Team Home Run Totals
Kirkwood 77
Apologist 69
Newper 66
RFDC 65
Hockey G. 64
RPB 63
Beervendor 53
SteveSarley 53
Frank 53
Hawg Ass 52
UMN 51
Doug 44





I'm flat out stealing this from another website, but I think it's a great idea and I like you guys. Won a gift card yesterday and decided to pay it forward with this contest.

If this doesn't get that much interest, I'm just spending the Gift Card on myself.

Objective Build a 12 Member Team that will hit the most Home Runs in the 2013 MLB Season.

Pick a roster of 12 hitters. The first 11 hitters must include:

-- 1 batter from Group A
-- 2 batters from Group B
-- 3 batters from Group C
-- 5 batters from Group D

The 12th hitter is your Wild Card and can be any player not listed here. You don't have to pick a WC player on a 25-man roster, but you obviously risk not accruing HRs if your player is stashed in the minors.

Post your first 11 selections in this thread. The deadline for posting is 11:59:59 PM Central Time on Friday, March 29 2013. No entries will be accepted after the deadline.

You must PM your Wild Card selection to me! Do not post it with your entry. It WILL NOT COUNT unless it's PM'd to me by the deadline.

RULES

Throughout the season, you may make 4 adds/drops to your core roster of 11 players. The following rules apply to adds/drops:

» You must drop a player to add another player. A drop/add is one transaction.

» You must post your transaction in the HR Derby transaction thread. The transaction becomes effective at midnight CT the day you post it. You will accrue the dropped player's HRs in any game started by midnight CT that day. You will accrue the added player's HRs for any games starting after midnight CT the next day.

» No transactions between the deadline on March 29 and noon CT on April 5 and also after noon CT September 15.

» If you only post an add without a drop or there's any other problem deciphering your intent, the transaction isn't finalized until it's straightened out.

» You may make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game and 2 transactions after the All-Star Game. These transactions apply only to the core roster and not the WC player. It's use or lose it -- if you don't make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game, you still only get 2 transactions afterwards (no hold-over transactions).

» The player added must be drawn from the same group as the player dropped.

» No clones. You can't have the same player more than once.

» MLB rules for stats will be followed for any games postponed, suspended, etc.

» You can only change your WC player once and only at the All-Star break ... so choose carefully!

» I will be providing updates every 1-2 weeks throughout the season. If you have any scoring questions, please post them in the discussion thread or PM me. Final decisions on scoring are up to me. Obviously Home Runs only count if the player is on your Active Roster.

Winner

» Anyone can enter. The winner has to be a member in good standing (in other words, not banned) at the conclusion of the season in order to collect a prize.

» Tiebreaker goes to the person who posted their HR Derby team first.

» You can change your HR Derby team as often as you'd like before the deadline. Just EDIT your original post instead of posting a new team. As of Midnight Saturday March 30th, teams will be locked and you'll need to use one of your four transactions to make adjustments.


GROUPS

Groups are broken down per number of Home Runs hit in 2012. Group A is 35 and more, Group B is 25-34, Group C is 20-24 and Group D is 10-19.

Group A
Miguel Cabrera
Curtis Granderson
Josh Hamilton
Edwn Encarnacion
Adam Dunn
Ryan Braun
Giancarlo Stanton
Adrian Beltre
Josh Willingham

Group B
Jay Bruce
Adam LaRoche
Robinson Cano
Chris Davis
Carlos Beltran
Alfonso Soriano
Adam Jones
Mark Trumbo
Josh Reddick
Ike Davis
Andrew McCutchen
Chase Headley
Albert Pujols
Prince Fielder
Corey Hart
Jason Kubel
Pedro Alvarez
Mike Trout
Billy Butler
B.J. Upton
Wilin Rosario
Aramis Ramirez
A.J. Pierzynski
Jose Bautista
Matt Holliday
Garrett Jones
Jason Heyward
Paul Konerko
Ryan Ludwick
Aaron Hill
Alex Rios
Ryan Zimmerman
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Ian Dresmond
Tanks Viciedo

Group C
Mark Teixeira
Nick Swisher
Hanley Ramirez
Nelson Cruz
Mike Napoli
Hunter Pence
Trevor Plouffe
Buster Posey
David Ortiz
Jimmy Rollins
Matt Kemp
Mark Reynolds
Colby Rasmus
Matt Wieters
Freddie Freeman
Yoenis Cespedes
Cody Ross
J.J. Hardy
Yadier Molina
Kendrys Morales
Carlos Gonzalez
Allen Craig
Bryce Harper
Rickie Weeks
David Wright
Russell Martin
Brandon Moss
Scott Hairston
Brian McCann
Andre Ethier
Ben Zobrist
David Freese
Mike Moustakas
Kyle Seager
Paul Goldschmidt

Group D
Raul Ibanez
Kevin Youkilis
Justin Morneau
Ian Kinsler
Dan Uggla
Carlos Gomez
Michael Saunders
Todd Frazier
Justin Smoak
Alex Rodriguez
Brandon Phillips
Adrian Gonzalez
Jonny Gomes
Delmon Young
Michael Morse
Ryan Doumit
Justin Maxwell
Tyler Colvin
J.P. Arencibia
Carlos Santana
Evan Longoria
Justin Upton
Matt Joyce
Danny Espinosa
Torii Hunter
Eric Chavez
Michael Cuddyer
Carlos Quentin
Shin-Soo Choo
Kelly Johnson
Jeff Francoeur
Carlos Ruiz
Asdrubal Cabrera
Bryan LaHair
Jed Lowrie
Austin Jackson
Chris Carter
Gordon Beckham
Derek Jeter
Dustin Pedroia
David Murphy
Miguel Montero
Jesus Montero
Chris Johnson
Mitch Moreland
Zack Cozart
Anthony Rizzo
Lucas Duda
Will Middlebrooks
Chipper Jones
Andruw Jones
Ryan Howard
Luke Scott
Chris Young
Alex Gordon
Joey Votto
Seth Smith
Neil Walker
Drew Stubbs
John Mayberry Jr.
Starlin Castro
Eric Hosmer
Jason Kipnis
Jhonny Peralta
Nick Markakis
Justin Ruggiano
Mike Aviles
Dexter Fowler
A.J. Ellis
Desmond Jennings
Brandon Inge
Travis Hafner
Wilson Betemit
Omar Infante
Miguel Olivo
John Buck
Casey Kotchman
Ryan Roberts
Pablo Sandoval
Brennan Boesch
Dustin Ackley
Jonathan Lucroy
Michael McKenry
Vernon Wells
Rod Barajas
Cody Ransom
Ty Wigginton
Coco Crisp
Chase Utley
Shane Victorino
Jose Reyes
Melky Cabrera
Geovany Soto
Adam Lind
Shelley Duncan
Tyler Greene
Logan Morrison
Brett Lawrie
J.D. Martinez
Salvador Perez
Joe Mauer
Martin Prado
Alberto Callaspo
John Jaso
Alex Presley
Casper Wells
Tyler Moore
Norichika Aoki
Carlos Lee

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Team Cutler.

A. Ryan Braun

B. Prince Fielder
Jay Bruce

C. Nelson Cruz
Matt Kemp
Freddie Freeman

D. Ian Kinsler
Ryan Howard
Brett Lawrie
Alex Gordon
Anthony Rizzo

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#ExtendLafleur

Nice picks Hawg. I like your chances so far

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Team Cutler.

Quiet morning on the bored, there will be more. I hope!!

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#ExtendLafleur

Same. This might be a spectacular failure.

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Team Cutler.

Group A
Giancarlo Stanton

Group B
Prince Fielder
Jose Bautista

Group C
Paul Goldschmidt
Yoenis Cespedes
Bryce Harper

Group D
Adrian Gonzalez
Michael Morse
J.P. Arencibia
Chris Carter
Joey Votto

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Group A

M. Cabrera

Group B

Trumbo
Prince Fielder

Group C

Nelson Cruz
Yoenis Cepedes
Matt Kemp

Group D

Adrian Gonzales
Anthony Rizzo
Joey Votto
Evan Longoria
Will Middlebrooks

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

It's going to be a thing coming up with WCs who aren't listed.

I found some of the names a little... interesting..
LaHair? Do Japan League stats count??

and noted sluggers:
Callaspo
Prado
Aoki
Moore
Presley
Reyes
Ransom
Boesch
Kotchman
Ellis
N Walker
Ruggiano

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Should be fun some of the names I hope to see. Wonder if anyone will go for a AA guy like Puig.

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Team Cutler.

Hey Dan I liked it better when I had no competition. That was my only chance of winning.

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#ExtendLafleur

Group A
Miguel Cabrera

Group B
Albert Pujols
Prince Fielder

Group C
Matt Kemp
Bryce Harper
Nelson Cruz

Group D
Ian Kinsler
Justin Upton
Evan Longoria
Joey Votto
Carlos Santana


Not him, but there's an elephant in the room in the AL.

If this does take off, probably going to cap it at 15 teams just so I don't go crazy trying to keep track.

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Team Cutler.

If one of the Cardinal OF goes down, I'd definitely consider this man-child Future HOF'er

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Ill get in for sure.

Ill fill it out later

A
Adam Dunn

B
Ryan Zimmerman
Tanks Viciedo

C
David Wright
Freddie Freeman
Carlos Gonzalez

D
Joey Votto
Ryan Howard
Anthony Rizzo
Eric Hosmer
Michael Morse

I almost picked Chipper Jones because he might come back with the Yankees

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I saw him when I first pasted. Almost deleted him out since I just copy and pasted names from ESPN. Left him in for intrigue and to make fun of anyone who picks a retired player.

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Team Cutler.

Creating an Excel Workbook with individual tabs for teams as well as a Summary page. Will send out weekly to anyone who is interested or I will just post updates here.

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Team Cutler.

Just post it here. Don't make too much work for yourself giving away your own money.

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I'm a little OCD about organization, plus making Excel workbooks/macros consists of 75% of my job.

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Team Cutler.

Cool, well maybe just put it on Google drive or something, then the liability of checking it is on the contestants. Sending shit out to people when they disappear from various contests is super annoying.

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Yea, was going to make it a Google Doc.

The firewall at my work considers that Online personal storage so I'll need to do it when i'm home. It'll be nice for the people actively participating to be able to check results as we go.

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Team Cutler.

Group A
Miguel Cabrera

Group B
Mike Trout
Jay Bruce

Group C
Matt Kemp
Yoeinis Cespedes
Mark Reynolds

Group D
Eric Hosmer
Anthony Rizzo
Evan Longoria
Joey Votto
Shin Soo-Choo

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Don't forget to PM me your Wild Card selection. Any PM's received after Midnight Saturday Morning will not be accepted and you'll be without a WC selection until the ASB.

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Team Cutler.

Hmm.. i did have some guys who weren't listed... I don't know if you'd exactly consider any of them any Pachyderm-Level talents however.


I'll have to look a bit deeper...

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Few people picking Wild Card's that are on the list.

Hit Control+F and it'll do a search on the current page. Start typing the players name to save yourself time and a headache trying to scroll through and read.

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Team Cutler.

Larry Jones on the Yanks!!

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I think I located him.

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Would love to get a few more involved.

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Team Cutler.

Group A

Adam Dunn

Group B

Albert Pujols
Jose Bautista

Group C

Matt Kemp
Bryce Harper
David Wright

Group D

Raul Ibanez
Dan Uggla
Evan Longoria
Ryan Howard
Justin Upton

Happy you signed up if nothing other than the fact that I now have a tab called 'Gay' on my workbook

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Team Cutler.