Apolyton Fantasy Baseball!!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yahoo just went online with Fantasy Baseball!!

Welcome to the Apolyton League (#20613)!

I'll thinking another Slow Live Draft that we do on this site (Offline).

If you want a team, post here, and I'll PM you the information. I'm thinking we should go with 12 teams (but if not enough sign on, we can reduce that). Of course we need to fill them quickly, because we have a month and a half until Opening Day, and for a slow live draft we'll need a good 2-3 weeks.

We have some decisions to make.

Maximum teams in league:
4 - 20 (I'm thinking 12 would be good)

Type of scoring:
Rotisserie, Points Only, Head-to-Head (We've usually done H-2-H)

Player universe:
All baseball, NL only, AL only (ALL, definitely)

Maximum player acquisitions for entire season:
No maximum, No player acquisitions allowed, 1 - 40 (I'm thinking no Max)

Maximum trades for entire season:
No maximum, No trades allowed, 1 - 40 (I'm thinking No Max here as well)

Time managers have to protest pending trades:
League cannot reject trades, 1 - 7 day[s] (I'm thinking 1 day)

Last date to trade player:
August 1, August 8, August 15, August 22, August 29 (How's Aug 15th Sound?)

Time players are on waivers:
No waivers, 1 - 7 day[s] (2 days good?)

Can't Cut list provider?
None, Yahoo! Sports Details (I put down None, but I can go either way)

Trades reviewed by:
League Votes, Commissioner (since we are doing 1 day pending, I put down Commish, if you'd rather vote, I'd rather do more days pending on trades then)

After draft, make all unowned players:
Free Agents, Follow Waiver Rules (Waiver)

Maximum innings pitched per team:
No Maximum, 1 - 50 (I have 0 down)

Allow roster changes:
Daily - Tomorrow, Weekly on Sunday, Weekly on Monday, Weekly on Tuesday, Weekly on Wednesday, Weekly on Thursday, Weekly on Friday, Weekly on Saturday (I STRONGLY prefer Weekly... I put down for Monday)

Start League scoring on:
Tuesday, Mar 30, Wednesday, Mar 31, Thursday, Apr 1, Friday, Apr 2, Saturday, Apr 3, Sunday, Apr 4, Monday, Apr 5, Tuesday, Apr 6, Wednesday, Apr 7, Thursday, Apr 8, Friday, Apr 9, Saturday, Apr 10, Sunday, Apr 11, Monday, Apr 12 (Opening Day, obviously)

Also Positions and Roster Sizes, we have these to pick from:

Catcher (C):
First Base (1B):
Second Base (2B):
Third Base (3B):
Shortstop (SS):
Corner Infielder (CI):
Middle Infielder (MI):
Infielder (IF):
Left Fielder (LF):
Center Fielder (CF):
Right Fielder (RF):
Outfield (OF):
All Batters (Util):

Pitchers
Starters (SP):
Relievers (RP):
All Pitchers (P):

Miscellaneous
Disabled List (DL):
Bench (BN):

I'm thinking- c, 1b, 2b, 3b, ss, cf, of, of, u, sp, sp, sp, sp, rp, rp, 5 bench (for total of 20), and 2 DL spots.

Stat Catagories:

Batters
Games Played (GP)
Batter Games (GP)
Games Started (GS)
At Bats (AB)
Runs (R)
Hits (H)
Singles (1B)
Doubles (2B)
Triples (3B)
Home Runs (HR)
Runs Batted In (RBI)
Sacrifice Hits (SH)
Sacrifice Flys (SF)
Stolen Bases (SB)
Caught Stealing (CS)
Walks (BB)
Intentional Walks (IBB)
Hit By Pitch (HBP)
Strikeouts (K)
Ground Into Double Play (GIDP)
Total Bases (TB)
Putouts (PO)
Assists (A)
Errors (E)
Fielding Percentage (FPCT)
Batting Average (AVG)
On-base Percentage (OBP)
Slugging Percentage (SLG)
On-base + Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Pitchers
Games Played (GP)
Pitching Appearances (APP)
Games Started (GS)
Innings Pitched (IP)
Wins (W)
Losses (L)
Complete Games (CG)
Shutouts (SHO)
Saves (SV)
Outs (OUT)
Hits (H)
Total Batters Faced (TBF)
Runs (R)
Earned Runs (ER)
Home Runs (HR)
Walks (BB)
Intentional Walks (IBB)
Hit Batters (HBP)
Strikeouts (K)
Wild Pitches (WP)
Balks (BLK)
Stolen Bases Allowed (SB)
Batters Grounded Into Double Plays (GIDP)
Save Chances (SVOP)
Holds (HLD)
Total Bases Allowed (TB)
Earned Run Average (ERA)
(Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)
Strikeouts per Walk Ratio (K/BB)
Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9)

My picks:
Runs, HRs, RBIs, SB, BA, OBP, SLG, TB
Wins, Losses, Saves, ERA, Ks, BB, WHIP

I forgot what we agreed with, but these catagories can be changed at any time.

[SlowwHand]

I'd like in.

[Guynemer]

I would agree with just about everything you suggest, with the exception of having HR, SLG, and TB. I think two of the three would be sufficient, and I would consider using fielding percentage instead of the third option.

I also have no preference when it comes to reviewing trades; if people do want to vote, I would recommend at least three days leeway.

[Imran Siddiqui]

the exception of having HR, SLG, and TB. I think two of the three would be sufficient, and I would consider using fielding percentage instead of the third option.

Adding Defense to Fantasy baseball?! Gasp

What do the rest of you guys think? I'll PM people who express interest, but any easier way would be if you emailed me .

[Guynemer]

The Love Haters are poised to dominate the 2004 Apolyton Fantasy Baseball season.

[SlowwHand]

Love Haters. Sounds like the split personality of Fez/Giancarlo.
Congrats.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Either that or what happens when Sava and Giancarlo get together .

[Guynemer]

Wish I could take credit for that. Stole it from Outkast.

[Soul Survivor]

Its that time of year again

The catagories don't matter too much to me, as long as there aren't any weird ones. Positions don't matter too much, teams of 20 or 21 are fine, but if there are more teams there should be less players on the bench so the FA pool won't be sucked dry.

I'll PM you in a minute....

[yavoon]

*runs in*

baseball sucks!

*runs out*

[Apocalypse]

I'm interested. Without a fantasy team, I usually have a difficult time keeping attention to a season.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Remember guys, you have to be here constantly for the next month or so to make the draft picks. Remember that before you sign in .

[SlowwHand]

YEAH! What Imran said!


This year, I'm trying something new in the draft.
I'm going to relax. That's the plan anyway.

[Apocalypse]

Don't worry, I can be active during the next month.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

hitters (7 positives, 3 negatives)

AB, H, R, AVG, RBI, HR, TB, BB, SO, E,

pitchers

IP, W, L, ERA, K, BB, SV, H, GIDP

As you can see, the only formulas used here are AVG and ERA. Since neither of these can be equal to infinity for any batter/ hitter, there can be no computer mistakes on calculation. OBP and SLG is both measured since walks, hits, total bases and at bats are counted.
batters now have some negatives so that Randall Simon, Strikeout Sosa and Swing for the fences Palmeiro all lose some of their value. Weak defesive players (jeter, nomar) also lose their value because of E

with pitching, WHIP is represented with BBs, Hits, and IP, instead of using the formula. i think we should repace the GIDP with something else, but im not sure what yet.