Mephistopheles

this one does not count, who has the most consecutive starts without a BB since 1957 you wont get it http://tinyurl.com/2u92fp answer

boku wa nihongo o hanasimasu

did morneau make the asg?

The premise of this draft was to see how well I could kick the leagues ass in the draft, "knowing" the outcome of the 2008 season. Basically using the 08 James projections. Which I *know* is a lot of bull, but oh well. Regardless it was funny.... http://www.mockdraftcentral.com/draft.jsp?id=56201 1-9) Ryan Braun, 3B 46 HR 121 R 122 RBI 20 SB .326 AVG James loves him this year. Like loving him by him being numero uno overall fantasy player. I don't see him hitting 46 HRs lol. Braun's been going 14th this year. 2-16) Russell Martin, C 17 HR 95 R 89 RBI 20 SB .292 AVG I wanted Martin with my third pick, but I didn't think he'd last. He's going around 30th this year. Still, he's a top 10 player based on those numbers (!). I don't think they're that far off from consensus projections on him. He's actually the 13th best player if you take him off for my team. That is off all the players to put for my team instead of him, he's 13. Position not included!!! Not an overdraft... 3-33) Derek Jeter, SS 15 HR 110 R76 RBI 17 SB .312 AVG It took me forever to figure out that Jeter was a good pick for me. Based on the guys I thought I would get, he became more valuable to me. His BA offsets Dunn's BA. Overall he's the 47th best fantasy player per James, and he's going around pick 36. The projections are pretty much what he's done the last four years. Interestingly if you take out Jeter, and then look at the rest of the guys I picked, Jeter becomes 13th best player for my team (at any position) and 2nd best SS to fill that slot. So really it was a quality pick. 4-40) Adam Dunn, OF 43 HR 107 R 103 RBI 8 SB .251 AVG Dunn is going around pick 42, so I got him where he's going. Overall he's ranked 34th by James. He's a great fit in this spot for my team. If you take him out and leave everyone else be he's the 14th best fit for my team, with everyone else long gone ahead of him. 5-57) Hunter Pence, OF 27 HR 90 R 100 RBI 15 SB .306 AVG I had Nick Markakis slotted for this pick if he lasted. He's been going around pick 52, and went at pick 52. Pence has been going around pick 64, so I nabbed him. He's got great projection, definitely on the optimistic side. 33rd ranked player overall. Take Pence out and leave everyone else, he's the 10th rated player for my team, ahead of Ryan Howard. 6-64) Josh Fields, OF 30 HR 86 R 92 RBI 12 SB .272 AVG Oh believe me. I got him about 10 rounds early. What I *should* have done is slotted everybody I wanted up a round to make sure I got them (i missed out on a few) and then take him in the 11th or so. But I wanted to play to my ego. This pick was originally slotted to Pence, with the alt choices being (in order): Torii Hunter, Chris Young, and Corey Hart. They all got swiped up in this draft a bit early. I was like [expletive] it, Ill take Fields. Fields is actually the 24th rated player for the spot based on the team ahead of Hart, Rollins, Hanley, Sizemore and other big names long gone. The projection isn't all that out of whack. It's not like he was a highly rated guy through James dumbass mind. Overall James has Fields as the #174th ranked player. 7-81) Roy Halladay, SP 16 W 0 SV 153 K 3.31 ERA 1.17 WHIP This pick was slotted for Smoltz (and the next for Halladay), but Smoltz went the pick right before. Like I said I should have just slotted everyone up. Oh well. The projection doesn't seem completely out of line. Maybe more healthy than likely 8-88) Daisuke Matsuzaka, SP 14 W 0 SV 188 K 3.54 ERA 1.23 WHIP Daisuke was slotted to go to me in the 9th round. He's an interesting fantasy guy. Relatively optimistic projection. 9-105) Rich Hill, SP 14 W 0 SV 223 K 3.50 ERA 1.17 WHIP Yeah, optimistic. 10-112) Matt Kemp, OF 16 HR 87 R 73 RBI 24 SB .322 AVG Yeah, optimistic. 80th rated fantasy player overall, but take out that slot and he's the FIFTH overall for my team, ahead of everyone but Wright, Braun, ARod, and Hanley. Yes, Pujols isn't listed. 11-129) Matt Cain, SP 13 W 0 SV 188 K 3.42 ERA 1.26 WHIP James projects low ERAs across the board, like 4.00 on average, so while these seem low, based on the rest of the league around him they're not as low as you think, it's all relative. Still relatively optimistic in this case. 12-136) Brad Lidge, RP 13-153) Tony Pena, RP 14-160) Kevin Gregg, RP Saves. 24, 20 and 32 respectively. 15-177) Jeff Kent, 2B 22 HR 82 R 90 RBI 2 SB .290 AVG That's basically what Kent did last year, give or take. Maybe a little more PT than expected. Take off 10 R and RBI and he's still a steal. For my team Kents the third best 2B, despite being the 11th ranked 2B overall. 16-184) Curt Schilling, SP 11 W 0 SV 150 K 3.54 ERA 1.16 WHIP Doesn't seem all that much out of line. Maybe a bit low on the ratios, but everyone's like that. 17-201) Troy Percival, RP Saves: 25 18-208) Joey Votto, 1B 23 HR71 R 81 RBI 16 SB .307 AVG Oh optimistic and some. Dont expect it to happen lol. At those he's 16th best overall for my spot. Of course everyone else ahead of him went at least 15 rounds earlier. Those numbers make him the 213th best player overall, yet 16th best for my team. Lovely. 19-225) Moises Alou 20-232) Mark Reynolds 21-249) Rick Ankiel I meant to click Ankiel on Alou. Oh well. Reynolds and Ankiel have quality projections. None of these three will make the lineup, but we could only draft 9 pitchers max so i had to pick em. That team comes out to 239 HR 849 Runs 826 Runs Batted In 134 Stolen Bases .298 Batting Average 87 Wins 102 Saves 1183 Strikeouts 3.48 Earned Run Average 1.21 Whip Which would predict about 105.5 points in a roto league. Oh massacred. It isn't a case of just taking guys James likes more than others and picking them late. It's maximizing your stats based on scarcity. I then faked a complete backup team taking other guys who were available at the same position to see how good it was: The round they went in is listed in parenthesis. I dq'd guys who I picked later. For instance Cain came up for Halladays spot, but I took him in the 11th. 1. Miguel Cabrera (1) 2. Joe Mauer (6) 3. Michael Young (8) 4. Andruw Jones (8) 5. Corey Hart (6) 6. Gary Sheffield (7) 7. Pedro Martinez (13) 8. Yovani Gallardo (11) 9. Ben Sheets (10) 10. Lastings Milledge (Undrafted) 11. AJ Burnett (12) 12. Matt Capps (13) 13. Eric Gagne (17) 14. Joakim Soria (15) 15. Kelly Johnson (17) 16. Greg Maddux (21) 17. Jeremy Accardo (17) 18. Mike Jacobs (Undrafted) Milledge is projected at 18 HR 85 R 78 RBI 21 SB .286 AVG I can get a similar score with Pie instead, though a lower BA. Weird. That team, which looks like crap, would be expected to finish in THIRD PLACE (!). If I use a better custom way to do this we'd get this team: 1. Miguel Cabrera (1) 2. Victor Martinez (3) 3. Rafael Furcal (6) 4. Bobby Abreu (4) 5. Andruw Jones (8) 6. Gary Sheffield (7) 7. Pedro Martinez (13) 8. Yovani Gallardo (11) 9. Ben Sheets (10) 10. Johnny Damon (12) 11. AJ Burnett (12) 12. Matt Capps (13) 13. Eric Gagne (17) 14. Andy Pettitte (16) 15. Tadahito Iguchi (Undrafted) 16. Greg Maddux (21) 17. Brian Wilson (19) 18. Mike Jacobs (Undrafted) that crap would finish 2nd!

http://tinyurl.com/2pyxad i left the answer in a tiny url on the last page.

sure

Here is the "plan" 1 Ryan Braun 2 Russell Martin 3 Derek Jeter 4 Adam Dunn 5 Nick Markakis 6 Hunter Pence 7 John Smoltz 8 Roy Halladay 9 Daisuke Matsuzaka 10 Matt Kemp 11 Rich Hill 12 Chad Cordero 13 Rafael Soriano 14 Tony Pena 15 Pedro Martinez 16 Jeff Kent 17 Todd Jones 18 Joey Votto 19 CJ Wilson 20 Brian Wilson 21 Jason Schmidt

You can follow mine live right now! http://www.mockdraftcentral.com/draft.jsp?id=56201

Yes, once I have them. PECOTA isn't out. All of ZiPS isn't out. I have them done for Chone and Marcel.

eddie collins didnt retire within four years of al simmons or babe herman lol and his career slugging is a whopping 429

Gotta be a knuckleballer: in order of likelihood Its gotta be someone in the 70s so either 1 or 2 on my guesses. No one has gotten the third guy in mine

Babe Herman and Al Simmons are two of the three. I have to leave now but heres the last one: http://tinyurl.com/2pyxad Hint: Another guy with his name later went and played in the majors. Hint2: Not Frank Thomas #1

higher slugging percentages and he was a leader once.

Hint:

To reiterate: Who are the top 3 hitters in all-time slugging who never led the league in slugging before the roid era. Hint in next post

yay practically bedard for hill and pie. somehow that sounds like jim hendry being dumb again.

yep, now for the second one

Come on....He's getting bought out of a year of free agency. The Devil Rays controlled him for 2008 and 2009 before this deal. He has a hair over four years service time. If you want to be like me, you need to know these things.

2 of the three are correct.

Hint Bonus Question (looking at this gives away the hint)

Name the three highest players in career SLG% who never led the league in slugging. bonus and hint on the next post

dammit i got the top three. i would have NEVER gotten the last one. Heres a massive spoiler on the hardest one: rivera isnt eligible guys, but he would be #12 if he were. no closers are on brs list, so hoffman (who would have been one) is out

I didnt want the spoiler but it came up when I quoted dammit. It was a pretty easy one.