2010 GSS Fantasy Baseball

Despite the blizzard-like conditions, baseball is starting in less then 2 months!

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/165530

League ID is 165530
Pw is mets

I sent an auto-email to everyone that was in last year. Hope we get a full league!

We can hammer out draft dates and such later.

thanks for setting this up again.


Crap. Blocked on the work computer. Ill do it when I get home.

Joined.

Do we want to have a head-to-head matchup or roto scoring?

Both have their pluses and minuses.

Yahoo also has an auction draft where you bid on players for the first time this year.

i like roto.

and auction would be fun for a change! (too much can hinge on draft order otherwise).

i like roto.

and auction would be fun for a change! (too much can hinge on draft order otherwise).


I hate roto, Id rather have regular points scoring than head to head. Once you're behind its hard to catch up. How about stricter limits on player moves.
Just my two cents.

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5 in so far including me :)

I'm happy with roto - agree with some limitation on the # of moves.

OK, Sounds like roto is what everyone likes so far. Last year we capped the innings so you couldn't go crazy on pitchers and it seemed between fair. I think I'll add 50 or 100 ip to it as a lot of us were over by the end of the year without making a ton of moves.

For those that don't know, auction is set up so that each team has a budget. Every player you nominate to draft you set a value on. So if someone here reallllllly wanted Chipper Jones, and they bid $20 on him. Other teams can bid $21 on him. The strategy changes because you can target guys that you think are bargains.

But it makes no difference to me. Whatever the majority wants is cool.

How would an auction work for people who aren't there live?

How would an auction work for people who aren't there live?

Therein lies a problem. They'd rank the order of players to bid on, and the max dollar they'd give to a player.

Glad we are going roto.

I've never played in an auction league before and would really like to try it. If we do go that route, we should really work hard to find a time that works for everyone.

capping IPs is a no brainer.

I prefer no cap on moves.

Therein lies a problem. They'd rank the order of players to bid on, and the max dollar they'd give to a player.


Whatever the majority wants but Id rather have no auction. Have I mentioned I hate roto scoring ;)

While I like the idea of an auction - it just seems like too much work - and as it would put people who can't make the draft at even more of a disadvantage (we always have at least a couple of folks who can't make it).

The limits on the innings pitched worked great last year - I'm OK with raising it a little bit.

Have I mentioned I hate roto scoring ;)

As do I. I only play H2H now--may not be as fair or accurate but it's more fun.

I prefer no cap on moves.


Well Id say put a cap on pitching moves. I think a couple of us had issues with this last year.

Well Id say put a cap on pitching moves. I think a couple of us had issues with this last year.

There was no issue last year, we had an innings cap. The problem was 2 years ago we didnt cap moves or innings and did the failed points method. (which I will never try again)

There should be no limits on players moves. If we cap innings, the incentive for adding pitchers is minimized and there is zero advantage to doing a ton of daily moves on position players.

Looks like the sentiment is for a normal draft which is fine.

We still seem pretty much split on roto and head to head.

There was no issue last year, we had an innings cap. The problem was 2 years ago we didnt cap moves or innings and did the failed points method. (which I will never try again)

There should be no limits on players moves. If we cap innings, the incentive for adding pitchers is minimized and there is zero advantage to doing a ton of daily moves on position players.

Looks like the sentiment is for a normal draft which is fine.

We still seem pretty much split on roto and head to head.

So you're fine with someone working the free agent system and add and drop pitchers at will to take advantage of whoever is starting the next day? Well it is "fantasy" baseball I guess.

If there's an innings cap and an owner does as you described, they'll be out of innings by August.

If there's an innings cap and an owner does as you described, they'll be out of innings by August.

Exactly. Last year it was tight enough that I almost had to bench innings eaters at the end of the year because I was so close to going over.

Right now we have 7 teams - can use a few more.

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/165530

ID is 165530
pw is mets

auction would be fun for a change! (too much can hinge on draft order otherwise).

I took part in a Yahoo Auction Draft yesterday--took about 3 1/2 hours to finish. Was fun at first but by mid-draft became very tedious.

The biggest flaw is when the owner is absent bots do the bidding--and it's based on the estimated value; they jump-bid right to that value making it very difficult to sneak through "bargains."

I think I made out pretty well...these are my starters:

Joe Mauer C
Kendry Morales 1B
Aaron Hill 2B
Jose Reyes SS
A-Rod 3B
Jason Bay OF
Manny Ramirez OF
Jason Kubel OF
Johan Santana SP
Roy Oswalt SP
Joakim Soria RP
Fernando Rodney RP

and late in the draft as $ 1 pickups I grabbed Darren O'Day and Chien-Mien Wang.

I think we should change the Wins category to Win Percentage.

That way if you stack pitchers to get K's, you can get hurt if you pick up guys that will get you losses and drag down the %.

Between that, a 75 move cap during the season and an innings cap, I think we should be fine.

I'd prefer just sticking with wins. Sometimes you get quirky stuff happening with releif pitchers and Ws and Ls.

I'd prefer just sticking with wins. Sometimes you get quirky stuff happening with releif pitchers and Ws and Ls.

yeah. that's a very good point. let's stick with wins.

if you stack pitchers to gets Ks, you are gonna get killed in whip and ERA as it is.

I'd rather not get too bogged down in percentages. For me, roto scoring is hard enough. :D


PS : Are we locked in to that draft time. Just want to make sure Im home.

What is our time again? I'm traveling so much for work the next couple of weeks that I may have to autodraft again (but that worked out pretty well for me last year).

As of now it is Thu Mar 25 7:00pm.

We only have 7 people, we can really use a few more.

The limits on the innings pitched worked great last year - I'm OK with raising it a little bit.

I drafted a league (Head to Head) with friends at ESPN's site this weekend...they have an interesting way of dealing with the whole limits thing--they set a limit of 5 transactions per week. Makes it very diificult to so the kind of stuff that's upset people in the past.

I drafted a league (Head to Head) with friends at ESPN's site this weekend...they have an interesting way of dealing with the whole limits thing--they set a limit of 5 transactions per week. Makes it very diificult to so the kind of stuff that's upset people in the past.

That's an interesting way to do it. Yahoo doesn't have that feature, but they do have weekly lineup changes instead of daily which would clear it up.

I personally see no issue now that we have an innings cap and a moves cap. There were no issues last year.

That's an interesting way to do it. Yahoo doesn't have that feature, but they do have weekly lineup changes instead of daily which would clear it up.

I personally see no issue now that we have an innings cap and a moves cap. There were no issues last year.
Its funny that we always stay with Yahoo instead of these other sites

Its funny that we always stay with Yahoo instead of these other sites

Yeah I know there are other good ones out there but I for one am set in my ways for fantasy.

I do a pay league in baseball called www.baseballmanager.com

It's different then any other league that's out there, but I've been playing online for the last 16 years or so and don't think any other league is close.

Its funny that we always stay with Yahoo instead of these other sites

I like the variety; I play one each on yahoo, espn, and mlb. Also do one live draft, one autodraft, and this year one auction draft. Only thing that stays the same is I only play H2H.

Just a reminder the draft is tomorrow, Thu Mar 25 7:00pm.

If anyone else wants to join, feel free! Info is above.

I'm probably going to miss the draft again this year - but I'm cool with that (I'll take my chances like I did last year :) ). Have fun tomorrow night!

I'm teaching from 6-9 tomorrow night. wont be there either.

with only 7 teams, there will be plenty of good players at every position.

I should be there. No plans after work.

Draft order is up

I got home one min before the draft started. I'll post the results.

Draft Results
Stat Sub NavigationRound Team LV's Boys
1. (1) Albert Pujols
2. (14) Ryan Howard
3. (15) Miguel Cabrera
4. (28) Dustin Pedroia
5. (29) Jimmy Rollins
6. (42) Mark Reynolds
7. (43) Ben Zobrist
8. (56) Shin-Soo Choo
9. (57) B.J. Upton
10. (70) Andrew McCutchen
11. (71) Ubaldo Jiménez
12. (84) Jonathan Broxton
13. (85) Mariano Rivera
14. (98) Jered Weaver
15. (99) John Danks
16. (112) Gavin Floyd
17. (113) Jair Jurrjens
18. (126) Kurt Suzuki
19. (127) Chad Qualls
20. (140) Kenshin Kawakami
21. (141) Manny Ramírez
22. (154) Julio Borbón
23. (155) Ian Stewart
24. (168) Kevin Slowey
RottenMets
1. (2) Hanley Ramírez
2. (13) Mark Teixeira
3. (16) Troy Tulowitzki
4. (27) Adrián González
5. (30) Pablo Sandoval
6. (41) Brandon Phillips
7. (44) Jayson Werth
8. (55) Chris Carpenter
9. (58) Cliff Lee
10. (69) Yovani Gallardo
11. (72) Bobby Abreu
12. (83) Carlos Lee
13. (86) Cole Hamels
14. (97) Ryan Dempster
15. (100) James Shields
16. (111) Russell Martin
17. (114) Neftali Feliz
18. (125) Huston Street
19. (128) Matt Thornton
20. (139) Carlos Peña
21. (142) Michael Bourn
22. (153) Jason Kubel
23. (156) Howie Kendrick
24. (167) Adrián Béltre
Wright Stuff
1. (3) David Wright
2. (12) Brian McCann
3. (17) Joey Votto
4. (26) Kevin Youkilis
5. (31) Dan Haren
6. (40) Justin Verlander
7. (45) Josh Johnson
8. (54) Tommy Hanson
9. (59) Jason Bay
10. (68) Josh Beckett
11. (73) Elvis Andrus
12. (82) John Lackey
13. (87) Heath Bell
14. (96) Billy Wagner
15. (101) Leo Núñez
16. (110) Jason Bartlett
17. (115) Nate McLouth
18. (124) Adam Dunn
19. (129) Dan Uggla
20. (138) Mark DeRosa
21. (143) Chipper Jones
22. (152) Rafael Furcal
23. (157) Alfonso Soriano
24. (166) Bengie Molina
Marauders
1. (4) Álex Rodríguez
2. (11) Prince Fielder
3. (18) Carl Crawford
4. (25) Ichiro Suzuki
5. (32) Adam Lind
6. (39) Félix Hernández
7. (46) Matt Wieters
8. (53) Aaron Hill
9. (60) Alexei Ramírez
10. (67) Adam Wainwright
11. (74) Clayton Kershaw
12. (81) Andre Ethier
13. (88) Chone Figgins
14. (95) Chad Billingsley
15. (102) Rick Porcello
16. (109) Josh Hamilton
17. (116) Francisco Cordero
18. (123) Brian Fuentes
19. (130) Trevor Hoffman
20. (137) Jorge Posada
21. (144) Michael Cuddyer
22. (151) Gordon Beckham
23. (158) Carlos Zambrano
24. (165) Ryan Franklin
Me(t)ss
1. (5) Chase Utley
2. (10) Evan Longoria
3. (19) Ian Kinsler
4. (24) Grady Sizemore
5. (33) Zack Greinke
6. (38) Derek Jeter
7. (47) Kendry Morales
8. (52) Robinson Canó
9. (61) Curtis Granderson
10. (66) Nick Markakis
11. (75) Wandy Rodríguez
12. (80) Javier Vázquez
13. (89) Ricky Nolasco
14. (94) Scott Baker
15. (103) Matt Garza
16. (108) Brian Wilson
17. (117) Rafael Soriano
18. (122) Mike Napoli
19. (131) Alfredo Aceves
20. (136) Adam Jones
21. (145) Chris Coghlan
22. (150) Yunel Escobar
23. (159) David Ortiz
24. (164) Kevin Correia
Boston Mets
1. (6) Tim Lincecum
2. (9) Joe Mauer
3. (20) Justin Upton
4. (23) Jacoby Ellsbury
5. (34) Jonathan Papelbon
6. (37) Johan Santana
7. (48) Jon Lester
8. (51) Rickie Weeks
9. (62) Derrek Lee
10. (65) Torii Hunter
11. (76) Michael Young
12. (79) Stephen Drew
13. (90) Billy Butler
14. (93) Matt Cain
15. (104) Hunter Pence
16. (107) Francisco Rodríguez
17. (118) Shane Victorino
18. (121) Randy Wolf
19. (132) Lance Berkman
20. (135) Brandon Webb
21. (146) Hiroki Kuroda
22. (149) David Aardsma
23. (160) Ryan Ludwick
24. (163) James Loney

The Bixters
1. (7) Ryan Braun
2. (8) Matt Kemp
3. (21) Matt Holliday
4. (22) Roy Halladay
5. (35) Ryan Zimmerman
6. (36) Víctor Martínez
7. (49) CC Sabathia
8. (50) José Reyes
9. (63) Brian Roberts
10. (64) Justin Morneau
11. (77) Aramis Ramírez
12. (78) Nelson Cruz
13. (91) Andrew Bailey
14. (92) Joakim Soria
15. (105) Carlos Mármol
16. (106) José Valverde
17. (119) Brett Anderson
18. (120) Edwin Jackson
19. (133) Jake Peavy
20. (134) Denard Span
21. (147) Raúl Ibañez
22. (148) Asdrubal Cabrera
23. (161) José López
24. (162) Jorge Cantú

Round 1
1. Albert Pujols LV's Boys
2. Hanley Ramírez RottenMets
3. David Wright Wright Stuff
4. Álex Rodríguez Marauders
5. Chase Utley Me(t)ss
6. Tim Lincecum Boston Mets
7. Ryan Braun The Bixters
Round 2
1. Matt Kemp The Bixters
2. Joe Mauer Boston Mets
3. Evan Longoria Me(t)ss
4. Prince Fielder Marauders
5. Brian McCann Wright Stuff
6. Mark Teixeira RottenMets
7. Ryan Howard LV's Boys
Round 3
1. Miguel Cabrera LV's Boys
2. Troy Tulowitzki RottenMets
3. Joey Votto Wright Stuff
4. Carl Crawford Marauders
5. Ian Kinsler Me(t)ss
6. Justin Upton Boston Mets
7. Matt Holliday The Bixters
Round 4
1. Roy Halladay The Bixters
2. Jacoby Ellsbury Boston Mets
3. Grady Sizemore Me(t)ss
4. Ichiro Suzuki Marauders
5. Kevin Youkilis Wright Stuff
6. Adrián González RottenMets
7. Dustin Pedroia LV's Boys
Round 5
1. Jimmy Rollins LV's Boys
2. Pablo Sandoval RottenMets
3. Dan Haren Wright Stuff
4. Adam Lind Marauders
5. Zack Greinke Me(t)ss
6. Jonathan Papelbon Boston Mets
7. Ryan Zimmerman The Bixters
Round 6
1. Víctor Martínez The Bixters
2. Johan Santana Boston Mets
3. Derek Jeter Me(t)ss
4. Félix Hernández Marauders
5. Justin Verlander Wright Stuff
6. Brandon Phillips RottenMets
7. Mark Reynolds LV's Boys
Round 7
1. Ben Zobrist LV's Boys
2. Jayson Werth RottenMets
3. Josh Johnson Wright Stuff
4. Matt Wieters Marauders
5. Kendry Morales Me(t)ss
6. Jon Lester Boston Mets
7. CC Sabathia The Bixters
Round 8
1. José Reyes The Bixters
2. Rickie Weeks Boston Mets
3. Robinson Canó Me(t)ss
4. Aaron Hill Marauders
5. Tommy Hanson Wright Stuff
6. Chris Carpenter RottenMets
7. Shin-Soo Choo LV's Boys
Round 9
1. B.J. Upton LV's Boys
2. Cliff Lee RottenMets
3. Jason Bay Wright Stuff
4. Alexei Ramírez Marauders
5. Curtis Granderson Me(t)ss
6. Derrek Lee Boston Mets
7. Brian Roberts The Bixters
Round 10
1. Justin Morneau The Bixters
2. Torii Hunter Boston Mets
3. Nick Markakis Me(t)ss
4. Adam Wainwright Marauders
5. Josh Beckett Wright Stuff
6. Yovani Gallardo RottenMets
7. Andrew McCutchen LV's Boys
Round 11
1. Ubaldo Jiménez LV's Boys
2. Bobby Abreu RottenMets
3. Elvis Andrus Wright Stuff
4. Clayton Kershaw Marauders
5. Wandy Rodríguez Me(t)ss
6. Michael Young Boston Mets
7. Aramis Ramírez The Bixters
Round 12
1. Nelson Cruz The Bixters
2. Stephen Drew Boston Mets
3. Javier Vázquez Me(t)ss
4. Andre Ethier Marauders
5. John Lackey Wright Stuff
6. Carlos Lee RottenMets
7. Jonathan Broxton LV's Boys
Round 13
1. Mariano Rivera LV's Boys
2. Cole Hamels RottenMets
3. Heath Bell Wright Stuff
4. Chone Figgins Marauders
5. Ricky Nolasco Me(t)ss
6. Billy Butler Boston Mets
7. Andrew Bailey The Bixters
Round 14
1. Joakim Soria The Bixters
2. Matt Cain Boston Mets
3. Scott Baker Me(t)ss
4. Chad Billingsley Marauders
5. Billy Wagner Wright Stuff
6. Ryan Dempster RottenMets
7. Jered Weaver LV's Boys
Round 15
1. John Danks LV's Boys
2. James Shields RottenMets
3. Leo Núñez Wright Stuff
4. Rick Porcello Marauders
5. Matt Garza Me(t)ss
6. Hunter Pence Boston Mets
7. Carlos Mármol The Bixters
Round 16
1. José Valverde The Bixters
2. Francisco Rodríguez Boston Mets
3. Brian Wilson Me(t)ss
4. Josh Hamilton Marauders
5. Jason Bartlett Wright Stuff
6. Russell Martin RottenMets
7. Gavin Floyd LV's Boys
Round 17
1. Jair Jurrjens LV's Boys
2. Neftali Feliz RottenMets
3. Nate McLouth Wright Stuff
4. Francisco Cordero Marauders
5. Rafael Soriano Me(t)ss
6. Shane Victorino Boston Mets
7. Brett Anderson The Bixters
Round 18
1. Edwin Jackson The Bixters
2. Randy Wolf Boston Mets
3. Mike Napoli Me(t)ss
4. Brian Fuentes Marauders
5. Adam Dunn Wright Stuff
6. Huston Street RottenMets
7. Kurt Suzuki LV's Boys
Round 19
1. Chad Qualls LV's Boys
2. Matt Thornton RottenMets
3. Dan Uggla Wright Stuff
4. Trevor Hoffman Marauders
5. Alfredo Aceves Me(t)ss
6. Lance Berkman Boston Mets
7. Jake Peavy The Bixters
Round 20
1. Denard Span The Bixters
2. Brandon Webb Boston Mets
3. Adam Jones Me(t)ss
4. Jorge Posada Marauders
5. Mark DeRosa Wright Stuff
6. Carlos Peña RottenMets
7. Kenshin Kawakami LV's Boys
Round 21
1. Manny Ramírez LV's Boys
2. Michael Bourn RottenMets
3. Chipper Jones Wright Stuff
4. Michael Cuddyer Marauders
5. Chris Coghlan Me(t)ss
6. Hiroki Kuroda Boston Mets
7. Raúl Ibañez The Bixters
Round 22
1. Asdrubal Cabrera The Bixters
2. David Aardsma Boston Mets
3. Yunel Escobar Me(t)ss
4. Gordon Beckham Marauders
5. Rafael Furcal Wright Stuff
6. Jason Kubel RottenMets
7. Julio Borbón LV's Boys
Round 23
1. Ian Stewart LV's Boys
2. Howie Kendrick RottenMets
3. Alfonso Soriano Wright Stuff
4. Carlos Zambrano Marauders
5. David Ortiz Me(t)ss
6. Ryan Ludwick Boston Mets
7. José López The Bixters
Round 24
1. Jorge Cantú The Bixters
2. James Loney Boston Mets
3. Kevin Correia Me(t)ss
4. Ryan Franklin Marauders
5. Bengie Molina Wright Stuff
6. Adrián Béltre RottenMets
7. Kevin Slowey LV's Boys

I got home one min before the draft started. I'll post the results.


I was using google chrome and the plug-in died as soon as the draft started
I didnt even know you were in there ;)

I was using google chrome and the plug-in died as soon as the draft started
I didnt even know you were in there ;)

Haha I was having some good conversation with myself

I like my pitching and outfield. We'll see. Somewhat surprised David Wright lasted til 3

I like my pitching and outfield. We'll see. Somewhat surprised David Wright lasted til 3

Only because we're all Met fans here, right? Lot more sure power bats at the top.

I'm surprised Mauer lasted till 9--he's been my 1st pick in every draft.

lol @ mccann in round 2? WTF is that?

He's a good player and all, but....

hey if you need another person, I'm in. my friend at work met a girl in california and lost his mind so now he folded our league. louspot24@comcast.net (BTW i got season tixx this year, so i need to post that on here for anyone who wants to know....section 135 row 3)....rest are going on stub hub, 4 tixx + parking)

......hopefully you need me for fantasy!.....oops i think i'm too late :mad:

Sorry Lou - you really just missed it by a few days - and I don't think you want to start with the leftovers.

Does Yahoo even allow for a team to be added after the draft?

My guess would be not.

My guess would be not.

Sorry - you'll have to look for us next year!

story of my life !

Good luck to all. Don't forget first game is tonight.

Santana and now Lester. Not a good couple of days.

I have 6 starting picthers going tonight. That just ain't right.

I had 5 on Sunday. Amazing how many points that can get you (as long as your ERA/WHIP don't explode)m

I had 5 on Sunday. Amazing how many points that can get you (as long as your ERA/WHIP don't explode)m


-4.5 for yesterday, ugh!

Ouch!

As for me, I just have to keep my pitchers from going against the Mets :) Or maybe not, as the Mets seem to beat them every time.

hi fellow Fantasists, I'm searching for some advice. This year is my very first ever playing Fantasy Baseball and I'm very much learning the ropes.
My league just yesterday just changed it's rules to allow the picking up of players on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - before then you had to wait until Sunday night. We have a dollar limit which limits the amount of transactions we can have but I've been thinking that with there now being 3 windows of opportunity to pick up new players is it a valid strategy to pick up new pitchers if you know they're going to pitching the following day, dumping them and getting another one and so on and so on? Anyone play this way?
While I dont really know what I'm doing I'm currently 3rd (out of 7) and as the prize is a signed Carlos Beltran ball (which will go very nicely with my existing collection of baseballs) I'm very very eager to win it all!

totally depends on factors you havent told us.

are there max innings?

how many pitching categories are averages (era, whip) and how many are totals (wins, ks, svs, etc)

rotisserie scoring or points? season long, or head to head?

5x5 NL only. Not head to head. No Max innings. Wins/K's/Saves/ERA/WHIP


ps - everyone starts with $100. I'm down to $86. Mostly - up to now - you can get available players for $1 as there havent been any bidding wars.

To answer your question, we did have a guy or two who utlizied that strategy a couple of seasons ago, and IIRC it was a pretty succesful strategy.

It will likely cheese off some of your fellow owners though; be prepared for some "negative feedback." :)

It all depends on the caliber of guys you are claiming. If you're picking up crappy guys, going for Wins and K's, you may end up hurting your Whip and ERA which negates the other categories. Right now if you are weak in Wins/K's, it's a good idea.

It all depends on the caliber of guys you are claiming. If you're picking up crappy guys, going for Wins and K's, you may end up hurting your Whip and ERA which negates the other categories. Right now if you are weak in Wins/K's, it's a good idea.


I would put it the other way around. if you are already a bit weak in era and whip, then I would go for it.

if you are really going to employ that strategy, the time to do it is at draft. that way you can stock up on the offensive side, throw whip and era to the wind, and build a decent k and wins column.

Thanks guys, my two weakest spots at the moment are ERA (I'm 5th out of 7 in that category) and WHIP (7th) so I guess I could gain more on K's and W's than I might lose on ERA. I have pitchers that I dont want to get rid of at the moment but I have a spot currently occupied by Randy Wells which I might use as my 'one start and you're dropped' spot. As for it not going down well with others - I didnt vote for the new way of doing things so it's their lookout!
Fantasty Baseball has a habit of taking over everyday life doesnt it?! I spend waaaay too much time thinking about it. Once the soccer World Cup kicks in as well I fear my work output will finally grind to a halt!

If he's still available, grab Stephen Strasburg. He'll be in the majors in a matter of weeks.

nah, he's gone - he went in the draft. What do you make of Aroldis Chapman?

I dont know who has been worse for me Paplebon or Rodriguez :mad: