Fantasy Baseball: 2009-10 Offseason

[flosses like fossas]

winter meetings have wrapped up and player movement is in full-swing, what better time to start pondering the what-ifs of fantasy ball?

 

my brothers and i are starting a dynasty-style keeper league this winter (salary caps, minors, etc.) and it would be really cool if any serious players/bf.net members would share their league constitution as a model. we're writing ours right now, and there's plenty to be hashed out, so guidelines would be really helpful.

[flosses like fossas]

wow, i can't believe the way this thread has taken off!

anyways, does anyone have any experience with espn's 'going, going, gone' live auction (or any comparable tool offered by yahoo, cbs, etc.)?

[RyDogg66]

ESPN's auction is great. I have used it for football and it works well. The main problem that I find is that ESPN ranks the players from best to worst and most people just select the top player to auction off rather than choosing guys much further down the list. Example - Hanley Ramirez auctioned 1st, Pujols 2nd, A-Rod 3rd, etc, etc. If you have people in the auction who know how to play auction style then it becomes a little bit better.

[flosses like fossas]

1) thanks for the info rydogg.

 

2) i've got two keeper dilemmas facing me this off-season. please weigh in with your thoughts.

 

League A: 10 team mixed head-to-head, 5 keepers, players can be kept 3 consecutive seasons after they're drafted and then must be released

 

My potential keepers, remaining keeper options after 2010 in parenthesis:

 

prince fielder (0)

brian roberts (0)

matt kemp (1)

jason bay (2)

jacoby ellsbury (2)

ryan zimmerman (2)

roy halladay (0)

josh johnson(2)

brandon webb (0)

matt cain (2)

madison bumgarner (2)

chad billingsley (1)

 

League B: 10 team nl-only head-to-head, 4 keepers

 

joey votto

chase utley

hanley ramirez

justin upton

matt cain

chad billingsley