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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostI didn't underestimate it ... but I couldn't find the players I needed in the last 1/3 ... then I made the Jay Bell error which cost me. I needed to balance out those big BY numbers I had, and I didn't.
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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostAnyway ... that's my draft. Catalogue of errors (oh ... and Hacko jumping on all our picks too soon! ).
Mistake #1: Not saying screw you all I didn't want to be in this draft.
Mistake #2: Not deciding on a strategy right away and just going for it, and taking Walker and Sheffield with my first two picks to try to leave myself open to a few different ideas. All it did was give me BY stats in all five categories, causing me to throw away any batting strategy.
Mistake #3: Not taking Eckersley with my 2nd round pick. F'in Frae.
Mistake #4: Taking too many pitchers too early. If you're doing a dump pitching strategy...well take more batters early!
Mistake #5: Saves...saves saves saves saves saves. I could have saved picks if I avoided saves!
I did enjoy trying to get first place in Career and BY saves, ERA, and WHIP....I really had nothing else to strive for after about Round 10.Considering his only baseball post in the past year was bringing up a 3 year old thread to taunt Hornsby and he's never contributed a dime to our hatpass, perhaps?
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Originally posted by heyelander View PostI thought I could dump career W and K's (which I did) and be solid with late picks for BY W, K and ratios all around. I knew early on that that inning requirement was going to screw me and I was forced to take pitchers early just to get innings and decent career ratios. I miscalculated the BY numbers from many of the studs though and could never get my BY WHiP under control with a bunch of one hit wonders. The innings also screwed me on taking enough closers and I ended up chancing saves at the end when I wanted to take David Price (who I thought I was picking when I took Prior). All my fretting over my punt pitching strategy never let me go about accumulating hitting numbers which is what I wanted to do.
basically I heyelandered my draft yet again...Considering his only baseball post in the past year was bringing up a 3 year old thread to taunt Hornsby and he's never contributed a dime to our hatpass, perhaps?
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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostI never considered Hernandez as I thought he was taken a while back---------------------------------------------
Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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Here's the final standings:
Heyelander 47.6 29.8 36.8 29.5 143.681 8 Frae______ 42.0 39.3 38.7 38.5 158.512 6 Pogues__ 23.1 38.9 37.1 37.0 136.089 10 TS Garp__ 30.4 35.4 47.5 45.9 159.115 5 ElDiablo__ 42.9 43.2 40.3 33.3 159.670 4 JohnnyA__ 38.9 37.0 44.1 44.3 164.190 3 LongJohn_ 42.9 20.6 29.8 39.8 133.108 11 Hacko____ 34.2 46.9 34.3 37.1 152.510 7 Controller_ 37.0 47.5 42.8 42.2 169.447 2 Slasher___ 46.6 44.0 43.3 37.2 171.048 1 Revo_____ 36.7 39.6 27.8 37.6 141.621 9
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I also underestimated the massive number of Career Saves I would need to even be remotely competitive in the category. Of course, figuring out that there was actually a minimum innings pitched requirement in Round 8 didn't help my cause either. At that point, I tried to punt Career WHIP and ERA in hopes that I could maximize the other three career counting categories while still competing in BY pitching. Again, I missed the impact of closers on this era.
My worst pick was Gagne in Round 6. There were 7 starters that were taken after Gagne and before my next pick and any one of them would have been infinitely better for my team.
I would love a redo on this draft, but I'm in for the 1920-1969 choice too."Igor, would you give me a hand with the bags?"
"Certainly. You take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban!"
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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostWell it's better to go down with a strategy, even if it doesn't work. I imagine it could have worked well if you got the IP limit under control with one or two key early picks.
As far as the right strategy for this draft ... Slasher nailed it. Seems obvious in hindsight. I blindsided myself by focusing too much on getting all-round points on pitching, and then lazily adopted the worse hitting punt for this format.
I really thought I was headed for a middle of the pack finish early on and then it looked like I could squeeze into the top third, and then suddenly I had a shot. Getting to choose the last pitcher was an advantage in this case. I Spent about an hour last night trying to optimize my last pick, Campbell was the only pitcher left I found that gave me a lead. Billy Koch and Mitch Williams were the next best picks.---------------------------------------------
Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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