BP Fantasy Baseball (2008-2024, Current Champion = MD Buckeye again)

[Ahiacitian]

Congrats **cough-[censored] you-cough** on your title.

I seem to recall we had a trade last year that helped me out quite a bit. If you apply the same principal that every player that you draft sucks worse than a Vanilla Ice concert, then once you get rid of said sucky player in a trade, they play the rest of the year like Willy Mays on roids, right? Let me know when you get fed up with your players this year and lets see if we can make another deal...

 

[Jake]

Home runs are more than covered under the total bases category, and without rewarding the Rob Deer's of the world. The leaders in TB last year - Pujols, Fielder, Howard, Braun, and Teixera - look pretty familiar.

I don't care much for strikeouts and steals as categories either - they tend to lend themselves to one trick ponies - but I'll add them if that's the preference.

 

[Mr.Blonde]

It's cool, there's more than one play to play roto.

I just noticed it, thought it unusual and thought maybe it was an oversight.

 

[Jaxbuck]

I seem to recall we had a trade last year that helped me out quite a bit. If you apply the same principal that every player that you draft sucks worse than a Vanilla Ice concert, then once you get rid of said sucky player in a trade, they play the rest of the year like Willy Mays on roids, right? Let me know when you get fed up with your players this year and lets see if we can make another deal...

You sure it was a trade?

I usually just cut the guys who end up having a monster year.

 

[Ahiacitian]

You sure it was a trade?

I usually just cut the guys who end up having a monster year.

Yeah, it was a trade. I went back to look at the rosters from last year (unfortunately they don't keep the transactions) and I think it was Dan Haren and Chipper Jones for Jason Bay and Wandy Rodriguez. Actually it was a pretty even trade...

 

[Jaxbuck]

Yeah, it was a trade. I went back to look at the rosters from last year (unfortunately they don't keep the transactions) and I think it was Dan Haren and Chipper Jones for Jason Bay and Wandy Rodriguez. Actually it was a pretty even trade...

Thats what I thought I remembered.

My mega fuck up was cutting the younger Upton because I read they were going to send him back down and he wasn't getting many AB's.

:stupid:

Nothing like cutting a guy who has an MVP calibre year along with your ace pitcher and position player missing the year to ensure you don't have to worry about fantasy baseball playoff pressure.

 

[Jake]

SBs and Ks have been added and two spots remain.

 

[Ahiacitian]

Jax, I will have to keep in mind that as soon as you drop a player, he is fantasy gold for the rest of the year.

 

[brodybuck21]

how many spots are we going to have this year? 10?

 

[Jake]

how many spots are we going to have this year? 10?

I'll consider upping the league to 12 if we have enough interest. Currently, we only have 8 teams.

BTW, I updated the stat categories yesterday. Due to popular demand HRs are back and I think we're set.

 

[Jaxbuck]

I'll consider upping the league to 12 if we have enough interest. Currently, we only have 8 teams.

BTW, I updated the stat categories yesterday. Due to popular demand HRs are back and I think we're set.

Hey did I see it right that fielding percentage is an offensive category?

If so can we flesh that out a little? I'm confused on that one.

 

[Jake]

Hey did I see it right that fielding percentage is an offensive category?

If so can we flesh that out a little? I'm confused on that one.

It's their defensive fielding percentage. A slugger who can also play the field has a little more value than a slugger who is a defensive liability. If you have a guy making errors, it could cost you a point.

Of course, if you can manage to field an entire line up of DHs you'll be golden. Might be kind of tough to fill some of the positions, though.

 

[brodybuck21]

we are up to 9 teams now

 

[Jaxbuck]

It's their defensive fielding percentage. A slugger who can also play the field has a little more value than a slugger who is a defensive liability. If you have a guy making errors, it could cost you a point.

Of course, if you can manage to field an entire line up of DHs you'll be golden. Might be kind of tough to fill some of the positions, though.

My question was more along the lines of how much value does the category have considering all MLB players have essentially a FP somewhere between .990 and .900. Is that going to really make much of a difference in a category between the 1st team and the 12th?

Strike that, I keep forgetting we play head to head. I'm used to a season accumulation format. I was picturing the first place team with a season FP% of .989 and the 12th with .985 and a category that was essentially punted as it didn't really reflect any skill/lack there of in putting a team together.

 

[Jake]

My question was more along the lines of how much value does the category have considering all MLB players have essentially a FP somewhere between .990 and .900. Is that going to really make much of a difference in a category between the 1st team and the 12th?

Strike that, I keep forgetting we play head to head. I'm used to a season accumulation format. I was picturing the first place team with a season FP% of .989 and the 12th with .985 and a category that was essentially punted as it didn't really reflect any skill/lack there of in putting a team together.

I would never use fielding percentage in a roto league, for the reasons you described. In a H2H format, I'm fine with it because several categories can be very close in a given week, given the short time frame.