07 NSBB Homerun Derby Contest

Laura · March 18, 2007

Contest

The goal: Build a HR team to collect the most MLB BOMBS!

Pick a roster of 12 hitters. The first 11 hitters must include:

--1 batter from Group A

--2 batters from Group B

--3 batters from Group C

--5 batters from Group D

The 12th hitter is your Wild Card and can be any player not listed here. You don't have to pick a WC player on a 25-man roster, but you obviously risk not accruing HRs if your player is stashed in the minors.

Post your first 11 selections in this thread. The deadline for posting is Noon Central Time on Sunday, April 1. The thread will be locked at the deadline.

You must PM me your Wild Card selection! Do not post it with your entry. It WILL NOT COUNT unless it's PM'd to me by the deadline. I'll edit your WC selections into your posts after the deadline.

RULES

Throughout the season, you may make 4 adds/drops to your core roster of 11 players. The following rules apply to adds/drops:

--You must drop a player to add another player. A drop/add is one transaction.

--You must post your transaction in the HR Derby transaction thread. The transaction becomes effective at midnight CT the day you post it. You will accrue the dropped player's HRs in any game started by midnight CT that day. You will accrue the added player's HRs for any games starting after midnight CT the next day.

--If you only post an add without a drop or there's any other problem deciphering your intent, the transaction isn't finalized until it's straightened out.

--You may make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game and 2 transactions after the All-Star Game. These transactions apply only to the core roster and not the WC player. It's use or lose it -- if you don't make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game, you still only get 2 transactions afterwards.

--The player added must be drawn from the same group as the player dropped.

--No clones. You can't have the same player more than once.

--MLB rules for stats will be followed for any games postponed, suspended, etc.

--You can only change your WC player once and only at the All-Star break ... so choose carefully!

--Southpaw19 will be providing periodic updates throughout the season. If you have any scoring questions, please post them in the discussion thread or PM him. Final decisions on scoring are up to him.

Winner

--Anyone can enter. The winner has to be a member in good standing (in other words, not banned) at the conclusion of the season in order to collect the prize.

-- The winner will have his/her choice of an Alex Rios or Felix Pie autographed Big Stick Rawlings bat.

--A tie at the end of the season goes to the premium member. If that doesn't break the tie, it goes to the person who posted their HR Derby team first.

--You can change your HR Derby team as often as you'd like before the deadline. Just please EDIT your original post instead of posting a new team.

Finally, many thanks to Southpaw19 -- without his help, there wouldn't be a HR Derby contest this year!

GROUPS

(HRs are 2006 HRs)

Group A

Player          Team    HRs
R Howard        PHI     58
D Ortiz         BOS     54
A Pujols        STL     49
T Hafner        CLE     42
A Rodriguez     NYY     35

Group B

Player          Team    HRs
A Soriano       CHC     46
L Berkman       HOU     45
J Thome         CWS     42
C Beltran       NYM     41
A Jones         ATL     41
A Dunn          CIN     40
F Thomas        TOR     39
C Delgado       NYM     38
T Glaus         TOR     38
A Ramirez       CHC     38
J Giambi        NYY     37
J Bay           PIT     35
P Konerko       CWS     35
M Ramirez       BOS     35
M Holliday      COL     34
M Teixeira      TEX     33
G Sizemore      CLE     28
B Bonds         SF      26

Group C

Player          Team	HR 
J Dye           CWS     44
B Hall          MIL     35
N Swisher       OAK     35
J Morneau       MIN     34
R Sexson        SEA     34
V Guerrero      LAA     33
R Ibanez        SEA     33
A LaRoche       PIT     32
C Utley         PHI     32
V Wells         TOR     32
T Hunter        MIN     31
J Crede         CWS     30
G Atkins        COL     29
P Burrell       PHI     29
J Francoeur     ATL     29
P Fielder       MIL     28
C Lee           HOU     28
C Monroe        DET     28
K Griffey       CIN     27
B Inge          DET     27
J Jones         CHC     27
D Uggla         FLA     27
E Byrnes        ARI     26
M Cabrera       FLA     26
R Durham        SF      26
C Jones         ATL     26
M Thames        DET     26
J Willingham    FLA     26
D Wright        NYM     26
S Rolen         STL     22
J Mauer         MIN     13
D Lee           CHC      8
G Sheffield     DET      6

GROUP D

    	
Player          Team	HRs   Player        Team  HRs
A Beltre        SEA     25    J Gomes        TB   20
J Rollins       PHI     25    M Jacobs      FLA   20
M Cuddyer       MIN     24    M Lowell      BOS   20
J Damon         NYY     24    C Tracy       ARI   20
A Gonzalez       SD     24    R Zimmerman   WSH   20
A Kearns        WSH     24    C Blake       CLE   19
B McCann        ATL     24    J Edmonds     STL   19
M Ordonez       DET     24    J Encarnacion STL   19
M Tejada        BAL     24    C Guillen     DET   19
T Wigginton      TB     24    B Molina      TOR   19
R Aurilia        SF     23    J Reyes       NYM   19
M Ensberg       HOU     23    W Betemit     LAD   18
R Hernandez     BAL     23    C Crawford     TB   18
N Johnson       WSH     23    K Johjima     SEA   18
J Posada        NYY     23    M Teahen       KC   18
J Rivera        LAA     23    J Valentin    NYM   18
M Alou          NYM     22    G Anderson    LAA   17
M Cameron        SD     22    G Jenkins     MIL   17
E Chavez        OAK     22    P Wilson      STL   17
C Duncan        STL     22    M Barrett     CHC   16
P Feliz          SF     22    H Blalock     TEX   16
B Hawpe         COL     22    N Markakis    BAL   16
L Overbay       TOR     22    V Martinez    CLE   16
M Piazza        OAK     22    T Helton      COL   15
C Biggio        HOU     21    J Lane        HOU   15
D Ross          CIN     21    B Abreu       NYY   15
J Uribe         CWS     21    D Jeter       NYY   14
A Huff          BAL     21    J Kent        LAD   14
B Broussard     SEA     21    D Dellucci    PHI   13
J Drew          BOS     20    C Floyd       CHC   11
N Garciaparra   LAD     20    H Matsui      NYY    8

Edited October 14, 2007 by Laura

Laura · March 18, 2007

SAMPLE ENTRY

Group A: Howard

Group B: Soriano & Berkman

Group C: Dye, Hall & Swisher

Group D: Beltre, Rollins, Cuddyer, Damon & AGonzalez

WC: PM'd to Laura

Southpaw191679666239 · March 18, 2007

I'm going to go with some not-so-popular picks, to make it more "interesting". I could also be shooting myself in the foot, but that's where the fun comes in. ;)

Group A

Travis Hafner -> Alex Rodriguez

Group B

Andruw Jones

Aramis Ramirez

Group C

Vladimir Guerrero

Carlos Lee -> Prince Fielder

Miguel Cabrera

Group D

Magglio Ordoñez

Miguel Tejada

Mike Piazza -> Jimmy Rollins

Hideki Matsui -> Adrian Gonzalez

Todd Helton

Wild Card

Shea Hillenbrand - Ryan Braun

First Half Transactions:

I too will drop Piazza and add Jimmy Rollins.

I'm going to burn my 2nd transaction and hope for no significant injuries:

Drop: Matsui
Add: Adrian Gonzalez

Second Half Transactions:

I'm going to take a risk, mainly because of how far down the standings I am.

Drop Hafner, Add ARod
Drop Carlos Lee, Add Prince

*hopes they don't simultaneously stop hitting*

WC will be PM'd to Laura

No Transactions Remaining

otis89 · March 18, 2007

Here are my picks.

Group A

David Ortiz

Group B

Alfonso Soriano

Aramis Ramirez

Group C

Justin Morneau

Prince Fielder

Derrek Lee

Group D

Austin Kearns

Magglio Ordonez

Ryan Zimmerman

Carl Crawford

Todd Helton

Wild Card

Sammy Sosa

Mizzou · March 18, 2007

Group A: Ortiz

Group B: Soriano and Dunn

Group C: V. Guerrero, C. Lee, and D. Lee

Group D: Beltre, Tejada, Drew, Blalock, and Helton

WC: Sammy Sosa

Laura · March 18, 2007

I'm planning on entering this contest. Since I'm receiving WC entries, I'm going to PM Southpaw my WC entries today so I can keep compiling everyone else's WC choices.

Butterscup1679666578 · March 18, 2007

Group A: D. Ortiz

Group B: A. Soriano, L. Berkman

Group C: V. Guerrero, B. Hall, D. Lee

Group D: M. Cuddyer, M. Tejada, A. Beltre, M. Piazza -> Adrian Gonzalez, B. Hawpe

WC: Edwin Encarnacion

First Half Transactions:

Drop Piazza, add Adrian Gonzalez

b_wiggy_66 · March 18, 2007

Group A: Ortiz

Group B: A. Jones, A. Ramirez

Group C: P. Fielder, D. Lee, G. Sheffield

Group D: M. Piazza, C. Crawford, N. Markakis, J. Rollins, C. Duncan

WC: Alex Gordon -> Carlos Pena

vance_the_cubs_fan · March 18, 2007

A: D. Ortiz

B: A Dunn, A. Soriano

C: J. Morneau, D. Lee -> P. Fielder, C. Lee

D: C. Crawford, M. Ensberg, J.D. Drew, B. Hawpe, H. Blalock -> Zimmerman

WC: Delmon Young -> Jack Cust

First Half Transactions:

Transaction 1: Drop D Lee, pick up Fielder.

Transaction 2: Drop Blalock, add Zimmerman

Edited March 21, 2007 by vance_the_cubs_fan

rocket · March 18, 2007

Group A: Albert Pujols

Group B: Adam Dunn, Carlos Beltran

Group C: Vladimir Guerrero, Prince Fielder, Richie Sexson

Group D: JD Drew, Miguel Tejada, Carl Crawford, Chad Tracy, Brad Hawpe

wild card pm'd to serena - Edwin Encarnacion -> JJ Hardy

Edited March 21, 2007 by rocket

Balsa · March 18, 2007

Group A: A. Pujols

Group B: A. Soriano & L. Berkman

Group C: G. Atkins -> P. Fielder, J. Morneau & M. Cabrera

Group D: M. Ensberg, M. Teahen, J. Gomes -> J. Rollins, A. Gonzalez & B. McCann

WC: Alex Gordon -> Alex Rios

Transactions:

I'm dropping Gomes for Rollins.

Drop Atkins, add Fielder.

Edited March 26, 2007 by Balsa

Roast · March 18, 2007

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Adam Dunn & Soriano

Group C: Prince Fielder, Derrek Lee, Vlad Guerrero

Group D: Adrian Beltre, Miguel Tejada, Morgan Ensberg, Brian Mccann, JD Drew

Secret Pick: Matt Murton

Edited March 19, 2007 by Roast

reggiemiller rules · March 18, 2007

Group A - Pujols

Group B - Beltran and Aramis Ramirez

Group C- Dye, Fielder, DLee

Group D- Tejada -> Magglio Ordonez, Ensberg, Duncan,Piazza -> Adrian Gonzalez, Mike Jacobs

Wild Card- Alex Gordon -> Jack Cust

First Half Transactions:

I want to do my first change and put in Adrian Gonzalez for Mike Piazza.

I am going to drop Tejada and add Magglio

Drew Doughty · March 18, 2007

Group A: Albert Pujols

Group B: Lance Berkman, Mark Teixeira

Group C: Garrett Atkins, Miguel Cabrera, Nick Swisher

Group D: Adrian Beltre, Jimmy Rollins, Eric Chavez, Morgan Ensberg -> Magglio Ordonez, Brad Hawpe

WC: Alex Gordon

Transactions:

Drop Ensberg, add Magglio Ordonez

rocket · March 18, 2007

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Adam Dunn & Soriano

Group C: Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera, Derrek Lee, Vlad Guerrero

Group D: Adrian Beltre, Miguel Tejada, Morgan Ensberg, Brian Mccann, JD Drew

Secret Pick: PM to Laura

hey no fair, roast gets 4 group c picks while the rest of us only get 3

Andy · March 19, 2007

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Carlos Beltran, Adam Dunn

Group C: Derrek Lee -> Prince Fielder, Nick Swisher, Vladimir Guerrero

Group D: Morgan Ensberg, Michael Cuddyer, Brian McCann, Ramon Hernandez -> Brian McCann, Chad Tracy

WC: Matt Murton -> Conor Jackson

First Half Transactions:

First transaction:

I'm dropping Ramon Hernandez from group D, picking up Brian McCann.

Drop Lee add Prince

This means I have to keep Murton as my extra pick, but I'm hopelessly out of 1st anyway so whatever.

Roast · March 19, 2007

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Adam Dunn & Soriano

Group C: Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera, Derrek Lee, Vlad Guerrero

Group D: Adrian Beltre, Miguel Tejada, Morgan Ensberg, Brian Mccann, JD Drew

Secret Pick: PM to Laura

hey no fair, roast gets 4 group c picks while the rest of us only get 3

D'oh!

I'll fix that.

tadowdaddy · March 19, 2007

Group A: D. Ortiz

Group B: Dunn, Soriano

Group C: M. Cabrera, Wright, and D. Lee -> Fielder

Group D: Blalock -> V. Martinez, E. Chavez, Hawpe, Tejada, H. Matsui

Wild Card: Sammy Sosa

First Half Transactions:

2 Transactions..

Drop D. Lee and add Fielder
Drop Blalock add V. Martinez

Edited March 30, 2007 by tadowdaddy

NCCubFan · March 19, 2007

Group A: Howard -> Alex Rodriguez

Group B: Soriano, Ramirez (hey, I'm trying to be optimistic this year :D )

Group C: Guerrero, Fielder, D. Lee

Group D: Tejada, Gonzalez, Crawford, Markakis, Matsui -> JD Drew

Wild Card: Andy Marte -> Hanley Ramirez

First Half Transactions:

My first transaction: Matsui out, Drew in (Group D).

I hate to use my second and last pre All-Star break move this early, but with Howard struggling anyway and now on the DL time to cut him loose. Welcome to my team, A-Rod.

hawkcub · March 19, 2007

Group A: D. Ortiz

Group B: A Soriano

A Ramirez

Group C: J Morneau

R Sexson

P Fielder

Group D: M Lowell

M Tejada

J Posada

J Edmonds

N Garciaparra

Group WC: Conor Jackson

Just like Cubs I am going from last to first. :D

Edited March 22, 2007 by hawkcub

Derwood · March 19, 2007

GROUP A: Albert Pujols

GROUP B: Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Beltran

GROUP C: Nick Swisher, Carlos Lee, Prince Fielder

GROUP D: Miguel Tejada -> Brad Hawpe, JD Drew, Hideki Matsui, McCann -> Adrian Gonzalez, Magglio Ordonez

WILDCARD: Conor Jackson -> Ryan Braun

First Half Transactions:

I would like to swap Brian McCann for Adrian Gonzalez

Second Transaction: Drop Tejada, add Hawpe

Mark_R · March 20, 2007

A: Ryan Howard

B: Alfonso Soriano and Adam Dunn

C: Garrett Atkins, Derrek Lee, and Carlos Lee

D: Ryan Zimmerman, Miguel Tejada, Mark Teahen, Michael Cuddyer, and Nick Markakis

Secret Bonus Pick: Ryan Shealy -> Ryan Braun

Ding Dong Johnson · March 20, 2007

A: Pujols

B: Soriano

B: A Jones

C: Vlad

C: D Lee -> P Fielder

C: Swisher

D: Kearns

D: Tejada -> Adrian Gonzalez

D: Hawpe

D: Johnson -> Brian McCann

D: Zimmerman

WC: Alex Gordon -> Jack Cust

First Half Transactions:

OH SNAP, I didn't realize I had Nick Johnson. Please allow me to drop him for McCann.

Soriano, D Lee, Hawpe (and of course Johnson) all with 0. I also have 3 guys with only 1 -- Kearns, Tejada, Zimmerman.

MY TEAM SUCKS!!!@!!1!

transaction #2 -- drop Tejada, add Adrian Gonzalez

Second Half Transactions:

I didn't realize I got 2 more after the break...

1) drop Lee, add Fielder

tkenm356 · March 20, 2007

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Alfonso Soriano, Adam Dunn

Group C: Vladimir Guerrero, Carlos Lee, Nick Swisher

Group D: Adrian Gonzalez, Morgan Ensberg, Mark Teahen, Miguel Tejada, Juan Rivera

Wild Card: Luke Scott

Schwarber Fan · March 20, 2007

Vance you gotta fix yours too, you have 4 guys in group C

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