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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 20, 2014 -> 07:11 AM) Rose... Rose isn't a wing player. And you don't want him to be defending the other team's wing to shut them down.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 22, 2014 -> 07:11 AM) I love FanDuel. Started with $50 I my bank at start of year and am only $10 up but it's fun. Will probably do some during NBA as well.. I blew $30 on the weekly contests. But in the 100K Survivor contest, I've made the 5th straight cut (last one was barely) and now I am guaranteed at least $15 winnings for my $5 investment!

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 21, 2014 -> 04:40 PM) We all know it's a weekly game, and half the fun is tracking just your team against one other set of guys, but I've long thought about trying to make it more fair. I wouldn't just do cumulative points for the year, but instead just have a cumulative record every week. So you still have to be consistent. Because sometimes points scored can be misleading, you could have the most points 3 weeks and the least amount of points (or close to it) 3 weeks and be 3-3. Yet a quick glance at points for would have someone up towards the top, thinking they should be better than 3 and 3 when they really shouldn't. In this scenario you'd "play" 9 teams every week, and you keep tally of your record the entire year. That would certainly level out some of the randomness (as if fantasy football isn't random enough as it is). In a way, it's almost like fan duel every week, just playing out the whole season. Your team is up against everyone else, not just one team. That's basically a weekly roto league, don't think concept is new. In NFL leagues, the breakdown tab on the league standings shows your cumulative weekly record against all teams. Personally, I like the variability of FF. And tracking your remaining players against the other team's remaining player makes SNF and MNF all the more fun.

Even with his limited appearances, WWE has invested too much to build up Brock to let him lose the title anytime soon. That being said, I don't think they will do Cena - Brock at SS and put Cena under again. I fully expect Randy to win this Sunday, or some sort of interference from Seth or Dean to make it a triple threat between Cena, Orton and Brock

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Oct 20, 2014 -> 10:39 AM) In the article it said that only AL players voted so I'm guessing maybe Marcus voted for himself? I dont think even Semien would have voted for Semien

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 20, 2014 -> 07:54 AM) 1st round pick? Competitive balance pick. Which I am not sure if any team has actually traded those picks before.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=101528...e=2&theater One of the guys on my FB.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Oct 19, 2014 -> 03:19 PM) It's not like a year of Cespedes is worth a ton anyway. To Red Sox fan, he will be worth a ton. Therefore their reactions will make me giggle a little inside.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Oct 19, 2014 -> 02:05 PM) Boston could make Cespedes available. Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports that "word has spread" that the Red Sox could make Yoenis Cespedes available for trade this offseason. General manager Ben Cherington said last month that the team would like to discuss an extension with Cespedes, but it seems the outfielder might prefer to play out the final year of his contract before testing free agency. Cafardo also notes that Cespedes doesn't really want to play right field "or work on his defense." The Red Sox figure to make at least one trade this winter given their glut of outfielders, and it sounds like Cespedes might be the one to go. Source: Boston GlobeOct 19 - 1:00 PM Someone should troll that Red Sox fanboy who wrote the Sale to Red Sox piece. We speculate that Viciedo and Danks should get it done for Cespedes.

Looking ahead. Things can really get ugly. I smell 3-6 on the horizon.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 19, 2014 -> 01:08 PM) Defense is not the side of the ball worrying me today. You might want to take this back.

f***ing p*****s, take a timeout and at least get a field goal out of this

This is how the Bears defense look when the other team is not dropping passes.

Haven't heard of time table on his recovery, but if he's willing to sign a minor league deal and work his way back to health, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. But I don't want to count on him for a spot right out of the gate.

No to Floyd. At this point, Chris Bassit will have a higher ceiling and floor as the 5th starter.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 18, 2014 -> 09:45 PM) Cain is top ten based on the last 2-3 months. (I'm sure the royals wouldn't trade Cain for eaton.) If Eaton can stay healthy, I don't think Sox would make that trade either. Cain is an enigma on offense. His speed and lack of power suggests he would be a leadoff hitter, but his plate discipline screams otherwise. I think KC batting him in the middle of the order isn't going to work in the long run.

Unless we sign Headley, trade Alexei for Brett Gardner, and unload the farm for Andrelton Simmons, and also strike gold in our bullpen reclamation projects, we won't have the KC model. But that doesn't mean we can't compete.

Personally, I love the KC model because it's essentially about doing all the little things well and limiting mistakes in all aspects of the game, it's smart baseball at its finest. But it's very unrealistic to build the KC model and it's also not sustainable. With the exception of Perez and Gordon, none of their players are top 10 players at their positions. Meaning in an open market, they would often be your 2nd or 3rd choices. Teams with options don't aim to build the KC model. They are for teams who are not popular free agent desintations and are cash strapped. Without having real cornerstones like Sale or Abreu, they will fall back to below .500 if a couple of their positions players or bullpen arms get pay raises.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 18, 2014 -> 01:14 AM) Ben Zobrist is such an unfathomably weird advanced metric player. He puts up the craziest WAR totals and it never quite seems right. He is like the Javier Vazquez of position players when it comes to advanced metrics. We "should" have to give up the farm for a guy who is 5+ WAR every single season, but for some reason I just don't feel comfortable trading major pieces for Ben Zobrist. It's hard to even come up with a fair trade in my head because everything I'd WANT to give up for him is far less than what his production dictates he SHOULD get from us. He is 33 years old, so that should be noted as well, but....I guess I'll throw this out there..... Carlos Sanchez, Frank Montas, and Chris Beck? I feel like his numbers are worth way more than that, but I just can't bring myself to want to give up more. I think the WAR figures are pretty accurate. You often overlook guys like him because he does so many things well but nothing spectacular. 4 of the past 6 years, he's been a .270, and 20-20 player, with 80-100 walks, and added on to that solid to great defense at every position. You can't find a lot of guys like him in the majors. Think of him as Alexei with supreme plate discipline and playing in a pitcher friendly park. Personally I never get why he's rated as a better defender than Alexei. Given that, I didn't know he was 33 already. But if he were to play LF, I think he would still have 2-3 good years left in him.

It's scary to think Jimmy is the only reliable 2 way wing player we have on the roster. If he goes down, we will have to run the likes of Snell, Hinrich, Dunleavy or Dougie at LeBron or Durant. Jimmy's role with the team this year will be more important than ever.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 10:14 AM) Even then, there's a big difference between Nate Jones/Cleto and Herrera at 97-101. Or Henry Rodriguez, etc. Williams tried those arms like MacDougal, Aardsma, Masset and Sisco, and they all flamed out with the Sox. He tried ever since he ditched Foulke for a burned out shell of his former self in Billy Koch in 2003. Montas will likely be the next flamethrower in the pen. Nobody has his stuff in the organization. Webb's not even close, not the way he threw in 2014. Maybe the 2013 minor league version. One can imagine Petricka or Guerra ending up like a Greg Holland, but that still leaves us short a Cliff Politte and Neal Cotts. Let's not forget how effective guys like Neshek and Uehara with unorthodox motions can be. Darren O'Day's another example. I smiled a little reading this post. You really outdid yourself.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 01:57 AM) Mother f***ing Frank Gore. All I need was for him to just get HALF of what he was projected to get, and he couldn't do it. And they used Hyde at the end of the game. I actually had a decent week, and I still can't win. 5 straight losses. Thanks Calvin Johnson and Vernon Davis. One of my buddies lost tonight because of that last minute pick 6 by the 49ers. He was up by like 3 pts, but the other guy had the 49ers defense. The only thing that could cause him to lose was a defensive TD, and they got it. He got f***ed too. Had him on my team for a Fanduel survivor tourny. I was glad they took him out because he was rushing for negative yards in the 4th. The top 5,000 entries advance to the next round, I end up being 4,985th. Had he lost another 5 yards, I would have been out.

Wow. One if the worst endings to a promising match I've ever seen

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 06:21 PM) Intercepting passes on 4th down is a pet peeve of mine. Funny thing is he came down and the ball moved a bit in his hands. But it's one of the few times neither team would challenge because it didn't make sense to.

With the amount of check down Jay throws, Forte has a shot have a 1,000/1,000 season. That would actually be incredible.