Shepard Wong Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 Hi All. Friendly reminder that our draft is this Sunday, the 26th, at noon. If you are going to auto-draft, set your rankings, or don't. I'm sure the default ESPN rankings and auto-draft logic will get you an awesome team. @jwill2420 @Shepard Wong @downundermike @RPeeteRules @Iggles25 @toolg @mikemack8 @mr_hunt @The Blackfish @BirdsFanBill 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hunt Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 already pre-ranked my players in case i forget about the draft f'n jeter, rivera, mattingly, bucky dent, even jimmy f'n leyritz...my team's gonna be stacked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdsFanBill Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Woohoo last pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepard Wong Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 33 minutes ago, BirdsFanBill said: Woohoo last pick That's not the draft order. I just wanted to tag everyone so they saw it. Check back a page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepard Wong Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdsFanBill Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 20 hours ago, Shepard Wong said: Woohoo 5th pick lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwill2420 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Looks like I gotta title to defend 3rd pick not to shabby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hunt Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 sheet...i'll probably miss the draft. autopick...here i come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolg Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 I would have preferred this draft at 10am. Anybody else joining us live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepard Wong Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 @jwill2420 @Shepard Wong @downundermike @RPeeteRules @Iggles25 @toolg @mikemack8 @mr_hunt @The Blackfish @BirdsFanBill Draft is starting in two minutes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hunt Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 pretty sure my team stinks. i had no draft strategy whatsoever...being that i don't even watch baseball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdsFanBill Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 20 hours ago, Shepard Wong said: @jwill2420 @Shepard Wong @downundermike @RPeeteRules @Iggles25 @toolg @mikemack8 @mr_hunt @The Blackfish @BirdsFanBill Draft is starting in two minutes! Missed it, spent the day at Longwood Gardens with my 2 year old and the in laws. Somewhat happy with my roster though. Best I could have hoped for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepard Wong Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 30 minutes ago, BirdsFanBill said: Missed it, spent the day at Longwood Gardens with my 2 year old and the in laws. Somewhat happy with my roster though. Best I could have hoped for. I think that's the choice of a reasonable adult and father. Are you sure you belong here with the rest of us lunatics? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdsFanBill Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 38 minutes ago, Shepard Wong said: I think that's the choice of a reasonable adult and father. Are you sure you belong here with the rest of us lunatics? I have been a part of the EMB since I was in high school. I have somehow turned into a reasonable 33 year old adult and father despite this. Imagine how successful I would have been though if I never joined at all. Probably would be a billionaire by now. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemack8 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 To all you F-sticks that drafted a bunch of pitching in the first 2 rounds, I just wanna say F YOU, and I hope all your pitchers blow out their shoulders on opening day (except for Nola) How in the F is Kevin Gausman the best pitcher available by pick 22? Anyway - end rant - and good luck to you all! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolg Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 1 hour ago, mikemack8 said: To all you F-sticks that drafted a bunch of pitching in the first 2 rounds, I just wanna say F YOU, and I hope all your pitchers blow out their shoulders on opening day (except for Nola) How in the F is Kevin Gausman the best pitcher available by pick 22? Anyway - end rant - and good luck to you all! Gausman isn't that bad in the 3rd round. It could have been much worse! You want pitching? Pick early! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hunt Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 9 minutes ago, toolg said: Gausman isn't that bad in the 3rd round. It could have been much worse! You want pitching? Pick early! yeah...he could have my pitching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepard Wong Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 2 hours ago, mikemack8 said: To all you F-sticks that drafted a bunch of pitching in the first 2 rounds, I just wanna say F YOU, and I hope all your pitchers blow out their shoulders on opening day (except for Nola) How in the F is Kevin Gausman the best pitcher available by pick 22? Anyway - end rant - and good luck to you all! 9 SPs went in the first two rounds this year. If you take a look at last year's draft, exactly 9 SPs went in the first two rounds that year too. I did what you did last year and didn't love my choices for the top of my rotation, which is why I took one with my first two picks this year. You just needed to be a big enough dork that you took time to review last year's draft in prep for this year's, like me... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemack8 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 My issue, which I've expressed in here before, is more about how heavily weighted pitchers are in points leagues. I get it - they only pitch once a week. It's just annoying to me I can't bring myself to go pitching heavy, ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hunt Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 1 minute ago, mikemack8 said: My issue, which I've expressed in here before, is more about how heavily weighted pitchers are in points leagues. sure...now you tell me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggles25 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 6 hours ago, mikemack8 said: To all you F-sticks that drafted a bunch of pitching in the first 2 rounds, I just wanna say F YOU, and I hope all your pitchers blow out their shoulders on opening day (except for Nola) How in the F is Kevin Gausman the best pitcher available by pick 22? Anyway - end rant - and good luck to you all! I took Corbin Burnes and Dylan Cease. On behalf of my team: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemack8 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I actually quite like my pitching staff when I consider how good my offense should be - just starting the smack talk here now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolg Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 17 hours ago, mr_hunt said: yeah...he could have my pitching. Don't be so hard on yourself. You got Hader, Pressly, and Holmes in the bullpen, so you have a good chance to lead the fantasy league in Saves. It's like having the best fantasy football kicker who kicks a lot of XPs... It's worth something, but not that much. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPeeteRules Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Pitching heavy is the way to go. The way this league offsets the pitching scores is that there’s a limit of starts for pitchers. I think I went pitching with my first 7 picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemack8 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 If you look at the champs from the first two seasons of this league, they both had a good balance of offense and defense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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