*** VD 11 Commentary Thread ***

[johnnya24]

Jim O'Rourke 1870's ... can't be a bad pick right? I dunno ... everyone as to pick 4 1870's, though you can pick pitchers. I dunno.

[revo]

Jim O'Rourke 1870's ... can't be a bad pick right? I dunno ... everyone as to pick 4 1870's, though you can pick pitchers. I dunno.

I had O'Rourke typed in, but felt Da Babe's career RBIs were too great a differential to pass up and switched.

I don't think 1870s hitters are going to be as valuable as some others may think, but what do I know.

[mjl]

For what little it's worth (and it's very little, I haven't even considered a spreadsheet yet), I thought the problem was going to be SS/3B, not a particular decade. I was considering Anson but decided to equivocate and take Wagner because he qualifies for both.

[Long John]

My pick will be up Irishly.

[The Feral Slasher]

For what little it's worth (and it's very little, I haven't even considered a spreadsheet yet), I thought the problem was going to be SS/3B, not a particular decade. I was considering Anson but decided to equivocate and take Wagner because he qualifies for both.

Probably a good plan, I haven't looked at decade or positional scarcity...could be interesting

[johnnya24]

Updates on the spreadsheet?

Tomorrow morning your time (assuming I get the formulas on the rounds sheet correct).

[johnnya24]

So I think the Spreadsheet is done:

DROPBOX LINK

Remember, please download the file locally to your PC ... do not try and edit from dropbox.

(1) The error alert will appear if anyone picks more than 6 players from a single decade. Apart from that everything else is standard.

(2) The "hit_comb" and "pit_comb" had been filtered to only show eligible players. To turn off this filter, click the arrow at the top of the "Yr" column, and click "Clear Filter from Yr"

[johnnya24]

It isn't counting saves and HRs, is it?



Uh, asking for a friend.

You know ... it might very well be. Should probably fix that.

EDIT: that's it fixed.

[johnnya24]

NOTE:

Anyone who download the SS before midnight EST, please download it again.

[TS Garp]

I've been waiting on the pick in front of me. Heading to bed and won't be able to pick until 10:30 or so west coast time.

[frae]

Ok I tend to be very bad at reading the spread sheet, but it seems to me it is giving out more points to people who have a higher ERA and higher WHIP. Look at Walter Johnson for EL D for example.

[heyelander]

So I thought about speaker and collins and duffy and cross... so that makes me think I'm on the right track... then I realize that just because the guys I didn't pick seem to be good choices, doesn't mean the ones I did pick were.

[johnnya24]

Ok I tend to be very bad at reading the spread sheet, but it seems to me it is giving out more points to people who have a higher ERA and higher WHIP. Look at Walter Johnson for EL D for example.

I make this mistake almost every time I build the SS ... need to reverse the formula for pitching. I'll update it now.

... and I was actually wondering why Ed Walsh wasn't giving me more points.

Fixed

[johnnya24]

Ed Delahanty and Time Keefe to the guy who got first pick ... and there was me wondering if the end picks might be stronger.

[johnnya24]

It was Delahanty or King Kelly for me. Always liked drafting Big Ed even in regular drafts.

KK going in the 3rd makes me seriously question my O'Rouke pick.