Friday, March 12, 2010

Predicted Finish (Pre-Draft)

As nobody will ever read this, I'll resist the temptation to analyze the keepers too much (for now), but here's my pre-draft rankings of the haves and have-nots:

1. Max Power (Part II)

Tim Lincecum
Roy Halladay
Pablo Sandoval
Álex Rodríguez
Evan Longoria
Adam Lind
Aaron Hill
Matt Wieters
Elvis Andrus

2. Dykstra Financial
Matt Holliday
Jacoby Ellsbury
Dustin Pedroia
Derrek Lee
Michael Cuddyer
Billy Butler
Josh Beckett
Justin Verlander
Johan Santana

3. An Old Wooden Ship
Zack Greinke
Chris Carpenter
Carl Crawford
Robinson Canó
Justin Upton
Jon Lester
Justin Morneau
David Wright
Jake Peavy

4. Gammons' Nutsack
Hanley Ramírez
Brandon Phillips
Prince Fielder
Nelson Cruz
Shane Victorino
Kendry Morales
Matt Cain
Cliff Lee
Jair Jurrjens

5. Dongtron
Ryan Howard
Vladimir Guerrero
Andre Ethier
Ian Kinsler
Dan Haren
Scott Kazmir
Neftali Feliz
Howie Kendrick
Jayson Werth

6. PandaBear DeathMarch
Matt Kemp
Félix Hernández
Derek Jeter
Brian Roberts
Ryan Zimmerman
Josh Johnson
Jonathan Broxton
Lance Berkman
Clayton Kershaw

7. Bathtub Flotilla
Ryan Braun
Chase Utley
Troy Tulowitzki
Joey Votto
Andrew McCutchen
Curtis Granderson
Ryan Doumit
Yunel Escobar
Cole Hamels

8. The X Men
Joe Mauer
CC Sabathia
Grady Sizemore
Jonathan Papelbon
José Reyes
Alfonso Soriano
Tommy Hanson
Andrew Bailey
Hunter Pence

9. Gammons Gammons
Mark Teixeira
Ichiro Suzuki
Jimmy Rollins
Chone Figgins
Raúl Ibañez
Edwin Jackson
Scott Feldman
Matt Capps
Scott Baker

10. Codpiece
Jason Bartlett
Carlos Beltrán
Rajai Davis
Adrián González
Carlos Lee
Albert Pujols
Kevin Youkilis
Javier Vázquez
Yovani Gallardo

11. The Stig
Bobby Abreu
Gordon Beckham
Miguel Cabrera
Brian McCann
Carlos Quentin
Aramis Ramírez
Matt LaPorta
Roy Oswalt
Francisco Rodríguez

12. Athletic Supporters
B.J. Upton
Víctor Martínez
Clint Barmes
Jason Bay
Todd Helton
Josh Hamilton
Mariano Rivera
Adam Wainwright
Ryan Franklin

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Flotilla Casts Off

Preliminarily-speaking, the Flotilla will leave dock with the following players:

Chase Utley (2B)
Ryan Braun (LF)
Troy Tulowitzki (SS)
Joey Votto (1B)
Andrew McCutchen (CF)
Curtis Granderson (RF?)
Ryan Doumit (C)
Brett Anderson (SP)
Cole Hamels (SP)

I advise you all to propose any hypothetical trades involving any of the above, or, if you would rather mock my long-term commitment to one Brett Anderson, have at it.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Smell His Finger

The only appropriate way to kick off the D.D.S.C. [without those expensive call girl rentals] is to congratulate the winner of the league's previous incarnation, the Legs of Ordinary Gentlemen. Audio Aaron, thou art a big swinging one.

NOTE: Audio claims the trophy pictured above (a trophy purchased by your benevolent commish, ahem) was lost when he drunkenly tossed it at Baltimore OF Adam Jones outside a Boston area watering hole following a heated verbal altercation, reportedly centering on the allegation that journeyman catcher Doug Mirabelli's breath reeked of Jones' woman.

Behold These, The Slimmest of Pickings

Dearest Brethren,

Welcome to the lone source of merriment in your otherwise joyless lives.

The following post lists the last known rosters of the Dirty Diamond Social Club, heretofore known as the Legs of Ordinary Gentlemen. You are all of you invited to pick your nine keeper players off of your respective roster, be they hitters or pitchers, regardless of race or sexual preference, and inform your kindhearted commissioner of your decision. Upon hearing word of your choices, I will post those players here, on the DDSC website, along with my commentary/analysis.

More to the point, I will shit upon you.


Bathtub Flotilla

Mike Aviles (KC - 2B,SS)
Ryan Braun (Mil - LF)
Ryan Doumit (Pit - C)
Yunel Escobar (Atl - SS)
Curtis Granderson (NYY - CF)
Chris Iannetta (Col - C)
Garrett Jones (Pit - 1B,LF,RF)
Andrew McCutchen (Pit - CF)
David Murphy (Tex - LF,CF,RF)
Carlos Peña (TB - 1B)
Ian Stewart (Col - 2B,3B)
Troy Tulowitzki (Col - SS)
Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
Joey Votto (Cin - 1B)

Brett Anderson (Oak - SP)
Mike González (Bal - RP)
Juan Gutiérrez (Ari - RP)
Cole Hamels (Phi - SP)
John Lannan (Was - SP)
Franklin Morales (Col - SP,RP)
Ervin Santana (LAA - SP)
Joakim Soria (KC - RP)
Rafael Soriano (TB - RP)
Jonathan Sánchez (SF - SP)
Robinson Tejeda (KC - SP,RP)
C.J. Wilson (Tex - RP)
Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP)

The Labradoodles


Rick Ankiel (StL - LF,CF,RF)
Lance Berkman (Hou - 1B)
Orlando Cabrera (Min - SS)
Jack Cust (Oak - LF,RF)
Jermaine Dye (CWS - RF)
Pedro Feliz (Hou - 3B)
Paul Konerko (CWS - 1B)
Adam LaRoche (Atl - 1B)
Hunter Pence (Hou - RF)
Jhonny Peralta (Cle - 3B,SS)
Jorge Posada (NYY - C)
José Reyes (NYM - SS)
Brian Roberts (Bal - 2B)
Nick Swisher (NYY - 1B,LF,CF,RF)
Vernon Wells (Tor - CF)
Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)

Jonathan Broxton (LAD - RP)
Brett Cecil (Tor - SP)
Tommy Hanson (Atl - SP)
Clayton Kershaw (LAD - SP)
Brandon Morrow (Tor - SP,RP)
Ross Ohlendorf (Pit - SP,RP)
Jonathan Papelbon (Bos - RP)
Wandy Rodríguez (Hou - SP)
B.J. Ryan (ChC - RP)
CC Sabathia (NYY - SP)

Max Power (Part II)


Elvis Andrus (Tex - SS)
Michael Bourn (Hou - CF)
Jay Bruce (Cin - LF,CF,RF)
Chris Davis (Tex - 1B,3B)
Dexter Fowler (Col - CF)
Jeff Francoeur (NYM - RF)
Aaron Hill (Tor - 2B)
Adam Lind (Tor - LF)
Evan Longoria (TB - 3B)
Manny Ramírez (LAD - LF)
Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B)
Pablo Sandoval (SF - C,1B,3B)
Matt Wieters (Bal - C)

Brian Duensing (Min - SP,RP)
Doug Fister (Sea - SP,RP)
Brian Fuentes (LAA - RP)
Roy Halladay (Phi - SP)
Derek Holland (Tex - SP,RP)
Ubaldo Jiménez (Col - SP)
Tim Lincecum (SF - SP)
Brad Penny (StL - SP)
Rick Porcello (Det - SP,RP)
David Price (TB - SP)
Chris Volstad (Fla - SP)
Brian Wilson (SF - RP)
Kerry Wood (Cle - RP)

Unprotected Robertos


Hank Blalock (Tex - 1B,3B)
Milton Bradley (Sea - RF)
Andre Ethier (LAD - LF,RF)
Vladimir Guerrero (LAA - RF)
Ryan Howard (Phi - 1B)
Aubrey Huff (Det - 1B,3B)
Howie Kendrick (LAA - 2B)
Ian Kinsler (Tex - 2B)
Nate McLouth (Atl - CF)
David Ortiz (Bos - 1B)
Iván Rodríguez (Was - C)
Jayson Werth (Phi - LF,CF,RF)
Michael Young (Tex - 3B,SS)

Bronson Arroyo (Cin - SP)
Neftali Feliz (Tex - SP,RP)
Dan Haren (Ari - SP)
J.P. Howell (TB - RP)
Bobby Jenks (CWS - RP)
Scott Kazmir (LAA - SP)
Hiroki Kuroda (LAD - SP)
Francisco Liriano (Min - SP,RP)
Pedro Martínez (Phi - SP)
George Sherrill (LAD - RP)
Huston Street (Col - RP)
Barry Zito (SF - SP)

Gammon's Nutsack


Nelson Cruz (Tex - RF)
Prince Fielder (Mil - 1B)
Chipper Jones (Atl - 3B)
Jason Kubel (Min - LF,RF)
Bengie Molina (SF - C)
Miguel Montero (Ari - C)
Kendry Morales (LAA - 1B,RF)
Brandon Phillips (Cin - 2B)
Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
Álex Ríos (CWS - CF,RF)
Shane Victorino (Phi - CF)
Josh Willingham (Was - LF,RF)

Jeremy Affeldt (SF - RP)
Matt Cain (SF - SP)
Francisco Cordero (Cin - RP)
Jorge De La Rosa (Col - SP,RP)
Rich Harden (Tex - SP)
Jair Jurrjens (Atl - SP)
Cliff Lee (Sea - SP)
Mike MacDougal (Was - RP)
Ryan Madson (Phi - RP)
Jason Marquis (Was - SP)
Carlos Mármol (ChC - RP)
Max Scherzer (Det - SP,RP)
Matt Thornton (CWS - RP)

WINKIE


Russell Branyan (Sea - 1B,3B)
Melky Cabrera (Atl - LF,CF,RF)
Derek Jeter (NYY - SS)
Matt Kemp (LAD - CF,RF)
Joe Mauer (Min - C)
Scott Rolen (Cin - 3B)
Skip Schumaker (StL - 2B,LF,CF,RF)
Grady Sizemore (Cle - CF)
Alfonso Soriano (ChC - LF)
Kurt Suzuki (Oak - C)
Freddy Sánchez (SF - 2B)
Mark Teahen (CWS - 1B,3B,LF,RF)

Alfredo Aceves (NYY - SP,RP)
Andrew Bailey (Oak - RP)
Chad Billingsley (LAD - SP)
John Danks (CWS - SP)
Zach Duke (Pit - SP)
Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)
Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)
Matt Lindstrom (Hou - RP)
Hideki Okajima (Bos - RP)
Matt Palmer (LAA - SP,RP)
Mike Pelfrey (NYM - SP)
Joel Piñeiro (StL - SP)
Ricky Romero (Tor - SP)
Chris Young (SD - SP)

Dykstra's Car Wash


Billy Butler (KC - 1B)
Michael Cuddyer (Min - 1B,RF)
Jacoby Ellsbury (Bos - LF,CF,RF)
Matt Holliday (StL - LF)
Orlando Hudson (LAD - 2B)
Derrek Lee (ChC - 1B)
Mike Lowell (Bos - 3B)
Ryan Ludwick (StL - LF,CF,RF)
Felipe López (Mil - 2B,3B,SS,LF)
Mike Napoli (LAA - C)
Dustin Pedroia (Bos - 2B)
A.J. Pierzynski (CWS - C)
Luke Scott (Bal - 1B,LF)
Miguel Tejada (Hou - SS)

David Aardsma (Sea - RP)
Daniel Bard (Bos - RP)
Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
Matt Garza (TB - SP)
Tommy Hunter (Tex - SP)
Hong-Chih Kuo (LAD - SP,RP)
Joe Nathan (Min - RP)
Darren Oliver (Tex - RP)
Ramón Ramírez (Bos - RP)
Johan Santana (NYM - SP)
Justin Verlander (Det - SP)
Michael Wuertz (Oak - RP)

Athletic Supporters


Clint Barmes (Col - 2B,3B,SS)
Jason Bay (NYM - LF)
Jorge Cantú (Fla - 1B,3B)
Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - LF,RF)
J.D. Drew (Bos - RF)
Josh Hamilton (Tex - CF,RF)
Todd Helton (Col - 1B)
Nick Markakis (Bal - RF)
Víctor Martínez (Bos - C,1B)
Yadier Molina (StL - C)
Plácido Polanco (Phi - 2B)
Marco Scutaro (Bos - 2B,3B,SS)
B.J. Upton (TB - CF)

Mark Buehrle (CWS - SP)
Joba Chamberlain (NYY - SP,RP)
Todd Coffey (Mil - RP)
Ryan Franklin (StL - RP)
J.A. Happ (Phi - SP,RP)
Trevor Hoffman (Mil - RP)
John Lackey (Bos - SP)
Kevin Millwood (Bal - SP)
Arthur Rhodes (Cin - RP)
Mariano Rivera (NYY - RP)
Adam Wainwright (StL - SP)
Jered Weaver (LAA - SP)

Knoblauch's Chokers


Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
Carl Crawford (TB - LF)
Johnny Damon (NYY - LF,CF)
Matt Diaz (Atl - LF,RF)
Carlos Guillén (Det - 1B,3B,LF)
Justin Morneau (Min - 1B)
Martín Prado (Atl - 1B,2B,3B)
Alexei Ramírez (CWS - 2B,SS,CF)
Yorvit Torrealba (Col - C)
Justin Upton (Ari - RF)
David Wright (NYM - 3B)
Ben Zobrist (TB - 2B,SS,LF,CF,RF)

Heath Bell (SD - RP)
Clay Buchholz (Bos - SP)
A.J. Burnett (NYY - SP)
Chris Carpenter (StL - SP)
Zack Greinke (KC - SP)
Matt Guerrier (Min - RP)
LaTroy Hawkins (Mil - RP)
Phil Hughes (NYY - SP,RP)
Jon Lester (Bos - SP)
Ricky Nolasco (Fla - SP)
Leo Núñez (Fla - RP)
Jake Peavy (CWS - SP)
José Valverde (Hou - RP)

Codpiece


Rod Barajas (Tor - C)
Jason Bartlett (TB - SS)
Carlos Beltrán (NYM - CF)
Casey Blake (LAD - 1B,3B)
Alberto Callaspo (KC - 2B,3B,SS)
Rajai Davis (Oak - CF)
Adam Dunn (Was - 1B,LF,RF)
Adrián González (SD - 1B)
Carlos Lee (Hou - LF)
Albert Pujols (StL - 1B)
Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B,3B)

Joe Blanton (Phi - SP)
Ryan Dempster (ChC - SP)
Mark DiFelice (Mil - RP)
Jason Frasor (Tor - RP)
Yovani Gallardo (Mil - SP)
Chad Gaudin (NYY - SP,RP)
Ángel Guzmán (ChC - RP)
Ted Lilly (ChC - SP)
Dan Meyer (Fla - SP,RP)
Jeff Niemann (TB - SP,RP)
Chad Qualls (Ari - RP)
Scott Richmond (Tor - SP)
Fernando Rodney (LAA - RP)
Javier Vázquez (NYY - SP)
Dan Wheeler (TB - RP)
Randy Wolf (Mil - SP)

Gallardos


Bobby Abreu (LAA - LF,RF)
Gordon Beckham (CWS - 3B,SS)
Asdrubal Cabrera (Cle - 2B,SS)
Miguel Cabrera (Det - 1B,3B)
Rafael Furcal (LAD - SS)
Alex Gordon (KC - 3B)
Torii Hunter (LAA - CF)
Adam Kennedy (Oak - 2B,3B,RF)
Matt LaPorta (Cle - 1B,LF,RF)
James Loney (LAD - 1B)
Cameron Maybin (Fla - CF)
Brian McCann (Atl - C)
Carlos Quentin (CWS - LF)
Aramis Ramírez (ChC - 3B)
Colby Rasmus (StL - CF,RF)
Taylor Teagarden (Tex - C)
Dan Uggla (Fla - 2B)

Ronald Belisario (LAD - RP)
José Contreras (Col - SP,RP)
Johnny Cueto (Cin - SP)
Frank Francisco (Tex - RP)
Kevin Gregg (ChC - RP)
Derek Lowe (Atl - SP)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (Bos - SP)
Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP)
Francisco Rodríguez (NYM - RP)
James Shields (TB - SP)
Brad Ziegler (Oak - RP)

Gammons Gammons


Chris Coghlan (Fla - 2B,LF)
Mark DeRosa (SF - 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF)
Chone Figgins (Sea - 2B,3B)
Raúl Ibañez (Phi - LF)
Brandon Inge (Det - C,3B,CF)
José López (Sea - 1B,2B)
Hideki Matsui (LAA - LF)
Mark Reynolds (Ari - 1B,3B)
Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
Denard Span (Min - LF,CF,RF)
Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - CF,RF)
Mark Teixeira (NYY - 1B)
Ryan Theriot (ChC - SS)

Scott Baker (Min - SP)
Brian Bannister (KC - SP)
Matt Capps (Was - RP)
Scott Feldman (Tex - SP)
Tim Hudson (Atl - SP)
Edwin Jackson (Ari - SP)
Brad Lidge (Phi - RP)
Andy Pettitte (NYY - SP)
Ramon Troncoso (LAD - RP)
Edinson Vólquez (Cin - SP)
Tim Wakefield (Bos - SP)
Jarrod Washburn (Det - SP)
Randy Wells (ChC - SP,RP)