June 16, 20214 yr I generally don't respond or counter on shitty trade offers. I've also given up all hope for this season because of injuries.
June 18, 20214 yr ive never understood why people get offended at receiving shitty trade offers, when so many one-sided, aka "shitty", trades get accepted. i'm not going to give you my best offer right off the bat, and i wouldn't expect you to do the same. hg traded two closers (none named Chapman, Hader, Kimbrel, or Hendriks) for Freddie Freeman in the H2H league. if you aren't trying to win the trade by as much as possible, then what are you doing? also, if you've given up on this season then a)why play fantasy? serious question. if you're going to just give up when your team sucks, then why play? and b)if your team sucks and has been ravaged by injuries, don't you think that making some moves might make this more fun? Edited June 18, 20214 yr by shadow_operative
June 18, 20214 yr On 6/15/2021 at 9:27 PM, Brew said: Derka is co-managing HG’s team, so many pieces of the puzzle come together after keeping an eye on the TB thread over the years. I do take exception with your contention that your starting pitching is stupid loaded, it’s not. You’re just churning also rans that are off to a good start which is evidenced by your WHIP/ERA place and the fact that you only lead K’s and are 2nd in QS because you are running so many starters. Hopefully, the shitty ones you drafted haven’t dug too deep a hole for you to climb out of, since you will cap out in August and then start to back slide based on your 48% QS ratio. I am curious, how many original draft picks do you have left at this point? our 6th and 7th best SP's are Ryu and Ray. if that's not stupid deep then you and i have different definitions of stupid deep. also, genuinely curious- what does draft pick retention have to do with anything? i've been playing fantasy baseball since 1995, and if your roster at the end of june looks like the team you drafted then you either crushed the draft or you just aren't trying. although now that im looking at it, we drafted Ozzie, Arenado, Baez, Soto, Yelich, Tucker, and Cruz. is that ok with you? that's like 80% of our offense. is that a high or a low enough percentage for your liking? oh yeah, we drafted Burnes, Peralta, Berrios, Ryu, Díaz, and we added Trevor Rogers on April 5th. i must have missed it when we drafted all of those shitty pitchers you were referencing.
June 18, 20214 yr finally- i totally screwed the pooch with my H2H draft (was too busy winning the double in shaggy fantasy hoops to do draft prep 🤷🏼♂️) and i had the worst offense in the league until about two weeks ago. i ended up making three trades in one week, and now this is my offense: of my entire offense i drafted three of them- Mondesi, Biggio, and Gurriel. everyone else was added or brought in via trade. my question is- why do you think that's a bad thing? you think it would be better for me to have stuck with the shitty players i drafted? i should have just given up like txhorns here? i'm just trying to make sense of your very confusing take. edit: my opening day offense: Edited June 18, 20214 yr by shadow_operative
June 18, 20214 yr I countered one a couple weeks ago, the centerpiece of your trade offers were Scherzer and Buehler, but they didn't provide enough value in return. So, I removed an SP whose use would only be matchup dependent for me and included one of the Toronto SPs and sent the trade back...by my numbers that one made us both a little bit better. I didn't counter the other one (Diaz+ for Hendricks), because there was no way you'd take it. Those guys are pretty close together skills wise, but Hendricks plays in a division with 3 dogshit teams, so he's got quite a bit more value fantasy value even with very little in real life. The inclusion with Diaz was a waiver wire trash SP that I wouldn't even use. I'd want a bat or better SP there, and you wouldn't (and shouldn't) do it...so there's not much there. It's June. People not panic selling to make your team better doesn't make them idiots. My hitting is a reasonable example...between injuries and cold starts I was dead last in HR and RBI by a bunch. It wasn't all bad luck, I didn't expect the run environment to be so muted, so in hindsight I'd draft hitters a little differently. But spending Memorial Day selling off guys with track records for dudes with 120 good ABs would have been stupid, so I didn't.
June 18, 20214 yr i never insinuated that "people are idiots for not panic selling." i'm just giving shit to some of the teams at the bottom of the standings for rejecting 3, 4, 7, 9 or whatever offers without even sending a counter offer. again, i don't expect you to take Tarik Skubal, but i'm definitely going to see if you will take him before i send you a better offer. that's just day 1 stuff.
June 21, 20214 yr Here is my feedback on most, if not all, of the trade offers that I have received. Not all from Derka by the way. Most of the time, I will never accept a 3 for 2 (etc) when one guys is a guy that will dumped at some point. That, in my eyes, makes it a 2 for 2. None of those have even been close to providing my team with anything to get me over the hump. With pitching, I tend to look at the advanced stats. Maybe a bit too much. A guy could look good on paper, but when you dig deeper, they are not as attractive due to them probably coming back to reality soon enough. And there is a reason those guys are in the offer, perfect sell high opportunities. As far as countering, I tend to look at the other persons team to see what I may like. 99.9% of the time, the only attractive pieces would involve me moving guys that I do not want to move for one reason or another. Simply put, I am not going to waste my time with a counter offer just to try to wheel and deal.
July 14, 20214 yr so obviously we were unfamiliar with the cap on starts, though we've tailed off a bit on that pace. what is the cap, where is it located on the page, and how do we see our current progress?
July 15, 20214 yr 7 hours ago, henrygandorf said: so obviously we were unfamiliar with the cap on starts, though we've tailed off a bit on that pace. what is the cap, where is it located on the page, and how do we see our current progress? 200. At the bottom of your pitchers there should be a little note that says "view game maximums" and it will show you your current starts and projected pace. I do it on mobile, so not quite sure if it's the same on the app
July 15, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said: 200. At the bottom of your pitchers there should be a little note that says "view game maximums" and it will show you your current starts and projected pace. I do it on mobile, so not quite sure if it's the same on the app I've never been able to find it on the iPhone app, but I set my lineup in a web browser (usually) and it is there.
July 15, 20214 yr I've never been able to find it on the iPhone app, but I set my lineup in a web browser (usually) and it is there.In the app, click on team info in the roster tab.
July 22, 20214 yr Brew we can only fuck with each other so many times on the trade market. The last one was a shit show
July 22, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, castolon said: Brew we can only fuck with each other so many times on the trade market. The last one was a shit show The last offer was a shit show? I offered up the higher rated player by any service you look at and a need based on your numbers, so I’m not sure how that is the case.
July 22, 20214 yr The last offer was a shit show? I offered up the higher rated player by any service you look at and a need based on your numbers, so I’m not sure how that is the case.I have no complaints at all. Mostly joking about how turner immediately went on the DL and cole gave up a million earned runs in his next start. It’s been all good since that first week
July 23, 20214 yr Gotcha, the last one went really well for a while although both are back on track now it looks like. Cole had to remember how to pitch without the sticky stuff
July 28, 20214 yr F this season, Turner and Yelich hitting the COVID list on the same day is great. I can’t even field a complete team again with the other IL’s and DTD’s. Injuries have been a bitch this year.
August 17, 20214 yr yeah, so uh, to all of the people who got all upset and offended at the trade offers i sent you, go ahead and look at today's trade that was just accepted and see why i send those types of offers. Bo Bichette for two crappy closers. LOL.
August 17, 20214 yr Hey Derka, I know that you like to play the numbers game, so here we go: I am giving up Bo Bichette and Juerys Familia. Bo Bichette has been the 127th rated player based on WAR over the past 28 days hitting. I have, Wader Franco (62nd) and Willy Adames (27th) currently holding spots at SS and 2B/SS. Bo Bichette has the higher upside, yes, but is also dealing with a shin injury that might be touch and go. He isn't getting playing time on my roster. The individual that I traded with has shown that he wanted the Bichette, so it was easy to take a look at their team and find areas that I needed help. In that time, they all have played between 20-22 games. Here are the stats: OBP Bichette - .315 Franco - .345 Adames - .355 HR Bichette - 4 Franco - 3 Adames - 5 ISO Bichette - .173 Franco - .215 Adames - .250 WRC+ Bichette - 102 Franco - 133 Adames - 134 As you can see, all the stats have been trending up for the guys that I am keeping in the spot. Bichette is not needed on my team, and my offense is in a decent spot league scoring-wise. Now let's move the pitching side. Where I need a ton of help, and have only a few categories where I can make up big points (Saves, WHIP and K's) Some of the K's will be worked out by getting back on track with starting pitchers up to the starting threshold since I am a bit behind there. QS, I am probably not going to go anywhere. Past 28 days Familia - 0 Saves, FIP of 6.33 (unlucky with an xFIP of 3.77) for Soto - 5 Saves, FIP of 2.83 (xFIP of 2.1) Colome - 4 saves, FIP of 3.45 (bit lucky with an xFIP of 4.67) Both of the guys I am receiving are positive WAR over the same time, while Familia is at a -.2. Both are also near the top of the number of saves over the same timeframe. Obviously, you may look at the name brand of Bichette on the surface, and not see how this benefits my team trying to make a late push. If it goes south for me, well, I stay in 7th place. If I can gain some spots through the added RP help, then maybe I can gain some sports and pull others down. Early in the year, I would not have made the trade. With 6 weeks left, both of the people in the trade are making some plays while hoping their part of the trade benefits. Even a good chance this ends in a win-win.
August 18, 20214 yr you use war for fantasy stat comparisons?Not in particular, but it is just another stat to help judge the body of work. *To add, I have not done a great job of managing the details this season. I play a ton of DFS early in the season, and when I burned out, I stopped keeping my data points for my DFS tracker. I just updated things a few days ago, and that led me back to seeing what the hell I could do to try to make a miracle run. WAR is just a stat on the page.
August 19, 20214 yr On 8/17/2021 at 2:48 PM, shadow_operative said: yeah, so uh, to all of the people who got all upset and offended at the trade offers i sent you, go ahead and look at today's trade that was just accepted and see why i send those types of offers. Bo Bichette for two crappy closers. LOL. You think that exchange was OTHER people getting upset?
August 19, 20214 yr I've just fully given up on this season. Having my top 7 draft picks all miss huge chunks of the season has been atrocious.
August 19, 20214 yr 46 minutes ago, VolenteHawk said: You think that exchange was OTHER people getting upset? exclusively.
August 26, 20214 yr remember when i sent 25 trade offers offering robbie ray to half the league? i appreciate y'all being so totally nonplussed by those offers. good looking out. 👀 Edited August 26, 20214 yr by shadow_operative
September 27, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, henrygandorf said: so uh, what’s the payout breakdown? just curious. Going with $275, $125, $50
October 1, 20214 yr would you guys be interested in trying to get to 12 teams next year, or does 10 teams seem like a more realistic fit?
October 1, 20214 yr 24 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: would you guys be interested in trying to get to 12 teams next year, or does 10 teams seem like a more realistic fit? 10 teams is the sweet spot for me unless you cut down on roster spots. Unfortunately we could only get 9 this year so will start searching/posting/recruiting early next year.
October 1, 20214 yr 10 sounds good to me too, and it's probably more realistic than trying to get up to 12 teams.
October 1, 20214 yr hopefully we can get one more from the shaggy h2h league to join up. would be a pretty seamless addition.
October 4, 20214 yr would love 12 teams, but since it's roto, we don't necessarily need an even number. 12 should be the goal, but 11 would be fine.
October 4, 20214 yr Congrats to our winner Down to Clown! Great season! Also congrats to Quahog Drunken Clams and the Needville Swamp Things on finishing 2nd and 3rd! I would tag you all but I don't feel like matching up fantasy team names to Surly names right now. I will get winnings paid out soon to the PayPal email you used to send your buy in, likely happens tonight.
October 5, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, henrygandorf said: would love 12 teams, but since it's roto, we don't necessarily need an even number. 12 should be the goal, but 11 would be fine. agreed with HG, 12 is the perfect number, but 11 works just fine if we can't get 12.
October 6, 20214 yr Got it. 3rd place is worse than the plaque for the alternates. Tolerable season. See you all next spring.
October 11, 20214 yr On 8/26/2021 at 4:17 AM, shadow_operative said: remember when i sent 25 trade offers offering robbie ray to half the league? i appreciate y'all being so totally nonplussed by those offers. good looking out. 👀 Indeed, 25 sentences can confuse a person! 😃
February 3, 20223 yr I really enjoy roto. It's my favorite fantasy sport even though I'm primarily a football guy. I like the daily maintaining of the lineups and roster, and I make tons of transactions to maximize my limits down to the inning. Not into head to head or any cute stuff, just something like regular 5x5ish. I don't know MLB players that deep, but I know how to play roto and the long game. I've been in a 9 team league with friends for a long time. If y'all need another give me a holler.
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