The Dobber Forum MLB Wins Pool Official League Thread

[Axeman33]

New month, new update:

1. Zorro..............................42 wins
2. Nowayout........................41 wins
3. Bondon............................40 wins
4. TheWhale.........................38 wins
5. Dobber............................36 wins
6. TheNugeCooge..................36 wins
7. Axeman...........................33 wins
8. Metaldude........................32 wins
9. austeane..........................32 wins
10. horrorfan........................27 wins

With both the Yankees and Dodgers leading their respective divisions, Zorro has jumped into first place. Nowayout is still holding strong, riding a resurgence from his first pick St. Louis Cardinals and their current 5 game win streak. Meanwhile, both Bondon and TheWhale have seen some impressive showings from their final picks: the Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros.

The Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians are realizing how tough that AL Central is and are bringing down their owners; Metaldude and horrorfan, along the way. Although the Diamondbacks have been a surprise for austeane, sputtering starts from both the Athletics and Blue Jays have helped keep him near the bottom of the standings.

Up two spots. The climb has begun! Look out boys.

[NoWayOut]

Rangers: 8-15
Astros: 17-7

D'OH!!!!! C'mon Cards and Mets, it's all on you guys.

[horrorfan]

Well, I'm where I expected to be, so hopefully I won't get mathematically eliminated by June!

[metaldude26]

Standings update as of July 22.

NoWayOut (Cards, Mets, Rangers) - 154
Dobber (Pirates, Cubs, Braves) - 150
Axeman (Nats, Royals, Brewers) - 150
Zorro (Dodgers, Yankees, Reds) - 148
TheWhale (Mariners, Giants, Astros) - 147
Metaldude (Angels, White Sox, Rays) - 144
Bondon (Tigers, Marlins, Twins) - 137
Austeane (A’s, Blue Jays, D-Backs) - 135
TheNugeCooge (Red Sox, Padres, Rockies) - 126
Horrorfan (Orioles, Indians, Phillies) - 125

[horrorfan]

Standings update as of July 22.

NoWayOut (Cards, Mets, Rangers) - 154
Dobber (Pirates, Cubs, Braves) - 150
Axeman (Nats, Royals, Brewers) - 150
Zorro (Dodgers, Yankees, Reds) - 148
TheWhale (Mariners, Giants, Astros) - 147
Metaldude (Angels, White Sox, Rays) - 144
Bondon (Tigers, Marlins, Twins) - 137
Austeane (A’s, Blue Jays, D-Backs) - 135
TheNugeCooge (Red Sox, Padres, Rockies) - 126
Horrorfan (Orioles, Indians, Phillies) - 125

Battle for last!

[Axeman33]

Standings update as of July 22.

NoWayOut (Cards, Mets, Rangers) - 154
Dobber (Pirates, Cubs, Braves) - 150
Axeman (Nats, Royals, Brewers) - 150
Zorro (Dodgers, Yankees, Reds) - 148
TheWhale (Mariners, Giants, Astros) - 147
Metaldude (Angels, White Sox, Rays) - 144
Bondon (Tigers, Marlins, Twins) - 137
Austeane (A’s, Blue Jays, D-Backs) - 135
TheNugeCooge (Red Sox, Padres, Rockies) - 126
Horrorfan (Orioles, Indians, Phillies) - 125

If those F'n Brewers could get their crap together, things would be much better for me. Still, the climb to the top continues.

[austeane]

Haha I haven't checked this in forever. Now I remember why!

[2014olympicgold]

Did you guys just draft the teams that would have the best record?

[Pengwin7]

Neat to see you guys bump this.
I remember being mildly interested and remember hearing about the draft sequence... which could've been better, IMO, but meh.

By draft spot summation, advantage would've been.
42 Axeman (1,20,21)
43 Zorro (2,19,22)
44 TheNugeCooge
45 Nowayout
46 Metaldude
47 TheWhale
48 Dobber
49 Bondon
50 austeane
51 horrorfan

To set a better algorithm, I'd say you could multiply your wins by your draft-summation to "power up" the lower-odds draft slots.
PenModScores:
7200 Dobber (150 wins x 48)
...
6930 NoWayOut (154 wins x 45)
6909 TheWhale (147 wins x 47)
6885 horrorfan (135 wins x 51)
6750 Austeane (135 wins x 50)
6713 Bondon (137 wins x 49)
6624 MetalDude (144 wins x 46)
...
6364 Zorro (148 wins x 43)
6300 Axeman33 (150 wins x 42)
...
5544 NugeCoop (126 wins x 44)

*Though, maybe there's too much weight here... as the top three drafting teams end up at the bottom, LOL, sorry!!*


Another good algorithm (just for fun), would be to take your draft summation (say 44) and subtract the actual standing summations of your team (maybe they are 9th, 12th, 21st = 42)... and that would be a -2.
Best positive score would be top.
[In the Football pool, I got the #1 pick... which seemed nice, but I also got defaulted with Jokeland at the #32 pick!... which stunk. I had arguably the best "picks", but I was handcuffed with Oakland.]


End Note:
I know, I know... it's a "wins pool"...

[TheNugeCooge]

I get it...I sucked at this draft haha. Leave it to a die-hard Jays fan to pick Boston with his first pick. But maybe that's a good thing for Toronto...

I think I'll stick to my fantasy teams instead

[Zorro]

I hope I lose because I hate the Yankees!!

[horrorfan]

I hope I lose because I hate the Yankees!!

I'll trade you my Phillies for your Yankees.

[Zorro]

I'll trade you my Phillies for your Yankees.

HaHa.. This isn't the 1993 Phillies!!

[metaldude26]

Standings update as of August 23.

NoWayOut (Cards, Mets, Rangers) - 209
Dobber (Pirates, Cubs, Braves) - 198
TheWhale (Mariners, Giants, Astros) - 192
Axeman (Nats, Royals, Brewers) - 190
Zorro (Dodgers, Yankees, Reds) - 186
Austeane (A’s, Blue Jays, D-Backs) - 185
Metaldude (Angels, White Sox, Rays) - 183
Bondon (Tigers, Marlins, Twins) - 172
Horrorfan (Orioles, Indians, Phillies) - 170
TheNugeCooge (Red Sox, Padres, Rockies) - 166

[horrorfan]

Wow I'm not last. That's a shock.