The Blanton Ripoff

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:53 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

GG, if you change your Message Board name again, I hope it's to Joe Blanton II.

Greg makes an appearance on Page 20!!! woot woot!!! Amazing stuff, 20 pages on the soon-to-be 2009 NL Cy Young winner!!!

[/QUOTE]I think the Over-Under on this thread was 2 pages. Only you could create 20 pages of debate on JOE BLANTON.

Good luck with that one. Personally, no Joe Blantons on any of my teams this year, but I do have Jamie Moyer on one. Don't ask me why and no, I don't see Jamie's peripherals turning around.

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:42 am

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

quote:Originally posted by bjoak:

I finally sat him and used Romero instead.

So this is actually one more reason for me to hate him. I will say that in the three innings I watched, nearly every flyball landed on the warning track. Tough matchup for Romero this week, and his first game back, not a good bet. I don't get how you'd start him over Blanton THIS week if you bother to have Joe on your roster to begin with. [/QUOTE]My reasoning was that the Sunday bids came through about the time that I went to a holiday BBQ so I couldn't set my lineup then and I woke up the next morning after ten so I couldn't set it then. So I had to set it when I came home from the BBQ at about 3AM when I was like, "BAH, Blanton, &$@# THAT GUY! ::hiccup:: Here, this guy looks good, put him in, yeah. $%#@in' Blanton. ::hiccup::

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:32 am

Originally posted by bjoak:

quote:Originally posted by KJ Duke:

quote:Originally posted by bjoak:

I finally sat him and used Romero instead.

So this is actually one more reason for me to hate him. I will say that in the three innings I watched, nearly every flyball landed on the warning track. Tough matchup for Romero this week, and his first game back, not a good bet. I don't get how you'd start him over Blanton THIS week if you bother to have Joe on your roster to begin with. [/QUOTE]My reasoning was that the Sunday bids came through about the time that I went to a holiday BBQ so I couldn't set my lineup then and I woke up the next morning after ten so I couldn't set it then. So I had to set it when I came home from the BBQ at about 3AM when I was like, "BAH, Blanton, &$@# THAT GUY! ::hiccup:: Here, this guy looks good, put him in, yeah. $%#@in' Blanton. ::hiccup:: [/QUOTE]

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:33 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

GG, if you change your Message Board name again, I hope it's to Joe Blanton II.

Greg makes an appearance on Page 20!!! woot woot!!! Amazing stuff, 20 pages on the soon-to-be 2009 NL Cy Young winner!!!

[/QUOTE]I think the Over-Under on this thread was 2 pages. Only you could create 20 pages of debate on JOE BLANTON.

Good luck with that one. Personally, no Joe Blantons on any of my teams this year, but I do have Jamie Moyer on one. Don't ask me why and no, I don't see Jamie's peripherals turning around.

[/QUOTE]I think 40 pages is doable. I'll be gone for a few weeks but I fully expect 30+ upon my return.

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:47 am

Would it be fair to suggest at this point that between these 20 pages and Ricky Nolasco, it is apparent that a higher than expected line drive percentage, EVEN IN A SMALL SAMPLE, might be indicative of crappy pitching and not crappy luck and could be something we number crunchers could use in conjunction with watching games to help identify why results are what they are?

While I am at it, somewhere between pages 2 and 6 it was suggested that part of Blanton's woes were difficulty pitching from the stretch. Chalk it up to anecdotal analysis, but he was just quoted as saying there was a flaw in his stretch delivery that was corrected right before his career high 11-K effort.

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Wed May 27, 2009 1:16 pm

Originally posted by ToddZ:

Would it be fair to suggest .....

While I am at it, somewhere between pages 2 and 6 it was suggested that part of Blanton's woes were difficulty pitching from the stretch. Chalk it up to anecdotal analysis, but he was just quoted as saying there was a flaw in his stretch delivery that was corrected right before his career high 11-K effort. Would it be fair to suggest that Blanton's previous difficulty pitching from the stretch was that he was in the stretch against teams besides the Florida Minor League Marlins?

Dub · Post by **Dub** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:26 am

Originally posted by ToddZ:

Would it be fair to suggest at this point that between these 20 pages and Ricky Nolasco, it is apparent that a higher than expected line drive percentage, EVEN IN A SMALL SAMPLE, might be indicative of crappy pitching and not crappy luck and could be something we number crunchers could use in conjunction with watching games to help identify why results are what they are?

While I am at it, somewhere between pages 2 and 6 it was suggested that part of Blanton's woes were difficulty pitching from the stretch. Chalk it up to anecdotal analysis, but he was just quoted as saying there was a flaw in his stretch delivery that was corrected right before his career high 11-K effort. You should have seen when I corrected the flaw in my bowling game- wham instant turkey.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:10 pm

Regarding Joe Blanton

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

Crazy Like a Fox · Post by **Crazy Like a Fox** » Fri May 29, 2009 4:52 am

Originally posted by Buster:

Regarding Joe Blanton

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

Not that you were trying to be funny here, but 21 pages later you start your post with, "Regarding Joe Blanton"

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Sat May 30, 2009 5:52 am

Blanton at Sand Diego and LA next week. Finally, a couple of starts I can get behind.

rockitsauce · Post by **rockitsauce** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:12 am

The great Joe "cornbread & chicken" Blanton was available in my online lge.

Todd Z, (from what I recall) seems to be a Blanton defender, is in that lge.

Todd Z (nor ANYBODY else) bothered to spend $1 on the pitching version of Roy Clark.

751542 · Post by **751542** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:20 am

in an online league i am suprised anybody would bid..eventhough the 2 starts are attractive. main event another story...esp for the teams that lost myers. remember he did k 11 in his last start...tonite should be interesting!!!

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:23 am

Originally posted by rockitsauce:

The great Joe "cornbread & chicken" Blanton was available in my online lge.

Todd Z, (from what I recall) seems to be a Blanton defender, is in that lge.

Todd Z (nor ANYBODY else) bothered to spend $1 on the pitching version of Roy Clark. Defender in that I agreed his ERA and WHIP were due for a correction based on his underlying metrics.

But as I explained later in the thread, I am a big believer in 'home field advantage' when it comes to streaming starting pitchers, that is take park effects out of the equation, a pitcher usually performs about 10% better at home than on the road. This results in 2 things:

1. If a pitcher is starting at home in a hitter's park, that advantage is neutralized

2. If a pitcher is on the road in a pitcher's park, yeah, it is better than being in a hitter's park or even neutral, but he is still on the road.

So for me, this means pitchers from Philly, Colorado, Texas and the Chicago White Sox are not my cup of tea when it comes to streaming. I would rather stream someone from San Diego, San Fran, Minnesota, Oakland, etc.

Now add in the on-line league is 12 teams versus the 15-team main event leagues and that lowers Blanton's value even more. I am in fact starting him in a 15-team satellite. I don't wish to take up a valuable roster spot for him in a 12-team league when I lose the 'home field advantage'.

Ryan C · Post by **Ryan C** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:21 am

Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

in an online league i am suprised anybody would bid..eventhough the 2 starts are attractive. main event another story...esp for the teams that lost myers. remember he did k 11 in his last start...tonite should be interesting!!! I am a Myers owner who went for Blanton this week - spent $91 when $1 would have got him - could have been worse - I lowered my bid considerably prior to the deadline.

Dub · Post by **Dub** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:44 am

Originally posted by Ryan Carey:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

in an online league i am suprised anybody would bid..eventhough the 2 starts are attractive. main event another story...esp for the teams that lost myers. remember he did k 11 in his last start...tonite should be interesting!!! I am a Myers owner who went for Blanton this week - spent $91 when $1 would have got him - could have been worse - I lowered my bid considerably prior to the deadline. [/QUOTE]$91 or $1 - who can tell with FAAB? Im my 15 team league he went for $187. I saw RT got him for $119 in a ME league.

Dub · Post by **Dub** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:46 am

....and some just want to be like Gek.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:22 am

fyi - SD plays good at home (17-6)

. this is part of the reason i picked up gaudin

Head 2 Head · Post by **Head 2 Head** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:21 am

Bump--

12 hours and NO Blanton chatter? What is the NFBC coming to?

rkulaski · Post by **rkulaski** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:34 am

head to head,

Hey, this is rich. we picked 10th in chicago league 4. Remember, you told us after about the 5th rd, you had a similar draft strategy? Still not happy you took Mauer from us (kidding). At least he's given you guys life again! He's on our online championship team so I'm actually cheering for him.

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