La Ruina

Gottsegen on Guthrie:
He’s going to be the No. 1 starter on a bad team in a tough division.
Rotoworld on Guthrie:
Jeremy Guthrie gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Cardinals on Friday.
Although he was far better last year than the other options, Guthrie hasn’t yet been told whether he’ll be […]

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4.) Beltran - Obviously there were smarter choices. Carlos Lee, Aramis, etc… But, I was compelled to take the guy with the poodles. And so what he has no knees. The “Mets” factor was too much to ignore and it’ll be more fun for me to watch him all year than […]

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From Rotoworld:
Rich Hill had to be pulled after walking six and allowing three runs Thursday against the Rockies.
Hill has walked 14 in 10 2/3 innings during March. He’s only been truly bad in two of his five appearances this spring, but the awful command could be a sign of some sort of injury. Regardless, the […]

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Courtesy of Nine Bo Jacksons, I present to you projected results for the 2008 La Ruina season (* excluding Total Bases, OPS, K/BB, and Blown Saves). You can find an explanation for how these results were tabulated at the link, and I’m pretty sure the 2008 individual projections came from RotoAuthority.

Congratulations to Justin (Made […]

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One of the highlights of going over the draft is going back and looking at the later rounds and seeing how terrible everyone did. It’s hilarious. This year, Round 18 of our draft stood out to me before it was even over. Here, for your reading pleasure, is a breakdown of the round:

Alex selects Jose […]

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Keepers are listed in the first three rounds of each team’s draft. Live serpentine draft started in Round 4 with The $3600 Suit picking first and Franklin Comes Alive picking last.

The $3600 Suit (Alex), The Audacity of VORP (John), In PECOTA I Trust (Tony), Made In The Dark (Justin), Bandera’s Mullet (Joey), Rayburn (Bleak), […]

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La Ruina Draft Day, 1978
(I still can’t believe Kenny took Phil Niekro with the first pick!)
I cannot wait to wreck my season this afternoon. Who’s ready to give me Cla Meredith for my best player before the day is over?

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It’s La Ruina draft-eve and the website has been at a standstill since early this morning.  Last minute material is being read and memorized. “Should I take Hart early or wait?” “Is Parra in the Yahoo database?” These questions along with others will remain unanswered until 2pm tomorrow.
I am looking forward to the […]

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In preview of this coming weekend, I’m going to pick five teams who royally blew the draft last season and then leave it to you to see if you can guess who this manager is!
I call it Guess Who’s Blowing Their Season!?
Without further adieu, it’s time for the Monday Edition.
Hi, my keepers were awesome. I […]

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Last night I dreamt I accidentally clicked on the name of a no name player while I was trying to draft someone else with the second pick overall.

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A position-by-position preview of what’s available in the 2008 La Ruina draft courtesy of last year’s 11th place finisher.
A first baseman is ideally a tall player with good flexibility and quick reflexes, hits for both power and average, and is an adept french kisser. The pool of draft eligible first basemen this […]

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