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I would like to claim the Cubs. I look forward to ruining their franchise worse than Jim Hendry. I support league-wide DH.
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IcePhoenix posted:While we wait for the final few teams to fill out, feel free to suggest anything else that might be a fun twist to the league. I'm flexible on everything except the scouting and coaching being off, because having those on will mess up user strategies. I'll add in the possible things that you can tweak to the third post tomorrow. I would like injuries turned off since it wouldn't be as much fun and no moving stadiums. If we don't have injuries on, then we shouldn't need extra roster spots. The only problem I can think of is if someone drafts a starting pitcher and OOTP is convinced he's a reliever (in which case I think you could just go in and add a few points to his stamina or whatever you need to do). If you understand OOTP's mechanics, there is a pretty easy way to exploit large stadiums so I am very much against moving stadiums. I don't mind simming an extra few seasons after the initial one just for fun but the players we draft might be very different after about 5 seasons so I'm more interested in the immediate results. tadashi fucked around with this message at 15:37 on May 8, 2014 |
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May 8, 2014 15:04
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IcePhoenix posted:Read the OP thanks and god bless. I like resetting injuries because Matt Harvey.
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I think we can all agree that, if we owned teams, we'd be in favor of sacrificing some of our absurd profits in order to win more games.
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May 9, 2014 04:33
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It may sound like IcePhoenix is being a sperglord but it really helps things if the draft thread is clean so people don't get picks lost in the shuffle of comments.
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May 10, 2014 15:29
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Pander, post picks here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3633044 We're off to a great start.
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May 10, 2014 15:46
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Has someone PM'd HAL9001?
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May 10, 2014 18:42
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Prozach posted:Looks like you autodrafted Stanton in the Draft thread. The one good thing about being auto'd may be that, when it comes time to sim, you'll have the player ootp thinks is the best talent.
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May 11, 2014 21:25
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I can't believe Posey lasted as long as he did. I guess some people have a thing against catchers since they don't play "every day".
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May 12, 2014 13:51
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Where did we land when it comes to DH in the NL?
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May 12, 2014 18:23
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Gomez has like a 100 outfield range rating in the version of OOTP 15 I just opened up. I don't know if the game rolls ratings every time you start a new game or if IcePhoenix and I have the same version but I just thought that was kind of cool.
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May 12, 2014 23:04
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That was a really hard pick but I don't want to see what will happen in Wrigley if I don't have some strong pitching.
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May 13, 2014 02:27
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gently caress. Just like always, the Rays end up with a great couple players.Popete posted:I thought Harper would be 2nd round for sure. In a franchise draft, there's almost no doubt. In this draft, where people want to win now, it's a little bit questionable. I guess Harper might be worth more if we could get our heads around what he'd be worth if he never got injured
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May 13, 2014 04:16
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I'll pick in a minute. Do I have 4 hours from 10 am?
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May 13, 2014 15:39
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He just seemed to be the best player available. I figure he probably has some untapped potential ability in OOTP, too, so the ceiling could be high even in just one season.
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May 13, 2014 16:06
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IcePhoenix posted:Yeah there was a pretty big outcry against it when it was announced, but the dev team is so small I don't think they really have the time or knowledge to do their own. I think they got some money from BP because, when you load OOTP 15, there's a "Presented by Baseball Prospectus" thing in the bottom right corner that I didn't notice until recently.
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May 13, 2014 16:18
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IcePhoenix posted:I'm not going to go down that rabbit hole, sorry. I agree that OOTP 15's ratings are pretty much in line with players' reputations. Since the engine can be crazy, you could draft Mike Trout and his ratings could start to tank a month into the season, anyway. That's what makes this sim fun to me. Also, to me, this is about drafting the best team and then OOTP will make its own judgement. We're all baseball fans here (I think) and it will be fun to look at all the teams when they're done and see who looks good and who looks like poo poo. tadashi fucked around with this message at 17:49 on May 13, 2014 |
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May 13, 2014 17:40
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THE RED MENACE posted:gently caress I was hoping Iwakuma would drop to the 3rd I think there are better players available but a good pitching staff in Miami is probably not a bad idea.
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May 13, 2014 19:30
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mynameisjohn posted:PECOTA has him as the 4th highest WARP PECOTA and some other projection engines really bought into what he was doing last season.
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May 13, 2014 20:03
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OOTP uses pitcher stamina and running speed for position players to hilarious ends in its evaluations. I can't wait to see which Punto it picks.
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May 13, 2014 21:43
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loving Donaldson  I really didn't think he'd slide 50-whatever picks to me but I really wanted him.
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May 14, 2014 13:41
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Monicro posted:Yo if you can please keep the already drafted players tabs updated, if we dont its gonna be really annoying when we get to like round 19 or w/e Should we just type in our own picks when we make them to make it easier on you, IcePhoenix?
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May 14, 2014 14:51
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Waiting for the draft to come back around is killing me. So many players I want coming off the board.
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May 14, 2014 23:04
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IcePhoenix posted:I like the Kipnis pick, and Perez is pretty solid as well. It's a little bit of a reach but I think when you're bookending a draft with this many teams sometimes you don't have a choice if there's someone you really like. I agree. I think the middle rounds will be where teams are made or broken since that's where the real strategy will kick in and it might not just be about picking the best player available.
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May 15, 2014 17:25
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mynameisjohn posted:drafting Kipnis above him was Kipnis was a bad-rear end last season. It's hard to evaluate what Utley would be like without injuries because it just feels like he's always dealing with them. A couple projection systems projected Utley and Kipnis to be very similar this season in terms of their averages. I think of Utley as the far superior defender but I don't know if that's still the case with his age.
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May 15, 2014 22:06
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Mornacale posted:Gerrit Cole is a big reach here, though OOTP might bail you out. He's got some upside. Sometimes young players grow out really quickly in OOTP but, if not, he might be a little above average.
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May 16, 2014 03:29
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The Cubs would like to draft really soon. If you are scheduled to pick soon and would like to swap picks similar to what Minnesota and St. Louis did, PM me.
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May 16, 2014 13:30
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Zodiac5000 posted:I admit, you guys are way more entertained/interested in calling undrafted players Nick Punto that I expected. I don't totally understand, but if it works I guess. I'll try to remember to do that in the future. It was a gimmick that showed up kind of spontaneously the first time this kind of a draft happened. People couldn't help themselves from talking about players so Punto became the placeholder for every player's name.
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May 16, 2014 15:51
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Mr. Cool rear end posted:I'm going to draft Drew Butera. As a reliever?
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May 16, 2014 16:02
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A trade Seattle trades the following picks to Chicago Cubs Round 3 Round 8 Round 10 Round 12 Chicago Cubs trade the following picks to Seattle Round 3 Round 8 Round 10 Round 12 I'm going to go ahead and pick and seiferguy should confirm soon. tadashi fucked around with this message at 16:29 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 16:11
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mynameisjohn posted:Pablo Sandoval was the next player on my board and a great pick. He and Zimmerman are almost identical (for me and Pecota) but Sandoval is so much chiller I'm really glad I made that trade, then. He was a big target  for me.
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May 16, 2014 17:07
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Popete/Cleveland has about an hour I think since Milwaukee drafted after the clock stopped last night.
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I just edited my pick so hopefully nobody saw my Punto before I changed him to Napoli.
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IcePhoenix posted:I was wondering when the super two guys would start going. I think its a bit early but maybe it will pay off! There's at least one Punto I'd love to get if he falls far enough because I think he'd make a decent bench bat even though he's never played in MLB.
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Laderhan posted:I know he sucks at walking, but he is a great hitter and excellent defender. He got his gold gloves because he's famous and hits well, just FYI. The reason he fell this far is because of his glove. He's probably a good pickup this far down, though.
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Yeah, the Tigers are up right now. Their clock doesn't expire until after 8pm Eastern, though.
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Mornacale posted:There's a dude on the board that has already fallen far enough that I expect him to be the best value in the entire draft. Yeah, I was hoping to pick him up as a bench bat. I think OOTP think his power is MLB ready but he's going to hit like Mike Olt has this season.
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May 19, 2014 13:21
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IcePhoenix posted:Sometimes you have to throw your draft plan out the window and take the BPA. I thought about taking him over Napoli because of "my plan" but I thought Napoli might be a slightly better defender and is also right-handed so I dunno.
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Most drafts I've been in, it's been ok to change as long as the next person hasn't picked which is why I swapped mine.
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Mr. Cool rear end posted:Well they've only played 5 games in NL parks, so that's a pretty good percentage! But realistically, Martinez is a bad catcher and a good first baseman, so I think you'll see more of Cabrera moving to third than Martinez catching in the future. You could stick him at catcher and it's a reasonable move so it's enough for me. He will be terrible defensively but you'd expect he'd be a pretty good to really good offensive catcher.
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