Fantasy Baseball

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
i need a little diversity in my day, which is why

What happened to "Mr. HoyaSax Goes to Washington" (LSATs)? Sorry, I'm out, I'm concentrating on spring training.

Originally posted by El Tee:

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
i need a little diversity in my day, which is why

What happened to "Mr. HoyaSax Goes to Washington" (LSATs)? Sorry, I'm out, I'm concentrating on spring training.

huh? not understanding you there …

law school in the fall, dunno where yet

::bump::

we have five teams signed up right now, need 3-9 more to call it a league … get off your asses and sign up!!

by the way, if you have signed up, post your team name on here so we know who you are (i'm "The Chosen Team")

i signed up a few days ago but backed out once i saw how many categories there were. doubles as a category? huh? there's no reason for there to be more than 6 hitting and 6 pitching categories, dontcha think?

Originally posted by BookerT:
i signed up a few days ago but backed out once i saw how many categories there were. doubles as a category? huh? there's no reason for there to be more than 6 hitting and 6 pitching categories, dontcha think?

like i said here and on the message board, i was just screwing around with the stat cat's and we can change them if there's popular demand … i'm no autocrat!

but that said, i think doubles and triples could be really interesting categories … i'm just looking for categories that best sum up a player's value … which is why i included holds for set-up men … it shouldn't drastically change the way you draft players, you just might want to look at juan pierre or carl crawford a bit differently with triples included …

if people want to cut it down though, i'd have no objections to just going to:

OBP / SLG / R / HR / RBI / SB
and
W / SV / K / HLD / ERA / WHIP

5 x 5 at the most…in my opinion.

freddy adu = wooly monkeys

Originally posted by freddyadu:
5 x 5 at the most…in my opinion.

freddy adu = wooly monkeys

what do you think about the 6 x 6 format i spelled out above?

to cut one out of batting, we could combine OBP + SLG to OPS, or we could cut SBs … being a billy beane / moneyball fan, i think SBs are a generally BS stat, and i'd much rather cut that than combine OBP and SLG

i really want to keep Holds, so I'm not sure what else I would take out of the pitching cat's … and you can't really have 6 pitching cat's and 5 batting cat's, it overvalues pitchers …

thoughts?

Fico = Licey Tigers

where's .avg?

i am a traditionalist…i have been playing 4 x 4 for 9 years, but i played one league of 5 x 5 two years ago. i don't like OBP and SLG because you can't find them in the box score. SBs and AVG you can…

just my two cents.

Personally, I would get rid of OBP and SLG and put AVG. You have to keep SB's for the Juane Pierre/Carl Crawford guys. I would also take out Holds and just make it a 5X5 league. Like I said, just my opinion, I'm more of a fantasy baseball player and not a Roto players…..Sorry.

This isn't my kind of league, no doubt. Way too many categories. And no draft? I like the game enough though to play by pretty much any rules. If there is going to be a 9:30 League, I'm in. And oh yea…Go Pantywaists!

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:

Originally posted by freddyadu:
5 x 5 at the most…in my opinion.

freddy adu = wooly monkeys

what do you think about the 6 x 6 format i spelled out above?

to cut one out of batting, we could combine OBP + SLG to OPS, or we could cut SBs … being a billy beane / moneyball fan, i think SBs are a generally BS stat, and i'd much rather cut that than combine OBP and SLG

i really want to keep Holds, so I'm not sure what else I would take out of the pitching cat's … and you can't really have 6 pitching cat's and 5 batting cat's, it overvalues pitchers …

thoughts?

5X5 is the best option, I agree. Holds are pointless, although cutting SB's wouldn't bother me, and I'm no Billy Beane Fan.

Keithstg = captain madras

well, i haven't played in a league with .AVG as a stat in about 5 years, but popular consensus rules …

how about:

AVG / HR / RBI / R / SB
and
W / SV / ERA / WHIP / K

if you've never played with holds, you have no idea what you're missing, it adds a whole new dimension to the game … and when you think about it, the whole purpose of fantasy sports is to assess a value to a player … set-up men are absolutely crucial to a team, and holds help show their worth … AVG is a complete bullshit stat when compared to OPS, but, like i said, popular consensus rules …

Yeah, I love holds. We had them in a fantasy league a few years back, and it helped my team immensely: It's just a completely realistic stat.

I like average too, but it doesn't really say much in and of itself. OPS is a far better measure of a hitter's value to a team. Gwynn hit for avg, but with no runs scored, few RBIs, and very little in the way of slugging… well…

Anyway, tenfifteen == Government Darlings

ok, i think consensus has it to make it 4x4 or 5x5, no problem there … let's have a vote for AVG vs. OBP or OPS …

for all of you traditionalists who are scared by OBP and SLG, there's really nothing to worry about, yahoo will sort through all the stats for you when you research players through them … ALSO, i do a spreadsheet every year where i tally up all the stats from the previous year for every player, it's pretty easy and it helps when you're in 6 leagues all with different stat cat's … SO, i'll send this spreadsheet to everyone in the league so we all have even footing, which will help if you're unfamiliar with OBP and SLG …

Barry Bonds had a .609 OBP last year … .609!!

freddyadu: AVG
tenfifteen: OPB or OPS
hoyasaxa: OPB or OPS

keep em coming…

by the way, we have 9 teams right now, we have room for another 5 if anyone else is interested …

I dont really have a preference on stats

my team is Tropic of Nipples