooners - Jose A. Bautista, Casey McGehee. Added by MM on 4/24, Bautista has hit 15 HR's since being added and is currently the highest scoring LF, and fourth highest scoring 3B with 225.5 points. McGehee was added on 4/4 and MM has reaped the benefits of his 188.5 points all season.
Runners-up: Lancelot - Mike Leake and Jaime Garcia. Both added early in the season, LAN has profited immensely from two of the biggest surprises in the NL. Leake has 170 points and Garcia has scored 159.5 points.
Let's use the comment section be a forum for you all to debate this post, complain about how good my team is, as well as call out the teams that are not setting their lineups.
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jose bautista and mcgehee
should probably be up there…tho they probably FA’s and not drafted
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jun 9, 2010 3:18 PM CDT reply actions
My team awards go to...
— I drafted Liriano in the 16th round (245th pick)and he has garnered me 158 points as a pitcher, which I am proud of.
FAs
- Carlos Silva as a FA pick-up is at 186.5 points Brett Gardner as a FA pick-up is at 177.5 points
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My all-around guy in all three leagues I am playing in is Adrian Beltre who has been stellar for me especially since I drafted him on the back-end of all three leagues.
It’s been fun so far! I hope to see some of you guys at the SB Nation deal in Houston at Champ’s Americana tomorrow night!
"I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes." ~ Kinky Friedman
I drafted Ubaudo Jiminez, and he has been great. But it doesn’t offset some bad luck with my other starting pitchers. The first starting pitcher I drafted, Felix Hernandez hasn’t really been himself so far this year. And I drafted both Carlos Zambrano and Joba Chamberlain before I knew they would be converted from starters to relievers. My best pick ups off the free agent list were Ty Wigginton and Rod Barajas among position players and Livan Hernandez as a pitcher.
Transactions - Key to Success?
First of all, this league has been both very competitive and exciting so far this season, and I love my team, especially since most of my team is from the NL. I think that I had a tremendous draft and my team’s success is proof of that.
However, I have to point out that most head-to-head leagues in the fantasy baseball world have only weekly roster changes compared to our daily roster changes. Obviously, one can see where the difference comes in to play.
The big difference is that it is possible to pick up a different player each night depending on the match-ups(of course who has that kind of free time). However, this does prove to be a problem where the winner is not necessarily the one with the better overall team, but the one with the must transactions/free time.
I guess to simplify my point, is to compare to a real GM. Obviously, there are times to pick up someone, such as lack of perforamance or injury, but you never see someone get brought up for a good match-up and “sent down” the next day.
Of course, I can’t really point the finger too much, since I do have the 4th highest transactions in the league, but my point is basically that I believe the league should be modified for future seasons to consider weekly roster changes instead of daily.
If anyone is interested here is the number of transactions by team:
Hangin with Cecil Cooper – 47
Masked Mooners – 24
Houston Buffalos – 18
Lancealot -16
Bud Norris Facts – 14
Armadillos -11
Ed Wade’s Relievers – 10
Sluggin Squirrels -7
Beltran’s Ear Mole – 4
John Kruk’s Ball Club – 4
MDC3’s Pitching Coach – 4
Team 11 -1
Sluggo -0
Team 10 – 0
Team 4 – 0
ijustcantseem2quitu – 0
Second of all, for being 2/5’s through the season so far, having 4 teams with zero transactions is ridiculous and doesn’t help keep the league competitive. Maybe we should e-mail these guys/gals or something to make sure they know they’re in this league.
I’ll try not to comment to much on Hangin’ With Cecil Cooper’s whopping 47 transactions, but it does seem like a high number for only 2/5 through the season. Also, I guess I should thank him for proving my point, since he does have the highest point total in the league.
I’m just glad that I had a good draft, and don’t have to pick-up players left and right to make up for that fact. Also, it must be nice to have that much free time.
Sorry for the rant, but like I said before, this has been a very entertaining league.
-Ross aka Lancealot
I agree
I realized quickly that to stay competitive you have to have all your reserves as pitchers and switch them in and out base on starts. I used to have 3-4 reserve fielders but found that since you could switch pitchers in and out for starts during the week I would get more points by doing that.
by Timothy De Block on Jun 9, 2010 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions
so my league is a H2H daily
and to avoid as its called “streaming” pitchers, we add L’s and we have a move limit for the year at 70ish…so if a guy wants to add a pitcher every night, he is risking the L category and the ERA and WHIP cats, while gaining in W’s and K;s…
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jun 9, 2010 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes... but not completely.
Of course transactions can be a key to success. People who make transactions are obviously those that are paying attention, care about their teams more, set their lineups and try to improve their team.
It’s never been my understanding that “most” H2H leagues are weekly lineup changes. I’ve played in 3 leagues (of about 50) that way, and it’s a fun setup as well. My biggest problem with it is when a player gets injured on Monday or Tuesday, you’re screwed. I’d have no problem moving to that setup next year if chosen. Last year’s TCB leagues were daily too though.
To address this passive-aggressive call-out:
don’t have to pick-up players left and right to make up for that fact.
Just for fun if we want to rank drafts…
Points accrued by players the team actually drafted:
Hangin’ with Cecil Cooper 2541
ijustcantseem2quitu 2510
Lancealot 2509
Armadillos 2440
Sluggo 2392.5
Bud Norris Facts 2368.5
Houston Buffalos 2318.5
Team 10 2286.5
John Kruk’s Ball Club 2269
MDC3’s Pitching Coach 2192
Team 4 2179.5
Ed Wade’s Relievers 2138.5
Masked Mooners 2063
Sluggin’ Squirrels 1953
Team 11* 1838.5
Beltran’s Ear Mole* 1668
No offense
the “passive-aggressive” statement may be a misunderstanding. I was not singling any one player out on that statement. Just plainly saying that since I had a good draft, I’m glad I don’t have to add so many more people to my team. It was almost complete on day one.
Sorry for the misconception, it wasn’t directed to any one team.
And the reason for the weekly changes is to give everyone who plays the same chance. Someone who only checks his team one time a week, has the same chance as someone who checks it everyday. Again, it’s not about who has the most free time, it’s about who has the better team.
The same chances of your player getting injured on Monday, are the same for your opponent as well. Plus you really have to research that week alot more when deciding a starting lineup, such as opponent ballpark, 2-start pitchers, oppopent pitching.
It also prevents the “streaming” of pitchers that EHTR was talking about. You basically have to choose your best 5 pitchers every week. I think the only way to have a head-to-head league with daily changes is to limit the number of innings pitched/games played, or to limit the number of transactions.
Just out of curiousity, why would one add so many players when you’ve had such a good draft.
because it's fun.
Fantasy baseball is a time killing hobby for me. When I am at work, and it’s slow I will scout matchups and try to field the best lineup everyday. The core of my team has remained the same. I still have all my top 10 picks and 15 of my 21. Alexei Ramirez has been a total bust and left me basically without a SS. I’ve been playing hot streaks and matchups at SS, 2B and Util mostly all year. I dropped Corey Hart when he was platooning with Jim Edmonds, and re-added him when Edmonds got hurt and Hart heated up.
I’ve been auditioning some pitchers, not to much success. I didn’t nail the Jaime Garcia and Mike Leake adds like you did. Had I gotten either of those two, I’d still have them and wouldn’t be trying other guys who well, suck.
It’s a deep league with 16 teams, the free agency market isn’t that great (Daric Barton is the best hitter available?) so I have been adding who’s hot, and taking fliers on guys that didn’t pan out. It’s an escape from boredom. If it’s bothering some, I’ll hold back.
Lancelot, did you know you can put Penny as “injured” and free up a roster spot while he’s on the DL. Just an FYI.
btw
I love the graphics, well done my good sir.
If we want to replace any teams...
let me know. I have a guy who is definitely interested.
"I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes." ~ Kinky Friedman
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