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The Inertia Boys, two-time defending champeeeens…
Looks like this year’s going to be a bit harder than last. The funny thing about auctions is that, much like a compressor, they tend to squish teams into the same general ranges. You can tell as my dominance is slightly diminished, but more in that almost everyone else is more compressed than they were in the draft.
Drafts end up with much more variable outcomes with huge outliers on either end. In an auction, those outliers are limited to people who either have no idea how to evaluate (Random Harvest, here), or those who are just blind to 1/2 of the game (Moonlight Graham, Purple Cobras). My team is, again, remarkably (and surprisingly) balanced. I think the meme of “focus on offense!” has become so strong that there are a lot more values on the pitching side than there were last year. Both of the offense-heavy guys are ones that have been trying to copy me for two years now. I think we’ve got the form but not the underlying philosophy going on here.
I’d post up the 11×12 head to head league one too (don’t ask, the categories are retarded. Enough to make Crawford the clear #2 hitter in the league). I win on overall season value, but it’s even closer than here, and after the #1 and #2, it quickly devolves… but it’s head to head so what’s the point? So much of head to head relies upon luck and small sample size. It’s ridiculous and I hate it. It’s the fantasy format for football fans and weekend warriors. The variability is kind of fun, but when you’re playing for money that’s way too much to leave up to chance.
I’ll put the Inertia Boys roster after the jump.
The team
C Mccann, Brian C Jojima, Kenji 1 Fielder, Prince 2 Weeks, Rickie 3 Wright, David S Crosby, Bobby MI Hairston, Jerry CI Blalock, Hank O Crawford, Carl O Sheffield, Gary O Crisp, Coco O Drew, J.D. O Kearns, Austin U Jacobs, Mike P Ryan, B.j. P Gagne, Eric P Vazquez, Javier P Myers, Brett P Bonderman, Jeremy P Burnett, A.J. P Madson, Ryan P Contreras, Jose P Santana, Ervin B Anderson, Brian B Lopez, Jose B Verlander, Justin B Vargas, Jason B Soriano, Rafael
MI is the big weak point (well, that and no 3rd closer, but I’m fastest on the waiver line, so I’m not too worried there). Possible trade of Contreras for Polanco in the offing. Pickup of B. McCarthy when Burnett officially goes on the DL.