Fantasy draft tomorrow Yahoo 9x9 Elimination League

[KingKat]

I have a league for which I am the commish that is well short in terms of owners.

 

The league is a rotisserie 9x9 with the twist being that it's an elimination league. We start with 20 teams for two months and then we go through an elimination period where teams are eliminated one by one starting with inactive owners and then working our way through the standings. The final two months are played with only 12. The exciting part is the waiver crazyness that is created when the rosters from the eliminated teams hit the wire.

 

There was a f***up with the invitations that means that we're well short of our usual amount of returning owners.

 

The URL is here:

 

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/52297/

 

Draft is tomrrow at 5pm ET.

 

Let me know if you have issue joining the league. I can send you invitations if necessary (although the league is supposed to be publicly viewable and joinable).

[Abomination]

Those are really odd stat categories. Are K's for hitters actually a plus?

[KingKat]

Those are really odd stat categories. Are K's for hitters actually a plus?

 

Roto points are according to who has the least K's. Losses and Walks for pitchers work the same way.

[Abomination]

Roto points are according to who has the least K's. Losses and Walks for pitchers work the same way.

 

Wouldn't that setup greatly favor going with an all-reliever pen? All you'd basically cost yourself is wins and k's. (Never done Roto style before, so curious. Not sure if I'm game or not since I'm already in 3 leagues this year)

[KingKat]

Wouldn't that setup greatly favor going with an all-reliever pen? All you'd basically cost yourself is wins and k's. (Never done Roto style before, so curious. Not sure if I'm game or not since I'm already in 3 leagues this year)

 

I think you mean all reliever staff not pen. You might be right about the flaw in the stats. I didn't set it up myself and the league is fairly casual so I haven't seen anyone exploit any real loopholes. I wasn't the one who created the league or the stat settings but as current comish, I can use my power to make a fix where necesary.

[KingKat]

Bump.

[KingKat]

Draft is tonight at 5pm ET. Details of the format are in the original post. Stats are below. I can make a last minute switch of K/9 for games started to address the possilbe flaw that Abomination identified above. I would appreciate feedback on that even if you don't plan to join.

 

[TABLE=class: Table, width: 796]

[TR=class: row2]

[TD=class: typeStandard, align: left]Batters Stat Categories:[/TD]

[TD=class: typeStandard, width: 410, align: left]Runs ®, Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Walks (BB), Strikeouts (K), Batting Average (AVG), On-base Percentage (OBP), Slugging Percentage (SLG)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row1]

[TD=class: typeStandard, width: 120, align: left]Pitchers Stat Categories:[/TD]

[TD=class: typeStandard, width: 410, align: left]Wins (W), Losses (L), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per Walk Ratio (K/BB), Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9)[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

[TBJ12]

I'd be interested in joining if you still have a spot.

[KingKat]

I'd be interested in joining if you still have a spot.

 

Go for it!

 

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/52297

[Abomination]

Draft is tonight at 5pm ET. Details of the format are in the original post. Stats are below. I can make a last minute switch of K/9 for games started to address the possilbe flaw that Abomination identified above. I would appreciate feedback on that even if you don't plan to join.

 

[TABLE=class: Table, width: 796]

[TR=class: row2]

[TD=class: typeStandard, align: left]Batters Stat Categories:[/TD]

[TD=class: typeStandard, width: 410, align: left]Runs ®, Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Walks (BB), Strikeouts (K), Batting Average (AVG), On-base Percentage (OBP), Slugging Percentage (SLG)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row1]

[TD=class: typeStandard, width: 120, align: left]Pitchers Stat Categories:[/TD]

[TD=class: typeStandard, width: 410, align: left]Wins (W), Losses (L), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per Walk Ratio (K/BB), Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9)[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

 

I think I'll pass this year (I want to make sure I have enough time to put into the leagues I'm in), but I'll reconsider next year.

 

I think maybe I'd consider changing losses rather than k/9 to something like Starts or possibly even W/L ratio.

[TBJ12]

Go for it!

 

Can you remove Joe's Team. I joined twice by mistake.

[KingKat]

I think I'll pass this year (I want to make sure I have enough time to put into the leagues I'm in), but I'll reconsider next year.

 

I think maybe I'd consider changing losses rather than k/9 to something like Starts or possibly even W/L ratio.

 

I feel like K's may be over-valued. You have K/9, K/BB and straight K's. K/9 mainly benefits relievers so that was my thinking there. Losses is kind of derpy though.

[Abomination]

I feel like K's may be over-valued. You have K/9, K/BB and straight K's. K/9 mainly benefits relievers so that was my thinking there. Losses is kind of derpy though.

 

I suppose you could change both (losses to W/L ratio and K/9 to Starts). That might balance things better. If your draft is in a few hours though, it might be too late to do it this year.

[KingKat]

I suppose you could change both (losses to W/L ratio and K/9 to Starts). That might balance things better. If your draft is in a few hours though, it might be too late to do it this year.

 

Yeah it's a bit of a dick move to make last minute changes but no one else in the league seems to be examining this.

[KingKat]

Can you remove Joe's Team. I joined twice by mistake.

 

Done. ONE SPOT LEFT!

[KingKat]

Done. ONE SPOT LEFT!

 

Nope. We're done.

[KingKat]

I suppose you could change both (losses to W/L ratio and K/9 to Starts). That might balance things better. If your draft is in a few hours though, it might be too late to do it this year.

 

When I ran my spreadsheets using these stats, I didn't come up with eggregious values on relievers so it should be o.k. I'll definitely revisit the stats next year.

[Boxcar]

Thanks for the invite but I can't make it tonight, sorry

[KingKat]

Thanks for the invite but I can't make it tonight, sorry

 

No prob. League is full anyways.

[Snygg]

I am up for being a reserve, so if a spot opens up just let me know.

[KingKat]

I am up for being a reserve, so if a spot opens up just let me know.

 

Thanks. We just finished the draft. Since this is an elimination league we basically take care of inactive owners that way so it's a long shot that we'll need somone but I'll keep you in mind.