(03-27-2023, 09:01 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: So how did everyone like their draft?

My SP is weak other than taking Corbin Burnes in round 1. I started the draft with intentions to take a ton of SP but it appeared many others had the same idea. I decided to pivot and focus on hitters who can notch SBs and closers. I think getting Acuna in round 2 at pick 20 was a steal.

My favorite pick was Jordan Walker in round 13 at slot 149. I hope he continues to mash as he looks like a viable ROY candidate. I felt fortunate to land Triston Casas at 164 in round 14 since most of the starting 1B were gone by that point.

The draft was competitive so I expect the season to equally be competitive.

Best of luck!

(03-27-2023, 09:01 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: So how did everyone like their draft?

My SP is weak other than taking Corbin Burnes in round 1. I started the draft with intentions to take a ton of SP but it appeared many others had the same idea. I decided to pivot and focus on hitters who can notch SBs and closers. I think getting Acuna in round 2 at pick 20 was a steal.

My favorite pick was Jordan Walker in round 13 at slot 149. I hope he continues to mash as he looks like a viable ROY candidate. I felt fortunate to land Triston Casas at 164 in round 14 since most of the starting 1B were gone by that point.

The draft was competitive so I expect the season to equally be competitive.

Best of luck!

(03-28-2023, 07:06 PM)kevin Wrote: then I went back to my draft good young pitchers and try to get hitters around round 9 and on.  

(03-28-2023, 07:06 PM)kevin Wrote: You took Trout and Romano, who I hoped to get.  Without Trout for OF,  then I went back to my draft good young pitchers and try to get hitters around round 9 and on.  That was working OK, until people jumped up and took the Cleveland Double Play Combo I wanted.  It most drafts, I could get the Cleveland second baseman and shortstop, but not this draft.  I also could not get either first baseman Walker at 10 or 11, or Cron.   

So I did get young pitchers I wanted.  I got relievers for a change, I have never drafted relievers, but that has cost me points, so this year I wanted Clase of Cleveland and I got Bieber also and others.  I like my pitching.  My hitting is another story.  I did get players I wanted round 10 on in Salvador Perez, Yelich, Garcia, Suarez, T.Hernandez, Happ, so I did get some hitters I had ear marked for round 10 and on after I got young pitchers.  

I already have an opening day move to make with 2 players already on IL.  So one open spot has to be a First Base to replace injured Votto who I took late in draft.  There are a couple I have my eyes on Wednesday morning as my 1st choice and a back-up choice if someone grabs him.  Once the season starts, I will be looking for hot bats each month.  I'm going to have to platoon hot bats, and I knew this going all in on pitching early.  Trout would have helped replace Judge who I had last year in my OF,  but I was hoping he would slide to me in 3 as a steal.  I'm still glad I got Cleveland's Bieber and Clase.  

I rate my Pitching Solid but my hitting not so good, so I will be looking for this years Hot Bats that went undrafted over the season. I'm stealing from 1960's Dodgers and Mets who won with so so hitters, but good pitching, as did 1940 Reds.

Everybody said they enjoyed the Draft and The New League.   12 Bengals Fans should make a great Baseball League. 

(03-29-2023, 02:13 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: Not all of these managers are Bengals fans. We have mostly Bengals but there are some Browns, Steelers, and Chiefs fans sprinkled in as well. Most are Reds fans but not everyone. Hall is from Missouri, so he's a Cardinals fan. 

(03-29-2023, 07:09 PM)kevin Wrote: Then Hall is in good shape.  To me it looks like St Louis and then comes everybody else in the NL Central.  I expect them to walk away with it, and the question is can any of the others rise up to Wild Card Team.  Browns fans have a good young team in The Cleveland Guardians.  So those Fans play-off hopes have to be high start of this season.  

(03-29-2023, 07:53 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: Agree! I'm curious to see if Winker can resurrect his career in Milwaukee.  

(03-29-2023, 01:34 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: You were one of the guys messing up my plan to focus on SP. 

It was a fun draft. I'll probably regret it when my SP get lit up during the first month.

(04-06-2023, 04:20 AM)kevin Wrote: Not sure how many from the League on this site.  Doesn't look like many.   I do want to say that I'll be glad when this 2 week start over with.  It is more fun when we play a different member each week.  This does happen at start of season and All-Star break.

(04-06-2023, 05:28 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: League note: A mistake was made in scoring concerning pitchers. We wanted to reward pitchers that have CGs since it is fairly rare these days. In doing so, Scott mistakenly awarded pitchers 6 points per inning completed. That is incorrect. Moving forward in the next matchup it will be 2 points per inning completed with 6 being awarded to pitchers that throw a complete game. Basically, the two scoring columns are right next to one another and he should have been wearing his glasses. He will announce it on the League page tonight. I am giving you guys a heads up. 

(04-06-2023, 05:28 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: League note: A mistake was made in scoring concerning pitchers. We wanted to reward pitchers that have CGs since it is fairly rare these days. In doing so, Scott mistakenly awarded pitchers 6 points per inning completed. That is incorrect. Moving forward in the next matchup it will be 2 points per inning completed with 6 being awarded to pitchers that throw a complete game. Basically, the two scoring columns are right next to one another and he should have been wearing his glasses. He will announce it on the League page tonight. I am giving you guys a heads up. 

(04-06-2023, 06:04 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: Sounds good to me and thank you for letting us know.

(04-06-2023, 06:31 PM)kevin Wrote: Yes, Thanks.   Then I was right to go after more Hitting POP.   Pitching points will be going down starting Monday. 

I have the most pitched innings, so I could feel bad that I benefited from this the most.  However we were all playing by the same rule mistake unknown to us, so I'm not going be down on myself for rules that applied to everybody the first 2 weeks.  I will have to watch my pitchers going forward as will all of us, because per the new rules some of my pitchers would not be doing as good as they look now. Flexen would not be positive, he would be negative.  However most of my pitchers would be positive.

Thanks for The Info of changes coming Monday.  I assume this will change pitchers in Free Agency going forward, because our ESPN Free Agency stats are based on our league Rules. I know this from other ESPN Leagues that I'm in each year, and how the Free Agency Stats change per the League Rules. So Pitchers in Free Agency now, may not be doing as Hot as they appear.  Something to watch out for.  The math not that hard.  If a F/A pitcher has 10 innings, that is 20 points, not 60, so subtract 40 from his Total Points before you jump on Adding him. See how he is really doing.

Glad it was caught a week after Opening Day, and not months later.  It's why they put erasers on pencils. Main thing is he got The League up and running,

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(04-06-2023, 08:47 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: Appreciate it! It was strictly a clerical error. 

(04-10-2023, 11:23 PM)kevin Wrote: Still should be a fun season either way.

(04-10-2023, 11:23 PM)kevin Wrote: Well, I see the changing of points system was cancelled because it cost some teams a loss, and it wasn't suppose to do that.  So reversed back and they get a win.  I would have had a win either way.  So I see we are staying with the original points system.  That's not such a bad thing, the old league was maybe too hard on pitchers, much harder than an average ESPN league.  So maybe not so many negative pitching points as in past with few positive pitchers.  For this year anyway.  

So points system was changed back because it would have cost people who looked like they won first match and thrown a loss on them.  So League Manager simply put it back to where it was at start.  So the error we play with all season, but we are all playing by same rules, so it's equal and fair.  Main thing is he got The League up and running with 12 people in it.  Still should be a fun season either way.