A Very Darrelly Dynasty League

[The Cats Ass]

Urias is rated 89th after his first season by Mayo, I think he'll climb higher than Sanchez eventually, he'll be rated in all the Major Top 100 lists in February.

 

Should be good

[Laika]

[KingKat]

 

Good thing Sanchez isn't a lefty.

[The Cats Ass]

Good thing Sanchez isn't a lefty.

 

Being the best in a crappy group of things isn't always great. I'd actually go with Hultzen though.

[The Cats Ass]

Is the number of NA spots open for vote this off season? We had 1 last year. I see the other dynasty league is going with 2.

[z3r0s]

Being the best in a crappy group of things isn't always great. I'd actually go with Hultzen though.

 

As Hultzen's owner I'd love to agree... the injury concerns are real tho and hurt any ranking of him.

[Dr. Dinger]

As Hultzen's owner I'd love to agree... the injury concerns are real tho and hurt any ranking of him.

 

If I had to bet, I'd say Hultzen's career is pretty much shot. There isn't much in the way of lefty prospects at the moment, I'd probably give the nod to Heaney.

[z3r0s]

If I had to bet, I'd say Hultzen's career is pretty much shot.

 

Why do you say hurtful things

[Dr. Dinger]

Because shoulder injuries are just about the worst thing that can happen to a pitcher. As a former Tommy Hanson and Michael Pineda owner, I feel pretty qualified to speak on the matter. Also, I f***ed up my rotator cuff so I know how s***** it can be.

[Dr. Dinger]

Guy spent three years in the wilderness with shoulder trouble (and 30 days w/ it this year, perhaps a concern).

 

Perhaps not, considering what I gave up for him.

 

For every Anibal, there are a dozen Dustin McGowans.

[The Cats Ass]

So about this voting thing....

[Dr. Dinger]

If you want to table this for voting, post a thread on the ProBoard. You might want to run in by the Darrells first in case they have any strong opinions on the matter.

[The Cats Ass]

If you want to table this for voting, post a thread on the ProBoard. You might want to run in by the Darrells first in case they have any strong opinions on the matter.

 

Aren't you one of the Darrell's?

[Dr. Dinger]

Yeah but I don't speak for all of us.

[The Cats Ass]

Yeah but I don't speak for all of us.

 

I see. Wanna talk among your kind then and find out how they feel about it?

[KingKat]

Agreed, who's KK?

 

I think he was reffering to me.

[havok24]

I think he was reffering to me.

 

Sent you a PM.

[Laika]

I would probably vote in favor of a 2nd NA slot, but I don't really care.

 

An extra NA slot only really helps teams stash players for a short period of time. You can stash a prospect there through the summer draft cut-down date, but as soon as February rolls around you need to trim your big league squad down to 20 anyway. As some of us have been finding out, oftentimes the prospects that you plop into an NA slot are hard to justify keeping in your final 20, at least if you have a decent organization. e.g., I just traded Jimmy Nelson for a peanut and I have Jackie Bradley Jr who is basically on the cusp of my top 20 right now.

 

If you call up a prospect too early and he gets sent down for an extended period of time, you still suffer the consequences of the premature call-up when February rolls around.

 

I think the impact of adding the second slot is miniscule, so the question really becomes, what's the point? Change for the sake of change? Does the added roster flexibility even matter?

[Laika]

I can only keep three of these pitchers, and I know at least the top ~5 or so would be definite roster upgrades to a few teams out there.

 

Grant Balfour

Matt Harrison

Eric Stults

Zach McAllister

Bud Norris

Jesse Crain

Joel Peralta

Neal Cotts

Felipe Paulino

Jason Hammel

 

Ordered by approximate cost. Nobody is overly expensive (e.g., a late 3rd rounder would probably be enough for Bud Norris). The bottom five names would be close to free. Help me trim the fat.

[TheHurl]

I would probably vote no on a second NA spot.

[z3r0s]

I would probably vote no for what its worth.

[Laika]

Wait, didn't we already vote on this?

 

IIRC in the summer we had a vote about whether or not to implement an NA slot, and then after that vote passed, we had a vote about whether to implement 1 or 2 slots.

 

If I'm remembering correctly, then this issue can't even be tabled at this point in time.

[Boxcar]

I believe you're correct. D'oh........

 

If I remember correctly, we decided on just one. For the best, the NA slot is good for utility especially if you are early promoting a prospect so it gives you a little bit of room for error but 2 is overkill IMO.

[NorthOf49]

Trade updates.....

 

To: z3r0s

Ryan Raburn

MiLB pick 55

 

To: Northof49

MiLB pick 47

Thanks.

 

Also:

NJH gets MiLB pick #45

Torontofan gets Kaleb Cowart and Dorssys Paulino

 

Boxy gets Jimmy Nelson and MiLB #18

NJH gets MiLB #16

 

All three of these trades are wins for both teams. Pure roster maneuvering.

[Dr. Dinger]

NJH gets MiLB pick #45

Torontofan gets Kaleb Cowart and Dorssys Paulino

 

Some guys NJH could have drafted instead of Kaleb Cowart:

 

Yasiel Puig

Noah Syndergaard

Jedd Gyorko

Jon Singleton

Oswaldo Arcia

George Springer

Albert Almora

Gregory Polanco

Nick Franklin

Nolan Arenado

Kolten Wong

Lucas Giolito

Robert Stephenson

Michael Wacha

Yordano Ventura

 

Swing and a miss!

[Nox]

Some guys NJH could have drafted instead of Kaleb Cowart:

 

Yasiel Puig

Noah Syndergaard

Jedd Gyorko

Jon Singleton

Oswaldo Arcia

George Springer

Albert Almora

Gregory Polanco

Nick Franklin

Nolan Arenado

Kolten Wong

Lucas Giolito

Robert Stephenson

Michael Wacha

Yordano Ventura

 

Swing and a miss!

 

Another move like that and his Darrell membership is going to subject to review.

[Laika]

Apparently I'm not a very good BR scout. Definitely whiffed on 4 of my 6 initial MiLB draft picks.

 

At least Stroman in the last round kind of made up for some of the failure, and I think my farm is probably middle of the pack at least after our second draft.

[Abomination]

3-way

 

Cat's Ass receives: Cliff Lee

 

King Kat receives: Julio Urias and MiLB pick #4

 

Spanky receives: Aaron Sanchez

 

I see a joke forming involving a pair of pussies and a Dirty (filthy stuff) Sanchez...

 

Interesting trade though

[Dr. Dinger]

http://cdn.baseballamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/julio-urias-2013-mug-bm.jpg

 

Apparently you only need one good eye to pitch like a boss.

[Dr. Dinger]

I think he checked in here about a week ago.