fantasy baseball at yahoo....once again

[Fistandantilus]

I'm keying on one stat that made me go with someone else over Pujols. I would have taken Fielder before him, too.

Yes, I noticed you draft 28 yo players only

[Berzerker]

I dont think JD was expecting to be up again so fast

speaking of the man, he's here

[SlowwHand]

The league average for on-base percentage has varied considerably over time; in the modern era it is around .340

Joey Votto .416
Dustin Pedroia .382
Andrew McCutchen .377
Evan Longoria .376
Matt Holliday .386
Andrew McCutchen .377

Billy Beane ball. They have to get on base before any other good stat comes into play. I'm keying off of OBP, for better or worse.

Ozzy, this is the stat that led me to say that I had Fielder and Votto rated ahead of Pujols, and naturally Miguel Cabrera with his baseball leading .426.

[Berzerker]

nevermind

[OzzyKP]

Joey Votto .416
Dustin Pedroia .382
Andrew McCutchen .377
Evan Longoria .376
Matt Holliday .386
Andrew McCutchen .377

Billy Beane ball. They have to get on base before any other good stat comes into play. I'm keying off of OBP, for better or worse.

Ozzy, this is the stat that led me to say that I had Fielder and Votto rated ahead of Pujols, and naturally Miguel Cabrera with his baseball leading .426.

I just watched Money Ball tonight, good movie.

I never really go in with much of a strategy. I guess I generally go for balance. So far though I've been kind of pressed for time when drafting so haven't really crunched the numbers like usual. So I've been going from the gut a bit more. And... drafting lots of Tigers and Nats...

[EPW]

everyone has a great team so far.

[Berzerker]

r7 sent to JD

[Berzerker]

i'll be home round 7 est

[OzzyKP]

First bit of stats for the year! Since I keep track of things every year in the same spreadsheet I can now compare how various players fare from year to year. It is interesting to track players who slowly decline, slowly rise, or jump around wildly every year.


Lance Berkman

2009 - 21st overall by Berz
2010 - 109th overall by EPW
2011 - 287th overall by sanabas
2012 - 79th overall by Berz

Adrian Beltre

2009 - 144 by EmpFab
2010 - Not Drafted!
2011 - 44 by Berz
2012 - 24 by illram

Curtis Granderson

2009 - 61 by Ozzy
2010 - 49 by EPW
2011 - 78 by EPW
2012 - 7 by Guy

Jacoby Ellsbury

2009 - 106 by Guy
2010 - 24 by Berz
2011 - 106 by EPW
2012 - 12 by Mike

Matt Cain

2009 - 137 by Sloww
2010 - 75 by Stuie
2011 - 75 by Guy
2012 - 52 by Sloww

Josh Hamilton

2009 - 23 by Jdd
2010 - 135 by Stuie
2011 - 16 by Berz
2012 - 46 by Ozzy

David Price

2009 - 141 by Berz
2010 - 186 by Stuie
2011 - 74 by Stuie
2012 - 67 by Ozzy

Jimmy Rollins

2009 - 17 by Sloww
2010 - 41 by Ozzy
2011 - 71 by sanabas
2012 - 75 by Fist

Pablo Sandoval

2009 - 151 by Fist
2010 - 38 by Vlad
2011 - 119 by EPW
2012 - 34 by Berz

Matt Wieters

2009 - 148 by Berz
2010 - 77 by Berz
2011 - 124 by MGUTH
2012 - 63 by Berz


Berz sure loves Matt Wieters.

[Berzerker]

I sent my next pick to Ozzy

[Fistandantilus]

Jacoby Ellsbury

2011 - 106 by EPW

That was a huge steal. He went back stronger after an injury plagued year.

[SlowwHand]

Pablo Sandoval has been wild.

[EPW]

Yeah, I did very well with my mid-round picks last year. Chase Utley at #1 was a dud though

[SlowwHand]

I'm not going to say BAPAY or gripe this year, other than right now. There are spots where it could go smoother.

[OzzyKP]

Since you've been real good about not griping this year (appreciated) I'll be nice to you and give you the one stat you care about the most: average draft time!


Here is the list of how many minutes it takes for each person to draft. Since JD went first I didn't count him for the first round. Now, these numbers require several caveats. Obviously it is much easier for illram and JD who have to pick half as much as the rest of us. Also, I wasn't 100% sure how to handle people leaving lists. If the list was left with someone nearby in the draft order who would post their own picks as well as the picks of those with a list I credited the time to the person posting and gave 0 minutes to the person who left the list. When someone left a list with someone who wasn't picking for himself I put the whole time elapsed on the list giver instead of giving them zero. Obviously time passed there and that needs to be ackonoledged. And heck, if the list giver was smart they would have given it to someone who also had a pick which would have probably sped things forward. In any event, I indicated who left a list for whom, so you can reach your own conclusions. Finally, a raw minute count isn't entirely fair since we do all need to sleep. We shouldn't judge someone for taking 9 hours to pick when the last pick was at midnight.

But, with all those caveats out of the way, here is the list:

1	Berz	8	
2	Ozzy	19	
3	Sloww	22	
4	Mike	123	
5	Fist	11	
6	Guy	333	
7	illram	199	
8	guy	99	
9	Fist	10	
10	Mike	53	
11	Sloww	21	
12	Ozzy	16	
13	Berz	15	
14	JD	340	
15	Berz	23	
16	Ozzy	0	List to Sloww
17	Sloww	7	
18	Mike	96	
19	Fist	10	List to Sloww
20	Guy	91	
21	illram	14	
22	guy	11	
23	Fist	147	
24	Mike	612	
25	Sloww	98	List to Guy
26	Ozzy	15	
27	Berz	38	
28	JD	17	
29	Berz	23	
30	Ozzy	8	
31	Sloww	2	List to Guy
32	Mike	468	
33	Fist	71	
34	Guy	464	
35	illram	0	List to Guy
36	guy	0	
37	Fist	4	
38	Mike	285	
39	Sloww	33	
40	Ozzy	99	
41	Berz	18	
42	JD	555	
43	Berz	2	List to JD
44	Ozzy	16	
45	Sloww	237	
46	Mike	715	
47	Fist	3	
48	Guy	197	
49	illram	75	
50	Guy	0	List to Fist
51	Fist	219	
52	Mike	601	
53	Sloww	0	List to Ozzy
54	Ozzy	57	
55	Berz	346	
56	JD	115	
57	Berz	16	
58	Ozzy	88	
59	Sloww	0	List to Ozzy
60	Mike	594	
61	Fist	64	
62	Guy	49	
63	illram	93	
64	Guy	0	List to Fist
65	Fist	24	
66	Mike	110	
67	Sloww	164	
68	Ozzy	5	
69	Berz	145	
70	JD	195	
71	Berz	20	
72	Ozzy	619	
73	Sloww	6	
74	Mike	191	
75	Fist	29	
76	Guy	220	
77	illram	93	
78	Guy	249	
79	Fist	1	List to Sloww
80	Mike	890	
81	Sloww	0	List to Ozzy
82	Ozzy	4	
83	Berz	320	
84	JD	29	
85	Berz	9	
86	Ozzy	18	
87	Sloww	0	List to Ozzy
88	Mike	22	
89	Fist	275	
90	Guy	488	
91	illram	0	List to Fist
92	Guy	0	List to Fist
93	Fist	10	
94	Mike	617	
95	Sloww	82	
96	Ozzy	39	
97	Berz	57	
98	JD	396	
99	Berz	0	List to Ozzy
100	Ozzy	235	
101	Sloww	20	
102	Mike	263	
103	Fist	128	
104	Guy	163	
105	illram	179	
106	Guy	8	
107	Fist	145	
108	Mike	787	
109	Sloww	0	List to Ozzy
110	Ozzy	72	
111	Berz	291	
112	JD	7	
113	Berz	29	
114	Ozzy	31	
115	Sloww	0	List to Ozzy
116	Mike	649	
117	Fist	36	
118	Guy	125	
119	illram