Fantasy RBI Arcade 2018 Position Players list/Pitchers & Draft discussion

[ryno]

I do what I want. 

[Shooty]

I fight for me

[ryno]

Yes!

[Shooty]

Hatcher

[Darky]

Hatcher

Wrong thread and he's taken.

[Nacho]

I'm on the clock, now, right? Even though like three picks are still outstanding?

[Nacho]

I was excited to take Coleman until I realized there were only 2 SPs left and I'd better take the one that I'm guessing is going to be better.

No idea what advantage a good fastball has in fantasy RBI, but a good sinker gives a pretty clear advantage.

[Darky]

I was excited to take Coleman until I realized there were only 2 SPs left and I'd better take the one that I'm guessing is going to be better.

No idea what advantage a good fastball has in fantasy RBI, but a good sinker gives a pretty clear advantage.

A good fastball with good location (if a RHB is off the plate and the pitcher paints black on the other side of the plate for examle) can produce a K and bad contact from 5-6 on a scale of 0-6. Sinkers don't come with the same frequency as they do in the NES version, especially with two strikes. There won't be all these strikeouts that many of you are expecting. Has to be something in the Unknown ratings and perhaps its relationship to the two sinker ratings or all of them together.

I've emailed some people from Tengen, or that is, people who used to work at Tengen, to try and find out what the fuck does the two unknown ratings imply.

[Shooty]

I was excited to take Coleman until I realized there were only 2 SPs left and I'd better take the one that I'm guessing is going to be better.

No idea what advantage a good fastball has in fantasy RBI, but a good sinker gives a pretty clear advantage.

A good fastball with good location (if a RHB is off the plate and the pitcher paints black on the other side of the plate for examle) can produce a K and bad contact from 5-6 on a scale of 1-6. Sinkers don't come with the same frequency as they do in the NES version, especially with two strikes. There won't be all these strikeouts that many of you are expecting. Has to be something in the Unknown ratings and perhaps its relationship to the two sinker ratings or all of them together.

I've emailed some people from Tengen, or that is, people who used to work at Tengen, to try and find out what the fuck does the two unknown ratings imply.

Isn't it a 0-6 scale?

[Darky]

Jenkins was on my board btw as my # 2 pitcher. You made the right call there. I scouted him for about 20 games. His 111/114 unknown ratings mean something good. I'm thinking the smaller the difference between the two numbers, the more quality that results, whether the two numbers are high or low.

Also, about the low power and high contact hitters - they'll be lucky to hit .400, but the guys with 146 to 148 speed, they'll do damage when they get on base if they are at the top of the lineup and they'll have their 3-4 hit games and that'll be a significant impact. Then they'll have their 0fer games. I think I saw a player go 0-11 in two games, forgot who it was. Shooty's rabbit that he took at SS, he may hit over .500 because of the way he bleeds every ball around the infield and seems to not hit popups as much. I scouted Rickey Henderson hard, and he just can't break .400 in 100 at-bats. All the other players I scouted with similar ratings in 100 at-bats or so didn't break .400. I was going to take Rickey and go with that approach and just ignore the LF until Rickey later on in the draft, but I want hits and hr's.

Pete Rose btw, he hit .433 in about 90 at-bats. Fuckin' Charlie Hustle was on my board and I was hoping he'd slip by, but he's taken now. I couldn't pull the trigger because of his speed.

And zero players that I've scouted with a 705 rating hit a homerun. btw, Coleman is another player who could hit close to .500 with crazy triples.

Shooty, your boy Rabbit may have two inside the parkers btw. I saw him do it the other day.


Shooty, my bad - it is a 0-6 scale.

[Darky]

And thanks to GDavis, he put Shooty over the top. Shooty's team is going to be REALLY hard to beat. He may be 16-2 this season. Shooty got a bunch of guys who can obviously hit, but they also have the good glitches who overperform their ratings. And his Rabbit selection won't be a liability. GDavis has a similar guy, but because of the lower contact, there are more weak popups and less balls on the ground, weak line drives, and those damn bleeders.

[Nacho]

And thanks to GDavis, he put Shooty of the top.

This is exactly why I hate trades. Someone always fucks up their draft strategy, and someone else (usually Shooty), is right there to offer them an imbalanced trade. It upsets the balance of the league, and I'd be 100% in favor of a no-trades policy in future drafts. I say that as someone who benefitted from Darky's terrible season last year where he basically gave me Ellis Burks.

[Darky]

Yeah, that was my bad. I forgot to implement no trades during the draft and was planning no trades until midseason. By the time I mentioned a no trade policy, it was too late since Shooty had planned out to trade his pick and had I stood ground, he probably would have flown to Sweden, got a hunters license, and hunted me down since he can be psycho, but psycho in a good way when it comes to FRBI. I'm guessing Strassy isn't too fond of his PASSION for FRBI 

[ultimate7]

And thanks to GDavis, he put Shooty of the top.

This is exactly why I hate trades. Someone always fucks up their draft strategy, and someone else (usually Shooty), is right there to offer them an imbalanced trade. It upsets the balance of the league, and I'd be 100% in favor of a no-trades policy in future drafts. I say that as someone who benefitted from Darky's terrible season last year where he basically gave me Ellis Burks.

You guys need to relax, this is fantasy RBI, wtf.

[ultimate7]

Plus there is so much randomness, the teams are even.  I say it's 50/50 that Shooty wins more than 10 games.

[Nacho]

And thanks to GDavis, he put Shooty of the top.

This is exactly why I hate trades. Someone always fucks up their draft strategy, and someone else (usually Shooty), is right there to offer them an imbalanced trade. It upsets the balance of the league, and I'd be 100% in favor of a no-trades policy in future drafts. I say that as someone who benefitted from Darky's terrible season last year where he basically gave me Ellis Burks.

You guys need to relax, this is fantasy RBI, wtf.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO RELAX WHEN MY INTERNET FRIENDS ARE MAKING SLIGHTLY IMBALANCED TRADES IN FANTASY RBI BASEBALL?

[GDavis]

Shooty promised to cut me in on 50% of his winnings

[Gantry]

[Darky]

Well, I just ran a sim and saw Ryno's team beat Shooty's team, 28-18. Clemens went the distance.

Fantasy RBI should be taken very seriously! Look at Shooty, he wants that first title so bad! Still funny how Jack Clark, who came via a trade, pretty much wrecked Canada's chances last season. Word around campfire is that he went on a hard drinking binge.

Still though, Shooty will win more than 10 games, then the playoff jinx will hit him again!

The games will vary from what I'm seeing so far. All the pitchers are quality compared to the NES version, and I've noticed that every one of them will throw a gem one game, then get rocked the next. There is no dominant pitcher like a Gooden from the NES version. Good pitchers are there for sure, but it's hard to say who is the best and who is a lower tier pitcher - nobody stands out really and nobody stinks like Reuschel from the NES version. We'll see after the season when we have a body of stats for 18 games.

[ultimate7]

You are going with 15 run rule, right?