The 2015 EWBRL Roto Baseball Thread

[Your Mom]

Alcides Escobar. If he is taken and I missed it I trust you to pick me a good shortstoppin type dude

[thatshortguy]

Escobar it is. Grats on finishing yon draft! Rosters will be finalized and eligible to edit on Sunday.

[thatshortguy]

Rosters have been set up on the Yahoo page. Make sure everything is correct and let me know if something is off. Otherwise, start setting rosters and making any moves you want. Note that any undrafted players are in the Waiver pool. Waivers will expire on Wednesday, so you can either put in a bid for someone or hope they make it to Thursday.

[Twist]

Man, these teams are STACKED.

I drafted Pujols totally forgetting I had Encarnacion. Thank God for the utility spot.

[thatshortguy]

I'm not terribly confident in my group, but I have noticed a lot of the players I have drafted have been in demand across other non-EWB leagues.

Eh, I'll still lead the league in number of roster moves through the whole season

[thatshortguy]

Number of players picked, by team:

AL West:

Mariners - 6

Angels - 5

Athletics - 4

Rangers - 3

Astros - 2

AL Central:

Indians - 6

Tigers - 6

White Sox - 6

Twins - 4

Royals - 4

AL East:

Orioles - 7

Blue Jays - 5

Red Sox - 5

Yankees - 4

Rays - 3

NL West

Padres - 7

Dodgers - 5

Rockies - 5

Diamondbacks - 3

Giants - 3

NL Central:

Pirates - 7

Cubs - 6

Reds - 5

Brewers - 4

Cardinals - 2

NL East:

Nationals - 8

Braves - 4

Marlins - 4

Phillies - 3

Mets - 2

So, by this, EWB's 2015 MLB Season Predictions:

Worst Team In MLB:

Mets, Cardinals, or Astros

Closest Division:

AL Central

Least Competitive Division:

NL East

NL Championship:

Nationals over Pirates/Padres

AL Championship:

Orioles over Indians/Mariners/Tigers/White Sox

World Series:

Nationals over Orioles

[Twist]

Only five Angels gone? I assumed I'd picked the whole team. I know at least four of those picks are mine.

[thatshortguy]

I'm petitioning the league to increase the number of DL spots to 3

[Your Mom]

Ok who wants to trade me their first born child for Bryce Harper?

[thatshortguy]

Ok who wants to trade me their first born child for Bryce Harper?

Kemp, Votto and Rendon. Ain't even playin'. I need to trim some space and get another outfielder.

I built this roster thinking it would take off nicely. May as well have named it The Challenger.

[Your Mom]

I miss Stanton so much

[thatshortguy]

@Damian WayLNKe has a reason to celebrate, as he's our inaugural EWB Roto League Champion!

[Damian WayLNKe]

Lucked out on holding onto runs, fielding percentage and batting average.

[Your Mom]

So...yeah I suck at this one. Why do I suck at this one?

[thatshortguy]

So...yeah I suck at this one. Why do I suck at this one?

Probably the same reason I sucked harder at Roto.  I didn't focus enough on all the categories.  I ruled the league in homers, runs, and Ks, but everything else was abysmal.  Hence, I didn't score enough points to contend.

You actually have to build a more complete team as opposed to focusing on just who's the hot hand.  We'll see if there is a demand for it next year.