Official 9th Baseball ATD Discussion Thread Part II

[darko]

I think this is my most even team yet. Last season i focused on hitting while this year on pitching (grabbed Rocket and Grover early) but had some good values in the middle of the draft and my lineup is surprisingly deep.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

happy with my team i hope the voters see where I went with a power pitching staff which is less reliant on others to get people out. In hindsight I'd like to of have another right handed power bat i don't know if anyone wants to trade but just a thought i had.

Anyways you can put power pitching in any era and it would work that was my mindset and hence a bias towards more modern players.

 

[bluesfan94]

Sorry for the delay.

 

[Porn*]

when are we starting the voting process?

 

[bluesfan94]

happy with my team i hope the voters see where I went with a power pitching staff which is less reliant on others to get people out. In hindsight I'd like to of have another right handed power bat i don't know if anyone wants to trade but just a thought i had.

Anyways you can put power pitching in any era and it would work that was my mindset and hence a bias towards more modern players.

I'm not sure about that last line. I think the way hitters approach the game now is different than other eras and that approach helps power pitching. It's not like power pitchers never existed in the past. Once the draft is entirely finished, I'll name a name that I'm thinking of to illustrate this point, but I think a focus on making contact rather than swinging for power might be better against power pitchers. Shorter, quicker but less powerful swings are probably better against power pitching. That's why there's so many more strikeouts now.

 

[Winger for Hire]

Power pitching is good, but I think there's a drawback for building a total power staff... there's nothing to mix up batters. You do need something in there to cross guys up and make them not sit on the fastball.

 

[bluesfan94]

Power pitching is good, but I think there's a drawback for building a total power staff... there's nothing to mix up batters. You do need something in there to cross guys up and make them not sit on the fastball.

Yeah, if you only throw fastballs to someone like Kris Bryant, you're gonna get smoked. Throw him a curve and he's suddenly a good but not great hitter.

 

[td_ice]

CC is being dropped for a backup catcher. I picked him by accident, forgot I had Gaylord Perry.

Gotcha.

How would that work though? (Question for the commish)


Someone that wanted CC didn't have the opportunity because he was picked. If there is more than one team that might want him NOW, who gets first crack?


Just in case. Perhaps no one wants him, but the situation might come up. Possible seeing as he was a 17th round pick. Not a high pick, but that was 9 rounds ago.

 

[td_ice]

Nvmd

 

[Pwnasaurus]

when are we starting the voting process?

ASAP. Quad Cities is missing 2 picks. Once those are in, we'll start.

 

[darko]

Pwn if you need me to collect votes again I'm happy to do it.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I'll have my team finalized by the end of the night sorry guys

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Pwn if you need me to collect votes again I'm happy to do it.

Thanks mate, appreciate the offer. We're in the same league this time so I'm going to collect the AL votes and I asked UL awhile back to do the NL.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

I'll have my team finalized by the end of the night sorry guys

Cool. No worries.

We'll say voting for regular season due by Friday 7am est. Send AL to me, NL to UL Washington.

Also, include your own team in your rankings. If you go through the trouble of voting, you might as well reap the benefits.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Gotcha.

How would that work though? (Question for the commish)


Someone that wanted CC didn't have the opportunity because he was picked. If there is more than one team that might want him NOW, who gets first crack?


Just in case. Perhaps no one wants him, but the situation might come up. Possible seeing as he was a 17th round pick. Not a high pick, but that was 9 rounds ago.

I would say for ease of everything, he's just out of play once he's dropped.

 

[NJDevs26]

Cool. No worries.

We'll say voting for regular season due by Friday 7am est. Send AL to me, NL to UL Washington.

Also, include your own team in your rankings. If you go through the trouble of voting, you might as well reap the benefits.

Really? I thought in past years you left your own team out of voting.

At least in the regular season I guess it's only for playoff seeding anyway and not eliminating anyone.

 

[Voight]

Gotcha.

How would that work though? (Question for the commish)


Someone that wanted CC didn't have the opportunity because he was picked. If there is more than one team that might want him NOW, who gets first crack?


Just in case. Perhaps no one wants him, but the situation might come up. Possible seeing as he was a 17th round pick. Not a high pick, but that was 9 rounds ago.

Pwn answered this but to be fair I threw his name out there in a trade for a later pick, even the last one and nobody wanted him.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Really? I thought in past years you left your own team out of voting.

At least in the regular season I guess it's only for playoff seeding anyway and not eliminating anyone.

Yes, seeding only.

Not voting for yourself actually could provide better seeding for teams that don't end up submitting any votes.

I would hope everyone would vote, but the reality is that isn't always the case.

 

[Tecumseh]

The rosters for those who want to start working on their lists:

American League

Albuquerque Dukes
Atlanta Braves
Chicago Whales
Cleveland Naps
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis Maroons

National League

Kansas City Monarchs
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Montreal Royals
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Blue Jays
Quad Cities River Bandits
Yomiuri Giants​

Updated with Yankees roster.

 

[Tecumseh]

This is the most balanced team I've drafted in my three years doing this. My lineup has power hitters, those that can hit for a good average, there's decent speed, everyone on my team either excels defensively with the exception of one who is still competent at his position. My bench is structured in the same way and I also tried to draft players to my bench that have proven themselves to perform in clutch situations. I never hesitated to draft a player who fit the mold of my team and also fell into my lap (i.e. Lazzeri).

The starting rotation has the same sort of balance (strikeouts, solid ERA). Urban Shocker is a thoroughly effective groundball pitcher and I think it's essential that every pitching staff has a pitcher who can retire batters by means other than strikeouts and is not prone to giving up home runs (career 0.4 HR per 9). In drafting my bullpen, I targeted the same kind of structure that my starting rotation has and also relievers with a proven track record (10+ years) that can adapt to any situation.

 

[bluesfan94]

Okay but Shocker also led the league in HR allowed three times

 

[Porn*]

finished my roster review... enjoy the read boys it's long.

 

[Tecumseh]

Okay but Shocker also led the league in HR allowed three times

16, 17, and 21 in those years. I wouldn't call that prone to HRs and I think his HR per 9 stat line is representative of his tendency to avoid giving up the longball

 

[bluesfan94]

16, 17, and 21 in those years. I wouldn't call that prone to HRs and I think his HR per 9 stat line is representative of his tendency to avoid giving up the longball

Part of that is due to the era. The fact that he led the league three times would give me the idea that he had a proclivity for giving up the long ball relative to his era and that normalized for the ATD, he would be quite prone to it.

 

[darko]

Thanks mate, appreciate the offer. We're in the same league this time so I'm going to collect the AL votes and I asked UL awhile back to do the NL.

Didn't even look at that.