2018 HR Derby {Discussion & Transaction Thread}

[Southpaw19]

Keep all discussions and transactions here.

Good luck to everyone on a successful 2018 campaign!

[Duke Silver]

Hopefully I don't have a hangover like the Cubs did last year.

[Cubswin11]

Hopefully I don't have a hangover like the Cubs did last year.

You should pick only Brewers, Cardinals, Nationals and Dodgers to be safe

[Derwood]

Is Group A a larger pool than past years?

[Southpaw19]

Is Group A a larger pool than past years?

Yes. It's the largest it's been.

[Sammy Sofa]

Hot damn; that Wiki page is super helpful. Thanks!

[Derwood]

Can we get one of these threads stickied on the pages with higher traffic? Only a handful of entries so far

[Sammy Sofa]

Bruh, it's only March 7th, and ST takes about 4 months.

[Sammy Sofa]

At this time last year there were...8 entries.

[Derwood]

Bruh, it's only March 7th, and ST takes about 4 months.

Spring training is really the worst

[Southpaw19]

I have a method to my madness. This weekend, I will be sending reminders to our players from last season, who have not signed up yet. After that, is when I request thread pinning.

[Derwood]

I have a method to my madness. This weekend, I will be sending reminders to our players from last season, who have not signed up yet. After that, is when I request thread pinning.

Trust in Southpaw

[Southpaw19]

For those waiting for more free agents to sign before building their team....

Mike Moustakas signs back in KC.
Carlos Gonzalez signs back in COL.

[Southpaw19]

I'm not panicking just yet, with 2 weeks until Opening Day, but I thought for sure we would have had more than 8 entries thus far.

[Southpaw19]

I've extended the deadline on the Wiki page.

The deadline for posting is 11:59:59 PM Central Time on Wednesday, March 28 2018. No entries will be accepted after the deadline.

[Sammy Sofa]

Sign up, you scum! I want to finally crush as many of you as possible this year.

[Southpaw19]

Just so everyone is aware... even though I haven't responded to the PMs, I have received all WC Entries that have been submitted. I will list them all out, once the deadline passes.

[Sammy Sofa]

A: Judge
B: Machado
B: Trout
C: Harper
C: Bryant
C: Matt Olson
D: Hoskins
D: Miguel Cabrera
D: Yelich
D: Buxton
D: Matt Chapman

Wild Card: PM

I’ll take this team too. Will pm wild card!

THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER.

[Southpaw19]

HEADLINE: Potential 2013 Controversy
Southpaw19 is leading the investigation; glavine93 might lose their title.

CHICAGO, IL -- While going through archived information, Southpaw19 came across an oddity for the 2013 stats in the Home Run Derby. The last date recorded was August 25, 2013. The problem is MLB doesn't end in August. In fact, in 2013 the regular season ended on Sunday, September 29, 2013. Was there a file storage glitch? The 2013 HR Derby topics are not active and not accessible. Was the final scoreboard ever posted? What happened in 2013?! Why is there a cover-up? Southpaw19 vows to find the truth!

Seriously... does anyone remember what might have happened here? I'm going to update the statistics and see if glavine93 really won or not.

[Southpaw19]

UPDATE: 2013 Controversy Averted
Top 3 finishers in 2013 stayed in the same position

There was some shifting of the final scoreboard but nothing in the Top 3.
The reason I came across this, is I'm adding more information about past seasons to the HR Derby Wiki.

[Southpaw19]

Interesting factoids... in 2006, the Derby had a whopping 57 participants. The last two seasons (2016 + 2017) had 20 participants each year.
We currently stand at 16.

[Sammy Sofa]

[SouthSideRyan]

A: Judge
B: Machado
B: Trout
C: Harper
C: Bryant
C: Matt Olson
D: Hoskins
D: Miguel Cabrera
D: Yelich
D: Buxton
D: Matt Chapman

Wild Card: PM

I’ll take this team too. Will pm wild card!

THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER.

Does that mean what Alejandro and I did wasn't a beautiful moment?

[Derwood]

And you all laughed when I said we should pin this thread to every forum...

[Southpaw19]

And you all laughed when I said we should pin this thread to every forum...

No one laughed... I asked every mod via PM (and Tim) ... and it never happened.