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HLD may seem like a 'gay stat' but it opens up the fantasy game to more pitchers. We've been doing this for years now and know what works better than others.
It also 'evens out' the batting to pitching stats. There are so many batting categories available, that it makes the game too balanced on offensive categories than it does pitching categories. Holds is a must. |
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No, Mark Kotsay never gets any assists because no one runs on him. Remember that time he made 2 errors in a game last year, one of them Kendall's fault and the other one Crosby's?
17 assists led the league in 2005. Wanna take a guess which defensive dynamo had them? (Hint: he likes to go to bars with Enrique Wilson) |
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I'm on the fence between Holds and K/9 innings.
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Assists from the outfield mean nothing, I don't care if an outfielder gets 40 in a season, that's nothing compared to what a 2B or SS will get, even an infielder off the bench is more valuable in that category than an everyday outfielder...
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It makes more pitchers in the league valuable. Say for example you have no saves guy, you can at least build you RP position with Holds guys. Dimensions are good. Forget the fact it's a stat hardly recognized in MLB circles. |
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I hope you're going to simplfy things in the end, catergory wise. IMO, there are far, far too many at the moment.
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Well then I can just draft a loogy like Damaso Marte who sucks but only faces one batter so he picks up a ton of holds. As long as you don't blow the lead you get a hold. I don't know how many times last year a releiver came in with a 4 run lead, got one guy out and gave up 4 hits and 3 runs, and got credited with a hold.
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#53 |
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Really? I thought I had done 15 for batters and 15 for pitchers in last years too.
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Scott Hatteberg, before he was permanently moved to DH, led the league in putouts because he played behind Saarloos (extreme sinkerballer), Haren and Harden (who feature the splitter as the go-to pitch). Scott Hatteberg was also possibly the worst defensive first baseman in the MLB last year. |
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I know OPS has become a favourite MLB stat but in fantasy baseball it's just a padded stat for power guys. Same as 2B. I like 3B because it values speed at the plate. Gives speed 2 decent categories, but even that I could see(3B) being dropped in order to keep things simple. Again, the same holds true for walks (as a batting category) it favours the big hitter as they are walked by pitchers. I would also consider errors a stat not worth keeping.
Complete games and shut outs, because they are few and far between are not worth the space. GiDP is a new stat that might have some value. Total bases and k/9 are other stats not worth keeping for the sake of simplicity. Those are my thoughts. I'm looking for interactive debate, this wasn't criticism of the stats chosen. I'll go with whatever the majority decides. |
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I think OBP and SLG should be two different categories and OPS should be axed. This way, a guy like Luis Castillo who has no power but gets on base a ton will not be penalized for having an average OPS.
Triples I like. Walks definately need to be in there. 5'10" Brian Giles led the league in them last year, his amazing eye shouldn't be penalized because guys like Adam Dunn and Barry Bonds get walked due to pitchers being scared of them. I'm too lazy to look but if IBB is on there that's definately one you could get rid of. I agree with getting rid of CG and SHO, and I agree with GIDP (for pitchers, not hitters). If you give up a lot of hits but cancel it out by getting ground ball double plays you should be rewarded for that. Total bases is already covered in other categories, K/9 I could live without but it's better than alot of pitching stats. GO/AO (ground outs per 1 air out) would be one I'd consider adding |
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Holds need to stay.
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holds make people like Tom Gordon valuable, he wouldn't be worht a roster spot if it wasn't in.
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It is a pretty gay stat tho
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46% on the gay-o-meter. Yet it still deserves a spot.
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I meant last yr
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Who is who in each league?
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PG Royals in both = is me.
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Dirty Frenchmen in RoXer's league
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if anyone wants in... here is my league: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo....32763/settings
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Any of you guys still have spots available? I'm looking for a couple leagues.
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i have plenty of spots
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I dunno. Go check
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Linkblower join the league posted on page 1. I still have spots available
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yeah, its a hot league, just needs like 3 more spots
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I am the Krebstars
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Had an autopick draft with a bunch of guys from some other messageboard.........my offense is terrible, but my pitching is awesome. I should be able to deal for at least one huge bat.
C - J. Kendall 1B - J. Morneau 2B - B. Roberts 3B - S. Hillenbrand SS - J. Lugo IF - M. Ellis OF - H. Matsui OF - B. Bonds OF - M. Bradley Util - G. Jenkins BN - J. Drew BN - J. Guillen BN - C. Shelton SP - J. Santana SP - J. Beckett RP - M. Rivera RP - B. Lidge P - B. Wagner P - J. Nathan P - D. Haren BN - P. Byrd BN - J. Duscherer Wayyyy too many A's ended up on my team, though. |
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Just had a 12 team draft for my public league, pretty happy. Somehow I got Hafner in the 6th and Melvin Mora in the 14th round.
C - Victor Martinez 1B - Chase Utley 2B - Jorge Cantu 3B - Melvin Mora SS - Jhonny Peralta OF - Carl Crawford OF - Aubrey Huff OF - Garret Anderson Utl - Travis Hafner BN - Bill Hall BN - Jose Guillen SP - Carlos Zambrano SP - Cliff Lee SP - Scott Kazmir SP - Jeremy Bonderman SP - Joe Blanton SP - Brad Radke RP - Joe Nathan RP - Brian Fuentes RP - Kyle Farnsworth RP - Justin Duscherer Would like to move Utley to second... trying to trade Cantu for either Ryan Howard or Paul Konerko. I could use another big bat, though every one of my hitters is capable of 20 HR and 80 RBI, so I guess I'm ok there. |
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First off, I'm getting rid of Justin Morneau and picking up Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals. Zimmerman is a real sleeper but he should hit for a high average and potential power as well. I'm also going to try and drop Guillen and pick up Brad Wilkerson...who should have a much better year now that he is healthy and in the Bandbox of Arlington. Wilky will be in the hunt to be the guy at 1B, with Hillenbrand and Shelton challenging. And of course, I should be able to add at least one sure-thing bat to my team, by dealing one of my closers (I'm shopping Lidge the most...but I'd deal any of them if the price was right) |
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Thats because the A's are amazing
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Wilkerosn, Shelton, Hillenbrand in that order
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