Keeper league

Iang87

Story with the keeper league lads

Crucial Youth

Can you just clarify what the keeper league is?all I know is I want in on a fantasy league.

Coeus

Crucial Youth wrote: »

Can you just clarify what the keeper league is?all I know is I want in on a fantasy league.

The keeper league is the continuation of the league we played last year. We will keep some of our roster and then release the rest and redraft.

Crucial Youth

Can people jump in on it?

Coeus

Crucial Youth wrote: »

Can people jump in on it?

If someone wants to drop out, Im sure they can. One of the players dropped out during the season and the GM got someone new to take over the team. We played on Yahoo last year and that wont be open again until mid Feb...

Iang87

if someone drops out of the keeper league then i've no bother with someone stepping in.

We could also set up a new league too to see if theres renewed interest in it this year.


For anyone who loves fantasy sports then they'll love it. Fantasy Baseball is king





By we can set up a new league. I'll put it to the guy who ran the one last year. The dude had it nailed down from start to finish and done everything he could to help with the league with any question he was asked. Well done Mr I cant remember your boards name

Crucial Youth

That's cool man. If theres room in there I'd love to jump in,no worries if its a hassle.

8-10

I'm still in for 2012 and looking forward to it - Judean People's Front

smackbunnybaby

Iang87 wrote: »

if someone drops out of the keeper league then i've no bother with someone stepping in.

We could also set up a new league too to see if theres renewed interest in it this year.


For anyone who loves fantasy sports then they'll love it. Fantasy Baseball is king





By we can set up a new league. I'll put it to the guy who ran the one last year. The dude had it nailed down from start to finish and done everything he could to help with the league with any question he was asked. Well done Mr I cant remember your boards name

was it Boccy23?

did a fantastic job.

I'm up for it anyway!

Coeus

smackbunnybaby wrote: »

was it Boccy23?

did a fantastic job.

I'm up for it anyway!

Yea that was him.

I'm up for a new league aswell as the keeper league.

UCD AFC

Just dropping in to say I'd love to be involved in a fantasy league next year with fellow Irishmen, new or keeper whatever.

boccy23

Cheers all for the kind words.

What I was i ntending to do was send an e-mail to all the previous members of the Keeper League, see if they were still on board and reassess the situation then.

If we have 1 or 2 spots and can easily replace these, then fine.

If everyone is up for it again, and we have enough additional interest, then we could set up a second standard league.

brilliantboy

I'm in - Seattle Seamonkeys

The draft will have to be earlier this season because the Mariners and A's are playing in Japan at the end of March

8-10

I think during the playoffs I released a couple of my star pitchers and other drafted players in order to maximise starters in my final week, I take it they'll be FA's now and I won't get the chance to keep them?

Actually I have no idea how a keeper league works. Do you pick who you keep? is it based on your ending roster? I hope not....

Coeus

8-10 wrote: »

I think during the playoffs I released a couple of my star pitchers and other drafted players in order to maximise starters in my final week, I take it they'll be FA's now and I won't get the chance to keep them?

Actually I have no idea how a keeper league works. Do you pick who you keep? is it based on your ending roster? I hope not....

They will be FAs if they weren't picked up. I picked up Mauer and Ethier in the final week as potential keepers for bench players I wasn't going to keep. In doing that I was assuming that the keeper picks will be based on the final roster. I also remember Wainwright been picked up in the final week aswell as I may have picked him up had I spotted him

boccy23

Correct.

The keepers come from the current rosters. We will select the 6(? I think) players and these will not enter the draft pool. All other players will be in the draft and it will run on a random order or a preselected order based on last years finishing position. We will decide this closer to the draft when keepers are selected by each team.

Coeus

boccy23 wrote: »

Correct.

The keepers come from the current rosters. We will select the 6(? I think) players and these will not enter the draft pool.

6 is good as everyone will have tough decisions to make.

Yahoo fantasy baseball usually open in mid-Feb but the keeper league final rosters can still be viewed via the fantasy profile feature.

smackbunnybaby

I picked up Wainwright and Shin Soo Choo. Big decisions to make now..

BigBadRob83

Hey guys,

Myself and my mate would love to get involved in an Irish fantasy baseball league.
We have been playing for a few years now on random US leagues on ESPN and CBS websites, since spending a summer in Boston.

If there was any space, there are two of us looking for a good league.

Cheers,

Rob

Masked Man

If I can I'd like to get in on a Boards fantasy league. I was involved in Boards fantasy football league (Div 4) this year and was active every week. I've been a pretty regular poster on Boards over the last nine months as well, so there's less of a worry that I flake out on this (I would say that though).

boccy23

Again, what we will do is poll the existing league members in early February. Once I see what numbers are signed up again, and what free spaces there are, then we can decide on the Keeper league and taking over some of the teams or if a second annual (non-keeper) league is also needed.

Coeus

First keeper league decision has been made for me. Victor Martinez tears his ACL before Spring Training even starts. Big blow for the Tigers...
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120117&content_id=26368546&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

fisgon

Yeah, count me in for the keeper league - Homer's Homers.

Though just a word on the draft. I will prob be away from March 17 to 23, so if we could draft before or after those dates that would be great. I know you can't please everyone with the draft date, but just thought I'd mention it.

BigBadRob83

If there's enough interest for a second keeper league, for people like me who missed out last year, I'd be happy to set one up and be commissioner for it.

UCD AFC

Might be a very good idea. Put me on your definitely interested list anyway Rob

Iang87

ooh yes i could definitely do a third league. My girlfriend wont be best pleased but she doesn't get fun

smackbunnybaby

in for keeper and any league going tbh, just add me

BigBadRob83

Alright guys,

So far we have 7 guys interested in the second keeper league. If this gets up to 10, then we're good to go. Can take more too.

1. UCD AFC
2. Iang87
3. WallyWanka
4. BigBadRob83
5. Masked Man
6. smackbunnybaby
7. 8-10

brilliantboy

Can I get a clarification on how many leagues are being run, it's all a bit confusing at the moment. Is this right...?

1. Keeper continuation from 2011 league
2. BigBadRob83's 2012 keeper
3. 2012 non-keeper

smackbunnybaby

BigBadRob83 wrote: »

Alright guys,

So far we have 7 guys interested in the second keeper league. If this gets up to 10, then we're good to go. Can take more too.

1. UCD AFC
2. Iang87
3. WallyWanka
4. BigBadRob83
5. Masked Man
6. smackbunnybaby
7. 8-10

After reflection, I think 1 keeper league will do me and the regualr season league (so 2 leagues).
Can I have my name taken off ehre if possible?
I need to spend more time with people this summer....

GoldFour4

brilliantboy wrote: »

Can I get a clarification on how many leagues are being run, it's all a bit confusing at the moment. Is this right...?

1. Keeper continuation from 2011 league
2. BigBadRob83's 2012 keeper
3. 2012 non-keeper

Yeah thats it

BigBadRob83

smackbunnybaby wrote: »

After reflection, I think 1 keeper league will do me and the regualr season league (so 2 leagues).
Can I have my name taken off ehre if possible?
I need to spend more time with people this summer....

No worries man, will take your name off the list

brilliantboy

Ok, you can put me down for both keepers, although I'd be happy to step out of the new keeper if any newcomers come by and need the spot

bit of red72

Hi folks, didn't realise this thread was running. Count me in for the 2011 keeper league continuation. I was the one who jettisoned Mauer and Ethier towards the end of last - not realising it was going to be a keeper. Still, you live and learn.

lankythecamel

bit of red72 wrote: »

Hi folks, didn't realise this thread was running. Count me in for the 2011 keeper league continuation. I was the one who jettisoned Mauer and Ethier towards the end of last - not realising it was going to be a keeper. Still, you live and learn.

Tolka Drakes will compete in the keeper league and if you need to fill out the new league count me in

BigBadRob83

Alright lads, have updated the list.
8 people interested in the second keeper league so far, minimum of 10 to set it up and can have up to 20.

When we finalise the numbers I will set up a poll somewhere so we can all decide the league rules (draft type, trades, rosters, etc.)

Interested
1. UCD AFC
2. Iang87
3. WallyWanka
4. BigBadRob83
5. Masked Man
6. brilliantboy
7. 8-10
8. lankythecamel
9.
10.

8-10

Hi guys, we have a new Fantasy Sports forum for all sports:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1535

I have started a thread on the keeper league:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056549970

Maybe we can use this thread moving forward and keep this forum to baseball chat only?

BigBadRob83

Have set up a poll for people to vote on what the rules, makeup, etc. of the keeper league should be: http://www.surveytool.com/s/SB292AF116

Any suggestions on stuff to be added to the league, drop me PM to let me know. Anyone who is partaking in Keeper League 2.0 should complete the poll so we all have a say in how it is structured.

Going to use ESPN for this league, have used a few sites over the years and from what I can tell it's the best free one out there (customisation options are immense, free App will be out in time for season)
http://games.espn.go.com/frontpage/baseball

You can see what a standard league looks like at bottom of this page: http://games.espn.go.com/flb/resources/help/content?name=league-types

UCD AFC

I filled out the survey, but this year will be my first year playing fantasy, so I'm very open to any options and I'll learn fast I'm sure (like I did with fantasy NFL )

Iang87

survey done and signed up to espn. Looking forward to this. especially with an app

BigBadRob83

Good stuff lads, only need two more people before we're ready to kick it off then. Some interesting responses to the survey so far.

boccy23

Right. I think this is the place for the continuing Keeper League.
Here goes anyway.
Reactivated this week and we have 9 of the 12 returning team owners signed up already. I will PM the other 3 owners to see if they will continue. I am confident they will do so.
If not then we will try and get 3 new owners to take over the existing teams.

smackbunnybaby

boccy23 wrote: »

Right. I think this is the place for the continuing Keeper League.
Here goes anyway.
Reactivated this week and we have 9 of the 12 returning team owners signed up already. I will PM the other 3 owners to see if they will continue. I am confident they will do so.
If not then we will try and get 3 new owners to take over the existing teams.

Any interest on adding an extra batter and pitching category?

Was thinking that in the pitching something like Holds could really make people really dig deep onto the middle of the order relievers. Forces people to have balanced pitching rosters to cover wins, saves and holds?

Not got a strong opinion on the extra batting category! But one would be needed to make it a 6x6 H2H league!

boccy23

When we get everyone set up, we can easily look at adding a catagory. In batting terms, Hits, would be one catagory maybe.

In terms of pitching, I have played with Holds and it is an extremely arbitrary stat. More luck than anything else. Maybe QS (Quality Starts) might be one or evern replacing wins with QS and adding another catagory might be worth looking into.

brilliantboy

OBP I reckon for the extra batting category, rewards the players with good plate discipline. For the pitching category, I'm easy whatever is chosen but maybe K/BB could be considered?

boccy23

Right lads. Just to let you know, we have 2 managers from last year, "Machete" and "The Southern Dandies" who are definitely out. Still waiting for "Henry le Cheat" to come back to me. He was active last year, so hopeful he will sign up again.

If we do get to 10, will we run with 10 or open up the above two teams to an additional 2 owners to keep the league at 12?

GoldFour4

boccy23 wrote: »

Right lads. Just to let you know, we have 2 managers from last year, "Machete" and "The Southern Dandies" who are definitely out. Still waiting for "Henry le Cheat" to come back to me. He was active last year, so hopeful he will sign up again.

If we do get to 10, will we run with 10 or open up the above two teams to an additional 2 owners to keep the league at 12?

I'd assume Coeus will be back, hes active in the hockey league atm

I think it might be better to keep it at 10 seeing as its a continuation of last years.

boccy23

malachyscott wrote: »

boccy23 wrote: »

Right lads. Just to let you know, we have 2 managers from last year, "Machete" and "The Southern Dandies" who are definitely out. Still waiting for "Henry le Cheat" to come back to me. He was active last year, so hopeful he will sign up again.

If we do get to 10, will we run with 10 or open up the above two teams to an additional 2 owners to keep the league at 12?

I'd assume Coeus will be back, hes active in the hockey league atm

I think it might be better to keep it at 10 seeing as its a continuation of last years.

That was kinda my thinking as well. 2 teams that aren't signing up are poor. Finished the bottom 2 last season.

boccy23

Right we have the 10 signed up. Are all hapy to proceed on this basis. Keeps it fairer IMO. Also, we wil then just throw the players on the other 2 teams back into the draft player pool.

smackbunnybaby

I'm good with 10 teams.

Iang87

yep 10 sounds good