Redszone Dynasty League - Discussion Thread

[AtomicDumpling]

Originally Posted by nate

I didn't get a PM but I had email issues yesterday.

You didn't get a PM because you had already confirmed here in this thread.

TRF has now confirmed and so has WMR.

I haven't heard yet from stephenk29, CinRedsFan2000 or redsfandan.

9 confirmations, 3 unconfirmed and 0 deserters so far.

[WMR]

Originally Posted by nate

Yeah, you were terrible!

Gee, thanks.

[AtomicDumpling]

CinRedsFan2000 has now confirmed.

I haven't heard yet from stephenk29 or redsfandan.

10 confirmations, 2 unconfirmed and 0 deserters so far.

[WMR]

Got any predictions for Francisco Liriano this season?

[AtomicDumpling]

I went back and re-read the entire thread. It was interesting to relive the whole season again via our many posts during the draft and throughout the year.

I noticed that I never did post the final results of the season. Take a look below to see how the standings changed as the season rolled by:

Originally Posted by AtomicDumpling

May 10th:
			R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	W	SV	K	ERA	WHIP	Total
1. mbgrayson 		12 	5 	8 	9 	7 	11 	5 	10 	7 	12 	86
2. Atomic Dumpling	9 	2 	3 	12 	9 	2 	12 	6 	12 	11 	78
3. redsfandan 		3 	9 	5 	9 	10 	3.5 	8.5 	8 	10 	9 	75
4. TRF's debacle 	8 	7 	6 	4 	11 	3.5 	7 	9 	11 	7 	73.5
4. Gilpdawg 		10 	10.5 	4 	11 	2 	12 	3 	11 	6 	4 	73.5
6. stephenk29 		11 	12 	12 	1 	12 	7.5 	10 	5 	1 	1 	72.5
7. The Basecloggers	2 	8 	7 	3 	4 	5.5 	8.5 	12 	8.5 	5 	63.5
8. reds77	 	6 	6 	11 	6.5 	6 	9 	4 	7 	3 	3 	61.5
9. CRF2000 		7 	4 	2 	9 	5 	10 	2 	3 	8.5 	9 	59.5
10.nate 		5 	10.5 	10 	2 	8 	7.5 	1 	2 	5 	6 	57
11.WMR Ghetty Green 	4 	3 	9 	6.5 	3 	5.5 	6 	4 	4 	9 	54
12.camisadelgolf is #1 	1 	1 	1 	5 	1 	1 	11 	1 	2 	2 	26

June 20th:
			R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	W	SV	K	ERA	WHIP	Total
1. nate 		8 	12 	12 	3 	10 	11 	11 	8 	6 	8.5 	89.5
2. mbgrayson 		10.5 	9 	9 	9 	4 	10 	5.5 	9 	11 	11 	88
3. Atomic Dumpling 	12 	3.5 	8 	12 	12 	2 	12 	3 	10 	10 	84.5
4. Gilpdawg 		9 	8 	6 	11 	5 	12 	3 	11 	4 	3.5 	72.5
5. stephenk29 		10.5 	10 	11 	4 	9 	5.5 	9 	6 	3 	1 	69
6. TRF's debacle 	4 	5 	2 	1 	8 	8 	5.5 	10 	12 	12 	67.5
7. CRF2000 		6 	6.5 	5 	6 	7 	9 	1 	5 	9 	7 	61.5
8. reds77 		7 	11 	10 	7.5 	3 	7 	2 	7 	2 	2 	58.5
9. redsfandan 		3 	6.5 	4 	5 	11 	1 	8 	2 	7 	6 	53.5
10.The Basecloggers	1 	3.5 	3 	2 	2 	5.5 	7 	12 	8 	8.5 	52.5
11.WMR Ghetty Green 	5 	2 	7 	7.5 	6 	4 	4 	4 	1 	5 	45.5
12.camisadelgolf is #1 	2 	1 	1 	10 	1 	3 	10 	1 	5 	3.5 	37.5


August 6th:
			R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	W	SV	K	ERA	WHIP	Total
1. nate 		9 	12 	12 	6 	10 	11 	12 	8 	8 	7.5 	95.5
2. Atomic Dumpling 	11 	4 	8 	12 	12 	5.5 	11 	6 	9 	9.5 	88
3. mbgrayson 		12 	11 	9.5 	4.5 	5 	8 	10 	9 	7 	11 	87
4. TRF's debacle 	4 	8 	3 	2 	7 	10 	9 	11 	12 	12 	78
5. stephenk29 		10 	9 	9.5 	4.5 	11 	4 	8 	5 	4.5 	3 	68.5
5. Gilpdawg 		8 	3 	6 	11 	3 	12 	4 	10 	6 	5.5 	68.5
7. CRF2000 		6 	7 	5 	9 	8.5 	7 	1 	3 	11 	7.5 	65
8. The Basecloggers 	3 	6 	4 	1 	6 	5.5 	6 	12 	10 	9.5 	63
9. reds77 		7 	10 	11 	10 	2 	9 	2 	7 	2 	1 	61
10.WMR Ghetty Green 	5 	5 	7 	7.5 	4 	3 	5 	4 	1 	5.5 	47
11.redsfandan 		1 	2 	1 	3 	8.5 	1 	3 	2 	4.5 	4 	30
12.camisadelgolf is #1 	2 	1 	2 	7.5 	1 	2 	7 	1 	3 	2 	28.5

Final Results:
			R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	W	SV	K	ERA	WHIP	Total
1. Atomic Dumpling 	11 	8 	10 	12 	11.5 	11.5 	12 	11 	10 	11 	108
2. mbgrayson 		12 	11 	12 	7 	7 	7.5 	11 	10 	7 	9 	93.5
3. nate 		10 	9 	8 	11 	10 	5 	10 	3 	4 	5.5 	75.5
4. stephenk29 		9 	4 	7 	9 	8.5 	7.5 	9 	6 	8.5 	3.5 	72
5. TRF's debacle 	4 	5 	3 	1.5 	5 	10 	8 	9 	12 	12 	69.5
6. The Basecloggers 	5 	7 	5.5 	1.5 	8.5 	4 	6 	12 	8.5 	8 	66
7. reds77 		8 	12 	11 	8 	3 	7.5 	2 	7 	3 	1 	62.5
8. Gilpdawg 		7 	3 	5.5 	10 	2 	11.5 	3 	8 	5 	7 	62
9. CRF2000 		3 	6 	4 	5 	6 	7.5 	1 	4 	11 	10 	57.5
10.WMR Ghetty Green 	6 	10 	9 	6 	4 	3 	5 	5 	1 	5.5 	54.5
11.redsfandan 		1 	2 	2 	3.5 	11.5 	1 	4 	2 	6 	3.5 	36.5
12.camisadelgolf is #1 	2 	1 	1 	3.5 	1 	2 	7 	1 	2 	2 	22.5

It sure was a fun season. I was fortunate enough to prevail in the end after a tough struggle, but I am definitely not going to rest on my laurels. It will be a long, grueling dogfight again this year I am sure.

It will be interesting to see how the various strategies employed by our managers will play out over the long haul. Some teams were in win-now mode while others were in dynasty mode with the aim of building up a long-term dominant squad.

We will see prospects develop into stars, older stars will begin to fade away and many surprises will occur along the way.

[AtomicDumpling]

Originally Posted by WMR

Got any predictions for Francisco Liriano this season?

I have seen him pegged as a sleeper this year on some websites. There is no question he has the talent to be a dominant pitcher because he has done it before.

[nate]

The inning limit on pitching destroyed me.

[camisadelgolf]

Originally Posted by nate

The inning limit on pitching destroyed me.

So what you're saying is that you have an excess of pitching? We should talk before the season starts . . .

[AtomicDumpling]

Originally Posted by camisadelgolf

So what you're saying is that you have an excess of pitching? We should talk before the season starts . . .

Let the trade talks begin!

[camisadelgolf]

We're not doing any draft pick trading this year, am I right?

[AtomicDumpling]

Originally Posted by camisadelgolf

We're not doing any draft pick trading this year, am I right?

You can trade draft picks. The only pick you can't trade is the one "on the clock" during the draft.

Keep in mind the draft will be very, very short this year. It will most likely be about three rounds, with most owners dropping out after making one or two selections.

The only players available in the draft are the unwanted players from last year plus some additional young prospects that were not already in the Yahoo player pool last year.

Guys like Strasburg and Aroldis will likely be snatched up with the first few picks, then it will be very slim pickings for everyone else. I could be wrong though. We'll see soon enough.

Additionally, since almost every team has a full 30 man roster already, you will have to drop one of your current players every time you make a draft pick.

[TRF]

Is the site set up yet? I mean so we can drop players, or is it the same league?

[AtomicDumpling]

Originally Posted by TRF

Is the site set up yet? I mean so we can drop players, or is it the same league?

The site is not up yet. I will put it up as soon as Yahoo Baseball opens for the season. Hopefully that will be in the next few days. Does anybody remember what date they opened last year?

Remember you get to keep all of your players, so you won't need to drop anybody until you make a draft selection that would put you over the 30 man roster limit.

[TRF]

Do you have all our rosters? I can't even see last year's league.

[redsfandan]

Originally Posted by AtomicDumpling

The site is not up yet. I will put it up as soon as Yahoo Baseball opens for the season. Hopefully that will be in the next few days. Does anybody remember what date they opened last year?

Typically yahoo releases their fantasy baseball in the second week of February (probably the middle of next week).

Originally Posted by TRF

Do you have all our rosters? I can't even see last year's league.

Go to the page for yahoo sports, then the page for yahoo fantasy baseball (there'll be a message on the page about how the '09 season has ended), then click on the link for your fantasy profile. That's where you'll see all of your past yahoo leagues.

I also have the same info (plus some other stuff) about last years league.