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Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 16 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:38 pm
by TBAMTS
Joe nathan

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 16 - CopperTom

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:40 pm
by CopperTom
Tim Burke

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 16 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:42 pm
by The Argonaut
philpritchard wrote:I actually decided I was going to wait on Olerud and if someone else took him I would grab Delgado. Once Delgado was taken, I couldn't risk it anymore.
Yeah, it was a toss-up for me

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 16 - CopperTom

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:42 pm
by Norah
I had been considering Olerud for my bench for a few rounds now.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - CopperTom

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:43 pm
by Lament
Tim Salmon.

Mark Buehrle.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 16 - CopperTom

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:44 pm
by CopperTom
Jay Bell

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 16 - CopperTom

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:46 pm
by philpritchard
cutuphalfdead wrote:I had been considering Olerud for my bench for a few rounds now.
Yeah, I knew everyone already had a 1B so I figured I could wait a bit. When Argo took Delgado, I was actually nervous that you or Skitch was going to take him and my strategy would backfire.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:50 pm
by TBAMTS
Tim Hudson

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:52 pm
by philpritchard
Chuck Knoblauch. How the hell is he still available?

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - skitch

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:55 pm
by Norah
He would have been my next pick.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - skitch

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 9:56 pm
by philpritchard
cutuphalfdead wrote:He would have been my next pick.
I went back and forth on him and Sandberg for a few rounds before settling on Sandberg. They were my 2/3 ranked 2B.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - skitch

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 10:05 pm
by Lament
I'm off to work. I sent chud a proxy.

Happy drafting! We may have this done sometime tomorrow!

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - skitch

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 10:07 pm
by @SkitchP
Mark Gubicza

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - skitch

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 10:22 pm
by Norah
Lament wrote:I'm off to work. I sent chud a proxy.

Happy drafting! We may have this done sometime tomorrow!
Uh no you didn't.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 10:35 pm
by @SkitchP
philpritchard wrote:Chuck Knoblauch. How the hell is he still available?

Because everyone else had second baseman already, and Baerga and Utley were reaches.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 10:41 pm
by doug rr
@SkitchP wrote:
philpritchard wrote:Chuck Knoblauch. How the hell is he still available?

Because everyone else had second baseman already, and Baerga and Utley were reaches.
and he's a wife beater and can't throw to first base

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 10:42 pm
by @SkitchP
doug rr wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:
philpritchard wrote:Chuck Knoblauch. How the hell is he still available?

Because everyone else had second baseman already, and Baerga and Utley were reaches.
and he's a wife beater and can't throw to first base

Still better than Schilling

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 10:59 pm
by philpritchard
@SkitchP wrote:
philpritchard wrote:Chuck Knoblauch. How the hell is he still available?

Because everyone else had second baseman already, and Baerga and Utley were reaches.
I mean... I know WHY, I'm just surprised because I think he's better than most people's starters.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 11:09 pm
by @SkitchP
philpritchard wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:
philpritchard wrote:Chuck Knoblauch. How the hell is he still available?

Because everyone else had second baseman already, and Baerga and Utley were reaches.
I mean... I know WHY, I'm just surprised because I think he's better than most people's starters.

He's about the same. The Sanberg/Biggio/Boone/Kent/Alomar/Knoblach best seasons of that era are all pretty close in terms of oWAR. Baerga being a switch hitter helps. Utley? That one I didnt get with Knoblach still on the board didnt make sense.

Re: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: Round 17 - TBAMTS

Posted: Thu November 10, 2016 11:10 pm
by numbers
philpritchard wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:
philpritchard wrote:Chuck Knoblauch. How the hell is he still available?

Because everyone else had second baseman already, and Baerga and Utley were reaches.
I mean... I know WHY, I'm just surprised because I think he's better than most people's starters.
Shit, I thought he went early. I would have picked him when I picked Valentin.