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the_american_dream posted:How heavily do you guys weigh projected AB's? Do you consider them at all? Depends on the league settings I guess. In a classic Roto league you should probably be worried about overall yearly production. So if Tulo puts up 30 HR from SS in 120 games then you are doing pretty well in the SS spot even though he's missing a lot of ABs compared to Ben Zobrist. In a H2H league however, I would take injury prone players a bit more seriously as once you get to the playoffs it doesn't matter what your players have done in the past. Tulo's 30 HRs are meaningless when he's on the IR and you are starting Yunel Escobar or something. That's really the only way I'd look at projected ABs is from an injury standpoint, but then again it's pretty tough to accurately predict who's going to get injured. I wouldn't trust projected ABs at all for a prospect much, so much variability there.
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Thanks and yea im looking at H2H so I'm probably taking a look at AB's.
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Are there any crash course articles out there that go over the general concept and strategies of fantasy baseball? I'm probably taking over a team for someone and know very little about fantasy baseball and I don't follow baseball much outside of the local team. :I
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drizzle posted:Are there any crash course articles out there that go over the general concept and strategies of fantasy baseball? I'm probably taking over a team for someone and know very little about fantasy baseball and I don't follow baseball much outside of the local team. :I If you're doing head to head I started a blog this season where I'll be talking about my head to head strategy. Here's a post I wrote with a few strategies for a head to head draft: http://head2win.com/2015/03/24/head-to-head-draft-strategy/ I also wrote about some of the resources I use: http://head2win.com/2015/03/23/what-fantasy-resources-do-i-use/ I've played fantasy baseball for a long time but I'm new to writing about it. Use these as a jump off to find more experienced writers and experts.
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Very cool thanks man
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Mar 26, 2015 22:20
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Thanks guys! I have a 14 team auction this Saturday so I'll be writing about that these next two days.
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Edit: League's filled.
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Mar 27, 2015 01:49
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I'll take Team Poopsock. Email is dcraighton4182@yahoo.com
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Mar 27, 2015 02:37
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I lamented my dynasty draft earlier. It was with other FantasyPros news desk correspondents. We're now doing analysis if anyone is interested: http://www.fantasypros.com/2015/03/fantasypros-news-desk-draft-analysis-rounds-1-6
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Mar 27, 2015 03:47
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Ok... gently caress Yahoo. Mid-April now for PRO leagues.   My buddy and I are looking to join a 12 team H2H 5x5 snake redraft league with around a $25 buy-in. We were waiting for the pro leagues, but gently caress that noise. Anyone got 2 openings in a league like that?
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Mar 27, 2015 04:14
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I don't think you could join the same Pro league anyway. I think they just randomly assign you to a league or people would be able to collude too easily.
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Mar 27, 2015 05:56
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Can't even play a full year of roto in a Yahoo pro league this year? What the hell Yahoo!
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Just traded McCann + Zobrist for Reyes, not sure if that's a great deal or not, but its definitely an upgrade at SS and I didn't need two catchers on my roster so now I can pickup another SP. I like my lineup for now. Mesoraco Rizzo Kinsler Reyes Donaldson Braun Carlos Gonzalez Kemp Pujols Votto
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DoctaFun posted:Just traded McCann + Zobrist for Reyes, not sure if that's a great deal or not, but its definitely an upgrade at SS and I didn't need two catchers on my roster so now I can pickup another SP. I like it for you, McCann was expendable with Mesoraco on your roster, and Zobrist is worthless, so I think you did well here. Schweinhund posted:I don't think you could join the same Pro league anyway. I think they just randomly assign you to a league, That's simply not true. We were in the same Pro league last year.
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ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:I like it for you, McCann was expendable with Mesoraco on your roster, and Zobrist is worthless, so I think you did well here. Why do you consider Zobrist to be a worthless fantasy bet this season? He's still an above-average player with a bunch of position eligibility. I'm not saying you're wrong here, I'm just curious.
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Senf posted:Why do you consider Zobrist to be a worthless fantasy bet this season? He's still an above-average player with a bunch of position eligibility. I'm not saying you're wrong here, I'm just curious. The positional eligibility is nice, but his power and speed have been declining, and moving to Oakland certainly isn't going to help his numbers. He might be ok as a bench/utility fill-in guy, but I certainly wouldn't want him as a starter on my fantasy team. I would not be surprised at all if he doesn't crack double digits in HR or SB.
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Welp, my buddy talked me into doing another snap draft league tonight. I think I like this team? really like my pitching, not crazy about the OF. C: Russell Martin 1B: Jose Abreu 2B: Kolten Wong 3B: Kyle Seager SS: Hanley Ramirez OF: Bryce Harper OF: Corey Dickerson OF: Jason Heyward UTIL: Leonys Martin UTIL: Rusney Castillo BN: Aaron Hill SP: Zimmerman / Samardzija / Carrasco / Archer / Wacha / Rodon / Kuechel RP: Storen / Casilla / Boxberger / Soria / Nathan
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Yahoo's fantasy sports department is basically going to poo poo. They didn't have the soccer World Cup pickem up until like 5 days before the tournament started. Now the pro leagues are starting late. It's just incredible incompetence. Were they somehow caught off guard by the fact that major league baseball would be played this season?
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Is CBS the only place left now for money leagues with randos? I'd be a lot more okay with it if Their interface wasn't terrible.
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Doing my first ever auction draft. It's a slow draft over like a week with 24 hour window on initial nominations and 12 hour windows after every bid on a player. Holy poo poo. I fully support bidding up players but there is 2 guys, especially one, who I am pretty sure sits there all day and does nothing but bid up players. Bye bye values  Next time I want to do a real-time auction draft so this guy doesnt have as much time to think about bidding up players. HEY GUY YOU'RE RUINING MY VALUE PLAYS BRO
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CancerStick posted:Doing my first ever auction draft. It's a slow draft over like a week with 24 hour window on initial nominations and 12 hour windows after every bid on a player. Holy poo poo. I fully support bidding up players but there is 2 guys, especially one, who I am pretty sure sits there all day and does nothing but bid up players. Bye bye values That sounds like it could take one million years. Real time auction drafts take long enough!
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JackssWastedLife posted:That sounds like it could take one million years. Real time auction drafts take long enough! Yeah, that sounds awful. good luck finishing that draft in time for the season! ------ If anyone is looking for a $25 12-team H2H 5x5 league on yahoo, I've joined one that drafts Tuesday at 8 pm cst. Still about 6 spots open. If you look under custom leagues, the league name is Springfield Isotopes. http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/145346 Buy-in and payouts handled through LeagueSafe.
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Keeper question. I'm in a 10 team H2H with R/HR/RBI/SB/AVG/OBP/SLG. I can keep either Molina, Fielder, or Braun in the 18th round, who should I go for? e: my other keepers are Altuve in the 6th and Hamilton in the 20th. Rosters are standard starting 9 (3 OF instead of L/C/R), an IF, and two UTIL Teemu Pokemon fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Mar 28, 2015 |
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fielder, and which hamilton?
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Billy all the steals 
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Dandy Kaiser posted:Keeper question. I'm in a 10 team H2H with R/HR/RBI/SB/AVG/OBP/SLG. I can keep either Molina, Fielder, or Braun in the 18th round, who should I go for? Braun, easily. Fielder sucks, including this spring. Molina isn't even a consideration.
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Schweinhund posted:Braun, easily. Fielder sucks, including this spring. Molina isn't even a consideration. I agree. Braun by a mile over Fielder.
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JackssWastedLife posted:I agree. Braun by a mile over Fielder. Thirded.
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ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:Thirded. fourthed
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Well, that settles that then.. I guess I'm just salty on Braun because I was all excited to get him as a bargain keeper when someone dropped him after the PED stuff and it hasn't yet worked out like I envisioned, but I'd have to imagine that objectively he's the best option of the three. thx bros 
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Mar 28, 2015 22:00
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Braun couldn't feel his thumb last year and still put up near 800 OPS. Dude is good at baseball (and being a complete rear end in a top hat).
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Just finished my dynasty-lite draft, looking for thoughts on my draft (try to ignore the keepers, I know I'm stacked). 12 teams, ten keepers between seasons at no cost, 6x6 h2h with OPS and QS added. Also, prospects aren't supposed to be available until they actually make the big leagues but, well, yahoo fucks up sometimes (as you will see). I picked 12th in a snake. I plan on streaming pitching (obviously) though I'll probably try to add a fourth SP to stay on my roster.
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CancerStick posted:Doing my first ever auction draft. It's a slow draft over like a week with 24 hour window on initial nominations and 12 hour windows after every bid on a player. Holy poo poo. I fully support bidding up players but there is 2 guys, especially one, who I am pretty sure sits there all day and does nothing but bid up players. Bye bye values Why not just stick those guys with all the players they're bidding up, max out their rosters, and then get to the real draft?
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2 or 3 spots left in this money league!ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:
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I had a 14 team mixed h2h auction yesterday. Weekly rosters. I had two keepers. Scoring is 6x6 with OPS and Quality Starts as the extra categories. Here's how it went. C Yasmani Grandal $9 1B Adrian Gonzalez $27 2B Rougned Odor $2 SS Andrelton Simmons $1 3B Josh Donaldson $33 OF Mike Trout $67 OF Bryce Harper $33 OF Jason Heyward $20 UTIL Carlos Santana $21 BE Mike Napoli $2 BE Alex Guererro $1 SP Max Scherzer $12 (KEEPER PRICE) SP Corey Kluber $1 (KEEPER PRICE SP/RP Alex Wood $10 SP Andrew Cashner $7 SP Jared Weaver $4 SP Matt Shoemaker $2 SP/RP Anthony DeSclafani $2 Bench SP Shane Greene $1 SP Brandon McCarthy $1 RP Ken Giles $1 SP/RP Zach McAllister $2 This is a league with weekly FAB every Sunday at 10AM PST. I made some definite mistakes. I thought for sure I was bidding up a Harper fan only to get stuck with him. OF is so deep on the wire in these leagues, probably should have just waited after Trout (but I sure love me some Heyward this year). Waited too long on MI so I'm really hoping Guererro gets a defined role soon. Grandal's price seems high to me based on what I've seen in other drafts. Jaso went for $2 early which would have been nice. I'm really happy with my pitching. Wood and DeSclafani will be in the RP slots, I punted saves. I COULD have kept Goldschmidt and Jose Abreu for $15 apiece but the entry fee for this league is low and I wanted to experiment with spending a low percentage of my budget on pitching. Especially since I have two top 10 starters for $13.
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Doesn't using 2 keeper slots on pitching kind of subvert that experiment anyway though? I don't really get doing that but you have trout so you should win so whatever. Also, I will never ever get punting saves. Guys like Alex Wood and Cashner, there will be pitchers like those (and better) on waivers. Just use that cash to draft a couple closers. Schweinhund fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Mar 29, 2015 |
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edit: Quality starts is the extra scoring category and this is head to head. Saves are like wins when it comes to predicting when they'll happen on a weekly basis. I'd rather have more quality starts which gives me a shot at those hard to predict wins.Schweinhund posted:Doesn't using 2 keeper slots on pitching kind of subvert that experiment anyway though? I don't really get doing that but you have trout so you should win so whatever. I guess so? What I was trying to do was build a cheap staff around 2 elite keepers at the position. insideoutsider fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Mar 29, 2015 |
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Schweinhund posted:Also, I will never ever get punting saves. Same. Not prioritizing it is fine, but punting it altogether just strikes me as a terrible idea.
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