Managers wanted for serious Yahoo fantasy baseball league

[ShaneMeredith]

I am looking for 9 more serious baseball fans to form an ongoing 12 team yahoo fantasy baseball league. I want this to be a high quality league based on sabermetric scoring principles with keepers, etc. I also want members that will be dedicated and enthusiastic, not only this year, but in the coming years. Also, all suggestions for ways to improve the league (scoring, positions, etc.) are greatly appreciated and encouraged.

If you are interested, please email me at [email protected]. The live draft will be on Mon Mar 31 7:00pm CDT. Below is some information about the league.

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Positions : C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, LF, CF, RF, UTIL, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, RP, RP, 4 Bench spots

Scoring (Offense)
AB -1
1B 4
2B 6
3B 8
HR 10
SB 2
CS -3
BB 2
HBP 2

Scoring (Pitching)
IP 6
BB -2
HBP -2
SB -2
1BA -3
2BA -5
3BA -7
HR -9
QS 15

After the first year, you can designate 3 keepers on your roster for the following year.

The draft order will be random the first year, after that, it will be in reverse order of the previous year's finish.

Trade reviews are by league vote.

Thinking about offering engraved bobble head trophies for top 3 finishers.

[Tango Tiger]

Your hitting numbers are somewhat reasonable.

Your pitching numbers, I'm not sure. Not sure that the balance is correct either. (Not to say that they are or are not.)

I notice you don't have K numbers for pitchers, and closers don't get their due.

I posted a relevant thread here, which some may find useful:

http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/yahoo_fantasy_linear_weights_league/

[ShaneMeredith]

Point values

>> Your hitting numbers are somewhat reasonable.

Yeah, they are based on linear weights. I'm not using decimal points, however, I think I probably may change that. Yahoo doesn't give us outs for offense, so I have to use AB, which kinda sucks.




>> Your pitching numbers, I'm not sure. Not sure that the balance is correct either.

The pitching numbers are inverse of the hitting numbers, except with pitching they give us IP instead of ab, so that's why the values of the events are 1 less for pitching.



>>closers don't get their due.

I try to stay away from team dependant stats like saves, wins, and losses,etc. I forgot to mention that team IP is going to be limited to 1400 or 1500. Actually, I think the reliever points are fairly well distributed. Check out the point totals leaders below for hitters, starters, and releavers. (using 2007 data)




>> I posted a relevant thread here, which some may find useful:

I'm going to read through that thread tonight. I'm always tinkering with the points formulas. BTW, I bought "The Book" some time ago. I love it.

Player               AB        POINTS
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Álex Rodríguez       583        803
David Ortiz          549        730
Matt Holliday        636        724
Magglio Ordóñez      595        706
David Wright         604        701
Hanley Ramírez       639        681
Prince Fielder       573        671
Albert Pujols        565        645
Jimmy Rollins        716        644
Carlos Peña          490        628
Chipper Jones        513        624
Miguel Cabrera       588        621
Ryan Howard          529        599
Curtis Granderson    612        597
Chase Utley          530        587
   
   
Starting Pitchers       IP    Points
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Jake Peavy            223.1     895
Tim Hudson            224.1     764
C.C. Sabathia         241.0     753
Fausto Carmona        215.0     747
Brandon Webb          236.1     743
John Smoltz           205.2     714
Brad Penny            208.0     705
Dan Haren             222.2     700
Erik Bedard           182.0     684
John Lackey           224.0     671
Johan Santana         219.0     662
Roy Halladay          225.1     647
Joe Blanton           230.0     638
Matt Cain             200.0     635
Aaron Harang          231.2     627
   
   

Relief Pitchers         IP    Points
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Heath Bell             93.2    262
Rafael Betancourt      79.1    245
J.J. Putz              71.2    235
Takashi Saito          64.1    213
Joakim Soria           69.0    198
Bobby Jenks            65.0    195
Peter Moylan           90.0    189
Matt Capps             79.0    186
Russ Springer          66.0    185
Manny Corpas           78.0    183
Jonathan Papelbon      58.1    174
Matt Guerrier          88.0    173
Jon Rauch              87.1    171
Carlos Mármol          69.1    169
Tony Peña              85.1    167
Kevin Correia         101.2    167
Hideki Okajima         69.0    166

[stejay]

I'd be interested in that. Still available?

[Tango Tiger]

What counts is the number of points above the last drafted player at each position (QALPAP, qualtus above last player at position).

If you do that, where does Heath Bell (??) rank compared to the starters? And where does Peavy compare to ARod?

[ShaneMeredith]

>> What counts is the number of points above the last drafted
>> player at each position (QALPAP, qualtus above last player at position).

Yes, you are correct. Players like Chase Utley and Hanley Ramirez are very valuable to have.



>> If you do that, where does Heath Bell (??) rank compared to the
>> starters? And where does Peavy compare to ARod?

Well, last year, Heath Bell had a very, very good year. He had a low whip, baa, and slga and also pitched a lot of innings (for a relief pitcher).

For pitchers, you would want to look at points per inning pitched, and then see how much talent is available at that position. You have to take into account position scarcity when doing your draft.

[ShaneMeredith]

I'd be interested in that. Still available?

I'll send you the league id and password tonight. I've already got two other diehard fans from work that will be signing up this weekend.

[ShaneMeredith]

Tango, I'd be very honored to have the author of "The Book" in our league.

[Milwaukee T]

One more score

I have used a (-1) for batters for a strike out.

[ShaneMeredith]

Follow the link below to join the league. Please only join if you will be dedicated.

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/register/joinprivateleague_league_select?jsubmit=1&league_id=230808&password=letmein&.scrumb=

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Shane

[stejay]

When is the draft?

[ShaneMeredith]

The draft is Mar 31 5:00pm PDT

[ShaneMeredith]

Still need 6 more managers

We have 6 more spots open. Follow the link below to join the league. Please only join if you will be dedicated. The draft is Mar 31 5:00pm PDT. You must have a yahoo id to join. The league password is letmein.

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/register/joinprivateleague_league_select?jsubmit=1&league_id=230808&password=letmein&.scrumb=