KingKat

Just saving face really. Had Karns most of last season and dropped him when he didn't make the 40 man in September. Never expected them to put him in the rotation at the very end of the season like they did. By then it was too late to snatch him back up. Was somewhat relieved to see him dropped even if ideally I wouldn't have had to spend a pick on him. There's a couple of lessons to be learned there. If you have a prospect knocking on the door, don't assume that not being added to the 40 by September is the final word and if you're not competing, think long and hard before dropping a youngish player even if you don't think he's going to play. Outlook can change a lot during the off-season. Best to keep your youngish options open.

Nate Karns selected.

So you hockey guys are just making up names at this point, right?

Not much better than Zaun really. He mischaracterizes Zaun's postion about Lawrie (he made no assumptions) and trashes Zaun's career (total cheap shot). Reminds me of the Daniel Dennett quote: ​There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear. .

Kind of nice that everyone else is getting to see that.

That's Eastern right? Anyone know for sure that they will be here at that time and want to make my pick whether or not Gibbers shows up?

Don't you mean Google?

I don't need something to read the files. Google Drive gives me quick access to them online. Just sitting there for me thanks to prior Google history.

Well s*** and I'm on Android too.

I don't mind. I do a lot of work in SharePoint and Access, both of which I love.

Yes. Microsoft owns us.

It that's on Google docs then I can't actually. Had to check ProBoards and then Yahoo!

Yeah sorry about that. Just came to the same conclusion.

Nope. Checked again and waiver 22 was traded to me by Dinger. I see no mistakes as it turns out.

Trades says To JaysFever: Odor + Waiver 25 To KingKat: Waiver 2 + Waiever 82 You have waiver 25 but I think maybe I was given your Waiver pick at 22 by mistake.

I had Strickland as the most interesting middle reliever.

Remember when he was drawing Pedro comparison and then his real birth certificat came out and everyone was like, I guess he's not up and coming just mediocre.

Is this what you mean? 1 GP - Yasmani Tomas 2 KK - Steven Souza 3 BOX - Jesus Montero 4 GP - Joe Smith 5 DD - Jung-Ho Kang 6 TH - Jonathan Broxton 7 SAM - Aaron Hill 8 NJH - John Jaso 9 SPG - Scott Van Slyke 10 TF - Danny Farquhar 11 ZRO - Danny Santana 12 TCA - Rafael Soriano 13 SPK - Bryan Shaw

Ortiz looks huge. Is he related to that other Dominican Ortiz?

You get a really good view of his weight transfer in that video. Not withstanding the fact that we're nit-picking about a teenager, what do people think of it?

Just projecting their own bitterness unto other people.

Because you're not attracted to them or because you just stereotype anyone in that line of work as being crazy and/or beneath you?

Talk to me plz.

Thanks! I have finally settled on who I want with my next pick so everyone be a dear and just leave him there until then. O.K. thanks!

The Raptors write-up from the ESPN exposé on anlytics: http://espn.go.com/prod/styles/pagetype/otl/20150220_analytics/images/circle_nba_tor.png TORONTO RAPTORS A detailed 2013 Zach Lowe feature on Grantland pulled back the curtains on the Raptors' front office, revealing not only a strong analytics team making creative use of SportVU data but also tensions about how to put those insights into action. Shortly after that story, Toronto hired Masai Ujiri as GM, replacing Bryan Colangelo, who sources say had allowed a rift to develop in the organization. Outside sources who know Ujiri describe him as a creative thinker, talented scout and good manager, but not a champion of analytics. While with the Denver Nuggets, he worked with Dean Oliver but opted not to replace him after Oliver left the organization for a role at ESPN. With the Raptors, Ujiri retained consultants Alex Rucker and Keith Boyarsky, who built the SportVU interface Lowe detailed along with team staffer Eric Khoury. "It's a great part of the game to know," Ujiri told the National Post in 2013. "I think the NBA is trendy. I don't want to say it's the trend now. But that's the nature of us. I think analytics are a huge part. We have a good department that studies the game that way. I study the game that way." Ujiri's moves in Toronto have given mixed signals about the role of analytics. He quickly traded overpaid Andrea Bargnani and Rudy Gay for high value, but was also willing to trade then-underrated Kyle Lowry for a meager package to begin rebuilding. Only when the New York Knicks declined a proposed Lowry deal did it become apparent that the Raptors had built an unexpected winner. The structural issues in the organization have had the unfortunate effect of painting coach Dwane Casey as an archaic stat-hater, which is misleading. He worked closely with Oliver as an assistant coach in Seattle and Roland Beech as part of Rick Carlisle's staff in Dallas and gets high marks from both for being open to using analytics.