2014 POINT TOTAL CHEAT SHEETS

PANDA PRE-DRAFT CHEAT SHEETS

2014 FINAL BATTER POINTS

2014 FINAL PITCHER POINTS

2014 FINAL OVERALL POINTS

2015 League Overview

We draft March 29th, Sunday from about 715-915. Fee is 150- lots of prizes.

Draft is online...  I like to get owner roster finalized well in advance cuz we all have busy schedules.

We play head-head 3 games series just like in MLB so our pace of standing is just like the bigs. 

Ive been running this one and only league for 17 years. Only one I play in and owners are loyal and pretty hard core.

Sum of all Hitting cats is a head-head win/loss,  

Sum of all Pitching cats is head-head win/loss, 

Sum of all Total pts is win/loss.

Mon-Thu is a head-head 3 games series; Fri-Sun is a head-head 3 game series..

You can sweep a series, get swept, go 2-1 or 1-2.

Its easy to pickup and intuitive. Nice thing is there is rarely a night in the season that isnt meaningful since series start Monday and again on Friday, and you can usually battle for a hitting or pitching win even if your getting clobbered in either.

Below is link to scoring categories:

Scoring League Description

Below is link to final standings

2014 Final Standings Site  (daily scoreboard looks different during the season, its a points based league).

Final 2014 Hitting Points

Final 2014 Pitching Points

PRIZES-  (Entry fee is $150)  New Members Must Pre-Pay Prior to March 29th Draft
All entry money except 10 bucks per team for site fee is put into prize money.

$350  Regular Season Best Record  (also choice of first-round playoff opponent)
$400  League Champion, Winner of championship postseason bracket top 4 teams.
$200  Runner-Up, championship postseason bracket.

$175  Winner, consolation round of championship postseason bracket.

$150  Loser, consolation round of championship postseason bracket

Also, teams finshing 6-10th have postseason playoff for $125 prize

3014 FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS THRU 09.04,14

2014 Reg Season	WIN	LOSS	T	PCT	PF	PA	WPF	WPA
DIREstraits	93	39	0	.7045	6589.3	4760.2	134.4	147.6
Carpenter Belts	80	51	1	.6098	6771.4	5859.4	100.0	81.8
PANDAS	72	60	0	.5455	6113.4	5539.4	159.0	126.6
Convincing Fashion	69	63	0	.5227	6004.9	5848.8	147.6	134.4
Bloody Gloves	66	65	1	.5038	5446.3	5709.4	108.3	59.8
HOME BY TWO	64	68	0	.4848	5461.8	5395.6	126.6	159.0
Kel's Belles	62	70	0	.4697	4999.2	5341.4	59.8	108.3
Tony's Team	56	76	0	.4242	5269.4	5852.4	65.1	100.5
Dan the torpedo	55	77	0	.4167	5093.2	5627.9	100.5	65.1
VODKA TONICS	42	90	0	.3182	3895.7	5710.1	81.8	100.0

Luis Valbuena Era Begins. 15-30 thru 15 Series

America's fantasy team, the Pandas, got clobbered again this week by CCL Cup foe and league leadging pitching machine Dire Straits. Pandas hit the ball with Heyward busting out, Lucroy staying hot, and Frazier bouncing back from a very bad spell for 14, 19, 18 or 51 of the teams 69 points in a losing cause.
Starters were abysmal. Kendrick continues to lose, Chacin scuffled in 2nd start and Cueto got bombed.

Other than perpetually shaky Carlos Quentin, Pandas starters are remaining on the field and competitive. Pandas continue to lead the league in doubles and the outlook is positive for a hitting winning streak.

Pitching faces an unlikely pitching outcome with only two starters but the weekday set offers up all six healthy hurlers. Could Pandas win 5 of 6 and be 20-31 this time next week?  Stay tuned.

Panda blog: May Blues

Unrelated Story: Pandas Japan Scout, Domo, Demands Raise.

With 14 series of 43 to play done, the season has hit its one-thrid point, with the mid-way coming in about a month near June 21.

May and June need to be excellent months for the Pandas. With a expected sweep over lowly VTs this weekend, we'd have been 18-24 and in striking distance of .500
But Kershaw faltered, as did Rosenthal, Toddd Todd Frazier, Aaron Hill combined for -10.

At 15-24, the clock is clicking on this club heavy with veterans like Utley, Howard, Ruiz who are bound to start wilting as they pant to the Allstar Break. With a Matt Latos return possible, and Kershaw and Chacin already arrived, this team has the pitching to compete, get back to .500 and start dogging it for the top bracket.

If Latos returns looks probable, would trade Wheeler for young hitter.
Dire Stratis comes into town for a 3 game set and a 5-4 edge in starters and 2-1 edge in closers this week.
A series victory of any kind will be huge and a gut check against the CCL Cup leading, but recently inury poked Jeffs.

Hitting 813pts   .269/.413  - This really needs to come up via contributions from Marte and Heyward.
Pitching 778pts  13-26 record - This can and should improve with Kershaw, Chacin, maybe Latos.
Rosenthal's recent immolations are of great concern.
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Most Suprising Player Who Will Hopefully Keep it Up:          Johnny Cueto 9 for 9 QS, 248 pts.
Must Surprising Player Who Will Probably Fade Out:            Chase Utley .339/.550, Pagan .321

Most Disappointing Player Who Might  Scuffle More:   Zack Wheeler, 4.89 ERA, 9th round

Most Disappointing Player Were Counting on to Turn it Around:    Jason Heyward  .215/.316

Biggest Question Mark: Starling Marte - Can he dominate again?
Anticipated Regular Season Finish if things go Well as Hoped:  3rd  - alot has to go right!
Aniticipated Finish if they Dont: 8th Place -  Am close now but think I can stay out of the cellar region and the dreaded Cialis Weekend Playoff Playin. My prostate cannon handle that but will if it has to.

TRANSACTIONS /LINEUPS/ TRADES

1- Auction bids may be subitted by owners anytime Monday evening through Thursday morning. 

These bids you enter are secret and are automatically sorted and distributed by the computer Thursday at 10am.

Ties go to the team with less wins/less points. We have no standings yet, so ties will be broken in reverse of draft order which is customary.

Any NL property, major or minor can be bid on in the auction. If the guy is not listed let me know and/or use Dummy Hitter/Dummy Pitcher.

You may add/drop as many players as you like in the auctions.

2- IFA is Instant Free Agency and this runs from right after the aucion until Noon Friday.

Under IFA, any team may add/drop ONE PLAYER, ONE TIME, ONLY each week. ,The league fee is $1.

The player mst be an NL player on an NL major league roster and not optioned to minors (but he can be doing major league dl rehab in minors).

The one IFA player you choose to sign or not sign can be for any reason you wish.

It is First Come, First Serve, and its REALLY APPRECIATED if you Please send an email to all when you take a player via IFA.

You should be able to make the move on the site, yourself, automatically. Or you can just send the email to league and I will make it for you.

3- Lineups. IFA is the time to sign a player to make sure you have a Legal Roster after the auction.

Your lineups must include an eligible player at every position. Player can be on DL or minors but must be NL property.

Lineups are due before first NL pitch of day Monday and Friday. You can set lineups for the next series anytime after new series begins.

FYI, I set my weekend lineup on Wednesday. Do it in advance there are NO MULLIGANS for missing a lineup deadline. 

4- Trades - You may trade directly on the site but again, PLEASE SEND LEAGUE WIDE EMAIL OF TRADES and IFA pickups. You may need commish assistance if you are including FA money in a trade. Also, make only Equal Trades for Equal amounts of players.  If you do make a 3 for 1 deal, have the player getting only 1 player include his cuts in the deal.

MLB TRADES GET NO COMPENSATION IN OUR LEAGUE. IF YOUR PLAYER IS TRADED TO THE AL, HE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE ON YOUR ROSTER AND YOU GET NO COMPENSATION.

 

Tin on FAAB Bids

Monday, March 28, 2011

Secret to Blind Bid Auction Bidding

 How to Bid in Blind Bid Auction prior to 10am Thursdays?

1) Do Not Cut the Same Player in More than One Bid in an auction
If you do this, there is no Guaruntee which Bid the System will Read or what will happen.

Example Below of a MISTAKE of Cutting Same player in more than one bid.
In this case, Vizquel is listed as the player to be waived or cut in each version of the bid and this will screw everything up!:

Bbid 1- Waive Vizquel: Add: Carlton 23, Schmidt, 13, Bowa 4 *

Bid 2- Waive Vizquel: Add: Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 2.

Vizquel should Not be invcluded in Bid 2. Only waiver a player in one group of bids per auction.

The SOLUTION :
Only Use Vizquel as the player to waive in ONE BID ONLY, and if there are multiple players you would accept when you cut Vizquel, ADD THEM ALL into ONE BID.

EXAMPLE OF CORRECT CONDITIONAL BID:
Bid 1 - Waive Vizquel-  Add Carlton 23, Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 3.  SUBMIT
bid 2 - Waive Ripken: Add Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 2, Griffey SUBMIT