Fantasy Arcade RBI 2018 Draft Thread - Draft Day: Thursday September 6th

[Darky]

Draft Day: Thursday September 6th

Draft Order (serpentine) :

1. Darky
2. Tempo
3. GDavis
4. Nomaaa
5. Beefmaster
6. Nacho
7. Fightonusc
8. Shooty
9. Ultimate7
10. Ryno


Rules:

- The draft officially begins Thursday, September 6th - GMs are allowed to make selections when they are up at any time before the official draft date.
- 30 minute draft window (between 9 AM and 9 PM forum time). If the person in front of you has already picked, you are free to draft at your leisure.  However, no one can be skipped until their time has passed.  If you need to send out a proxy, PM someone who you feel comfortable with - don't PM me please.
- Your starting 8 position players must consist of the following:
C
1B
2B
SS
3B
RF
CF
LF

- Two different SPs (SP1/SP2) are required and may be drafted at any time. They will alternate starts during the 18-game season.
- Relief pitchers (RP1/RP2) may be drafted at any time and they will be allowed to change relief positions in the bullpen during the season. Relief pitchers may not start a game during the season.
- Any mistake draft selections; i.e., drafting two starting players at the same position by mistake due to carelessness, will not be able to be reversed.




ROUND-BY-ROUND

Round 1, Thursday September 6th
1. 9AM Darky: CF Hack Wilson
2. 9:30 Tempo: SS Ernie Banks
3. 10:00 GDavis: 2B Davey Johnson
4. 10:30 Nomaaa: C JBench
5. 11:00 Beefmaster: LF Kingman
6. 11:30 Nacho: 2B Rogers Hornsby
7. 12:00 PM Fightonusc: RF Babe Ruth
8. 12:30 Shooty: 3B Eddie Mathews
9. 1:00 Ultimate7: CF Willie Mays
10. 1:30 Ryno: RF Roger Maris

Round 2
11. 2:00 Ryno: 1B Mark McGwire
12. 2:30 Ultimate7: 3B Bob Horner
13. 3:00 Shooty: CF Mickey Mantle
14. 3:30 Fightonusc: LF George Foster
15. 4:00 Nacho: C Roy Campanella
16. 4:30 Beefmaster: C Joe Torre
17. 5:00 Nomaaa: LF Ted Williams
18. 5:30 GDavisShooty: C Gene Tenace
19. 6:00 Tempo: CF Dale Murphy
20. 6:30 Darky: 1B Jimmie Foxx

Round 3
21. 7:00 Darky: RF Hank Aaron
22. 7:30 Tempo: RF Andre Dawson
23. 8:00 GDavis: LF Jim Rice
24. 8:30 Nomaaa: CF Duke Snider
25. 9:00 Beefmaster: 2B Davey Lopes
26. Friday, Sept. 7th, 9:00 AM, Nacho: 1B Joe Adcock
27. 9:30 Fightonusc: 1B Willie McCovey
28. 10:00 Shooty: LF Billy Williams
29. 10:30 Ultimate7: LF Carl Yastrzemski
30. 11:00 Ryno: CF Joe DiMaggio

Round 4
31. 11:30 Ryno: 3B Jack Clark
32. 12:00pm Ultimate: C Yogi Berra
33. 12:30 Shooty: 1B Lou Gehrig
34. 1pm Fightonusc: CF Bobby Bonds
35. 1:30 Nacho: RF Jose Canseco
36. 2pm Beefmaster: CF Dwayne Murphy
37. 2:30 Nomaaa: 1B Orlando Cepeda
38. 3pm GDavis: 3B Ron Cey
39. 3:30 Tempo: C Carlton Fisk
40. 4pm Darky: 2B Jackie Robinson

Round 5
41. 4:30 Darky: SS Al Dark
42. 5pm Tempo: 1B Tony Perez
43. 5:30 GDavis: CF Fred Lynn
44. 6pm Nomaaa: RF Frank Robinson
45. 6:30 Beefmaster: SS Dickie Thon
46. 7pm Nacho: SS Bert Campaneris
47. 7:30 Figthonusc: 2B Joe Morgan
48. 8pm Shooty: RF Reggie Jackson
49. 8:30 Ultimate7: 1B Will Clark
50. 9pm Ryno: 2B Ryne Sanberg

Round 6
51. 9am Ryno: LF Lou Brock
52. 9:30 Ultimate: RF Mel Ott
53. 10am ShootyGDavis: RF Stan Musial
54. 10:30 Fightonusc: SS Bobby Doerr
55. 11am Nacho: LF Dave Winfield
56. 11:30 Beefmaster:RF  Pedro Guerrero
57. 12pm Nomaaa: 1b GDavis
58. 12:30 GDavis: 1B Don Mattingly
59. 9am Monday  Tempo: 3B Sal Bando
60. 9:30am Darky: C Jody Davis

Round 7, Monday, September 10th
61. 10am Darky: P Don Drysdale
62. 10:30am Tempo: LF Tris Speaker
63. 11am GDavis: 3B Craig Nettles
64. 11:30am Nomaaa: 3B Ron Santo
65. 12pm Beefmaster: 3B Steve Garvey
66. 12:30pm Nacho: CF Cesar Cedeno
67. 1pm Fightonusc: 3B Leon "Bull" Durham
68. 1:30 Shooty: GDavis  C Ernie Lombardi
69. 2pm Ultimate7: SP Phil Niekro
70. 2:30pm Ryno: C Thurmon Munson

Round 8
71. 3pm Ryno: SS Joe Cronin
72. 3:30pm Ultimate7: RP Joe Niekro
73. 4pm Shooty: SP Warren Spahn
74. 4:30 Fightonusc: SP Nolan Ryan
75. 5pm Nacho: RP Cy Young
76. 5:30pm Beefmaster 1B Bill Terry
77. 6pm Nomaaa: SP Juan Marichal
78. 6:30pm GDavis: SP Whitey Ford
79. 7pm Tempo: 2B Bill Doran
80. 7:30pm Darky: RP Pedro Borbon

Round 9
81. 8pm Darky: LF  Dwight Evans
82. 8:30pm Tempo: SP Sandy Koufax
83. 9pm GDavis: SS Maury Wills  

84. Tuesday September, 11th, 9am Nomaaa: RP Fernando Valenzuela
85. 9:30am Beefmaster: 1B Johnny Mize
86. 10am Nacho: 3B Wade Boggs
87. 10:30am Fightonusc: SP John Tutor
88. 11am Shooty: Gaylord Perry
89. 11:30am Ultimate7: Catfish Hunter
90. 12pm Ryno: Joe Medwick LF

Round 10
91. 12:30pm Ryno: SP Roger Clemens
92. 1pm Ultimate7: 2B Dick Green
93. 1:30 Shooty: 2B Steve Sax
94. 2pm Fightonusc: C Mickey Cochrane
95. 2:30 Nacho: SP Bucky Walters
96. 3pm Beefmaster: RP Don Gullet
97. 3:30 Nomaaa: SS Ozzie Smith
98. 4pm GDavis: SP Mike Scott
99. 4:30 Tempo: SP Bob Gibson
100. 5pm Darky: SP Ron Guidry

Round 11
101. 5:30pm Darky RP Goose Gossage
102. 6:30pm Tempo: LF Joe Rudi
103. 7pm GDavis: LF Kevin Bass
104. 8:30pm Nomaaa: SP Vida Blue
105. 9pm Beefmaster: 1B Dan Driessen

Wednesday, September 12th
106. 9am Nacho: RP Bruce Sutter
107. 9:30am Fightonusc: RP J.R Richard.
108. 10am Shooty: RP Carl Hubbell
109. 10:30am Ultimate7 RP Rollie Fingers
110. 11am Ryno: SP Rick Sutcliffe

Round 12
111. 11:30am Ryno: RP Don Sutton
112. 12pm Ultimate7: SS Tony Lazzeri
113. 12:30pm Shooty: SS Rabbit Maranville
114. 1pm Fightonusc: RP Lefty Grove
115. 1:30pm Nacho: LF Rickey Henderson
116. 2pm Beefmaster SP Luis Tiant
117. 2:30pm Nomaaa: RP Dizzy Dean
118. 3pm GDavis: LF Jose Cruz
119. 3:30pm Tempo: RP Gene Garber
120. 4pm Darky: 3B Stan Hack

Round 13
121. 4:30pm Darky: LF Hatcher
122. 5pm Tempo: RP Mike McCormick
123. 5:30 pm GDavis: RP Todd Worrel
124. 6pm Nomaaa: 2B Tito Feuntes   
125. 6:30pm Beefmaster: RP Lew Burdette

126. 7pm Nacho: CF Willie Davis
127. 7:30pm Fightonusc: 3B Pete Rose
128. 8pm Shooty: Pee Wee Reese
129. 8:30pm Ultimate7: 3B Ken Boyer
130. 9pm Ryno: RP Lee Smith

Round 14 Thursday, September 13th
131. 9am Ryno: Vada Pinson
132. 9:30am Ultimate7: Dave Conception
133. 10am Shooty: 3B Groh
134. 10:30am Fightonusc: 1B Bob Watson
135. 11am Nacho: SP Fergie Jenkins
136. 11:30am Beefmaster: Cf Vince Coleman
137. 12pm Nomaaa: 3B Walling
138. 12:30pm GDavis: 1B Phil Cavaretta
139. 1pmTempo: Cf Willie McGee
140. 1:30pm Darky: C Ashby

Round 15
141. 2pm Darky: 2B Carney Lansford
142. 2:30pm Tempo: RF Ken Griffey Sr
143. 3pm GDavis: RP Dave Righetti
144. 3:30pm Nomaaa: SS Rafael Ramirez
145. 4pm Beefmaster: 2B Phil Rizzuto
146. 4:30pm Nacho: RF Terry Puhl
147. 5pm Fightonusc: C Del "Amitri" Crandall
148. 5:30pm Shooty: SS Rick Burleson
149. 6pm Ultimate7: C Ted Simmons
150. 6:30pm Ryno: LF Ralph Garr   

Round 16
151. 7pm Ryno: CF Curt  "Pale Frog" Flodd
152. 7:30pm Ultimate7 : 3B Enos Cabell
153. 8pm Shooty:RP Dick Radatz
154. 8:30pm Fightonusc: 2B Manny  Trillo   
155. 9pm Nacho 3B Chris Brown

Round 16, Friday, September 14th
156. 9am Beefmaster: SP Mario Soto
157. 9:30am Nomaaa: SS Johnny Logan
158. 10am GDavis Shooty: RF Jesus Alou
159. 10:30 Tempo: 2B Manny Mota
160. 11pm Darky: 1B Dave Rader

[GDavis]

Since Darky is running the league I think he should pick last

[Nacho]

Since Darky is running the league I think he should pick last

Does it really matter? He'd probably drafting Maury Wills first anyway, only to trade him later for Steve Sax.

[Shooty]

No matter how bad his draft is, I have a feeling Darky will make it to the finals.

[Darky]

Since Darky is running the league I think he should pick last

I flip-flopped/reversed Tempo's draft order from his NES league - explained that in the signup thread. Besides, I've drafted next to last twice and last in the last three drafts, and there are perks as GM and league commissioner considering the work I'll be putting in for the league. There'll be no mistakes this draft or dumb trades this season - back to Empire style management and baseball!

No matter how bad his draft is, I have a feeling Darky will make it to the finals.

The Empire always expects to be in the finals! As long as I don't fuck up this draft and trade away talent, the Empire should be really strong. Our advanced scouting has done a sound job to prepare us for this draft. Aaaaand, no worries, every step will be taken to assure that there'll be no "hand of god" suspicions. And if Fighon is willing to sim the Empire's games, that would be great. Also, we took Ryno's team and turned it into a contender in season IV when Fighton ran it, but lost in the finals after turning that team around and getting to the finals. Then I had some good drafts in seasons, V and VI - didn't make the finals in season VI.

This pool of GMs will make for a tough draft and the draft itself will be a challenge since you just can't take any OF. I wonder if Ryno will draft all lefties again!

I may have my pick ready by this weekend just to get it out there. Our scouts have seen enough from the Arcade players, and yes, there are certain players who play below/above their ratings - so more of the ghosts in the machine!

[ryno]

I'm tired of getting fucked over in every fucking fantasy arcade rbi draft.  Darky is pulling some crazy bullshit shenanigans and I don't appreciate it!!!!!!!!!

[TempoGL]

Lol

[Darky]

GDavis, do you think the observer effect has any affect on the games? 

The first pick is not as advantageous in the arcade version as it is in the NES. The middle to the end of the draft list will have two hitters who should hit over .600 and should have 18 jacks a piece.

[ryno]

Last pick on a whim sucks chocolate salty balls.   

[Shooty]

Does it suck less than the guy who is running the draft giving himself first overall because he felt like it?

[Darky]

All I did was reverse Tempo's draft order! Blame him!

[Nacho]

All I did was reverse Tempo's draft order! Blame him!

Wait, so rather than actually have a legitimate process, you ACTUALLY intentionally gave yourself the first pick?

[ryno]

So tempo is the real sonofabitch here?  You just can't trust a white Sox fan. 

[fightonusc]

If I had pulled a stunt like this in the last fantasy league, someone would have flown out to LA to personally crucify me.

[Shooty]

If I had pulled a stunt like this in the last fantasy league, someone would have flown out to LA to personally crucify me.

That would have been Darky.

[Nacho]

I think it's entirely possible we could have a lockout before a draft even happens.

[Darky]

The first 6 players who top the power ratings are all at 975. Then the next 5 players are at a power rating of 945. So Frankie Says Relax! I can understand there is some fear of what the Empire will be capable of by finally being able to draft early!

btw, Fighton, are you going to have time to sim my games that the Empire plays in for the season?

[Nacho]

So you are saying:

Don't worry that we didn't have a fair randomization of the draft order, because here are some numbers.

Is that right?

[Nacho]

Also, it's pretty crazy that Davey Johnson has such crazy high power numbers. I never realized that he had one Brady Anderson-like season where his HR numbers more than doubled his second-best season.

[Shooty]

Interesting to see such a wide swing in contact rating.  0-40.