Drillers make two trades

Jeter is the one on the right

The Drillers traded Derek Jeter to the Tweeners for Milwaukee closer Francisco Rodriguez. Then the Drillers sent Rajai Davis to the FFTs for pick 157.

Jeter hit .297 in almost 550 at bats last year. K-Rod had a 2.64 ERA in 71 innings. Davis... suited up.

Goofs and FFTs make a deal

Marlon Byrd blows

The SuperGoofs traded pick 132 to the FFTs for Angel Pagan, Marlon Byrd, and pick 156.

Dickey on the move again

R.A. Dickey is traded again

R.A. Dickey didn't stay an FFT for long. The FFTs moved Dickey and pick 77 to the Buckeyes for Martin Prado and Ted Lilly.

Lilly threw 192 innings last year with a 1.16 WHIP. Prado hit .260 in 551 at bats. He'll be a 3 at 1b, 3b, and LF.

FFTs and DVs trade

Maybin will patrol cf for the FFTs

The DVs sent Francisco Liriano and Cameron Maybin to the FFTs for picks 45 and 93.

Maybin hit .264 in 516 at bats last year. He'll be a 1 in cf. Liriano has 134 innings of SP/RP, but they won't be good ones.

FFTs and Wahoos Trade

Guthrie has 208 innings of relief

The Wahoos sent a lot of innings to the FFTs in order to improve their draft positioning.

The FFTs get Jeremy Guthrie, R.A. Dickey, and Kyle McClellan, along with picks 124 and 156. The Wahoos get pick 29 and a reserve.

Guthrie, who turns 33 in April, has 208 innings of start/relief and had a WHIP of 1.34. Dickey, at 37, also has 208 innings. He can't relieve, but his WHIP is much better, 1.23. McClellan, only 27, has 141 innings of start/relief with a 1.31 WHIP.

Trading Picks

One good pick deserves another

The Rhinos traded pick 3 that they recently received from the Drillers to the Warpigs for picks 13 and 40.

But can he say "Yadier" like he says "Vladimir"?

A Driller??? WTF!!!

The Drillers have their catcher. After panicking when he realized there are no catchers in next year's draft, the Driller Dude paid through the nose to get one. Yadier Molina will wear the Driller colors next year. In exchange, the Rhinos receive the third pick in the draft, two reserve spots, and A.J. Ellis (who will no doubt be the next All Star and Gold Glove catcher).

Swapping First Basemen

He's smiling because he has clinched a division title for 2012.

The Buckeyes and Inmates traded first basemen. Carlos Pena heads to the Buckeyes while Gaby Sanchez is now an Inmate.

Pena, who will turn 34 early next season, hit 28 homers last year, and although his average was down, had a healthy .388 on base average vs rhp. The 28-year old Sanchez had almost identical stats to his rookie season, and should crush lhp. One other big difference is the defense. Pena will be a 1 next year; Sanchez, a 4.

Tweeners and Wahoos trade

Darren Oliver

The Tweeners send Nick Swisher and Luke Gregerson to the Wahoos for pick 76 and the young left-handed relief specialist Darren Oliver.

Pujols Leaves the Pigs

Pujols joins the FFTs

The Warpigs have dealt Albert Pujols, the greatest right handed hitter in the history of baseball, to the FFTs. In return, the Warpigs will receive Jered Weaver, Stephen Strasburg, pick 13 in next year's draft, and a reserve pick. As an insurance stipulation, if Strasburg fails to throw 100 innings in 2012, the FFTs will also send their 2013 third round pick to the Pigs.

The Snakes pull off two more deals

Jair Jurrjens throws a fit after learning he's a Wahoo.

The Snakes are a-wheelin' and a-dealin', completing two more trades today.

The Buckeyes traded pick 108 to the Sidewinders for Freddy Sanchez and pick 133.

The Wahoos traded Carlos Marmol, Jed Lowrie, and two reserves to the Sidewinders for Jair Jurrjens.

Hours later, Jurrjens admitted himself into a home for damaged arms.

The Tweeners and Snakes do a deal

Craig Kimbrel pitched well last year despite losing his right leg in a hunting accident.

After picking up Laynce Nix from the Buckeyes a few days earlier, the Tweeners decided to go for actual major league players this time.

The Tweeners traded Brandon Belt, Chris Sale, and Craig Kimbrel to the Sidewinders for Joel Hanrahan, Michael Morse, and a reserve pick.

The Buckeyes make two trades

Bonafacio on that one play he made cleanly last year.

The Buckeyes traded Laynce Nix (including the pointless Y in his first name) to the Tweeners for pick 102.

The Buckeyes then traded a reserve pick and their 2013 1st round pick to the Wahoos for Wilson Ramos, Emilio Bonafacio, and pick 108.

Biggest Trade in NASOMA History

The Warpigs traded Robinson Cano to the Rhinos in a deal that is not only the biggest deal in the history of the league, but should also result in 130 wins for the Rhinos.

The Warpigs traded Cano, Nick Markakis, Sean Marshall, and Joakim Soria to the Rhinos for Mike Moustakas, Freddie Freeman, two reserves, and ALL of the Rhino draft picks for 2012.

The Rhinos can now field a team of all 1's, most of whom received MVP votes last year.

Most Valuable Players

The MVP voting was announced this week. The voters get to pick 10 players in each league with weighted scoring (14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1). A total of 49 players received at least one vote, and every one of them is already on a NASOMA team. Below are the vote totals as they apply to each of our NASOMA teams. The first number is the number of players receiving votes; the second number is the total number of votes by those players.

1. Rhinos (9/959)
2. Killer Bees (7/546)
3. Zaps (3/455)
4. DVs (4/293)
5. Drillers (5/291)
6. Warpigs (2/278)
7. Mavs (1/214)
8. Fungoes (3/148)
9. Nads (2/107)
10. FFTs (3/98)
11. Inmate (2/48)
12. Wahoos (1/48)
13. Tweeners (5/40)
14. Buckeyes (1/10)
15. Sidewinders (1/5)
16. SuperGoofs (0/0)

I'm looking forward to a Rhino/Bee World Series next year.

Warpigs Announce Cuts/Retirements

The Warpigs today released infielder Donnie Murphy, veteran outfielder Magglio Ordonez, and starting pitcher Ross Ohlendorf. In addition, the Pigs acknowledged the retirements of Manny Ramirez and Andy Pettitte.

Said Warpig GM Tex Schramm, "Murphy and Maggs are just guys with absolutely zero value. It has nothing to do with their complete inability to hit those two lefty Buckeye pitchers in the playoffs. Don't misunderstand me, I want to show these guys the respect they deserve. They just don't deserve any. This simply allows us to get rid of dead weight and remove the trash from the clubhouse. On the other hand, I actually like Ohlendorf, but hell, he can't pitch."

The Warpigs had traded for Manny Ramirez last summer in order to allow him to retire a Pig. Said Mr. Schramm, "We won a title with Manny here. Big deal. We coulda won that year with me dh'ing. Screw that long-haired piece of shit." There will be no retirement ceremonies to honor Manny, who was not allowed to come within 100 yards of the BallPork after the trade.

Nads Make Two Deals

The Nads, while driving from Chicago to New York for Thanksgiving, pull off a double deal day. In the Danny Duo Deal, they sent Danny Espinosa to the Inmates for Danny Valencia. At the same time, the Nads were acquiring starting pitchers Jonathan Sanchez and James McDonald from the Warpigs for a reserve pick.

More Division Talk

Or what about getting rid of the 4 divisions and making it 2.

The Ab Wheeler Division (Senior Circuit - made up of the 8 teams in NASOMA the longest)
Buckeyes
FFTs
Tweeners
Mavs
Inmates
Warpigs
Fungoes
Drillers

The Herman Wheeler Division (Junior Circuit)
Zaps
DVs
Wahoos
Sidewinders
Nads
Killer Bees
Rhinos
SuperGoofs

Division winners get byes, next 2 top records in each division play each other for the right to play the Division champ. It would bring back the old term of finishing in the top half (or bottom half) of the division.

Just an idea.

Division Re-alignment

There has been some talk about scrambling the divisions to shake up the league a bit. One suggestion was to just do a random drawing every four years (2 years? EVERY year?). Just to get a feel of it, I thought I'd give it a try. I am going to draw names out of a hat (literally) as I write this. Here goes...

Division 1
Warpigs (yep, drew my team first. weird)
Drillers
Buckeyes
FFTs

Division 2
Killer Bees
Sidewinders
Wahoos
Inmates

Division 3
Fungoes
Mavs
Tweeners
DVs

Division 4
Zaps
SuperGoofs
Rhinos
Nads

Well, that was interesting. I think we'd call Division 1 the Champions Division. There are 22 league titles among those 4 teams. Still, looks like another cakewalk to the playoffs for the Buckeyes, as the other three are in for down years.

Division 2 kept the Mullens together. Fate, I guess. And those two would again fight for the division championship, as the Wahoos are hurting a little. Oh, wait, our commissioner has just reminded me that this is the Year of the Inmate. It does put together 4 guys who (in the past) have always preferred dice to the computer game.

Division 3 is... I got nothin'. But wouldn't it be fun for these 4 teams to go into the season without the usual obstacles standing between them and a division title? And all 4 teams are loaded for 2012.

Good luck ever hearing from the Division 4 teams. lol. But it does group together the winner of the last two titles (Zaps) with the winner of the 2012 title (Rhinos).

Again, before you get all excited and think I just made up some new rules (the dumbass Beeboy is probably checking his calendar to make sure he hasn't been fooled yet again with an April Fools joke), remember this is just a trial run. In my opinion, adding some spice to the mix could only help.

Looking Forward

The Zaps are the champs for the second year in a row.

Big fat hairy deal. There's nothing to see here. Let's move on.

The 2012 Draft Grid has been posted on our website. The current rosters are also linked on the home page. At the bottom of each roster you can find your picks AND the number of reserves you own. Look over both the Draft Grid and the Rosters and let me know if you spot any mistakes.

The Tracker link is still there, but Yahoo has taken the MLB Fantasy 2011 info down. The DVs are working on a winter version supplement.

Also, if you have any suggestions for the website, please let me know.