Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, April 29-May 1
Thursday was another step in the right direction here in Streakland, as your top six selections each hit paydirt
Dustin Pedroia and Alex Rodriguez led the way, lighting the lamp a combined three times in nine at-bats and pushing 23.1 percent of all Streakers one day closer to $5.6 million in the process.
Leader Cleopatravijal‘s was not among the chosen few, however, as her season-best 25-game pyramid came crumbling down thanks to an Alex Gordon 0-for-4.
Our new leader, heading into the weekend with hits in his last 24 games: Andre Ethier.
Friday’s picks:
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• Albert Pujols: .471 AVG (8-for-17) since ’06 vs. Braves starter Tim Hudson
• Ryan Howard: .406 AVG (13-for-22) since ’06 vs. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey
• Shin-Soo Choo: .556 AVG (5-for-9) since ’06 vs. Tigers starter Max Scherzer
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Bill Hall: .700 AVG (7-for-10) since ’06 vs. Brewers starter Shaun Marcum
You’ll thank me later …
• Adam Jones: .067 AVG (1-for-15) since ’06 vs. White Sox starter John Danks
• Andre Ethier: .077 AVG (1-for-13) since ’06 vs. Padres starter Clayton Richard
Saturday’s picks:
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• Howard Kendrick: .600 AVG (9-for-15) since ’06 vs. Rays starter James Shields
• Troy Tulowitzki: .556 AVG (10-for-18) since ’06 vs. Pirates starter Paul Maholm
• Jose Reyes: .455 AVG (10-for-22) since ’06 vs. Phillies starter Roy Halladay
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Felipe Lopez: .389 AVG (7-for-18) since ’06 vs. Angels starter Joel Pineiro
You’ll thank me later …
• Jayson Werth: .000 AVG (0-for-12) since ’06 vs. Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez
• Billy Butler: .000 AVG (0-for-9) since ’06 vs. Twins starter Brian Duensing
Sunday’s picks:
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• Matt Holliday: .531 AVG (17-for-32) since ’06 vs. Braves starter Derek Lowe
• Adrian Beltre: .538 AVG (7-for-13) since ’06 vs. A’s starter Gio Gonzalez
• Billy Butler: .438 AVG (14-for-32) since ’06 vs. Twins starter Carl Pavano
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Felix Pie: .556 AVG (5-for-9) since ’06 vs. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd
You’ll thank me later …
• Denard Span: .158 AVG (3-for-19) since ’06 vs. Royals starter Luke Hochevar
• Jacoby Ellsbury: .100 AVG (1-for-10) since ’06 vs. Mariners starter Felix Hernandez
Leaderboard time!
Andre Ethier fun fact: Ethier’s teammates at Arizona State included Ian Kinsler and Dustin Pedroia.
Top MLB streakers
Andre Ethier: 24 games
Jeff Francoeur: 17 games
Johnny Damon: 16 games
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I had trouble making Friday’s pick — because there is a wealth of great choices. It’s a nice problem to have. I ended up letting Fukudome ride for another night.
Likewise. GL all.
taking jose reyes here. i felt taking a hot hitter against a unproven pitcher seemed like a safe choice but he will probably end up throwing a no hitter somehow.
So far not good, but his pitch count is getting up there and he should be coming out shortly. It’s just a matter if Reyes can hit their relief pitchers. Btw, I picked him too.
Going with Ike Davis of the Mets today. He is hitting the ball really well (11 hits in his last 5 games) and is on a 10 game hitting streak. I know he is facing someone he’s hasn’t seen before and usually that is not good to pick someone in that situation but I feel he is too hot right now not to get a hit. We’ll see though.
Boy did you get lucky!
Going with Big-Z (Zambrano) at Arizona today. Why not, I’m at zero. What do I have to lose? Ugh, can’t pick pitchers; yes that was a joke. Hmmm, I like Polanco at only 2 for 13 against Pelfrey. I don’t put a lot of stock in those stats and need to put my new algorithm to a test.
I’m going with Ryan Howard to get to 5. He’s 9 for 24 (.643) in his last 6 games and 13 for 32 (.406) against Pelfrey.
You must have punched the wrong numbers in.
9 for 24 is .375, not .643!
Oh, I guess you meant 9 for 14.
I know a lot of people don’t like telling their strategy for making picks but for anyone that is willing to give a hint I’d like to hear some of the different strategies.
I myself have decided to try only taking people who are on a 6 game hitting streak or more and since starting that I’ve had a 6 game streak of my own. I just feel it’s better to take someone who is hot over someone who has good numbers against a certain pitcher.
Sounds solid enough, but all steaks come to an end at some point. No strategy is going to be perfect otherwise we’d have new millionaires each year — I wish. I won’t go into too much detail since I’m still developing it. But basically I look at a fixed number of players and weight their last 3 games against the last 3 games of their opposing pitchers. I do factor in R/L averages, some other factors, and past history vs each other (weighted pretty low). I then pick the best “on paper”. That would have worked ok for me these past 4 games except I made a hasty last second pick from my primary pick based on loose information which I regret now. The first 3 games, 1st AB hits, each multi-base hits. Last night would have been a 2 hit game if I didn’t change. Part of any strategy I guess is trusting it; still working on that which is why I’m staying with Polanco tonight though his history vs Pelfrey is sub-Mendoza
i do look at other factors as well… like who is the opposing pitcher, R/L avgs and then take who seems like the best pick but they need to be hitting well before I even begin to consider them.
I used a strategy similar to yours last year and got to 20 with it. I didn’t limit it to streakers but relied heavily on hit count for past week, opposing pitcher quality + other stuff. It worked really well until after the All-Star break when I no longer had 7 consecutive days of data to crunch. This year I want to limit my focus and try something new and have been for the past few games. The 1st 3 weeks was pretty much pick & hope but that’s gotta stop
well its always tough to use a specific strategy for the first couple weeks but now we can finally tell who is actually producing and who isnt so its much easier to go with a specific strategy
I try to pick someone with awesome L/R splits, and for the most part i take guys that bat 1,2 or 3 from visiting teams to maximize at-bats. I started last season with a 17 streak but havent got past 12 since.
At the All-Star break, just take the last 7 days before the All-Star break.
Geez. It’s like the twilight zone here. I can’t get out of this section of the blog. Giving a page reload a try to break out.
Per rotoworld, notable hitters out of Friday’s lineup & potential pinch hitters: J.Loney(LAD), M.Izturis(LAA), A.Rios(CWS), T.Hafner(CLE), C.Crawford(BOS), R.Theriot(STL), C.Crisp(OAK) game-time decision
WTF. page 1 streak 21. ????? 7pm lock time today? No excuse whatsoever for highest no selection.
LaV’s List
Friday’s Top Picks of the current Top2500,
127 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Joey Votto 321 12.84 (3rd)
Travis Hafner 237 9.48
Ryan Howard 190 7.6
Kosuke Fukudome 174 6.96 (my pick)
Matt Kemp 153 6.12
Lance Berkman 151 6.04
Miguel Cabrera 128 5.12 (3rd)FINALLY MAKING A PICK AGAIN
Shane Victorino 86 3.44
Placido Polanco 71 2.84 (3rd)
Andre Ethier 69 2.76 (1rst)
Ryan Braun 63 2.52
Ichiro Suzuki 49 1.96
Albert Pujols 45 1.8
Troy Tulowitzki 42 1.68
Dustin Pedroia 41 1.64 (3rd)
Brennan Boesch 21 0.84 (1rst)
Highest “No Selection” 😛 pg# 1 with streak of 21 back to zero. WTF No excuse for this, with 7pm lock time.
Yesterday’s Top2500 Reset rate was 18.48% with ALEX GORDON reseting the most.
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Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
Y Escobar TOR, SAVED 2, highest 15 gamer
J Lowrie BOS, SAVED 5, highest 11 gamer (came on def in 8th, ab in 9th)
A Kearns CLE, RESET 2, highest was 12 gamer (came on def in 7th, ab in 8th)
D Barney CHC, RESET 5, highest was 16 gamer
M Downs HOU(1), PH in 9TH, BB
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Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
ab0v3_7h3_r3s7, 20, pg 1, 12, PLACIDO POLANCO (PICKED 71X) formally known as ‘www.jew
Jagx, 15, pg 8, 187, MIGGY (PICKED 128X)
levinc, 12, pg , 542, KOSUKE FUKUDOME (PICKED 174X)
J_St33z, 9, pg , 1992, GRADY SIZEMORE(PICKED 11X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
backrubs RESET BY Alex Gordon
GL to all
M
Well, as high as Travis Hafner was picked, I sure hope he does come in and pinch hit. A little excitement is good 😉
LOL agreed.
Also if you’ll notice “gottaweartheshades” finally picked again, and Miggy homered already so he moves on.
you can definitely say that his “wait until a pick I really like” strategy is working. eventhough he lost his lead he got it back and is again one day closer to the 57
I am not so sure that is his strategy, because what are the chances of him finding a pick he really liked every day for the 1st 3 weeks and then finding nothing for the next 10 days?
Hafner is injured so I doubt if he even plays tonight.
Apr 29 Hafner is not in the lineup for Friday’s game against the Tigers, according to the Indians’ official Twitter page.
Recommendation: Hafner was set to undergo an MRI Friday to determine the extent of his ankle injury; but even though the results are still pending, he will be held out of the lineup Friday. Shelley Duncan will serve as the DH in Hafner’s place.
PER ROTOWIRE
If I ever get to the 40s I’ll give it a shot. And if that does really happen there’s going to be a lot of bloggers venting 😉
Last post meant for schenk and 00Liber. Guess I forgot to click ‘reply’
i agree. if i ever got to 40 i would keep taking guys out of the lineup until i found someone i liked. i do understand why the leader is doing that right now. if your in the lead then why not play it safe
well he is no longer in the lead though.
Ryan Howard homers! On to 5! 🙂
:p
I look for opposing batting avg of at least 300 and match a hitter hitting at least 300. I consider the match-ups, but generally don’t pick the best hitter against that pitcher, as I figure he’ll be suseptible to walks. I definitely look for L/R match-ups. And I try to check the morning of to see if my guy is healthy and slated to play, but I don’t always get to it. This is working decently (high streak of 7, back to 6 now). My dad, who is a stats king, can’t get above two!
How many pitchers have a BAA of over .300?
When I read Vinny’s write-ups, I always notice the .300 BAA+, because they are so rare.
Agreed. In the early part of the season it is relatively common. But later in season, 250-280 is far more common & 300+ is rare on a day-to-day basis.
and Victorino comes through with a single in the 5th!!
Mark, keep your fingers crossed. If there’s gonna be a significant sacrifice this Friday, it will be Kosuke and/or Kemp
Ya, im hoping Kosuke pulls through for me tonight.
Congrats to those already onto tomorrow.
So pending a major comeback by the Mets (doubtful), I get reset by Reyes and start again tomorrow.
(extremely doubtful aka NGH (Not Gonna Happen))
What little chance there was to come up again is gone. Pulled.
Figures.
I’m going with Ryan Braun since he is 10 for 29 (.345) against Wandy Rodriguez. He is also 21 for 54 (.389) in his last 13 games, hitting safely in 12 out of 13.
The Highest no selection is on page 6 with a streak of 17, that streak will return to 0.
LaV’s List
Saturday’s Top Picks of the current Top2500,
123 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Troy Tulowitzki 682 27.28
Ryan Braun 307 12.28 (3rd)
Ichiro Suzuki 197 7.88
Placido Polanco 170 6.8 (MY PICK)
Andre Ethier 136 5.44 (1rst)
Howard Kendrick 87 3.48
Brian McCann 61 2.44 (1rst)
Matt Kemp 57 2.28
Miguel Cabrera 54 2.16
Joey Votto 41 1.64
No Selection 35 1.4
Michael Young 34 1.36
Billy Butler 33 1.32
Adrian Beltre 4 0.16 (3rd)
Logan Morrison 1 0.04 (3RD)(DL) Right back to staying put
Highest “No Selection” 😛 pg# 6 with streak of 17 back to zero.
Yesterday’s Top2500 Reset rate was 18.32% with FUKUDOME reseting the most.
There was also 11.72% PPD due to players not playing, These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
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Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
E Chavez NYY, RESET 1, WAS 12 gamer
R Spilborghs COL, RESET 1, was 9 gamer
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Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
ab0v3_7h3_r3s7, 21, pg 1, 9, RYAN BRAUN (PICKED 307X) formally known as ‘www.jew
Jagx, 16, pg 7, 147, RYAN BRAUN (PICKED 307X)
J_St33z, 10, pg 65, 1541, TULO (PICKED 682X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
levinc RESET BY KOSUKE FUKUDOME
GL to all
M
grrr…WHY is Berkman not in the starting lineup?
Rotoworld did not mention anything!
FYI: Gotta watch Berkman if you pick him for a day game after night game. You’ll see this with other aging hitters also. Too bad you didn’t catch the lineups before the games locked
Does he get the full day off or is he going to pinch-hit?
He’s on the bench, available to pinch hit
With Cards losing in time running out, I think you’ll see Berkman pinch hitting. LaRussa does not normally take a loss without expending all of his ammo.
Right on cue. He’ll probably stay in as RF & with game tied going to end of 8th, may have a chance to bat again.
Hmmm, Miggy intentionally walked in the 1st inning! Definitely gives you the manager’s strategy: Don’t let Miggy beat you. May want to think twice about picking him during their series.
Wow. How did that get posted here? Sometimes I forget to hit reply, but this time I know I didn’t hit reply. Oh well, so be it
Miggy send a giant F U to the indians by hitting a long ball with his 2nd ab, then gets the free pass again on 3rd.
The COL/PIT game about to start. BTS gods have been merciful today. If a major sacrifice is to happen tonight it will be Tulo and/or MLB’s best streaker this year so far: Ethier.
A side note: There were 36 on first page with 20 gamers or more before games started today. 1 sat idle and all but 13 others have moved on. Of those 13: 6 chose Ethier, 3 for Tulo, 1 for Kemp, 1 for Fowler, 1 for Cuddyear, 1 for S.Castro
Ignore previous post. Finally figured out how to get out of this reply section & posted below. Feels like I was lost in a maze 🙂
And Polanco is good. GRRRR!! Why do i always get the first ab hits when I have no streak going.
Not much pressure? Not much 2nd guessing? 🙂
Ya I guess so
I’m going to keep track of number of game days in which the Top 15 most selected players have excellent success and there is little or no resets among the top 15.
Ultimate success game-days (USGD): On an USGD, all 15 selections get hits or 14 out of 15 get hits and the 1 who doesn’t is a pause.
Semi Ultimate success days (SUSGD): On a SUSGD all 15 of the most selected players either get hits or pause. At least 2 of these would be pause picks or otherwise that would be an USGD.
Super success game-days (SSGD): On a SSGD at least 12 of the top 15 most selected picks must get a hit or pause. If there are only 1, 2 or 3 O fers in the Top 15, that makes for a SSGD.
Why does 27% of all pickers have Tulo?
He isn’t even hitting that well, it is a lefty-lefty matchup, Maholm is a decent pitcher, the Rockies are home, it is a night game, and Maholm is really tough on lefties?
That makes no freaking sense.
Simply: 556 AVG past history vs Maholm & PIT is floundering. Personally, I’d like to see him be sacrificed to the BTS gods today.
Tulo bats right handed not left handed. It makes for a good match-up. Tulo hits lefties really well.
Good point. Think Champ88 was confusing CarGo with Tulo.
Though Tulo’s numbers have not been good past few games & yes he does hit lefties better — lifetime numbers
Yeah, but I mean PIT is ALWAYS floundering, .556 isn’t THAT impressive, and 27% is an absurdly intense concentration in one player.
If he does go 0-fer, it reduces a big chunk of the leaders in on e fell swoop. But 556 is impressive I think. He should see the pitcher 3 times & by the numbers that means at least 1 hit. Throw in the human factor and all bets are off 😉
When I say impressive, it’s based of 18 ABs. If it was less than 10 ABs then the numbers are far less impressive. 18 ABs translates to about 5 games and an avg like that over 5 games means he sees the pitches well. But we’ve seen situations like this before where the hitter goes 0-fer because of walks, sac and 1 or 2 ABs only
I must have to say that USGDs and SUSGDs are very rare.
This season so far through 30 game days:
USGDs: 0
SUSGDs: 0
SSGDs: 10 (4/1, 4/6, 4/11, 4/15, 4/18, 4/21, 4/24, 4/26, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29)
Since all 10 of the SSGDs have had 2 or 3 O fers there will be a couple of rule adjustments that will not affect the results that have occurred within the 1st 30 game-days.
USGDs The rules for USGDs will not change.
SUSGDs On a SUSGDs at least 14 of the top 15 most selected players must get a hit or pause. A SUSGD will occur on any game day that there is just 1 O fer at most and/or at least 2 pauses with all the other selections in the top 15 getting hits.
SSGDs On a SSGD 12 or 13 of the top 15 most selected picks must get a hit or pause. If there are exactly 2 or 3 O fers in the Top 15, that makes for a SSGD.
Lol. Yanks you’re gonna spend as much time tracking everything ad I do.
1st inning double by Braun! Onto 6!
The COL/PIT game about to start. BTS gods have been merciful today. If a major sacrifice is to happen tonight it will be Tulo and/or MLB’s best streaker this year so far: Ethier.
A side note: There were 36 on first page with 20 gamers or more before games started today. 1 sat idle and all but 13 others have moved on. Of those 13: 6 chose Ethier, 3 for Tulo, 1 for Kemp, 1 for Fowler, 1 for Cuddyear, 1 for S.Castro
Check your picks for tomorrow. Jose Tabata removed in 1st inning after going 0-1. Reason not disclosed yet. Too bad for the only Top2500 person that picked him: a 19-gamer.
Interesting. Col moved Helton up to 3 and dropped Cargon to 5. Gotta think if 1rst is open you give Tulo the free pass and pitch to the Slumping Carlos.
Which could suck even more now that Tulo is ib the board with a strikeout.
Coming to light now. COL winning by 3 & @ home. Won’t bat in 9th if score holds. Tulo needs 6 more hitters to come to the plate for another AB; 0-fer as of right now!
Tulo is 0-fer. That’ll put a dent in the Top2500!
There could be the 1st USGD of the season however but Troy Tulowitzki is currently O fer making the chances of a USGD small. The Dodgers are just getting underway with Andre Eithier and Matt Kemp being the last two picks from the top 15 to start play. If all 3 can get hits it will be a USGD, if 2 get hits and 1 goes O fer this will the 1st SUSGD, if 2 or 3 go O fer this will be the 11th SSGD. Today will definitely be at least a SSGD.
Well there went the USGD, now I’m rooting for a SUSGD.
Ethier and Kemp are off to 0 for 1 starts.
Ethier and Kemp both have hits making for a Semi Ultimate Success Game-day! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
FYI—–>LF Jose Tabata left Saturday’s game after his right hamstring tightened while he was running out a first-inning grounder. He is day-to-day.
Per Yahoo Sports.
Anyone know who’s really pitching for HOU vs MIL today? MLB shows Wandy Rodriguez as today’s pitcher everywhere. He just pitched 8 innings last nite, correct? So who’s pitching today?
Think I found it. Norris appears to be moving from Monday to Sunday for HOU
Yahoo shows Norris.
Also MLB shows Norris pitching vs CIN on Monday. That’s gonna change. I think they will start their new rookie Aneury Rodriguez
ESPN shows Happ starting tomorrow and today is Norris (Wandy pitched yesterday).
For those that picked Ichiro, wonder if they caught the pitching change from Buchholz to Wakefield? Wonder if they even care?
I’m going with Miguel Cabrera to get to 7. This is the 3rd time I’ve gotten to 6 within the 1st 31 days. I have failed at 7 both previous times.
The highest no selection is on page 4 with a streak of 18. That streak will be reset to 0.
USGDs: 0
SUSGDs: 1 (4/30)
SSGDs: 10 (4/1, 4/6, 4/11, 4/15, 4/18, 4/21, 4/24, 4/26, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29)
Miguel Cabrera O fer 2 with a walk and now a Hit by Pitch. Now I need extra innings. 😦
And so it continues. Miggy intentionally walked in 1st inning. I’m making a mental note for future CLE/DET series.
Appears if bases are empty or loaded will be the only way CLE will pitch to him. Hard enough to get a hit with 3 or 4 ABs, but if limiting it to 1 or 2 ABs, odds are much poorer. Risk not worth taking IMO. 3 IBB yesterday, 1 so far today.
+ Masterson just beaned him in the 8th.
Jose Bautista just pulled from game, 0-fer
LaV’s List
Sunday’s Top Picks of the current Top2500,
138 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Matt Holliday 467 18.68 (3RD)
Andre Ethier 275 11 (1RST)
Ryan Braun 251 10.04 (1RST + MY PICK)
Miguel Cabrera 160 6.4
Jose Bautista 137 5.48
Billy Butler 94 3.76
Stephen Drew 89 3.56
Ichiro Suzuki 80 3.2
Placido Polanco 73 2.92
Joey Votto 69 2.76
Robinson Cano 67 2.68
Alex Rodriguez 48 1.92
Starlin Castro 42 1.68
No Selection 34 1.36
Albert Pujols 32 1.28 (3RD)
Highest “No Selection” 😛 pg# 4 with streak of 18 back to zero.
Yesterday’s Top2500 Reset rate was 35.72% with TULO reseting the most.
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Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
L Berkman STL, RESET 23, highest were 2, with 18 gamers
J Tabata PIT, RESET 1, was pulled after 1 AB (INJ), was a 19 gamer
R Theriot STL, RESET 1, was 10 gamer
B Wallace HOU (1), PH for pitchers spot in 9th, BB
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Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
ab0v3_7h3_r3s7, 22, pg 1, 9, RYAN BRAUN (PICKED 251X) formally known as ‘www.jew
Jagx, 17, pg 5, 105, JOSE BAUTISTA (PICKED 137X)
dalywalker322, 9, pg 100+, 2427, ICHIRO (PICKED 80X)
sclennin, 9, pg 100+, 2427, MATT HOLLIDAY (PICKED 467X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
J_St33z RESET by TULO
GL to all
M
And if anyone cares… Those with 20-gamers & higher increased by 10 yesterday to 46. Here are their picks
M.Holliday x8
R.Braun x7
J.Bautista x6
A.Ethier x5
Mi.Cabrera x4
R.Cano x2
S.Drew x2
A.Pujols x1
P.Polanco x1
R.Weeks x1
M.Kemp x1
B.Butler x1
C.Gonzalez x1
T.Tulowitski x1
J.Votto x1
S.Castro x1
Ad.Gonzalez x1
J.Upton x1
A.Hill x1
LOL are you bored Keith?
Sorta. I don’t recall seeing this many 20-gamers and above a month into the season before. Year of the pitcher? Not this year evidently. And there are 27 19-gamers entering today.
Like over-populated deer, these 20+ gamers need to be culled to stop the population explosion. Unless 27 or more drop today, tomorrow can have over 50 of them.
Hmmm. STL already made a defensive change. No one had Punto but there was one pick with Delcasco.
Come on Indians Tie the Game up but don’t take the lead!
I said don’t take the lead!
The Tigers now need 2 guys to reach to bring Cabrera up!
Miguel Cabrera singled! Us Cabrera pickers are saved and I got my first last out miracle! 🙂
I got screwed, as usual. I picked Braun when W. Rodriguez was pitching and didn’t have a chance to change it due to B. Norris pitching, so I’m back to 0. I’m having no luck whatsoever. I need to find someone that is on an early streak and pick them every day, let’s see if that works.
Wandy pitched last nite; no way he was pitching 2 days in a row. Ichiro just got reset today — maybe he’ll be your streak starter?
Well I know that now, but when I made the pick it showed him pitching today. I had no time to even look at the game until after it started and wondered “Why is Norris pitching?”, only to look around and see there were changes made. Grrrr. Ichiro could be the streak starter for me, but he’s burned me in the past more than once and I’m a bit hesitant to pick him.
One of the things I do when I make my picks: write down the pick and the starter. Then each day before game locks or as late as possible, I’ll double check and make sure 1) player is still playing if possible and 2) see if the pitcher changed. That is how I knew BOS & HOU changed because I was also looking at Braun & Ichiro. That may help you getting burned in the future for scenarios like this.
Meant: help you from getting burned. Also because I knew I was looking at Braun, I reviewed his game last night & since Wandy was pitching last nite, no way was he pitching today, regardless what MLB put out there. Just FYI
That should have been a reply. And I knew Wandy was pitching last night, somehow my brain didn’t start normal operating procedures until it was too late. Oh well, I was only at one anyway.
Thanks, I’ll have to remember that.
Not that it helps. But I think Braun was like 500 vs Norris lifetime & has a 13-game hitting streak vs HOU (though that last stat is kinda useless). The only reason I didn’t pick Braun was that righties were hitting sub-200 off Norris this year. I thought another pick might be less risky & succeeded. I was soooo tempted to pick Braun because of that average & how hot he’s been so far.
Well I had Brian McCann first and changed again like 20 times. A few of my other picks, including McCann, got at least one hit, so it’s my own fault for picking someone and then changing it.
Well I learned 2 things today. 1) stop picking against Bud Norris (3rd time he’s burned this year already) 2)Cle doesn’t like to pitch to Miggy. Thankfully I didn’t take him at all this weekend but I know for future matchups.
Norris was so bad last year. What happened over the offseason?
Right?! LOL!
While were talking about Braun, his 0-fer should assist the cull you were asking for.
Oh yeah! And that’s one reason I don’t feel all that bad about my decision. So many other streaks were up in the 20’s and they are back to 0. I was only at 1.
Ya me too. But I don’t think ‘www.Jew feels quite the same as he saw his 22 disappear.
And speaking of Ethier. If he doesn’t go 0-fer tomorrow I think he’ll safely in the following 2 games vs the Cubs. Still think his reset will be via the lefty or a high caliber righty
Yes, but Ethier would help cull more. Entering today, 73 could move to 20+. Of the games already played: 21 were reset, 12 still waiting, 20 moved on & 1 sat idle
— oops miscounted; filtered incorrectly
34 moved on, 21 reset, 20 waiting, 1 idle
So if Ethier goes 0-fer we have a good population decrease else we can see 50ish 20+ gamers tomorrow
Well with Ethier’s single, 20+ gamers minimum tomorrow will be 43 with just 9 waiting & 6 of them on last ABs.
Culling didn’t do good enough job; need better results. 27 reset while 27 19-gamers tried to get to 20 which leaves us currently at 46, exactly where we started today. Polanco has 3 riding on him tonight (1 @ 20, 2 @ 19).
let me guess who the idle is…….
You get three guesses and the 1st two don’t count 😉
Haha. I didn’t even look at who he picked today since he dropped down. but I know who ur talking about.
And if he reads the blog…. Stock up on D.Freese(STL) for the next 9 days. Broken hand with hit-by-pitch today.
Cano also left early with bruised something. He’s listed as day-to-day.
Yep, his left hand bruised. May see pinch duties for a couple days?
If others want to play the DL-game, here’s another one for you. Add Boggs(MIL) to your next picks. He’ll be sent back down when N.Morgan comes off DL tomorrow.
I see a lot of the leaders doubling on Ethier. LaV is it possible to check if any of them are riding Either for a long time? Just curious…….Thanx
You’d have to ask 00Liber. I don’t keep those stats any longer, but he does. The only thing I have is last 2 days. If 00Liber see’s this post, I’m sure he’ll reply.
Ya. I’ll look it up tomorrow. Been a long day.