its February, and that means its Fantasy Baseball time

[EPW]

I don't have a problem with any of those, though in the event of a tie i'll vote:
2>1>3
1>2>3

(I just saw the HR in #2, reduntant stat puts it behind #1.)

[OzzyKP]

1>3>2

[Berzerker]

I like OBP and SLG, you get coverage for BBs and for extra base hits
but TB also covers extra base hits, so maybe this would work

R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, TB
QS, SV, K, WHIP, ERA (w/wo TB allowed)

I'm flexible

[Berzerker]

R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG
ERA, K, WHIP, SV, QS

and

R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG, TB
QS, SV, K, WHIP, ERA, TB allowed

and a 3rd option

R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, TB
QS, SV, K, WHIP, ERA

4th (specify TB allowed or not, or if it matters)

R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, TB
QS, SV, K, WHIP, ERA (w/wo TB allowed)

****, too many options

here's #5

R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG
QS, SV, K, WHIP, ERA

I'm gonna shut up

[Guynemer]

TB and SLG seems silly; one or the other should suffice.

[Berzerker]

agreed, I'll take that as a 2 votes against option 2

what about AVG vs OBP? TB or SLG could go with it

we wont have a stat for walks with option 1 or 3

I'd probably vote for 4 or 5 w/TBA

[SlowwHand]

Whatever. I like football better than baseball, although I like baseball fine. What I don't understand is taking the sport that is stats to the max and trying to reduce it to a minimum. Why are stats at a max? Probably because they all matter.
Every year, this same discussion has me ready to just blow it off.

[Berzerker]

we gotta have the discussion cuz 4 people hated holds last year and I got an earful

[SlowwHand]

I was one of them and I was wrong. I looked at the stats at the end of the year and was shocked at the amount of Saves some people had for a total.

[Berzerker]

people will have more now that holds wont be a cat, the emphasis will be on saves now. Of course you could also just ignore saves and go for SPs to get Ks and QS (and lose out on TBA if we choose that option) - its a trade off still. Or get stuck going the SP route if closers get snapped up quicker than planned. I got stuck last year going for holds because 2 of my closers got sidetracked, I was one of those people with low saves totals.

So, go for QS and Ks and lose Saves and TBA and fight over WHIP and ERA. Hmm...maybe thats a reason to not have TBA, better to favor starters over relievers.