Vevmo Fantasy Baseball: 2012

Bacchus;302885 wrote:
Tough week for the Sarks although maybe a bit tougher on the Dream Team even with their apparent victory. Remember that guy I told you not to draft early? Ouch.

I can live with 6-8 weeks. Leagues are won in August-September, not April!

What what?!? Also... "cool as ice"... best movie ever.

Today is Patriots' Day. Lineups lock at 11 AM EDT.

I have been trying to figure that out, your lineup locks on Monday for the week?

flyers014;302930 wrote:
I have been trying to figure that out, your lineup locks on Monday for the week?

Yes. Five minutes before the first game.

Can someone explain how I got the next AL MVP in the 7th round? :wink:

Bacchus;304063 wrote:
Can someone explain how I got the next AL MVP in the 7th round? :wink:

Yeah he put up a nice 30 spot for you tonight. Too bad I missed the draft and was too stupid to rank my players because I would have taken him way before the 7th, lucky you :p

Why am I not surprised... Me whining about this in fantasy baseball - 2011. Me whining about this in fantasy football - 2010. I'm just posting the above for reference. I am not actually whining this time around. I promise. When you are the champ, there is a big target on your back and opponents' rosters always get updated vs. other weeks where teams might have half their roster on the DL. I've come to peace with this reality and I still plan on winning. :D

I never understand the power rankings. B, how does that work?

Bella;304631 wrote:
I never understand the power rankings. B, how does that work?

The power ranking is comprised of three sets of scores: Record, Breakdown and Points. Record: The team with the best record gets 10 points. The next best 9, and so forth. Breakdown: This shows your record if you were playing every other team every week (it is generally the best gauge of a teams performance in a head to head league.) So for instance, this week I scored the most points so I would have beaten everyone. Thus I get credit for 9 wins and no loses. Bazooka joe scored the second most points so he would have beaten everyone but me, so he gets 8 wins 1 loss. The Cappers scored the least amount of points so they would have lost to everyone. Thus they get 9 loses and no wins. These records accumulate over the season and the team with the best record in any given week is given 10 points. The next best record 9 points and so forth. Points: This is self explanatory. The team with the most points scored total gets 10 points. The next most points scored 9 points, etc. Add up all three and you get a power score. The team with the highest power scored is ranked first. The team with the second highest power score second and so forth.

Thank you for clarifying that. I understand it perfectly now. :) That seems like the best way to score the teams.

If only Joe would have brought the bazooka.

Bacchus;306065 wrote:
If only Joe would have brought the bazooka.

HAHA, you got me this time which will be my first loss since the first week. We are tied 1-1 so far this season, looking forward to doing battle with you again later on.

Lionsfan780;306073 wrote:
HAHA, you got me this time which will be my first loss since the first week. We are tied 1-1 so far this season, looking forward to doing battle with you again later on.

It is on my friend. We will battle to the end, I suspect.

The Sarks are on the move and have opened a near 200 point lead in overall scoring.

Rule #1 in fantasy baseball: Draft hitters, build pitching. I'd like to thank my fellow players for Johan Santana. It's one thing to have the best hitting team in fantasy baseball, but I am slowly moving toward having the best pitching team as well through waiver wire acquisitions. I promise I won't judge if you all quit. I understand your pain. I feel your pain. All I ask is you make it look close so it doesn't seem like I am drubbing you. It would be nice if people signed up to play next year...

Heh... one thing I've learned from years of gaming is that people lose interest if games aren't close time after time. Less awesomeness B or you might be a League of One next year!

Lol I am having a good week but I am still getting my butt kicked this week.

The race for second place has officially started...

Five out of seven pitchers are out. I love the smell of dead teams in the morning... Note to self: Cappers do not get a season two. Honestly, I do not think there will be another season. The only thing that keeps me going is how large a margin of points I can finish over the next best team. Goal: 1000 Currently: 392.5 p.s. I will allow and not contest trades where two teams combine their resources and attempt to build a team that can compete weekely with the Sarks.

It does seem like there are only a few of us that actually try but I still like playing.

flyers014;309751 wrote:
It does seem like there are only a few of us that actually try but I still like playing.

I'd say five are playing and five have not been back to the site since week 1 (if ever.)

Bacchus;309758 wrote:
I'd say five are playing and five have not been back to the site since week 1 (if ever.)

I cant believe some of the guys that are still free agents.

jbo29j;309778 wrote:
I cant believe some of the guys that are still free agents.

I know. I drop players every week and then pick them up when I need them again. It is like a storage area for grade A talent. :D

Lol yea I have picked up my share of good people too. The only things I don't like is that there is no DL so you either have to drop them or keep them on your bench and also that it is weekly I would rather have it daily but either way I enjoy playing fantasy.

I enjoy that Bazooka is picking up my cast offs. Yes, Middlebrooks will one day be the man. Not this year and I have Cabrera to fill that slot currently. Lynn was great in the first half. Now he is fading. Mr. Joe, do you have any moves of your own or are you just going to base your strategy on players I waive? Hahaha. Desperation time has arrived! p.s. If you were playing hardball, you should have snagged Howard.

Bacchus;310618 wrote:
I enjoy that Bazooka is picking up my cast offs. Yes, Middlebrooks will one day be the man. Not this year and I have Cabrera to fill that slot currently. Lynn was great in the first half. Now he is fading. Mr. Joe, do you have any moves of your own or are you just going to base your strategy on players I waive? Hahaha. Desperation time has arrived! p.s. If you were playing hardball, you should have snagged Howard.

Haha, i really did get a nice laugh out of this. Hopefully Middlebrooks has a solid second half since it's no telling when Longoria is going to be back and I have doubts if Encarnacion can play as well as he has in the 1st half. As for Lynn I think he will be better than Samardzija, who has been up and down. I do appreciate your skills in fantasy baseball, you are the defending champ, two times in a row if i'm not mistaken. So I may just grab every player you discard, that way it will be like you are playing against yourself so you can know how the rest of us feel when playing you :p. In all seriousness there are 5/6 really solid teams this year, and a 7th team that is 6-7, it should be a race to the finish. I wish the other teams had owners who cared it would be alot more fun but the ones who do care are having pretty good seasons.