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You need a 5th from Group D

A) Adam Dunn B) Carlos Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton C) Carlos Pena, Troy Tulowitzki, Hunter Pence D) Tyler Colvin, Ike Davis, Buster Posey, Jason Heyward, Pablo Sandoval WC) To be revealed later

The goal: Build a HR team to collect the most MLB ROUND-TRIPPERS! 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 12:04:59 PM Central Time on Friday, April 1 2011. I have extended the deadline by 24 hours! The thread will be locked at 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 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 between the deadline on March 31 and noon CT on April 5 and after noon CT September 17. --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 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 in order to collect the possible prize. -- As of right now, we do not have a prize lined up, but if anyone has something to donate, please send me a PM! *** --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 Group Player Team HR (2010) HR (2009) HR (2008) A Jose Bautista TOR 54 13 15 A Albert Pujols STL 42 47 37 A Paul Konerko CWS 39 28 22 A Adam Dunn CWS 38 38 40 A Miguel Cabrera DET 38 34 37 A Joey Votto CIN 37 25 24 Group Player Team HR (2010) HR (2009) HR (2008) B Carlos Gonzalez COL 34 13 4 B Dan Uggla ATL 33 31 32 B Mark Teixeira NYY 33 39 33 B David Ortiz BOS 32 28 23 B Josh Hamilton TEX 32 10 32 B Mark Reynolds BAL 32 44 28 B Prince Fielder MIL 32 46 34 B Adrian Gonzalez BOS 31 40 36 B Corey Hart MIL 31 12 20 B Ryan Howard PHI 31 45 48 B Vernon Wells LAA 31 15 20 B Alex Rodriguez NYY 30 30 35 B David Wright NYM 29 10 33 B Nick Swisher NYY 29 29 24 B Robinson Cano NYY 29 25 14 B Richie Weeks MIL 29 9 14 B Vladimir Guerrero BAL 29 15 27 Group Player Team HR (2010) HR (2009) HR (2008) C Adrian Beltre TEX 28 8 25 C Carlos Pena CHC 28 39 31 C Matt Holliday STL 28 24 25 C Matt Kemp LAD 28 26 18 C Chris Young ARI 27 15 22 C Jayson Werth WSH 27 36 24 C Luke Scott BAL 27 25 23 C Troy Tulowitzki COL 27 32 8 C Aaron Hill TOR 26 36 2 C Aubrey Huff SF 26 15 32 C Carlos Quentin CWS 26 21 36 C Kelly Johnson ARI 26 8 12 C Mike Napoli TEX 26 20 20 C Adam LaRoche WSH 25 25 25 C Aramis Ramirez CHC 25 15 27 C Hunter Pence HOU 25 25 25 C Jay Bruce CIN 25 22 21 C Jim Thome MIN 25 23 34 C Russell Branyan ARI 25 31 12 C Ryan Braun MIL 25 32 37 C Ryan Zimmerman WSH 25 33 14 C Alfonso Soriano CHC 24 20 29 C Curtis Granderson NYY 24 30 22 C Carlos Lee HOU 24 26 28 C Juan Uribe LAD 24 16 7 C Andre Ethier LAD 23 31 20 C Alex Gonzalez ATL 23 8 16 C Adam Lind TOR 23 35 9 C Casey McGehee MIL 23 16 0 C Colby Rasmus STL 23 16 -- C Torii Hunter LAA 23 22 21 C Drew Stubbs CIN 22 8 -- C Evan Longoria TB 22 33 27 C J.D. Drew BOS 22 24 19 C Mike Stanton FLA 22 -- -- C Nelson Cruz TEX 22 33 7 C Shin-Soo Choo CLE 22 20 14 C Ty Wigginton COL 22 11 23 C Alex Rios CWS 21 17 15 C Brian McCann ATL 21 21 23 C Delmon Young MIN 21 12 10 C Edwin Encarnacion TOR 21 13 26 C Garrett Jones PIT 21 21 -- C Hideki Matsui OAK 21 28 9 C Hanley Ramirez FLA 21 24 33 C Jason Kubel MIN 21 28 20 C Michael Young TEX 21 22 12 Group Player Team HR (2010) HR (2009) HR (2008) D Bobby Abreu LAA 20 15 20 D John Buck FLA 20 8 9 D Lyle Overbay PIT 20 16 15 D Pat Burrell SF 20 14 33 D Scott Rolen CIN 20 11 11 D Tyler Colvin CHC 20 0 -- D Victor Martinez DET 20 23 2 D Adam Jones BAL 19 19 9 D Andruw Jones NYY 19 17 3 D Carl Crawford BOS 19 15 8 D Derrek Lee BAL 19 35 20 D Gaby Sanchez FLA 19 2 0 D Ike Davis NYM 19 -- -- D Kevin Youkilis BOS 19 27 29 D Alexei Ramirez CWS 18 15 21 D Bill Hall HOU 18 8 15 D Brandon Phillips CIN 18 20 21 D Buster Posey SF 18 0 -- D BJ Upton TB 18 11 9 D Ian Stewart COL 18 25 10 D Jonny Gomes CIN 18 20 8 D Jason Heyward ATL 18 -- -- D Justin Morneau MIN 18 30 23 D Jorge Posada NYY 18 22 3 D Shane Victorino PHI 18 10 14 D Casey Blake LAD 17 18 21 D Geovany Soto CHC 17 11 23 D Justin Upton ARI 17 26 15 D Rod Barajas LAD 17 19 11 D Ryan Ludwick SD 17 22 37 D Seth Smith COL 17 15 4 D Andrew McCutchen PIT 16 12 -- D Andres Torres SF 16 6 -- D Chase Utley PHI 16 31 33 D Josh Willingham OAK 16 24 15 D Kevin Kouzmanoff OAK 16 18 23 D Pedro Alvarez PIT 16 -- -- D Raul Ibanez PHI 16 34 23 D Troy Glaus FA 16 0 27 D Yuniesky Betancourt MIL 16 6 7 D Billy Butler KC 15 21 11 D Chris Snyder PIT 15 6 16 D Jhonny Peralta DET 15 11 23 D Juan Rivera TOR 15 25 12 D Michael Morse WSH 15 3 0 D Martin Prado ATL 15 11 2 D Miguel Tejada SF 15 14 13 D Ryan Raburn DET 15 16 4 D Stephen Drew ARI 15 12 21 D Brennan Boesch DET 14 -- -- D Cody Ross SF 14 24 22 D Jayson Nix CLE 14 12 0 D Lance Berkman STL 14 25 29 D Michael Cuddyer MIN 14 32 3 D Miguel Olivo SEA 14 23 12 D Travis Snider TOR 14 9 2 D Brandon Inge DET 13 27 11 D Jack Cust SEA 13 25 33 D Jeff Francoeur KC 13 15 11 D Justin Smoak SEA 13 -- -- D Kosuke Fukudome CHC 13 11 10 D Kurt Suzuki OAK 13 15 7 D Pablo Sandoval SF 13 25 3 D Ryan Doumit PIT 13 10 15 D Travis Hafner CLE 13 16 5 D Wilson Betemit KC 13 0 6 D Will Venable SD 13 12 2 D David Murphy TEX 12 17 15 D Dustin Pedroia BOS 12 15 17 D Franklin Gutierrez SEA 12 18 8 D Marlon Byrd CHC 12 20 10 D Matt LaPorta CLE 12 7 -- D Magglio Ordonez DET 12 9 21 D Marcus Thames LAD 12 13 25 D Nick Markakis BAL 12 18 20 D Neil Walker PIT 12 0 -- D Angel Pagan NYM 11 6 0 D Aaron Rowand SF 11 15 13 D Chase Headley SD 11 12 9 D Chris Johnson HOU 11 0 -- D Eric Hinske ATL 11 8 20 D Jorge Cantu SD 11 16 29 D Jose Reyes NYM 11 2 16 D Kendrys Morales LAA 11 34 3 D Marco Scutaro BOS 11 12 7 D Matt Wieters BAL 11 9 -- D Roger Bernadina WSH 11 0 0 D Shelley Duncan CLE 11 0 1 D Alberto Callaspo LAA 10 11 0 D Austin Kearns CLE 10 3 7 D Ben Zobrist TB 10 27 12 D Chipper Jones ATL 10 18 22 D Daric Barton OAK 10 3 9 D Derek Jeter NYY 10 18 11 D Howie Kendrick LAA 10 10 3 D Ian Desmond WSH 10 4 -- D Jerry Hairston WSH 10 10 6 D James Loney LAD 10 13 13 D Jose Lopez COL 10 25 17 D Matt Joyce TB 10 3 12 D Michael Saunders SEA 10 0 -- D Ryan Spilborghs COL 10 8 6 D Scott Hairston NYM 10 17 17 D Willie Harris NYM 10 7 13 D Joe Mauer MIN 9 28 9 D Manny Ramirez TB 9 19 37 ---------------------------------------------- Past HR Derby Champs 2006 - UMFan83 2007 - Wekse 2008 - The Logan 2009 - vance 2010 - TruffleShuffle _____________________________________________ 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

It's an Ex-Sox and Ex-Cub list.

Manager: Joe Girardi Pitching Coach: Larry Rothschild Bullpen Coach: Mike Harkey 40-Man Roster Andruw Jones Boone Logan Damaso Marte Sergio Mitre Nick Swisher NRI's Brian Anderson Bartolo Colon Neal Cotts Freddy Garcia Mark Prior Andrew Sisco Am I missing anyone? Good grief!

I really was hoping Wood's 20 strikeout game would be in this countdown, but in the selection show, they explained games with personal feats were excluded. Meh. :|

Olney also says Archer was the key to the deal.

(a) I have a nameless 22 jersey. :) (b) Jeff Gray signed a minor league deal with the White Sox, so 34 was available.

Apparently you can order a Carlos Pena - 22 jersey from the Cubs shop on mlb.com Yet on their roster page, 22 isn't listed.

Per Jerry Crasnick on Twitter: Not only the money, but ... I'd rather not and keep Fuku.

1yr/$1.5M :shock: Surprised Hendry didn't overspend. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/2881713-419/wood-cubs-million-closer-season.html

I am willing to bet this deal will have deferred money, similar to the Pena deal. Hopefully it will allow the Cubs to offer an incentive-laden deal to Webb and then we can call it an offseason (unless they make trades).

Oh well... that's what I get for following too many "experts" on Twitter.

Couple of reporters in SD are reporting Derrek Lee has signed with the Padres. Back to where he started.

No, because Amaro is going to make sure of the Boston/Philly WS, by sending Blanton to Boston.

I've read that the Phillies have money coming off the books in '12, so they could certainly back-load this deal. Additionally, they are going to try to trade Joe Blanton and Raul Ibanez to free up some 2011 dollars.

Well, according to her Wiki page, she did suffer mini-strokes in 2008, but is also a recovering alcoholic.

Thats what she has sounded like everyday since her strokes. Isn't Feder a Chicago guy? Wouldn't he know that?

For those of you watching on WGN; Robert Feder via Twitter is implying that Allison Payne is impared (ie. drunk) on-air.

Rays execs have scoffed at interest in Garza, and Joe Maddon has said through the St. Petersburg Times that Matt Garza will be pitching for them next year. We'll have to see if that's true or not.

Can't wait to hear Harold Reynold's reaction or see his his head explode.

I am for this deal provided that the prospects aren't too many that we could have used.

There's a $16 million club option on Ramirez (which I hope we won't take), a $14 million player option for Dempster (which he probably will take), $12 million mutual option for Silva (which we probably won't take). That's it. Otherwise, it's $4 million total to buy out Ramirez and Silva Here's the spreadsheet from Cot's: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tt7HjIernphaSrv4wMWdUYg&output=html He meant on Pena.