2 Champions MLB Draft QF 1 : Meebs vs Milk

[Nosferatu]

MEEBS

LINEUP
1. Craig Biggio (R) - 2B
2. Joe Mauer (L) - C
3. Barry Bonds (L) - LF
4. Adrian Beltre (R) - 3B
5. Bryce Harper (L) - RF
6. Andruw Jones (R) - CF
7. Justin Morneau (L) - 1B
8. Troy Tulowitzki (R) - SS
9. Paul Waner (L) - DH

BENCH
Tony Pena (R) - C
Magglio Ordonez (R) - RF
Placido Polanco (R) - 2B/3B/SS
Carlos Gonzalez (L) - OF
Ray Durham (B) - 2B

ROTATION
1. Randy Johnson* (L)
2. Pedro Martinez* (R)
3. Andy Messersmith (R)
4. Sam McDowell (L)
5. Eppa Rixey (L)

BULLPEN
Billy Wagner (L)
Turk Farrell (R)
Tom Gordon (R)
Stu Miller (R)
Rafael Betancourt (R)

VS

MILK

LINEUP
1. Ty Cobb (L) - CF
2. Rogers Hornsby* (R) - 2B
3. Mel Ott* (L) - RF
4. Ron Santo (R) - 3B
5. Billy Williams (L) - LF
6. Joe Torre (R) - C
7. Will Clark (L) - 1B
8. Joe Cronin (R) - SS
9. Ed Delahanty (R) - DH

BENCH
Rocky Colavito (R) - RF
Mickey Tettleton (B) - C/DH
Andrelton Simmons (R) - SS
Gary Pettis (B) - CF
Tony Oliva (L) - RF

ROTATION
1. Juan Marichal (R)
2. Johan Santana (L)
3. Phil Niekro (R)
4. Jim Bunning (R)
5. Hippo Vaughn (L)

BULLPEN
Andrew Miller (L)
Greg Holland (R)
Wilbur Wood (L)
Doug Jones (R)
Dave Smith (R)

 

[Nosferatu]

MEEBS - 7
MILK - 1

VOTED - Shane, Sushi, TJL, Milk, Nos, Ritz, Devil, Meebs

 

[TJL]

meebs


He has the best team in the draft, imo.

 

[Shanemansj13]

This is tough. Gotta think this over

 

[CitySushi]

I got Mebert in this one.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I actually like Milk's lineup more but it isnt enough to cover up the 1-2 punch from Randy and Pedro. I still really like Milk's rotation. Meebs wins by a hair

 

[MilkSpiller22]

What's tough here is that mebert has the three best players in this matchup.

Hard to look past that. But I don't really like his surrounding cast much.

I got me.

 

[Nosferatu]

I don't think he has the three best players in the matchup Cobb is in that top 3 fer sure IMO and I kinda agree with Milk in the fact his supporting cast isn't great but I think it's still enough to edge the Milk.

 

[Ritzarmy]

Mebert

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Meebs

 

[Mebert]

Mebert

 

[Nosferatu]

Congrats @Mebert

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Really shocked by the slaughter... Like i said in my previous post, Meebs has the top 3 players in this match, so it is hard to look past that, so i can understand him beating me... BUT if you can look past that, i don't see this matchup being close at all, and it would be in my favor...

lets look at the lineup...

Ty Cobb vs Craig Biggio- Big win for milk
Rogers Hornsby vs Joe Mauer- Big win for milk
Mel Ott vs Barry Bonds- Big win for Meebs
Ron Santo vs Adrian Beltre- Big win for milk
Billy Williams vs Bryce Harper- win for milk
Joe Torre vs Andruw Jones- Big win for milk
Will Clark vs Justin Morneau- Close Win for milk
Joe Cronin vs Troy Tulowitzki- i will give this a tie, Tulo has the power, but Cronin was an OBP machine
Ed Delahanty vs Paul Waner- Big win for milk

so i won 7 of the 9 offensive spots, with one tie and one close match... Given, Bonds is the second best offensive bat of all time, so he gets a bonus for Bonds...

the bench, i think i have the better bench... Oliva and Rocky are the best 2 hitters on either bench, and Pettis and Simmons are the better defenders on either bench...

Rotation:

Juan Marichal vs Randy Johnson- Big win for Meebs
Johan Santana vs Pedro Martinez- Big win for Meebs
Phil Niekro vs Andy Messersmith- Big Win for milk
Jim Bunning vs Sam McDowel- Big win for milk
Hippo Vaughn vs Eppa Rixey- pretty much a tie, lean towards Meebs.

Meebs wins 3-2 with BIG bonuses for having the best 2 starters...

Bullpen, Meebs has the better closer, but Milk has the deeper and better bullpen...

 

[wlk3]

Meebs spoils the milk...

 

[TJL]

Really shocked by the slaughter... Like i said in my previous post, Meebs has the top 3 players in this match, so it is hard to look past that, so i can understand him beating me... BUT if you can look past that, i don't see this matchup being close at all, and it would be in my favor...

lets look at the lineup...

Ty Cobb vs Craig Biggio- Big win for milk
Rogers Hornsby vs Joe Mauer- Big win for milk
Mel Ott vs Barry Bonds- Big win for Meebs
Ron Santo vs Adrian Beltre- Big win for milk
Billy Williams vs Bryce Harper- win for milk
Joe Torre vs Andruw Jones- Big win for milk
Will Clark vs Justin Morneau- Close Win for milk
Joe Cronin vs Troy Tulowitzki- i will give this a tie, Tulo has the power, but Cronin was an OBP machine
Ed Delahanty vs Paul Waner- Big win for milk

so i won 7 of the 9 offensive spots, with one tie and one close match... Given, Bonds is the second best offensive bat of all time, so he gets a bonus for Bonds...

the bench, i think i have the better bench... Oliva and Rocky are the best 2 hitters on either bench, and Pettis and Simmons are the better defenders on either bench...

Rotation:

Juan Marichal vs Randy Johnson- Big win for Meebs
Johan Santana vs Pedro Martinez- Big win for Meebs
Phil Niekro vs Andy Messersmith- Big Win for milk
Jim Bunning vs Sam McDowel- Big win for milk
Hippo Vaughn vs Eppa Rixey- pretty much a tie, lean towards Meebs.

Meebs wins 3-2 with BIG bonuses for having the best 2 starters...

Bullpen, Meebs has the better closer, but Milk has the deeper and better bullpen...

You probably should have written this up before the matchup was decided.

Not like it would have mattered though, my vote would have stayed the same, lmao

 

[MilkSpiller22]

You probably should have written this up before the matchup was decided.

Not like it would have mattered though, my vote would have stayed the same, lmao

yea, should have... But i don't like swaying other people's reasons... Just like to comment afterwards when i am surprised by the result... again, not surprised i lost, just surprised i got murdered... I totally understand looking at those 3 players and being like OH shit he has those players, he has to win...

when i did MILKIAN math, i won 18-16... so it was a very close matchup despite me doing my normal over exaggeration...

 

[Mebert]

Really shocked by the slaughter... Like i said in my previous post, Meebs has the top 3 players in this match, so it is hard to look past that, so i can understand him beating me... BUT if you can look past that, i don't see this matchup being close at all, and it would be in my favor...

lets look at the lineup...

Ty Cobb vs Craig Biggio- Big win for milk
Rogers Hornsby vs Joe Mauer- Big win for milk
Mel Ott vs Barry Bonds- Big win for Meebs
Ron Santo vs Adrian Beltre- Big win for milk
Billy Williams vs Bryce Harper- win for milk
Joe Torre vs Andruw Jones- Big win for milk
Will Clark vs Justin Morneau- Close Win for milk
Joe Cronin vs Troy Tulowitzki- i will give this a tie, Tulo has the power, but Cronin was an OBP machine
Ed Delahanty vs Paul Waner- Big win for milk

so i won 7 of the 9 offensive spots, with one tie and one close match... Given, Bonds is the second best offensive bat of all time, so he gets a bonus for Bonds...

the bench, i think i have the better bench... Oliva and Rocky are the best 2 hitters on either bench, and Pettis and Simmons are the better defenders on either bench...

Rotation:

Juan Marichal vs Randy Johnson- Big win for Meebs
Johan Santana vs Pedro Martinez- Big win for Meebs
Phil Niekro vs Andy Messersmith- Big Win for milk
Jim Bunning vs Sam McDowel- Big win for milk
Hippo Vaughn vs Eppa Rixey- pretty much a tie, lean towards Meebs.

Meebs wins 3-2 with BIG bonuses for having the best 2 starters...

Bullpen, Meebs has the better closer, but Milk has the deeper and better bullpen...

I would contest big win for the Santo V Beltre, Delahanty v Waner, Niekro v Messersmith, and Bunning v McDowel.

I think in each case they are a win, just not a big win. I really liked this matchup, and I can't guarantee that my name removed from it I would not have gone the other way.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I would contest big win for the Santo V Beltre, Delahanty v Waner, Niekro v Messersmith, and Bunning v McDowel.

I think in each case they are a win, just not a big win. I really liked this matchup, and I can't guarantee that my name removed from it I would not have gone the other way.

Idk. Ron santo really gets no respect around here. It's kind of a joke.

But the biggest problem with my offense was even though my 1-3 was the best in the mock I didn't really have an elite name hitting cleanup. That was probably my fatal flaw, hard to be seen to Win because of offense with no elite power names. Think it is bs though.