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I've been struggling on pitching also. I shouldn't have won this week, but as Luis Tiant said, " I'd rather be Lucky ".

I'm coasting to an easy win this week. Next week is a big match-up with first place Dune Dogs, a long time player and always tough. Dune Dogs is always a threat to win the season. I'm coming in HOT, but sometimes after a big week, you have an off week. I'd like to give Dune Dogs a tough series. Dune Dogs and Houndizzles have been powers in this league many years. Us new comers always have our work cut out against these 2 long time power players.

(04-19-2025, 01:35 AM)kevin Wrote: [ -> ]I'm coasting to an easy win this week.  Next week is a big match-up with first place Dune Dogs, a long time player and always tough. Dune Dogs is always a threat to win the season.  I'm coming in HOT, but sometimes after a big week, you have an off week.  I'd like to give Dune Dogs a tough series. Dune Dogs and Houndizzles have been powers in this league many years.  Us new comers always have our work cut out against these 2 long time power players.

I'm not so certain that my team is anything to be concerned about until they start hitting!...Lol. I certainly wouldn't consider you a new comer, Kevin. Your teams are always tough, and you've proven that ole dogs can learn new tricks when you adapted with your RPs after seeing another manager have some success with that strategy. 

It's still early! At the moment I see Kevin, DDs, Guz, and Knights as having the strongest teams. I have a nice cushion for the day but Bubba's pitching comes in hot today. We'll see if it's enough. Tecmo looks to be in a battle as well. As I mentioned before, when a league is this strong, and six get in the playoffs; even .500 teams have a shot at the Ship.

Any team in the league can get beat on any given week.

Everybody has a Win now, and 1-3 has teams in The Hunt, if they know it or not. Especially since some of these 1-3 teams will be 2-3 after this week.

I see players. I don't have a roster spot at this time, but I see players. There are going to be many good MLB players this year, more than in some years. If my team was struggling, I see players I would add. However I just put up 400 points, so don't rock the boat, as the old funky disco song sang.

It's Bizzaro World this week in the league.

Somebody on here said it. When you are last in waivers, you have nothing to lose using a waiver. I saw a pitcher I wanted back this weekend, I'm last still in waivers since Yelich move. So I used a waiver and if it goes through, I am 12th and stay at 12th. Dumping a hitter who was batting .355 so I added him, and he has been cold since I got him. I don't need 4 first basemen anyway. Also dropped Diaz this week, but then Clase day to day so I added 5 save Pagan that Terry Francona settling in with......I'm glad somebody said when you are last in waivers, you have nothing to lose. I need a Pitcher more than a 4th first baseman.

(04-25-2025, 03:28 AM)kevin Wrote: [ -> ]Somebody on here said it.  When you are last in waivers, you have nothing to lose using a waiver.  I saw a pitcher I wanted back this weekend, I'm last still in waivers since Yelich move.  So I used a waiver and if it goes through, I am 12th and stay at 12th.  Dumping a hitter who was batting .355 so I added him, and he has been cold since I got him.  I don't need 4 first basemen anyway.  Also dropped Diaz this week, but then Clase day to day so I added 5 save Pagan that Terry Francona settling in with......I'm glad somebody said when you are last in waivers, you have nothing to lose.  I need a Pitcher more than a 4th first baseman.

I started to grab Pagan the night before you added him, but chose to go with the closer in Detroit instead.
I figured that he would be the guy moving forward, but it was still a little murky at that time. Good add though!

I had only 120 points to start my Friday. I ran out 4 SPs and finished the night around 170ish...It's just not my week! 

The pitching penalties for negative points are brutal. One bad start by even an ace pitcher can destroy a team for the week.

My offense had 65 points last night. One SP had -29. SP is basically a significant gamble with the scoring system any given day.

(04-30-2025, 09:34 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: [ -> ]The pitching penalties for negative points are brutal. One bad start by even an ace pitcher can destroy a team for the week.

My offense had 65 points last night. One SP had -29. SP is basically a significant gamble with the scoring system any given day.

Me too! -29 by Rodriguez last night and I plugged in two pitchers last week that both went negative. Killed me! 

We reigned in the hitting some, but didn't mess with pitching. Definitely something that I will bring up to DDs, and we can look at some possible changes for next season on that front. 

Of course 2 years ago Pitching was too easy with the type error of 10 points per inning instead of 1 point.   I have negative pitching points myself.  I think the awful April weather has held back pitching.  I look for pitching to become better now into May.  

I'm trying 2 pitchers coming off IL,  Ranger Suarez and Lance McCullers.  One I had on IL, so I dropped a player and added Shane McClanahan to take Suarez spot on my IL.  I ended up dropping Lux at 2nd/ SS and adding Story.   I have no idea if Suarez or McCullers will do anything.  I added and dropped Reds Diaz before Reds sent him back to minors.  I'm willing to give Ranger and Lance a try coming off IL.  

I would love to carry more bench hitters, but the start of season has me struggling to find pitchers I can count on.  I'm even looking at pitchers who have been very injured coming off finally getting to do soft toss after months or years of doctors saying no baseball.   There are young pitchers who have did great, but sent back to minors.  When all these good young pitchers start getting called up, we will all get pitchers in this league in 2025.   These teams are not going to be able to keep all these pitchers who did well in their major league outings, down on the farm.  There is a bunch of them ready to hit the Majors to stay.

Need a big week out of my lads! Taking on the current undefeated heavyweight.

I'm liking my chances against kevin so far. I'm only down 107 to 18.

(05-07-2025, 09:23 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: [ -> ]I'm liking my chances against kevin so far. I'm only down 107 to 18.

DDs called me to give me shite because I grabbed Giolito, literally as he was about to add him, and then the mfr went -21  

So yeah, that sucked! 

In hindsight I wish that I had been a little slower with that addition and that -21 would have fallen on his team. 

(05-07-2025, 09:23 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: [ -> ]I'm liking my chances against kevin so far. I'm only down 107 to 18.

It's early.  I have no starting pitchers Thursday or Friday.  I see you making a run.  It's not like I scored 200 points early in week.  This is far from over.  The pitchers I do have this weekend have to face hitters like The Yankees and other strong hitting teams.  Negative pitching points for me very possible this weekend. 

I hate to say that I've added more stating pitching in the last 24 hours.  My hope is I can find a batch that I can count on and dump some of them more into season.  Whoever gets the job done.  I'm not going to go on pitchers of the past now getting hammered or now too injured.  I want some to earn pitching spots on my team.  I would like to have more batters and relievers as season goes along, but I'm finding quality pitching starters hard to find.  I said Quality pitching starters.  Right now I have a bag of very questionable starters in hopes a couple of them actually come through.

These pitchers coming off IL.  Suarez got rocked 1st game but did well today I had him on bench.  McCullers did well his first game but got rocked by Reds today.  Still, I have to treat this like Spring Training on players back from IL.  They are not in mid season mode.  They are working back from major injuries, so some bad outings have to be expected just like pitching in March in Spring Training.  I won't know what Ranger Suarez or McCullers really have until a few more starts. By end of June, I will know more if they are back from injury enough to help.  It takes a few weeks working IL players back in. 

I benched pitchers Sunday. Sometimes with a lead on Sunday, why take a chance on negative pitching points. Of course if behind on Sunday, you throw a Hail Mary and start as many pitchers as you can. Unless you are too far behind, and in that case you look to Monday and Tuesday om Sunday morning.

I didn't put up great points, but Tecmo had an off week, so it made sense to bench my pitchers and make Tecmo catch me. I wasn't going to help him with pitchers maybe putting up minus 30 negative points and maybe close to 100 minus negative points. When you have the lead going into Sunday, you have to think about that. It turns out they did go Negative points, so it was best to bench my later games Sunday pitchers before 4 PM.

I would not want to play Tecmo this week. Often a low scoring week is followed by 300 to 400 points week by all teams.

I like Pitching. I was going to give up my catcher for IL Quintana not to be out long and pitching great. With 12th and last waiver spot, why not. However Ohio Guz jumped up and took him. Great add on for Guz considering he has pitched great and is expected to pitch in next 10 days again. Guz got the steal I was trying to get. A pitcher with a 2 something ERA and only going to miss a couple starts. That's a steal.

(05-17-2025, 06:00 AM)kevin Wrote: [ -> ]I like Pitching.  I was going to give up my catcher for IL Quintana not to be out long and pitching great.  With 12th and last waiver spot, why not.  However Ohio Guz jumped up and took him.  Great add on for Guz considering he has pitched great and is expected to pitch in next 10 days again.  Guz got the steal I was trying to get.  A pitcher with a 2 something ERA and only going to miss a couple starts.  That's a steal.

Yeah, she knows her stuff! I've never seen her lose a Fantasy Basketball league, ever! Dead serious! DDs and I tried to beat her for like 15 years. She retired from playing having never lost a league ship. 

Man, what a great week in the league! Most of the matchups were tight. Guz with a single digit win. I only won because Bellinger hit a GS in the 8th for the Yankees. If he doesn't, it's a 4-2 game and the Yanks are bringing in Weaver to cook my goose.

KK had to sweat it out a little. Tecmo chopping wood. Bubba Trouble is doing exactly that, winning some games that one probably wouldn't expect him to win. I hated it for Charleigh, put up over 300 and still lose. She would have beaten half of the league had she had a different matchup. Even Sid put up good numbers this week. Redbirds are still swinging.

Most teams in the league are still in the hunt. 

Kevin beat me to Benson, bastard! 

I'm now average!

Trying to take you on Houndizzles as I try to work back pitchers. I have 4 or 5 IL pitchers and one pitches Saturday. A couple players who had rough April's, I am giving a second chance due to injuries or what they are suppose to come back and do. In the next weeks, I could go very negative pitching points as these pitchers come back as if spring training and start of season after long injuries. My hope is a couple do come back and again are superstar pitchers at play-off time. The return of Shane Bieber in July as the star he is, would be huge. Of course if they come on, I would have to drop my worst pitchers, which is also my hopes.

For now I'm taking you on with more IL players on active roster than I would like. I'm hoping to slip past you with a win, but taking a chance on IL pitchers soon to return is something I had to do. I drafted hitters in hopes I could get pitching later in draft, however the ton of IL pitchers at start of season made the available later round draft pitchers weak with so many injured until June or July. I would like to have more hitters on my team going into last months of season, but for now I'm still working on pitchers. That I drafted hitters early has paid off, I'm happy with my batting order. Getting to add Yelich helped, even if that will be the last time I have a high waiver spot pick.

Friday night and we are in a close battle. We've played against each other a lot in baseball and football. Maybe we see each other in the baseball play-offs, who knows. Ranger Suarez came off IL doing well for me already. McCullers back is still in question if he has anything left in the tank. Seattle Miller coming off IL had a bad April before IL, and I'm rolling the dice on him pitching Saturday and working back to 2024 form. It takes a couple weeks after they return to see if these pitchers off IL have anything to help or not.