Redszone League #1; 14 Team Head to Head Competition

[Larkin Fan]

Commissioner: Larkin Fan
League #28948
Set-up: 14 Team Head to Head Competition with 25 man rosters

Note: Draft was pretty challenging and fun at the same time. You really had to dig deep to put together a quality team with 14 teams drafting.

Teams:

Bleacher Bums- ???
The Drill- Team Boone
Redsfan in NYC- redsfaninnyc
Bearcats- Neo
Redsfaithful- Redsfaithful
Brutus Barn Burners- Brutus_the_Red
MWM Domination- MWM
Larkin Fans Reds- Larkin Fan
Mexico City Mudrats- savafan
Mr Reds Bashers- Mr. Red
The Sabo Sluggers- SaboFan
Bretts Toppers- bigredmachine1976
RedLeaders Dirt Dogs- RedLeader
Drunk Irish- haassolo

Everyone feel free to post your roster so people can pick a favorite. :) I'll keep this thread updated with weekly standings and happenings.

[Larkin Fan]

C- Paul Lo Duca
1B- Brad Wilkerson (looking to upgrade here...)
2B- Marcus Giles
3B- Eric Chavez
SS- Nomar Garciaparra
LF- Luis Gonzalez
CF- Terrence Long
RF- J.D. Drew
OF- Shannon Stewart
OF- Ben Broussard
IF- Barry Larkin
Utility- Joe Borchard
Utility- Javy Lopez
Utility- Gabe Kapler
SP- Roy Oswalt
SP- Mark Buehrle
SP- Wade Miller
SP- Eric Milton
RP- Ugueth Urbina
RP- Mike Remlinger
RP- LaTroy Hawkins
RP- Gabe White
P- Matt Clement
P- Tony Armas Jr.
P- Joe Mays

Comments? Criticisms?

[Red Leader]

C: Mike Piazza
1B: Ryan Klesko
2B: Jeff Kent
SS: Jimmy Rollins
3B: Eric Hinske
LF: Chipper Jones
CF: Vernon Wells
RF: Gary Sheffield
OF: Matt Lawton
OF: Danny Bautista
IF: Aramis Ramirez
UTIL: Frank Thomas
UTIL: Travis Hafner
UTIL: Joe Thurston

SP: Curt Schilling
SP: Jason Schmidt
SP: John Lackey
SP: John Patterson
RP: Keith Foulke
RP: Mike Williams
RP: Jorge Julio
RP: Alan Embree
P: Brandon Duckworth
P: Adam Eaton
P: Arthur Rhodes


Think my offense can hang with most. Hoping Schilling and Schmidt can carry my pitching. Foulke, Williams, Julio, and Embree should keep me in the hunt for saves. Lackey, Eaton and Patterson need to be strong and Duckworth needs to improve. 10 wins out of Rhodes this season would be nice but not banking on it. He's there to offset Duckworth's ERA and WHiP.


So far, I've traded Adrian Beltre, Rich Aurillia, and Kevin Millar to MWM Domination for Aramis Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, and Robert Fick.

I then turned around and traded Fick to mexico city mudrats for Danny Bautista.

[Redsfaithful]

Catcher Michael Barrett
1B Jim Thome
UTIL Fred McGriff
2B Frank Catalanatto
3B Shea Hillenbrand
SS Melvin Mora
LF Barry Bonds
CF Johnny Damon
RF Shawn Green
OF Steve Finley
OF Mike Cameron
IF Derrek Lee
UTIL Bobby Kielty

SP Hideo Nomo
SP Russ Ortiz
SP Ramon Ortiz
SP David Wells
RP Troy Percival
RP Robb Nen
RP Buddy Groom
RP Ramiro Mendoza
P Rodrigo Lopez
P Woody Williams
P Tomo Ohka
Bench John Burkett

I think I have okay hitting, but my pitching is going to have trouble standing up. No front line starters, lots of guys that had good years last year, but you know some of them will be one year wonders.

Moves I've made so far:

Picked up Frank Catalanatto off of waivers to play second

Traded Rafael Palmeiro for Robb Nen

[Brutus_the_Red]

My Team:

C: Benito Santiago
1B: Jeff Bagwell
2B: Bret Boone
3B: Scott Rolen
SS: Jose Hernandez
LF: Cliff Floyd
CF: Randy Winn
RF: Vladimir Guerrero
OF: Corey Patterson
OF: Brandon Larson
IF: Mo Vaughn
Util: Carl Everett
Util: Russell Branyan
Util: Ramon Hernandez

SP: AJ Burnett
SP: Joel Pineiro
SP: CC Sabathia
SP: Jason Jennings
RP: Scott Williamson
RP: Kyle Farnsworth
RP: Mike Stanton
RP: Tom Gordon
P: Jose Contreras
P: Cory Lidle
P: Elmer Dessens

[Redsfaithful]

And Larkin Fan I have a glut of first baseman even after dealing Rafael Palmeiro, feel free to send me a deal.

[Larkin Fan]

Redsfaithful, who do you have available? Let me know and I'll put together some kind of offer.

[Larkin Fan]

Originally posted by Larkin Fan
Redsfaithful, who do you have available? Let me know and I'll put together some kind of offer.

Forgive me. I'm too stupid to look above at your roster. LOL :doh:

[TeamBoone]

The Drill (TeamBoone)

C Lieberthal, Mike (Phi)
1B Sexson, Richie (Mil)
2B Walker, Todd (Bos)
3B Alfonzo, Edgardo (SF)
SS Vizquel, Omar (Cle)
LF Dunn, Adam (Cin)
CF Williams, Bernie (NYY)
RF Nixon, Trot (Bos)
OF Jones, Andruw (Atl)
OF Grissom, Marquis (SF)
IF Cirillo, Jeff (Sea)
LF Higginson, Bobby (Det)
1B Giambi, Jeremy (Bos)
2B Gutierrez, Ricky (Cle)
C LaRue, Jason (Cin)
LF Hollandsworth, Todd (Fla)

SP Johnson, Randy (Ari)
SP Maddux, Greg (Atl)
SP Pettitte, Andy (NYY)
SP Weaver, Jeff (NYY)
RP Karsay, Steve (NYY)
RP Worrell, Tim (SF)
RP Weber, Ben (Ana)
RP Sullivan, Scott (Cin)
P Appier, Kevin (Ana)
P --empty--
P --empty--

I need to get rid of two position players and replace them with 1 SP and 1 RP. I just haven't decided who to get rid of.

[Redsfaithful]

I'd be interested in Jeremy Giambi Team Boone, see if you see anything on my team that interests you.

[Sabo Fan]

C Marrero, Eli
1B Helton, Todd
2B Hudson, Orlando
3B Nevin, Phil
SS Cabrera, Orlando
LF Burrell, Pat
CF Payton, Jay
RF Salmon, Tim
OF Jordan, Brian
OF Jenkins, Geoff
IF Konerko, Paul
Util Phelps, Josh
Util Huff, Aubrey
Util Tatis, Fernando

SP Hudson, Tim
SP Lowe, Derek
SP Perez, Odalis
SP Washburn, Jarrod
RP Santana, Johan
RP Fossum, Casey
RP Lilly, Ted
RP Pavano, Carl
P Beckett, Josh
P Padilla, Vicente
P Perez, Oliver

I like my team overall. Undoubtedly, my biggesst weakness is the outfield. Burrell is a 40+ homer guy, but the rest of them have questions. I think Payton can put up numbers similar to what Jeffery Hammonds did when he was in Coors. Salmon and Jordan are pretty solid, and Jordan showed up to Dodgers camp in good shape and sounded like he was ready to play. Like I said when I drafted him, Jenkins is my pick for NL Comeback Player of the Year. I really like Phelps, and if you project his numbers from his 265 at-bats with the Jays last year, he's a 30+ homer, 120 RBI guy. My pitching is this team's biggest strength. I like that because you can never have enough pitching. Plus I have some depth that I can use to make some deals to improve my offense. All around I think this is a very good team.

[TeamBoone]

Redsfaithful, I think I'm going to stand pat through the first month of the season to see how these guys shake out. Then, if necessary, I'll see what kinds of deals I can work out.

For the most part, I'm satisfied with my team. Though I'm sure some tweaking is going to be required.

[Redsfaithful]

No problem TB. :thumbup:

[Red Leader]

Hey, LF. Unfortunately, I only have 1 1B that qualified for the position last year. After 20 games Hafner will qualify, and Thomas should also qualify when he gets 20 (he's supposed to play more 1B this year). Even Jeff Kent might qualify if something happens to Bagwell. When those guys do qualify, I will be looking to upgrade my SP's and I see that you have some good depth there....Buehrle, Miller, Clement. I like Miller the most, and then Clement. Let me know if you'd be interested in something down the line....

[bigredmachine1976]

Bretts Toppers

[savafan]

C Rodriguez, Ivan (C-Fla)
1B Casey, Sean (1B-Cin)
2B Castillo, Luis (2B-Fla)
3B Blalock, Hank (3B-Tex)
SS Jeter, Derek (SS-NYY)
LF Alou, Moises (LF-ChC)
CF Griffey Jr., Ken (CF-Cin)
RF Cruz, Jose (LF, RF, CF-SF)
OF Cuddyer, Michael (RF-Min)
OF Bautista, Danny (RF-Ari)
IF Choi, Hee Seop (1B-ChC)
Util Johnson, Charles (C-Col)
Util Phillips, Brandon (2B-Cle)
Util Overbay, Lyle (1B-Ari)


SP Zito, Barry (SP-Oak)
SP Millwood, Kevin (SP-Phi)
SP Graves, Danny (RP, SP-Cin)
SP Wolf, Randy (SP-Phi)
RP Mantei, Matt (RP-Ari)
RP Baez, Danys (SP, RP-Cle)
RP Rodriguez, Francisco (RP-Ana)
RP Villafuerte, Brandon (RP-SD)
P Park, Chan Ho (SP-Tex)
P Reynolds, Shane (SP-Hou)
P Peavy, Jake (SP-SD)

[Red Leader]

MWM, Sent a trade over to you today. Take a look and let me know what you think.

[Larkin Fan]

Here are the standings from week one:

Rank Team Name W-L-T Win % Games Back
1 Drunk Irish-haassolo 21-5-3 .776 -
2 Larkin Fans Reds 19-5-5 .741 1
3 Redsfan in NYC 19-6-4 .724 1.5
4 Mr Reds Bashers 13-9-7 .569 6
5 Bearcats 15-12-2 .552 6.5
6 Bleacher Bums 13-11-5 .534 7
7 MWM Domination 14-12-3 .534 7
8 Mexico City Mudrats 12-14-3 .466 9
9 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 11-13-5 .466 9
10 Redsfaithful 12-15-2 .448 9.5
11 Brutus Barn Burners 9-13-7 .431 10
12 Bretts Toppers 6-19-4 .276 14.5
13 The Sabo Sluggers 5-19-5 .259 15
14 The Drill 5-21-3 .224 16

[TeamCasey]

LF,

TB will be out of town again. Can you continue to do whatever it is you're doing for her team?

Thank,

TC

[Larkin Fan]

Originally posted by TeamCasey
LF,

TB will be out of town again. Can you continue to do whatever it is you're doing for her team?

Thank,

TC

Yup. TB sent me a message letting me know this as well. I plan to keep on managing the team and doing everything I can to get her out of last place. :eek: Hope her situation gets better soon.

[Larkin Fan]

Standings after Week 2:

1 Drunk Irish-haassolo 45-9-4 .810 -
2 Redsfan in NYC 34-16-8 .655 9
3 Larkin Fans Reds 32-18-8 .621 11
4 MWM Domination 30-23-5 .560 14.5
5 Bleacher Bums 28-24-6 .534 16
6 Redsfaithful 29-27-2 .517 17
7 Mr Reds Bashers 24-25-9 .491 18.5
8 Mexico City Mudrats 25-27-6 .483 19
9 Bearcats 25-27-6 .483 19
10 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 21-28-9 .440 21.5
11 The Drill 20-31-7 .405 23.5
12 Bretts Toppers 19-34-5 .371 25.5
13 The Sabo Sluggers 17-36-5 .336 27.5
14 Brutus Barn Burners 13-37-8 .293 30

The Brutus Barn Burners suffered a huge loss this week in their matchup with the Drunk Irish. The final score was 25 to 2.
:eek:

Most improved team this week: The Drill; moving up three spots in the standings.

[Larkin Fan]

The Drunk Irish are running away with the league... :eek:

Current standings:

1 Drunk Irish-haassolo 58-22-7 .707 -
2 Redsfan in NYC 47-29-11 .603 9
3 Mr Reds Bashers 42-32-13 .557 13
4 MWM Domination 43-36-8 .540 14.5
5 Larkin Fans Reds 39-36-12 .517 16.5
6 Redsfaithful 42-40-5 .511 17
7 Bearcats 39-38-10 .506 17.5
8 Bleacher Bums 39-38-10 .506 17.5
9 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 36-40-11 .477 20
10 Mexico City Mudrats 38-43-6 .471 20.5
11 Bretts Toppers 36-44-7 .454 22
12 The Sabo Sluggers 33-49-5 .408 26
13 The Drill 30-48-9 .397 27
14 Brutus Barn Burners 25-52-10 .345 31.5

[Larkin Fan]

Heading into week five, haasolo still continues to dominate the competition. Here's this week's standings:

1 Drunk Irish-haassolo 74-32-10 .681 -
2 Redsfan in NYC 56-45-15 .547 15.5
3 Mr Reds Bashers 56-47-13 .539 16.5
4 Bleacher Bums 55-47-14 .534 17
5 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 52-48-16 .517 19
6 Redsfaithful 56-52-8 .517 19
7 MWM Domination 51-52-13 .496 21.5
8 Larkin Fans Reds 49-52-15 .487 22.5
9 Bretts Toppers 48-55-13 .470 24.5
10 Mexico City Mudrats 50-57-9 .470 24.5
11 The Drill 48-56-12 .466 25
12 Bearcats 47-56-13 .461 25.5
13 The Sabo Sluggers 48-63-5 .435 28.5
14 Brutus Barn Burners 36-64-16 .379 35

[RedWolf]

Hi guys, here is my roster. I'm currently sitting in 4th place, slowly trying to catch up to the Drunk Irish. I think my offense should pick up once Giles and Burnitz come off the DL and Sasaki on the DL really hurts me in the save category. Anybody wants to trade make me an offer. I'm always willing to make some deals.


Bleacher Bums Roster

C Pierzynski, A.J.
1B Giambi, Jason
2B Vazquez, Ramon
3B Lowell, Mike
SS Guzman, Cristian
LF White, Rondell
CF Berkman, Lance
RF Gonzalez, Juan
OF Baldelli, Rocco
OF Matthews Jr., Gary
IF Martinez, Tino
Util Snow, J.T.
Util Hatteberg, Scott
Util Kennedy, Adam
DL Burnitz, Jeromy
DL Giles, Brian

SP Mussina, Mike
SP Vazquez, Javier
SP Clemens, Roger
SP Sheets, Ben
RP Kim, Byung-Hyun
RP Batista, Miguel
RP Ryan, B.J.
RP Halama, John
P Redman, Mark
P Biddle, Rocky
P Acevedo, Juan
DL Sasaki, Kazuhiro

[Larkin Fan]

Current Standings

1 Drunk Irish-haassolo 90-40-15 .672 -
2 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 77-52-16 .586 12.5
3 Redsfaithful 73-61-11 .541 19
4 Mr Reds Bashers 67-61-17 .521 22
5 The Drill 68-65-12 .510 23.5
6 MWM Domination 65-64-16 .503 24.5
7 Bleacher Bums 64-64-17 .500 25
8 Redsfan in NYC 65-65-15 .500 25
9 Mexico City Mudrats 64-68-13 .486 27
10 Bretts Toppers 60-69-16 .469 29.5
11 Bearcats 58-74-13 .445 33
12 Brutus Barn Burners 54-75-16 .428 35.5
13 The Sabo Sluggers 56-79-10 .421 36.5
14 Larkin Fans Reds 53-77-15 .417 37

RedLeader put a real hurting on my team this week knocking from 8th into 14th. I believe that final score of our matchup was around 24-3. I'm looking for revenge though, so watch out!

[Red Leader]

Originally posted by Larkin Fan
Current Standings

RedLeader put a real hurting on my team this week knocking from 8th into 14th. I believe that final score of our matchup was around 24-3. I'm looking for revenge though, so watch out!

It was 25-4, but who's counting? ;) Just to add to the fun, I was on vacation all last week and didn't update my roster at all. In fact, I was on a cruise and didn't even get to hear sports scores at all, so I had NO idea how the Reds did or any of my fantasy players...I'll never live through that again..torture, pure torture. Don't ya feel better now, LF?

[Larkin Fan]

Originally posted by Red Leader
It was 25-4, but who's counting? ;) Just to add to the fun, I was on vacation all last week and didn't update my roster at all. In fact, I was on a cruise and didn't even get to hear sports scores at all, so I had NO idea how the Reds did or any of my fantasy players...I'll never live through that again..torture, pure torture. Don't ya feel better now, LF?

No, actually a combination of this news and some other things has me feeling worse. LOL

I can't believe you didn't update the team at all and beat me like that. Hay Carumba! :eek:

[Larkin Fan]

Current Standings:

1 Drunk Irish-haassolo 103-54-17 .641 -
2 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 95-62-17 .595 8
3 Mr Reds Bashers 87-68-19 .555 15
4 Bleacher Bums 80-75-19 .514 22
5 Redsfan in NYC 78-75-21 .509 23
6 MWM Domination 78-76-20 .506 23.5
7 Redsfaithful 80-81-13 .497 25
8 The Drill 79-81-14 .494 25.5
9 Mexico City Mudrats 78-81-15 .491 26
10 Bretts Toppers 73-81-20 .477 28.5
11 Bearcats 70-87-17 .451 33
12 Brutus Barn Burners 64-88-22 .431 36.5
13 Larkin Fans Reds 65-90-19 .428 37
14 The Sabo Sluggers 66-97-11 .411 40

Haasolo is continuing to dominate the league, but RedLeader is starting to give him a run for his money. Should be interesting. Especially when I get up near the top again... ;)

[Larkin Fan]

Standings going into Week 8:

Rank Team Name W-L-T Win % Games Back
1 Drunk Irish-haassolo 123-61-19 .653 -
2 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 116-67-20 .621 6.5
3 Redsfan in NYC 94-82-27 .530 25
4 Mr Reds Bashers 94-88-21 .515 28
5 The Drill 93-91-19 .505 30
6 Bleacher Bums 90-90-23 .500 31
7 Redsfaithful 90-95-18 .488 33.5
8 MWM Domination 85-92-26 .483 34.5
9 Bretts Toppers 86-95-22 .478 35.5
10 Bearcats 83-99-21 .461 39
11 Brutus Barn Burners 79-98-26 .453 40.5
12 Mexico City Mudrats 83-102-18 .453 40.5
13 Larkin Fans Reds 77-103-23 .436 44
14 The Sabo Sluggers 80-110-13 .426 46

RedLeader is making a move to take the Drunken Irish. It's about to get interesting, folks.

[Larkin Fan]

Standings going into Week 9:

1 Drunk Irish-haassolo 138-74-20 .638 -
2 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 128-84-20 .595 10
3 Mr Reds Bashers 111-100-21 .524 26.5
4 Redsfan in NYC 104-99-29 .511 29.5
5 Bretts Toppers 105-101-26 .509 30
6 Bleacher Bums 102-105-25 .494 33.5
7 The Drill 104-107-21 .494 33.5
8 MWM Domination 100-104-28 .491 34
9 Redsfaithful 103-110-19 .485 35.5
10 Bearcats 98-109-25 .476 37.5
11 Brutus Barn Burners 95-109-28 .470 39
12 Larkin Fans Reds 94-113-25 .459 41.5
13 Mexico City Mudrats 89-121-22 .431 48
14 The Sabo Sluggers 90-125-17 .425 49.5

[Larkin Fan]

Haven't updated these in awhile. Not like I've been sick or anything. ;)

Close to mid-week 14:

1 RedLeaders Dirt Dogs 200-141-36 .578 -
2 Drunk Irish-haassolo 199-140-38 .578 -
3 Redsfan in NYC 179-154-44 .533 17
4 Bleacher Bums 179-156-42 .531 18
5 MWM Domination 177-155-45 .529 18.5
6 Bretts Toppers 178-159-40 .525 20
7 Mr Reds Bashers 172-173-32 .499 30
8 Redsfaithful 165-177-35 .484 35.5
9 Mexico City Mudrats 162-176-39 .481 36.5
10 Bearcats 159-180-38 .472 40
11 Larkin Fans Reds 159-181-37 .471 40.5
12 Brutus Barn Burners 153-183-41 .460 44.5
13 The Drill 152-190-35 .450 48.5
14 The Sabo Sluggers 138-207-32 .408 64

Redleader has finally caught the Drunk Irish. Congrats Redleader!

[Sabo Fan]

It's official: my team is simply horrid. I think it's fire sale time. Everything about my team must go!