2024 Dobber MLB Wins Pool

[horrorfan]

Pick Summary:




Picks thread here


Draft order:

1 horrorfan
2 josofosky
3 hockeyrobot
4 PenguinHunter
5 Eskimo Brother
6 Zorro
7 Axeman33
8 newfcollins

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Just remembered about this - hopefully enough time to get it started before the Seoul series. Here's a link to last year's thread: 2023 Thread

Rules:

- You pick teams in turn until all teams are chosen.
- The scoring system is simply the total number of regular season wins for your chosen teams. In case of teams not playing 162 games, winning percentage is used as a tiebreaker.
- The player with the most combined regular season wins (or highest winning percentage) between your teams wins the pool.
- There's no cost, so it's just for fun and bragging rights.

Pool size and draft format:

In 2023, we had 8 players, so we chose 4 teams each and had a method (using Vegas odds or something similar) that identified two teams to be chosen twice. To be confirmed. Happy to use this method again if we end up with only 8. The draft is done snake style. EDIT March 7: Confirmed for 2024.

If 10 players confirmed, we would choose 3 teams each. The draft would be snake style for the first two rounds and the last round will be the same as the second. For example:

- The player with the first pick would have 1, 20 and 30.
- The second pick would have 2, 19 and 29. And so on.
- The last pick would have 10,11 and 21.

If there are more than 10 interested in playing, then we can try to have a second group, or consider groups of 6. If the latter is an option, then we can decide on the draft format i.e. snake, adjusted snake (as above) or some other way.

Joining process:

Those who played last year will get first choice at returning. I have sent last year's group a private message and refreshed the 2023 thread.

Also, it had been agreed previously that I could randomise the draft order, and will continue to do this unless there are objections. It's simply an excel randomise function but if the majority prefer a more 'official' order randomiser, please let me know.

Who's in? EDIT March 7: Pool full.

Confirmed: (8)

Last year's group:

horrorfan - confirmed
hockeyrobot - confirmed
Eskimo Brother - confirmed
Axeman33 - confirmed
PenguinHunter - confirmed
Zorro - confirmed
josofosky - confirmed
newfcollins - confirmed

[hockeyrobot]

In in in

[Eskimo Brother]

In.

[Axeman33]

Sure

[hockeyrobot]

In.

Defending champ

[PenguinHunter]

Yes

[Eskimo Brother]

Defending champ

Oh yeah

[horrorfan]

5 confirmed so far.

[hockeyrobot]

Let's go oooooo people

[PenguinHunter]

I shot Zorro a text - he is in!

[josofosky]

I’m in

[horrorfan]

7 confirmed.

Assuming newfcollins confirms soon (will send him another message later this week if needed), then I'm likely going to lock it at 8 again like last year. Then I'll confirm the draft order and proposed start date.

In the meantime, whoever determined the extra two teams to choose from (assuming 8 of us), I'm happy for you do it again. Thanks.

EDIT: Newfcollins last logged in on February 25th. Anyone in contact with him recently?

[Eskimo Brother]

7 confirmed.

Assuming newfcollins confirms soon (will send him another message later this week if needed), then I'm likely going to lock it at 8 again like last year. Then I'll confirm the draft order and proposed start date.

In the meantime, whoever determined the extra two teams to choose from (assuming 8 of us), I'm happy for you do it again. Thanks.

EDIT: Newfcollins last logged in on February 25th. Anyone in contact with him recently?

I'll message him. We have a league together.

[horrorfan]

I'll message him. We have a league together.

Thanks.

[newfcollins]

In if there's still space.