2017 HR Derby {Entry Thread}

[Southpaw19]

This season, in order to try to grow the field of participants, I’m starting this thread with over a month to go until Opening Day!

 

The goal: Build a HR team to collect the most MLB ROUND-TRIPPERS!

 

Pick a roster of 12 hitters. The first 11 batters 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 5:00:00 PM Central Time on Saturday, April 1 2017.

No entries will be accepted after the deadline.

 

You must PM your Wild Card selection to me! Do not post it with your entry. It WILL NOT COUNT unless it's PM'd to me by 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 Central Time the day you post it. You will accrue the dropped player's HRs in any game started by midnight Central Time that day. You will accrue the added player's HRs for any games starting after midnight Central Ttime the next day.

 

» No transactions between the deadline on April 1 and noon Central Time on April 8 and also after noon Central Time September 10.

 

» 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 (no hold-over transactions).

 

» 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 roughly once a week 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.

 

» Tiebreaker 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.

 

Groups will be the first reply to this thread.

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Past HR Derby Champs

2006 - UMFan83

2007 - Wekse

2008 - The Logan

2009 - vance

2010 - TruffleShuffle

2011 - Bob Sanders

2012 - soccer10k

2013 - glavine93

2014 - sneakypower

2015 - sneakypower

2016 - PetermanRealityTour

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EXAMPLE ENTRY

 

Group A: PLAYER ONE

Group B: PLAYER TWO, PLAYER THREE

Group C: PLAYER FOUR, PLAYER FIVE, PLAYER SIX

Group D: PLAYER SEVEN, PLAYER EIGHT, PLAYER NINE, PLAYER TEN, PLAYER ELEVEN

WILD CARD: PM'D TO SOUTHPAW19

[Southpaw19]

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae103/southpawjosh/2017hrd/GroupA_zpsm16vhopy.png

 

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae103/southpawjosh/2017hrd/GroupB_zpsq1kxsexv.png

 

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae103/southpawjosh/2017hrd/GroupC_pt1_zpsm45gyiku.png

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae103/southpawjosh/2017hrd/GroupC_pt2_zpsrrusjviv.png

 

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae103/southpawjosh/2017hrd/GroupD_pt1_zpsmgd3g8al.png

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae103/southpawjosh/2017hrd/GroupD_pt2_zpswqagnzdu.png

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae103/southpawjosh/2017hrd/GroupD_pt3_zpsv0dbt2um.png

[Southpaw19]

A - Nolan Arenado {rockies}

B - Kris Bryant {cubs}

B - Manny Machado {orioles}

C - Mike Trout {angels}

C - Giancarlo Stanton {marlins}

C - Addison Russell {cubs}

D - Kole Calhoun {angels}

D - Francisco Lindor {indians}

D - Yangervis Solarte {padres}

D - Javier Baez {cubs}

D - Trevor Plouffe {athletics}

WC -

[Ding Dong Johnson]

A - Nolan Arenado

B - Kris Bryant, Josh Donaldson

C - Gary Sanchez, Mike Trout, Jose Bautista

D - Adrian Gonzalez, Nick Castellanos, Colby Rasmus, Justin Bour, Trea Turner

 

WC - I'm going to have to stew on this for a bit. we should have had a "no " clause in effect this year

 

ETA: WC - PM'd

Edited March 6, 2017 by Ding Dong Johnson

[philosophizer75]

Group A:

Nolan Arenado

 

Group B:

Kris Bryant

Anthony Rizzo

 

Group C:

Giancarlo Stanton

Bryce Harper

Paul Goldschmidt

 

Group D:

Javier Baez

Wilson Contreras

Adrian Gonzalez

Yasiel Puig

Buster Posey

[philosophizer75]

Haha had to rub my eyes like three times to make sure all three of those guys were C-class.

 

Also I didn't pick a single AL player on accident.

[Sammy Sofa]

A - Edwin Encarnacion

 

B - Kris Bryant

Manny Machado

 

C - Mike Trout

Giancarlo Stanton

Bryce Harper

 

D - Jonathan Villar

Alex Gordon

Justin Bour

Willson Contreras

Aledmys Diaz

 

WC - SSSSSSSEEEEEEEEECRETSSSSSSSSS

[Cubswin11]

Group A: Nolan Arenado

Group B: Kris Bryant, Manny Machado

Group C: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Jose Abreu

Group D: Kole Calhoun, Josh Reddick, Francisco Lindor, Willson Contreras, Jorge Soler

WC: PM'd

[PetermanRealityTour]

Group A: Nolan Arenado

Group B: Kris Bryant & Manny Machado

Group C: Gary Sanchez, Paul Goldschmidt, Bryce Harper

Group D: Willson Contreras, Trea Turner, Aledmys Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Carlos Gomez

 

WC: PM

Edited March 28, 2017 by PetermanRealityTour

[sweetpeteman]

A: Arenado

B: Bryant, Donaldson

C: Trout, Stanton, Harper

D: Contreras, Diaz, Villar, Turner, Drury

 

WC PM'd

[NonProfitCow]

A - Khris Davis

B - Chris Davis, Josh Donaldson

C - Mike Trout, Miguel Sano, Bryce Harper

D - Adrian Gonzalez, Jorge Soler, Josh Reddick, Hunter Pence, Justin Bour

 

Wildcard PM'd

[Andy]

Group A: Nolan Arenado

Group B: Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo

Group C: George Springer, Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton

Group D: Francisco Lindor, Dexter Fowler, Willson Contreras, Buster Posey, Adrian Gonzalez

 

WC: PM'd

[HendryWallet]

A: Nelson Cruz

B: Kris Bryant, Mookie Betts

C: Giancarlo Stanton, Corey Seager, Mike Trout

D: Dex Fowler, Willson Contreras, Kole Calhoun, Nick Castellanos, Odubel Herrara

 

WC: PMd

[javy knows my name]

A: Nolan Arenado

 

B: Kris Bryant

B: Josh Donaldson

 

C: Bryce Harper

C: Corey Seager

C: Miguel Sano

 

D: Willson Contreras

D; Javier Baez

D: Michael Conforto

D: Max Kepler

D: Francisco Lindor

[bukie]

A Arenado

B Bryant

B Rizzo

C Trout

C Harper

C Russell

D Zobrist

D Baez

D Contreras

D Fowler

D Soler

 

WC seeeeecret

[Derwood]

A - Cruz

B - Rizzo, Donaldson

C - Trout, Harper, A. Jones

D - Calhoun, Gordon, Posey, Lindor, W, Contreras

WC - PM'd

[Clem Fandango]

Group A: Mark Trumbo

Group B: Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Cano

Group C: George Springer, Carlos Correa, Nomar Mazara

Group D: Domingo Santana, Carlos Gomez, Byron Buxton, Hunter Pence, Javier Baez

WC: PM'd

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Group A: Nolan Arenado

Group B: Kris Bryant, Chris Davis

Group C: Mike Trout, Trevor Story, Giancarlo Stanton

Group D: Domingo Santana, Justin Bour, Nick Castellanos, Yasiel Puig, Willson Contreras

WC: PM'd

Edited March 31, 2017 by Duke Silver

[David]

Group A - Nolan Arenado

Group B - Josh Donaldson, Manny Machado

Group C - Joey Votto, Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton

Group D - Buster Posey, Carlos Gomez, Willson Contreras, Josh Reddick, Adrian Gonzalez

 

WC - PM

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Nolan Arenado

Kris Bryant, Mookie Betts

Mike Trout, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager

Kole Calhoun, Willson Contreras, Travis Shaw, Francisco Lindor, Trea Turner

 

WC - still deciding, will PM

[soccer10k]

Nolan Arenado

Kris Bryant, Manny Machado

Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Giancarlo Stanton

Nick Castellanos, Justin Bour, Adrian Gonzalez, Francisco Lindor, Kole Calhoun

[Michael Scarn]

Nelson Cruz

K. Bryant, C. Davis

M. Trout, B. Harper, M. Sano

J. Baez, D. Santana, T. Turner, J. Villar, F. Lindor

 

WC: Will PM

[evv98]

A - Arenado

B - Bryant, Machado

C - Trout, Stanton, Harper

D - Lindor, Soler, Diaz, Puig, A Gonzalez

WC - Sent

[abohnhoff]

A- Arenado

B- Bryant, Donaldson

C- Springer, Trout, Harper

D- Baez, Calhoun, Contreras, Adrian Gonzalez, Lindor

WC- pm'd

[sneakypower]

A - Arenado

B - Bryant, C. Davis

C - Stanton, Harper, Trout

D - D. Santana, Soler, Castellanos, AGonz, Posey

WC - Sent