Here are my rules for the tournament:
Must have 4 starters and rotation will be set by points.
Every fielding position must be filled and a DH that can be played by anyone.
Must have 3 relievers and 1 Closer.
Remaining 3 roster spots can be filled by any position player or reliever (not Closer).
Team must remain under 5,000 points and no discount for bench players.
Teams can only attempt 5 steals per game not including single+ and only 2 per inning max.
I will be playing all of the games.
Managers interested in this tournament either comment on this post with the team you have created with its lineup, batting order and rotation. Preferably send me an Email Mrunevit@kent.edu with those things plus if you have any managerial style you want, such as how you want your bullpen handled, or subs, or steal preferences.
Draft Rules:
Once a player is chosen he can be on no other team
If a player has 2 versions of a card such as Alex Rodriguez, only one version of that card is eligible to play.
Once a team is drafted I will put them at the bottom of this post as players not eligible to be chosen for another team. The spreadsheet linked at the bottom will have players checked off once taken.
Choosing your team early is encouraged to have more players at your disposal.
Creating a team name is also encouraged because who doesn't like creativity or funny names.
Tournament seeding:
The highest point total team will receive the #1 seed and if multiple teams tie for the highest point total, the tie breaker will be highest point player on your roster. After that it will go by who submitted their team first. Odd amount of team names may result in a bye for the higher seeds.
Good Luck to anyone who decides to participate, I am hoping this can provide some fun and trash talking inside the community we have here.Have any other question please ask so clarification for everyone heading into the tournament.
2001 Players
Above is the link to all the players from the 2001 set. I will update it as I see the rosters that are submitted.
1. Devils Sixs 5000, 610
2. Purple Cobra Chickens 5000, 590
3. Speed Kills 5000, 560
4. Springfield Isotopes 5000, 550
5. Boston Brawler 5000, 550
6. Complete Chi-Stars 5000, 490
7. Call to the Hall 5000, 480
8. Pesky Pole Dances 5000, 460
9. Charleston Chews 4990, 650
10. Inglorious Bastards 4990, 560
11. San Diego Sour Skittles 4990, 560
12. Team Wilson 4990, 470
13. Indianapolis Racers 4980, 700
14. Steady Aces 4980, 510
15. Team McMenomy 4980, 440
16. Portland Danger Noodles 4960, 450
Players Taken
T. Glavine - 480
J. Smoltz - 440
P. Rapp - 240
Schilling 450
Hudson 440
Bohanon 390
Wright 350
M. Yoshii - 150
SP David Wells 460
SP Randy Johnson 440
SP Albie Lopez 400
SP Kenny Rogers 390
John Lieber (CHC) 470
James Baldwin (CWS) 350
Kerry Wood (CHC) 190
Kip Wells (CWS) 160
SP1 – Kile – 460
SP2 – Leiter – 460
SP3 – Guzman – 360
*Shawn Estes Giants 350.0Adam Eaton Padres 350.0
Jim Parque White Sox 350.0
Brian Anderson Diamondbacks 310.0
SP4 – Tapani – 310
RP Rod Beck 220
RP Felipe Lira 40
RP Alan Embree 80
Bob Howry (CWS) 200
Kelly Wunsch (CWS) 230
Felix Heredia (CHC) 170
Todd Van Poppel (CHC) 160
RP1 – Cormier – 170
RP2 – Speier - 140
RP3 – Santos – 100
*Ramiro Mendoza Yankees 290
*Lance Painter Blue Jays 110
*Lance Painter Blue Jays 110
Wayne Gomes 120
R. Garces - 220
G. Swindell - 210
T. Crabtree - 170
C. Silva - 50
Hawkins 180
Christansen 160
Groom 170
C. Almanzar - 40
Eddie guadardo 90
RP4 – Trombley - 100
Mike Morgan (ARI) 70
Tom Gordon (CHC) 300
CL – Rivera – 300
Jose Jimenez Rockies 260.0
J. Wetteland - 40
Foulke 270
BN Jeff Reed 50
Todd Hundley (CHC) 330
Jason Varitek Red Sox 150.0
1B John Olerud 230
Paul Konerko (CWS) 250
1B – Grace – 210
Richie Sexson Brewers 300.0
1B J. Thome - 310
Stevens 180
Brogna 100
M. Sweeney - 380
2B Eric Young 320
Ray Durham (CHC) 360
Frye - 190
Luis Castillo Marlins 340.0
2B – Vina – 240
R. Alomar - 410
Reese 210 Speed 7A
Shumpert 200
3B Scott Rolen 390
Joe Crede (CWS) 140
3B – Cirillo – 300
*Wes Helms Braves 60.0
C. Jones - 400
Tony Batista Blue Jays 290.0
Cal RIpken Jr., 190
Palmer 260
Morandini 70
SS Rey Sanchez 130
Ricky Gutierrez (CHC) 230
SS – Vizquel – 250
Nomar Garciaparra Red Sox 510.0
B. Larkin - 320
Furcal 250
Gary Sheffield Dodgers 550.0
Troy OLeary Red Sox 110.0
CF – Becker – 280
Frank Thomas (CWS) 440
David Ortiz Twins 180.0
Todd Hundley (CHC) 330
BN1 – Stinnett – 50 - C
Michael Barrett Expos 60.0Jason Varitek Red Sox 150.0
C – Krueter – 240
BN2 – Wilson – 60 - C
C M. Piazza - 450
Kendall 420
Molina 140
C M. Piazza - 450
Kendall 420
Molina 140
Paul Konerko (CWS) 250
1B – Grace – 210
Richie Sexson Brewers 300.0
1B J. Thome - 310
Stevens 180
Brogna 100
M. Sweeney - 380
Ray Durham (CHC) 360
Frye - 190
Luis Castillo Marlins 340.0
2B – Vina – 240
R. Alomar - 410
Reese 210 Speed 7A
Shumpert 200
Joe Crede (CWS) 140
3B – Cirillo – 300
*Wes Helms Braves 60.0
C. Jones - 400
Tony Batista Blue Jays 290.0
Cal RIpken Jr., 190
Palmer 260
Morandini 70
Ricky Gutierrez (CHC) 230
SS – Vizquel – 250
Nomar Garciaparra Red Sox 510.0
B. Larkin - 320
Furcal 250
LF Luis Gonzalez 360
CF Brian Giles 510
RF Tim Salmon 340
Jeremy Giambi 200
LF – Burkman – 400
*Darryl Hamilton Mets 220.0
RF – Hammonds – 380
BN Mark Smith 60
LF Sammy Sosa (CHC) 490
BN Peter Bergeron 70
RF Carlos Lee (CWS) 260
OF Damon Buford (CHC) 100
CF Corey Patterson (CHC) 100
RF T. Gwynn - 260
LF D. Martinez - 110
Davis 220 9 B 20HR
Nixon 250 9 B 20HR
Cruz 250 9 B 20HR
CF C. Murray - 130
David Ortiz Twins 180.0
Inglorious Bastards (4990 points)
ReplyDeleteRotation (1930 Pts.):
Zito - 560
Tavarez - 500
Livan Hernandez - 480
Hampton - 390
Bullpen (450 Pts.):
Sauerbeck - 20
Miller - 100
Riedling - 100
Benitez - 230
Starting Lineup (2580 Pts.)
RF: Ichiro - 400
SS: Valentin - 390
LF: Gant - 370
3B: Beltre - 280
CF: P. Wilson - 270
1B: D. Lee - 260
2B: Boone - 160
DH: Ward - 200
C: Matheny - 110
Bench (30)
Ordonez - 10
Jordan - 10
Gonzalez - 10
Strategy: Never use my bench or bullpen. Starters are going 8 and Benitez closes the 9th. If I'm losing by more than 3, the relievers can come in. But if it's close, all starters are going 8. Hoping pitching carries me and I can hit a few homers each for enough runs.
Manager will be Tom Thibodeau - former basketball coach of the Minnesota T'wolves and Chicago Bulls. If anyone knows how to manage without playing bench players, it's him. If you don't get that reference, Thibs was famous for playing his starters an absurd amount of minutes and playing his bench players as little as possible. Narrator Voice: This did not go well in the NBA.
Go team!!!!!
Haha I love it, deng 45 mins rose 47 Noah 42 boozer 40 Gibson 37 use no bench
DeleteLet's bring the core of my team back (and see if we can win a game this time).
ReplyDeleteTotal points: 4,990
Rotation (1320):
Park(LAD)- 470
Ankiel(STL)- 340
Irabu(MON)- 320
Nomo(BOS)- 190
Bullpen (740):
Wickman(CLE)- 250
Venafro(TEX)- 180
Paniagua(SEA)- 160
Kim(ARZ)- 110
Yan(TB)- 40
Lineup+Bench (2930):
1-DH-Higginson(DET)- 450
2-2B-Biggio(HOU)- 260
3-1B-Casey(CIN)- 280
4-RF-Ordonez(CWS)- 420
5-LF-Jenkins(MIL)- 380
6-C-Johnson(FLA)- 370
7-CF-Cruz Jr.(TOR)- 270
8-SS-Loretta(MIL)- 150
9-3B-Counsell(ARZ)- 150
Bench: Shinjo(NYM)- 130
Bench: Flaherty(TB)- 70
Higginson was a key piece of my lineup, I had to rework it entirely after you snagged him. Nice grab.
DeletePurple Cobra Chickens
ReplyDeleteTotal points: 5000
Rotation (1420):
Maddux - 590
Harnish - 380
Stephenson - 260
Ortiz - 190
Bullpen (720):
Wendell - 160
Stanton - 160
Powell - 110
Hoffman -290
Lineup+Bench (2860):
2B Damion Easley - 280
1B Todd Helton - 560
CF Richard Hidalgo - 500
DH Jay Buhner - 310
LF Larry Walker - 340
3B Aaron Boone - 240
RF Paul O'Neill - 200
C Henry Blanco - 160
SS Neifi Perez - 200
Bench Sefcik - 20
Bench Jones - 20
Bench Redmond - 30
Strategy: This team is defensive minded. It's slower than I would have liked because I lost Higginson (I was typing in my lineup after working on it for a couple hours, refreshed before posting and Higginson was gone, kinda frustrating but whatever). Let Maddux pitch and save the bullpen for the guys with less IP. Don't be afraid to sub in speed in the later innings and play some small ball, as games should be close with this lineup around. Outfield +7, Infield + 13, Catcher + 11. Don't be afraid to rely on the bullpen for game 4, as it's stronger than my 4th starter and Maddux won't need a ton of 'pen support (off day to refresh pen). Good luck Purple Cobra Chickens!
Deletethat sucks about higginson but man it excites me to hear you were working on a lineup for that long
DeleteIndianapolis Racers
ReplyDeleteRotation
Pedro Martinez 700
Mike Sirotka 390
Bryan Rekar 350
Pat Hentgen 210
Bullpen
Matt Anderson 130
Anthony Telford 130
Byung-Hyun Kim 110
Billy Koch 250
Lineup
Darin Erstad LF 510
Mark McLemore 2B 170
Bernie Williams CF 430
Vladimir Guerrero RF 470
Fred McGriff 1B 270
Adrian Beltre 3B 280
Tony Womack SS 110
Mark L. Johnson C 100
Jose Hernandez DH 140
Bench
Alex Cora SS 50
Chris Singleton CF/LF/RF 160
I only have about 45 player cards from 2001 so working with what I got lol
My point value was 4960, sorry forgot to post it, tough to pick a strategy without actually playing but play Pedro as much as possible!
ReplyDeleteIf it's not too late, I will switch out Womack for Alex S Gonzalez SS 130 points and bring my point total up to 4980, if not that's fine though
ReplyDeleteAlso someone has Beltre already, I'm so sorry, I messed up. New lineup without errors that is 4960
ReplyDeleteRotation
Pedro Martinez 700
Mike Sirotka 390
Bryan Rekar 350
Pat Hentgen 210
Rotation
Matt Anderson 130
Anthony Telford 130
Byung-Hyun Kim 110
Billy Koch 250 Closer
Lineup
Darin Erstad LF 510
Mark McLemore 2B 170
Bernie Williams CF 430
Vladimir Guerrero RF 470
Fred McGriff 1B 270
Eric Chavez 3B 260
Alex Gonzalez SS 130
Mark L. Johnson C 100
Bench
Jose Hernandez SS/3B 140 DH if DH's are used, would bat 7th and Gonzalez and Johnson would bat 8th and 9th
Alex Cora SS 50 points
Chris Singleton OF 160 points
someone also already has byung hyun kim, im updating the linked spreadshet right now as to who has been taken already
Deleteyou also only have 19 players you need to replace kim, and add another bench player or reliever
Deletehaha, I don't have any other relievers, I'm DQ'ed I guess lol
DeleteThere’s a spreadsheet in my post and it has all the players in the set listed and point values and such
DeleteAdd relievers Steve Kline 110 points and Nelson Cruz 10 points. Try not to use the bench as much as possible, and when Pedro starts try not to use the pen. Try not to use Cruz at all lol. Stealing bases with anyone with an A speed. Sorry about the delayed response, point total should be 4970 now, thanks!
DeleteOk, I think this is accurate but will double check
ReplyDeleteSpringfield Isotopes
Rotation: 1080
Colon (CLE) 360
Rusch (NYM) 360
Clemens (NYY) 350
Sabathia (CLE) 10
Bullpen: 880
Rhodes (SEA) 250
Nelson (SEA) 220
White (NYM) 360
Cabrera (HOU) 40
Brantley (PHI) 10
Zimmerman (TEX) 10
Lineup: 3040
LF Rickey (SEA) 170
DH Edgar Martinez (SEA) 460
SS ARod (SEA) 550
C Pudge (TEX) 530
CF Griffey Jr (CIN) 420
RF Juan Gone (CLE) 290
1B Mo Vaughn (ANA) 260
3B Ventura (NYM) 220
2B Bush (TOR) 110
Bench 120
SS Tim Bogar (HOU) 20
Strategy
DeleteLineup
Rickey gets the green light as much as possible, especially against a bad catcher arm / against a GB pitcher, but use your judgement
Everyone else is just trying to hit
Rotation
Cross your fingers
Bullpen
Rick White is the MVP of this team. The low control starters will probably get into trouble at some point in middle innings where they get into a jam. Rick White’s job is to kill the rally and then carry the team to the late innings. If it looks like trouble, pull the starter.. the purpose is to avoid the big inning.
Brantley is here bc we need a closer but he is not the closer
Rhodes is the closer
Nellie setup
everyone else is there to be cheap and to soak up innings if game is out of hand
Ignore the category points, they're wrong. Players add up to 5000 tho.
ReplyDeleteRotation: 1080
Bullpen: 890
Lineup: 3010
Bench: 20
is how it actually breaks down
SS - Jimmy Rollins 170
ReplyDelete2B - Edgardo Alfonzo 450
LF - Manny Ramirez Red Sox 490
1B - Mark McGuire 580
C - Jorge Posada 430
RF - Barry Bonds 650
3B - Albert Pujols 100
DH - Butch Huskey 110
CF - Vernon Wells 100
SP - C.C. Sabathia 10 Bartolo Colon 360 Ryan Dempster 360 Orlando Hernandez 290
RP - Tanyon Sturtze 190 Craig House 10 Mike Holtz 150
CP - Octavio Dotel 30
Bench - Desi Relaford 170 Ben Davis 110 Vinny Castilla 30
Team Total = 4790
Batting Line up is set up as is. Team name is The Charleston Chews
Ah colon and Sabathia were taken so I'll switch them for Paul Rigdon 290 and Joey Hamilton 280 bringing new team total to = 4990
DeleteDon't use the bench and pitching rotation will be
SP Rotation: Dempster, Hernandez, Rigdon, Hamilton.
RP Rotation: Sturtze, Holtz, House
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ReplyDeleteWell the team i chose has a random theme to it
ReplyDeleteDevils Sixs 5000pts
Starters
K. Brown LAD 570
T. Armas Jr MON 450
P. Abbott SEA 450
J. Rosado KC 440
Relivers
G. White COL 260
Fetters LAD 230
F. Rodriguez SF 190
U. Urbina MON 270
Lineup
C. Delgado TOR 610
J. Giambi OAK 570
A. Soriano NYY 110
R. Rivera SD 140
M. Lecroy MIN 110
O. Cabrera MON 120
W. Greene CHC 110
D. Brown KC 100
M. Grissom MIL 90
.Bench
L. Matos BAL 60
R. Ducey PHI 30
F. Martinez TB 90
Had a submission from reddit via email, figured I’d post it so everyone could see it
ReplyDeleteSan Diego Sour Skittles
Starters:
Aaron Sele - 460
Kevin Millwood - 410
Mark Mulder - 240
Ramon Martinez - 110
Bullpen:
Shigatoshi Hasegawa - 130
Scott Strickland - 220
Mark Wohlers - 90
Onan Masaoka - 60
Kazuhiro Sasaki - 240
Lineup:
CF - Mike Cameron - 350
3B - Dave Magadan - 190
LF - Bobby Abreu - 510
1B - Jeff Bagwell - 560
RF - Cliff Floyd - 440
DH - Olmedo Saenz - 220
C - Brad Ausmus - 210
2B - Jerry Hairston Jr. - 240
SS - Royce Clayton (Rangers) - 160
Bench:
Mike Benjamin - 110
Mike Lansing - 40
No worries, glad it worked out
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteTeam Speed Kills
They are 5000 pts exactly
Rotation
Jeff D'Amico - 530
Jarrod Washburn - 430
Robert Person - 290
Ben Sheets - 290
Relievers
Bob Wells
Curtis Leskanic
Doug Creek
Closer
Rob Nenn (Use heavily)
Lineup
Johnny Damon RF (Royals) - 350
Ryan Klesko 1B - 380
Andruw Jones CF - 450
Jeff Kent 2B - 560
Phil Nevin 3B - 360
Edgar Renteria SS - 270
Lenny Harris DH - 60
Joe Girardi C - 80
Wilton Guerrero LF - 60
Bench
Mike Lamb - 60
Keith Lockhart - 70
Wiki GOnzalez - 50
For the bullpen use Rob Nenn and Bob Wells as much as possible. Leskanic will be the 3rd option and only use Creek when you have no other choice. Do not use the bench. They are fill ins. Excited to see how this team shapes up. I always focus on bullpen, having only 1 closer available on the team is a bummer. Wish I could have paired Rivera or Gordon with Nenn.
Please use the speed liberally. Move the runners on single+ send them home from 1st every chance you get. Any catcher less than 10 run on them religiously. Especially if the pitcher is an ace.
DeleteAwesome, I’m glad we’re getting so many entries, really cutting into the player pool
DeleteSteady Aces: 4980 points
ReplyDeleteDecent pitching with a follow-up setup man and good closer. Couple RBIs out of the heart of my line-up Giles/Salmon/Giambi and I should walk away a victor! You'll use my pitching staff thru 7, bring in Beck to setup and Wagner to close. Bench shouldn't be used as they are scrubs.
SP David Wells 460
SP Randy Johnson 440
SP Albie Lopez 400
SP Kenny Rogers 390
RP Rod Beck 220
RP Felipe Lira 40
RP Alan Embree 80
CP Billy Wagner 160
C Brent Mayne 130
1B John Olerud 230
2B Eric Young 320
SS Rey Sanchez 130
3B Scott Rolen 390
LF Luis Gonzalez 360
CF Brian Giles 510
RF Tim Salmon 340
DH Jeremy Giambi 200
BN Mark Smith 60
BN Peter Bergeron 70
BN Jeff Reed 50
how would u like your batting order to be
Delete1 Eric Young 320
Delete2 Scott Rolen 390
3 Brian Giles 510
4 Luis Gonzalez 360
5 Tim Salmon 340
6 Jeremy Giambi 200
7 John Olerud 230
8 Brent Mayne 130
9 Rey Sanchez 130
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ReplyDeleteI notice you put my best player as 580, but I think that's a typo? it should be 550 (SEA A-Rod) which would make me 4th seed, and move Speed Kills up to 3rd
ReplyDeleteThanks for the catch. Now that we’re over 8 teams entered in probably going to break it down into random group pools so seeding won’t matter unless we get 16 entries
DeletePools would be cool... though I kinda hope we get more teams. lmk if you want more ideas, i got at least one. (This is my favorite set so I'm hoping the remaining stars will show up somewhere, with Nomar, Jeter, Sosa, Chipper, Mo etc still sitting on the sidelines.)
Delete(And thanks for putting it together!)
Deletei wont say no to another team, so idk if you followed my showdown cup last summer, but my plan with the culmination of all of this was having the
Delete2000 tournament a few weeks ago
2001 tournament
Classic Tournament (all the teams/players weve created on the blog)
2018 Tournament
for sure those 4, all the winners gain automatic bids into the showdown cup, all the other teams made will then play in qualifiers to make it, its a 16 team tournament.
Then possibly a 5th tournament with all the players not selected from all 4 of those categories like a suepr mash up
Made it work! North Siders South Siders unlikely alliance deck
DeleteThe Complete Chi-Stars
5000 pts, highest value Sosa 490
ROTATION: 1170
John Lieber (CHC) 470
James Baldwin (CWS) 350
Kerry Wood (CHC) 190
Kip Wells (CWS) 160
BULLPEN: 1130
Tom Gordon (CHC) 300 - closer, 2-inning save if necessary
Bob Howry (CWS) 200 - setup
Kelly Wunsch (CWS) 230 - double-play guy / rally killer
Felix Heredia (CHC) 170 - middle innings
Todd Van Poppel (CHC) 160 - long relief
Mike Morgan (ARI) 70 - only here for pts so I wouldn’t have to give up a major player. Do not use. (He did play for the Cubs in the 90s though.)
LINEUP: 2600
2B Ray Durham (CHC) 360
SS Ricky Gutierrez (CHC) 230
DH Frank Thomas (CWS) 440
LF Sammy Sosa (CHC) 490
C Todd Hundley (CHC) 330
RF Carlos Lee (CWS) 260
1B Paul Konerko (CWS) 250
3B Joe Crede (CWS) 140
OF Damon Buford (CHC) 100
BENCH: 100
CF Corey Patterson (CHC) 100 - can pinch run for Thomas or OF / swap in for Buford if opposing pitcher has low control
fantastic idea
Deletethanks! the idea of the Big Hurt's OBP followed by Sosa's power was too good to pass up... i could make a couple others like this but I'll wait in case others are still working on teams. At very least someone needs to find a spot for Mariano Rivera
DeleteThe possibilties with a tournament of all the classic cards are endless. The teams that are created would be so much fun to see.
DeletePlease let me know if I have listed anybody already taken:
ReplyDeleteThe Pesky Pole Dancers
Rotation – 1820
SP1 – Kile – 460
SP2 – Leiter – 460
SP3 – Mussina – 450
SP4 – Schilling – 450
Bullpen – 640
CL – Lowe – 250
RP1 – Cormier – 170
RP2 – Kline – 120
RP3 – Santos – 100
Starters can all go 7, potentially going deeper depending on the score and part of the line up. Relievers are situational, with Lowe as the closer and Cormier the set-up man. Kline is a specialist again the bottom of the line-up. Santos can be used if the bullpen needs to be called upon early. Lowe can go multiple innings if against the right part of the order.
Bench – 250/50
BN1 – Stinnett – 50/10 (C)
BN2 – Brosius – 100/20 (3B)
BN3 – Lewis – 100/20 (OF)
Lewis can pinch run for Krueter late in the game with Stinnett as the sub. Brosius is only used at the end of the game to increase infield total.
Starting Line-Up – 2490
DH – Frye - 190
LF – Burkman – 400
RF – Hammonds – 380
3B – Cirillo – 300
CF – Becker – 280
1B – Grace – 210
C – Krueter – 240
2B – Vina – 240
SS – Vizquel – 250
Consistency with all 9 OB. Not a lot of power but a lot of guys who get on base with nobody getting out on a 5 roll. Outfield is average defense of 4, and infield is a little low with an 8. On extra base opportunities, I always go for the extra base with B speed guys, especially with two outs or going home. Be overly aggressive and make the defense make plays. Not much left on the board so you got to dance with the ones left.
Also, I realized after doing all of this that BN guys had to cost full instead of 1/5 (comparing it to other teams now), so this team is actually invalid (I believe).
Yeah it is invalid, and Kline was taken I just forgot to check off his version. Other than that you were good tho
DeleteIt’s only 200 points over so you shouldn’t have to do many drastic changes
DeleteThe Pesky Pole Dancers
DeleteRotation – 1590
SP1 – Kile – 460
SP2 – Leiter – 460
SP3 – Guzman – 360
SP4 – Tapani – 310
Bullpen – 910
CL – Rivera – 300
RP1 – Cormier – 170
RP2 – Speier - 140
RP3 – Santos – 100
RP4 – Trombley - 100
Bench – 110
BN1 – Stinnett – 50 - C
BN2 – Wilson – 60 - C
Starting Line-Up – 2490
DH – Frye - 190
LF – Burkman – 400
RF – Hammonds – 380
3B – Cirillo – 300
CF – Becker – 280
1B – Grace – 210
C – Krueter – 240
2B – Vina – 240
SS – Vizquel – 250
Starters can still all go 7, potentially going deeper depending on the score and part of the line-up. Relievers are situational, with Rivera as the closer now and Cormier still setting up. Speier is the specialist for certain parts of the line-up. Santos can be used if the bullpen needs to be called upon early, around the 5 and 6 and can throw 2 if necessary and against the right part of the line ups. I want a vintage Rivera, multi innings if in tough situations. Trombley is there like Tapani, eat innings and rest the bullpen for the ones that matter.
I believe this one works now. Made a couple of bench changes, bullpen changes, and swapped two starters. Batting order remains in tact.
I am excited to see how this turns out and excited to participate in the community more frequently. I ran a league a couple of years ago, no salary cap, but full 12 team draft with all 2000 and 2001 cards eligible. Multiple player cards were eligible, so had three Ken Griffey Jr.'s, three Alex Rodriguez's, etc. We had a ton of fun with it.
Yep that one comes in right at 5000 points, Im glad youre participating i nthe community we have really grown over the past year and its been alot of fun. I dont know if you saw the showdown cup I ran last year with actualy teams but it was a blast and the community voted on who they thought would win. I wanted to involve them more and figured this year I would have them create the teams trying to qualify for it, keep everyone interested and even have some rooting interests and friendly trash talk. Glad you joined this ill be alot of fun to play out
DeleteRealized that my RP4 should read Tromley, not Trombley. Sorry for the mistype, just want to make sure you pull the right card Friday night!
DeleteAlright this was not easy as I jumped on board too late but after taking home the crown in the 2000 tournament I had to go with a similar philosophy, that team Call to the Hall had 8 Hall of Famers, so I present Call to the Hall 2 with an upgrade to 9 Hall of Famers:
ReplyDeleteRotation (1310 Pts):
T. Glavine - 480
J. Smoltz - 440
P. Rapp - 240
M. Yoshii - 150
Bullpen (730 Pts):
Closer J. Wetteland - 40
R. Garces - 220
G. Swindell - 210
T. Crabtree - 170
C. Silva - 50
C. Almanzar - 40
Lineup (2770 Pts):
SS B. Larkin - 320
2B R. Alomar - 410
DH M. Sweeney - 380
C M. Piazza - 450
3B C. Jones - 400
1B J. Thome - 310
RF T. Gwynn - 260
LF D. Martinez - 110
CF C. Murray - 130
Bench - Cal RIpken Jr., 190
Squeezed another HOFer on here to get to 9/20 after the success of the last team, I like the offense here but they are stretched for pitching. Try to stick to the 3 non-terrible Relievers. Other than that, we'll see if they can defend their crown!
i was waaiting to see if you were going to enter, alot more competition this time, we went from 6 teams is now featuring 14 teams at the minimum im so excited
DeleteFunny thing is I was a much bigger player of the 2003-2005 sets. Started the game late but liked the stat distributions better on those cards so have tons of fun 03/04/05 teams on hand but never seriously played 00 and 01 so this has been fun to get to know these sets a little better! I don't like my chances here like you said, tough tough competition, but who knows. Here's to Alomar repeating as tournament MVP!
Deleteyeah i was always 00-01, i have very few of the after years. There are still some good players wating out there. If you take the best available at each position your teams still over 5000 points
DeleteI'm willing to make a second team if you need another.
ReplyDeleteGo for it
DeleteThe Portland Danger Noodles
ReplyDeleteStarters: 1630
Schilling 450
Hudson 440
Bohanon 390
Wright 350
Relievers: 780
Hawkins 180
Christansen 160
Groom 170
Foulke 270
Lineup: 2180
Kendall 420 Speed 10A
Stevens 180 C 17-20 HR
Reese 210 Speed 7A
Palmer 260 8B HR 17
Furcal 250 9A NO HR
Davis 220 9 B 20HR
Nixon 250 9 B 20HR
Cruz 250 9 B 20HR
Molina 140 7C 19HR
Bench: 370
Brogna 100 (backup first baseman)
Shumpert 200 (speed)
Morandini 70
thanks, and for anyone else out there that may want to make another team. we got 1 slot left open ima do a 16 team tournament. If no one does by the time i get home from work tomorrow around 530, im going to make the 16th team. Almsot feel like it should be a requirement to have jeter on your team at this point
DeleteHere's one possible suggestion, if no one else submits a team. But this would get a few more star players into the tourney.
DeleteTOTAL: 4980
ROTATION: 1260
Andy Pettitte (NYY) 400
Chuck Finley (CLE) 390
Jamie Moyer (SEA) 320
Odalis Perez (ATL) 150
BULLPEN: 730
Kevin Walker (SD) 200
Derek Lowe (BOS) 250
CJ Nitkowski (DET) 60
Vladimir Nunez (FLA) 70
Dennys Reyes (CIN) 70
Ricky Bottalico (KC) 80
LINEUP: 2910
LF Roger Cedeno (DET) 260
SS Derek Jeter (NYY) 410
1B Rafael Palmeiro (TEX) 390
3B Troy Glaus (ANA) 440
DH David Justice (NYY) 420
RF Jermaine Dye (370)
C Javy Lopez (ATL) 240
2B Placido Polanco (STL) 220
CF Torii Hunter (MIN) 160
BENCH:
2B Jose Vizcaino (NYY) 80
As for the Danger Noodles, that is the team, but not the batting order. As the GM, I name Runne130 as the Manager and grant him the full authority to set the lineup and use subs as he sees fit. However, I recommend:
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Kendall
Palmer
Stevens
Davis
Nixon
Cruz
Molina
Reese
I further recommend using Shumpert to pinch run for the outfield spots or first base. If you do so, feel free to sub Brogna in to play defense at first.
If you don't like Stevens hitting cleanup, feel free to move him down. 8 would probably work.
Delete2019 Baltimore Orioles
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Moehler - 340
Harper - 300
Milton - 250
Lima - 30
Relievers/Closers
Lowe - 250
Petkovsek - 180
Sullivan - 160
Grimsely - 120
Santiago - 290
Bench
LaRue - 80
Vizcaino - 80
Line Up
Jeter - 410
Burks - 520
Colbrunn - 270
Dye - 370
Lawton - 300 (DH)
Vidro - 420
Hocking - 260 (CF)
Leiberthal - 270
Brosius - 100
Not a great team, but high control from the starters. Bullpen has a ton of options with high control built around Lowe. If Lima can get you into the 5th, Santiago and Grimsely can get you into set up range for Sullivan and Petkovsek. I included Jeter at SS (despite his poor fielding), and one of my favorite cards of all time, Burks. Hocking is a steal card for a 9 OB at 260 and Vidro is another fun card to play with, but has to bat so low since he's a 4 out vs. the other guys at 3. Colbrunn is another card that gets lost in the shuffle a lot, and Lieberthal is another quiet, underrated card (won some games with him catching back in the day).
Awesome we have 16 teams for the tourney. Sorry won dance repeat, Dave got his in about 20 mins before yours. And since you both had a team already I just took his. But this is going to be great, later tonight I’ll post the bracket and opening round match ups. Best of luck to everyone and I hope you all enjoy following along
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. When will the next tournament be?
ReplyDeleteProbably next Friday it will get announced, I’m hoping to finish this one by Tuesday at the latest, then I have to get the spreadsheet together for rosters and such and then I’ll announce it
DeleteI will keep an eye out!
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