Friday, April 5, 2019

Custom Card Tournament

The tournament is back, and after the last one I could not wait to get started on this one. A few slight changes will be happening, I think in the 2 tournaments I ran i used the bench maybe 2-3 times total, there is no point in playing them unless players are getting days off, and since this isn't a season they don't need days off. So that being said a roster with 4 starters 3 relievers and a closer plus the 9 batters of a lineup is 17 roster members, for 5000 points. Taking you from a 250 point average to a 290 point average. Here's the kicker though, if you want a bench your more than welcome to have one, For this tournament a roster size is dependent on the team builder it can be anywhere from 17-20. If you want to load up on bullpen arms, feel free to do so. This tournament will use all the custom cards that I have in my database, mostly consisting of cards from our site, some haven't even been posted. Plus from other creators that I have found online. Since these are custom the points may not always equal the value of the player, so will you use that to your advantage and find some draft steals. There are no Juan Guzman sized mistakes though. I am really looking forward to seeing some of these teams, this could be the deepest and most potent teams yet.
The tournament will begin next Friday, and the cutoff for rosters to be submitted by midnight on Wednesday. The pools are released as it will be a small round robin. 4 three team pools. Winner of each advance to a single elimination round to determine who will meet in the finals.



So here are the tournament rules:
Must have 4 Starters and your rotation will be set by points
Every fielding position must be filled and a DH can be anyone
Must have 3 relievers and 1 closer
Roster size range from 17-20 managers choice
Bench players can be any position player or reliever(not closer)
Team must remain under 5000 points, no discount for bench
Teams can only attempt 5 steals per game, and 2 in an inning(single+ doesn't count against)
I will play all the games
Once a player is drafted they are ineligible for other teams
For the first time in my tournaments, different versions of a player can be drafted by others, catch the 4 different Manny Ramirez in the draft pool for example.
Spreadsheet will be updated as much as possible as I see the teams submitted
Create a team name to go with your team
Seeding will also be random

Managers interested in joining can either email me your lineup @mrunevit@kent.edu, or submit it here in the comments section

Here is the link to the spreadsheet for those that want to build their team: The last tab on the sheet will have all the submitted teams on it incase you want to scout the competition:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uHh1FZelznW6QuvqJYlBKF0fAQxG1xrq9wwphBR2aU0/edit?usp=sharing


Purple Cobra Chickens 5000
Skyway Neighbors 5000
Renton Ruff Riders 5000
Skyway Bandidos 5000
Simi Valley Sanchos 5000
Covington Crush 5000
Team Wilson 5000
MoPatriot 5000
Chico State Dirtbags 4990
Stanky Legs 4980
Team McMenomy 4980
Bird Land 5000



51 comments:

  1. This is exciting news. I noticed there are 2 versions of the Jackie Robinson '49 edition. Both are worth 450. Are they almost the same card, with one being an A speed the other is a 23 speed. Everything else is the same.

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  2. Good catch it was the same card just entered twice.

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  3. The Cobra Chickens 5000 Points

    Batting Lineup (2940)
    '09 Derek Jeter SS
    '61 Frank Robinson RF
    '17 Nolan Arenado 3B
    '98 Darryl Strawberry DH
    '03 Derek Lee 1B
    2014 Dustin Pedroia 2B
    '16 Jason Heyward LF
    '02 Darin Erstad CF
    '98 Brad Ausmus C

    Pitching (2060)
    '04 Jeff Suppan SP
    '09 Andy Pettitte SP
    '13 Jon Lester SP
    '09 Joba Chamberlain SP
    '17 Will Harris R
    '07 Hideki Okajima R
    '13 Craig Breslow R
    '86 Roger McDowell C

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  4. Management Style: This is a very fast team with a lot of defense. The heart of this lineup has a lot of power, but the second half suffers. Pitching is pretty solid. If this is a one and done tourmanent, pull out all the stops. However, if this is a best of tournament, be sure to plan the bullpen usage for when Joba pitches. Go Cobra Chickens!

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  6. Simi Valley Sanchos

    LF Nick Swisher - 300
    RF Joey Bats - 520
    CF Brandon Guyer - 250
    DH Carlos Santana - 290
    C Charles Johnson - 300
    1B Kevin Youklis - 350
    2B Marco Scutaro - 250
    3B Scott Brosius - 290
    SS Brandon Crawford - 190

    Closer -Kenley Jansen -220
    Relief - Coke 10, Almonza 10, Stanton 30
    SP - David Price 550
    SP - Pedro Martinez 540
    SP - Jake Peavy 440
    SP - Jimmy Key 460

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    1. phil coke was taken as was brosious

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    2. LF Nick Swisher - 300
      RF Joey Bats - 520
      CF Brandon Guyer - 250
      DH Carlos Santana - 290
      C Charles Johnson - 300
      1B Kevin Youklis - 350
      2B Marco Scutaro - 250
      3B Matt Carpenter -310
      SS Brandon Crawford - 190
      Bench - Julio lugo 10, '86 santana 10

      Closer -Kenley Jansen -220
      Relief - Almonza 10
      SP - David Price 550
      SP - Pedro Martinez 540
      SP - Jake Peavy 440
      SP - Jimmy Key 460

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    3. IM just double checking, you want to run with 2 bullpen arms?

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    4. Starters will go 8 and Jansen in the 9th

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    5. Carpenter
      Youk
      Joey bats
      Carlos Santana
      Swisher
      Guyer
      Chuck Johnson
      Crawford
      Scutaro

      Batting order, just wanted to reserve my players first.

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    6. Can I bring Jansen in in the 8th every game and he pitches until the game ends? Is that legal?

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    7. its legal, he loses 1 control for every inning he pitches after teh first

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    8. Ok great, that's my plan then. Starters will go 7. Thanks for organizing this!

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  7. Renton Ruff Riders

    LF- Ichiro Suzuki 04- 380
    CF- Grady Sizemore- 460
    RF- Pete Rose- 400
    C- Pudge Rodriguez- 340
    1B- Eric Hosmer- 370
    SS- Omar Vizquel- 210
    DH- Willy Taveras= 200
    3B- Bill Spiers- 120
    2B- Kaz Matsui- 110

    SP- Max Scherzer- 500
    SP- Justin Verlander- 470
    SP- Scott Erickson 1991- 460
    SP- Scott Kazmir- 440
    RP- Dan Otero- 180
    RP- Graeme Lloy- 100
    RP- Ray King- 50
    Closer- Trevor Hoffman 2009- 210

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  8. Team Covington Crush 4990, 550
    Lineup
    Shane Victorino 13 Red Sox LF 270
    Lenny Dykstra '86 Mets CF 360
    Chase Utlety 08 Phillies 2B 470
    Anthony Rizzo 14 Cubs 1B 510
    Jorge Posada 98 Yankees C 280
    SHane Victorino 13 red Sox RF 270
    David Freese 13 Angels 3B 130
    Alciedes Escobar 15 Royals SS 60
    Elvis Andrus 10 Rangers DH 50

    Rotation
    David Price 550 12 Devil Rays
    Jon Lester 540 16 Cubs
    Doug Fister 430 13 Tigers
    Josh Tomlin 400 16 Indians

    Bullpen
    Troy Percievel Closer 02 Angels
    Relief
    Wade Davis 220 14 Royals
    Sergio Romo 200 12 Giants
    Mike Stanton 30 98 Yankees


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    1. Jacoby Ellsbury 240 instead of Victorino in the top spot

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    3. Went heavy on the bullpen. Use whenever needed. Take advantage of the speed on the team. Take extra bases and go for the steal with A speed on any catcher under 10 arm. Run more on the Ace pitchers. Looking forward to seeing how this team plays. Starters and pen should keep us in most games

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  9. Chico State Dirtbags

    LF- Melky Cabrera 2012 - 400
    CF- Kirby Puckett 91 - 350
    RF- Pat Burrell 08 - 340
    C- Salvador Perez - 130
    1B- Olerud 01 - 400
    SS- Hanley 09 - 400
    DH- Hideki Matsui 09 - 180
    3B- Jim Thome 95 - 380
    2B- Wally Backman 86 - 290

    SP- Jack Morris 93 - 510
    SP- David Cone 98 - 480
    SP- Corey Kluber 13 - 430
    SP- Matt Clement 03 - 400

    RP- Crow - 30
    RP- Albequerque - 40
    RP- Plunk - 50
    Closer - Izzy - 180

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    1. Here's the actual starting lineup (just wanted to get these guys down as fast as possible)

      Melky
      Hanley
      Olerud
      Thome
      Burrell
      Puckett
      Matsui
      Perez
      Blackman

      Morris and Cone are going 8 with Izzy to close. Clement and Kluber are going 7 with Izzy going 2 those games to close. Is that even legal? If not, they will also go 8 and Izzy the 9th.

      Other relievers are there for mop up duty only

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    2. yeah its legal, they just tire like normal

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    3. sweet, thanks. Also Hanley can steal if the catcher is +7 or worse

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  11. Stanky Legs

    Cf-Moises Alou 97-330
    C-Joe Mauer 09-570
    3B- Scott Rolen 04-560
    DH-David Ortiz 13-230
    1B-Mark Grace 01-290
    RF-David Justice 95-230
    SS-Francisco Lindor 16-300
    LF-Jon Jay 11-150
    2B-Willie Randolph 90-160


    Rotation
    SP-Kevin Brown 97-620
    SP-Jack Morris 91-500
    Scott Kamieniecki 97-180
    Jake Westbrook 11-130

    Bullpen

    RP-Trevor Miller 98-150
    RP-Mark Eichhorn 93-170
    RP-Ben Webber 02-210
    CL-Mariano Rivera 98-200

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    1. My team is built around high infield defense with all my pitchers having high ground ball rates to facilitate double plays.

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  12. Can you add Alex Rios 2015 to my team as a pinch runner? I had 20 points to spare

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  13. 1-CF: 03 Juan Pierre (290)
    2-1B: 10 Aubrey Huff (430)
    3-RF: 66 Roberto Clemente (550)
    4-DH: 07 Manny Ramirez (330)
    5-C: 16 Willson Contreras (280)
    6-2B: 98 Quilvio Veras (160)
    7-3B: 01 Craig Counsell (130)
    8-LF: 13 Jonny Gomes (160)
    9-SS: 95 Omar Vizquel (220)

    SP: 09 Tim Lincecum (610)
    SP: 97 Scott Erickson (470)
    SP: 95 Dennis Martinez (450)
    SP: 07 Daisuke Matsuzaka (350)
    RP: 13 Junichi Tazawa (150)
    RP: 07 Jensen Lewis (140)
    RP: 09 Phil Coke (100)
    CL: 01 B.H. Kim (180)

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  16. Messed this up a bunch but I think I finally got it

    4980
    no bench
    Use Hoffman and don't use rest of bullpen unless things get really bad

    ROTATION: 2660
    Nolan Ryan ’81 (HOU) 700
    CC Sabathia ’08 (MIL) 670
    Greg Maddux ’95 (ATL) 660
    Roger Clemens ’97 (TOR) 630

    BULLPEN: 400
    Trevor Hoffman ’98 (SD) 230 (control 6)
    Swindell 50
    Boehringer 60
    Brohawn 60

    LINEUP: 1920
    CF Marquis Grissom ’95 (ATL) 260
    2B Omar Infante ’13 (DET) 280
    1B Prince Fielder ’13 (DET) 360
    RF Vlad Guerrero ’10 (TEX) 300
    LF Jim Edmonds ’06 (STL) 270
    3B Ken Caminiti ’98 (SD) 240
    SS Mike Bordick ’97 (BAL) 150
    C Carlos Hernandez ’98 (SD) 40
    DH Evan Gattis ’17 (HOU) 20

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    1. Hope I don't get this guy first round! Dangerous team.

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    2. that rotation will be hard to crack

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    3. After being more offense-minded last tournament, I went all in on pitching. Just hope I can actually put together some runs given that I only have 2/3 of a lineup...

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  17. Do you guys ever print the custom cards you make? If so, what do you print them on and are any of the decks available for purchase?

    I tried my hand at making a 2017 deck, got most of the hitters' cards done but have stalled out on the pitching for the time being.

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    1. so what i do is put them in a google doc and just print them on regular paper, then ill cut them out and put them on top of a strategy card and place it in a soft sleeve

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  18. I printed out a bunch yesterday and for some reason the stats come out kind of blurry :/. I can read them but it isn’t as crisp as I would like the numbers to be.

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    1. I have had that problem in that past when the image i have saved is small. Make sure when you save the photo you click it and it will present a bigger saved photo. Those images will removed the blurry charts.

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  19. I’ve had that issue sometimes as well. I’m not sure why

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  20. Alright I'm excited about this one... we're not great, but at least we're repping B-More hard. I present:

    This Is Birdland (mostly)

    Lineup (2490 Pts):
    C - P. Borders [30]
    1B - R. Palmeiro [300]
    2B - R. Alomar [320]
    3B - R. Knight [210]
    SS - J. Igelsias [150]
    LF - F. Robinson [610]
    RF - R. Henderson [340]
    CF - K. Lofton [300]
    DH - H. Baines [230]

    Rotation (1500 Pts):
    SP1 - M. Mussina [480]
    SP2 - B. Henry [400]
    SP3 - U. Jimenez [360]
    SP4 - J. deGrom [260]

    Bullpen (900 Pts):
    CL - R. Myers [230]
    RP - A. Miller [300]
    RP - A. Benitez [190]
    RP - A. Rhodes [180]

    Bench - 110 Pts
    V. Guerrero [80]
    Y. Gomes [30]

    I believe half if not more of these cards are Orioles on the card and others played for the Os at some point in their career (Miller, Ubaldo, etc.)

    Starting pitching is nothing to write home about (this is the Orioles here!) but risking it on some IP 4 guys and go to the bullpen early and often, they're pretty good.

    Pinch hit Vlad for the C and then sub in Gomes every game late in the game whenever he comes up. Steal often with Rickey and Kenny. That's about it! Looking forward to this one... hoping we can win some games and bring Chris Davis some good karma :)

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    1. Oh my bad totally forgot. Let's do:

      Lofton
      Alomar
      Henderson
      Robinson
      Palmeiro
      Baines
      Knight
      Iglesias
      Borders

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  21. Also I went Frank Robinson for the Orioles but wow how is that Bryce Harper only 10 points more than Frank?

    - Both OB 11, 18+ HR
    - Harper has 1 less out, 1 more double, a Single+ when Frank does not, is LF/RF+1 while Frank is +0, and is Speed A to Frank's Speed C 11

    Wow - to me that constitutes more like a 100-150 point difference. Harper is a pretty darn good steal in my opinion (and Frank maybe a little overpriced, but I'll roll with him!)

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    1. That’s like I was saying in the post some of these cards were made at different times and by different people so there will be some stealsin value

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    2. For sure. I had never seen the list before and am having a lot of fun with it. May make my own little 8 team tournament from them!

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  22. Was this tournament played? Did I miss the results?

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    1. Hey sorry, I posted the results Over on my twitter page, the Bandidos defeated the Dirtbags 3-0 from a gem from David Cone

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  23. This is a smart blog. I mean it. You have so much knowledge about this issue, and so much passion. You also know how to make people rally behind it, obviously from the responses. Access Cards

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