A Very Darrelly Dynasty League

[SpeedyGose]

Joey Gallo (obvious keep, was really having a great start before his groin injury)

Alex Reyes (back from suspension soon, could be a call up later this year)

Lewis Brinson ( easy keep)

Aaron Judge (easy keep)

Robert Stephenson (keep. battling control still but upside is there and should be a useable starter by next year)

Jake Bauers (keep transitioned to the OF which makes plays his bat up considerably)

Brett Phillips (keep)

Brandon Nimmo (shine is fading off but likely will keep)

Michael Gerber (leaning towards cut, not 100%)

Kevin Ziomek (probably cut)

Rymer Liriano (cut)

Dustin Peterson (cut)

 

On that note...anyone who is looking to move Starters for Prospects/picks I am open for business, have picks 12, 27 and 32 to potentially deal

[TRM]

I don't wanna play this game.

[Boxcar]

Self examination is fun, and I have to wait for passport photos anyway.

 

Rob Refsnyder - probably cut. f*** you Yankees.

Greg Bird - megastud

Bradley Zimmer - K rate is a bit high but he's hitting well overall in AA. Sky high potential.

Jeff Hoffman - great pedigree, can't cut

Alex Bregman - megastud

Andrew Benintendi - White Andrew McCutchen

Spencer Adams - you know I love my command pitchers. Exceptional command @ 20 years old against older competition. Stuff is good so K rate could climb.

Matt Olson - power evaporated. So disappointing.

Alex Jackson - I really liked him prior to his selection by the Mariners but it has been documented that there are reasons why their hitters don't pan out. Dipoto trying to fix him (and Zunino) so I'm going to apply patience. f*** Jack Z.

Brady Aiken - could be a megastud but needs to start throwing baseballs in order to be sure.

Cleopatrick - interesting and young but could be cut bait if push comes to shove.

 

I've already called up Reed, Winker (a lot more walks than strikeouts, holy f***) Berrios, Appel (who might be ok) so if you're wondering where they are, that's why.

[Dr. Dinger]

WTF is even going on with Alex Jackson? Is he still in extended spring training? Last I heard he was fat and I've read a lot of veiled remarks that lead me to believe he has attitude problems.

[BTS]

I might be cutting Johnny Field and Chris Ellis in the coming days if anyone wants to take a flier. Chris Ellis is fully one half of the people sent to Atlanta for ANDRELTON SIMMONS, so you know he's legit.

[Laika]

Trea Turner - grade 70, stock up, decision: keep/activate

Sean Manaea - grade 70, stock up, decision: keep/activate

Erick Fedde - grade 60, stock up, decision: keep

Adalberto Mondesi - grade 60, stock up, decision: keep

Willy Adames - grade 60, stock even, decision: keep

Michael Kopech - grade 60, stock down, decision: keep

Stephen Gonsalves - grade 50, stock even, decision: keep

Rookie Davis - grade 50, stock even, decision: keep

Ryan Cordell - grade 50, stock up, decision: keep

Harold Ramirez - grade 50, stock down, decision: fringe keep

Billy McKinney - grade 50, stock down, decision: fringe cut

 

I have 1 empty farm slot and only 1 high pick so I might not end up cutting anybody.

[The Cats Ass]

Trea Turner - grade 70, stock up, decision: keep/activate

Sean Manaea - grade 70, stock up, decision: keep/activate

Erick Fedde - grade 60, stock up, decision: keep

Adalberto Mondesi - grade 60, stock up, decision: keep

Willy Adames - grade 60, stock even, decision: keep

Michael Kopech - grade 60, stock down, decision: keep

Stephen Gonsalves - grade 50, stock even, decision: keep

Rookie Davis - grade 50, stock even, decision: keep

Ryan Cordell - grade 50, stock up, decision: keep

Harold Ramirez - grade 50, stock down, decision: fringe keep

Billy McKinney - grade 50, stock down, decision: fringe cut

 

I have 1 empty farm slot and only 1 high pick so I might not end up cutting anybody.

 

Get out of here with your silly grading system.

[Dr. Dinger]

Trea Turner - grade 70, stock up, decision: keep/activate

Sean Manaea - grade 70, stock up, decision: keep/activate

Erick Fedde - grade 60, stock up, decision: keep

Adalberto Mondesi - grade 60, stock up, decision: keep

Willy Adames - grade 60, stock even, decision: keep

Michael Kopech - grade 60, stock down, decision: keep

Stephen Gonsalves - grade 50, stock even, decision: keep

Rookie Davis - grade 50, stock even, decision: keep

Ryan Cordell - grade 50, stock up, decision: keep

Harold Ramirez - grade 50, stock down, decision: fringe keep

Billy McKinney - grade 50, stock down, decision: fringe cut

 

I have 1 empty farm slot and only 1 high pick so I might not end up cutting anybody.

 

You're f***ed. Dock each of those a grade. Mondesi is straight-up cuttable and so is everyone else below Kopech.

[Laika]

You're f***ed. Dock each of those a grade. Mondesi is straight-up cuttable and so is everyone else below Kopech.

 

Mondesi is on pace to go like 20/40. He's also 20 years old in freaking AA. lol

[Dr. Dinger]

Mondesi is on pace to go like 20/40. He's also 20 years old in freaking AA. lol

 

First time ever with a wRC+ above 0 in 5 MiLB seasons. Pass. Hot garbage. I wouldn't even own him in LOD.

[The Cats Ass]

Top 100 (BA):

Sean Newcomb - #24

Franklin Barreto - #35

Jose Peraza - #66

Daz Cameron - #74

Joe Musgrove - #83

Kyle Zimmer - #85

Touki Toussaint - #90

Tyler Stephenson - #98

 

Phil Bickford - 12.27 K/9 1.75 BB/9 Gonna see him on some lists soon. Keeper

Hunter Harvey - Was a top prospect before injury. Went for sports hernia surgery this week. Hoping he pitches and shows me something before we have out draft.

Michael Matuella - This years Jeff Hoffman, gonna shoot up the rankings. Keeper

Ke'Bryan Hayes - Just turned 19, hitting good in A-ball. Keeper

 

Don't really wanna drop any of my guys. Might have to drop Touki Toussaint and/or Tyler Stephenson if they soon don't start doing something. Hoping Musgrove is called up and producing by then, that would create a spot.

[Laika]

First time ever with a wRC+ above 0 in 5 MiLB seasons. Pass. Hot garbage. I wouldn't even own him in LOD.

 

Development isn't always linear. Robinson Cano had like a .650 OPS in A+ when he was 20 years old and generally sucked for his entire MiLB career. Mondesi's age matters so much more than you appreciate.

[TRM]

First time ever with a wRC+ above 0 in 5 MiLB seasons. Pass. Hot garbage. I wouldn't even own him in LOD.

 

This has to be a typo?!

[Laika]

Top 100 (BA):

Sean Newcomb - #24

Franklin Barreto - #35

Jose Peraza - #66

Daz Cameron - #74

Joe Musgrove - #83

Kyle Zimmer - #85

Touki Toussaint - #90

Tyler Stephenson - #98

 

Phil Bickford - 12.27 K/9 1.75 BB/9 Gonna see him on some lists soon. Keeper

Hunter Harvey - Was a top prospect before injury. Went for sports hernia surgery this week. Hoping he pitches and shows me something before we have out draft.

Michael Matuella - This years Jeff Hoffman, gonna shoot up the rankings. Keeper

Ke'Bryan Hayes - Just turned 19, hitting good in A-ball. Keeper

 

Don't really wanna drop any of my guys. Might have to drop Touki Toussaint and/or Tyler Stephenson if they soon don't start doing something. Hoping Musgrove is called up and producing by then, that would create a spot.

 

Daz Cameron is having a nightmare season

[Dr. Dinger]

Development isn't always linear. Robinson Cano had like a .650 OPS in A+ when he was 20 years old and generally sucked for his entire MiLB career. Mondesi's age matters so much more than you appreciate.

 

Sometimes you have a prospect that you just hate, and no amount of reason or development can make you change your mind.

[KingKat]

Well that's cryptic.

 

I've never approached every draft with exactly the same system for reasons that I won't get into it but I've rarely had less of a system than I did at the last DDL one. I leaned pretty heavily on outside advice. Not doing that again. I'll probably make a judgement call on the very first pick and than defer to a system. The systems that work best for me are the ones that radically reduce the draft pool and then you take what's left, get a rough idea of how the league is likely to value them and rank accordingly. My problem at the last LOD draft is that I didn't reduce the player pool quickly enough or radically enough so I found myself with too many names and not enough differentiation (if that makes any sense) and I spent the whole draft feeling like I was one step behind everyone else in identifying the proper picks so I have already identified some steps to take to eliminate a lot of players. Whether it works out or not, there's tremendous satisfaction in approaching a draft with a capital P Plan and there's way more satisfaction when you can tie your success (and even your failures) to some sort of approach as opposed to just luck.

[Laika]

Get out of here with your silly grading system.

 

The grades represent reasonable DDL OFP. I don't even think any of them are very debatable.

[TRM]

I've never approached every draft with exactly the same system for reasons that I won't get into it but I've rarely had less of a system than I did at the last DDL one. I leaned pretty heavily on outside advice. Not doing that again. I'll probably make a judgement call on the very first pick and than defer to a system. The systems that work best for me are the ones that radically reduce the draft pool and then you take what's left, get a rough idea of how the league is likely to value them and rank accordingly. My problem at the last LOD draft is that I didn't reduce the player pool quickly enough or radically enough so I found myself with too many names and not enough differentiation (if that makes any sense) and I spent the whole draft feeling like I was one step behind everyone else in identifying the proper picks so I have already identified some steps to take to eliminate a lot of players. Whether it works out or not, there's tremendous satisfaction in approaching a draft with a capital P Plan and there's way more satisfaction when you can tie your success (and even your failures) to some sort of approach as opposed to just luck.

 

You can tell the more successful managers all have MOs in their drafting. A lot of different MOs also, but a distinct one nonetheless. Personally I almost always target high floor, close to the majors college pitchers (Nola, Finnegan, Marco Gonzales, Heaney, trading for Appel all come to mind).

 

Edit: And of course, Zach Lee

[TRM]

You can tell the more successful managers all have MOs in their drafting. A lot of different MOs also, but a distinct one nonetheless. Personally I almost always target high floor, close to the majors college pitchers (Nola, Finnegan, Marco Gonzales, Heaney, trading for Appel all come to mind).

 

And yes, I did in a roundabout way anoint myself as a "successful manager"

[Laika]

I've never approached every draft with exactly the same system for reasons that I won't get into it but I've rarely had less of a system than I did at the last DDL one. I leaned pretty heavily on outside advice. Not doing that again. I'll probably make a judgement call on the very first pick and than defer to a system. The systems that work best for me are the ones that radically reduce the draft pool and then you take what's left, get a rough idea of how the league is likely to value them and rank accordingly. My problem at the last LOD draft is that I didn't reduce the player pool quickly enough or radically enough so I found myself with too many names and not enough differentiation (if that makes any sense) and I spent the whole draft feeling like I was one step behind everyone else in identifying the proper picks so I have already identified some steps to take to eliminate a lot of players. Whether it works out or not, there's tremendous satisfaction in approaching a draft with a capital P Plan and there's way more satisfaction when you can tie your success (and even your failures) to some sort of approach as opposed to just luck.

 

Just sort by batting average, or batting average allowed for pitchers, and when in doubt ask the BP experts

[The Cats Ass]

Daz Cameron is having a nightmare season

 

Yes he has. Not time to worry yet. Still only 19 and getting his 1st taste of A ball. For the month of May he's batting .667

[BTS]

Yes he has. Not time to worry yet. Still only 19 and getting his 1st taste of A ball. For the month of May he's batting .667

 

2 for 3?

[TRM]

Daz Cameron is having a nightmare season

 

The nice thing about this league is you can almost always undo a bad draft pick by trading him to TCA shortly thereafter.

[The Cats Ass]

2 for 3?

 

yup..

[Laika]

Yes he has. Not time to worry yet. Still only 19 and getting his 1st taste of A ball. For the month of May he's batting .667

 

I still think it would make absolute, complete sense to cut him in a 240 prospect league. Surely there is some prospect out there that will be available and objectively better.

 

Or if you just want to own a flaming bust to the bitter end, skip all the way to the AA phase and draft Courtney Hawkins.

[The Cats Ass]

Do it. This might be your only legitimate shot to win a fantasy baseball league ever.

 

The nice thing about this league is you can almost always undo a bad draft pick by trading him to TCA shortly thereafter.

 

You're walkin on thin ice today buddy.

[The Cats Ass]

I still think it would make absolute, complete sense to cut him in a 240 prospect league. Surely there is some prospect out there that will be available and objectively better.

 

Or if you just want to own a flaming bust to the bitter end, skip all the way to the AA phase and draft Courtney Hawkins.

 

Why would I want to do that? The journey is half the fun.

[Boxcar]

Trea Turner - grade 70, stock up, decision: keep/activate

Sean Manaea - grade 70, stock up, decision: keep/activate

Erick Fedde - grade 60, stock up, decision: keep

Adalberto Mondesi - grade 60, stock up, decision: keep

Willy Adames - grade 60, stock even, decision: keep

Michael Kopech - grade 60, stock down, decision: keep

Stephen Gonsalves - grade 50, stock even, decision: keep

Rookie Davis - grade 50, stock even, decision: keep

Ryan Cordell - grade 50, stock up, decision: keep

Harold Ramirez - grade 50, stock down, decision: fringe keep

Billy McKinney - grade 50, stock down, decision: fringe cut

 

I have 1 empty farm slot and only 1 high pick so I might not end up cutting anybody.

 

Never change buddy. If nothing else, I appreciate you.

[TRM]

You're walkin on thin ice today buddy.

 

Sorry. I'm lashing out because I'm being embarrassed by longtime foe featherdick.

[BTS]

I have a firm offer for Richards that I'm prepared to accept tonight. If you want in, let me know ASAP.