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UltimoDragonQuest posted:I'm almost certain Cthulhu uses Mogul ratings. It's relative to the other two - a better way to put it might be that he doesn't have the elite contact skills of the other guys nor an elite batting eye, so he's at risk of a Rodriguez like season where he hits .198 BrooklynBruiser posted:
Sure, but he also has a 1:3 BB:SO rate. While I agree absolute strikeouts matter, so does the BB/SO rate. As this rating has generated some angst, I feel like it's worth elaborating. My personal hypothesis is that to survive as a hitter in the super league you need to have some combination of the following things going for you: A) Low raw strikeout numbers B) Good ratios of strikeouts to walks C) Good absolute numbers of walks D) Platoon effects. Look at a guy who has historically struggled in the SL - Ivan Rodriguez. He's often done completely poo poo offensively, despite winning a bunch of silver sluggers in real life. Bruiser says that Cano has a 13% strikeout rate - I-rod has a 14% strikeout rate - it's very low. But what both of them don't have is a good strikeout to walk ratio - they both have struck out three times as often as they've walked. Okay, so what about the hypothesis that it's just raw walk numbers? Well, Ducky Wucky Medwick has an even worse BB/PA rate than I-rod, but he does okay. My hypothesis is that it's because he has a 8:10 BB/SO ratio. I'm left with the conclusion that BB/SO ratio matters in assessing players, and Cano's awful ratio is a warning sign. You're welcome to disagree, but I don't think that saying a guy who hits like I-rod is going to struggle in the super-league is an outlandish assessment - hell, explain to me why I should think a guy who looks like I-rod as a hitter will succeed in the SL? E: vvvvv yeah like that season where he hit .198 Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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That Cano was not very good for the Goose Eggs. EDIT: The Memento Mori previews are already outdated. Per Smasher, the Jobbers are moving to the Señor Goodtimes Division. Which means it's going to be Badtimes! For the Jobbers. We're getting relegated. Armitage fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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 Per my previous statements, I'm making the following changes to my roster: Art Fletcher takes Harvey Kuenn's place in the Shortstop platoon. Yes I know he doesn't hit will. I don't have any other choice. Ted Williams is my full time LF. Orlando Cepeda is my full time DH. Jake Peavy moves to #5 SP, and Rube Marquard moves to #4 SP. We'll see how that does for a few weeks.
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 Super-League IX, Week 0: Probably Close Enough Here are your teams as they exist before the season. If you have any change and/or complaints, you've got about a day or two before I run the first week. And yes, there will be interleague play this season, but not for a few weeks.      Analysis Everything looks good. Just keep an eye on your left-handed pitchers.      Analysis Your bullpen still kind of makes me want to cry.      Analysis Those are some ominous rolls for your hitters.      Analysis What are you going to do with all of the talent in your minors?      Analysis DON LIDDLE IS BAD! DO NOT USE DON LIDDLE!      Analysis A couple of miracle rolls on Koufax and Drysdale.      Analysis I still don't understand why Julian Tavarez is in your bullpen, but it can't end well.      Analysis Well, Cy Young got the highest roll ever for a 42 year-old. Of course, it'll probably drop 10-15 points over the course of the season.      Analysis Elston Howard rolled....poorly.      Analysis You sure you want to go with Art Fletcher?      Analysis Think there's any chance Sabes survives the season?      Analysis Your only hope is just hoping that deadball pitching can conquer all. Then again, the last team that placed their hopes on the Waddell/Plank combination was the SLI Sharks, who ended up with the worst record ever.      Analysis I'm sure there's a good reason why Blades is starting over Hafey over Cedeno. I hope you tell it to me someday.      Analysis Is Chris Hoiles the solution to your catching woes? Short Answer: No. Long Answer: Absolutely, positively, unequivocally no.      Analysis Time to see if you can hold onto that lightning in a bottle.      Analysis I think it's time to abort the Kevin Appier experiment.      Analysis Time for the beatings to resume.      Analysis I don't think George Stone is going to work.      Analysis Nolan Ryan is going to be rated 94 for very long.      Analysis I'm not sure why you think starting the ghost of Kenny Lofton is a good idea, but it's not.      Analysis You need another bat.      Analysis That's not the best roll for Ferris Fain.      Analysis Evans and Rice are both old, so those ratings are going down, and fast.      Analysis Well, they're going to win 100 games again.      Analysis Good rolls on Musial and Ott, but how long will they last?      Analysis Nellie Fox really doesn't look like he's going to be good enough to lead off for you.      Analysis Time to get back to work holding down the Cultists.      Analysis The Machine is ready...      Analysis Good rolls for your pitchers all things considered.      Analysis Pass. Standings   
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Two changes: Put Billy Williams on the bench and send down Sewell - Sewell's not going to offer me anything complementary to Arky, and you always point out that I need a left handed pinch hitter on the bench. Put Kim Byung Hung in for Brandon League. No DH Roster Lineup vs RHP CF: Tris Speaker 2B: Hornsby C: Mike Piazza 1B: Pujols LF: Musial SS: Arky Vaughn 3B: Santo RF: Ott P Lineup vs LHP SS: Arky Vaughn 1B: Pujols 3B: Santo C: Mike Piazza CF: Tris Speaker LF: Bob Johnson RF: Beltran 2B: Biggio P
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 Julian, by some stroke of fate or luck, managed to hold down a sub-2.00 ERA in both Expansion Cup and the Intercontinental. That's not something I'm going to ignore. It'll probably explode in my face, though.  LAST MINUTE CHANGES/TUNE-UPS!I have no idea why Paul O'Neill is classified as an LF, BBRef says he was an RF, and strictly that. Put Paul O'Neill in as the starting RF, move Eric Davis to CF, and put Kenny Lofton on the Bench. Since you said I needed a utility infielder, Vizquel to the Bench, boot Carlos Baerga to the minors. Scratch what I said earlier, Sandy Alomar will platoon with Mauer. This will likely also backfire. (I preemptively blame Cthulhu) In lieu of better options, Switch Timelord Perry and Old Man Clemens places in the bullpen. This makes Old Clemens the Closer and Perry the Long Relief. Final Starting Lineup: code:
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Baker should be starting at 3B over Traynor and Jackson should be starting in LF over Oliva. Also, Jeter should be batting second, Cabrera fourth, Hornsby fifth, and Baker eighth. Other than that, everything looks good. Also, one question: how soon do I need to bring up starting pitchers from the minors before they start to decay? I remember you mentioning that they become unusable if they stay in the minors for a long time, and I'd like to potentially rotate some of them in.
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blackmongoose posted:Baker should be starting at 3B over Traynor and Jackson should be starting in LF over Oliva. Also, Jeter should be batting second, Cabrera fourth, Hornsby fifth, and Baker eighth. Other than that, everything looks good. That's a glitch, your lineup is entered correctly. Although why exactly, on a team with Brett and Traynor, you're starting Baker is not as clear. As for rotating players in from the minors, it's not that big a deal, really. Realistically, looking at your rotation and how it's performed in the past, in the first month or two, you're probably going to have to yank one or two of starters for underperforming anyway.
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Hoo boy, was hoping that Porter and Gonzalez would roll a bit better. Switch Gonzalez with Helton at 1B, if you would please. New lineup: RF Harry Heilmann CF Ty Cobb LF Jose Canseco SS Joe Cronin 1B Todd Helton 3B Scott Rolen C Darrell Porter 2B Frank White P --
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quote:Analysis Well, it is an odd-numbered Super-League season. But no. Nice new thread name, by the way. I guess I should have kept Jack Cust.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Analysis There's talent in my minors? I guess young Bob Feller is first off the farm in case of injury. To be fair, I should say that Baines and Averill aren't on the team anymore. Baines went to the Gumshoes, and I traded Averill to the Commies for a Dispersal pick, but lost Internet during the draft, and someone picked old Michael loving Young for me with it, so I ended up trading a useful Hall of Famer for M.F.Y., Matt Thornton, and Ian Desmond. An outstanding triumph. How'd Yount roll, he's not on the list? Gonna take a chance on old Will Clark as a pinch hitter, Clark up, Tartabull down, Beltrán into the platoon with Ballman.
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:As this rating has generated some angst, I feel like it's worth elaborating. My personal hypothesis is that to survive as a hitter in the super league you need to have some combination of the following things going for you: Not angst so much as astonishment that you characterized Cano as having "a poor hit tool," despite all the goalpost moving you did above. Other comments that leap out at me: quote:Halladay's strikeouts, generously proportioned stadium and speedy outfield get him the nod here, though it's close. Doc isn't a strikeout pitcher (primarily), he's a groundballer who never walks anyone, and is just learning to be Doc Halladay in 2003. quote:Smasher thinks Hilton Smith is better than I do. While the man has a 75% win percentage, and that's pretty amazing, he also had great run support. As a pitcher, I'd suggest a good comp is Wes Ferrell, rather than SL ace. Seriously? Wes Ferrell? Career K/BB of <1? Against Hilton Smith's 5+? WHIP pushing 1.5 against a WHIP under 1? What is the basis for this comparison? quote:None of these CFs are really great, and it's a close ranking. Tris is in the second tier of centre fielders... What. Yeah, no dingers, but, defense aside, you get all the doubles you want and high average and patience. Elite, really great average and patience. quote:Duke Snider is also great, though why he's platooned with King Kelly I will never know. Seriously, trade me King Kelly. Snider Career vs RHP: .302/.389/.560 Snider Career vs LHP: .257/.322/.421 That's a big difference. Don't trade King Kelly, ugh. quote:2. '89 Dennis Eckersley/'94 John Wetteland/'93 Mark Wohlers (ANT) Yeah, Eck with his 5 H/9, 18(!) K/BB, and immediately before one of the best relief performances in history. Whatta bum. I could go on. I'm sincerely glad you made the effort, effort posts are great, but you just seem so confident about these things, and I don't know why, because they seem odd.
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Speaker argument is basically over what you consider really great. He's clearly second tier below Mays and Mantle (dunno how SL treats peak Griffey) but he's very good and IIRC 3 versions of Speaker appeared on the DL's Wins Created leaderboard at various times in SL8. Snider's Mogul split isn't as bad as real life, but I'm never thrilled with his OBP and I like platooning. Plus King Kelly owns and I wouldn't let him go for less than Joe Morgan or Rivera and a mashing 1B.
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 Make John Smoltz my closer, and move Armando Benitez into the set-up role for now. That way I can evaluate Benitez' propensity to walk dudes in a less stressful environment for him. Smoltz' endurance is kind of wasted at closer, but we'll see if there's a better fit for him somewhere else later. Also, start the season with Kiner in LF. Put Stargell on the bench for now. We'll see how things go there. New line-up (versus DH): 1. CF Ken Griffey Jr. 2. 1B John Olerud 3. 3B Edgar Martinez 4. DH Rafael Palmeiro 5. LF Ralph Kiner 6. SS Alex Rodriguez 7. RF Larry Walker 8. C Ivan Rodriguez 9. 2B Julio Franco Keep the non-DH line-up the same, as it already has Kiner in it. Thanks.
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Super-League IX, Pre-Week 1 The Super-League is all about disappointment. Personally, I'm disappointed that no one reads my thread, and whether that's because I suck at writing, no one wants to read about baseball, or some combination of the two, it's an intractable problem. But you know what? By the end of this season, I'm not going to be the only one bitterly disappointed. Over half of your teams will not survive to see Super-League X. And yes, one of you will be champion, but even that owner will face an impossible choice: to face the Macho Men in a battle to the death that they cannot possibly win, or avoid the challenge, and come face to face with the limits of their courage. So, strap in, because it's all downhill from here. Injury Report Antarctica Unspecifieds Eddie Guardado (RP) (Everyday Eddie has learned the meaning of irony!) - Out for season Finger Lakes Phoenixes Bret Saberhagen (SP) (Bruised Kidnay) - 6 days Idaho Potatoes J.R. Richard (SP) (Questioned might of Belarus) - 43 days Lombard St. Gumshoes Frank Tanana (SP) (Fitted for a pair of cement shoes) - 7 days Patagonia Postmodernists George Brett (3B) (When Stoppard goes wrong!) - 9 days Queens Mercuries Robb Nen (RP) (Chose not to live forever) - 11 days Bruce Hurst (SP) (The only way to stop you from using him) - 34 days Rockford Losers Rafael Betancourt (RP) (Who?) - 19 days Ryleh Cultists Mike Pizza (C) (Too delicious for this earth!) - 17 days Sad Pandas Chad Cordero (RP) (Altitude Sickness) - 12 days      The pitching is still there, but Gander is a hard place for a team whose offense is mainly based around power to do well in.     The Bobbleheads' hitting being inconsistent? Good to see some things never change.     Only seven stolen bases in your first three games? Someone's slipping...     The greatest hitting attack ever has returned...and hit .232 over their first three games. Disappointing.    : It's the beginning of Super-League IX, and what better way to start than a few Hardcore and Television Title Defenses? : A real writeup of a game? Or finally finishing the obits from last season? Or-: That was clearly rhetorical, and this is as good as people are getting. First up, the CERN Colliders will take on the Oneida Mighty Spooners, who are making yet another attempt to win the Hardcore Title. What are they, something like 0-4 in Hardcore Title Series?: But it's a brand new season! This could be a fresh start for the Spooners?   : I guess not. The Colliders win three straight. : The Spooners only managed five runs in three games. I think it's fair to say that they haven't quite solved their offensive problems from last season.: Clearly not. The Colliders will retain and move on to face the Losers.: Which Losers?: The ones who don't have the best rotation in the league.    : Colliders win three out of four, and that gives them a 6-1 record on the week. A good start for an expansion team.: A good start for anyone. Also, it looks like Mitch Williams has blown his first game for the Lovable Losers. The first of many. : And the Phoenixes will carry over the Television Title into Super-League IX, having won it from...well, you, Yoshida, in the Smasher League Championship Series last season.: Well, they won it from the Eazy W's.: But weren't you responsible for-: It's not important! : Well, the Phoenixes are going to have to defend their title in the far-off land of CANADA! Where the elks run free and the moose have six seats in the senate. Can the Manatees bring the Television Title home to Montreal, where it would presumably be known as the Title d'Television?    : Yes! They can! This is the greatest moment in Canadian history!: That's great! Because now the Eazy W's will have a chance to win back the TV Title, and if we win, ForeverBWFC has to forgive me for screwing up in the playoffs last season! Let's go W's! And this series is going to take place...right now!   : W's sweep the Manatees, and they now hold three titles, the European, the Larkin-Downing, and the Television Title. But for how long? Find out in two days as the W's take on the Harvard Elites with all three titles on the line!Pick 'em This season, I'm going to run a season-long Pick 'em contest. In each of these pre-week posts, I'll list two types of series that you can pick the winner of. First, there will be just a couple of normal series between two teams. You get one point for picking which team wins the series. Pretty simple. Second, you guys will have a chance to pick whether or not teams holding secondary championships will be able to retain or not during the upcoming week. Since it's harder for a team to win one of those titles (they need to sweep the series), an owner will get four points if they successfully predict a championship changing hands, and only one point if they correctly predict a successful defense. 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 Bob "Mr. Bean" Buhl with a clutch complete game win for CERN, there.  Pick'em for Week 1 Detroit Cougars @ Queens Mercuries Lombard St. Gumshoes @ Arkansas Destroyers Cancun Tornados @ Coburns Title Matches Intercontinental Title Ryleh Cultists (c) @ Walney Rakers United States Title Burma Imperialists @ Rockford Losers (c) Heavyweight Title Barons @ Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) e: Oh, and call up DeCinces to start for Brett. I knew that bastard wouldn't work out. Pete Ladd fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Mar 6, 2013 |
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[img="http://lpix.org/1105824/Team3-ABanner.PNG"] Pick'em for Week 1 Pick the winners Detroit Cougars @ Queens Mercuries Lombard St. Gumshoes @ Arkansas Destroyers Cancun Tornados @ Coburns Title Matches Can the champions retain? Intercontinental Title Ryleh Cultists (c) @ Walney Rakers United States Title Burma Imperialists @ Rockford Losers (c) Heavyweight Title Barons @ Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) thingsthatwonthappen.txt
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Not sure what Koji Uehara was doing starting one of those games against the Eazy W's, but I'm surprised the Manatees held their own against the Phoenixes. A brief but sweet moment in Canadian history for sure. Pick 'Ems Detroit Cougars @ Queens Mercuries Lombard St. Gumshoes @ Arkansas Destroyers Cancun Tornados @ Coburns Titles Intercontinental Title Ryleh Cultists (c) @ Walney Rakers United States Title Burma Imperialists @ Rockford Losers (c) Heavyweight Title Barons @ Finger Lakes Phoenixes (c) All three will retain the title, yessiree.
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Cougars over Mercuries, Gumshoes over Destroyers, Coburns over Cancun. And All champions retain except Finger Lakes, who give up their title to the Barons. Monathin fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Mar 6, 2013 |
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Losing on an unearned run in the 16th? Balls. Tabarnak!, even. And, hey look, Sabes broke already. Before I play in the Pick 'em, I'll offer to run it for you and take some overhead off your shoulders, especially since you're doing the awesome Vengeance Gauntlet with the injury report? Poor Nolan, going 9 with 10 K and having Holly blow it
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PIZZZZZAAAAAA!!!! Okay, that is a thing I guess. DL List Mike Pizza Gabby Hartnett catches 24/7 Move Stan Musial to DH vs RHP Make Billy Williams the LF Starter vs LHP Summon Riggs Lineup vs RHP CF: Tris Speaker 2B: Hornsby DH: Musial 1B: Pujols SS: Arky Vaughn LF: Billy Williams 3B: Santo RF: Ott C: Gabby Hartnett Lineup vs LHP SS: Arky Vaughn DH: Hornsby 3B: Santo 1B: Pujols CF: Tris Speaker LF: Bob Johnson RF: Beltran 2B: Biggio C: Gabby Hartnett Viscount Slim posted:Doc isn't a strikeout pitcher (primarily), he's a groundballer who never walks anyone, and is just learning to be Doc Halladay in 2003. Yup, but he has more strikeouts than the other guys because he's a modern pitcher. quote:
Yeah, Wes Ferrell - the other comp that works is Lefty Gomez if you'd like. This is really a two part answer. First, Wes Ferrell. For those following along here, Wes Ferrell has a career ERA of 4.04 and Addie Joss has a career ERA of 1.89. Bill James has a bit where he compares the career ERA of guys relative to league norms for the top 100 pitchers of all time. Wes Ferrell has the highest ERA of all those pitchers, because he played in a extreme hitters era in a hitters park (think Yankee stadium I guess?). To move Wes Ferrell back to the same historical context as Addie Joss, you need to carve a huge amount off his ERA. But that's not the full picture either when assessing Wes Ferrell's career. Wes Ferrell is the best hitting pitcher since 1901 by a considerable margin. Wes actually was an out fielder for a while, and his career triple slash line is .280 / .351 /.446 represents a significant contribution with the bat. Overall, he was worth ~240 win shares or so. So on to Hilton Smith. The guys at the baseball hall of merit (I tip my hat to Chris Cobb) have done a projection using their standard approach for assessing negro league hitters and that spits out a player below: code:Of course, you can argue with the projection method as it is rife with assumption, though I think the results work nicely, YMMV. But I in my personal list of 'best pitchers ever' Hilton Smith is not in the top 50. quote:
As this season marks the first time that the Cultists have played a game without Tris Speaker hitting lead off, I'm very conscious of his strengths and weaknesses. In real life the best centre fielders ever are something like Mays, Mantle, Charleston, DiMaggio, Cobb, Speaker - and the gap between Cobb and Tris Speaker is gigantic. But let me put my money where my mouth is. If you want to trade me a reasonable year on Mantle or Charleston for my Tris Speaker, I'll even kick in one of my spare outfielders. quote:Snider Career vs RHP: .302/.389/.560 So you wouldn't considered it curious if someone had platooned Wade Boggs and Johnny Bench at 3B? Yogi Berra and some dude in LF? The trade me king kelly remark is a joke, referencing the fact that UDQ backed out of a three party trade at the 11th hour that involved me getting King Kelly as one of the moves. I was sad. quote:I could go on. I'm sincerely glad you made the effort, effort posts are great, but you just seem so confident about these things, and I don't know why, because they seem odd. The relief thing was probably a mistake, but I think you are overlooking the context in which my remarks are made. The Cano/Hornsby/Collins discussion is a prime example - Collins is one of the best hitting 2B guys ever with an OPS+ of 142, but I rated his hit tool 'good.' It seemed to me that when I then rate Cano's hit tool 'poor' it's in the context of an environment where Collins is 'good' But hey, different player evaluations is great - it's why you can trade at all. Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Mar 6, 2013 |
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