2007 Hacking Mass

[Reds Nd2]

Just entered my team and was curious what everyone thought. Hopefully this team will be the suck. Unfortunantly, it has a couple of Reds on it. So, what do you think?

Catcher         Brad Ausmus 
First Base      Jeff Conine
Second Base     Alfredo Amezaga 
Third Base      Pedro Feliz 
Shortstop       Alex Gonzalez 
Left Field      Scott Podsednik 
Center Field    Darin Erstad 
Right Field     Jose Guillen 
Pitcher 1       Steve Trachsel 
Pitcher 2       Wandy Rodriguez

[tripleaaaron]

I would name it, Bye Week

[Red Leader]

The only one on that team that could perform even above average would be Pedro Feliz and the Giants have him starting the season batting 7th behind Ben Molina. You're gold.

[jmcclain19]

My Hacking Mass team is Tijuana Fire Ants

 	Position  	Player  	
Catcher	Brad Ausmus	
First Base	Doug Mientkiewicz	
Second Base	Craig Biggio	
Third Base	Wilson Betemit	
Shortstop	Tony Pena	
Left Field	Cliff Floyd	
Center Field	Nook Logan	
Right Field	Juan Encarnacion
Pitcher 1	Casey Fossum
Pitcher 2	Brett Tomko

Everyone else who did Hacking Mass this year pipe up - should be lots of fun.

[TeamSelig]

Pedro Feliz is actually pretty decent.

[TRF]

This is my first Hacking Mass team. be gentle.

My team name, much like my sig and philosophy of life:

NO salt for the margarita!

Catcher      Henry Blanco 
First Base   Lance Niekro
Second Base  Marcus Giles 
Third Base   Jose Castillo 
Shortstop    Royce Clayton 
Left Field   Preston Wilson 
Center Field Marlon Byrd 
Right Field  Michael Restovich 
Pitcher 1    Eric Milton 
Pitcher 2    Seth McClung

[Chip R]

My Hacking Mass team is Mulva?

Catcher         Brad Ausmus
First Base      Jeff Conine
Second Base     Craig Biggio 
Third Base      Chone Figgins
Shortstop       Adam Everett
Left Field      Scott Podsednik 
Center Field    Juan Pierre 
Right Field     Jose Guillen
Pitcher 1       Jason Marquis
Pitcher 2       Ramon Ortiz

[Red Leader]

Scrappy, Chip. Scrappy!

[Red Leader]

For those that aren't familiar with Hacking Mass, can you explain how rosters are created (ie, how you draft players), what the goals are, what the rules are, where you "create a team", etc?

[westofyou]

Catcher	        Yadier Molina	 
First Base	Dmitri Young	 
Second Base	Craig Biggio	 
Third Base	Wilson Betemit	 
Shortstop	Adam Everett	 
Left Field	Scott Podsednik 
Center Field    Brian Anderson	 
Right Field	Lew Ford	 
Pitcher 1	Russ Ortiz	 
Pitcher 2	Ramon Ortiz

[westofyou]

Originally Posted by Red Leader

For those that aren't familiar with Hacking Mass, can you explain how rosters are created (ie, how you draft players), what the goals are, what the rules are, where you "create a team", etc?

Simply pick the players who you think will be the stiffest at each position. A team's aggregate stiffness is measured by summing the ESPN (Exuded Stiff Points, Net) of all of the players on your team. For hitters, ESPN is 0.800, minus his OBP, minus his SLG, and multiplied by plate appearances - i.e., (.8-OPS)*PA. For pitchers, the formula is the pitcher's ERA, minus 4.5, times his innings pitched, divided by three, or (ERA-4.5)*IP/3. This results in similar Stiffness scores for the firmest hitters and pitchers.

[Red Leader]

Originally Posted by westofyou

Simply pick the players who you think will be the stiffest at each position. A team's aggregate stiffness is measured by summing the ESPN (Exuded Stiff Points, Net) of all of the players on your team. For hitters, ESPN is 0.800, minus his OBP, minus his SLG, and multiplied by plate appearances - i.e., (.8-OPS)*PA. For pitchers, the formula is the pitcher's ERA, minus 4.5, times his innings pitched, divided by three, or (ERA-4.5)*IP/3. This results in similar Stiffness scores for the firmest hitters and pitchers.

Is there a site you can go to enter your chosen players, or register your team? Also, you can pick any players you want, in all of baseball?

[BRM]

I see Podsednik is a Hacking Mass favorite again this year.

[westofyou]

Originally Posted by Red Leader

Is there a site you can go to enter your chosen players, or register your team? Also, you can pick any players you want, in all of baseball?

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/hm/

[Chip R]

Originally Posted by Red Leader

Is there a site you can go to enter your chosen players, or register your team? Also, you can pick any players you want, in all of baseball?

Yeah, it's a Baseball Prospectus deal. Sign up for a basic subscription which is free and choose from the list of players they give you. They will have their ESPN for last year by them which is the stat they created to show how much that player sucks. The higher the number, the more that player sucks.