Fantasy Baseball 2012

[Invader3K]

Anyone running a league this year? I had an NL only league last season which was fun, but participation sort of fizzled toward the end of the season. If anyone has any openings, let me know.

[JoeMac]

Played for 3 years in a 12 team(AL and NL) competitive league and finished in the top 4 all 3 years(Roto 5X5).

 

The league folded after the 2010 season, so I tried finding a league in 2011 and couldn't find a fit.

 

Wondering if any leagues are looking for an additional manager. Love Baseball and Fantasy Baseball is my favorite, even over Fantasy Football.

 

PM me if you see a fit.

 

JoeMac

[Funketown]

I don't know if there is already a BF.net league, but if there isn't, perhaps we could start one? I didn't get hooked on Fantasy until this year when I joined a Fantasy Football league (and failed miserably), but I was hoping to join a baseball league this year.

[Invader3K]

There used to be one or two, but I think they're both defunct now. I would join a BF.net league, but not interested in being a commish right now.

[brettac1]

I'd be interested, as well.

[GoudaBrew]

Does anyone have any experience playing in a draft-and-hold league? Often times, the owner that is most active on the waiver wire ends up winning fantasy baseball leagues. We put so much time into draft prep, we ultimately don't find out who drafted the best. The idea behind a draft-and-hold league is that you draft a deep roster of 40 or 50 players (23 players active), and eliminate free agent pickups (or limit them to ~monthly acquisitions to replace injuries, etc) with weekly roster changes.

 

This format seems ideal for those who want to supplement a daily league and don't want to constantly tinker with more than one team.

 

Is this format fun? Is a snake draft or auction better for this format? What kind of budget would you allow for a 40 player roster? Any input on this is appreciated, thanks.

[hyerbro1]

We have 3 spots in a new league this year. This is probably not a good league for beginners but isn't as hardcore as it initially looks. I have played with this scoring system for a long time and really enjoy it. I can e-mail the league constitution to anyone who is interested, just send me a PM. Lots of Brewer fans in the league, some Twins fans.

Auction Draft - March 11th 1 PM

5 keepers

7 man minor league bench (separate minor league snake draft)

H2H Points - Weekly Match Ups

$40 (using leaguesafe.com to hold the money)

Unique scoring system, favors power hitting and power pitching

We will most likely be using fantrax.com to host the league.

[Oldcity]

Since it seems other people are doing it, I'll advertise our league here.

 

We're in the second season of a 12-team keeper auction league. We're moving to CBS commissioner league this year. We have one spot left.

 

-8 Keepers--that's based off the player salary (so better players will cost more to keep). You don't have to keep 8, but that's the max. Keeping fewer would give you more auction money for the draft.

-Rotisserie scoring, 5 offensive and 5 pitching categories.

-$40 entry fee

-You would inherit the last owner's team. You could keep up to 8 players, but you would pay a salary to keep that player based on his ranking and what the owner paid last year (more info on this if you want it). You don't have to keep any players, or you can just keep a few, if you want.

-Draft is 4 pm on Sunday, March 18

 

It's a pretty intensive league, so we're looking for enthusiastic owners who are willing to put some time into it.

 

PM if interested.

[KCBrewerfan34]

PM sent.

[Invader3K]

After thinking about it some more, I'm kicking around the idea of starting a league up again (but from scratch...I had too many people drop out during last season). It would probably be a 12 team NL-only keeper league. Live online draft. No cash, just for fun. Would probably be on ESPN, as I like their draft setup. Please let me know if you'd have interest in participating.

[Funketown]

Invader, I'd play.

[Dollarbill13]

We could do a Brewerfan scoresheet league. I'd be happy to set it up if there was enough interest. We could do a keeper to give people reason to keep trying as the season goes on.

 

 

http://www.scoresheet.com/BB_index.php

[RobertR]

Seems the place to ask questions over players I'm having a tough time evaluating. What's Ryan Vogelsong worth in a 12 team, $260 cap, NL only, 4x4? I have the option of keeping him for $10 but I'm also seeing if there's trade interest.

 

Robert

[Getpaddled]

I am hosting a Brewerfan only fantasy baseball league. I want 14 teams, will go to 16 teams. I have been a Comish for at least one league for 14 years straight. Want to keep it cheaper at $25 per. Pay outs for top 3 teams. Oh, and This will be a yearly event with a Brewerfan trophy (the WOAH SOLVDD trophy?) for the winner. Bottom 3 teams will be replaced if demand deems so. This is sooooo long overdue

If interested email me at Getpaddled@yahoo.com

 

 

Here are the rules: (could change slightly if majority agrees)

League ID#: 121376

League Name: Brewerfan

Password: ********

Custom League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/brewerfan

Season Type: Full

Draft Type: Live Standard Draft

Draft Time: Mon Mar 26 9:00pm CDT [ Add to My Calendar ]

Live Draft Pick Time: 1 Minute, 30 Seconds

Max Teams: 14-16

Scoring Type: Rotisserie

Player Universe: All baseball

New Players Become Available: As soon as Yahoo! adds them View List of Forced Players

Max Acquisitions for Entire Season: 60

Max Trades for Entire Season No maximum

Trade Reject Time: 2

Trade End Date: August 19, 2012

Allow Draft Pick Trades: No

Waiver Time: 2 days

Waiver Type: Continual rolling list

Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports

Trade Review: League Votes

Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules

Max Games Played: 162

Max Innings Pitched: 1400

Weekly Deadline: Daily - Tomorrow

Start Scoring on: Wednesday, Mar 28

Make League Publicly Viewable: No

Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL

Batters Stat Categories: Runs ®, Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Batting Average (AVG)

Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

[ilikewisco]

Keeper question:

 

I can keep two pitchers, keeping Price, and I have Beckett, Feliz, and Pineda. I was deciding between Feliz and Pineda, and I think it will be Pineda. Feliz doesn't seem ranked very highly this year with his switch to the rotation and one of the players is a huge Yankees fan. So I thought Pineda to annoy him and hope I can still get Feliz later. I don't really trust Beckett anymore, he was great last year but he's been to up and down for me lately. And Pineda could end up being someone worth keeping every year.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Hey guys, I'm starting my league up again this year. I know a few people on here played last year. But just seeing if anyone's interested. It's currently a 10-team, but I'm going to add people on top of whoever returns, so it'll likely be bigger. It's a standard H2H 5x5 ESPN league. I'll probably hold the draft on April 2 or 3. PM me your email address if interested. Thanks.

[Schlitz001]

Does anyone know where to get up to closer updates? I hate missing out when a new closer gets named early in the season.

[Dollarbill13]

https://twitter.com/#!/closernews

[PrinceEatMeat]

Anyone have a spot open in their league? Mine's not taking off, so I'm looking for one to join.

[Schlitz001]

Which tandem will perform better this year for a 5x5 league; Prince and Hanley Ramirez or Texeria and Tulo?

[jjkoestler]

Which tandem will perform better this year for a 5x5 league; Prince and Hanley Ramirez or Texeria and Tulo?

 

I'm banking on Prince and Hanley as they were my first and second round picks.

[Warning Track Power]

I have Braun and Hart on my team. Wanna pick up a backup for when they get a day off. So my question for you guys is who do you pick up...Gomez or Aoki? Aoki is probably Braun's backup, Morgan is probably Hart's meaning Gomez plays CF. I'm leaning toward Gomez because i think Hart will get more days off but wanted to get some other opinions. What's your thought?

[PrinceEatMeat]

Pick up someone not on the Brewers who gets more regular playing time.

[jjkoestler]

I wouldn't touch a Brewers OF not named Braun or Hart. There are much better FA options.

[crewcrazy]

Figured I would put this here: tomorrow, Disciples of Uecker is running a free one-night fantasy league on DraftStreet, and the winner will get $200.

 

If you've never used DraftStreet before, basically you get a $100,000 budget to build a roster of 14 players (C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, 3 OF, 2 UTIL, 2 SP, 1 RP, 1 P) for the day. The players expected to do the best on any given night "cost" more. I've played around with it before, and it's a pretty fun new way to play fantasy sports...definitely a good way to get interested in other games going on every night. Feel free to check it out if anyone is interested.