Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 4, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 4, 2007 Damn bangbang what the hell is with your pitching? An ERA of 7.5! It apparently doesn't matter. I seem to be overstacked in pitching but that doesn't seem to be enough to put me ahead quite yet. W 2 S 3 K 15 ERA 2.12 WHIP 1.18 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588451212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fascist Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 What the hell did burnett do? How the hell did he manage an ERA of 27.00 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588454906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 6, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 6, 2007 What the hell did burnett do? How the hell did he manage an ERA of 27.00 Six runs over two innings will do that to you. His WHIP was 4.50 too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588455047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 heh I'm basically forgoing saves by only really having one closer... my other rp spot is used by a starter Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588455432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 9, 2007 I have one week's experience with Fantasy Baseball but... why aren't we tracking fielding errors? Would that make for a more well-rounded game? Neowin Fantasy Basketball tracks the lowest turnovers, Neowin Hockey has +/- rating but Neowin Baseball doesn't seem to have much to cover the defensive side of the game (there's more to defense than pitching). I seems like a missing element. Obviously we've already drafted for 2007 and maybe there is some reason why it doesn't work on a practical basis but I thought I would mention it for next year. Good close week, bangbang023. It see-sawed back and forth quite a bit. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588463347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 9, 2007 Incidentally, in the absence of errors being tracked, I'm actually hoping that Rickie Weeks makes a ton of fielding errors at 2B since that may make him OF eligible (according to rumours, Milwaukee might move him to the OF unless he improves defensively this season). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588463555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fascist Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I think I could win this week now that Freddy is off the DL. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588464324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted April 10, 2007 Author Veteran Share Posted April 10, 2007 I have one week's experience with Fantasy Baseball but... why aren't we tracking fielding errors?Would that make for a more well-rounded game? Neowin Fantasy Basketball tracks the lowest turnovers, Neowin Hockey has +/- rating but Neowin Baseball doesn't seem to have much to cover the defensive side of the game (there's more to defense than pitching). I seems like a missing element. Obviously we've already drafted for 2007 and maybe there is some reason why it doesn't work on a practical basis but I thought I would mention it for next year. Good close week, bangbang023. It see-sawed back and forth quite a bit. The DH position makes it a bit tougher to implement defensive stat tracking fairly and, honestly, I tried to pick some of the more "fun" stats. Focusing solely on offense and pitching puts the focus on the simpler aspects of the game. On top of that, if I add fielding percentage, people with good defensive catchers would be crying for stats that would help them out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588466644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted April 10, 2007 Author Veteran Share Posted April 10, 2007 I'm willing to deal OF Dave Roberts (and possibly 2B Josh Barfield) for any good offers. Roberts had 49 steals last year and many teams could use help there. I simply don't find myself using him because of my over abundance of outfielders. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588466660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 heh I'd say Dave Roberts is only really good for steals. I don't think he's any good in any of the other categories. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588468302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted April 11, 2007 Author Veteran Share Posted April 11, 2007 heh I'd say Dave Roberts is only really good for steals. I don't think he's any good in any of the other categories. He's also good with OBP and runs scored. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588468308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fascist Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 And what exactly are you looking for with Roberts? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588470228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted April 11, 2007 Author Veteran Share Posted April 11, 2007 Just someone decent. I know I won't get any superstars, but I'm hoping maybe someone has a 70 - 80 rbi guy on their bench that they don't use or a good middle relief pitcher. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588470230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 14, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 14, 2007 (edited) Okay, I'm a little over the top with closers especially now that Eric Gagne is back. Todd Jones has the most saves of anyone on my squad (with 5). He's currently ranked 33rd overall. I would listen to serious offers for a starter. Should Octavio Dotel ever get healthy it will be ridiculous. I won't have enough reliever spots (the 2 RP positions plus to three P positions) to enable them all in one night which means that I'll have to guess as to who will get some innings and who won't. That's too much effort. :) At least with a starter I'll know that if he pitched yesterday that he won't be pitching today (or tomorrow or the next day). Anyway, that's my problem. If anyone needs a quick injection of SVs then that is your ticket. I figure I'll still be competitive without my SV leader (because I have 9 other SVs from a collection of 4 other relievers plus, perhaps, Dotel). I'm obviously not looking for a starter who is drop-worthy. I just remade the bottom fifth of my team. It didn't help my RP situation however so the previous post still stands. Edit: I only dropped three players. It seemed more painful that that at the time. Update: Todd Jones jot got his sixth SV after pitching another inning with an ERA of 0.00 and a WHIP of 1.00. That should improve his ranking from 33rd overall. Edited April 14, 2007 by Fred Derf Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588477414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 16, 2007 Okay, it doesn't look like it but I have solved my RP/SP problem. Within a few days I hope to get SP eligibility on two of my relievers. So, other than a general interest in improving in the OF and my annoyance that my backup shortstop seems to suck, I think I'm doing okay now. I was attempting to move Todd Jones while I thought his value was high but now I'll just keep him and hope to win the SV category each and every week. p.s. I already miss my StatTracker. :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588481969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted April 16, 2007 Author Veteran Share Posted April 16, 2007 Yeah, I'm probably going to buy stat tracker, like I did last year. Next year, maybe we'll move over to ESPN since they offer it for free. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588482024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 16, 2007 Other than being generally cheap, it seems wrong to pay for information on the Internet. Certainly, it's a bad precedent. I don't want Internet content providers charging for everything. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588482430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted April 16, 2007 Author Veteran Share Posted April 16, 2007 Other than being generally cheap, it seems wrong to pay for information on the Internet. Certainly, it's a bad precedent. I don't want Internet content providers charging for everything. Yeah, I know, but this is how it's always been. That's why I'll check out ESPN next year and see if it has what we need. I'm not too fond of their on site ads, but if it saves Neowin members some money, then so be it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588483091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 16, 2007 Yeah, I know, but this is how it's always been. That's why I'll check out ESPN next year and see if it has what we need. I'm not too fond of their on site ads, but if it saves Neowin members some money, then so be it. If we have two leagues next year then we could split it. Yahoo isn't bad even without StatsTracker. You just have to wait until the next day (or stay up VERY late). Edit: I don't think ESPN understands hockey. Their stats for SV% and PIM don't make any sense. How can you average negative penalty minutes? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588483414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fascist Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 They should at least have it so that once you buy it one year then you buy it for life, but whatever. Im thinking about getting it too since I can't stand not seeing the stats. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588483649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 17, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 17, 2007 If I had StatTracker I would know exactly how bad the damage was that I received from Greinke lasting 2/3rds of an inning and giving up 3 hits, 3 walks and 4 ERs. :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588483656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fascist Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 In that case I would not want StatTracker. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588483657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 17, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 17, 2007 In that case I would not want StatTracker. I don't think I want to log into Yahoo ever again actually... :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588483671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 20, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 20, 2007 My needs now are for a 2nd string SS. I'd like to trade: Brandon Phillips (Cin - 2B) O-Rank:136 Current Rank:27 or Marcus Giles (SD - 2B) O-Rank:161 Current Rank:21 Both players are very hot (as you can see by their current rank). If someone wants Stephen Drew (Ari - SS, O-Rank: 138) back in a trade that can be arranged too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588492913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted April 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 23, 2007 Again, I solved my SS problem. I still have a surplus of 2nd basemen. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/539454-neowin-fantasy-baseball-season-2007/page/4/#findComment-588500390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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