2016 Fantasy Baseball

[jledou]

I heard from Hugh but is anyone else interested in playing Fantasy Baseball this year?

If we can get 10 from the forum I will be happy to run a forum only league and if not I can help pull in additional people into a league to fill up slots.

Let me know.

[dman4505]

Sure count me in

Don

[jledou]

We will see if we can make this work. I set it up as 12 team max league so 8-10 to draft.

It is similar to what we have played in the last 3 years with Head to Head but I did change the categories a little.

Hitting:
Runs/Hits/HR/Stolen Bases/Strikeouts/OPS

Pitching:
ERA/WHIP/K's per 9/Pitch Count/Quality Starts/Saves+Holds

Link to join https://yho.com/mlb?l=114565&k=2efa7db4310b6e65&soc_trk=lnk&ikey=f907d23fd722ccfe

[elderboy02]

Is there a buy in?

[jledou]

If anything I would say send something to Adam for the troops if you would like but we will most likely be filling from outside of the board so for this year it is fun and bragging rights.

[mahtofire14]

I'd be interested if you get enough guys.

[jledou]

I think we can get to 10 pretty easily Pete.

Pete, Don, Dan and Hugh send my a PM with your email and I will send an invite because it seems like the link isn't letting you join.

[hotreds]

Count me in only as a last resort. Just have wwaaay too much going on at this stage. PM me IF you are short a player! Also will be traveling the day of the draft.

[elderboy02]

I am in for fun and bragging rights! :tu

[mahtofire14]

Any chance we can do the Sunday before or Tuesday after the Monday for the draft? I have mandatory training that night. If not I can autodraft.

[elderboy02]

Do we have enough to draft tonight?

[jledou]

We got Hugh to join in so we should be good to go at 8.

[elderboy02]

Why are there no waivers? I think 1 day would be good.

[mahtofire14]

Also a bit strange not having wins and rbi as point categories.

[jledou]

I am OK with 1 day waivers if we want them.

I changed out Wins for Quality Starts to try to take the relief pitchers blowing a lead out of the equation. Pitch Count ended up being a random category since walks are covered in WHIP along with hits. K/9 to help balance the pitching .... Saves+Holds. I set a minimum innings pitched at 40 but should it be lower or there at all with pitch count as a category?

I went back and forth on RBI and Strikeouts and ended up more on the Strikeouts counting against hitters to balance out HR.

Thoughts?

[mahtofire14]

I'm alright with quality starts over wins. Not sure about pitch count and how that is a positive or negative stat. Personally I think rbi is an important stat when evaluating player worth. I think having both rbi and Ks are fine. :2

[jledou]

If we add in rbi then we also need another pitching category (two to be able to take out pitch count which I am not thrilled with either just something that wasn't in one of the other stats).

[mahtofire14]

If we add in rbi then we also need another pitching category (two to be able to take out pitch count which I am not thrilled with either just something that wasn't in one of the other stats).

Don't worry about it. It will add a new way of thinking to my game. Don't need to change everything up to get one stat in.

[elderboy02]

What is the purpose of the pitch count Stat?

[jledou]

What is the purpose of the pitch count Stat?

We needed one more pitching category to balance the hitting and so it was one that wasn't included somehow in the other stats.

I am really open to suggestions on changing this one.

[elderboy02]

We needed one more pitching category to balance the hitting and so it was one that wasn't included somehow in the other stats.

I am really open to suggestions on changing this one.

What are the other categories for the pitchers?

[jledou]

We can do any combination of these

Pitching Appearances
Games Started
Innings Pitched
Wins
Losses
Complete Games
Shutouts
Saves
Outs
Hits
Total Batters Faced
Runs
Earned Runs
Home Runs
Walks
Intentional Walks
Hit Batters
Strikeouts
Wild Pitches
Balks
Stolen Bases Allowed
Batters Grounded Into Double Plays
Save Chances
Holds
Total Bases Allowed
Earned Run Average
(Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched
Strikeouts per Walk Ratio
Strikeouts per Nine Innings
Pitch Count
Singles Allowed
Doubles Allowed
Triples Allowed
Relief Wins
Relief Losses
Pickoffs
Relief Appearances
On-base Percentage Against
Winning Percentage
Hits Per Nine Innings
Walks Per Nine Innings
No Hitters
Perfect Games
Save Percentage
Inherited Runners Scored
Quality Starts
Blown Saves
Net Saves
Saves + Holds
Net Saves and Holds

Current categories in bold.

[jledou]

Also a quick reminder that the first day will be April 3rd for scoring.

[elderboy02]

How about obp against

[jledou]

I like that better than pitch count. Any other opinions?

[mahtofire14]

Sounds good to me.

[elderboy02]

Make it so. Pitch count is a lousy Stat. I mean what difference does pitch count make

[jledou]

So be it ... it has been changed.

[elderboy02]

Good luck to all! :tu

[jledou]

With the allstar game here this week we are a little over half way and so far I am struggling. It has been an interesting year for sure.

As of right now:

1. Elderboy02
2. Montana Cubs Fan 8 GB
3. Hotreds 9.5 GB
4. Shilala 17.5 GB
5. jledou 24 GB
6. Stan Mitka's 26 GB
7. Dominic 26.5 GB
8. Mahtofire 40.5 GB

I know I am jut trying to keep up to 4th right now and struggling with that!

Don't forget it's a double week with the short week here.

Good Luck in the second half gentlemen!

[elderboy02]

Come at me punks! :su :gary:pn:bx

[jledou]

I still can't believe I squeaked out a win over Pete.

I don't know that the jokers I rostered will have enough left in the tank to withstand Hugh.

[mahtofire14]

I can't believe I came outta the cellar! I was down there in the dark the whole season. Fun one this year guys!

[jledou]

Going to be a "red" finally!

Good luck gentlemen you two have been too strong for me this year!

[elderboy02]

It is me vs. Hugh for the championship! :)

[jledou]

Congratulations Hugh!

1. Hotreds
2. Elderboy02
3. Dman4505

Had a lot of fun this year and look forward to next year.

[hotreds]

Pulled it out by the skin of my teeth! Surprised because I have been spending most of my time in the hospital with my Dad and have not been able to concentrate too much on baseball. As always, makes the season much more fun and I thank all for playing!

[elderboy02]

Congratulations Hugh! :tu

I don't understand... last night Hugh and I were tied. Now Yahoo says I didn't meet the minimum pitching requirements. I played every pitcher that was scheduled to pitch :confused:

[jledou]

Looks like you hit 39 IP Dan so 1 under 40 min. I guess that took away the one point in the pitching that you had otherwise it would be a 6-6 tie.

A great matchup though to finish out the great years you both had!

[hotreds]

I see this has been auto-renewed. Do we still wanna do this?

[mahtofire14]

I'd be in.

[jledou]

I am good for another year. I am assuming we would like to modify the scoring/setting just a bit?

Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, OF, OF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL, DL, NA
Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Hits (H), Home Runs (HR), Stolen Bases (SB), Strikeouts (K), On-base + Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Pitchers Stat Categories: Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9), On-base Percentage Against (OBPA), Quality Starts (QS), Saves + Holds (SV+H)

Waivers - 1 day

Playoffs: Week 23, 24 and 25 (6 teams) Note: Week 25 runs 7 days from Sep 25 to Oct 1

I think we are still open to more people jumping on board if anyone wants to jump in. I will check with the two guys that are not on the board.

[jledou]

And the min IP is at 40 right now.

[elderboy02]

I'm in. How about lowering the min IP to 35? I started all my guys the last week of the year and got shafted. I was in no way trying to cheat...

[jledou]

since average innings pitched by starters are going down I would say average is 6/start if that

5 starts a week would set it at 30

I am even okay with going down to 24/25 as a min and allowing people to throw less starters if we want to.

I agree that the 40 was a struggle last year.

[jledou]

Also probably looking for a different pitching category other than OBPA and do we keep strikouts or move to RBIs for hitting?

[elderboy02]

24/25 is fine with me.

[mahtofire14]

I personally like RBIs so I would be fine with that.

[jledou]

Talked with Craig (Stan Mitka's Donuts) and he is out this year. Looks like we have 4-5 for sure so we might need to scrounge up 3-4 players if there is anyone interested.

[mahtofire14]

I may have someone who is interested. Has played in my other league in the past. I'll talk to him.

[hotreds]

Definitely would like to see RBI i/o Ks for batters. Also think we should have 3SP and 3RP and 2P categories. Don't like the OBP against as pitching category; do they maybe have a walks per nine innings? 28 IP seems low; how about 35? Just a few thoughts.....

[jledou]

They have a K/walk ratio for pitchers and a walks/9 ... I set a K/W but I am also OK with W/9 depending on how you guys would prefer. I switched over the RBI and increased the inning min back to 35.

[shilala]

I signed up awhile ago. I'm always in. :tu

[hotreds]

My thought is that since we have a k/9 why not a walk/9? Do we already have 7 players? And, will this, in fact, be an offline draft? Never done one of these before.....

[jledou]

I have not heard from Dman so I think we are at 6 right now. I will flip the draft to online live draft like normal once we are set. Walk/9 works for me I will change that later today.

[hotreds]

Sounds good. I think 8 teams realistically is the min, but......

[dman4505]

Oh I'm in and looks like we're at 7 teams right now
Don

[mahtofire14]

Have we set a draft date?

[jledou]

Not yet, we need at least one more to get a min of 8. Dominic will play again this year but would prefer not to as his wife will graduate med school this year and a move may be in his future during the season.

I have been hitting up all of the people I play football with but no takers on baseball.

Assuming we can find 1-2 more, when do you guys want to draft?

[hotreds]

April 1, 8pm EDT?

[jledou]

That works for me Hugh, I went ahead and set it because that is the last day we can draft for week 1. if we don't have another team then we will be a no go for the draft.

anyone that wants to join in the link is below

https://yho.com/mlb?l=81927&k=112de096ba9fd241&soc_trk=lnk&ikey=bf64682fea6b71a6

[jledou]

We are at 8 right now, Dominic would still not prefer to play if anyone has someone otherwise I will leave him in there for the draft.

Anyone on the forum have an interest in playing?

[hotreds]

So, we are on for Saturday?

[hotreds]

Bump- who is able to be with us live tomorrow? (I'm assuming we are doing this?!)

[elderboy02]

I wont be live. I pre ranked my players

[jledou]

We are doing this tonight! I will be drafting live via phone from my daughters dance competition and yes I will be using that as my excuse :)

8 Eastern/7 Central

[jledou]

set your lineups the season gets underway today. Good luck everyone!

[mahtofire14]

Good luck guys! Sorry I couldn't make it to the draft last night. Got stuck driving home later than planned. Looks like I paid for it. Going to have to do a little building I think. Should be a fun year!

[mahtofire14]

Holy crap. 17 RBI for my boys tonight. That might be my highest ever for one night.

[jledou]

Looks pretty good compared to my 3 RBIs! My team no hitty :)

[jledou]

On another note, the move to the 10-day DL has people on the DL up ~30% year over year right now. It is hard to believe that 4 days could make that much of a difference but it will be interesting to see if that keeps up throughout the year.