Official RBI Fantasy Draft VI - Comment Thread

[Darky]

Nacho/Mike D got a third tier pitcher and in the top ten according to our scouting reports.

I'm liking Buckner in the 8 hole...good contact and some pop...shitty speed though, but he can drive the ball out here and there. We're expecting 6-10 jacks from him this year...crucial numbers from the 8 hole.

[Darky]

Well, complete mediocrity pitching staff, here I come!

Scott is bottom half top ten. Third tier in my rankings.

[AlecTrevylan006]

Scott and 3-4 of the remaining guys are reallllly close in ERA career wise so I tried to look at peripherals a bit.

[TβG]

text sent to TBT.

darky, can you elaborate on your buckner pick there?

[Darky]

Scott and 3-4 of the remaining guys are reallllly close in ERA career wise so I tried to look at peripherals a bit.

He is number 1 all-time in K's. It was a good choice. There is one other guy out there who could put up second tier numbers, but he's either really good or really shitty over the course of 50+ innings. I have four categories and each with their distinctive values, then I crunch some numbers, and out comes the rankings. I don't go by ERA only, but it has a high value.

For instance, the top three career ERA's are Cox-Morris-Gooden, but my ranking system has Cox-Gooden-Morris----all first tier and the only ones in that tier.

Cox is hands down the best pitcher in the league...bar none.

[AlecTrevylan006]

Yeah I was kinda banking on people making worse pitching selections so I could make use of my stats to get some steals. Ah well, I can make do with what I've got.

[Darky]

text sent to TBT.

darky, can you elaborate on your buckner pick there?

He had the best contact-power ratio for the IF's that were available, and I need that with my 8-hole hitter so he can drive in some runs---plus he's not going to get hit in very much since the pitcher will follow him in the order. It's a risk, but he did hit .533 with 5 HR's and 7 2B's in season III. I'm glad nobody took him in this last round.

[Darky]

TBT's selection of Heep was quality. Heep was second in pinch hit HR's last year with 3.

[Darky]

Yeah I was kinda banking on people making worse pitching selections so I could make use of my stats to get some steals. Ah well, I can make do with what I've got.

Where do you have Alexander ranked on your charts? If your going by career ERA's, then he's down in the bottom tier. He is in the middle of the pack in the H/IP category, and in the HR/IP category, but two seasons were recorded without the HR's given up by a pitcher---so that's not entirely accurate. I'm guessing he's not in the middle of the pack in HR/IP judging by his ERA.

The Sally Cunts made a wise choice with Sbhrgn, and Ryno appears to have the best SP combo so far in the Gantry division. Ultimate has the number 2 pitcher in the league, and his second selection of a SP is crucial imo. There are guys you want to avoid, that's for sure.

[Darky]

Here are the two divisions:

Dove RBI

Darkside - Galactic Empire
TBT - Fighting Artichokes
Repeat/Barton - Rebel Alliance
McLane/Gantry - Poopydicks
tecmoturd - Bananahammocks


Gantry Division

Nacho/MikeD - Sally Cunts
AlecTrevylan - Awesome Badasses
TBT/BeefMaster - OC Legions of Doom
Ryno - Pabst Blue Ribbons
Ultimate - Fighting Ulrachers


Also, I'm really leaning on using the same schedule from last year. If anyone objects to this, then by all means you may produce a schedule for this year. It took me a good day to get a schedule together, and I don't want to invest all that time synchronizing all the teams in a schedule again.

[AlecTrevylan006]

Shit, I'll have to face Garner in my division.

[ultimate7]

How were these divisions determined?

[Attezz]

How were these divisions determined?

Gauging team's strengths after ten rounds, then deciding them accordingly.

[Darky]

How were these divisions determined?

Same as last year.

In the Dove RBI division, tecmoturd replaces nomaa and  Gantry/McLane replaces BeefMaster's team.

[Turd]

its gonna belittle  while longer.  sorry.

[Nacho]

I don't know who "while longer" is, but if I were him I wouldn't like being belittled.

[Darky]

How hard can it be? It's not like it's the first few rounds here....

[TβG]

i'll babysit and hopefully make the next pick soon after.

[Turd]

How hard can it be?  For starters, I was holding my daughter, so I only had one arm to type.  Two, I don't know the original game like you guys do, so I have to look at the sheet for some help, and it's difficult to navigate with one arm free.

I second Gantry's sentiment about chilling out when it takes a few minutes. Sometimes I can't be glued to the computer...I've been a lot more prompt than some of the other guys on here, so cut me some slack...

[Darky]

No worries tecmoturd, we are just trying to keep things moving. No need to take anything personal now...