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MLB 2013 Season Thread
- Thread starter Mr.E
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Alright guys I'm about to renew the Smogon fantasy baseball league. My questions to you before I do so are:
1) Should we make this a keeper league?
2) How many people are interested?
3) Should I auto-send invites to everyone who participated or just start anew?
Mizuhime zorbees Texas Cloverleaf
1) Should we make this a keeper league?
2) How many people are interested?
3) Should I auto-send invites to everyone who participated or just start anew?
Mizuhime zorbees Texas Cloverleaf
Start new with keeper sounds cool
Ofc I'm in
Also your highlight didnt work niqqa
Ofc I'm in
Also your highlight didnt work niqqa
Let me just say that I'm in to doing things regardless of what is decided. I am going to lay down some points though...
I don't like the idea of a keeper league here. Keeper leagues are for when you have a group of close friends or an office where you can rely on them and know that they're not going to screw it up. If we do this, then you know we're going to only end with half of the accounts active by the end of the year. And passing that kind of slop onto the next unsuspecting player would be kind of comical to say the least. I'm not sure that it would work over too well. We'd need a plan to deal with this somehow.
I also like the idea of drafts and draft strategy. I picked Chris Davis up last year in the draft for $1 to be a bench player to give me HRs if I needed it. He turned into a super star. I don't think that I should be awarded to keep this emerging superstar for a decade just because I got shit ass lucky. Or that I drafted Matt Harvey as a prospect and he had season ending surgery and that I'll have to let him go from my team because he's taking up a roster spot. I prefer starting over every year. If my team is shit, I should have some hopes for next year.
For this, I'd say that I don't like the idea of a keeper league. But if you guys want to try it, I'll be a part of it.
As for the second and third question, I'd say that if the majority of people from last year say they're in, keep the league. If not, then start it over.
Well for a keeper league, you wouldn't get to keep the whole team. We'd set a number of players that you'd be able to keep (prob like 4-5? idk) and it'd go like that. If a team becomes inactive and gets replaced next season, there should still be that small amount of viable talent on their roster. If not, we can make some sort of contingency where you could forgo keepers as a new team to be allowed to draft during the rounds where we all pick our keepers. If we do decide to do keepers (and it looks like most people are leaning that way) there could be a second league set up that wouldn't be keepers.
my home league is based on the original roto league, does keepers as such:
each player has a contract, A B or C. A is for players drafted this year, B is for players kept one year, C is for players kept two years. When a player is a C, you can't keep them the next offseason. Players are kept at the same salary they were drafted at (auction draft). You can keep as many players as possible. We have some convoluted rules but I imagine anyone undrafted could be kept for $1 (lowest salary).
I quite like this format because it is quite hard to build a "dynasty" where you can dominate the league for a long time. Additionally, it makes it interesting for valuing players. To pull an example from my league, I'd much rather have a $7 Chris Davis than a $43 Miguel Cabrera. It makes trading interesting because, if you are out of contention, you can try to acquire low-priced talent to keep for next year. It is also interesting because different teams can come into the draft looking completely different. For example, this year in my home league, I am likely to keep a large portion of my roster but will enter the draft with most of my money tied up.
I imagine this system could be tweaked if needed. What are your thoughts about this?
each player has a contract, A B or C. A is for players drafted this year, B is for players kept one year, C is for players kept two years. When a player is a C, you can't keep them the next offseason. Players are kept at the same salary they were drafted at (auction draft). You can keep as many players as possible. We have some convoluted rules but I imagine anyone undrafted could be kept for $1 (lowest salary).
I quite like this format because it is quite hard to build a "dynasty" where you can dominate the league for a long time. Additionally, it makes it interesting for valuing players. To pull an example from my league, I'd much rather have a $7 Chris Davis than a $43 Miguel Cabrera. It makes trading interesting because, if you are out of contention, you can try to acquire low-priced talent to keep for next year. It is also interesting because different teams can come into the draft looking completely different. For example, this year in my home league, I am likely to keep a large portion of my roster but will enter the draft with most of my money tied up.
I imagine this system could be tweaked if needed. What are your thoughts about this?
I'd say that a good bet would be like March 13-20, depending on peoples work schedules and time zones and school and the like. We'll have to see how Yahoo handles that opening series though to see if we can't push it a little farther. But I dunno, we'll have to see if what people can or want to do. May be sooner.
In all seriousness, and this is coming from someone who has won the last two years, I don't want this to be a keeper league. We haven't had a stable enough history over the years and the idea that "there's always next year" is a comforting idea. Keeper leagues are best when you all know each other irl for bragging and consistency purposes. Just my two cents though. Either way, No Soup for Yu will be looking at a threepeat keeper or not
nah, im joining this year, so your reign is over :)
Alright guys I'm going to need some e-mail addresses for those who are interested but haven't contacted me. You know who you are. I'm leaning towards making this a keeper league and seeing how it pans out. Worse comes to worse we break it down and start over next year. Now then, auction or snake? I know the consensus of the "die hards" is auction but it is pretty time consuming so I want to get a consensus.
imanalty@yahoo.com
i would lean towards snake, but i dont have a strong preference either way, preferring snake is mostly just for the personal being more familiar with it.
I prefer auction because snake is more about luck than anything. Especially for keepers, because whoever gets lucky and gets the first pick gets a career player in Trout without losing a beat... Where in auction, if you want Trout, you're going to have to spend well and the rest of your team suffers...
Auction is also pretty bitching. Gets me into things probably far more than I should though...
Auction is also pretty bitching. Gets me into things probably far more than I should though...
I like auction (even though I usually kick ass when I let the computer autopick my snake drafts and then manage the team well >_>)