EDIT: 2/15/11 I just made another league on yahoo. This league is a Roto 13 team league with the standard 5x5 categories. All who missed out on the first league are welcomed to join this one.
League ID: 53138
Password: tcbaseball
What are all us peasants suppose to do when the there is no room is one fantasy league? We create our own. We may not have as much witty batter as the other league, but at least we will have one. Anyways to any Braves fan looking for a fantasy home, I just created a 12 team league on yahoo. It is a standard H2H 5x5 league. I'd like it to be a keeper league with us keeping 4 or 5 players each year if we are all decent managers. All are welcomed to join until its full.
League ID: 37621
Password: phuckthephillies (so original right?)
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Draft Time
Draft time is set for Tuesday March 13 at 6:00 PM but it is changeable to accommodate everyone in the league if possible.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 12, 2012
if its free im in
zacheyp - February 12, 2012
its free
the league is already up to 7 teams so everyone better hurry to get a spot
AvoidTheDolphin - February 13, 2012
I'm in
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Fatvirus - February 13, 2012
oh, right. info’s above. duhr
Fatvirus - February 13, 2012
oohhh... head-2-head?
Never done that before….may need some insight.
carpengui - February 13, 2012
Meanwhile...
The NINTH team is now registered.
carpengui - February 13, 2012
Make that 10
DolphinNation - February 13, 2012
So we have two dolphins and a penguin. Interesting.
carpengui - February 14, 2012
Don’t forget the monkey….
DolphinNation - February 16, 2012
Actually, I’ve decided to bow out due to the H2H structure… I’m not a fan at all.
Fatvirus - February 13, 2012
Sorry
Didn’t want teams to think there out of it after two or so months. Also adds the any playoff team can end up winning element.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 13, 2012
When I first started playing roto, I actually thought that was a valid criticism. But in my last few years of playing, I’ve realized that’s an illusion rather than a fact.
In every roto league I’ve played in the last couple of years, there have been late movements, generally dramatic. Not every team benefits or gets hurt by them, but there definitely are shakeups. Hell, last year I finished in second after being in first from about the second week of April on. Starting in about the third week of August, the 5th-place guy (12-team league) started a hard charge forward, and overpassed me in enough categories just in time for the season to end. It was pretty exciting, though that’s what I get for not buying into some players’ late-season performances until it was too late. Not making that mistake again.
Ivan the Great - February 14, 2012
I'd be up for a Roto
I’m currently looking for one as I’ve never actually tried it. If it interests enough people here I’ll start one up. Also, what do you think about doing an auction draft?
AvoidTheDolphin - February 14, 2012
I would gladly join a 5×5 roto, as I’m sure a lot of people here would.
Auction drafts are pretty interesting, but there are two big issues with them. First, it makes things take forever, and most people won’t want to devote more than the standard 60-90 minutes to a draft, so you end up with a bunch of people who don’t make the draft or leave early, and then it’s not fun because no one is invested in their team.
Second, it’s super-easy to accidentally gimp your team if you grossly overestimate a player’s value. As a result, if someone does something stupid, they will instantly lose interest in the league, and given that it’s hard to enforce participation, the whole experience suffers. If we were to get 12 people who had done their research and super-wanted to do an auction draft, I think it would be great fun. But that’s a participation requirement that really turns a lot of people off.
Anyway, sign me up for any 5×5 roto. (Or another scoring set, if there are categories that seem balanced and justifiable.) I was planning on making one myself, but am happy to let someone else do it. Prefer live draft, no weird positions added (people go overboard with 2 catchers and MI/CI/LF/CF/RF and my brain explodes), and the more teams the merrier, but am largely flexible.
Ivan the Great - February 14, 2012
Ugh. Don’t really like the auction idea at all.
I may need to ask for an hour later on that scheduled draft time, though… I’d still be at work in the central time zone.
carpengui - February 14, 2012
Just created the Roto league. Standard draft.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 15, 2012
Also...
I put the OF as 1 RF, 1CF, and 1 LF. Its not a major change I think, but its something I haven’t tried before that should add just another kink to the league.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 15, 2012
Awesome, I joined.
My only suggestions would be to 1) move the draft time back to we account for spring training injuries (reducing the chance that someone’s early pick is negated and made worthless) and 2) ditch the second util slot.
I don’t really like two util slots because I think it gives people a bit of a free ride for roster construction purposes that they otherwise wouldn’t have. But it’s really a minor issue—I’m sure everyone’s drafts will adjust. As for the draft time, not sure what Yahoo’s available days/times still are, and it’s not really a big deal, but just something I’ve noticed. (I also drafted Peyton in the 3rd round in fantasy football this year because the draft was well before anyone was saying he would miss even a single start… sigh.)
I’m excited. Hopefully we get enough people—it’s always fun with more teams.
Ivan the Great - February 15, 2012
We can defiantly move the draft time back, but I like the two UTL spots as the whole point of 13 team leagues is to create a deeper league which would be negated by decreasing roster size. The other option would be to add another OF or IF but than that throws things out of proportion with the OF to IF proportion.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 15, 2012
I like the 2 util spots… specifically because it helps on ‘off’ days (when there’s only 3 or 4 games and you’re trying to get as many guys playing as possible).
The LF/CF/RF thing scares me a bit… though it’s the role players that tend to move around with those positions, not the ones you’d actually want on your FBB squad.
carpengui - February 16, 2012
Note that in roto and with the new Yahoo! cap on games played per position, this doesn’t actually benefit you anymore.
There are X days in the baseball season (too lazy to count), so unless you can’t muster 162-player days for each position over those X days, this isn’t a concern. What I’m saying is more that you can’t actually start a guy at UTIL every day for the entire season, because in your last two weeks or so, those starts won’t count because each position can only accumulate stats for you 162 times. Two util slots does create some interesting depth requirements, but I worry that it encourages people to do something like draft three first basemen early, just because they can.
But anyway, I did a complete bonehead move and flipped out that the draft was this weekend—didn’t realize it was March 19th (or whenever) and not February 19th. I rescind anything I said after the draft date, that should be totally fine.
Ivan the Great - February 16, 2012
My concern is actually the thought the I’ll have to be much more concerned about week-to-week matchups, thus meaning a lot more effort on my part. Now since I haven’t done this format before, maybe that’s an illusion… for certainly tinkering around can screw things up as much (or more) than anything else.
I guess my real fear is in running into guys having a hot week… no matter how good my preparation seems to be, one player having a great week could screw all that up. I almost wish there was a “compromise” format between the two extremes.
BTW – in reference to Ivan’s post… in my last fantasy foray, I was mired in 10th-12th place through the all star break, then caught fire and finished about 5th…. and 3rd was within reach. If only I’d had a base stealer….
carpengui - February 14, 2012
One more spot available!
league has 11 now
dlkinser86 - February 13, 2012
Bah
Too late it’s full.
Good luck everyone.
dragonhawk26 - February 13, 2012
New League
For anyone who is interested I just created a 10 team H2H Roto league on ESPN. It is under Southern Baseball. Our draft is MArch 17 @ 2pm. Come join!
georgiadawgsfan - February 14, 2012
Not trying to steal your thunder
would you be intrested in doing a 12 team 5×5 h2h keeper league?
rocket8188 - February 14, 2012
Sure.
Where and when?
georgiadawgsfan - February 14, 2012
send me an email at rocket8188@hotmail.com so I can send you the info.
rocket8188 - February 16, 2012
Still need 8 managers for our second league.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 16, 2012
I just jumped in to join the roto league
Looking forward to it.
Bronn - February 17, 2012
Good deal.
6 Spots available now.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 17, 2012
Ditto
austinhb - February 19, 2012 via mobile
I joined the espn league
Looking forward to it. Want to make it a keeper?
tmc5837 - February 18, 2012
Everyone better hurry.
Only 4 spots left in the second league.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 19, 2012
Am I in the wrong league or something?
It’s called southern baseball, the draft time is right, but there are only three owners.
tmc5837 - February 19, 2012
Looks like you joined a league with rocket and georgiadawg. Me and 8 others are in a yahoo league called TC Baseball.
AvoidTheDolphin - February 19, 2012
Gotcha, thanks.
There are plenty of spots left in that league. I think espn fantasy is underrated. I prefer it to yahoo…
tmc5837 - February 19, 2012
is there any interest left in yahoo
i can make one… i just really dont prefer espn. im so used to yahoo as a teenager
MacsGlasses - February 24, 2012
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