CT Fantasy Baseball - Interested?

[Cool Papa Con]

Has anyone tried making a batting lineup with their players? Using the actual assigned positions…

1.) Luis Arraez (2B) - L
2.) Royce Lewis (DH) - R
3.) Bryce Harper (1B) - L
4.) Austin Riley (3B) - R
5.) Riley Greene (CF) - L
6.) Miguel Andujar (LF) - R
7.) Jackson Chourio (RF) - R
8.) Masyn Winn (SS) - R
9.) Yainer Diaz (C) - R

Bench
Alex Bregman (3B) - R
Andy Pages Alec Burleson(OF) - L
Willi Castro (UT) - S
Tyler Soderstrom (1B/C) - L
Luis Matos (OF) - R

IL
10 IL - Evan Carter (OF) - L
60 IL - Christian Encarnacion-Strand (1B) - R

I see the appeal of contraction…

Bregman on your bench is an argument for expansion. Next year - 20 teams. Four of them will be Joel, for comedic purposes.

I meant MLB contraction, not FB

Oh, good… then you’re on board with the Joel x4 plan. Cool!

Everyone gets a boost when Tyler O’Neill gets drafted first and only the pastiest-white players are being targeted by one team

[Quincy Varnish]

Bregman on your bench is an argument for expansion. Next year - 20 teams. Four of them will be Joel, for comedic purposes.

I meant MLB contraction, not FB

Oh, good… then you’re on board with the Joel x4 plan. Cool!

Everyone gets a boost when Tyler O’Neill gets drafted first and only the pastiest-white players are being targeted by one team

…and for some, there would be the sadistic pleasure of vetoing all the trades he attempts to make with himself. Of course that’s not my style - I’d never even think of anything so twisted. I’d also never dream of randomly locking his teams, or reassigning them to his mortal enemies. That would be terrible.

[An Old Friend]

Parker could go Jared Jones:

First seven starts - 41.0 IP, 52 K, 2.63 ERA, 0.78 WHIP
Last six starts - 33.3 IP, 27 K, 4.05 ERA, 1.41 WHIP

Fantasy Pros 2024 projection for Jared Jones:
107 IP, 95 Strikeouts, 6 Wins, 7 Quality Starts, 4.65 ERA, 1.40 WHIP

Jones already has 74 IP, 79 Strikeouts, 4 Wins, 8 Quality Starts and has a 3.27 ERA, 1.06 WHIP

Would you view his preseason projection as a sound one? There is a common theme, here - they miss badly on early career players.

I'm just taking at poke at QV there.

What does FP and Yahoo have as ROS projections for Jones (can't look them up from my office laptop)?

Ha, yeah, I knew you were jabbing at him.

Yahoo - 75 IP, 83 K, 4 W, 5 QS, 3.57 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
F Pros - 83 IP, 82 K, 4 W, 7 QS, 4.18 ERA, 1.33 WHIP

FWIW, he has a 3.54 xERA / 3.76 FIP / 3.35 xFIP. He's definitely been trending in the wrong direction. He only has one start giving up more than 3 ER but his K:BB rate has pulled back significantly... JMO but he would probably benefit from being skipped once to get an extended recovery.

You could argue about the IP, I suppose, but referring in particular to his last six starts, their updated ROS predictions don't seem out of line.

I don't think their updated ROS numbers are necessarily missing badly on ALL early career players.

I’d like to note that the Pirates front office took my advice and skipped Jones to get him some rest. Boom.

[Quincy Varnish]

I’d like to note that the Pirates front office took my advice and skipped Jones to get him some rest. Boom.

Boom is the sound Reynaldo Lopez and Tanner Houck’s arms will make if the Braves and Red Sox do not use similar common sense measures. White Sox would do the same with Garrett Crochet if they weren’t planning on trading him.

[Cool Papa Con]

Bregman on your bench is an argument for expansion. Next year - 20 teams. Four of them will be Joel, for comedic purposes.

I meant MLB contraction, not FB

Oh, good… then you’re on board with the Joel x4 plan. Cool!

Everyone gets a boost when Tyler O’Neill gets drafted first and only the pastiest-white players are being targeted by one team

…and for some, there would be the sadistic pleasure of vetoing all the trades he attempts to make with himself. Of course that’s not my style - I’d never even think of anything so twisted. I’d also never dream of randomly locking his teams, or reassigning them to his mortal enemies. That would be terrible.

[An Old Friend]

Lead collapsed. Need my guys to step up and to make better playing decisions! Down to 132.5 with Quincy and Whatashame tied at 132.

[Quincy Varnish]

Lead collapsed. Need my guys to step up and to make better playing decisions! Down to 132.5 with Quincy and Whatashame tied at 132.

[Quincy Varnish]

1. Whatashame - 135.5
2. Quincy Varnish - 132
2. An Old Friend - 132
4. MattMitchl44 - 115
5. Cool Papa Con - 103
6. Booooyah - 101.5
7. Barking Lion - 100
8. Jeffy25 - 93.5
9. DJ Davis - 88.5
10. imadamnman - 81.5
11. SamTheMan - 80
12. sdaltons - 77
13. Dazepster - 70
14. Cardsrmyteam - 67
15. ggnoobs - 63.5

[mattmitchl44]

My only good news is that sitting sort of at the bottom of the middle of the distribution in AVG, OPS, and ERA, maybe I have some easy upward mobility if I can pick up a bit and/or have others go in reverse.

[Quincy Varnish]

My only good news is that sitting sort of at the bottom of the middle of the distribution in AVG, OPS, and ERA, maybe I have some easy upward mobility if I can pick up a bit and/or have others go in reverse.

…and if you make any major trades, that’s exactly how you need to be thinking. How could you improve those areas without losing ground in others? Or do you expect your current roster to start performing differently moving forward?

[mattmitchl44]

My only good news is that sitting sort of at the bottom of the middle of the distribution in AVG, OPS, and ERA, maybe I have some easy upward mobility if I can pick up a bit and/or have others go in reverse.

…and if you make any major trades, that’s exactly how you need to be thinking. How could you improve those areas without losing ground in others? Or do you expect your current roster to start performing differently moving forward?

I have been making offers from my available depth. But to no avail.

Better to sit tight than get desperate to make any likely bad deal.

[DJ Davis]

I get people wanna make trades that benefit their team only, but I feel like most of the offers I get are kinda ridiculous.

Now, I wouldn’t say they’re insulting, but they just make no sense for me. Why do I want:

A. To give up the highest ranked player(s) in the deal
B. To give up underperforming first-third round picks for 200-300ish players (especially when I have no one else to play his position - Olson)
C. To receive relievers who rarely or don’t even get saves.

I also think it’s funny that some of these players offered end up on the waiver wire a day or maybe a week later.

The only offer that made sense for both teams is the one Quincy and I made, of course it (bleep) me because Yammomkto got hurt, but what can you do.

[Quincy Varnish]

I get people wanna make trades that benefit their team only, but I feel like most of the offers I get or just ridiculous. Now, I wouldn’t say they’re insulting, but they just make no sense for me in terms of me giving up a player that is higher ranked for depth so to speak, and I also think it’s funny that some of these players end up on the waiver wire a day or maybe a week later.

The only offer that made sense for both teams is the one Quincy and I made, of course it (bleep) me because Yammomkto got hurt, but what can you do .

Guess it doesn’t help anything, but both Walker & Santander ended up on another team that isn’t doing any better in the standings.

Ridiculous trade offers are an unfortunate part of fantasy. I usually take a look at the other team and figure out what makes sense for them. Most won’t bother, or only think about what might look “fair”. I’ve found the best way to deal with that is to focus on the players they want, and counteroffer them for players that YOU want. Sometimes a reasonable trade can evolve from there.

[DJ Davis]

I get people wanna make trades that benefit their team only, but I feel like most of the offers I get or just ridiculous. Now, I wouldn’t say they’re insulting, but they just make no sense for me in terms of me giving up a player that is higher ranked for depth so to speak, and I also think it’s funny that some of these players end up on the waiver wire a day or maybe a week later.

The only offer that made sense for both teams is the one Quincy and I made, of course it (bleep) me because Yammomkto got hurt, but what can you do .

Guess it doesn’t help anything, but both Walker & Santander ended up on another team that isn’t doing any better in the standings.

Ridiculous trade offers are an unfortunate part of fantasy. I usually take a look at the other team and figure out what makes sense for them. Most won’t bother, or only think about what might look “fair”. I’ve found the best way to deal with that is to focus on the players they want, and counteroffer them for players that YOU want. Sometimes a reasonable trade can evolve from there.

I’m not looking to call anyone out here specifically, but there is one team that keeps offering me deals for Olson. Usually, they include two outfielders and no one to replace him for me at first base. I was interested in a very good pitcher from this team, who quite frankly isn’t performing as well this year than he normally has, so I offered him Olson plus in what I thought was a fair deal. Then the counter is for that pitcher and a player who has been awful (and who had been dropped by someone else) for Olson, Machado and Flaherty.

So I’ve tried that a time or two, but I’m also gonna be honest, I’m not looking to try to go back-and-forth with offers all day. I’m just not interested in doing that.

[An Old Friend]

I get people wanna make trades that benefit their team only, but I feel like most of the offers I get or just ridiculous. Now, I wouldn’t say they’re insulting, but they just make no sense for me in terms of me giving up a player that is higher ranked for depth so to speak, and I also think it’s funny that some of these players end up on the waiver wire a day or maybe a week later.

The only offer that made sense for both teams is the one Quincy and I made, of course it (bleep) me because Yammomkto got hurt, but what can you do .

Guess it doesn’t help anything, but both Walker & Santander ended up on another team that isn’t doing any better in the standings.

Ridiculous trade offers are an unfortunate part of fantasy. I usually take a look at the other team and figure out what makes sense for them. Most won’t bother, or only think about what might look “fair”. I’ve found the best way to deal with that is to focus on the players they want, and counteroffer them for players that YOU want. Sometimes a reasonable trade can evolve from there.

I’m not looking to call anyone out here specifically, but there is one team that keeps offering me deals for Olson. Usually, they include two outfielders and no one to replace him for me at first base. I was interested in a very good pitcher from this team, who quite frankly isn’t performing as well this year than he normally has, so I offered him Olson plus in what I thought was a fair deal. Then the counter is for that pitcher and a player who has been awful (and who had been dropped by someone else) for Olson, Machado and Flaherty.

So I’ve tried that a time or two, but I’m also gonna be honest, I’m not looking to try to go back-and-forth with offers all day. I’m just not interested in doing that.

At least I know it wasn't me!

I think the only guy I proposed a deal to you was for Teoscar but I honestly don't remember who I offered and I don't recall you giving any reason for the outright rejection. Tough to find trades without feedback.

[mattmitchl44]

I get people wanna make trades that benefit their team only, but I feel like most of the offers I get are kinda ridiculous.

Now, I wouldn’t say they’re insulting, but they just make no sense for me. Why do I want:

A. To give up the highest ranked player(s) in the deal
B. To give up underperforming first-third round picks for 200-300ish players (especially when I have no one else to play his position - Olson)
C. To receive relievers who rarely or don’t even get saves.

I also think it’s funny that some of these players offered end up on the waiver wire a day or maybe a week later.

The only offer that made sense for both teams is the one Quincy and I made, of course it (bleep) me because Yammomkto got hurt, but what can you do.

FWIW - if you are trailing significantly in the standings at this point, you are probably going to get 2-for-1 or 3-for-2 trade offers where you are nominally giving up the "best player" to get multiple "good players" who may be more valuable to plug holes on your roster.

I think I've only been interested in your SS depth (Merrill or Rengifo).