Boards Fantasy Baseball (non-keeper) league 2013

Coeus

There seems to be interest in setting up another redraft fantasy baseball league for the coming season. Again this league will be a non-keeper head to head with upto 16 teams. Will probably add a category of 2 but that can be decided later.

If your interested post here or pm me to be added to the list.

So far we have:
1. Benimar
2. Mikemac1
3. Coeus
4. malistheman

BigBadRob83

Coeus wrote: »

There seems to be interest in setting up another redraft fantasy baseball league for the coming season. Again this league will be a non-keeper head to head with upto 16 teams. Will probably add a category of 2 but that can be decided later.

If your interested post here or pm me to be added to the list.

So far we have:
1. Benimar
2. Mikemac1
3. Coeus
4. malistheman

Count me in again

UCD AFC

I'll be back for this season please!

lankythecamel

Count me in

Iang87

Yep definitely in again. I missed the final in cruel fashion last year

Masked Man

In. The only way is up!

Coeus

Updated list of players is as follows:
1. Benimar
2. Mikemac1
3. Coeus
4. malistheman
5. BigBadRob83
6. UCD AFC
7. lankythecamel
8. Iang87
9. Masked Man

And a reminder of last years settings...

Season Type: Full
Draft Type: Live Standard Draft
Draft Time: TBD
Max Teams: TBD
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Player Universe: All baseball
New Players Become Available: As soon as Yahoo! adds them
Max Acquisitions for Entire Season: No maximum
Max Trades for Entire Season No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2
Trade End Date: TBD
Allow Draft Pick Trades: No
Waiver Time: 2 days
Waiver Type: Continual rolling list
Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports
Trade Review: League Votes
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Max Acquisitions per Week: 6
Min Innings Pitched: 7
Weekly Deadline: Daily - Today
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Playoffs: Week 23, 24 and 25 (6 teams)
Playoff Reseeding: No
Lock Eliminated Teams: No
Divisions: No
Make League Publicly Viewable: No
Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL
Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Batting Average (AVG)
Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

rockonollie

I'd love to jump on in.....I promised myself that i'm only going to do one league this year......

Coeus

rockonollie wrote: »

I'd love to jump on in.....I promised myself that i'm only going to do one league this year......

I'm only playing in 2 leagues this year, this and the keeper league

Amended list of players:
1. Benimar
2. Mikemac1
3. Coeus
4. malistheman
5. BigBadRob83
6. UCD AFC
7. lankythecamel
8. Iang87
9. Masked Man
10. rockonollie

smackbunnybaby

Hey guys - I'm out this year.
Already in 3..hmmmm

rockonollie

Coeus wrote: »

I'm only playing in 2 leagues this year, this and the keeper league

Amended list of players:
1. Benimar
2. Mikemac1
3. Coeus
4. malistheman
5. BigBadRob83
6. UCD AFC
7. lankythecamel
8. Iang87
9. Masked Man
10. rockonollie

Now that i'm committed......guess I'll need to start my research.......free advice, pick curtis granderson #1

summerskin

I'd like to join if there's space.

gciddy

I'd like to play again this year! Give me a chance to repeat? :-D

Coeus

Now that there are 12 players I'll set up the league in the next day or 2 and send out the invites. The league can have upto 16 members so there are still places available.

Updated list of players:
1. Benimar
2. Mikemac1
3. Coeus
4. malistheman
5. BigBadRob83
6. UCD AFC
7. lankythecamel
8. Iang87
9. Masked Man
10. rockonollie
11. summerskin
12. gciddy

Kinda32

Count me in, might as well join a second boards league!

BigBadRob83

Out of curiousity, anyone interested in making this an auction league?

Did one for first time in fantasy NFL this year, really enjoyed i. Very different dynamic. Would love to try it in baseball.

Coeus

BigBadRob83 wrote: »

Out of curiousity, anyone interested in making this an auction league?

Did one for first time in fantasy NFL this year, really enjoyed i. Very different dynamic. Would love to try it in baseball.

Never played an auction league before. I'm kinda just getting used to H2H after years of playing rotisserie. An auction draft is available in Yahoo so if the general consensus is to go that way then I can set that as draft type.

Want to add a batting and pitching category. Thinking maybe OPS, Walks or something unusual like field percentage. For pitching I think holds is good for a 16 team league. Opinions welcome on this...

Updated list of players:
1. Benimar
2. Mikemac1
3. Coeus
4. malistheman
5. BigBadRob83
6. UCD AFC
7. lankythecamel
8. Iang87
9. Masked Man
10. rockonollie
11. summerskin
12. gciddy
13. kinda32

BigBadRob83

Coeus wrote: »

Never played an auction league before. I'm kinda just getting used to H2H after years of playing rotisserie. An auction draft is available in Yahoo so if the general consensus is to go that way then I can set that as draft type.

Want to add a batting and pitching category. Thinking maybe OPS, Walks or something unusual like field percentage. For pitching I think holds is good for a 16 team league. Opinions welcome on this...

Holds sounds good for pitching
Walks would be good addition for hitting, all other aspects of hitting are pretty much covered with the original 5 categories

gciddy

I've done a number of auction drafts and they are fun! Best thing is that if you absolutely love a particular player, you can get them - just have to spend more than the next guy.

Just plan on spending more time to do the draft! Takes longer than the regular snake draft.

Coeus

Okay league is setup, gonna PM the details soon. I've added walks and holds for now.

Draft is provisionally set for Thursday 28/3 @ 9 but I have set up the following poll to determine the best day and time.
http://www.doodle.com/4u9z7pgw2zkf38yp#table

mikemac1

Got to the final last year, ended 5-5 but I lost on a tie break

In it to win it this year! :cool:

Benimar

Coeus wrote: »

Okay league is setup, gonna PM the details soon. I've added walks and holds for now.

Draft is provisionally set for Thursday 28/3 @ 9 but I have set up the following poll to determine the best day and time.
http://www.doodle.com/4u9z7pgw2zkf38yp#table

Just voted. Am out of the country from Tuesday 26th, but can make pretty much any night before that.

FuzzyDunlop100

Is it too late for me to join?

thanks

rockonollie

Coeus wrote: »

Okay league is setup, gonna PM the details soon. I've added walks and holds for now.

Draft is provisionally set for Thursday 28/3 @ 9 but I have set up the following poll to determine the best day and time.
http://www.doodle.com/4u9z7pgw2zkf38yp#table

Voted.....I assume that the poll is automatically adjusting for my timezone and the options are 9,10 and 11 irish time.

Coeus

FuzzyDunlop100 wrote: »

Is it too late for me to join?

thanks

Nope, places still left. PM sent with details.

rockonollie wrote: »

Voted.....I assume that the poll is automatically adjusting for my timezone and the options are 9,10 and 11 irish time.

Poll was setup for 8, 9 and 10 Irish time they seem to be the best times here to get a good attendence for a live draft.

Will probably have to drop the time per pick to 60 secs or the draft will take all night if there are 16 teams.

Masked Man

Honestly don't know what days would be good for me. I filled in most of the second week, I'm likely to be available then. Could be good some of the days next week as well but I left them blank.

Coeus

Just checking the league and there are 13 teams signed up so there are places for 3 more.

Looking at preferred draft times there a couple of day/times with the most votes. Since there are a still a few places available, lets wait a few days to see if those places can be filled.

One final note, if the league has an odd number of teams, then it will have to a rotisserie league.

Benimar

Coeus wrote: »

Just checking the league and there are 13 teams signed up so there are places for 3 more.

Looking at preferred draft times there a couple of day/times with the most votes. Since there are a still a few places available, lets wait a few days to see if those places can be filled.

One final note, if the league has an odd number of teams, then it will have to a rotisserie league.

Any update on when the draft will be? Some of the most popular times are this weekend/Monday which is getting close!

Coeus

Benimar wrote: »

Any update on when the draft will be? Some of the most popular times are this weekend/Monday which is getting close!

The poll is showing tonight (too late for that), next Monday @ 9 or next Thursday @ 9 as the most popular choices so far. I'll give it another day and see if any more votes come in...

The keeper league drafts are Sunday and Tuesday @ 9 so need to avoid those nights

boccy23

Hi Coeus

Is this league full or is there room for another.

Looking for a redraft league as other leagues I am are all Dynasty/Keeper.

Coeus

boccy23 wrote: »

Hi Coeus

Is this league full or is there room for another.

Looking for a redraft league as other leagues I am are all Dynasty/Keeper.

Yes, there is room. As of last night there was 13 teams signed up so there are 3 places left to fill. I have sent you the details.

Coeus

14 teams signed up now and still Monday and Thursday are the most popular days for draft. For now, I prefer Thursday as it gives more time to fill the last 2 positions.

On a side note, Yahoo have added NA position as a roster slot. The "NA" position will allow you to place players there, rather than using a bench slot. This is especially useful for leagues that want to hold onto minor league players.

Any thoughts on whether its a good idea to add one of these? I like it as you can draft prospects and place them there until they are called up. I would only add one 'NA' position for now and see how it plays out.

Benimar

Coeus wrote: »

14 teams signed up now and still Monday and Thursday are the most popular days for draft. For now, I prefer Thursday as it gives more time to fill the last 2 positions.

On a side note, Yahoo have added NA position as a roster slot. The "NA" position will allow you to place players there, rather than using a bench slot. This is especially useful for leagues that want to hold onto minor league players.

Any thoughts on whether its a good idea to add one of these? I like it as you can draft prospects and place them there until they are called up. I would only add one 'NA' position for now and see how it plays out.

I'm going to unashamedly fight my own corner here and push for Monday. I am available on monday for the draft (as I have been all of last week) but cannot make thursday as I am out of the country. I have no way around this and flagged it up early.

The keeper drafts are sunday and tuesday so monday fits perfectly with that and, although it would be nice to have 16, the chances of getting 2 extra teams is slim. Also, if we get one extra the format will have to be changed.

Yes, it is self interest as I don't want to autodraft (between American Football and Baseball this would be the 1st time I've missed a draft) but I think we go with the 14 we have - it also means that there may be something on the waiver wire this season, which would make it more interesting.

Coeus

Benimar wrote: »

I'm going to unashamedly fight my own corner here and push for Monday. I am available on monday for the draft (as I have been all of last week) but cannot make thursday as I am out of the country. I have no way around this and flagged it up early.

The keeper drafts are sunday and tuesday so monday fits perfectly with that and, although it would be nice to have 16, the chances of getting 2 extra teams is slim. Also, if we get one extra the format will have to be changed.

Yes, it is self interest as I don't want to autodraft (between American Football and Baseball this would be the 1st time I've missed a draft) but I think we go with the 14 we have - it also means that there may be something on the waiver wire this season, which would make it more interesting.

I thought you might reply

I'm cool with Monday aswell and you do give a valid reason for a Monday draft. I like 16 teams as it made it tougher but 14 is cool aswell.

I will have to set the time and date now so that people have ample notice. I already got the notice email for tommorrows evening keepers draft. I will set the draft time to 9PM.

Benimar

Coeus wrote: »

I thought you might reply

I'm cool with Monday aswell and you do give a valid reason for a Monday draft. I like 16 teams as it made it tougher but 14 is cool aswell.

I will have to set the time and date now so that people have ample notice. I already got the notice email for tommorrows evening keepers draft. I will set the draft time to 9PM.

You know me so well :-)

Figured I may as well try my 'luck' but if Monday doesn't work, I'll just autodraft (and blame you when I end up with half the Astros team )

Coeus

Draft is set this Monday 25/3 @ 9PM (Irish time).

Max teams to set 14 so we can keep the head-to-head format.

1 NA roster slot has been added so take that into account when drafting.

smackbunnybaby

Coeus, I see you have locked it at 14.

If you guys do find a 15th player, I'll help out and be number 16.

Coeus

smackbunnybaby wrote: »

Coeus, I see you have locked it at 14.

If you guys do find a 15th player, I'll help out and be number 16.

Thanks! Its set to 14 but I havn't finalized the teams for the league yet so another 2 teams can be added. I'll need to finalize though by about 7.30 tommorrow though. If anyone else is interested they should post here before then.

BigBadRob83

Enjoyed the draft last night, very happy with my batting lineup.
Just waiting for Daniel Bard to get assigned to AAA to fill my lineup now.

Presume from the 2 day waivers that there never be an actual free agency (i.e. pickups without dropping down waiver order), so will be very interesting this year. Bit more in the FA pool as well with 2 less teams.

Coeus

BigBadRob83 wrote: »

Enjoyed the draft last night, very happy with my batting lineup.
Just waiting for Daniel Bard to get assigned to AAA to fill my lineup now.

Presume from the 2 day waivers that there never be an actual free agency (i.e. pickups without dropping down waiver order), so will be very interesting this year. Bit more in the FA pool as well with 2 less teams.

The league is set to standard waiver mode so the waiver period for all players is for 2 days after the draft. After that every player should be a FA unless they have been dropped by another team or newly added to the game.

Yes, it was a good draft. Happy enough with my team. Looking forward to a competitive league.

mikemac1

I'm happy with my team.

There are still a few players I like who weren't picked up yet if I decide to make a few changes.

Last year it was awful to find anyone, especially a decent SP! Slim pickings

summerskin

Looks like I missed out on the league this year as I was working away. Dammit.

mikemac1

smackbunnybaby wrote: »

Coeus, I see you have locked it at 14.

If you guys do find a 15th player, I'll help out and be number 16.

summerskin wrote: »

Looks like I missed out on the league this year as I was working away. Dammit.

Ah, that's a shame

The 16 man league last year was great!

Coeus

summerskin wrote: »

Looks like I missed out on the league this year as I was working away. Dammit.

Sorry about that, I thought that every one who had received the invite had signed up as we had been at 13 teams for a few weeks and only got a 14th team just before the weekend.

mikemac1

Picked up Jose Fernandez, SP for the Marlins.

I know nothing about him only he's the No. 7 prospect on many sites and his ownership shot up today, nearly 10,000 pickups

We'll see

Coeus

mikemac1 wrote: »

Picked up Jose Fernandez, SP for the Marlins.

I know nothing about him only he's the No. 7 prospect on many sites and his ownership shot up today, nearly 10,000 pickups

We'll see

The guy had low ERA (sub 2.00) and more than a K an inning in High A ball last year. This looks like a big jump for him but he has the talent. Only thing is he plays for the Marlins so wins may be hard to come. Definately worth a flyer if you are only dropping a bench player for him.

mikemac1

Plays the Mets on Friday, there's a W :pac:

Coeus

mikemac1 wrote: »

Plays the Mets on Friday, there's a W :pac:

Yea, I picked him up in the keeper league as I had a free roster spot. Not sure about a win this week but I'm hoping for lots of Ks and good ratios...

rockonollie

Don't forget to set your lineups.......one game one the schedule tonight!

BigBadRob83

Most of my closers available for trade.
Would take an upgrade at any hitting position.

Something along lines of
My hitter + Closer -for- Improved hitter + random pitcher

Available:
Mariano Rivera
Mitchell Boggs
Grant Balfour
Casey Jansen
Sergio Romo
Kenley Jansen

Greek Gods of Walks

mikemac1

In case you're wondering yesterdays pitchers stats never got updated.

Yahoo are working on it, should be fixed later

We are aware that pitcher stats for games played on 4/16 are not displaying.

Status: Our engineers are working to resolve this issue quickly. We anticipate that this issue should be resolved soon, and 4/16 stats will once again begin displaying in your league(s).