IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
Are we doing a fantasy baseball league this year? I did not see a post for it.
Fantasy Baseball
We should.. I'd be in
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
That's 2. Waiting to hear from JNudd, he ran it in past.
Serious Late
- Peoria via Denver via Ann Arbor via Albuquerque vi
I just lost my 10-year league last year... I would love to play if possible.
USAFILLINI
- Florida
I'm in!
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
What is the format? Weekly (pitching staff) or daily (individual pitchers) rosters? I might be able to do weekly. Can't do the daily stuff. Not enough hours in the day....
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
It will be head to head each category. So hits rbi HR runs avg, then SO W SV ERA and WHIP. and it is weekly.
I'll have to pass this year and with the reigning I.L. title. 
My doc program has picked up steam and I just won't have the free time. Have fun, everyone!
My doc program has picked up steam and I just won't have the free time. Have fun, everyone!
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
Hmmm, I don't follow baseball too closely but have played in a league the past few years where we have a set batters lineup and just pick a team pitching staff. That makes it easy for me to do a minimal amount of research and set my lineups every Sunday night and just follow along throughout the week. Is this what is going on here in this league? It's hard enough dealing with my 1-9 (we do a DH) lineup without having to deal with a tenth slot with individual pitchers. Whatever the pitching staff does as a whole is what determines my pitching points for the week.
Ryllini
- Lombard
I can't commit to playing right now, as I am in another league that I run and am working 60 hours a week, but I do have a fantasy advice/question.
I run a 12 man league, head to head 7x7 rotisierre, most categories won wins the week. We are a keeper league where you keep any 6 players you want, no draft round penalty. We have 9 position starter spots(9th spot is for a utility) and are position specific, 5 starting pitcher spots, 5 reliever spots, 6 bench spots.
Question, I have an offer for me to receive Max Scherzer for Buster Posey. Both players are obviously stars, Posey has catcher and 1st base availability while Max only pitches every 5th day. We are only allowed to have 7 starts for starting pitchers a week, do you make this move?
Our categories are: R, TB, HR, RBI, SB, Avg., and OPS. for offense and IP, QS, K, SV, HD, ERA and WHIP for pitching.
I run a 12 man league, head to head 7x7 rotisierre, most categories won wins the week. We are a keeper league where you keep any 6 players you want, no draft round penalty. We have 9 position starter spots(9th spot is for a utility) and are position specific, 5 starting pitcher spots, 5 reliever spots, 6 bench spots.
Question, I have an offer for me to receive Max Scherzer for Buster Posey. Both players are obviously stars, Posey has catcher and 1st base availability while Max only pitches every 5th day. We are only allowed to have 7 starts for starting pitchers a week, do you make this move?
Our categories are: R, TB, HR, RBI, SB, Avg., and OPS. for offense and IP, QS, K, SV, HD, ERA and WHIP for pitching.
Serious Late
- Peoria via Denver via Ann Arbor via Albuquerque vi
You gotta keep Posey. His eligibility as a catcher makes him much more valuable than a SP. Keep this in mind, there are 5x30 pitchers to choose from and only 30 catchers approximately up for consideration, and many of those catchers aren't on the field for any reason related to offense. Scherzer is also only contributing in 5 of 7 categories (no saves/holds). Posey is feasibly able to contribute across offensive categories.
This says nothing of the two players individually. Both are among the top at their position, but I would put Posey right at the top of the catcher list and Scherzer somewhere a notch below the top, top of the pitching crop.
Stick with Posey.
Ryllini
- Lombard
I'm leaning the way you are thinking. Thevguy offering won last year and his team was stacked, which leads me to believe he may drop Max anyways considering he has Kershaw. He wants to improve his C/1b slots. I may be able to get him with my 3rd pick if I want. I'm keeping: Harper, A. Jones, Machado. CarGo, Boegaerts, and Posey. I'll have to completely draft my pitching rotation.
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
I'm with serious late, don't trade posey.
I'll play this year if there's still open spots.
j.nudd, you can go ahead and remove my team (Starlin Marvin). Thanks so much for putting in the work these past few years!
USAFILLINI
- Florida
just signed in. Any idea how we can keep guys from quitting halfway through the season? Maybe a buy in?
Ryllini
- Lombard
You could also assign league manager powers to another owner, that way you could have multiple sets of eyes on lineups that aren't set. I think you have to have it set as a private league though.
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
I added 2 polls to the league forum. They are in reference to positions (2B/SS and 1B/3B options reinstated) and then if we should change scoring. I figured this would be beneficial to see what people think while seeing a straight yes/no style answer. If majority rules in something, then I think we should follow the vote, but if it is a tie or just 1 vote difference then it should stay how previously was.
The position one is only pertinent if we go back to 10 teams or less. If we stay with a large number like last year, then again those positions would not help us as it would be too many teams with not enough decent options to cover those positions.