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League ID#: 48073
League Name: TPWW Baseball
Password: horsey
Custom League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/tpww

Any comments about scoring, positions, draft date welcome.

one thing Ive noticed as years go by is there seems to be more ctergories added, to the point there are (imo) too many.
I'm not suggesting 5x5, but perhaps 6x6, 7x7 at the most (or 7x6???)
s'aul good

What would you suggest as a 6x6 or 7x7?

What I'd like is a league that makes different skill sets valuable. I'd also like to make sure that one dimensional players aren't over valued.

yup agreed. I don't exactly know, I'm hoping to stimulate some discussion

what's your opinion on the saves/holds catergory?

It is interesting because it allows for guys who are stuck in bullpen by committee or who lose their jobs etc

I was also mulling having outs rather than k as a category. It seems odd that a guy who strikes out a lot of people is more valuable than a ground ball pitcher etc - strikeouts are fascist ;)

What would you take out?

Take out total bases? Hits?

<font color=goldenrod>Already have my first draft going on. It's a league with another message board I post at. It's an offline draft so we started it really early so that everybody can have ample time to make their picks, trades can occur during the draft, etc.

10 team league and have the 10th pick. Started off with McCutchen and Kershaw as my top two picks, and then grabbed Reyes and A-Gon in the next go around. Nice start.

Also there are individual OF spots in that league, so I'm liking that A-Gon can be played in RF if need be.</font>

If I were removing one, between total base hits and hits I'd remove total base hits as total base his lends itself toward power hitters. Not purely, but more so than hits.

it's only my opinion, but I wouldn't take a pitcher in the first 4 rounds of a draft. unless the price was right, (auction draft) I wouldn't take a pitcher until probably my 6th pick

<font color=goldenrod>There was a major run on pitching in the next round, so I'm happy with my decision. Most of the people in the league have like-minded draft strategies.

Also having my picks "together" forced me to go for pitching a bit earlier than I would have otherwise.</font>

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lets say 8x8 scoring cats

with a mix of stats that don't favour one type of player. Which 16 would you go for?

Not fully sold on holds as a fantasy stat yet. What is this net saves and holds thing? One stat shouldn't count for more than one category.

You would have holds + saves = so both count equally. But you wouldn't have holds and saves as separate cats.

W, Outs, WHIP, ERA, H+S gives you 5 cats - what other 3? 'Negative' cats like HR, OBP, L?

obp, hrs

Quality Start is one i'm quite fond of. Complete game/shutout are ones that I sometimes include in leagues I run.

Not exactly a fan of Loses since there's a lot of factors that make a team lose a game not all on the pitcher. Walks is a good negative stat which is usually all on the pitcher. Along with the ones YOUR Hero stated.

Strike-outs?

Joined up can't think of a clever name this early.

Got 9 pitching cats which:

W,OUT,HR,BB,ERA,WHIP,OBPA,QS,SV+H'

Now for 9 hitting + fielding cats

Any suggestions?

Also, it seems to be getting much harder to get people interested in doing fantasy sports the last few seasons.

Would like to join, but a million categories is a turnoff. If you have WHIP, having BB is a bit redundant. Same goes for wins and QS. It tends to unbalance the game from my experience.

Why not just 5x5 or 6x6 and change some of outdated categories like AVE to OBP? I'm assuming you can't do many SABR stats like FIP or WOBA, right?

QS is a good because it balances out the "good pitchers on shitty teams" argument. It's 6.0 innings with less than 3 earned runs. It's not really related to wins. A quality start can lead to a win with a good offense.

Too much Moneyball turns fantasy baseball into a math class. It's why people like Fantasy Football better no averages at all.

Although FIP would combined strikeouts, walks, hit by pitches, and homeruns for pitching. It's a little bit math heavy though. Not sure if it's available in yahoo. This stat seems to directly go against what you were talking about not liking Quality Start though.

These are the choices available in Yahoo


Batters

Games Played
Games Started
At Bats
Runs
Hits
Singles
Doubles
Triples
Home Runs
Runs Batted In
Sacrifice Hits
Sacrifice Flys
Stolen Bases
Caught Stealing
Walks
Intentional Walks
Hit By Pitch
Strikeouts
Ground Into Double Play
Total Bases
Putouts
Assists
Errors
Fielding Percentage
Batting Average
On-base Percentage
Slugging Percentage
On-base + Slugging Percentage
Extra Base Hits
Net Stolen Bases
Stolen Base Percentage
Hitting for the Cycle
Plate Appearances
Grand Slam Home Runs
Outfield Assists
Double Plays Turned
Catcher Interference

Pitchers

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

CATCHER INTERFERENCE!

One stat league catchers interference. So many ties.

Having seen the list. Which 9 hitting cats would people pick?

Both TPWW drafts are on the same day. One needs to change

let me in. let me live

The sign up details are in the first post in the thread.

There's enough time in between them. I like it. Draftamania!!!

I have a life

Says the man with 102,190 posts. :)

Who is running the other league? I'd prefer not to shift the date simply because I am either working or busy on the other weekend dates that are available.

I am. My league draft just moved to March 30th.

Can we keep it on a Sunday? Or at least after 4 pm EST on Saturday.

Can't do Sunday. I could probably move it back to 4PM EST though.

How about 4:30?

I can keep 5 in my money keeper league. This team is my baby. Maybe the greatest fantasy team i've ever put together over a season. They finished 2nd last year. Lost a tie breaker in the final game. Clearly i'm keeping Trout. Probably keeping Harper. I would like to keep Machado, but i might be able to draft him. I really dont wanna let Zimmerman go and I kinda wanna keep Wilin Rosario because i think he might be a beast. I'm lost. Help!


Mike Trout
Carlos González
Dustin Pedroia
Curtis Granderson
Bryce Harper
B.J. Upton
Pablo Sandoval
Anthony Rizzo
Wilin Rosario
Miguel Montero
Manny Machado
Jurickson Profar
Cole Hamels
Craig Kimbrel
Mat Latos
Jordan Zimmermann
Brandon Morrow
Doug Fister
Hiroki Kuroda
Huston Street
Jarrod Parker
Addison Reed
Jeremy Hellickson
Matt Thornton
Francisco Rodríguez
Daniel Hudson

I think that steroid busts ought to be an extra category.

The draft is this sunday and there are still slots available if anyone wants to join

Moonax, I wont be able to make the draft, but I have joined

Excellent.

The draft is this sunday so if anyone wants to join then now is the time.

<font color=goldenrod>Holy shit, I thought autodraft might have wound up fucking me after I blew most of my budget and left but it filled out the rest of my starting lineup with Rosario (who was probably my top C target), Espinosa, and Headley. Plus Ortiz on the bench who I can always plug in the Utility spot.

Pitching needs some help - but god I love my team.</font>