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Enrico's strategy about holding top tier prospects may work out beautifully: I've collected so many that he may have the next most marketable prospect depth, and end up being the only team with the pieces to move at the deadline.
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Imagine if we had voted the new arbitration system in and he got to keep Trout.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 9, 2013 9:31 PM
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Enrico's team is solid, at least in the top 5 just skimming the rosters. That makes me hopeful that I can turn these guys into something sooner rather than later
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Oh wait. Trey had Gyorko. I stand by my assertion, however.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 9, 2013 9:11 PM
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Yeah Trey has a knack for acquiring players that are off limits to everyone else. >_<
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 9, 2013 9:10 PM
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Love that I have a red "SUSP" icon next to one of my players on my lineup page...
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Hey guys - don't forget to send Nate (Crying) the dates in March you are unavailable to draft. Need them soon.
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He was unavailable...until I got the players I wanted. Still don't like giving him up
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wow I was told just a few weeks ago Gyorko was completely unavailable. That will certainly affect future negotiations lol.
Caimans 🐊 on
January 9, 2013 8:58 PM
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Like who?
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Some of these guys that got dealt today I would've given 5x more had I known they were available.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 9, 2013 8:54 PM
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Five trades in two days for our league. Niv would be impressed
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Rutledge could be on the move soon; feel free to jump in
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Jonny Singleton's on the weed
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Third time I've traded for Olt? Can only hope he gets traded to ARI or someplace with a job opening...
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Strikes needs to change his team name to something that resembles Jeffery Loria and the Marlins....
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In negotiations for Choo if anyone wants in. Let me know.
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Highly doubtful I get to 12000 points this year
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Screw the BBWAA!!!!
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Interesting stuff regardless! :)
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The way Strikes is going, he isn't going to put a very good team in his lineup for 2013 and is going the way of EP and may not get 12000 points
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I'd argue that leagues where owners punted could be more competitive, over the long haul. No team can compete every single year, but in 2013 we could see five teams within a few hundred points of the championship rather than 2. Could be more in 2014, etc
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well another 2000 points for you or me means that we may not have made a trade with Strikes that got him to 19,000 while we built for the future. Not perfect for sure
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On its face, sure - but how would another 2000-5000 points from me have changed "the race" ?
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My initial thought is to do some analysis dumping ALL teams together - come up with the mean/median score, calculate the std deviations, then see how leagues compared (e.g. # of teams 1, 2, 3 std dev over mean).
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well it certainly made it less competitive in that we weren't putting the best team on the field that we could have for 2012
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But I'm thinking teams like mine and EP, where we REALLY tanked, instead of putting up 13-14k, would weigh down the average while it didn't really make the league "less competitive."
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Average points is (of course) simple: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An1IL5adWuw3dGdvWjhYeTM5TmNPaXE4ejNpYmREd2c
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You could run the disparity between first and last place of each league and use that as a type of 'weighted average' when looking at the avg points for the entire league. Thoughts?
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Basically, it would show how good they were at daily lineup managment as well as waiver wire pickups. Sure it isn't fancy or without flaws
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The easiest thing I can think of would be to see who had the highest average point total for the league.
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As far as the dates go, my thought was that our ownership has been pretty static since 1/2012 (give or take a couple weeks). Happy to run the numbers however you like!
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I'm working on ways to develop a "competitiveness index" for leagues - any thoughts are welcome.
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Strikes, ignoring whether you were the "proposer" or the "target" - me 14, Syndicate 12, FMW 11, WGW 7, Durham/Mo 6, Chiefs/Knights/WAR 5, Joes 3, EP 2
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yeah my post was redundant to Shoeless's...didn't see it post yet
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Yeah...while Lucky had a fantastic year and certainly deserved it, the fact that he was one of the highest scores in all of Ottoneu is a little misleading....did those other leagues also have 3 teams that punted the 2012 season?
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Not bashing our league...just making a pt. I really enjoy this league
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just because our league champ had more pts doesn't reflect that our league is more competitive. Especially if 10 teams in other leagues are more competitive top to bottom
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Well, I think the dates should be a little adjusted for the sake of seasonality. So...whenever the season is over (Oct 1...trades start) til season trade deadline (8/31...right?)
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That's a good way to look at it. Not only is our league more active, it's likely more competitive too. Durham likely #1 in points from 2010 too.
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Calendar year. I could do any cutoff date you suggest, though. Knights, yes, you would have won 31 of the 51 other leagues.
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I'd like to know who my number one trade partner was in 2012. Initial guess: Syndicate?
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so based on the most recent article, I know that my second place total is higher than the average 1st place total.
Caimans 🐊 on
January 9, 2013 2:09 PM
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Crying, does that trade number calculate based on a calendar year or the '11-'12 MLB fantasy year?
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In actual fantasy-related news, I'm seriously considering an offer that includes Luebke.
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I also noticed there was some funny chatter in the league UZR Friendly about trying to "keep up" with us this off-season.
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Breakdown of 2012 trade involvement (number ads up to 414 since 2 people are involved in every trade):
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Chicago Chiefs: 10, Durham Tobacconists: 23, Enrico Palazzo: 24, Frosted Mini Weeks: 40, Knights: 22, Lucky Strikes: 76, MoPain MoGain: 28, Shoeless Joes: 22, The Crying of No. 49: 35, The Syndicate: 50, WAR Horse: 57, We Got Wood: 27
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Rockies.com...$1.2MM (http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2013/01/mlb-pays-up-for-rockies-domain-name/)
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Anyone interested in Casey Kelly? :(
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