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#72599	04/06/2020 8:18:55 am	Mar 6th, 2045	Ignore
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1167 Bloomington Thunder Legends	^^^interesting, JJ. I think the great draft of '41 skews your numbers a bit, but maybe just by adding 3 or so on the front end. The Thunder's numbers remain pretty much unchanged: 14,6(4,2) and 13,7(4,3) Even more interesting is going back 20 seasons: (2024) 7,13(9,4) I still have roughly the same "older" player signings to fill in the blanks, but you see more younger claims being developed and less reliance on the draft. Back then, going through waivers was a bit like going through manager lists today. You would literally scout players (didn't Hasel or someone have a scouting spreadsheet linked?). Couple that with a smaller user base and you have more clubs built through waivers (guessing, but mostly true imo).
#72600	04/06/2020 9:04:54 am	Mar 6th, 2045	Ignore
hurstdm Joined: 01/18/2017 Posts: 576 Murfreesboro Moo Cows VI.5	Great idea to bump and compare! The Moo Cows in 2038: 4, 15(1/14), 1(0/1) The Moo Cows in 2044: 3, 17(6/11), 0 Same bag of tricks. We barely draft at all anymore. I'd be curious to find other teams with a similar profile. I have a hunch about a few because I feel like I scout their players a lot through waivers.
#72601	04/06/2020 9:54:00 am	Mar 6th, 2045	Ignore
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Florissant Falcons VI.21	I did it with 2044 stats: NP's: 6 , 5 (4,1) , 0 P's: 1 , 5 (5) , 3 (3) Seems about right, I rebuilt the team with an eye on the future so I've spent most of my time drafting guys <26. Some of the claims were 1 claimers. I've been drafting heavy and expect the home growns to rise, but it takes a little time. I'm also willing to start spending money in FA now so a few older guys trickling in wouldn't surprise me either. My lone FA success story by this criteria is Jose Solis: http://brokenbat.org/player/165300
#72641	04/07/2020 12:40:29 pm	Mar 8th, 2045	Ignore
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 290 Hood River Hawks IV.1	@JoihnnyBoi You have done very well with waivers lately (and are breaking my heart). You now got Wang on top of Alfaro (who I particularly wanted) and D Owen. All this after doing so well in the last couple seasons. Pinto alone is a game changer. I imagine you will be climbing the ranks shortly. *hat tip*
#72655	04/07/2020 5:52:34 pm	Mar 10th, 2045	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9601 Haverhill Halflings III.1	The only guy I got this off season was a borderline POT 12 prospect who no one else wanted... I don't have high hopes
#72663	04/07/2020 11:06:33 pm	Mar 10th, 2045	Ignore
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Florissant Falcons VI.21	Thanks Hayseed! And I wasn’t complaining I’m very content with the waiver claims I’ve picked up over the seasons. I meant FA in the true sense of the word, picking up a “free agent” I do think I’m in a tough branch of broken bat overall, but there’s probably always a bias for that. We’ve ticked up to 11 out of 12 active players now too, so have to keep grinding it out.
#72682	04/09/2020 2:32:59 pm	Mar 13th, 2045	Ignore
motko Joined: 09/06/2014 Posts: 358 Nauvoo The Great Horned Owl IV.6	Hurstdm mut be a journalist professional with the clever click bait topics
#79474	12/24/2020 5:27:08 am	Jun 20th, 2048	Ignore
tamale Joined: 02/19/2018 Posts: 357 Concord Jets Legends	I just read the post about the all home-grown challenge, and that's something I'm considering trying in the future to keep my team going with more hands-off management. So I thought I'd take a look at the breakdown of my current ML roster to see how competitive a team like this could be. Just for fun, I'll divide the players into those drafted and those acquired as free agents, sorted by the probability of winning the claim: 100%: Free agent signings and 1-claimers. Nobody else wanted these guys! 20-50%: 2-5 claims, guys with a highish probability of winning the claim. 5-20%: 6-20 claims, potentially under-the-radar waiver claims, but require a lot of luck to get them. 0-5%: 21-756 claims, in-demand lottery tickets with a very low win probability. Pitchers: Draft: 5 - Lara, Beattie, Singletary, Benítez, Simpson 100%: 0 20-50%: 3 - Ramirez (2 claims), Underwood (3), Washburn (3) 5-20%: 4 - Meza (11), Ebert (8), Sohn (12), Richardson (12) 0-5%: 1 - Oshima (41) Hitters: Draft: 8 - Akahoshi, Gallardo, Correa, McNeely, Galli, Slater, Feliciano, Herrera (inherited!) 100%: 3 - Garcia, Harvey, Larkin 20-50%: 4 - Castillo (3), Pagan (2), Yun (5), Arguello (3) 5-20%: 0 0-5%: 2 - Mena (24), Griffiths (27) 13 players drafted and 17 acquired. I've been around for 13 seasons, so it seems that Rock's estimate of 1.25 draftees per season is about right. Looking back over my drafts, there are far more players on other teams than my own, but in my opinion only a small handful are or will be decent major-leaguers, and I don't regret any of the cuts. Overall, my roster is almost exactly half dumb luck (draft and 0-5% waiver lotto tickets), and half small/medium (5-100%) FA claims. By eye both groups have roughly the same value to my team, with each having a similar mix of key performers, bench players, and youngsters. Others can compare my draftees with their own to decide how lucky I've been in the draft - but it's pretty clear that I wouldn't have made it to Legends and the #1 ranking without using both the draft and free agency to their maximum. In the spirit of the OP, I'll also add that of the FAs/waivers only Yun (32yo) and Larkin (33yo) were acquired as ML-ready players. The rest came up through our minor league system, with Castillo (25yo) being the next oldest when acquired. Updated Thursday, December 24 2020 @ 5:50:47 am PST
#79484	12/24/2020 11:25:24 am	Jun 20th, 2048	Ignore
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 400 Charleston Hawks II.1	@tamale thank you for the analysis...if i can ask a follow-up, are your dumb lucks (drafts & lottery) getting the most plate appearances and innings pitched? and your closing comment about only 2 ready made major leaguers also is illuminating--to compete at top levels one needs to judge potential and be patient one other point---you did a lot of work to get up to Legends! I see you in the forums and on discords most frequently. Indeed, you earned you way, congrats!
#79611	01/04/2021 1:24:14 pm	Aug 2nd, 2048
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	tamale- Interesting overview. Steve

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