Running a yahoo roto fantasy league

[WHAK0985]

Oh yeah, I haven't mentioned this before...

I'm interested in signing up if you have space

[Jeffy25]

I'm running a rotisserie fantasy league on Yahoo. It's a 6 by 6 league, with the stat categories being:

Offense: HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS
Pitching: W, SV, K, ERA, H/9, BB/9

I split WHIP into H/9 and BB/9 to make it 6x6, but I don't think that's optimal...I just couldn't think of what other stat to use, so any suggestions would be welcome.

I'd like this to be a fun, but serious, league...meaning I don't want immaturity and nonsense. It's 12 players, so I need to fill it up. However, and I'm sorry for this, but it will not be on a strict first come, first serve basis. I have to make some judgment calls because, as I said, I want this to be a fun, serious, competitive league. So, post here if you're interested.

What about DICE? or bb to kk ratio as one, and whip as the other?

[TheNamelessPoet]

thats why mine are set at 14 IP

[RedsoxRockies]

What about DICE? or bb to kk ratio as one, and whip as the other?

DICE is not used on Yahoo, in fact I believe it is only used in Baseball Mogul. Correct me if I am wrong

[BINGLEBOP]

Dice are used in Las Vegas as well.

[gosensgo101]

(I can't do that ^ without it coming out as :d unless i write something)

[HoustonGM]

I'm interested

As a suggestion, the 6 X 6 leagues I've done have used these pitching categories.

W
SV
K
ERA
WHIP
K:BB ratio

Seems to work fairly well...

K:BB ratio is the first thing I thought of, but I wasn't sure. It seems multiple people agree with it, so I'll make it that.

I would suggest Innings Pitched as a pitching category. Otherwise you'll run into the situation where somebody could win the pitching rate categories with only a few pitchers actually pitching. That could lead to people winning half the pitching categories, punting W, SV, K and going all out on hitting.

As a longtime fantasy player, I have seen this kind of extreme managing.

I have it set to require 3 starting pitchers and 2 relief pitchers, plus 3 of any pitchers, which at least seems like it would help combat that.

I set it to K:BB ratio for now, but if a consensus develops of using innings, I'll be fine with that.

[KowboyKoop]

IP as a scoring category seems silly. You can make it where the minimum innings pitched is anywhere from 1-50 innings, so just do that to try to force people from not only relying on relievers (which I think would be the point of having IP as a category).

Just my opinion though..but I've never played in or seen a league with IP as a scoring category.

[HoustonGM]

I can't seem to find anywhere to set a minimum innings pitched.

[RedsoxRockies]

IP as a scoring category seems silly. You can make it where the minimum innings pitched is anywhere from 1-50 innings, so just do that to try to force people from not only relying on relievers (which I think would be the point of having IP as a category).

I totally agree with everything you said. And I have in fact used IP in a league before, and it is pretty weird.

[KowboyKoop]

I can't seem to find anywhere to set a minimum innings pitched.

I'm sorry, I totally didn't realize it was a roto league. Sorry, ignore my advice on the minimum innings pitched. I was thinking this was a H2H league..I got this one mixed up with the other BM Fantasy league I joined.


Regardless..an IP scoring category would still seem silly.

[WHAK0985]

Regardless..an IP scoring category would still seem silly.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, certainly, but I'm not sure why IP is such a silly notion as a counting stat for pitchers. I would think that for starting pitchers, the reward is that better pitchers and/or better single game performances result in more innings pitched, which is how you would win that category.

Although not perfect, an analogous fantasy offensive scoring stat would be hits. It's something every batter will get, but the better players and/or the better single game performances will rack up your hits totals. Much like innings pitched for pitchers.

But you're right in that it isn't a necessary pitching category. We only used it in 7x7 leagues to balance out the offensive scoring.

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I'm interested if there's still space, if not it's no big deal.

[KowboyKoop]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, certainly, but I'm not sure why IP is such a silly notion as a counting stat for pitchers. I would think that for starting pitchers, the reward is that better pitchers and/or better single game performances result in more innings pitched, which is how you would win that category.

Although not perfect, an analogous fantasy offensive scoring stat would be hits. It's something every batter will get, but the better players and/or the better single game performances will rack up your hits totals. Much like innings pitched for pitchers.

But you're right in that it isn't a necessary pitching category. We only used it in 7x7 leagues to balance out the offensive scoring.

I don't think IP reflects a whole lot more than an ability to not get hurt. Some managers stretch their starters out more than others.....many reasons. It just seems silly to me. With hits, sure, more PT/ABs helps...but you still gotta get the hits. Just my opinion, as you say.

Given that this is a roto league..I don't think people going exclusively with RPs or anything like that is a concern.

[OldFatGuy]

Could someone get in whose never done anything Fantasy ever??

Or would it be better to start off with something else??

Do all of you guys have a lot of experience with this stuff? Is it as fun as it sounds?