Fantasy Baseball?

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by callat703:
 Thoughts?

OPS!  although i didnt win this argument last year, and i doubt people have come around to the dark side in just one year [/b]

How about AVG and OPS instead of BB?

[Sage 703]

Let me know about OPS versus BB.
 
 Rather than the Private Message thing, here is league info:
 
 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball
 
 League ID#:    64815
 League Name:    930 Club Fantasy Baseball
 Password:    backbar

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 I've meant to apologize to you for that for a while now.  My solid argument about Barry Bonds ruining OPS for everybody never came to fruition.

oh well, not your fault he didn't play ... but i'm still not convinced the argument holds water even if he was in
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
 Anyhow, I think I'd rather see AVG and either OPS or OBP instead of BB.  I like to reward those that get HBP too.

explain again why on earth we'd want to have AVG and OBP?

[distance]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by callat703:
 
 Max Games Played:    170
 
 Max Innings Pitched:    1300

I would prefer this to be 162 (just to please the baseball gods).
 
 And 1500 Innings if we're doing W, S and H.  1300 is fine if we're not doing holds. [/b]

the more innings, the better to me.  i ran out of IP last year in one league i was in.  it kind of sucked.  there were like 2-3 weeks left in the season too!

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
 I've meant to apologize to you for that for a while now.  My solid argument about Barry Bonds ruining OPS for everybody never came to fruition.

oh well, not your fault he didn't play ... but i'm still not convinced the argument holds water even if he was in
 
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
 Anyhow, I think I'd rather see AVG and either OPS or OBP instead of BB.  I like to reward those that get HBP too.

explain again why on earth we'd want to have AVG and OBP? [/b]

Not OBP; I'm talking about OPS - combining slugging and on base percentage.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  explain again why on earth we'd want to have AVG and OBP?

I can't really.  I just didn't like BB as it's own category.
 
 I'm impartial to OBP or OPS, but considering AVG makes up over 90% of one category and HR plus AVG makes up a good percentage of the other, in a HR only league, I really don't think one is that much better than the other.

[sonickteam2]

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[Sage 703]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  explain again why on earth we'd want to have AVG and OBP?

I can't really.  I just didn't like BB as it's own category.
 
 I'm impartial to OBP or OPS, but considering AVG makes up over 90% of one category and HR plus AVG makes up a good percentage of the other, in a HR only league, I really don't think one is that much better than the other. [/b]

I personally like BB as an individual category when coupled with AVG.  I recognize it may not be as great as OPS or OBP in valuing players.  But it allows you to draft a bit more strategically.  Gives certain players some more value, and trims value from others.

[keithstg]

Well, I'll jump in again this year - should be able to improve on last year's mediocre showing...

[Sage 703]

League is almost full!  Need maybe one more.  Come on guys and gals.

[sonickteam2]

it is full now

[HoyaSaxa03]

draft is this saturday .... i also have open spots in my league:
 
 
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 Hey everybody,
 
 I'm running another Fantasy Baseball league this year.  Just like last year, we're doing a "Fantasy Points" league instead of a traditional roto-style league (get ranked 1-10 in every category) or a head-to-head league.  If you weren't in our league last year, it's very similar to Fantasy Football, your player gets (or loses) points for everything that he does.  After using a variation of this system last year, I think we've worked out the kinks and this should work really well.
 
 For all of you who are afraid of the new system and are a bit wary of signing up, don't be.  It actually works out to be very close to how players would be ranked if you pick up a FB magazine or draft kit online.  Only big difference is that holds are counted, so set-up men like Tom Gordon have more value.  When you sign up for the league, click on "Players" and take a look at last year's stats, sorted by "Fantasy Points", which will show you how things will sort out.
 
 Buy-in will be $25:  1st place gets 50%, 2nd gets 30%, 3rd gets 20%.
 
 The draft will be two Saturdays from now, April 1 at 12:30pm EST.
 
 Oh, and please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested.
 
 http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/register/joinprivateleague
 League ID:  49645
 Password:  sorianosucks
 
 Here's the nitty-gritty details. Trust me, I've played around with it a lot, and it all works out.  Email me with any questions.
 
 Season Type:     Full
 Draft Type:     Live Draft
 Draft Time:     Sat Apr 1 12:30pm EST [ Add to My Calendar ]
 Max Teams:     12
 Scoring Type:     Points Only
 Player Universe:     All baseball
 Max Moves:     No maximum
 Max Trades:     No maximum
 Trade Reject Time:     0
 Trade End Date:     August 20, 2006
 Waiver Time:     2 days
 Can't Cut List Provider:     Yahoo! Sports
 Trade Review:     Commissioner
 Post Draft Players:     Follow Waiver Rules
 Max Games Played:     162
 Max Innings Pitched:     1800
 Weekly Deadline:     Daily - Tomorrow
 Start Scoring on:     Sunday, Apr 2
 Roster Positions:     C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL
 
 Stat Modifiers:    
 
 Hitting
 
 TB (5)
 R (5)
 RBI (5)
 SH (2)
 SF (2)
 SB (5)
 CS (-3)
 BB (3)
 IBB (1)
 HBP (3)
 K (-1)
 GIDP (-3)
 
 Pitching
 
 TBF (3)
 K (1)
 GIDP (1)
 ER (-4)
 TB (-1)
 BB (-1)
 HBP (-1)
 WP (-1)
 BLK (-1)
 SB (-1)
 
 SV (90)
 SVOP (-40)
 W (45)
 L (-15)
 HLD (40)

[allmy$to930]

Here it is.

[Guiny]

Last year was my worst year ever, I started of 27-8 and ended up like 54-90.  Horrible, horrible, horrible.