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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat 12-12-2017
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Brad Johnson
3:48
it's not as deep as what I consider to be dynasty, but I've had people tell me their 10 team, 25 player roster league is a dynasty
3:49
ottoneu rosters 480 players leaguewide
It's a challenge to find those deep dynasty leagues - and they're usually quite dysfunctional
Jutch Bones
3:49
Luis Castillo or Zach Godley in 2018 and beyond, all else being equal. Nola or Darvish in 2018 only?
Brad Johnson
3:49
Darvish
3:50
I'm going to say Godley. I see him as a higher floor asset with only a slightly lower ceiling
As much as I like Castillo, I worry about any young pitcher at Great American Smallpark
Schmegs
3:50
How are you valuing Willie Calhoun and his 2B eligibility?
Brad Johnson
3:51
Calhoun is not 2B eligible in most formats. Also, as Jeff Z noted, there is no position scarcity in 2018 (except for catcher).
3:52
Calhoun played exactly zero games at 2B in his MLB stint. It's possible Yahoo will manually add the eligibility (they do that sometimes), but I can't predict that
I figure it's unlikely
3:54
I got distracted by some trade offers :)
I'll brb
3:55
ok
Eldrick Woods
3:56
Is David Dahl a breakout candidate this year? Does Ian Dezzymond rebound?
Brad Johnson
3:56
Both are good buy low candidates
I don't see Raimel Tapia as a big impediment to playing time for Dahl if he's healthy and hitting
Decent chance Desmond has a dead cat bounce in him
3:57
don't pay to find out though
If it's not a $2 flier or less, it's too much
danny
3:57
do you see the yankees getting cole or fulmer?
Brad Johnson
3:57
Not really, but I can't rule it out
they have this hopelessly blocked Clint Frazier on their roster
He's enough to acquire either pitcher
Anthony
3:58
Tell us about your trade offers!
Brad Johnson
3:58
People in this league tend to get grumpy when I write about their offers
3:59
I can tell you a fresh new tale called:
The Disaggregation of Josh Donaldson
Once upon a time (i.e. earlier today), a guy owned a Josh Donaldson. He solicited offers from all over the land and ultimately traded his Donaldson for a Nick Williams and Raimel Tapia
4:00
Donaldson's new owner brought him home and placed him in his field
4:01
Then his neighbor brought over a Shane Baz, Alex Jackson, Adrian Morejon, Luis Robert, and Josh Naylor. He left those and stole away Donaldson
And that's the end of the story
there's no moral. He was traded twice today. That's all.
Dynasty Probz
4:02
So we have a pretty sweet dynasty league. 12 team, roto. Keep 5 guys per year with escalating cost based on where they were originally drafted. Can keep 1 MILB from our MILB draft as long as the player is still MILb. We have previously allowed for trading picks and it seems like we have a tanking issue. One player accumulated an insane amount of high round picks last season and basically started punting the season last year at the draft but is loaded this year. Some people want to now limit how many picks you can acquire even if the trades you are making are fair, but others think we should have higher penalty for last place. Thoughts on some ways to challenge this?
Brad Johnson
4:02
This is what I was talking about earlier. This is not dynasty league. It's a slightly complicated keeper format. But let's plow ahead :)
4:03
To me, when you introduce complicated rules, it acts as a means to exploit the less savvy owners in the league.
So if you do have some asymmetry with regard to owner quality, it does make sense to scale back the draft pick trading process with limits (or doing away with it entirely)
4:04
if your owners are all comparably competent, just let it play out
Some people will make ugly mistakes on occasion, but they'll learn from them
long term, it should be fine
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