9 Decade MLB Draft : CHAT

[Nosferatu]

BTW guys, with how long this draft has taken - and the looks that it should finish up today, I need to tell you - I'm gone starting this afternoon and won't be back until possibly Monday. If voting happens this weekend, I won't be able to vote for or against any one - nor defend or explain my team. Not saying it shouldn't happen - just saying that you all will just have to survive without me.

Lets try and finish up and start voting tonight

 

[blstoker]

Lets try and finish up and start voting tonight

Cool. Here's my line up:

Dustin Pedroia (R), 2B
Edgar Martinez (R), DH
Todd Helton (L), 1B
Hack Wilson (R), CF
Al Rosen (R), 3B
Billy Williams (L), LF
Dale Murphy (R) RF
Rudy York (R) C
Rico Petrocelli (R) SS

Bench:
Brian Downing (R), C
John Olerud (L), PH, 1B
Michael Young (R), 2b, 3b, ss
Kiki Cuyler (R), PH, PR, LF, CF, RF
Vince Coleman (S), PR, LF

Rotation:
Lefty Grove (L)
Clayton Kershaw (L)
Juan Marichal (R)
Hal Newhouser (L)
Dwight Gooden (R)

Bullpen:
Mariano Rivera (R)
John Franco (L)
Bruce Sutter (R)
Ron Perranoski (L)
Peter Moylan (L)

 

[blstoker]

I had stats for every team so people could compare - but I am not gonna have to time to post them all. Maybe when it's over y'all get to see them. I took career, top 5 and top 1 seasons and combined the production to come up with the numbers (since no one could just stack up on any one era, the numbers look more compatible with each other. Hitter used OWAR and bench is quartered - pitchers used WAR to decide which seasons were used.

Here's my team:

1. Dustin Pedroia - 147 G 599 AB 101 R 187 H 44 DB 2 TP 15 HR 74 RBI 17 SB 57 BB 58 SO .312 BA .370 OBP .467 SLG .837 OPS
2. Edgar Martinez - 142 G 506 AB 103 R 169 H 43 DB 1 TP 26 HR 102 RBI 4 SB 101 BB 83 SO .334 BA .447 OBP .577 SLG 1.025 OPS
3. Todd Helton - 150 G 539 AB 114 R 187 H 47 DB 2 TP 33 HR 116 RBI 4 SB 96 BB 71 SO .347 BA .444 OBP .625 SLG 1.069 OPS
4. Hack Wilson - 145 G 536 AB 116 R 178 H 31 DB 7 TP 38 HR 145 RBI 5 SB 83 BB 78 SO .332 BA .414 OBP .629 SLG 1.042 OPS
5. Al Rosen - 143 G 532 AB 93 R 163 H 24 DB 4 TP 32 HR 114 RBI 6 SB 81 BB 51 SO .306 BA .401 OBP .547 SLG .948 OPS
6. Billy Williams - 153 G 593 AB 107 R 183 H 31 DB 5 TP 34 HR 107 RBI 6 SB 65 BB 72 SO .309 BA .376 OBP .550 SLG .926 OPS
7. Dale Murphy - 149 G 506 AB 103 R 156 H 24 DB 3 TP 32 HR 100 RBI 19 SB .286 BA .376 OBP .517 SLG .893 OPS
8. Rudy York - 147 G 545 AB 90 R 161 H 33 DB 5 TP 29 HR 119 RBI 3 SB 80 BB 82 SO .295 BA .386 OBP .534 SLG .920 OPS
9. Rico Petrocelli - 132 G 462 AB 66 R 125 H 23 DB 2 TP 25 HR 75 RBI 2 SB 69 BB 71 SO .271 BA .362 OBP .491 SLG .853 OPS

• Brian Downing - 35 G 121 AB 20 R 35 H 6 DB 1 TP 4 HR 18 RBI 1 SB 19 BB 15 SO .289 BA .392 OBP .455 SLG .846 OPS
• John Olerud - 38 G 131 AB 23 R 43 H 10 DB 0 TP 5 HR 23 RBI 0 SB 25 BB 16 SO .328 BA .440 OBP .519 SLG .959 OPS
• Michael Young - 38 G 155 AB 24 R 50 H 9 DB 1 TP 5 HR 21 RBI 2 SB 11 BB 23 SO .323 BA .365 OBP .484 SLG .849 OPS
• Kiki Cuyler - 35 G 138 AB 29 R 47 H 9 DB 4 TP 3 HR 23 RBI 8 SB 14 BB 13 SO .341 BA .401 OBP .529 SLG .930 OPS
• Vince Coleman - 34 G 137 AB 23 R 37 H 4 DB 2 TP 1 HR 9 RBI 22 SB 13 BB 26 SO .270 BA .329 OBP .350 SLG .679 OPS

Team Totals - 162 G 5539 AB 1012 R 1721 H 338 DB 39 TP 282 HR 1046 RBI 99 SB 792 BB 773 SO .311 BA .396 OBP .539 SLG .935 OPS

Pitchers (#1 & #2 starters start 33, 3-5 start 32):

1. Lefty Grove - 26-8 Rec 2.56 ERA 25 CG 4 SHO 298.1 IP 277 H 104 R 85 ER 75 BB 175 SO 1.180 WHIP 0.33 HR/9 -2.06 OR/diff*
2. Clayton Kershaw - 20-6 Rec 2.08 ERA 5 CG 2 SHO 232.1 IP 167 H 59 R 54 ER 49 BB 264 SO 0.930 WHIP 0.49 HR/9 -1.87 OR/diff
3. Juan Marichal - 19-10 Rec 2.42 ERA 19 CG 6 SHO 254.1 IP 208 H 80 R 68 ER 44 BB 189 SO 0.991 WHIP 0.79 HR/9 -1.15 OR/diff
4. Hal Newhouser - 21-10 Rec 2.39 ERA 22 CG 5 SHO 268 IP 222 H 84 R 71 ER 100 BB 175 SO 1.201 WHIP 0.27 HR/9 -1.37 OR/diff
5. Doc Gooden - 19-6 Rec 2.51 ERA 10 CG 4 SHO 236.1 IP 192 H 72 R 66 ER 68 BB 213 SO 1.100 WHIP 0.50 HR/9 -1.45 OR/diff

• Mariano Rivera - 5-4 Rec 1.71 ERA 64 G 56 GF 37 SV 73.2 IP 50 H 15 R 14 ER 13 BB 74 SO 0.855 WHIP 0.37 HR/9 -3.18 OR/diff
• John Franco - 6-5 Rec 2.30 ERA 64 G 48 GF 27 SV 78.1 IP 65 H 23 R 20 ER 29 BB 52 SO 1.201 WHIP 0.46 HR/9 -1.50 OR/diff
• Bruce Sutter - 6-5 Rec 2.07 ERA 60 G 47 GF 29 SV 100 IP 75 H 27 R 23 ER 26 BB 98 SO 1.010 WHIP 0.54 HR/9 -1.81 OR/diff
• Ron Perranoski - 10-5 Rec 2.14 ERA 63 G 41 GF 19 SV 109.1 IP 96 H 32 R 26 ER 40 BB 62 SO 1.243 WHIP 0.41 HR/9 -1.36 OR/diff
• Peter Moylan - 4-2 Rec 2.34 ERA 60 G 10 GF 1 SV 57.2 IP 47 H 20 R 15 ER 23 BB 43 SO 1.213 WHIP 0.62 HR/9 -1.60 OR/diff

Team Totals - 136-61 Rec 2.33 ERA 492 G 162 GS 216 GF 81 CG 21 SHO 119 SV 1708.1 IP 1399 H 516 R 442 ER 467 BB 1345 SO 1.092 WHIP 0.47 HR/9 -1.65 OR/diff

*OR/diff is the difference between the runs allowed in 9 innings by a pitcher and their opponents runs scored per 9 innings. The lower the better.

 

[blstoker]

And just do you guys can see how the numbers were coming out - I'll post the leaders in each category

R - Lou Gehrig (UK) 141
H - Carl Yaskrzemski (Ritz) 229
2B - Todd Helton (stoker) & Joe Medwick (Purguy) 47
3B - Paul Waner (Nos) 15
HR - Mark McGwire (Femur) 53
TB - Lou Gehrig (UK) 402
SB - Rickey Henderson (Nos) 72
BB - Barry Bonds (Mebert) 156
SO - Jim Thome (Shane) 135
BA - Ted Williams (Ritz) .371
OBP - Ted Williams (Ritz) .516
SLG - Barry Bonds (Mebert) .736
OPS - Barry Bonds (Mebert) 1.230

W - Lefty Grove (stoker) 26
L - Dutch Leonard (Purguy) & Nolan Ryan (UK) 14
ERA - Clayton Kershaw (stoker) 2.09
CG - Lefty Grove (stoker) 25
SHO - Bob Gibson (Hockey) 7
G - Mike Marshall (Hockey) 75
GF - Mike Marshall (Hockey) 65
SV - Trevor Hoffman (femur) 42
IP - Lefty Grove (stoker) 298.1
H - Lefty Grove (stoker) 277
R - Dizzy Dean (WLK) 109
ER - Dizzy Dean (WLK) 93
BB - Nolan Ryan (UK) 147
SO - Randy Johnson (Nos) 302
H/9 - Nolan Ryan (UK) 6.17
HR/9 - Hal Newhouser (stoker) 0.27
K/9 - Randy Johnson (Nos) 11.41
WHIP - Pedro Martinez (shane) 0.908
OR/diff - Pedro Martinez (shane) -2.70

 

[Pack 500]

I had stats for every team so people could compare - but I am not gonna have to time to post them all. Maybe when it's over y'all get to see them. I took career, top 5 and top 1 seasons and combined the production to come up with the numbers (since no one could just stack up on any one era, the numbers look more compatible with each other. Hitter used OWAR and bench is quartered - pitchers used WAR to decide which seasons were used.

Here's my team:

1. Dustin Pedroia - 147 G 599 AB 101 R 187 H 44 DB 2 TP 15 HR 74 RBI 17 SB 57 BB 58 SO .312 BA .370 OBP .467 SLG .837 OPS
2. Edgar Martinez - 142 G 506 AB 103 R 169 H 43 DB 1 TP 26 HR 102 RBI 4 SB 101 BB 83 SO .334 BA .447 OBP .577 SLG 1.025 OPS
3. Todd Helton - 150 G 539 AB 114 R 187 H 47 DB 2 TP 33 HR 116 RBI 4 SB 96 BB 71 SO .347 BA .444 OBP .625 SLG 1.069 OPS
4. Hack Wilson - 145 G 536 AB 116 R 178 H 31 DB 7 TP 38 HR 145 RBI 5 SB 83 BB 78 SO .332 BA .414 OBP .629 SLG 1.042 OPS
5. Al Rosen - 143 G 532 AB 93 R 163 H 24 DB 4 TP 32 HR 114 RBI 6 SB 81 BB 51 SO .306 BA .401 OBP .547 SLG .948 OPS
6. Billy Williams - 153 G 593 AB 107 R 183 H 31 DB 5 TP 34 HR 107 RBI 6 SB 65 BB 72 SO .309 BA .376 OBP .550 SLG .926 OPS
7. Dale Murphy - 149 G 506 AB 103 R 156 H 24 DB 3 TP 32 HR 100 RBI 19 SB .286 BA .376 OBP .517 SLG .893 OPS
8. Rudy York - 147 G 545 AB 90 R 161 H 33 DB 5 TP 29 HR 119 RBI 3 SB 80 BB 82 SO .295 BA .386 OBP .534 SLG .920 OPS
9. Rico Petrocelli - 132 G 462 AB 66 R 125 H 23 DB 2 TP 25 HR 75 RBI 2 SB 69 BB 71 SO .271 BA .362 OBP .491 SLG .853 OPS

• Brian Downing - 35 G 121 AB 20 R 35 H 6 DB 1 TP 4 HR 18 RBI 1 SB 19 BB 15 SO .289 BA .392 OBP .455 SLG .846 OPS
• John Olerud - 38 G 131 AB 23 R 43 H 10 DB 0 TP 5 HR 23 RBI 0 SB 25 BB 16 SO .328 BA .440 OBP .519 SLG .959 OPS
• Michael Young - 38 G 155 AB 24 R 50 H 9 DB 1 TP 5 HR 21 RBI 2 SB 11 BB 23 SO .323 BA .365 OBP .484 SLG .849 OPS
• Kiki Cuyler - 35 G 138 AB 29 R 47 H 9 DB 4 TP 3 HR 23 RBI 8 SB 14 BB 13 SO .341 BA .401 OBP .529 SLG .930 OPS
• Vince Coleman - 34 G 137 AB 23 R 37 H 4 DB 2 TP 1 HR 9 RBI 22 SB 13 BB 26 SO .270 BA .329 OBP .350 SLG .679 OPS

Team Totals - 162 G 5539 AB 1012 R 1721 H 338 DB 39 TP 282 HR 1046 RBI 99 SB 792 BB 773 SO .311 BA .396 OBP .539 SLG .935 OPS

Pitchers (#1 & #2 starters start 33, 3-5 start 32):

1. Lefty Grove - 26-8 Rec 2.56 ERA 25 CG 4 SHO 298.1 IP 277 H 104 R 85 ER 75 BB 175 SO 1.180 WHIP 0.33 HR/9 -2.06 OR/diff*
2. Clayton Kershaw - 20-6 Rec 2.08 ERA 5 CG 2 SHO 232.1 IP 167 H 59 R 54 ER 49 BB 264 SO 0.930 WHIP 0.49 HR/9 -1.87 OR/diff
3. Juan Marichal - 19-10 Rec 2.42 ERA 19 CG 6 SHO 254.1 IP 208 H 80 R 68 ER 44 BB 189 SO 0.991 WHIP 0.79 HR/9 -1.15 OR/diff
4. Hal Newhouser - 21-10 Rec 2.39 ERA 22 CG 5 SHO 268 IP 222 H 84 R 71 ER 100 BB 175 SO 1.201 WHIP 0.27 HR/9 -1.37 OR/diff
5. Doc Gooden - 19-6 Rec 2.51 ERA 10 CG 4 SHO 236.1 IP 192 H 72 R 66 ER 68 BB 213 SO 1.100 WHIP 0.50 HR/9 -1.45 OR/diff

• Mariano Rivera - 5-4 Rec 1.71 ERA 64 G 56 GF 37 SV 73.2 IP 50 H 15 R 14 ER 13 BB 74 SO 0.855 WHIP 0.37 HR/9 -3.18 OR/diff
• John Franco - 6-5 Rec 2.30 ERA 64 G 48 GF 27 SV 78.1 IP 65 H 23 R 20 ER 29 BB 52 SO 1.201 WHIP 0.46 HR/9 -1.50 OR/diff
• Bruce Sutter - 6-5 Rec 2.07 ERA 60 G 47 GF 29 SV 100 IP 75 H 27 R 23 ER 26 BB 98 SO 1.010 WHIP 0.54 HR/9 -1.81 OR/diff
• Ron Perranoski - 10-5 Rec 2.14 ERA 63 G 41 GF 19 SV 109.1 IP 96 H 32 R 26 ER 40 BB 62 SO 1.243 WHIP 0.41 HR/9 -1.36 OR/diff
• Peter Moylan - 4-2 Rec 2.34 ERA 60 G 10 GF 1 SV 57.2 IP 47 H 20 R 15 ER 23 BB 43 SO 1.213 WHIP 0.62 HR/9 -1.60 OR/diff

Team Totals - 136-61 Rec 2.33 ERA 492 G 162 GS 216 GF 81 CG 21 SHO 119 SV 1708.1 IP 1399 H 516 R 442 ER 467 BB 1345 SO 1.092 WHIP 0.47 HR/9 -1.65 OR/diff

*OR/diff is the difference between the runs allowed in 9 innings by a pitcher and their opponents runs scored per 9 innings. The lower the better.

You're an animal my friend

 

[blstoker]

You're an animal my friend

I had it going real good until a couple rounds ago. So, no one's team but mine is completed - but given a couple hours I could have all the teams done and whatnot. I just don't have the time right now - as I am leaving for the weekend and will be away from internet connections most of the time. I'll post the rest next week.

I wish I could post it all right now - since it would show that my offense is actually pretty decent (about middle of the road) but my pitching staff is just filthy.

 

[wlk3]

I had it going real good until a couple rounds ago. So, no one's team but mine is completed - but given a couple hours I could have all the teams done and whatnot. I just don't have the time right now - as I am leaving for the weekend and will be away from internet connections most of the time. I'll post the rest next week.

I wish I could post it all right now - since it would show that my offense is actually pretty decent (about middle of the road) but my pitching staff is just filthy.

LIES!!! My team is the best!!! That is all...

 

[Nosferatu]

I did text 500 to pick, we can just skip me for now i'll pick later I'm real busy right now.


P.S. WLK's team blows!

 

[Ritzarmy]

Got to test my shotgun and stock up on ammo.

Found out today my wife is having a girl.

 

[wlk3]

I did text 500 to pick, we can just skip me for now i'll pick later I'm real busy right now.


P.S. WLK's team blows!

I KEEL YOU!!!

 

[wlk3]

Got to test my shotgun and stock up on ammo.

Found out today my wife is having a girl.

Congrats... I gotta say I sometimes think I might want a girl and then I remember there are guys in the world...

 

[Ritzarmy]

Congrats... I gotta say I sometimes think I might want a girl and then I remember there are guys in the world...

The classroom I help teach in has 5 girls and 2 boys. Those girls are driving me insane. They hate each other, then 10min later best friends. I will have to protect my girl from all the boys but luckily I have a boy already so he can help protect his sister.

 

[Ritzarmy]

Lets try and finish up and start voting tonight

Let's see how many holidays/events we can pass while doing this draft.

Halloween
Election
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving

Most of us have only 1 pick left so no reason we can't finish the picks by today.

 

[Mebert]

All you old bastards talking about your kids. I really want a boy someday and I want to teach him baseball (that was the sport I always loved to play) just like y'all but with my luck I will get 3 girls and they will be into figure skating or something

I wanted a son bad, but I can't imagine being happier than I am with a daughter. They are awesome, although since she is 3 I doubt there are a lot of differences between the genders yet.

I know my mom hates that I bought her a bunch of toy tools, but I think gender roles for toys for children is fucking stupid. Also studies have shown that those kind of toys help in mental development, and they are by far her favorite toys of all time. Although I am slightly disturbed about the amount of time she is pretending to amputate my foot.........She is warning my fat ass about diabetes, or she is a serial killer in the making.

 

[Ritzarmy]

ARE WE PICKING TODAY

 

[Ritzarmy]

I texted EHB

 

[Ritzarmy]

@purguy12
@mr.hockey4242 @Mebert are otc. I texted Mebert.

 

[Nosferatu]

Everybody just go ahead and pick if you have picks remaining. i'll make a pick in a bit I'm making my homemade salsa...

 

[Pack 500]

ARE WE PICKING TODAY

It took him till the last round haha

 

[Ritzarmy]

It took him till the last round haha

I'm proud of myself for that.