2018 Tampa Bay Rays Thread

[Planet Houston 4943]

Sorry, I totally biffed and forgot. Remind me - is your Venmo @C###-K########?

[BigOrange1 6566]

yes.

[huge 3803]

(cock-knobbler)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[Fawesome 111]

(cock-knobbler)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Cock KnotHer

[henrygandorf 29201]

upton to the dl.  leake scratched against a struggling astros offense.  can you spare a brother some duct tape?

[AnonymousInternetPoster 163]

I will happily welcome back Mike Trout, George Springer and Stephen Strasburg next week for the semi-finals.

 

If I win this year, the winnings plus a gift card from work will pay for my new Beretta A400 20 gauge dove gun that I bought yesterday.

 

Good luck to those still in it.

[Goo Punch 4275]

"Encarnacion will come off the DL on Thursday"

 

...except that he came off on Wednesday went 2-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI. It sucks that my entire lineup locked as soon as the first game of the day had started. I wish they'd change that.

[Goo Punch 4275]

playoff tie breaker: higher seed or head to head record?

[Goo Punch 4275]

so the tie breaker for playoff seeding is season h2h, but the playoff tie breaker is highest seed? is that right?

[Goo Punch 4275]

my team is 5/40 the last two days. i have mookie betts, jose ramirez, manny machado, charlie blackmon, dj lemahieu, and edwin encarnacion. 5/40. 

[Fawesome 111]

so the tie breaker for playoff seeding is season h2h, but the playoff tie breaker is highest seed? is that right?

Yes, this is correct. Higher seed advances.

[NorthLoop 14305]

Ugh. And just like that it's over

[Planet Houston 4943]

One clean inning from Rondon might get it done...

[NorthLoop 14305]

This is about as close as it gets

[Planet Houston 4943]

You gotta be fucking kidding me. 

[Planet Houston 4943]

Haha, didn’t realize Boxberger was still unused!

[NorthLoop 14305]

Sigh. Good game. Tough to lose on the last inning pitched of the whole week

[Goo Punch 4275]

46 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Sigh. Good game. Tough to lose on the last inning pitched of the whole week

 

46 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Sigh. Good game. Tough to lose on the last inning pitched of the whole week

if brett gardner steals a base you win. 

[NorthLoop 14305]

Nope. I'm the higher seed. He'd need a stolen base and a couple dingers

Edited August 27, 2018 by NorthLoop

[Goo Punch 4275]

ahh, that sucks. super tight couple of first round matchups. 

[Planet Houston 4943]

Helluva battle NL. Not sure I deserve it but I’ll take it. 

[NorthLoop 14305]

Nah you deserve it. Picking up guys like Kopech at the right time is how you win in this league. Good luck going forward. 

[NorthLoop 14305]

Also having both Cole and Wood get their starts bumped from today. Talk about pulling the rug out from under me. The fantasy gods were laughing at me today.

[BigOrange1 6566]

33 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Nah you deserve it. Picking up guys like Kopech at the right time is how you win in this league. Good luck going forward. 

how dare you.

[Planet Houston 4943]

30 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Also having both Cole and Wood get their starts bumped from today. Talk about pulling the rug out from under me. The fantasy gods were laughing at me today.

I had Anderson pulled, to be fair.  But yeah that’s tough. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

I only beat hg because his entire relief staff rebelled. really crazy matchup between us. His offense killed me, but my pitching (and his relief pitching) killed him.

[Fawesome 111]

Congrats on the wild card winners! Crazy close matchups. 

Updated bracket:
Semi-finals:
(1) Stay Woke vs (4) Raging Kluber 
(2) This Team Sucks vs (3) The Mad Fat Chick Killer

Payout Info:

$150 - Regular Season Champ (best overall record) - BigO

$550 - League Champion - TBD
$300 - 2nd place - TBD
$200 - 3rd place - TBD
 

[BigOrange1 6566]

let's do this!

[Fawesome 111]

The system doesn’t recognize our wild card so that’s why the semi matchups aren’t correct. I’ll edit when I get to the office.

[BigOrange1 6566]

i am amazed by how shitty both teams are hitting through 3+ days in my matchup with planet houston.

[Planet Houston 4943]

/Chris/ What's wrong with a .500 OPS? /Davis/

[Planet Houston 4943]

Double post.  My posting skills are about as good as my team's offensive skills.

For the record, I have 2 offensive players that I actually drafted.  One is my first round pick who has been anything but this year (Correa).  I also have the worst offensive ranking in the league in 4 categories, and bottom 2 in all 6.

If I somehow make the finals, it's a fucking miracle.

Edited August 30, 2018 by Planet Houston

[Planet Houston 4943]

Holy fuck my team went 0-22 tonight and got on base one time. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

1 hour ago, Planet Houston said:

Holy fuck my team went 0-22 tonight and got on base one time. 

you, BO, and numbers have combined for 21 RBI this week. I have 34.

[Planet Houston 4943]

Motherfucker. Koepech gonna get pulled after 2 innings and a rain delay for the second time in his 3 career starts. 

[Fawesome 111]

on to the finals, boys! Congrats to BO and Derka.

The other semi-final is still fighting for 3rd place money. Dont slack off now.

[Goo Punch 4275]

good luck everybody. 

[henrygandorf 29201]

i still owe money.  as soon as the finals are over, i'll paypal b.o. or derka directly.

[BigOrange1 6566]

8 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

i still owe money.  as soon as the finals are over, i'll paypal b.o. or derka directly.

with hg taken care of, hitby is our only remaining straggler.  

[BigOrange1 6566]

how many multi time champions do we have?  i know hg has done it, has anyone else?  i'm pretty sure this year's winner joins that list. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

stupid enjay leaving the league and taking all of the historical info with him. thanks a lot, guy. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

i am very happy to no longer be playing against trevor story.

[Goo Punch 4275]

unrelated to our league, but i did return to work today for the first time in a year, so that was pretty great for me. figured since i'd already shared some about that i'd share today's kickass update.

[Planet Houston 4943]

Congrats Derka!

[Goo Punch 4275]

thanks brah. feels good to be back. 

[BigOrange1 6566]

any of you guys in this league interested in the NBA?  looks like we're going to have a couple of open spots in our fantasy basketball league that's set up pretty much just like this league.

[Capn81 388]

Congrats, Derka

[Goo Punch 4275]

7 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

any of you guys in this league interested in the NBA?  looks like we're going to have a couple of open spots in our fantasy basketball league that's set up pretty much just like this league.

it's a fun league and it's only a $50 entry fee, and the day to day managing is a much smaller burden than with baseball. definitely a fun league, going on i want to say maybe our 5th year? Anyway, a couple of you guys should join and keep the larry going.

[Goo Punch 4275]

also, i know we've brought this up before, but next year we seriously need to all pay an extra $10 and get a trophy for this league. Or hell, there's no reason we can't all just do it right now. This league is too legit and has been running for too long to not have a trophy. The Rickerson Trophy, given to the winner of the Shaggy/Surly Tampa Bay Rays Season Thread Fantasy League. It's what's right. 

Edited September 19, 2018 by Goo Punch

[BigOrange1 6566]

still no payment from hitby.  did he even make it over to the new site?