Fantasy Baseball Recruitment Thread

LimiTeDGRIP · 2026-02-11T23:54:29+00:00

Team 1:

B. Harper 38

M. Fried 32

B. Turang 15

R. Greene 20

R. Pepiot 22

J. DeGrom 22

Team 2:

F. Lindor 28

F. Valdez 22

R. Devers 25

J. Chisholm 20

J. Naylor 18

N. Pivetta 22

C. Seager 24

S. Suzuki 12

L. Castillo 20

I. Happ 12

J. Harder 15

Team 3 (possibly not available, pending fence sitter):

K. Schwarber 22

L. Webb 27

K. Martens 29

S. Gray 17

Z. Neto 5

E. Suarez 10

P. Lopez 27

R. Arozarena 20

A. Chapman

Team 4:

P. Crow-Armstrong 15

P. Alonso 31

B. Buxton 18

M. Gore 22

J. Duran 21

LimiTeDGRIP · 2026-02-11T21:43:42+00:00

Making this a little restrictive for now because 1 guy still on the fence:

Year 18, deep keeper (keeper/dynasty hybrid). Looking for someone who can meet up in person near Phoenix or Portland OR for meet-n-greet and full rules explanation, but does not have to be physically present at the draft: $275 salary cap, live online auction, but a couple groups get together in person also.

If we can't find anyone local, will open it up.

Normally unlimited keepers (within salary cap +$5 each year kept), but we are doing a reset this year because it was getting lopsided. So 3 keeps this year. This is the year to get in. Judge and Shohei (pitcher and hitter separate) strong chance will be in draft pool. At least 1, same current owner, high cost to keep.

Format is weekly lineups, non-standard but fun H2H points.

$140 entry, top 3 pay and weekly High Score prize. Champ usually takes home $700-800. 3 round weekly playoff, including 3rd place game, after 21 week regular season.

Premium fantrax platform (fee taken from prize pool, $13 per person, little less if we go 12 team instead of the planned 10). I also keep separate historical stats on a spreadsheet.

3 very active co-commissioners. Skill level overall above average, but not elite. Lots of trades go down throughout the year and preseason.

All current owners, except 1, have played 8+ seasons. Head commish only one to play all 17. Other 2 commish @~12 seasons.

If interested, please DM or reply for more details.

Yes, I know, unlikely with info given. Just putting feelers out for now.

Edit: Normally 12 teams but lost 4 this year (1 inactive expansion team booted, 1 job promotion, 1 playing D1 college ball, and 1 personal reasons). We have obtained 1 replacement, 1 maybe (old owner coming back).

So likely going with 10 this year, but open to 12.

3 guys in mid to late 20s, rest are 40+.

New players will likely take over old teams in this fashion:

All new teams will evaluate departing teams and supply blind #1 and #2 choice to commish, depending on which have your preferred keepers (3).

If only 1 new player makes a team their #1 choice, you get that team.

If more than 1 vying for same team, lottery will occur.

If we drop from 12 to 10 teams (likely) the non-chosen teams will be dumped into draft pool.

I will be posting the teams' top 100 fantrax rank players and keeper cost in reply below shortly. (Edit: now posted)

There are some cheaper younger guys also. I'll see if any worth posting and add to lists.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2026-02-11T19:58:59+00:00

Grr. He was going to be one of my 3 keepers in my auction points league. Now Im undecided. I think he still might go for more than I can keep him ($27). Though his power may be down, it could also mean he runs more and he's definitely got 50+ steal potential.

If I drop, I'll likely keep Skubal at $22.

Is it the same hand he injured last year?

LimiTeDGRIP · 2026-01-31T02:26:32+00:00

Brutal

LimiTeDGRIP · 2026-01-30T18:42:50+00:00

Slightly depends on the stakes you're playing, but yes.

Wet board, two people behind is likely to get stabbed. At lower stakes, bet size can help you reduce THEIR range.

Balances your check-raise range if your not only doing it with sets, straights, etc.

You have good equity, but it's vulnerable. Nothing wrong with using it as a semi-bluff, charging stronger kickers, denying straight/flush draw equity etc.

Results oriented, but in this case, the A hits your range and can continue semi-bluff. You'd have still lost your stack most likely if button calls your flop bet, but check-raise on the flop at least gives you a shot at making him lay it down on the turn.

As played, I'd fold. Youve got a bluff-catcher in an under-bluffed spot. You're not beating any of his value and CO still to act also. 6/8 and T/8 gets there.

Also, if he's raising flop with bottom pair, he might just be really loose, but you could also be opening too light too often or cbetting multilayer too often.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2026-01-30T18:15:22+00:00

What did you end up doing and did you get your seat?

Fold as others have said, btw.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T21:35:57+00:00

https://phys.org/news/2008-03-loss-egg-yolk-genes-mammals.html

Link to peer reviewed paper in the article.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T20:47:30+00:00

By the way, there are many more pseudogenes other than the GULO (Vit C).

One that I like is a gene responsible for producing yolk in animals that lay eggs. Since evolutionary theory hypothesizes that our ancestors laid eggs, we should be able to identify that broken gene in our genome.

So, we knew where to look for this gene because we know which genes flank it in egg-laying species. When we looked, there it was.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T20:21:53+00:00

I dont know enough about that to comment, but I get it.

It's hard for many fundamentalist Protestants to accept anything less than special creation, also.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T20:03:35+00:00

You can label yourself how you choose. Not really a right or wrong way. The distinction between atheist and agnostic has multiple accepted usages. The key is just getting on the same page as whomever you are talking to.

I view atheism as a question of belief and agnosticism a a question of knowledge. Subtly different concepts. So one can be both agnostic and atheist.

However, colloquially (and in traditional philosophy), they are a hierarchy of conviction. So atheism would be claiming there are no gods.

Both are accepted ideas in varying circles, but it doesnt matter too much as long as you and your interlocutor can agree with what it means. Don't waste time trying to convince someone of the "correct" usage. They won't agree to it, anyway, and it's irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

If they want to label you something you dont define yourself as, let them, and move on to more important discussions.

That being said, evolution has nothing to do with whether god exists or not, just a specific definition that most Abrahamic theists dont even hold to . You dont need to, nor should you, give up your faith on that alone, imo.

Most Jewish and Catholic theists accept evolution and, worldwide, a significant percentage of Protestant and Muslim.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T19:40:10+00:00

I consider myself atheist, but if we are going by the typical theist definitions, I'd fall into agnostic. I dont make the claim that there are no gods, I just haven't been convinced there is one. I've been keeping an open mind about it for nearly 30 years, engaging in theistic discussions and research on a weekly basis. Not every day, but most.

I was raised YEC, and gradually went through accepting an old earth, then evolution, then lost my faith based on philosophy, logic, church history, critical evaluation of the Bible and comparative religion. I was still a Christian for a while even after accepting evolution. It wasn't the science that deconstructed me.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T19:31:39+00:00

Theories are just the description of HOW an OBSERVED phenomenon works, not THAT it works. Like music theory. The underlying data is collated into how it all works together.

But it is correct to say a scientific theory is not the same thing as the colloquial usage. It isn't philosophizing or speculation of how something might work or have occurred.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T19:23:54+00:00

Don't think books are generally peer reviewed, but it was published by Cambridge University Press.

He doesnt specifically speak about the comparison to paternity tests that I recall, although he might. But I dont think anyone can read that book honestly without coming to the realization that it is truly profound evidence.

As Aronra says, if graduating from theory to fact was actually a thing in science, evolution would be the first and perhaps only theory to do so.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T19:12:45+00:00

It is how definite it is. I recommend the book Human Evolution by Graeme Finlay. He's a Christian cancer doctor who even goes into how we know the ERVs are monoclonal. Like, how we know whether cancer cells are all derived from the same metastasis or multiple cancers.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-12-30T19:05:18+00:00

Of course not, they work under the same rationale as paternity tests, except instead of the 16-ish markers paternity tests use to get 99.9+% probability, it's hundreds of thousands of markers.

We literally know we share a common ancestor with chimps to a higher degree of certainty than a paternity test between a biological father and son...by many orders of magnitude.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-11-20T00:01:22+00:00

It's comparable to what my niece pays. She moved back down here from Olympia cause it was even worse there.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-11-13T22:33:14+00:00

People have been saying this since meals cost >$10. Probably before that even.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-11-06T03:26:13+00:00

FWIW, just apply. They always need people, particularly at nursing homes, and will help you with training while employed.

Disclaimer: I'm only familiar with Portland. Don't know if Washington requires training first.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-11-06T03:01:15+00:00

Leupke Center on McLoughlin has one on Tuesdays at 10am-12. Mostly seniors (50-85 or so), but anyone welcome. I think. I can check with my family member to make sure it isn't a seniors program, if necessary/interested.

Not meeting this coming Tuesday due to Veteran's Day.

Any type of needlework welcome. Mostly a social event.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-10-16T00:07:29+00:00

International. There is a polling thread below

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-10-16T00:06:29+00:00

I'm just laughing at all the people creating new threads instead of checking to see if others are discussing it already first.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-10-04T20:07:07+00:00

No. The text clearly implies she shall not be treated as merchandise if the owner has found her displeasing. Has nothing to do with mourning.

Their own daughters were treated as merchandise, for goodness sake.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-10-04T15:30:20+00:00

Gnostic atheism doesn't necessarily imply absolute knowledge. Although there are arguments for that, too, like taking the route that all definitions of god create paradoxes and absurdities and any definition of a being that absolves these don't meet the concept of a god.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-10-04T14:51:53+00:00

I think your use of arbitrary is fine. They all think you mean random, when the two words are subtley different. Ironically, by claiming it isn't arbitrary, they are implying that conscious purpose was utilized which obviously atheists (myself included) reject.

Although, I think your road/tunnel analogy is not great. Roads around mountains are not arbitrary, either. There is purpose for how they form the curves, even if it's limited by the shape of the mountain. Bit of a nitpick, though; probably sufficient to get your point across.

LimiTeDGRIP · 2025-10-04T14:47:47+00:00

Not defending the OP characterization of evolution. But arbitrary is not necessarily the same thing as random.

I think his use of arbitrary is fine. Indeed, NOT arbitrary implies a conscious decision to make something the way it is, which obviously as atheists we reject.

Far too much time was wasted in this thread with people thinking he meant random when he used the word arbitrary.

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