2009 HR Derby Rules and Entries

[Southpaw191679666239]

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 11:59:59 PM Central Time on Saturday, March 28. The thread will be locked at the deadline.

 

You must PM your Wild Card selection to Laura! Do not post it with your entry. It WILL NOT COUNT unless it's PM'd to Laura by the deadline.[/b] She will forward your picks and 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 5 and after noon CT September 20.

 

--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!

 

--I will be providing updates every Sunday morning throughout the season. If you have any scoring questions, please post them in the discussion thread or PM me. Final decisions on scoring are up to me.

 

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 | '07 = Alex Rios | '08 = ???) ~ Laura will confirm last year's winning prize and what this year's prize will be

 

*** --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.

 

NOTE FROM SOUTHPAW19 ~ These gropus may seems a little unorthodox or not what you would expect as in years past. I thought I would change it up a little bit to make the teams more interesting and have a more varied group for the Wild Card selection. I hope everyone has fun this season and CHOOSE WISELY! :)

 

 

GROUPS

 

Group A

Player         	Team	HR ('08)	HR ('07)	HR ('06)
Howard R       	PHI    48		   47         58
Dunn A         	WSH    40         40         40
Delgado C	      NYM	 38		   24         38
Pujols A       	STL	 37		   32         49
Rodriguez A    	NYY	 35		   54         35

 

Group B

Player            Team	HR ('08)   HR ('07)   HR ('06)
Cabrera M         DET	 37         34         26
Braun R	        MIL	 37         34         0
Ramirez M         LAD	 37         20         35
Gonzalez A        SD	  36         30         24
Fielder P         MIL	 34         50         28
Thome J	        CWS	 34         35         42
Dye J	          CWS	 34         28         44
Teixeira M        NYY	 33         30         33
Burrell P         TB	  33         30         29
Wright D          NYM	 33         30         26
Ramirez H         FLA	 33         29         17
Cust J            OAK	 33         26         0
Sizemore G        CLE	 33         24         28
Utley C           PHI	 33         22         32
Uggla D           FLA	 32         31         27

 

Group C

 

Player         	Team	HR ('08)	HR ('07)	HR ('06)
Ludwick R	      STL	 37	      14	      4
Quentin C		   CWS	 36	      5	       9
Hamilton J	     TEX	 32	      19	      --
Jacobs M		    KC	  32	      17	      20
Huff A    		  BAL	 32	      15	      8
Giambi J  	     OAK	 32	      14	      27
Pena C     	    TB	  31	      46	      1
Bay J       	   BOS	 31	      21	      35
Berkman L	      HOU	 29	      34	      45
Soriano A 	     CHC	 29	      33	      46
Youkilis K 	    BOS	 29	      16	      13
Cantu J    	    TB	  29	      0	       1
Lee C      		 HOU	 28	      32	      28
Reynolds M	     ARI	 28	      17	      --
Longoria E 	    TB	  27	      --	      --
Beltran C   	   NYM	 27         33	      41
Guerrero V	     LAA	 27	      27	      33
Ramirez A 	     CHC	 27	      26	      38
Glaus T     	   STL	 27	      20	      38
Encarnacion E	  CIN	 26	      16	      15
McLouth N     	 PIT	 26	      13	      7
Holliday M     	OAK	 25	      36	      34
Hawpe B       	 COL	 25	      29	      22
Beltre A       	SEA	 25	      26	      25
LaRoche A    	  PIT	 25	      21	      32
Cameron M   	   MIL	 25	      21	      22
Nady X         	NYY	 25	      20	      17
Thames M     	  DET	 25	      18	      26
Pence H       	 HOU	 25	      17	      0
Ankiel R       	STL	 25	      11	      0

 

Group D

 

Player		     Team	HR ('08)	HR ('07)	HR ('06)
Hardy J		    MIL	 24	      26	      5
Swisher N		  CWS	 24	      22	      35
Votto J    	   CIN	 24	      4	       --
Werth J   	    PHI	 24	      8	       7
Ortiz D    		BOS	 23	      35	      54
Morneau J	     MIN	 23	      31	      34
Wigginton T	   BAL	 23	      22	      24
Ibanez R     	 PHI	 23	      21	      33
Peralta J    	 CLE	 23	      21	      13
Scott L       	BAL	 23	      18	      10
Mora M       	 BAL	 23	      14	      16
Soto G       	 CHC	 23	      3	       0
McCann B   	   ATL	 23	      18	      24
Kouzmanoff K	  SD	  23	      18	      3
Granderson C 	 DET	 22	      23	      19
Young C    	   ARI	 22	      32	      2
Konerko P 	    CWS	 22	      31	      35
Jones C      	 ATL	 22	      29	      26
Bradley M   	  CHC	 22	      11	      2
Ross C        	FLA	 22	      12	      2
Ramirez A   	  CWS	 21	      --	      --
Bruce J       	CIN	 21	      --	      --
Phillips B       CIN	 21	      30	      17
Hunter T      	LAA	 21	      28	      31
Ordonez M   	  DET	 21	      28	      24
Atkins G         COL	 21	      25	      29
Blake C          LAD	 21	      19	      19
Drew S        	ARI	 21	      12	      5
DeRosa M         CLE	 21	      10	      13
Shoppach K       CLE	 21	      7	       3
Hart C           MIL	 20	      24	      9
Markakis N   	 BAL	 20	      23	      16
Guillen J        KC	  20	      23	      9
Lee D            CHC	 20	      22	      9
Millar K        TOR 	 20	      17	      15
Wells V          TOR	 20	      16	      32
Abreu B          LAA	 20	      16	      15
Ethier A         LAD	 20	      13	      11
Kubel J	       MIN	 20	      13	      8
Napoli M	      LAA	 20	      10	      16
Hinske E	      PIT	 20	      6	       12
Sheffield G      DET	 19	      25	      6
Drew J	        BOS	 19	      11	      20
Griffey K	     SEA	 18	      30	      27
Kinsler I	     TEX	 18	      20	      14
Kemp M	        LAD	 18	      10	      7
Iannetta C       COL	 18	      4	       2
Davis C	       TEX	 17	      --	      --
Lowell M	      BOS	 17	      21	      20
Hermida J	     FLA	 17	      18	      5
Damon J	       NYY	 17	      12	      24
Lopez J	       SEA	 17	      11	      10
Hairston S       SD	  17	      8	       3
Pedroia D	     BOS	 17	      8	       2
Crede J	       MIN	 17	      4	       30
Molina B	      SF	  16	      19	      19
Gordon A	      KC	  16	      15	      --
Snyder C	      ARI	 16	      13	      6
Reyes J          NYM	 16	      12	      19
Rios A           TOR	 15	      24	      17
Willingham J     WSH	 15	      21	      26
Anderson G	    ATL	 15	      16	      17
Hall B		     MIL	 15	      14	      35
Zimmerman R	   WSH	 14	      24	      20
Tulowitzki T	  COL	 8	       24	      1

 

Past HR Derby Champs

2006 - UMFan83

2007 - Wekse

2008 - The Logan

[Southpaw191679666239]

EXAMPLE ENTRY -- AS WELL AS MY OFFICIAL ENTRY

 

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Adrian Gonzalez, Mark Teixeria

Group C: Jason Bay, Evan Longoria, Aramis Ramirez

Group D: Joey Votto, Justin Morneau, Geovany Soto, Jay Bruce, Joe Crede

WILD CARD: To Be PM'd to Laura soon

 

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll31/southpaw19_josh/sigs/HRDerby/Southpaw19v1.png

[cubbinalltheway]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Ryan Braun, Manny Ramirez,

Group C: Alfonso Soriano, Evan Longoria, Jason Bay

Group D: David Ortiz, Alexie Ramirez, Justin Morneau, Alex Gordon, Jay Bruce

[Tinkertini26]

Group A: Adam Dunn

Group B: Manny Ramirez, Ryan Braun

Group C: Jason Bay, Aubrey Huff, Josh Hamilton

Group D: JJ Hardy, Geovany Soto, Joey Votto, Mark Derosa, Justin Morneau

WILD CARD: To be PM'd to Laura

[Butterscup1679666578]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Miguel Cabrera, Manny Ramirez

Group C: Josh Hamilton, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Pena

Group D: David Ortiz, Justin Morneau, Geovany Soto, Chipper Jones, Garrett Atkins

WILD CARD: PM'ed

[Derwood]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira

Group C: Josh Hamilton, Jason Bay, Carlos Lee

Group D: Joey Votto, Justin Morneau, David Ortiz, Chipper Jones, Garrett Atkins

Wildcard: PM'd

 

we can change our Wildcard up until March 28, yeah?

[Laura]

Confirming - I have received wildcard picks from everyone who has submitted an entry through this post.

[Guest]

A: Ryan Howard

B: Miguel Cabrera, Mark Teixeira

C: Carlos Pena, Alfonso Soriano, Josh Hamilton

D: Justin Morneau, Geovany Soto, David Ortiz, Joey Votto, Nick Swisher

Wild Card: PM'd

[ELCABALLO45]

A: Ryan Howard

B: Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun

C: Lance Berkman, Carlos Beltran, Josh Hamilton

D: Jay Bruce, Geovany Soto, JJ Hardy, Joey Votto, Raul Ibanez

Wild Card: Will be PM'd

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Manny Ramirez, Prince Fielder

Group C: Josh Hamilton, Jason Bay, Evan Longoria

Group D: David Ortiz, Justin Morneau, Geovany Soto, Jay Bruce, Troy Tulowitzki

WC: PM'd

[big_shooter17]

A-Ryan Howard

B-Miguel Cabrera and Mark Teixeira

C-Josh Hamilton, Carlos Lee, and Alfonso Soriano

D-Joey Votto, Justin Morneau, David Ortiz, Jay Bruce, and JJ Hardy

WC- PM'd in

[CubbieBum]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Braun, Fielder

Group C: Quentin, Pena, Soriano

Group D: Bruce, Votto, Ortiz, Morneau, Soto

 

Wildcard will be PM'ed as soon as I decide on one.

Edited March 17, 2009 by CubbieBum

[TruffleShuffle]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Braun, Fielder

Group C: Quentin, Pena, Soriano

Group D: Bruce, Votto, Ortiz, Morneau

 

Wildcard will be PM'ed as soon as I decide on one.

 

you need another group D guy

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

A: Ryan Howard

B: Mark Tex; Fat Fielder

C: Alfonso Soriano; Elvis Berkman; Jason Bay

D: Justin Morneau; Big Papi; Jay Bruce; Larry Jones; Raul Ibanez

WC- PM to Laura

[Clem Fandango]

Back to defend my title!

 

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Ryan Braun, Miguel Cabrera

Group C: Carlos Quentin, Carlos Pena, Carlos Lee (The 3 C's!)

Group D: David Ortiz, Joey Votto, Justin Morneau, Jay Bruce, Chris Ianetta

Wild Card: To be sent to Laura

[TruffleShuffle]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder

Group C: Carlos Pena, Alfonso Soriano, Josh Hamilton

Group D: Jay Bruce, Justin Morneau, Joey Votto, David Ortiz, Chris Young

Wild Card: Will PM to Laura

[CubbieBum]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Braun, Fielder

Group C: Quentin, Pena, Soriano

Group D: Bruce, Votto, Ortiz, Morneau

 

Wildcard will be PM'ed as soon as I decide on one.

 

you need another group D guy

 

blah blah blah (edited above post)

[Sammys Boombox]

Group A: R Howard

Group B: R Braun, M Teixeira

Group C: A Soriano, C Quentin, J Hamilton

Group D: D Ortiz, J Bruce, J Votto, J Morneau, C Young

WC: Will be PM'd

[NCCubFan]

Group A: Howard

Group B: Ramirez (Manny) & Ramirez (Hanley)

Group C: Hamilton, Bay, Soriano

Group D: Votto, Ortiz, Morneau, Soto, Bradley

 

Wild card: To be PM'd to Laura

[NCCubFan]

Just for fun somebody should pick Zambrano as the wild card. :D

[sweetpeteman]

A: Howard

B: Ramirez M Teixeira M

C: Hamilton J Ramirez A Jacobs M

D: Bradley M Zimmerman R Markakis N Ortiz D DeRosa M

 

WC PMed

[Schwarber Fan]

Group A: Ryan Howard

Group B: Ryan Braun, Manny Ramirez

Group C: Carlos Pena, Carlos Quentin, Jason Giambi

Group D: Milton Bradley, Justin Morneau, David Ortiz, Jay Bruce, Joey Votto

WILD CARD: PM'd to Laura

[Schwarber Fan]

Just for fun somebody should pick Zambrano as the wild card. :D

 

someone has in the past

[Herbie1740]

R.Howard

M.Ramirez

J.Thome

J.Hamilton

A.Soriano

A.Ramirez (cubs guy not the sox)

D.Ortiz

G.Soto

P.Konerko

M.Bradley

B.Abreu

WC: Sent

[Andy]

Just for fun somebody should pick Zambrano as the wild card. :D

 

someone has in the past

He would've gotten more than some of my past wild card picks.