2008 HR Derby -- Rules & Entries Thread

[Laura]

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 Tuesday, March 25. 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.

 

--No transactions before noon CT April 1 and after noon CT September 21.

 

--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 autographed Big Stick Rawlings bat, players TBD ('06 = Jeremy Hermida and '07 = Alex Rios).

 

--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 EDIT your original post instead of posting a new team. If you enter two teams, only the first team will count as your entry.

 

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

 

GROUPS

 

Group A

Player         Team    HR (2007)  HR (2006)  HR (2005)
Rodriguez A    NYY     54         35         48
Fielder P      MIL     50         28          2
Howard R       PHI     47         58         22
Dunn A         CIN     40         40         40
Ortiz D        BOS     35         54         47

 

Group B

Player         Team    HR (2007)  HR (2006)  HR (2005)
Pena C          TB     46          1         18
Holliday M     COL     36         34         19
Thome J        CWS     35         42          7
Berkman L      HOU     34         45         24
Braun R        MIL     34          0          0
Cabrera M      DET     34         26         33
Beltran C      NYM     33         41         16
Soriano A      CHC     33         46         36
Lee C          HOU     32         28         32
Pujols A       STL     32         49         41
Konerko P      CWS     31         35         40
Rollins J      PHI     30         25         12
Teixeira M     ATL     30         33         43
Wright D       NYM     30         26         27
Ramirez M      BOS     20         35         45
Young C        ARI     32          2          0
Morneau J      MIN     31         34         22

 

Group C

Player         Team    HR (2007)  HR (2006)  HR (2005)
Uggla D        FLA     31         27          0
Burrell P      PHI     30         29         32
Gonzalez A      SD     30         24          6
Griffey K      CIN     30         27         35
Phillips B     CIN     30         17          0
Hawpe B        COL     29         22          9
Jones C        ATL     29         26         21
Ramirez H      FLA     29         17          0
Dye J          CWS     28         44         31
Hunter T       LAA     28         31         14
Ordonez M      DET     28         24          8
Greene K        SD     27         15         15
Guerrero V     LAA     27         33         32
Rowand A        SF     27         12         13
Beltre A       SEA     26         25         19
Jones A        ATL     26         41         51
Ramirez A      CHC     26         38         31
Thomas F       TOR     26         39         12
Atkins G       COL     25         29         13
Martinez V     CLE     25         16         20
Matsui H       NYY     25          8         23
Delgado C      NYM     24         38         33
Hafner T       CLE     24         42         33
Hart C         MIL     24          9          2
Rios A         TOR     24         17         10
Sizemore G     CLE     24         28         22
Tulowitzki T   COL     24          1          0
Upton B         TB     24          1          0
Lee D          CHC     22          9         46
Swisher N      CWS     22         35         21

 

Group D

Player         Team    HR (2007)  HR (2006)  HR (2005)
Bonds B                28         26          5
Cust J          OAK    26          0          0
Hardy J         MIL    26          5          9
Sheffield G     DET    25          6         34
Fields J        CWS    24          1          0
Zimmerman R     WSH    24         20          0
Granderson C    DET    23         19          8
Guillen J       SEA    23          9         24
Markakis N      BAL    23         16          0
Utley C         PHI    22         32         28
Wigginton T     HOU    22         24          7
Bay J           PIT    21         35         32
Byrnes E        ARI    21         26         10
Cameron M       MIL    21         22         12
Duncan C        STL    21         22          1
Garko R         CLE    21          7          0
Guillen C       DET    21         19          5
Ibanez R        SEA    21         33         20
LaRoche A       PIT    21         32         20
Lowell M        BOS    21         20          8
Peralta J       CLE    21         13         24
Sexson R        SEA    21         34         39
Willingham J    FLA    21         26          0
Feliz P          SF    20         22         20
Glaus T         TOR    20         38         37
Kent J          LAD    20         14         29
Fukudome K      CHC     0          0          0
Kinsler I       TEX    20         14          0
Nady X          PIT    20         17         13
Posada J        NYY    20         23         19
Uribe J         CWS    20         21         16
Wilkerson B     TEX    20         15         11
Blake C         CLE    19         19         23
Cano R          NYY    19         15         14
Ellis M         OAK    19         11         13
Francoeur J     ATL    19         29         14
Martin R        LAD    19         10          0
Buck J           KC    18         11         12
Hermida J       FLA    18          5          4
Kouzmanoff K    SD     18          3          0
McCann B        ATL    18         24          5
Tejada M        BAL    18         24         26
Gomes J          TB    17         20         21
Helton T        COL    17         15         20
Jacobs M        FLA    17         20         11
Pence H         HOU    17          0          0
Abreu B         NYY    16         15         24
Cuddyer M       MIN    16         24         12
Kearns A        WSH    16         24         18
Wells V         TOR    16         32         28
Chavez E        OAK    15         22         27
Blalock H       TEX    10         16         25

 

 

Transactions (last updated 04/18 12:35pm CT)

Poster          Date     Trans #     Drop          Add

Golden Thunder  04/13    1           Phillips      DLee
Andy            04/14    1           Markakis      Utley
Locke's Eye...  04/14    1           Cust          Utley
abmillis        04/15    1           Fields        Zimmerman
NcCubFan        04/15    1           Soriano       cabrera
Andy            04/17    2           Soriano       CPena
ZFan38          04/17    1           Swisher       DLee
Vance...        04/17    1           Soriano       Cabrera
Wekse           04/18    1           Cust          MJacobs

 

Past HR Derby Champs

2006 - UMFan83

2007 - Wekse

[Laura]

SAMPLE ENTRY

 

Group A: Fielder

 

Group B: Soriano & Berkman

 

Group C: Dye, Hall & Rios

 

Group D: Zimmerman, Utley, Fukudome, Sexson & PFeliz

 

WC: PM'd to Laura

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Group A: Ortiz

 

Group B: Holliday, Pujols

 

Group C: Burrell, Hawpe, ARAMIS

 

Group D: Zimmerman, Utley, Bay, V Wells, Sexson

 

WC: Alex Gordon

[Butterscup1679666578]

A: Alex Rodriguez

B: Lance Berkman, Matt Holliday

C: Pat Burrell, Brandon Phillips, Vladimir Guerrero

D: Ryan Zimmerman, Jose Guillen, Chase Utley, Jason Bay, Richie Sexson

WC: Matt Kemp

[JimSorgi]

Group A: Ryan Howard

 

Group B: Ryan Braun, Lance Berkman

 

Group C: Travis Hafner, Pat Burrell, Aramis Ramirez

 

Group D: Chase Utley, Nick Markakis, Josh Fields, Ryan Zimmerman, Jason Bay

 

WC: Evan Longoria

[Lockes Eye Scar]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Matt Holliday and Ryan Braun

Group C: Travis Hafner, Nick Swisher, Vladimir Guerrero

Group D: Jeff Francoeur, Miguel Tejada, Hank Blalock, Robinson Cano, Jack Cust

WC : Delmon Young

[cbbryan]

GROUPS

 

Group A

 

Rodriguez A NYY

 

Group B

 

Berkman L HOU

Cabrera M DET

 

Group C

 

Hawpe B COL

Ramirez H FLA

Guerrero V LAA

 

Group D

 

Cust J OAK

Sheffield G DET

Fields J CWS

Zimmerman R WSH

Bay J PIT

 

WC

Evan Longoria

 

Past HR Derby Champs

 

2006 - UMFan83

2007 - Wekse

2008 - cbbryan

[Rex Buckingham]

A: A. Rodriguez

B: R. Braun, M. Cabrera

C: V. Guerrero, A. Ramirez, N. Swisher

D: J. Fields, C. Utley, N. Markakis, J. Francouer, H. Pence

WC:

Geovany Soto

[rocket]

Group A: Prince Fielder

Group B: Matt Holliday, Ryan Braun

Group C: Vladimir Guerrero, Aramis Ramirez, Nick Swisher

Group D: Jack Cust, Nick Markakis, Chase Utley, Jason Bay, Ryan Zimmerman

WC: Edwin Encarnacion

[Rob]

Group A: Ryan Howard

 

Group B: Ryan Braun, Alfonso Soriano

 

Group C: Vladimir Guerrero, Aramis Ramirez, Nick Swisher

 

Group D: Chase Utley, Jeff Francouer, Gary Sheffield, Ryan Zimmerman, Nick Markakis

 

WC: Mark Reynolds

[Southpaw191679666239]

Group B

Player         Team    HR (2007)  HR (2006)  HR (2005)
Bonds B                28         26          5

 

Group D

Player         Team    HR (2007)  HR (2006)  HR (2005)
Bonds B                28         26          5

 

You have Bonds listed twice. ;)

[Laura]

Thanks! Fixed -- Bonds is in Group D only.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

could someone please turn BBCode back on in Events?

[Southpaw191679666239]

Group A: Prince Fielder

 

Group B: Ryan Braun, Matt Holliday

 

Group C: Brad Hawpe, Aramis Ramirez, Travis Hafner

 

Group D: Chase Utley, Troy Glaus, Kosuke Fukudome, JJ Hardy, Jason Bay

 

WC: Marcus Thames

[Southpaw191679666239]

Also of note, some players are listed with their team last season; which is factual, because that's who they hit their HRs with in '07. Just be mindful when making your selections. For example, Troy Glaus is now with St. Louis.

[Drew Doughty]

Group A: Ryan Howard

 

Group B: Carlos Pena and Alfonso Soriano

 

Group C: Nick Swisher, Andruw Jones, and Travis Hafner

 

Group D: Jason Bay, Josh Fields, Mike Jacobs, Josh Willingham, and Adam Laroche

 

Wild Card: Evan Longoria

[Laura]

could someone please turn BBCode back on in Events?

 

It looks like the settings are the same as the other forums. Southpaw had the disable BBCode box checked when he posted the message before.

 

Are the BBCode settings not working for others?

[wekse]

could someone please turn BBCode back on in Events?

 

It looks like the settings are the same as the other forums. Southpaw had the disable BBCode box checked when he posted the message before.

 

Are the BBCode settings not working for others?

 

they don't work for me.

[Southpaw191679666239]

When I post in this forum BBCode is defaulted to OFF. Everywhere else, it's on. Must be the forum some how.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

BBCode is off, and I've only noticed it in Events

[Derwood]

A - Alex Rodriguez

 

B - Ryan Braun

Manny Ramirez

 

C - Magglio Ordonez

Nick Swisher

Derrek Lee

 

D - Gary Sheffield

Jason Bay

Pedro Feliz

Jeremy Hermida

Hank Blalock

 

WC - Edwin Encarnacion

[Laura]

When I post in this forum BBCode is defaulted to OFF. Everywhere else, it's on. Must be the forum some how.

 

BBCode is off, and I've only noticed it in Events

 

I'll ask about fixing it. For some reason it's not affecting my posts, maybe due to the mod status.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

showoff

[Andy]

A - Alex Rodriguez

 

B - Matt Holliday, Alfonso Soriano

 

C - Aramis Ramirez, Travis Hafner, Adrian Gonzalez

 

D - Gary Sheffield, Ryan Zimmerman, Jason Bay, Nick Markakis, Kevin Kouzmanoff

 

Wild Card - Michael Young

[CoolHandLuke]

A - Ryan Howard

 

B - Matt Holliday, Lance Berkman

 

C - Aramis Ramirez, Grady Sizemore, Nick Swisher

 

D - Jason Bay, Chase Utley, Hunter Pence, Curtis Granderson, Ian Kinsler

 

WC - Evan Longoria