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| Date | 2007-04-02 |
| Message | Well I guess I'll take Santana for $60 next year and get stuck with Ortiz for $48 too.. Opening Day is sweet, can't wait to get this MLB.TV Mosaic thing figured out.. |
| Date | 2007-04-02 |
| Message | I'd agree that 57 on one player is too much especially at a deep position like 1st base. Compare the years Pujols had to a guy like Thome and is he worth the extra 56 bucks.Granted Pujols is the closest thing to a Gaurantee as your gonna get you have to sacrifice in other areas to get him. As Rob has proved the last couple years with Santana one guy won't win you a pool |
| Date | 2007-04-02 |
| Message | interesting tim. did he have high sb's those years? if a guy does pujols numbers with 30-40 steals.. then that's when i would concede big dollars are due. but not for four cats. that's why i don't lump sorianno in that class. a) his huge year was a contract year; b) he could easily hit .275 this season, which means not only is a 4 cat player but he actually drags down your 5th cat. ok.. i have to get back to work. - if i must vote for a d.d. guru i'd say Rob and harold. Robbie quietly price-enforces and looking at his team i am actually surprised at how strong it looks... IF his starters stay healthy. if they do he's the team to beat in my mind. Harold also looks strong and he always is active in auction.. and his strategy always seems to me to be the least retarded. i like pat's except too much money in the bullpen.. better spent in the infield perhaps. tim's infield is also very young and potentially disappointing. jeff i don't think has quite enough power or average to compensate for punting saves.. noel looks good, randy and santana could be the difference.. and danny.. err. after spending all his money on poohole and freak-K he only spent more than $6 on two players!! wow. that is astonishing and if you can finish top five i will absolutely revisit everything i have said and pay a 1000 years of penance to you. good luck, though. - ok seriously back to work now.. |
| Date | 2007-04-02 |
| Message | I am 2 for 2 in championships when I go in with A-Rod locked up as the catylyst for my batting lineup, one year at 47+$3 to get him, and another at 44+$3 to get him. A-Rod produced mightily in both these years, but if it wasn't for a bunch of $1 and $2 guys stepping up and having big years I wouldn't have won. I could be wrong, but I don't think a team has ever won a championship with a SP over $50 though. |
| Date | 2007-04-02 |
| Message | the thing i love about the pool is you have such fundamental differences of opinion. i personally (and no disrespect intended!) think that spending $50 on a single player is utterly retarded. Take Pujols. he's one batter of ten who are trying to earn towards 5 categories. Pujols is a 4 cat monster with some steals. with an even batting/pitching split in our pool that means most spend around $130 on batting. 10 percent of that is $13 for each batter. are you seriously telling me that pujols is worth four times that amount? if he hits .330 130 50 130 10 is that worth $50 more than paying a couple bucks for .280 95 33 100 5 (or better)? you're telling me than you couldn't better invest that $50? i would be very interested to see how many times a championship team has had players above $45. you're placing on your risk on one guy. it just doesn't make any sense to me. but by all means.. i encourage others to continue doing it! please! |
| Date | 2007-04-02 |
| Message | Dan my friend I have to respectfully disagree with your outfield assessment. I had Vlad going right around where he should go at $35. Also, I had Ichiro going at $22, where he went, and I even had Abreu as mildly overpriced at $27 by a couple of dollars. Call me crazy, but Abreu is starting to look like Johnny Damon with a few more RBI's, he's not even the perennial .300 hitter anymore and the power is well below average for an OF. He went from this  to this  seemingly overnight . Also he is getting older, and might not run as much batting in front of A-Rod and Giambi. Now that I have said this, Ichiro will hit .400, Vlad will stay healthy and win AL MVP, and Abreu will make use of that short RF porch and go 40/40. Soriano however was one of the best deals going and I applaud Noel for getting him, as well as Tejada. You guys as well as myself may all laugh at the tuffies 3-year obsession with Victor Martinez, but in hindsight I only overspent for $8 on the hands down best catcher available. The extra 25-30 runs Victor will score over all catchers excluding Mauer could make amends. I put it in about the same range as Rob spending $27 on Vernon Wells when I spent the same amount on the way better Lance Berkman. I still say the best deal of all was Andrew Jones at $17. |
| Date | 2007-04-02 |
| Message | Best Auction Performance means coming out of the auction with the best value.. Bid ups, price enforcing are part of it too, but most important is building your own team. 1) Noel-Picking up 3 of the top 4 wheeling outfielders at severe discounted prices locked up his spot as the team to beat in '07 2) Don-Vlad was a steal, and the vicarious Dunn bid up was obvious, but capitalized on nonetheless (shrug) ..Sabathia annually un-appreciated.. 3) Pat-Had to spend and did.. His bidding wars ended up with mildly overpriced Sizemore, not the Victor's and McCann's of the world... For the record, Donny, I had Zimmerman, Glaus and Chipper all valued between $1-3. I preferred Glaus, but my struggling AVG preferred Chipper anyway (Dunn, Swisher, Richie). You tucked your real unspent cash in Glaus, I put mine in Dunn. Anybody else who thinks they did a great job by spending all their money is fooling themselves.. Just hide it in your 20th player or overpay late like we all did.. Until you guys figure out that Pujols is a $60 player in his sleep and yes, it's ok to spend $40 on an outfielder, we'll continue to have extra dough late in the auction.. Dice K is a non-factor, Matt Cain is irrelevant, Barry Bonds is a waste of time, Clemens is pipe dream, Liriano doesn't exist anymore! The Hurricanes are a team in turmoil, facing the lowest expectations from their peers in the history of ULB. The Hurricanes are gaining momentum just as soon as you think they're done. TOP FIVE GUARANTEED. |
| Date | 2007-04-01 |
| Message | I'll go pat, harold, jeff as my three for who had the best auction performance |
| Date | 2007-04-01 |
| Message | for the record I think Don is boycotting because he is sad nobody has mentioned him in the top 3. OK Don I'm sorry you were my number 1 choice for draft day guru. Will you come out and play with the rest of us now? |
| Date | 2007-04-01 |
| Message | Here's my votes. 1. Harold - The number 1 reason is because he had me in his top 3, but year after year he amazes me with his seemingly disinterest and coming away with a qualoity team. 2. Pat - The second man to throw my name into the mix gets my support. He also has an amazing bullpen, what I regard as excellent starting pitching, and solid batting. 3. Tim - Auction intensity from the first pitch to the end, price enforcement, my new favorite term, and a well balanced team. |
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