Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
ok, i have a team. what happens now? i really know nothing about this stuff.
ps- is there a reason we're not putting $ on this?
good question … when it was brought up before, most people didn't want to do it, but i'm all for putting some cash down on it …
basically you try to get the best stats from your players, you add up all the stats in each category, then each team is ranked by them … so if you have the most HRs (total), you get 14 points for HRs, if you have the least amount of HRs, you get 1 pt, and so on for each category … it's cumulative over the year for all your players …
and depending on how closely you want to follow this, you can make lineup changes every day … i.e., if one of your starting pitchers is going to pitch that day, you put him into the starting lineup, and switch him out when he's resting … but if you don't want to go that far, you can just put your best players in the lineup and you should do fine …
also be on the lookout for hot players by looking at the free agents and waivers, and don't be afraid to dump one of your mediocre players who is really slumping … the yahoo! "ranks" help with this if you don't really follow baseball that much (or if you do), you can sort by ranking over the past week, month, season, etc … play around and you'll figure it out …
good luck…