Opening Day Roster Contest

wolf213 · 02-22-2007, 11:09 AM

We did something like this last year on the old board. Here are the rules Predict the opening Day Roster, including Starting lineup, bench, bullpen and Starter. Here are how points will work out.

1 Point if you identify a player on the Roster
2 Points if you identify a player on the Roster in his correct role (i.e. if you predict Atkins to hit 3rd in the lineup, and he does, you get 2 points, if you predict atkins to hit 3rd and he hits 5th you get 1 point)
1/2 Point for correctly identifying bench and bullpen players
5 Points for correctly identifying the opening day starter
2 Points for correctly identifying the starting rotation in order.

Tie Breaker: Result of opening day game with score.

wolf213 · 02-22-2007, 11:59 AM

1. Willy Taveras CF
2. Kaz Matsui 2b
3. Garret Atkins 3b
4. Matt Holiday LF
5. Todd Helton 1b
6. Brad Hawpe RF
7. Troy Tulowitzki SS
8. Chris Iannetta C
9. Aaron Cook SP

Bench:

Baker
Barmes
Spillbourghs
Carroll
Lopez

Rotation:

1. Cook
2. Francis
3. Lopez
4. Kim
5. Hirsh

Bullpen:

Fuentes CL
Hawkins Su
Ramirez RP
Corpas RP
Adfelt RP
Buchholz RP
Graves RP

With the Rockies winning 5-4.

hiaspire · 02-23-2007, 11:49 AM

Much better odds if people put their thoughts down on paper a bit later as spring training stories develop. But I'll go out on some early limbs. If you are going to win (or lose big), you gotta probably be a little different than everyone else, right? This is not the most likely, but I could see something happening this way...

1. Willy Taveras CF
2. Kaz Matsui 2b
3. Todd Helton 1b (back in the saddle after big spring claims of he's back)
4. Matt Holiday LF
5. Garret Atkins 3b
6. Javy Lopez C (surprise starter, surprise power source)
7. Brad Hawpe RF (would have gone with someone else if RJ was opening day instead of Webb)
8. Troy Tulowitzki SS
9. Jeff Francis SP

BENCH:

Carroll
Torrealba
Baker
A.Gomez (playoff hero keeps surprises coming and looks ok in CF after playing there this winter)
Quintanilla (imagined Barmes trade and strong spring from forgotten man opens door for slick fielder who will do the little things they are looking for)

ROTATION:

1. Francis
2. Cook
3. Lopez
4. Hirsh (Fogg gone after ticking Rox off and Hirsh having strong camp)
5. Kim

BULLPEN:

Fuentes CL
Hawkins Su
Graves RP (veterans, veterans, veterans)
Affeldt RP
Martin RP
Ramirez RP
Buchholz RP

Opening Day Rockies winning 8-7 in extra innings.

02-22-2007, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
wolf213 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Thornton Co Posts: 190	Opening Day Roster Contest We did something like this last year on the old board. Here are the rules Predict the opening Day Roster, including Starting lineup, bench, bullpen and Starter. Here are how points will work out. 1 Point if you identify a player on the Roster 2 Points if you identify a player on the Roster in his correct role (i.e. if you predict Atkins to hit 3rd in the lineup, and he does, you get 2 points, if you predict atkins to hit 3rd and he hits 5th you get 1 point) 1/2 Point for correctly identifying bench and bullpen players 5 Points for correctly identifying the opening day starter 2 Points for correctly identifying the starting rotation in order. Tie Breaker: Result of opening day game with score.

02-22-2007, 11:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
wolf213 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Thornton Co Posts: 190	1. Willy Taveras CF 2. Kaz Matsui 2b 3. Garret Atkins 3b 4. Matt Holiday LF 5. Todd Helton 1b 6. Brad Hawpe RF 7. Troy Tulowitzki SS 8. Chris Iannetta C 9. Aaron Cook SP Bench: Baker Barmes Spillbourghs Carroll Lopez Rotation: 1. Cook 2. Francis 3. Lopez 4. Kim 5. Hirsh Bullpen: Fuentes CL Hawkins Su Ramirez RP Corpas RP Adfelt RP Buchholz RP Graves RP With the Rockies winning 5-4.

02-23-2007, 11:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
hiaspire Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 479	Much better odds if people put their thoughts down on paper a bit later as spring training stories develop. But I'll go out on some early limbs. If you are going to win (or lose big), you gotta probably be a little different than everyone else, right? This is not the most likely, but I could see something happening this way... 1. Willy Taveras CF 2. Kaz Matsui 2b 3. Todd Helton 1b (back in the saddle after big spring claims of he's back) 4. Matt Holiday LF 5. Garret Atkins 3b 6. Javy Lopez C (surprise starter, surprise power source) 7. Brad Hawpe RF (would have gone with someone else if RJ was opening day instead of Webb) 8. Troy Tulowitzki SS 9. Jeff Francis SP BENCH: Carroll Torrealba Baker A.Gomez (playoff hero keeps surprises coming and looks ok in CF after playing there this winter) Quintanilla (imagined Barmes trade and strong spring from forgotten man opens door for slick fielder who will do the little things they are looking for) ROTATION: 1. Francis 2. Cook 3. Lopez 4. Hirsh (Fogg gone after ticking Rox off and Hirsh having strong camp) 5. Kim BULLPEN: Fuentes CL Hawkins Su Graves RP (veterans, veterans, veterans) Affeldt RP Martin RP Ramirez RP Buchholz RP Opening Day Rockies winning 8-7 in extra innings.