Its time, the Utley hit streak thread. - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Five-ofan · 08-04-2006, 06:18 PM

This could be the most pointless thread over as it could end tonight or it could be a nice little thread if he gets to at least 45 but since he is at 35, it has become thread worthy. He is going for number 36 tonight in NY against EL duke. Any guesses as to how long it will go? My personal guess is that he will get to 51 and it will die.

chumdawg · 08-04-2006, 06:47 PM

As long as he keeps hitting close to .500 for my fantasy team, I'm happy. But it's bound to end pretty soon here. Two or three more games, tops.

Of course, I would be glad to be wrong.

Oh, I also just picked up their catcher. He has been on a tear!!

Five-ofan · 08-04-2006, 06:49 PM

Whats amazing is that he has hit like 403 during the streak which is lower than what Williams did for an entire season. Puts that 406 into perspective.

some-dude · 08-04-2006, 07:39 PM

I'm not really into hit streaks.....I'd much rather have a guy go 3-4 everyother day.....because realistically you could have a 162 game hit streak during the season and bat .250 (1-4 each game).......would we see that as a better season over a player who bats .350 and doesnt have a hit streak over 10????

The only thing hit sreaks show is that you are able to muster up a hit each day...meh no big deal. ...Utley's is pretty impressive since he is batting around .400 during it, but in general I dont care much for hit streaks....they're overrated.

jthig32 · 08-04-2006, 09:36 PM

That was an impressive jinx-job 5-0. I salute you.

sike · 08-05-2006, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

That was an impressive jinx-job 5-0. I salute you.

hahahaah

thought the same thing....

Big Boy Laroux · 08-06-2006, 11:06 AM

5-0 starts the thread, and utley goes 0-5. coincidence? i think not!

Just211 · 08-06-2006, 11:26 AM

hey 5-0 how about a the Angles/A's are on fire thread. A little mojo wouldn't hurt right now

nashtymavsfan13 · 08-06-2006, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux

5-0 starts the thread, and utley goes 0-5. coincidence? i think not!

Haha, I didn't notice this

chumdawg · 08-06-2006, 10:27 PM

Today I traded Utley and Tejeda for Big Poppy.

Drbio · 08-06-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

Today I traded Utley and Tejeda for Big Poppy.

Did you mean "Big Papi" or is Orville Redenbaucker kicking ass in Triple A?

chumdawg · 08-06-2006, 10:37 PM

Spell it however you want it, Doc. He's still a bad, bad man.

Five-ofan · 08-08-2006, 01:01 PM

Chum, what tejeda did you trade? I hope to god it wasnt miguel. If so you got ripped off.

Male30Dan · 08-08-2006, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Drbio

Did you mean "Big Papi" or is Orville Redenbaucker kicking ass in Triple A?

That is Fing hilarious... Hahaha... You correct a man on his spelling job and then misspell RedenbaCHER...

Spare!

chumdawg · 08-08-2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Five-ofan

Chum, what tejeda did you trade? I hope to god it wasnt miguel. If so you got ripped off.

Yep, I traded Miguel Tejada and Utley for Ortiz. He also threw in K Greene, but I won't play him. My new roster:

C - Torrealba, Gerald Laird
1 - Ortiz, Cuddyer
2 - DeRosa, Ray Durham, M Giles
3 - Cuddyer, R Zimmerman, DeRosa
SS - Hanley Ramirez, K Greene, DeRosa
LF - Manny Ramirez
CF - GMJ
RF - C Monroe
DH - Hafner

other outfielders - D Roberts, Dave Delucci

nashtymavsfan13 · 08-08-2006, 02:19 PM

No offense chummy, but that's pretty week

Big Boy Laroux · 08-08-2006, 03:17 PM

ouch... how many people are in your league, chum? are you dead last?

chumdawg · 08-08-2006, 03:33 PM

I'm in third place. I win almost all the batting stats almost every week! DeRosa and Cuddyer are very, very productive players. So is GMJ, when he's not slumping. And of course, Manny has been on fire of late, and Hafner has been good all year. I usually bat around .330!

Five-ofan · 08-09-2006, 12:59 PM

How many are in your league? I just dont understand trading a top 5 ss and a top 2 second basemen for a top 3 1st basemen.

chumdawg · 08-09-2006, 01:36 PM

I'm sure I overpaid. But, hey, I wanted Big Papi! I wasn't gonna get him cheap!

There are eight teams in the league. We're all just amateurs at this, which for me is most of the fun.

Five-ofan · 08-09-2006, 01:44 PM

wow an 8 team league with that lineup and you are in 3rd?
My 8 team league lineup is
Mauer
Konerko
Sanchez or uggla
Reyes
Wright
Manny Ramirez
Carlos Lee
Bay
GMJ/Rivera
Rolen

and im in 3rd.

chumdawg · 08-09-2006, 02:08 PM

Hey, man, my guys can hit! My pitching is my weakness.

I used to have Konerko, but I traded him. I'd sure like to have that Bay kid.

Who pitches for? How many pitchers do you carry?

Five-ofan · 08-09-2006, 02:12 PM

My pitchers are Carlos Zambrano, Justin Verlander, Harang, Jered Weaver, Scott Olsen, Padilla, Bonderman, Nathan and Putz. I will be picking up another one shortly as i just made a trade which resulted in an open roster spot.

chumdawg · 08-09-2006, 02:50 PM

Man, your pitching is solid, too! I have pretty good relievers--Street, Rivera, and Saito, with Cordero for depth--but my starting pitching is not so hot. Josh Johnson is doing well for me, as is Erik Bedard, who I picked up recently. I have Bonderman and Padilla, too. Actually, Bonderman is probably my best pitcher. I have Capuano, and boy, he's been sucking lately. Bronson Arroyo was, too, so I cut his ass. Recently I picked up Livan Hernandez, Joe Saunders, Jeff Suppan, and Byung Yung-Kim (only to pitch at home).

chumdawg · 08-09-2006, 03:55 PM

See, Matt, I tried to tell you about my lineup. Mark Derosa just hit a three-run shot. He's already got three runs, three hits, two homers, and six RBI's this week...and it's only Wednesday! The guy is en fuego! See, that's why I had to move Tejeda. I had to make room for MDR!!

chumdawg · 08-09-2006, 04:29 PM

Whoops, DeRosa did it again! Give him another hit, another run, another homer, and three more ribbies!! Now if he'll just get off his ass and start collecting some walks and stolen bases...

nashtymavsfan13 · 08-09-2006, 05:08 PM

My 1st place 8 team league lineup is:

C Barrett
1B Tex
2B Durham
SS Rollins
3B Wright
OF Figgins
OF Burrell
OF Sizemore
Util Ryan Howard
Util Lugo
Util A.Ramirez
Util Adrian Gonzalez
Util J.Rivera
DL D.Lee

Pitching:

SP's Zambrano, Peavy, Jered Weaver, Lackey, Felix Hernandez, Bedard, Penny, Jennings, C.Lee, J. Francis, Kazmir

RP's M.Rivera, B.Fuentes, B.Wagner, Papelbon

We play with really big lineups as you can see. Earlier in the year my awesome team was really underachieving and I dropped to 7th. Now I've climbed all the way to first.

chumdawg · 08-11-2006, 04:20 PM

Okay, 5-0, please evaluate this trade for me:

Big Papi
Saito (LA reliever)
Cuddyer
Gerald Laird

for

A Dunn
Todd Jones (closer)
Teahen (KC 3B)
McCann (catcher)

Five-ofan · 08-11-2006, 04:56 PM

It depends on if you trust Teahen to keep on doing what he is doing. He has basically become david wright for a little more than a month. I wouldnt do that deal especially not considering what you just gave up for papi. Im not a dunn fan at all though. I prefer Saito to jones since aside from saves jones has sucked this year. It depends on your periph cats though. Jones will get you a few more saves but with the way the dodgers have played recently im not sure about that even. Mccann is a rather large upgrade over laird since he essentially the NLs joe mauer and he actually plays everyday.

In conclusion Papi to Dunn is a signifigant downgrade, Saito to jones is pretty much lateral but could go either way, Cuddyer to Teahen is an upgrade but not huge Finally, laird to Mccann is a HUGE upgrade. Seeing your catcher situation i might do this deal but in general if i was gonna shop ortiz i would look for more assuming he has 1st base elig and not just dh.

chumdawg · 08-11-2006, 05:13 PM

Thanks for the analysis. Jones has been good the last month. I think his ERA is under 1.00, with a bunch of saves. But I do already have Rivera, Streets, and Cordero. Cordero has been coming on lately.

I could use McCann at catcher, that's for sure. (Although Torreable pretty much plays every day, too.) But McCann has been hot lately.

I don't know a lot about Dunn, except his numbers. You're right about Teahen, you have to wonder how he will be able to keep it up. I do already have Zimmerman at 3B...and of course, Cuddyer could play several positions for me. What do you think of Zimmerman?

chumdawg · 08-11-2006, 06:24 PM

One more for you to look at Matt. What about:

C Monroe OF, Det
F Cordero
Capuano

for

Morneau

nashtymavsfan13 · 08-11-2006, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

Okay, 5-0, please evaluate this trade for me:

Big Papi
Saito (LA reliever)
Cuddyer
Gerald Laird

for

A Dunn
Todd Jones (closer)
Teahen (KC 3B)
McCann (catcher)

It's close like 5-0 said, but I'd keep what you've got.

Zimmerman is solid, I have him on a couple of my teams.

nashtymavsfan13 · 08-11-2006, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

One more for you to look at Matt. What about:

C Monroe OF, Det
F Cordero
Capuano

for

Morneau

Go for it. You really aren't giving that much up, and Morneau has been a flat out beast this season.

chumdawg · 08-11-2006, 08:54 PM

Mark DeRosa may be the hottest player in all of fantasy baseball right now. God, he's on fire this week.

chumdawg · 08-11-2006, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by nashtymavsfan13

Go for it. You really aren't giving that much up, and Morneau has been a flat out beast this season.

I pulled that trade off the board, after the fine start Cap had tonight. I hate that their offense can't score many runs, but Cap has been a good strikeout pitcher, and they can't ALWAYS just score one run for him. And Cordero is good depth at RP.

nashtymavsfan13 · 08-12-2006, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

I pulled that trade off the board, after the fine start Cap had tonight. I hate that their offense can't score many runs, but Cap has been a good strikeout pitcher, and they can't ALWAYS just score one run for him. And Cordero is good depth at RP.

Apart from tonight, Cap has been pretty bad as of late, and you already have two solid closers. I would pull the trigger, but I guess that's just me.

nashtymavsfan13 · 08-12-2006, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

Mark DeRosa may be the hottest player in all of fantasy baseball right now. God, he's on fire this week.

Since you guys had been talking about him so much, I checked out his stats and finally picked him up after his 2 homer 6 rbi game. So far it's paid off.

fluid.forty.one · 08-12-2006, 01:41 AM

this thread is just full of irony

nashtymavsfan13 · 08-12-2006, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by nashtymavsfan13

My 1st place 8 team league lineup is:

C Barrett
1B Tex
2B Durham
SS Rollins
3B Wright
OF Figgins
OF Burrell
OF Sizemore
Util Ryan Howard
Util Lugo
Util A.Ramirez
Util Adrian Gonzalez
Util J.Rivera
DL D.Lee

Pitching:

SP's Zambrano, Peavy, Jered Weaver, Lackey, Felix Hernandez, Bedard, Penny, Jennings, C.Lee, J. Francis, Kazmir

RP's M.Rivera, B.Fuentes, B.Wagner, Papelbon

We play with really big lineups as you can see. Earlier in the year my awesome team was really underachieving and I dropped to 7th. Now I've climbed all the way to first.

Dropped: Cliff Lee for Maine, Durham for M.Giles, A.Gonzalez for Derosa

How's my team?

Five-ofan · 08-12-2006, 02:12 PM

For the second trade i would do it in a heartbeat. Im trying to talk doc into trading me morneau in a dif league. Actually if you can get that morneau trade you might be able to do the other one since you would still have a truly great 1st basemen. As for zim if it was a keeper league i would have him in the top 15 to 20 players in the league. In a one year leauge he is a very solid 3rd basemen. 3rd base is surprisingly deep right now though. Teahen as mentioned has been great, sanchez has been great though eh has more value at second, dero, zim and even adrian beltre have all been very good recently. As for derosa he is flat out on fire.