It's a continuation of last year's keeper league.

3 of last year's teams will not be playing this year as of this moment, so the first 3 get to take those teams.

I have room for 10 more teams, but I NEED at least 3 more.

If you wish to join, post in this thread, and I'll PM you the details of the league.

Yeah I'd like to join the league. You can count me in. Sounds like fun.

I'm a returning team. I'm under the same team name as last year, Jesus Freaks .

trouble982 :

That's nice

trouble-
NotJon :

You two need to remember to set your keepers.

This year, you get 15 keepers from last year. The rest will go in the draft.

pacman1755 :

Since 3 teams don't seem to be returning, you can take over one of three teams. Just choose a number from 1-3, and I'll give you that team by the end of the week.


EDIT - Actually, you have until the 16th to make your keepers. Then we have about a week until the draft. During the draft, the teams that are new to the league will get first pick, and the teams will then slot in based on performance of the previous year.

Choose a number 1-3? Interesting. I'll choose 2

KingKai :

You are in as well. As I got a friend offsite to join, and he has to choose from the team's pacman didn't, you get whatever isn't chosen by him or pacman.

I need you to PM me the yahoo email you use so I can give you an invite.

Anyone else who wants to sign up needs to sign up before the draft in 2 weeks.

KEEPER TEAMS
From last year
1. The Underdogs (Leggy)
2. Garfield Afros (NotJon)
3. Jesus Freaks (trouble982)
New - click the links to see what team you get to take over. You need to choose 15 players on your team to keep. You can name them here or in a PM. But since you are not last year's team, I need to do it manually.
4. PacBrewers - Takes over Mystery Inc.
5. San Jose Thunder - takes over Atlanta Braves
6. KingKai - Takes over New York Hitmen

If for some reason, the owners of the previous year's teams come back before the keeper deadline (later this week), you will instead be slotted into the supplemental draft, and get first dibs on the draft)

NotJon :
trouble982 :

You guys don't HAVE to do this, but I'd appreciate if you declared your keepers in here (in addition to setting them on your team page, because I don't want to manually do it for every team.)

KingKai :
pacman1755 :

Look 1 post above, you will see a link to the teams you two will be taking over. Since you aren't managers from last season, you NEED to declare your keepers ASAP. You get to keep 15 players on your team.

DECLARED KEEPER LIST

1. The Underdogs
Miguel Cabrera
Adrian Gonzalez
Ian Kinsler
Hanley Ramirez
Giancarlo Stanton
Ryan Zimmerman
Jay Bruce
Asdrubal Cabrera
Buster Posey
Carl Crawford
Craig Kimbrel
Stephen Strasburg
Jonathan Papelbon
Michael Pineda
Josh Johnson

2. Garfield Afros

3. Jesus Freaks
1. Melky Cabrera
2. Ryan Howard
3. Troy Tulowitzki
4. Joey Votto
5. Michael Young
6. Curtis Granderson
7 .Ubaldo Jimenez
8. David Price
9. Mariano Rivera
10. CC Sabathia
11. James Shields
12. C.J.Wilson
13. Max Scherzer
14. Lance Berkman
15. Aramis Ramirez

4. PacBrewers
David Ortiz
Yuniesky Betancourt
Alcides Escobar
Nick Swisher
Ichiro Suzuki
Carlos Lee
Placido Polanco
Mark Reynolds
Hideki Matsui
Dexter Fowler
Miguel Olivo
Casey Kotchman
Trevor Cahill
J.J. Putz

5. San Jose Thunder
Adrian Beltre
Ryan Braun
Stephen Drew
Carlos Gonzalez
Josh Hamilton
Corey Hart
Hunter Pence
Albert Pujols
Brian Roberts
Mark Teixeira
Andrew Bailey
Cole Hamels
Jered Weaver
Yovani Gallardo
Madison Bumgarner

6. KingKai's Unnamed team

My response will be in PM. I like the picks I can have.

My Keeper List:

1. Melky Cabrera
2. Ryan Howard
3. Troy Tulowitzki
4. Joey Votto
5. Michael Young
6. Curtis Granderson
7 .Ubaldo Jimenez
8. David Price
9. Mariano Rivera
10. CC Sabathia
11. James Shields
12. C.J.Wilson
13. Max Scherzer
14. Lance Berkman
15. Aramis Ramirez


So Beautiful

Alright, every team except NotJon's and KingKai's have declared keepers.

pacman1755 :

Unfortunately for you, Mystery Inc is actually back this season surprisingly. As such, you have no players, you will draft all your players on draft day.

Aw. That sucks. Well, that's fine. Its good to see Mystery Inc. rejoin us.

Rank Team W-L-T Pct GB Last Week Waiver Moves
*1. San Jose Thunder 32-11-8 .706 - 13-3-1 6 15
*2. Garfield Afros 22-17-12 .549 8 9-4-4 5 6
*3. PacBrewers 23-19-9 .539 8.5 5-10-2 3 -
*4. Jesus Freaks 21-20-10 .510 10 10-5-2 1 2
*5. Mystery Inc. 17-27-7 .402 15.5 3-13-1 4 5
*6. The Underdogs 10-31-10 .294 21 4-9-4 2 6

Here is the current standings after 3 weeks of the fantasy league.

Here are a few notes to well... note.

San Jose Thunder
Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler are the life of the offense. The offense is clearly the biggest weakness on the team at this stage of the season, and a lot of that can be attributed to poor play by players like Albert Pujols.

A trade happened, so let's see if it shakes up their offense...
Thunder - Underdogs
Albert Pujols (LAA - 1B) - Paul Goldschmitt (ARI - 1B)
Andre Ethier (LAD - OF) - Giancarlo Stanton (MIA - OF)
Yoenis Cespedes (Oak - OF) - Jay Bruce (CIN - OF)
Eric Hosmer (KC - 1B) - Mike Moustakas (KC - 3B)
Andrew BaileyDL (Bos - RP) - Brandon Beachy (ATL - SP)

They are currently leading the league despite not having taken part last year. (I hope he actually registers here soon...)

Garfield Afros
Probably the most well rounded team right now, they've gotten by on just being a good team. Longoria is hurting the team with his poor fielding percentage. The pitching is also just getting started. Haren and Grienke will turn their seasons around. And the relief may get saves... but they have high ERAs for closers. The pitching is probably the one thing keeping this team from beating the Thunder right now.

PacBrewers
You can sum up their success in one word. Matt Kemp. Matt Kemp gives this team a win if they are losing, and Matt Kemp gives them a win if it's close. If they are winning... Matt Kemp makes the win bigger. Aside from Kemp the hitting is currently nothing special, although they get the job done. Really I don't know how they are currently in third, as their pitching is probably the worst among the top 3 teams. I guess Matt Kemp has just been that good. Kershaw and Zimmermann are currently the only pitchers having great years.

Jesus Freaks
Last year's #2 team is off to a slow start. This can be attributed to a mostly flaccid offense. Curtis Granderson and Derek Jeter are the offensive stars of this team early in the season. An injury to Jacoby Ellsbury didn't help, as they were lucky enough to pick him up in the draft (I would have taken him if it weren't for friggin Pineda... who is out for the year... taking a spot for no good reason. Shake fist). They lead the league in injured players I think. The pitching has been nothing if not spectacular... they get Jesus Freaks any of the wins they have managed to acquire.

Mystery Inc.
Otherwise known as last year's dud team... Aside from Adam Jones... this team is rather desolate and pathetic. Konerko would be a nice addition to this team... if he wasn't on the bench. Nothing is going right for players who generally suck to begin with (weird. right?)

The Underdogs
Yeah yeah, laugh. I know my team is in last, but that's the nature of this team. They will start in last, and rely on heavy hitters to come through in the end. They've done a LOT of trades since the season has started. So they will rely on the players they've acquired to become better. Here's a list of offensive players they have acquired since the year began. Brandon Phillips, Adrian Beltre, Mark Teixeira, Andre Ethier, Yoenis Cespedes, Ichiro Suzuki, Albert Pujols, Eric Hosmer. Half the starting lineup were on other teams (mostly the trade happy Thunder) to begin the year. The pitching is starting to come around as well. Really the pitching is a major reason this team is currently winning their Week 4 matchup.

Predictions for the rest of the year.

1. Garfield Afros
2. The Underdogs
3. Jesus Freaks
4. San Jose Thunder
5. PacBrewers
6. Mystery Inc.

Feel free to share yours as well!