SB Nation User Blog: grudz96

RR Fantasy Fooball League...

grudz96 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:13:35 -0000

I know...I know... it is way too early for this stuff. While fooling with my Keeper League Baseball team I noticed that Yahoo has their football game up already. My thought is that if we get the league started now we can discuss any problems or changes that managers may want or have.

The league is as named above. League ID: 101060 League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/101060 Password is blue.

As you will see there are 16 teams so I hope everyone who wants to participate in the league can. Sign up and lets talk about what we want in a league. I set the league draft for August 17th at 9 pm. That is negotiable too.

This is the year I beat Loyal2, that is if she has the nerve to play again. Daddy, you are going down too. That's BIG talk considering how I finished last year. Oh well, it is a new season and anything can happen... just look at the Cubs.

RR Minor League Project: IDF Pitching update

grudz96 — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:08:56 -0000

We are just over ten days into the short season at Idaho Falls and the team is mired in a three game losing streak. As you can see below none of the stats as of yet are dominating. Still it is early and hopefully some of our draft picks will turn it around.

Comments:

Justin Garcia ( Born: 10/19/1984 Birthplace: Violet, LA Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185 Bats: R Throws: R) seems to be hot right out of the box. He has been used in relief and has had a couple of strong outings. In the Chukers June 27th loss he was the third pitcher and his line was 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.13. His line for the season so far is 2 0 1.13 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 4 3 1 1 0 0 8 0.50 0 3

Derrick Saito is performing as promised. He is a (Leo Nunez type) fireballer. His stats so far show that he is probably a situational pitcher at best (0 0 2.70 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 1 1 1 0 1 6 1.80 0 0) 6 k's with 1 BB, 5 hits and 1 earn run in 3.1 innings. Not bad for a 16th round draft pick. I would like to see him close some games to see if this flamethrower has the "shove it in your face" attitude.

Bryan Casey leads the team in innings pitched with 13.2. He is sporting a 1.32 ERA but seems to have difficulty with his control 9 k's and 7 BB's. He started last nights game and went 3.2 4 1 1 3 3 0 1.32. His numbers aren't bad but with the anemic offense of the Chukers he is going to have to cut down on the walks to chalk up some wins.

Ivor Hodgson is leading the team with 15 K's in 9 innings. He was in the AZL last year.

Here are the team stats: as of June 27th.

Individual Stats (Pitching) (click column headers to sort)

Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WHIP HLD GF
Bryan Casey 1 0 1.32 3 3 0 0 0 13.2 10 2 2 1 0 7 9 1.24 0 0
Ivor Hodgson 0 1 2.00 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 10 5 2 0 0 3 15 1.44 0 0
Ryan Morgan 0 1 3.12 3 0 0 0 0 8.2 12 5 3 1 0 3 6 1.73 1 0
Luis Cota 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 8.1 9 6 5 1 0 6 8 1.80 0 0
Aneidy Toribio 0 1 4.50 3 2 0 0 0 8.0 9 4 4 1 0 5 11 1.75 0 0
Justin Garcia 2 0 1.13 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 4 3 1 1 0 0 8 0.50 0 3
Paul Raglione 0 1 6.14 2 2 0 0 0 7.1 6 5 5 1 0 4 6 1.36 0 0
Blaine Hardy 1 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 4 2 0 1 3 1.33 0 1
Orlando Rada 0 1 3.18 3 0 0 0 1 5.2 7 3 2 0 1 3 7 1.76 0 2
James Thompson 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 4.2 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0.86 0 1
Gary Novakowski 0 1 4.15 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 2 2 0 0 3 2 2.31 0 2
John Foster 0 0 4.50 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 1 1 4 4 2.00 0 2
Stephen Gilgenbach 0 0 7.36 3 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 5 3 0 0 6 5 2.18 1 0
Derrick Saito 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 1 1 1 0 1 6 1.80 0 0
Steve Miller 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 1.20 0 0
Colby Beach 0 1 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 3 3 1 0 2 3 3.00 0 0
Jesse Carver 0 0 15.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 5 5 0 0 2 3 3.33 0 0

Not to forget...

grudz96 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:31:05 -0000

RR Division 1 fantasy baseball league.

1.	Hoch's Hitmen	95-58-15	.610	-	8-6-0	5	20
2.	Grudz's Grill	88-58-22	.589	3.5	10-4-0	7	22
3.	Hardyguy	89-69-10	.560	8.5	10-4-0	6	15
4.	TXroyal	88-68-12	.560	8.5	6-7-1	9	13
5.	blueman	77-72-19	.515	16	7-6-1	3	19
6.	Juggernauts	71-82-15	.467	24	6-7-1	8	7
7.	Daddy de los Royales	70-83-15	.461	25	7-6-1	2	15
8.	Bulter - Gordon '08	62-88-18	.423	31.5	4-10-0	4	3
9.	Shooters	63-90-15	.420	32	6-8-0	1	6
10.	David Howard	59-94-15	.396	36	4-10-0	10	13

This is a very competitive league. Hochy and Tex have led most of the way with Hardyguy and yours truly coming on strong the last few weeks. Daddy is going to make a valiant come back soon so look out league. Per an email from Blueman, he will be giving his team more attention after classes end in July. Isn't that when winter begins in Fargo?

Go Blue....

Over Half Way Home...

grudz96 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:57:43 -0000

The Fantasy Baseball season is heading into the home stretch. We have ten weeks left until the playoffs so here are the standings as of week 12.

RR Fantasy Baseball Keeper League

1.	thedude925=awesome	88-59-21	.586	-	8-4-2	11	28
2.	RaefzillaHamFighters	92-65-11	.580	1	9-3-2	14	36
3.	stuckinstl12	89-63-16	.577	1.5	5-7-2	8	18
4.	Sisquatch Kids	83-60-25	.568	3	6-5-3	5	18
5.	NYRoyal	83-71-14	.536	8.5	7-5-2	1	30
6.	Marbot Destroy!	81-72-15	.527	10	7-4-3	3	19
7.	Loyal2s Gobstoppers	79-70-19	.527	10	7-4-3	15	11
8.	RR's Fun Bunch	79-72-17	.521	11	9-4-1	2	3
9.	Hoch	72-79-17	.479	18	4-8-2	9	35
10.	Grudz's Bar & Grill	71-81-16	.470	19.5	5-6-3	16	27
11.	Daddy de los Royales	68-84-16	.452	22.5	4-7-3	10	28
12.	Randa4Life	66-83-19	.449	23	7-5-2	6	6
13.	Matty486	65-82-21	.449	23	5-7-2	4	17
14.	slayor royals	65-85-18	.440	24.5	4-9-1	13	27
15.	JQ's Sluggers	60-86-22	.423	27.5	3-9-2	12	15
16.	gordonrules	56-85-27	.414	29	4-7-3	7	30

As you can see "his awesomeness" is holding on to first place by one game with Ham and Stuck hot on his heals. The old "Bar and Grill" is in the "kissing your Grandmother"range. I am not last but not in the playoff hunt either. It has been a tough season so far for the Grillers. It will considered to be a good season if I just finish ahead of the dreaded #7 team. One can hope.

I hope all the managers are having fun with the competition. More chatter would be appreciated. Remember, this is a KEEPER league so start thinking of your SIX (6) players that you want to hang on to for next year. Good luck.... Go Blue...

RR Minor League Project: Idaho Falls Chukers Pitching Staff

grudz96 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:19:13 -0000

The 17 member Chuker's staff consists of a little bit of everything. They have a rehabbing AAA pitcher and a highly rated prospect coming off an injury. Add to that four 2008 draftees, three players up from the 2007 AZL team, and 8 non drafted free agents. The staff is made up of 9 righthanders and 8 lefties for an even balance. Here is an alphabetical listing and a short description of each player. As with any short season staff, we have to let the season play out to really see what sort of talent we have.

Carver, Jesse P LHP L/L 6-0 183 Sr. 1L Starkville, MS (Starkville HS) Mississippi State U.undrafted free agent

Bryan W Casey Born: 06/05/1986 Birthplace: Yuma, AZ College: Arizona Western College Height: 6' 1" Weight: 200 Bats: R Throws: R started opening night...1 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 4 1.00 .200 undrafted free agent

Cota, Luis P injury prone prospect. Tabbed as the Royals seventh-best prospect by Baseball America entering the 2005 season...Named Royals Minor League and Burlington Pitcher of the Year after compiling a 5-8 record and a 4.01 ERA in 26 starts for Burlington (A)...allowed just 143 hits in 148.0 innings, walking 63 and striking out 137 batters, good for fifth in the Midwest League and second among all Royals minor leaguers....Named to the Midwest League mid-season All-Star team. Went 2-1 with a 5.81 ERA for Idaho Falls (R) in his first season of professional baseball in 2004...appeared in 14 games (12 starts) for the Chukars, allowing 61 hits in 48.0 innings...he walked 21 and struck out 40.
hasn't pitched since 2006.

John Foster. The Kansas City Royals have assigned left-handed pitcher John Foster to Idaho Falls for a rehab start. Foster injured his right bicep earlier this year and will look to work his way back to the Royals' AAA team in Omaha and then hopefully on to Kansas City. Foster was drafted in 1999 by the Atlanta Braves and first appeared in the Majors in 2002. He has appeared in 90 big league games in his career, all in relief. Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho is where Foster attended school before turning pro. He helped the Warriors win a National Championship in 1999.

Garcia, Justin P ...Justin Garcia Born: 10/19/1984 Birthplace: Violet, LA Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185 Bats: R Throws: R undrafted free agent

Gilgenbach, Stephen P
Wisconsin-Parkside (drafted 47th round) Born: 02/12/1986 Birthplace: Fond du Lac, WI College:Wisconsin-Parkside Height: 6' 2" Weight: 215 Bats: L Throws: L

Hardy, Blaine P........ (drafted in the 22nd round) Born: 03/14/1987 Birthplace: Shoreline, WA College: Lewis-Clark State Col Height: 6' 2" Weight: 195 Bats: L Throws: L pitched in relief on opening night 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.00 .500 yet another Hardy to cheer for....

Hodgson, Ivor P AZ league... Born: 04/25/1986 Birthplace: Emmitsburg, MD College: Mount St Mary's Col Height: 6' 3" Weight: 190 Bats: S Throws: L
AZ league 1 1 5.29 14 0 0 0 0 32.1 45 24 19 1 1 15 36 1.86 1 2 brief stint with IDF.

Steven Michael Miller Born: 03/23/1986 Birthplace: Houston, TX Height: 6' 2" Weight: 220 Bats: R Throws: R undrafted free agent

Morgan, Ryan (drafted in the 26th round) Morgan elected to forgo his senior year at Rockhurst College after being taken in the draft. Born: 01/29/1987 Birthplace: St. Louis, MO College: Rockhurst Col Height: 6' 1" Weight: 190 Bats: R Throws: R

Novakowski, Gary Height / Weight:6-4 / 215 RHP 06/15/1985 2007: Named America East Pitcher of the Year and a first-team All-conference selection ... selected as honorable mention All-American by PingBaseball.com ... went 5-2 with 4.28 ERA in 67.1 innings of work ... made 10 starts with four complete games ... undrafted free agent

Rada, Orlando P
Orlando Rada. Bats: Left, Throws: Left Height: 5'11", Weight: 165 lbsBirthplace: Higuerote, Venezuela Born: December 20, 1985 ... Level Totals Rk P 10 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 ... up from AZL pitched in relief on opening day picking up the loss...6.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 0 2 4 2.00 .455

Raglione, Paul PPaul Raglione - up from AZL. Birthdate:1/15/1987 Bats/Throws:R/R Height/Weight:6-5/220 AZL... W L ERA G GS CG ShO SV BS IP TBF H R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP BK SO
2006 Royals (R) 3 0 3.11 10 7 0 0 2 46.1 53 27 16 1 10 4

Saito, Derrick P (drafted in the 16th round) Born: 12/26/1987 Birthplace: Wailuku, HI College: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Height: 5' 9" Weight: 155 Bats: L Throws: L

Thompson, James R (drafted in the 38th round) Born: 08/15/1987 Birthplace: Westpoint, GA College: Columbus State Height: 6' 3"Weight: 195 Bats: R Throws: R

Torbio, Aneidy T, Born: 05/21/1988 Birthplace: Santiago, Dominican Republic Height: 6' 1" Weight: 172 Bats: L Throws: L undrafted free agent

GO CHUKERS......

Half Way Home...

grudz96 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:26:44 -0000

It is week 11 at the Royals Review Fantasy Keeper League and things have moved into the "get serious" part of the season. Is Loyal2 going to make her move into history or fade like used paper towels? Is Marbotty going to find his way again? What about Daddy de los Royales? We aren't even going to talk about Stuck except to say he had a great draft. With 11 weeks to go...let's hear some chatter... let's hear some trash talk... let's get excited.

RR Keeper League

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1.	stuckinstl12	80-47-13	.618	-	8-5-1	10	18
2.	RaefzillaHamFighters	78-54-8	.586	4.5	10-3-1	12	33
3.	thedude925=awesome	73-50-17	.582	5	6-7-1	14	28
4.	Sisquatch Kids	68-51-21	.561	8	6-6-2	7	17
5.	RR's Fun Bunch	66-60-14	.521	13.5	7-6-1	4	3
6.	NYRoyal	66-62-12	.514	14.5	8-5-1	3	22
7.	Marbot Destroy!	66-64-10	.507	15.5	5-8-1	5	16
8.	Loyal2s Gobstoppers	64-62-14	.507	15.5	4-7-3	1	9
9.	Grudz's Bar & Grill	64-64-12	.500	16.5	5-7-2	2	25
10.	slayor royals	57-66-17	.468	21	3-10-1	16	26
11.	Hoch	57-69-14	.457	22.5	5-8-1	11	31
12.	Daddy de los Royales	57-71-12	.450	23.5	7-4-3	13	26
13.	Randa4Life	55-70-15	.446	24	6-6-2	8	5
14.	JQ's Sluggers	52-70-18	.436	25.5	7-5-2	15	15
15.	Matty486	52-70-18	.436	25.5	7-6-1	6	17
16.	gordonrules	46-71-23	.411	29	6-7-1	9	24

Rowdy finally shows his stuff.

grudz96 — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:59:43 -0000

Starting Pitcher Rowdy Hardy (1-3) picked up his first win of the season. Hardy threw five innings striking out two batters. He gave up three earned runs off of nine hits. Jarod Palmer recorded his third save of the season for the naturals.

Naturals 7 and Tulsa 3....

Not a great outing by Rowdy but a win is a win. The way his season is going I bet he is breathing a big sigh of relief. Go Naturals...

The Filly leads them all!!!!

grudz96 — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:59:39 -0000

Starting week 7 of the fantasy baseball season here is how we stand. As all of you can see Loyal2 is holding a small lead over about 8 teams. It is a long season and we are just starting to have fun. Lets get out there and play ball.

RR Keeper League

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1.	Loyal2s Gobstoppers	44-32-8	.571	-	8-5-1	1	8
2.	slayor royals	43-32-9	.565	0.5	10-3-1	9	17
3.	Sisquatch Kids	41-30-13	.565	0.5	8-4-2	11	15
4.	Marbot Destroy!	43-34-7	.554	1.5	8-6-0	8	13
5.	stuckinstl12	43-34-7	.554	1.5	6-8-0	16	16
6.	RaefzillaHamFighters	43-35-6	.548	2	7-6-1	15	20
7.	thedude925=awesome	39-34-11	.530	3.5	10-3-1	12	12
8.	Grudz's Bar & Grill	41-39-4	.512	5	11-2-1	2	16
9.	NYRoyal	38-40-6	.488	7	5-8-1	3	10
10.	Hoch	35-40-9	.470	8.5	8-6-0	6	22
11.	Daddy de los Royales	36-41-7	.470	8.5	3-10-1	4	15
12.	RR's Fun Bunch	34-40-10	.464	9	6-7-1	5	1
13.	Randa4Life	34-43-7	.446	10.5	3-10-1	13	5
14.	JQ's Sluggers	32-42-10	.440	11	6-8-0	7	9
15.	Matty486	29-44-11	.411	13.5	4-8-2	10	14
16.	gordonrules	27-42-15	.411	13.5	2-11-1	14	15