Playoff Leaders

[Edwards Kings]

So, in the OF, so far the points leaders are:

Colby Rasmus, OF - 37.25 pts; selected by 0.32% of the teams.
Jorge Soler, OF - 23.0 pts; selected by no damn body.
Dexter Fowler, OF - 20.25 pts; selected by 1.94% of the teams.
Stephen Piscotty, OF - 19.25 pts; selected by 0.32% of the teams.

So would any person or persons who has all three (Rasmus, Fowler, and Piscotty) on their teams please stand up. I want to shake your hand.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Nice post Wayne. This is why we play the games!!

I was going to look at the other end of the spectrum today and post the highest owned percentages. Here are a few:

Clayton Kershaw - 80.26%
Jake Arrieta - 69.9%
Josh Donaldson - 68.28%
Zack Greinke - 58.58%
Matt Carpenter - 50.49%
Yeonis Cespedes - 44.34%
Jacob deGrom - 41.42%
Edwin Encarnacion - 39.48%
Carlos Correa - 38.19%
Jose Altuve - 37.86%

Pretty interesting ownership numbers. Good luck all the rest of the way and look for Round 2 to be open to Set Lineups later today. Players on teams who get eliminated today, tomorrow or Thursday will disappear shortly after those games conclude, so make sure you have a legal lineup before Round 2 begins. Enjoy all.

[Doctor Who]

Good luck all the rest of the way and look for Round 2 to be open to Set Lineups later today. Players on teams who get eliminated today, tomorrow or Thursday will disappear shortly after those games conclude, so make sure you have a legal lineup before Round 2 begins. Enjoy all.

Greg, lineups are still locked and you are not allowed to build a lineup for the next round.

[Edwards Kings]

Good luck all the rest of the way and look for Round 2 to be open to Set Lineups later today. Players on teams who get eliminated today, tomorrow or Thursday will disappear shortly after those games conclude, so make sure you have a legal lineup before Round 2 begins. Enjoy all.

Greg, lineups are still locked and you are not allowed to build a lineup for the next round.

Won't happen until after Thursday game between the Dodgers and the Mets.

[Edwards Kings]

Nice post Wayne. This is why we play the games!!

I was going to look at the other end of the spectrum today and post the highest owned percentages. Here are a few:

Clayton Kershaw - 80.26%
Jake Arrieta - 69.9%
Josh Donaldson - 68.28%
Zack Greinke - 58.58%
Matt Carpenter - 50.49%
Yeonis Cespedes - 44.34%
Jacob deGrom - 41.42%
Edwin Encarnacion - 39.48%
Carlos Correa - 38.19%
Jose Altuve - 37.86%

Pretty interesting ownership numbers. Good luck all the rest of the way and look for Round 2 to be open to Set Lineups later today. Players on teams who get eliminated today, tomorrow or Thursday will disappear shortly after those games conclude, so make sure you have a legal lineup before Round 2 begins. Enjoy all.

Happy for the Cubs, but St. Louis was the team I thought would go through to the Series. Lost three players last night.

[Doctor Who]

Yes, very curious how the bonus points will work out in this thing. I had three from the Cubs with two lower % in Lester and Castro. Curious to see if getting a bigger lead in first round is better potentially then trying to guess winning teams. Seems like a math question... Where's Zola when you need him!

[Greg Ambrosius]

Good luck all the rest of the way and look for Round 2 to be open to Set Lineups later today. Players on teams who get eliminated today, tomorrow or Thursday will disappear shortly after those games conclude, so make sure you have a legal lineup before Round 2 begins. Enjoy all.

Greg, lineups are still locked and you are not allowed to build a lineup for the next round.

We tested everything yesterday and didn't want to turn it on until yesterday's games were complete. We will allow pickups this morning, likely after 10 am CT. Just remember that all four AL teams are still in the player pool. The two teams that get eliminated today will have their players removed later today, but go ahead and get started on your Round 2 lineups today if you'd like. We're halfway to knowing who is in the League Championship Series, so we'll open the player pool this morning.

Enjoy all and good luck in Round 2. It's been a fun first round already.

[southpaw23]

For round 2, can players be shifted to a different position from their round 1 position without losing the round 2 "double points" eligibility? For example, Bryant is in 3B position in round 1. Can he be moved to OF in round 2 and not lose the bonus points for the remainder of the contest?

[Greg Ambrosius]

For round 2, can players be shifted to a different position from their round 1 position without losing the round 2 "double points" eligibility? For example, Bryant is in 3B position in round 1. Can he be moved to OF in round 2 and not lose the bonus points for the remainder of the contest?

Yes. As long as you don't remove a player from your lineup at any time, the multiple points will remain even if you move a player to a different position. Good luck all.

[fozzie]

Yes. As long as you don't remove a player from your lineup at any time, the multiple points will remain even if you move a player to a different position. Good luck all.

Greg, I'm not seeing the ability to move a player to a different position. The edit button allows me only to remove a player, not move him. And I'm not able to click-and-drag a player in the main "Make Picks" window to another spot. Browser issue?

[Greg Ambrosius]

Yes. As long as you don't remove a player from your lineup at any time, the multiple points will remain even if you move a player to a different position. Good luck all.

Greg, I'm not seeing the ability to move a player to a different position. The edit button allows me only to remove a player, not move him. And I'm not able to click-and-drag a player in the main "Make Picks" window to another spot. Browser issue?

Let me check with IT on this and get this corrected if it's still a problem. I checked yesterday and was told you could change to another position. I'm on it.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Kudos to Ari Benjamin for leading the NFBC Post-Season Contest through Round 1. But as you can see from the overall standings, there's very little separation of teams through this first round. Now comes the fun part as points are multiplied by 2 for every player you still have active for Round 2. And the World Series will get even more interesting as points are multipled by 3 for those players who have been on your roster from the beginning.

Let the fun begin!!

Good luck picking your rosters for Round 2. Here's the Top 100 teams through Round 1 with Ari Benjamin on top:

NFBC Post-Season Contest Top 100 Teams Through Round 1:
1 Team Benjamin 288.63 --
2 Team Ratner 285.55 --
3 Mudhens 282.31 --
4 Las Vegas Ratpack 281.98 --
5 Team Eliason 281.66 --
6 Cocktails and Dreams III 279.52 --
7 Team McGough 279.02 --
8 Team palazzo 276.42 --
9 PhillyCheeseSteaks-POST 273.17 --
10 Dregs of Society 272.61 --
11 Metsmerizers 1 272.27 --
12 Team Tretter 271.41 --
13 KNIGHTS 270.94 --
14 Pub returns 270.85 --
15 NJ Guru 267.52 --
16 Team Miller 267.13 --
17 Jeff Beck's Guitar 267.01 --
18 Team Cox 266.73 --
19 Vegas Vandals 266.71 --
20 Team O'Rourke 266.2 --
21 Jedi Mind Trick House Money 4 265.7 --
22 Team Palavis 265.64 --
23 Team Klein 265.16 --
24 Metsmerizers 2 264.77 --
24 Cocktails and Dreams II 264.77 --
26 EA Sports 3 264.73 --
27 Team Benjamin 264.69 --
28 roundmann 263.87 --
29 Doctor Who 262.94 --
30 Team Duponte 262.93 --
31 Team Lacknett 262.75 --
32 Team Christie 262.37 --
33 Team Longood 261.77 --
33 Cocktails and Dreams IV 261.77 --
35 Team Hegarty 261.72 --
36 Team Upchurch 261.56 --
37 Team Zeidman 261.3 --
38 Talleylicious 260.77 --
38 Team Ortega 260.77 --
40 Team Hedrick 260.23 --
41 Doctor Who 260.12 --
42 Jedi Mind Trick House Money 3 260.02 --
43 BK Mets 2 259.92 --
44 Team Dain 259.85 --
45 Baxter the Wise 259.1 --
46 Team Beeler 259.06 --
47 Team Lalonde 258.85 --
48 Mr. Wong's 258.53 --
49 The Truth 258.31 --
50 Team Strickler 256.94 --
51 Jobu's Heroes 256.56 --
52 Team Santamaria 256.51 --
53 Westsider 1 256.41 --
54 BourgeoisZ 256.37 --
55 Team Karlovic 255.85 --
56 Martini 255.73 --
57 Team enfield 255.56 --
58 Stevieland 255.55 --
59 Bama 255.54 --
60 Team Darcy 255.52 --
61 Three Amigos 255.35 --
62 Team Zwickel 254.77 --
63 Mudhens 254.52 --
64 Incredible Hulking Us 254.5 --
65 The House 253.37 --
66 Team Duponte 253.23 --
67 Team hickey 253.05 --
68 Team Crull 252.78 --
69 Westland Weasels III 252.38 --
70 Team Eroh 252.26 --
71 Mr.October 252.17 --
72 Texas Connection 251.99 --
73 Trouble Ball 251.62 --
74 Team Jensen 251.44 --
75 Fighting Joe Bears 251.33 --
76 Cue the Duckboats 251.21 --
77 Hog Wild 251.12 --
78 Team McGough 251.09 --
79 Team Mcwilliams 251.08 --
79 Jedi Mind Trick House Money 1 251.08 --
81 Doctor Who 250.91 --
82 Hot Ham Water 250.88 --
83 BartmanRelocationProgram 250.48 --
84 Team McClure 250.42 --
85 Shock the World 249.37 --
86 Team Cosley 249.23 --
87 Team Robinson 249.12 --
88 Team Van Fleet 248.52 --
89 Team Meehan 248.37 --
89 STRENGTH, INC. #5 248.37 --
91 Funnies 248.36 --
92 Bats and Wingers 248.19 --
93 Team Bell 248.17 --
94 Patrick's Pirates 247.95 --
95 Team Murphy 247.79 --
96 Team Whitestone 247.55 --
97 Team Holton 247.46 --
98 Team Cosley 247.4 --
99 Team Visano 247.26 --
100 STRENGTH, INC. #2 246.98 --

[Greg Ambrosius]

Yes. As long as you don't remove a player from your lineup at any time, the multiple points will remain even if you move a player to a different position. Good luck all.

Greg, I'm not seeing the ability to move a player to a different position. The edit button allows me only to remove a player, not move him. And I'm not able to click-and-drag a player in the main "Make Picks" window to another spot. Browser issue?

Okay, IT says this is how you do it:

You have to drop the player first and then add him back at the new position. That player keeps the multiplier if he has one, so they don't have to worry they are going to lose that.

So apparently you do drop the player and add him back at a new position. I'll create a new thread to let everyone know. Thanks for pointing this out.

[Edwards Kings]

Kudos to Ari Benjamin for leading the NFBC Post-Season Contest through Round 1. But as you can see from the overall standings, there's very little separation of teams through this first round. Now comes the fun part as points are multiplied by 2 for every player you still have active for Round 2. And the World Series will get even more interesting as points are multipled by 3 for those players who have been on your roster from the beginning.

Let the fun begin!!

Good luck picking your rosters for Round 2.

Now I will find out if my strategy was correct. Going into Round 2, seven of my ten offensive players (Perez, Encarnacion, Zobrist, Donaldson, Revere, Cain and either Cespedes or Seager) will be in multipliers but only one pitcher (Arrieta).

[Edwards Kings]

So, what is your round two strategy (yes, strategy Nevada...not some punk-ass set easily calculated odds like poker based on a total population of 52 cards where have no choice in what cards you get and you do not know what cards the other player has)? Not much to give away now since next round will only have two teams (unless some yokel commission decides differently) next round.

1) Spread the wealth - hedging your choices by basically taking the same number of players from each of the four teams?
2) The "Sure Thing". Pick the two teams you think will win the AL and NLCS and load up six players on each?
3) The "Contrarian". Pick the two teams that you do not think will be the consensus and bust a move will players with lower ownership percentages?

I went with the Contrarian. No offense to Blue Jay and Mets fans, but I loaded up on Royals and Cubs. Not that I think Toronto and NY are locks, but rather I thought people would be more excited about the Blue Jay offense, so I picked three Royal pitchers to go with the three Royal bats I already had. Had Arrietta as my only Cub, so I added three bats and two pitchers to max out. Only have one Met, holdover Cespedes as well as my three holdover Blue Jays (Encarnacion, Donaldson, and Revere). Probably a stupid strategy, but I am a moron...it is what I am known for...

[ToddZ]

It will take 2 or 3 to get it done. I don't think 3 is necessary since both series are so evenly matched that there will be several stacking all four possibilities that you may as well go with the matchup you feel will occur. Chances are there's ample diversity within the 6 player stack to differentiate teams that picked the same two teams.

On that note...

Go Jays and Cubs!

[Money]

A bigger part of the equation is how many players you have moving forward with the multiplier. The maximum number of players that you could have with a multiplier in this round is 10. It could have come from 2 different combinations from the 4 teams that remain. 3 -3 -3 and 1 player from those teams or 3-3-2 and 2 from them.

The maximum going into the final round will be 6 players times 3 and 6 players times 2. You would've had to have hit 3 players from a team from each league and then have those teams move on to get 6 players times three into the World Series round.

With that said I believe that a huge percentage of entries now have an american league and a national league team with 6 players on their roster. There are only 4 combinations so all will be covered quite a bit. The multipliers in my opinion will determine the winner.

[Edwards Kings]

I thought (counted on the fact) we had more Mets fans in the contest? When I look at the percentages of players taken (which I cannot see enough...Greg or Tom, is there any way to see the complete list of %taken for the players active for the second round?), the Mets are getting little respect. What I can see:

Catcher

Schwarber CHC 55.95% (some of course are using him as OF)
Perez KC 31.83% (hit again last night...tough guy in a wussy world)
d'Arnaud NYM 15.11%
Martin TOR 14.15%
Montero CHC 0.96% (there are a couple of die-hard Cubbies out there)

1B

Encarnacion TOR 62.38% (mostly DH I am guessing)
Rizzo CHC 45.98%
Hosmer KC 23.15%
Colabello TOR 7.40%
Duda NYM 5.47%

3B

Donaldson TOR 84.24%
Bryant CHC 41.80% (split with OF)
Wright NYM 5.79%
Moustakas KC 4.50%

2B

Murphy NYM 49.84% (finally some Mutt Love...for the guy they do not want next year!)
Zobrist KC 35.69%
Castro CHC 18.61%

SS

Tulowitzki TOR 56.59%
Baez CHC 20.26% (thought I was the only crazy one)
Escobar KC 5.79% (can't claim it, but I think this is a very smart pick)
Flores NYM 2.89%
Russell CHC 0.64% (either a couple of people did not get the memo, or are playing very cagey after having Russell in the 1st round and hoping for triple mutipliers in the third...I vote "memo")

OF (short list)

Bautista TOR 81.03% (I think that bat flip will cost him a head high pitch in 2016)
Cain KC 65.69%
Granderson NYM 35.65% (he's old, he's a Met, and he's gettin' some love)
Fowler CHC 23.47% (seriously, in March, did you ever imagine he would be a viable option here?)
Soler CHC 16.40% (Everybody wants to play him except for the Cubs management)
Pillar TOR 10.93

P

Arrieta CHC 81.99%
deGrom NYM 61.09% (The Mets may not be able to hit, but they can damn well pitch!)
Estrada TOR 40.84%
Cueto KC 19.94% (loving it)
Volquez KC 10.29% (yes, I rolled the dice...JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH NEVADA...on this one)

Obviously I cannot see or cannot find the whole list, but some interesting patterns evolve.