WEEK 27: EZ Fantasy Baseball 2016

#121

G-Man wrote:Alright you baseball people- is it even worth looking at stats yet in helping me pick? Is ERA a even useful this early in the season? I've made two missteps now and I'd like to avoid a three-peat.

ERA is hardly even useful at the end of the season. Most of baseball's most well-known statistics are close to useless, especially when it comes to pitching.

#122

It'll take me another day to get the Week 2 scores figured out. I failed to grab a screenshot of my stats page showing total runs through Saturday's games. Now I'll have to calculate it the long-ish way. Easy to do come morning.

#123

If you really want to dig deep into the numbers side of baseball, I tend to read Fangraphs on an almost daily basis this time of year. Fair warning: there is quite a bit of math involved, and it may take some time to learn about some of the main statistics they track, but we have an entire baseball season and several months to get through all of that. :P

http://www.fangraphs.com/

#124

Here are the final Week 2 scores. First, a reminder of who picked which teams:

AllAlongTheBoardwork- NEW YORK YANKEES
birdwithteeth11- SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Draconus- WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Epignosis- COLORADO ROCKIES
G-Man- SAN DIEGO PADRES
JaggedJimmyJay- COLORADO ROCKIES
Metalmarsh89- PITTSBURGH PIRATES
MovingPictures07- KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Russtifinko- CHICAGO CUBS
S~V~S- ATLANTA BRAVES
Sloonei- LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Spacedaisy- NEW YORK METS*
Turnip Head- TORONTO BLUE JAYS*

Now for the Week 2 and overall leader boards:

Spoiler: show

Draconus took in the most runs during Week 2 but it wasn't quite enough to put him in the lead overall:

1. Draconus (38 runs)
2. Epignosis (37 runs)
2. JaggedJimmyJay (37 runs)
4. Russtifinko (36 runs)
5. birdwithteeth11 (35 runs)
6. Metalmarsh89 (26 runs)
6. MovingPictures07 (26 runs)
6. S~V~S (26 runs)
6. Sloonei (26 runs)
10. Turnip Head (21 runs)
11. Spacedaisy (19 runs)
12. G-Man (15 runs)
13. AllAlongTheBoardwork (10 runs)

Now for the new overall standings. JaggedJimmyJay has a 3-point lead. We'll see if he can hold on to it for another week.

1. JaggedJimmyJay (66 runs)
2. Epignosis (63 runs)
3. birdwithteeth11 (61 runs)
3. S~V~S (61 runs)
3. Sloonei (61 runs)
6. Russtifinko (60 runs)
7. Draconus (57 runs)
8. Metalmarsh89 (55 runs)
9. Spacedaisy (54 runs)
10. MovingPictures07 (52 runs)
11. G-Man (34 runs)
12. Turnip Head (33 runs)
13. AllAlongTheBoardwork (25 runs)

#125

Them Nationals, though

10 Smashcoins say I'm in last this week

#126

Sorry folks. It's been another crazy week. Here are the Week 3 team selections:

AllAlongTheBoardwork- CHICAGO CUBS
birdwithteeth11- COLORADO ROCKIES
Draconus- PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Epignosis- TEXAS RANGERS
G-Man- MILWAUKEE BREWERS
JaggedJimmyJay- ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Metalmarsh89- CHICAGO CUBS
MovingPictures07- WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Russtifinko- NEW YORK YANKEES*
S~V~S- CHICAGO CUBS
Sloonei- COLORADO ROCKIES
Spacedaisy- CINCINNATI REDS
Turnip Head- MINNESOTA TWINS*

*= Randomly Selected Team (player did not pick in time)

And here is how we're all doing so far this week:

1. G-Man (23 runs)
2. JaggedJimmyJay (21 runs)
3. Turnip Head (20 runs)
4. birdwithteeth11 (15 runs)
4. Sloonei (15 runs)
6. Spacedaisy (14 runs)
7. MovingPictures07 (13 runs)
8. Draconus (11 runs)
9. AllAlongTheBoardwork (10 runs)
9. Metalmarsh89 (10 runs)
9. S~V~S (10 runs)
12. Epignosis (9 runs)
13. Russtifinko (8 runs)

Now for your weekly reminder- please make your Week 4 team selections by midnight (EST) on Saturday, April 23rd. Those who miss the deadline will have teams randomized for them.

#127

If there was any doubt that the Reds were decent whatsoever, I give you tonight.

Watching the disparity between us and the Cubs so far (and I know it's only 1 month so extremely small sample size) just shows how many more years we have to go in our rebuild. And how long the Cubs are going to be this good.

#128

Oh look, the Cubs just scored 16 runs and no-hit the Reds.

It's going to be a long season.

#129

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Oh look, the Cubs just scored 16 runs and no-hit the Reds.

It's going to be a long 2-3 seasons.

FTFY :P

#130

Week 4 - New York Mets

#131

I'll take the Toronto Blue Jays for Week 4.

#132

Thanks for the picks guys. I just realized I never got around to resetting the week # on the first post. I'll keep that current from now on.

#133

I will take the Cardinals, please.

#134

I'm watching the Pittsburgh Penguins annihilate the New York Rangers in hockey. I'm going to take this as a sign to pick Pittsburgh's baseball team for Week 4. Pittsburgh Pirates for me.

#135

I'm picking the Washington Bryce Harpers this week.

#136

I'll take the Boston Red Sox this week.

#137

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I'll take the Boston Red Sox this week.

Well picked.

#138

Sloonei wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:I'll take the Boston Red Sox this week.
Well picked.

I think so too. I noticed that they play the lowly Braves, as well as the Yankees next week.

Also, one of my strategies for picking thus far has been to pick teams that play 7 games during the week rather than having Thursday off. Fortunately, Boston falls into this category this week.

And despite their poor pitching, it appears they've managed to put up a lot of runs too.

#139

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Also, one of my strategies for picking thus far has been to pick teams that play 7 games during the week rather than having Thursday off. Fortunately, Boston falls into this category this week.

That's been my secret strategy so far too but I keep picking the wrong max-games teams. The Brewers did pretty well for me though. At this rate, I need everyone ahead of me to have two bad weeks in a row for me to catch up.

#140

I pick the team with the most overall runs that I did not pick yet

#141

G-Man wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:Also, one of my strategies for picking thus far has been to pick teams that play 7 games during the week rather than having Thursday off. Fortunately, Boston falls into this category this week.
That's been my secret strategy so far too but I keep picking the wrong max-games teams. The Brewers did pretty well for me though. At this rate, I need everyone ahead of me to have two bad weeks in a row for me to catch up.

I just realized how much separation there is between the top 10 and the bottom 3. That's insane!

But yes, I imagine such a trend like this won't stay the same. This is baseball after all.

#142

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I just realized how much separation there is between the top 10 and the bottom 3. That's insane!

But yes, I imagine such a trend like this won't stay the same. This is baseball after all.

Thanks for reminding me. :P

Yes, this seems like it should be a marathon and not a sprint. *crosses his fingers*

#143

I'll post the results later this afternoon. For now, here are the randomized teams for those who did not send selections in to me. Looks like Random.org was mostly generous this week.

AllAlongTheBoardwalk- Toronto Blue Jays
Draconus- Chicago Cubs
Russtifinko- Kansas City Royals
Turnip Head- Colorado Rockies

#144

Okay, time for the Week 3 final scores. Here is who everyone picked for the week:

AllAlongTheBoardwork- CHICAGO CUBS
birdwithteeth11- COLORADO ROCKIES
Draconus- PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Epignosis- TEXAS RANGERS
G-Man- MILWAUKEE BREWERS
JaggedJimmyJay- ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Metalmarsh89- CHICAGO CUBS
MovingPictures07- WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Russtifinko- NEW YORK YANKEES*
S~V~S- CHICAGO CUBS
Sloonei- COLORADO ROCKIES
Spacedaisy- CINCINNATI REDS
Turnip Head- MINNESOTA TWINS*

*= Randomly Selected Team (player did not pick in time)

And here is how everyone did for Week 3:

1. JaggedJimmyJay (41 runs)
2. AllAlongTheBoardwork (39 runs)
2. Metalmarsh89 (39 runs)
2. S~V~S (39 runs)
5. G-Man (32 runs)
5. Turnip Head (32 runs)
7. Spacedaisy (28 runs)
8. Draconus (26 runs)
9. MovingPictures07 (24 runs)
10. birdwithteeth11 (23 runs)
10. Sloonei (23 runs)
12. Russtifinko (20 runs)
13. Epignosis (19 runs)

Congrats to JJJ. He snagged his first weekly win with a team I certainly wouldn't have thought to pick.

Now for the overall standings:

1. JaggedJimmyJay* (107 runs)
2. S~V~S* (100 runs)
3. Metalmarsh89 (94 runs)
4. birdwithteeth11 (84 runs)
4. Sloonei* (84 runs)
6. Draconus* (83 runs)
7. Epignosis (82 runs)
7. Spacedaisy* (82 runs)
9. Russtifinko (80 runs)
10. MovingPictures07 (76 runs)
11. G-Man (66 runs)
12. Turnip Head (65 runs)
13. AllAlongTheBoardwork (64 runs)

Here's a fancy-pants graph to show how our weekly scores have brought us to where we are:

Spoiler: show

Looks like things are spreading out a little but we've got a lot more season left! I'll post the Week 4 picks a little later on.

#145

What do the asterisks in "Overall Standings" mean?

#146

S~V~S wrote:What do the asterisks in "Overall Standings" mean?

It means you had the most runs (sole or tied with someone else) for a week. Once someone gets the most runs a second time, they'll have two asterisks behind their name. I'm just curious to see if everyone will get lucky and be a weekly leader by the end of it all or if some of us will get shut out by you ringers.

#147

Okay, Week 4 is already under way, so here is a look at who we all picked for this week:

AllAlongTheBoardwalk - TORONTO BLUE JAYS*
birdwithteeth11- CHICAGO CUBS
Draconus- CHICAGO CUBS*
Epignosis- LOS ANGELES DODGERS
G-Man- PITTSBURGH PIRATES
JaggedJimmyJay- NEW YORK METS
Metalmarsh89- BOSTON RED SOX
MovingPictures07- TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Russtifinko- KANSAS CITY ROYALS*
S~V~S- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Sloonei- WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Spacedaisy- SAN DIEGO PADRES
Turnip Head- COLORADO ROCKIES*

*= Randomly Selected Team (player did not pick in time)

Also, as a hockey person, it was incredibly difficult for me to override my instinct to write Maple Leafs after Toronto and Avalanche after Colorado. :P

#148

I need to get out of the NL.

#149

G-Man wrote:Okay, Week 4 is already under way, so here is a look at who we all picked for this week:

AllAlongTheBoardwalk - TORONTO BLUE JAYS*
birdwithteeth11- CHICAGO CUBS
Draconus- CHICAGO CUBS*
Epignosis- LOS ANGELES DODGERS
G-Man- PITTSBURGH PIRATES
JaggedJimmyJay- NEW YORK METS
Metalmarsh89- BOSTON RED SOX
MovingPictures07- TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Russtifinko- KANSAS CITY ROYALS*
S~V~S- ST. LOUIS BLUES
Sloonei- WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Spacedaisy- SAN DIEGO PADRES
Turnip Head- COLORADO ROCKIES*

*= Randomly Selected Team (player did not pick in time)

Also, as a hockey person, it was incredibly difficult for me to override my instinct to write Maple Leafs after Toronto and Avalanche after Colorado. :P

But you could not get past the St Louis Blues

#150

S~V~S wrote:
G-Man wrote:Okay, Week 4 is already under way, so here is a look at who we all picked for this week:

AllAlongTheBoardwalk - TORONTO BLUE JAYS*
birdwithteeth11- CHICAGO CUBS
Draconus- CHICAGO CUBS*
Epignosis- LOS ANGELES DODGERS
G-Man- PITTSBURGH PIRATES
JaggedJimmyJay- NEW YORK METS
Metalmarsh89- BOSTON RED SOX
MovingPictures07- TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Russtifinko- KANSAS CITY ROYALS*
S~V~S- ST. LOUIS BLUES
Sloonei- WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Spacedaisy- SAN DIEGO PADRES
Turnip Head- COLORADO ROCKIES*

*= Randomly Selected Team (player did not pick in time)

Also, as a hockey person, it was incredibly difficult for me to override my instinct to write Maple Leafs after Toronto and Avalanche after Colorado. :P
But you could not get past the St Louis Blues

Let me go fix that. Bear with me folks- it's going to be a long season.

#151

Anyone seen this MLB predictions generator by 538? Pretty neat.

#152

MovingPictures07 wrote:Anyone seen this MLB predictions generator by 538? Pretty neat.

I'm going to be checking this when I'm in a sportsbook in Vegas on Friday. May be using it to help make some futures bets in baseball on some Over/Unders.

I would very quickly take the under for the Reds to get to 70 wins, for starters. For about $50.

#153

I think the craziest thing about that is it predicts the Chicago Cubs as having the best chance of winning the World Series. Could this be the year?

#154

MovingPictures07 wrote:I think the craziest thing about that is it predicts the Chicago Cubs as having the best chance of winning the World Series. Could this be the year?

on paper they're definitely the strongest team in baseball right now. They're great in every area and have plenty of guys on the roster who've won before (three of whom did it with the Sox in 2013, for the record). I'm pretty much a full-time Cubs fan at this point. They need to win.

#155

Sloonei wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:I think the craziest thing about that is it predicts the Chicago Cubs as having the best chance of winning the World Series. Could this be the year?
on paper they're definitely the strongest team in baseball right now. They're great in every area and have plenty of guys on the roster who've won before (three of whom did it with the Sox in 2013, for the record). I'm pretty much a full-time Cubs fan at this point. They need to win.

It'd be pretty awesome if they did. I can't imagine being a hardcore Cubs fan and having to wait out a drought this long.

#156

The Cubs are probably the best team in baseball. The problem is, once the playoffs start that means basically nothing. I think the MLB playoffs are a total crapshoot more than any of the other professional leagues in America.

#157

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:The Cubs are probably the best team in baseball. The problem is, once the playoffs start that means basically nothing. I think the MLB playoffs are a total crapshoot more than any of the other professional leagues in America.

Why is that?

#158

MovingPictures07 wrote:
JaggedJimmyJay wrote:The Cubs are probably the best team in baseball. The problem is, once the playoffs start that means basically nothing. I think the MLB playoffs are a total crapshoot more than any of the other professional leagues in America.
Why is that?

It's inherent to the structure. A team can put together a very impressive resume over a 162 game marathon of a regular season, and then have just 3 off games in the first round and it's all over. It seems to happen every year to at least one team, while a lesser team gets hot late in the season or in the playoffs and wins the whole thing. This also happens in the NFL, but not quite to the same degree.

#159

That's definitely true. The Mets last year are a perfect example. They were the last or one of the last teams to sneak into the playoffs, and even that was dependent on a major collapse by Washington, but then they got hot in October and went to the World Series.

Kansas City was the opposite of this trend though. They steamrolled everyone in the regular season and continued to do that all the way through the playoffs.

#160

This blind squirrel finally found his acorn. The Pirates are going nuts this week!

#161

G-Man wrote:This blind squirrel finally found his acorn. The Pirates are going nuts this week!

Same with the Red Sox! They only scored 1 run (in a win) on Monday, but 11 yesterday and 9 today.

#162

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
G-Man wrote:This blind squirrel finally found his acorn. The Pirates are going nuts this week!
Same with the Red Sox! They only scored 1 run (in a win) on Monday, but 11 yesterday and 9 today.

I am happy you've found success, and regret not following you. The Harpers got shout out today.

#163

I'm taking the Red Sox offense.

#164

Here are the mid-week scores for Week 4:

1. G-Man (36 runs)
2. S~V~S (34 runs)
3. Metalmarsh89 (28 runs)
4. Turnip Head (23 runs)
5. Spacedaisy (18 runs)
6. Epignosis (17 runs)
6. JaggedJimmyJay (17 runs)
8. birdwithteeth11 (13 runs)
8. Draconus (13 runs)
8. Russtifinko (13 runs)
11. AllAlongTheBoardwork (12 runs)
11. MovingPictures07 (12 runs)
13. Sloonei (9 runs)

I'll send out the Week 5 selection reminder tonight.

#165

It's no fair, everyone stopped pitching to Bryce Harper!

#166

Ooh. What an awful time to be randomized the Cubs

Only 1 game played so far this week (with only an hour left until the second game starts). Anyways, that's my fault. I've had a lot going on irl and totally forgot about this. Sorry G-Man! I'll definitely be tracking for awhile now

#167

I want the Angels this week. They seem to be putting things together but I expect I'll kill their momentum.

I can't not obsess over baseball, if that wasn't already obvious.

#168

If that happens, I will call them and tell them who put the whammy on them

#169

One of my fantasy teams is depending on Albert Pujols to hit lots of balls over fences this year.

#170

Sloonei wrote:One of my fantasy teams is depending on Albert Pujols to hit lots of balls over fences this year.

I read that post way too fast at first and only picked up on the words "my fantasy," "Albert Pujols," and "lots of balls."

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