MLB Hot Stove 2009 Free Agent Pick-em
Oct 31, 2008 17:34:03 GMT -5
Post by Lucky on Oct 31, 2008 17:34:03 GMT -5
I'm running this concurrently over at OO Forums. Rather than running two separate games or ignoring one board I decided to do it like this. I expect the majority of ballots to come from here but OO is my online home. If you're an OO poster feel free to choose whichever thread to participate in but if you're not that's why this is here so you don't have to register and go over there to play.
Ok, I did this last year. Its simple. 25 MLB free agents. You pick where they end up. In addition you rank them based on your confidence level. So if you're POSITIVE Manny Ramirez is going to be a Yankee you put him #1. If he ends up a Yankee you get 25 pts. If you rank him 25th and you get it you get 1 pt. Get it? Easy enough.
I picked 25 free agents based on who I thought was most relevant. If you see me missing someone feel free to mention him.
Manny Ramirez, RF - LAD
Mark Teixeira, 1B - LAA
C.C. Sabathia, SP - MIL
Pat Burrell, LF - PHI
Ben Sheets, SP - MIL
Mike Mussina, SP - NYY
Ryan Dempster, SP - CHC
Rafael Furcal, SS - LAD
Orlando Hudson, 2B - ARI
Ken Griffey, Jr, RF - CHW
Adam Dunn, RF - CIN
Raul Ibanez, RF - SEA
Derek Lowe, SP - LAD
Francisco Rodriguez, RP - LAA
Rafael Soriano, RP - ATL
Kerry Wood, RP - CHC
Ivan Rodriguez, C - NYY
Frank Thomas, 1B/DH - OAK
Jason Varitek, C - BOS
*Jason Giambi, 1B - NYY
*A.J. Burnett, SP - TOR
Bobby Abreu, RF - NYY
*Carl Crawford, LF - TB
Garrett Anderson, LF - LAA
Brian Fuentes, RP - COL
Guys with asterisks (*) aren't technically free agents but are dealing with options. The option may get picked up like it did with Carlos Delgado or they may became free agents like Ken Griffey Jr. If they get retained before we lock this up we'll take them off the list but if you pick them to stay on their team then points for you.
Post your ballot in this thread and remember to number them.
For the sake of avoiding cheating no ballot with an edit tag will be deemed valid. If you want to change or correct your ballot make a new post.
I really haven't paid a ton of attention thus far this offseason so if I missed some re-signing or am missing a big free agent help me out. I had to scrape to find 25 guys who seemed to be worth mentioning and some of them I'd gladly cut (Pudge, Baldelli, Thomas, Tek, the option guys).
Trade Game
If you can correctly pick where these players get traded (if they get traded) you will receive 5 pts each.
Matt Holliday, LF - COL
Jake Peavy, SP - SD
Robinson Cano, 2B - NYY
Huston Street, RP - OAK
Prince Fielder, 1B - MIL
Deadline is Nov 14th.
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[tr][td]Total[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Manny Ramirez, RF - LAD[/td][td][/td][td]LAD - 24[/td][td]LAD - 23[/td][td]NYY - 22[/td][td]LAD - 17[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mark Teixeira, 1B - LAA[/td][td][/td][td]NYY - 23[/td][td]LAA - 22[/td][td]NYY - 21[/td][td]BOS - 13[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]C.C. Sabathia, SP - MIL[/td][td][/td][td]NYY - 25[/td][td]NYY - 24[/td][td]LAD - 20[/td][td]NYY - 19[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Pat Burrell, LF - PHI[/td][td][/td][td]PHI - 22[/td][td]PHI - 18[/td][td]PHI - 19[/td][td]SF - 12[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ben Sheets, SP - MIL[/td][td][/td][td]HOU - 21[/td][td]TEX - 8[/td][td]SD - 18[/td][td]ATL - 16[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mike Mussina, SP - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]NYY - 20[/td][td]NYY - 21[/td][td]NYY - 17[/td][td]NYY - 15[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ryan Dempster, SP - CHC[/td][td][/td][td]CHC - 19[/td][td]BAL - 9[/td][td]CHC - 25[/td][td]CHC - 22[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rafael Furcal, SS - LAD[/td][td][/td][td]LAD - 18[/td][/td][td]LAD - 17[/td][td]LAD - 16[/td][td]LAD - 20[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Orlando Hudson, 2B - ARI[/td][td][/td][td]NYM - 17[/td][td]STL - 7[/td][td]CHW - 15[/td][td]NYM - 11[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ken Griffey, Jr, RF - CHW[/td][td][/td][td]SEA - 16[/td][td]SEA - 6[/td][td]SEA - 14[/td][td]SEA - 25[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Adam Dunn, RF - CIN[/td][td][/td][td]NYY - 15[/td][td]SF - 5[/td][td]TOR - 13[/td][td]BAL - 10[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Raul Ibanez, RF - SEA[/td][td][/td][td]CHC - 14[/td][td]CHC - 15[/td][td]CHC - 12[/td][td]PHI - 14[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Derek Lowe, SP - LAD[/td][td][/td][td]BOS - 13[/td][td]NYM - 14[/td][td]BOS - 11[/td][td]PHI - 6[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Francisco Rodriguez, RP - LAA[/td][td][/td][td]LAA - 12[/td][td]TEX - 13[/td][td]LAA - 10[/td][td]CLE - 7[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rafael Soriano, RP - ATL[/td][td][/td][td]NYM - 11[/td][td]ATL - 12[/td][td]FLA - 9[/td][td]MIL - 8[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Kerry Wood, RP - CHC[/td][td][/td][td]CHC - 10[/td][td]CHC - 19[/td][td]CHC - 24[/td][td]CHC - 24[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ivan Rodriguez, C - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]OAK - 8[/td][td]TB - 5[/td][td]KC - 8[/td][td]LAD - 5[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Frank Thomas, 1B/DH - OAK[/td][td][/td][td]BOS - 7[/td][td]OAK - 10[/td][td]Retire - 7[/td][td]Retire - 23[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jason Varitek, C - BOS[/td][td][/td][td]OAK - 6[/td][td]KC - 4[/td][td]BOS - 6[/td][td]OAK - 4[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jason Giambi, 1B - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]LAD - 5[/td][td]BAL - 3[/td][td]OAK - 3[/td][td]TOR - 9[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A.J. Burnett, SP - TOR[/td][td][/td][td]LAD - 4[/td][td]NYY - 16[/td][td]TB - 2[/td][td]NYM - 1[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Bobby Abreu, RF - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]NYM - 3[/td][td]TB - 2[/td][td]PIT - 1[/td][td]MIN - 2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Carl Crawford, LF - TB[/td][td][/td][td]TB - 2[/td][td]TB - 25[/td][td]TB - 23[/td][td]TB - 21[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Garrett Anderson, LF - LAA[/td][td][/td][td]SD - 1[/td][td]WAS - 1[/td][td]SF - 5[/td][td]SD - 3[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Brian Fuentes, RP - COL[/td][td][/td][td]TB - 9[/td][td]NYM - 11[/td][td]KC - 4[/td][td]NYM - 18[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Extra Pt Trade Game[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Matt Holliday, LF - COL[/td][td][/td][td]NYM[/td][td]NYM[/td][td][/td][td]CLE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jake Peavy, SP - SD[/td][td][/td][td]ATL[/td][td]ATL[/td][td][/td][td]HOU[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Robinson Cano, 2B - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]LAD[/td][td]SD[/td][td][/td][td]LAD[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Huston Street, RP - OAK[/td][td][/td][td]TEX[/td][td]COL[/td][td][/td][td]ATL[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Prince Fielder, 1B - MIL[/td][td][/td][td]SF[/td][td]TOR[/td][td][/td][td]SF[/td][/tr]
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Ok, I did this last year. Its simple. 25 MLB free agents. You pick where they end up. In addition you rank them based on your confidence level. So if you're POSITIVE Manny Ramirez is going to be a Yankee you put him #1. If he ends up a Yankee you get 25 pts. If you rank him 25th and you get it you get 1 pt. Get it? Easy enough.
I picked 25 free agents based on who I thought was most relevant. If you see me missing someone feel free to mention him.
Manny Ramirez, RF - LAD
Mark Teixeira, 1B - LAA
C.C. Sabathia, SP - MIL
Pat Burrell, LF - PHI
Ben Sheets, SP - MIL
Mike Mussina, SP - NYY
Ryan Dempster, SP - CHC
Rafael Furcal, SS - LAD
Orlando Hudson, 2B - ARI
Ken Griffey, Jr, RF - CHW
Adam Dunn, RF - CIN
Raul Ibanez, RF - SEA
Derek Lowe, SP - LAD
Francisco Rodriguez, RP - LAA
Rafael Soriano, RP - ATL
Kerry Wood, RP - CHC
Ivan Rodriguez, C - NYY
Frank Thomas, 1B/DH - OAK
Jason Varitek, C - BOS
*Jason Giambi, 1B - NYY
*A.J. Burnett, SP - TOR
Bobby Abreu, RF - NYY
*Carl Crawford, LF - TB
Garrett Anderson, LF - LAA
Brian Fuentes, RP - COL
Guys with asterisks (*) aren't technically free agents but are dealing with options. The option may get picked up like it did with Carlos Delgado or they may became free agents like Ken Griffey Jr. If they get retained before we lock this up we'll take them off the list but if you pick them to stay on their team then points for you.
Post your ballot in this thread and remember to number them.
For the sake of avoiding cheating no ballot with an edit tag will be deemed valid. If you want to change or correct your ballot make a new post.
I really haven't paid a ton of attention thus far this offseason so if I missed some re-signing or am missing a big free agent help me out. I had to scrape to find 25 guys who seemed to be worth mentioning and some of them I'd gladly cut (Pudge, Baldelli, Thomas, Tek, the option guys).
Trade Game
If you can correctly pick where these players get traded (if they get traded) you will receive 5 pts each.
Matt Holliday, LF - COL
Jake Peavy, SP - SD
Robinson Cano, 2B - NYY
Huston Street, RP - OAK
Prince Fielder, 1B - MIL
Deadline is Nov 14th.
Player |
[tr][td]Total[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Manny Ramirez, RF - LAD[/td][td][/td][td]LAD - 24[/td][td]LAD - 23[/td][td]NYY - 22[/td][td]LAD - 17[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mark Teixeira, 1B - LAA[/td][td][/td][td]NYY - 23[/td][td]LAA - 22[/td][td]NYY - 21[/td][td]BOS - 13[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]C.C. Sabathia, SP - MIL[/td][td][/td][td]NYY - 25[/td][td]NYY - 24[/td][td]LAD - 20[/td][td]NYY - 19[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Pat Burrell, LF - PHI[/td][td][/td][td]PHI - 22[/td][td]PHI - 18[/td][td]PHI - 19[/td][td]SF - 12[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ben Sheets, SP - MIL[/td][td][/td][td]HOU - 21[/td][td]TEX - 8[/td][td]SD - 18[/td][td]ATL - 16[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mike Mussina, SP - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]NYY - 20[/td][td]NYY - 21[/td][td]NYY - 17[/td][td]NYY - 15[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ryan Dempster, SP - CHC[/td][td][/td][td]CHC - 19[/td][td]BAL - 9[/td][td]CHC - 25[/td][td]CHC - 22[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rafael Furcal, SS - LAD[/td][td][/td][td]LAD - 18[/td][/td][td]LAD - 17[/td][td]LAD - 16[/td][td]LAD - 20[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Orlando Hudson, 2B - ARI[/td][td][/td][td]NYM - 17[/td][td]STL - 7[/td][td]CHW - 15[/td][td]NYM - 11[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ken Griffey, Jr, RF - CHW[/td][td][/td][td]SEA - 16[/td][td]SEA - 6[/td][td]SEA - 14[/td][td]SEA - 25[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Adam Dunn, RF - CIN[/td][td][/td][td]NYY - 15[/td][td]SF - 5[/td][td]TOR - 13[/td][td]BAL - 10[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Raul Ibanez, RF - SEA[/td][td][/td][td]CHC - 14[/td][td]CHC - 15[/td][td]CHC - 12[/td][td]PHI - 14[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Derek Lowe, SP - LAD[/td][td][/td][td]BOS - 13[/td][td]NYM - 14[/td][td]BOS - 11[/td][td]PHI - 6[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Francisco Rodriguez, RP - LAA[/td][td][/td][td]LAA - 12[/td][td]TEX - 13[/td][td]LAA - 10[/td][td]CLE - 7[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rafael Soriano, RP - ATL[/td][td][/td][td]NYM - 11[/td][td]ATL - 12[/td][td]FLA - 9[/td][td]MIL - 8[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Kerry Wood, RP - CHC[/td][td][/td][td]CHC - 10[/td][td]CHC - 19[/td][td]CHC - 24[/td][td]CHC - 24[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ivan Rodriguez, C - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]OAK - 8[/td][td]TB - 5[/td][td]KC - 8[/td][td]LAD - 5[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Frank Thomas, 1B/DH - OAK[/td][td][/td][td]BOS - 7[/td][td]OAK - 10[/td][td]Retire - 7[/td][td]Retire - 23[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jason Varitek, C - BOS[/td][td][/td][td]OAK - 6[/td][td]KC - 4[/td][td]BOS - 6[/td][td]OAK - 4[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jason Giambi, 1B - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]LAD - 5[/td][td]BAL - 3[/td][td]OAK - 3[/td][td]TOR - 9[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A.J. Burnett, SP - TOR[/td][td][/td][td]LAD - 4[/td][td]NYY - 16[/td][td]TB - 2[/td][td]NYM - 1[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Bobby Abreu, RF - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]NYM - 3[/td][td]TB - 2[/td][td]PIT - 1[/td][td]MIN - 2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Carl Crawford, LF - TB[/td][td][/td][td]TB - 2[/td][td]TB - 25[/td][td]TB - 23[/td][td]TB - 21[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Garrett Anderson, LF - LAA[/td][td][/td][td]SD - 1[/td][td]WAS - 1[/td][td]SF - 5[/td][td]SD - 3[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Brian Fuentes, RP - COL[/td][td][/td][td]TB - 9[/td][td]NYM - 11[/td][td]KC - 4[/td][td]NYM - 18[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Extra Pt Trade Game[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Matt Holliday, LF - COL[/td][td][/td][td]NYM[/td][td]NYM[/td][td][/td][td]CLE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jake Peavy, SP - SD[/td][td][/td][td]ATL[/td][td]ATL[/td][td][/td][td]HOU[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Robinson Cano, 2B - NYY[/td][td][/td][td]LAD[/td][td]SD[/td][td][/td][td]LAD[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Huston Street, RP - OAK[/td][td][/td][td]TEX[/td][td]COL[/td][td][/td][td]ATL[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Prince Fielder, 1B - MIL[/td][td][/td][td]SF[/td][td]TOR[/td][td][/td][td]SF[/td][/tr]
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