Important Dates

2017 Champion: Patently Nuts (71.5 points)
2018 Season: March 29 - September 30

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Projected Standings (Fangraphs ATC)

Team Hitting Pitching Total
Luke 19 38 57
Andrew 32 24 56
Bill 31 20 51
Caleb 23 21 44
Mark 24 18.5 42.5
Spencer 22 20.5 42.5
Taylor 22 16.5 38.5
Andy 7 21.5 28.5

Luke is projected to win on the basis of extremely strong pitching (38/40 max) and just enough offense thanks to focusing stolen bases, average, and runs. In the end, his focus on Dee Gordon appears to have paid off, at least according to the projected standings. That comes at some cost, though, as he is projected to be last in home runs and second to last in RBI

Andrew is the mirror image, with a great all around offense, and enough in the pitching ratios and saves to be right there as well. An already thin rotation is without any kind of backup, now that Cotton is scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery.

I have to hope that my young, high upside arms pan out - if they hit their projections my pitching is pretty weak. I got my targets, so I guess we'll see how my pitching model does this year. Loads of injury risks in that rotation as well.

Several of the lower ranked teams are likely substantially better than the projected standings indicate. I can't mix and match players, so Caleb, for example, is getting short changed on a lot of hitters who should either be called up or healthy a month or two into the season. Andy ended up with projections that are a bit short of where he should end up, since he is forced to "start" Clint Frazier, who is only projected to get 195 AB. Obviously, they won't be starting guys who get ~200 AB on the season, so counting stats will improve once he snags a starting OF from the wire or via trade. At the moment, he's also stuck sitting one of Chris Davis and Miguel Cabrera, so clear room for substantial improvement there with some roster shuffling. 

Spencer has an unbelievable amount of power, drafting Stanton, Odor, Trumbo, and Machado will do that for you. A ton of pitching volume too - leading the way with 1205 projected innings - puts him at the top of the heap in wins and tied for second in strikeouts. 

Taylor is betting on pitching upside (Ohtani, Kopech, Berrios, and Cole) and bounce back seasons from older hitters (Brantley, Donaldson, Lucroy, and Kiermaier). His staff is thin though - Kopech is in his starting lineup at the moment - so if some of those arms don't pan out, he could be in trouble. 

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Visualizing Keepers

This draft is going to be weird.

Monday, October 2, 2017

Congrats Luke!

Nice job emerging from the three team dog fight. That relentless aggression paid off in the end, with a race that ended up being a lot closer than even I expected it. It seems appropriate that Trout led you to victory, even if it wasn't at the bargain basement price you had him at for years.

Monday, April 3, 2017

WHERE

Is Dr. Bill's DRAFT RECAP?? what has happened to the world we can't even count on that?!

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Utter Andrew Domination

Have we ever had a winner with a higher point total? And with three kids to boot?  Congrats Andrew, those late nights in the film room really paid off!

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Pitching for Hitting?

Looking to trade some quality starting pitching for some good hitting, probably OFs.

Everyone on the pitching staff (tanaka, Verlander, Quintana, etc.) on the block.

Friday, June 17, 2016

Danny Salazar is on the block

Well, instead of trying to trade my crappy pitchers (looking at you, untradeable Michael Pineda), I'm going to try and trade my good pitchers now!

Basically, I'm sort of stuck in no man's land right now, and I don't think my offense or SP depth is quite good enough to compete with Andrew or Caleb. I'm looking to make a deal involving Salazar and/or relievers (Miller, Betances traded singly; Davis or Britton as part of a closer swap) that would:
1. Add a good bit of upside to my team (rookies, pitching breakouts, etc.)
2. Shore up my offense via adding a player or upgrading

Essentially, I'm trying catapult my way into contention or go down in flames. If you're interested in Salazar, SP #2 on the player rater, let me know. I've reached out to a few of you already, but I haven't had time to go through all the rosters to explore possibilities.