And They're off!

 

Hey socially distanced party people…..we got a Roster Challenge for y’all to chew on. Thank you to the 13 competitors for answering the bell and stepping forward with their ballots. 

 

We can honestly say this challenge is enjoyable to set up and maintain so let’s get right to the roll out. We love seeing what the fellow die hards are thinking.

 

The following 19 names appeared on all ballots. No real surprises here except maybe Rowdy, he seems like the odd man out right now with having 4 legit big league outfielders in the lineup nearly everyday.

 

Behold!

 

Bichette

Biggio

Borucki

Dolis

Grichuck

Gurriel

Hernandez

Jansen

Pearson

Phelps

Ray

Roark

Ryu

Semien

Springer

Stripling

Tellez

Vlad

Yates

 

Some notes and observations:

 

These players appeared on only two ballots. Enter the longshots.

 

Davis

Hatch

Thornton

 

We are just happy Trent found the time this offseason to remove the molar sized bone chips from his elbow. God damn, that sounds like it might affect your ability to launch a projectile multiple times from your hand every few days.

 

How about the longershot that is still live as of posting day? We present the breakfast egg combo Jake Overeasy nee Odorizzi. Any SP on the market just has to be looking for a multi year deal still. If he relents and Rogers ponies up, this wildcard could pay off huge. Isn’t likely but we love competitors that go big or go home.

 

Cult hero Kirk and his 24 career at bats was only selected on three ballots. Guess nobody reads TSN’s baseball coverage. That’s a good thing and we’re proud to call you all friends.

 

The first three ballots are all identical. We will consider this to be the favourite out of the gates.

 

 

Team Gregor

13-11

 

Chatwood

Cole

Liriano

Matz

McGuire

Panik

Romano

 

Bringing the street cred to the challenge once again is Gregor. Be sure to check out his detailed thought process behind his ballot in the Toronto Star.

 

 

Team: Homeless AKA The Wanderers

14-10

 

Chatwood

Cole

Lirinao

Matz

McGuire

Panik

Romano

 

Clint with the added piece of flair on the team name. We do very much appreciate the effort.

 

 

Team Sweden

14-14-2

 

Chatwood

Cole

Liriano

Matz

McGuire

Panik

Romano

 

We believe this is the only rookie in the challenge this year. You’re in good company having the same ballot as Gregor and Clint. No offence but we kinda hope you don’t win so we can avoid the shipping charges to Sweden. 

 

 

Team I Like Nuts

14-11

 

Cole

Espinal

Hatch

Kay

Matz

McGuire

Merryweather

 

Thanks for not taking Romano or Chatwood! We enjoyed typing out their names 12 times instead of just once!

 

 

Team Go Nuts, Lugnuts

16-11-1

 

Chatwood

Davis

Kirk

Matz

Merryweather

Romano

Thornton

 

Jesse Goldberg-Strassler gave us a ballot for old times sake. Can’t begrudge the only Canadian MLB team wanting to keep the only MILB team under their development umbrella but we will miss our Lugnuts and Jesse dearly.

 

 

Team Hall of Fame

14-14

 

Chatwood

Davis

Espinal

Kay

Matz

Merryweather

Romano

 

Shout out to St. Mary’s finest for the ballot again this year. Everyone be sure to support the Hall of Fame if you’re able to. This place is a baseball wonderland.

 

 

Team Last Row 500’s

16-11-1

 

Chatwood

Cole

Kay

Kirk

Matz

Panik

Romano

 

Our boy tried to go old school on us and only submit a 25 man ballot. Good thing the quality control team caught it before the deadline. That’s what happened. For real.

 

 

Team Jaysaremysecondfavouriteteam

17-12

 

Chatwood

Kay

Matz

McGuire

Odorizzi

Panik

Romano

 

Here’s the big games hunter’s ballot in all it’s glory.

 

 

Team Slaycock

14-14

 

Chatwood

Cole

Liriano

Kirk

Matz

Panik

Romano

 

What up Slaycock?

 

 

Team The Ant Farm

15-12

 

Chatwood

Cole

Hatch

McGuire

Panik

Romano

Thornton

 

No Matz? No problem!

 

 

Team MLBDepthCharts

16-12

 

Chatwood

Kay

Matz

McGuire

Merryweather

Panik

Romano

 

Jason does this type of work for Fangraphs and does it very well.

 

 

Team @1BJW

15-10-1

 

Chatwood

Cole

Matz

McGuire

Merryweather

Panik

Romano

 

You’re looking at the winner right there. Book it.

 

Team Jimmy Triggs

14-14

 

Chatwood

Cole

Espinal

Liriano

Matz

McGuire

Romano

 

Friend of the site Jimmy Triggs sent his ballot over in an interesting format.

 

 

 

 

 

Apologies for the confusion on the tiebreaker, that being the spring training game totals. This year they’re all over the map. Blame the league, not us.

 

Good luck to all those that took the time to submit a ballot!