Sbr fantasy baseball 2016

[astro61200]

Chris Archer just TEARING it up so far.. xFIP of under 3 but ERA over 6. Nice. Loving that nearly .500 BABIP too!

Luckily Drew Pomeranz bailed me out today

[stealthyburrito]

Locke -20

Still haven't chalked the L up yet

May God have mercy on my soul

[stealthyburrito]

How much remaining do I owe you?

[mpaschal34]

How much remaining do I owe you?

zero....i'm in a good mood today.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

lots of early games today

[stealthyburrito]

zero....i'm in a good mood today.

Many thanks again Matty!

[Dan Kelly]

I think the key to winning in this league is to be able to count to 12 good ones.
I'm trying.
Unfortunately, I didn't take SP's with my first 10 picks - maybe I'll do that next year.

BoL

[astro61200]

Locke -20

Still haven't chalked the L up yet

May God have mercy on my soul

The guy I played last week used Locke against me too, put up another negative then. The only start that was positive I had him

[astro61200]

Forgot to set my lineup and left Scherzer on the bench.. looking like a good play right now though as he is at -1

EDIT: Scherzer posted a -7.. glad I forgot

[JAKEPEAVY21]

C Daze is tearing my squad a new one this week

[mpaschal34]

C Daze is tearing my squad a new one this week

Wow....he is. And I thought I was having a good week.

[mikemca]

Sorry guys this is just too much work to realistically compete. You literally have to check starting line ups EVERYDAY for EVERY game plus check vegas lines to see how your starting pitchers are matched up or if there are any on wire that are worthy. Just don't have time . I thought line ups locked weekly. Will still give weekly 50 to high score and try to play spoiler here and there when I can but other than that I'll be the doormat. Good luck. If you win this you deserve it.

[mikemca]

I think the key to winning in this league is to be able to count to 12 good ones.
I'm trying.
Unfortunately, I didn't take SP's with my first 10 picks - maybe I'll do that next year.

BoL

There is a loophole. Some guys have already used it whether knowingly or not. Found out week 1 when the weekly winner went over the 12 start rule and I researched it to see how to stop it but there is no way to enforce it. So at least if everyone knows all things are equal.

So here goes

The scoring for starting pitchers only stops after the day is over that you reached the 12 starts.

So if on Saturday you already have 11 starts but have 5 guys going that day. You will get the points for all 5 guys and then none if you have a starter Sunday.

Same thing for Sunday or whatever day you reach the 12 starts. When you just about reach the 12 starts you can basically drop all your pitchers and pick up every pitcher going that day. BUT you don't want to drop you premium players to the wire so people only do that when it doesn't matter(the very last game of the fantasy season).

So the strategy is keep 2 to 4 disposable pitchers and load up the day you are going to hit the 12 start max with waiver wire starters.


I know it's dumb but I swear I didn't know until after week 1. You can see I hit 12 on the button week 1 and then tried the strategy week 2 to no avail so it's not a game genie. In fact it can hurt you if they all get lit up.They are pitchers that aren't on any team.

[Dan Kelly]

There is a loophole. Some guys have already used it whether knowingly or not. Found out week 1 when the weekly winner went over the 12 start rule and I researched it to see how to stop it but there is no way to enforce it. So at least if everyone knows all things are equal.

So here goes

The scoring for starting pitchers only stops after the day is over that you reached the 12 starts.

So if on Saturday you already have 11 starts but have 5 guys going that day. You will get the points for all 5 guys and then none if you have a starter Sunday.

Same thing for Sunday or whatever day you reach the 12 starts. When you just about reach the 12 starts you can basically drop all your pitchers and pick up every pitcher going that day. BUT you don't want to drop you premium players to the wire so people only do that when it doesn't matter(the very last game of the fantasy season).

So the strategy is keep 2 to 4 disposable pitchers and load up the day you are going to hit the 12 start max with waiver wire starters.


I know it's dumb but I swear I didn't know until after week 1. You can see I hit 12 on the button week 1 and then tried the strategy week 2 to no avail so it's not a game genie. In fact it can hurt you if they all get lit up.They are pitchers that aren't on any team.

That is great info. I was wondering how that worked.
It's too bad that ESPN doesn't have better software - it should count your worst 12 starters if you go over. That doesn't seem too hard to program

Everybody should be aware of this, because manipulating the software correctly could be the difference between winning and losing.

BoL

[Dan Kelly]

Sorry guys this is just too much work to realistically compete. You literally have to check starting line ups EVERYDAY for EVERY game plus check vegas lines to see how your starting pitchers are matched up or if there are any on wire that are worthy. Just don't have time . I thought line ups locked weekly. Will still give weekly 50 to high score and try to play spoiler here and there when I can but other than that I'll be the doormat. Good luck. If you win this you deserve it.

Don't omit checking every Righty/Lefty matchup to get one extra point. I picked up Jackie Bradley Jr. for Mondays game because he has hit really well in day games for his career.

NEXT YEAR => Be sure to set "Lineup Changes" at "Weekly"

Lineup Changes

Daily - Lock Individually at Scheduled Gametime

Is it too late to change that for this year, if everyone agrees to it?

BoL

[Dan Kelly]

NEXT YEAR => Be sure to set "Lineup Changes" at "Weekly"

Lineup Changes

Daily - Lock Individually at Scheduled Gametime

Is it too late to change that for this year, if everyone agrees to it?

BoL

[JAKEPEAVY21]

I don't really have the time(or motivation) to check and edit my lineup daily

[mpaschal34]

i thought we had this discussion before the league started. i was worried about streaming pitchers, but someone pointed out the starts was limited to 12 and everyone was happy (including myself). yes there is an espn flaw that will let you go over 12 if you play them all on one day. but with the negative points, do you really want to throw a bunch of guys out there? at most, i see someone playing 1 to 2 people extra.

i'm in 3 other h2h leagues (each a $100 buy in), yet this has been the most fun for me. it only takes my an extra 5 mins a day to set my line up. normally do it before/after seeing what's going on here at SBR.

my vote is to leave the league as is.

[Dan Kelly]

i thought we had this discussion before the league started. i was worried about streaming pitchers, but someone pointed out the starts was limited to 12 and everyone was happy (including myself). yes there is an espn flaw that will let you go over 12 if you play them all on one day. but with the negative points, do you really want to throw a bunch of guys out there? at most, i see someone playing 1 to 2 people extra.

i'm in 3 other h2h leagues (each a $100 buy in), yet this has been the most fun for me. it only takes my an extra 5 mins a day to set my line up. normally do it before/after seeing what's going on here at SBR.

my vote is to leave the league as is.

I am also in a few other leagues (one's a $500 buy-in), and this ones the most fun, because of the daily changes and unlimited transactions. And this league forces me to pay very close attention (like missing out on picking up Snells start by an hour) which helps in the other leagues. And it is true that the flaw in the software is not much of a flaw because it's likely you'll end up with negative points on that 13th start or have to give up a good player - you can't have everything. BUT if guys are going to tap out because of the set up and then there are only 6 or 7 playing that sort of takes the fun out of it. This could be a moot point, as you might not be able to change the settings once the season starts. But if is doable, I prefer to change it, but I also see the validity of leaving it as it is.

BoL

[gryfyn1]

Personally the Daily Lineup editing is why I was interested in the league. Weekly lineup leagues to me are dull. You spend 30 minutes a week looking at your team then ignore the league for six days, which is fine if you not interested in baseball very much.

Baseball is an everyday thing, I love baseball and follow and read about it everyday and fantasy teams are just one of the many facets of what I pay attention to.

[astro61200]

I spend 5 minutes setting the lineup and seeing who is available, the ESPN app alerts me if I have someone in my lineup that isn't starting. No checking vegas lines or anything. Really helps if you know pretty much every player in MLB, then no real reason to check. For instance picked up Roark last night to use today and he put up 36 based solely on what I know he's done in the past.

Sure, you can go hard core mode and research lefty/right splits, home/away splits, home vs l/r splits, and so on.. but that's a little extreme for this league. Though once I start up DFS in a month or so I'll see some of those as a byproduct of that.

And as for the pitchers being needed, to me it seemed obvious that pitchers were more valuable. Which is why I spent my first 4 picks on Scherzer, Arrieta, Archer, and Kluber.

For anyone not wanting to spend too much time on things, just ditch all your excess hitters. No need to spend a lot of time daily as you'll have your starters in there at all times, just need to moved around your SPs as needed.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

i thought we had this discussion before the league started. i was worried about streaming pitchers, but someone pointed out the starts was limited to 12 and everyone was happy (including myself). yes there is an espn flaw that will let you go over 12 if you play them all on one day. but with the negative points, do you really want to throw a bunch of guys out there? at most, i see someone playing 1 to 2 people extra.

i'm in 3 other h2h leagues (each a $100 buy in), yet this has been the most fun for me. it only takes my an extra 5 mins a day to set my line up. normally do it before/after seeing what's going on here at SBR.

my vote is to leave the league as is.

chime in the poker scheduling thread please and ty

[mpaschal34]

chime in the poker scheduling thread please and ty

Ok....will go check it out.

[sharkbite8]

I'd rather leave the rules as they are right now. Even though I'm in last place, it's only fair to keep the rules as they were before the draft. Also, if we go to weekly waivers, I think a number of teams might lose interest or forget to set the weekly lineups.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Ok....will go check it out.

[stealthyburrito]

I spend 5 minutes setting the lineup and seeing who is available, the ESPN app alerts me if I have someone in my lineup that isn't starting. No checking vegas lines or anything. Really helps if you know pretty much every player in MLB, then no real reason to check. For instance picked up Roark last night to use today and he put up 36 based solely on what I know he's done in the past.

Sure, you can go hard core mode and research lefty/right splits, home/away splits, home vs l/r splits, and so on.. but that's a little extreme for this league. Though once I start up DFS in a month or so I'll see some of those as a byproduct of that.

And as for the pitchers being needed, to me it seemed obvious that pitchers were more valuable. Which is why I spent my first 4 picks on Scherzer, Arrieta, Archer, and Kluber.

For anyone not wanting to spend too much time on things, just ditch all your excess hitters. No need to spend a lot of time daily as you'll have your starters in there at all times, just need to moved around your SPs as needed.

You had a great week my friend

I didn't have good SP but doubt I'd won even with it.

[mpaschal34]

Jake...I'm coming for you next week!

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Jake...I'm coming for you next week!

should be an easy win for team mpas

[mikemca]

Daze wins the weekly 50

[mikemca]

NEXT YEAR => Be sure to set "Lineup Changes" at "Weekly"

Lineup Changes

Daily - Lock Individually at Scheduled Gametime

Is it too late to change that for this year, if everyone agrees to it?

BoL

You can't edit any rules on the league we made. Only espn league commissioner or something called similar but to set up league that way in beginning i would of had to email everyone for them to be able to join and sbr is not friendly to people posting emails. Beside I already see a few that want to leave it as is.

I spend 5 minutes setting the lineup and seeing who is available, the ESPN app alerts me if I have someone in my lineup that isn't starting. No checking vegas lines or anything. Really helps if you know pretty much every player in MLB, then no real reason to check. For instance picked up Roark last night to use today and he put up 36 based solely on what I know he's done in the past.

Sure, you can go hard core mode and research lefty/right splits, home/away splits, home vs l/r splits, and so on.. but that's a little extreme for this league. Though once I start up DFS in a month or so I'll see some of those as a byproduct of that.

And as for the pitchers being needed, to me it seemed obvious that pitchers were more valuable. Which is why I spent my first 4 picks on Scherzer, Arrieta, Archer, and Kluber.

For anyone not wanting to spend too much time on things, just ditch all your excess hitters. No need to spend a lot of time daily as you'll have your starters in there at all times, just need to moved around your SPs as needed.

I find that hard to believe. With games starting all day throughout the day and line ups only posted an hour or 2 before game time you have to be available several times a day.

Anyway I'm not disgruntled or anything. I just didn't realize how engrossing fantasy baseball is. I'm not outright quitting participating. I'll try to set my line up most mornings but I don't think that will win most weeks.

I can definitely see how much fun this could be. On a fantasy football Sunday I'm looking at every angle until 12:59 .

[astro61200]

You can't edit any rules on the league we made. Only espn league commissioner or something called similar but to set up league that way in beginning i would of had to email everyone for them to be able to join and sbr is not friendly to people posting emails. Beside I already see a few that want to leave it as is.



I find that hard to believe. With games starting all day throughout the day and line ups only posted an hour or 2 before game time you have to be available several times a day.

Anyway I'm not disgruntled or anything. I just didn't realize how engrossing fantasy baseball is. I'm not outright quitting participating. I'll try to set my line up most mornings but I don't think that will win most weeks.

I can definitely see how much fun this could be. On a fantasy football Sunday I'm looking at every angle until 12:59 .

Ditch all the hitters, just have who you have in your lineup, then only mess with pitchers. Sure, it won't be the best possible team you can have but the difference in picking someone up to play 3B for a day, or having bench players to sub out, won't make a gigantic difference. Then you only have to focus on which SPs are playing that day.

Can focus more hard cord on the lineups and stuff come playoff time. That's what I'm doing anyway.

[mpaschal34]

Jake, my team pulled a San Diego yesterday....did nothing.

So are the Padres going to set a record for most shut outs in a season? They've been blanked in 6 of 21 games this year.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

last year they were shut out a shitload as well...had to be 15 or so

[JAKEPEAVY21]

like I said, if Myers stays healthy, he will have a damn good season...

[astro61200]

like I said, if Myers stays healthy, he will have a damn good season...

.373 babip? That's not sustainable.