TWO Baseball Fantasy League

[Guest Inno]

Similar to the NFL League I ran, I've created a league for TWO peeps. This league is a bit more serious as there are games practically every day - although you can set your teams several days in advance.

 

The first week of the season is April 2, and I've provisionally set the draft for Sunday March 19 @ 3pm - obviously, that's flexible so we can change if it doesn't suit.

 

Details are as follows:

 

In order to join the league, go to game front page at http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1 and click the "Sign Up Now" or "Get Another Team" button and follow the links to "Join a Custom League". When prompted, enter the League ID# and password below.

 

League ID#: 44597

Password: playball

 

There's a maximum of 12 teams - it'd be great to get that, but realistically, as long as there's at least 8 it'll be a fun game.

 

C'mon peeps! Join in!

 

Anyone that needs help with terms, positions, scoring, stats or whatever, I'll be glad to help out as best I can.

[Guest Popsi]

I may well join this again, being as i knew as little about the nfl as i do about baseball, yet still came second!

[Guest MADDOGCJM]

Have joined up for this one.

[Guest Inno]

Many thanks - c'mon peeps! Places left!

[K.J 71]

I'm in!

[Guest Proudy]

I'll have ago me thinks, aint a clue about the rules, positions, scoring etc but i'll give it ago anyway :)

 

So Inno....bit of help please :)

Edited February 7, 2006 by Proudy

[Guest Inno]

Tell me what you wanna know - or will I just whip up a quick beginner's guide to baseball and fantasy stats?

[Guest Popsi]

For me too please. I know how to play rounders, is that any help?! :D

[Guest Alan]

I may not be any good when it comes to baseball, i know the bare minimum to get by and watch the game. But AJ's Astros are in. Edited February 8, 2006 by Alan

[Guest Proudy]

Tell me what you wanna know - or will I just whip up a quick beginner's guide to baseball and fantasy stats?

 

The Quick Beginner's Guide, sounds great :)

[Guest Inno]

OK, these are just my words, and not necessarily the official word-for-word explanations:

 

Batting Stats:

 

AB: At Bats - the number of times your player steps up to bat.

R: Runs - Runs scored by your player - self explanatory ;)

H: Hits - the number of times your player actually hits the ball fairly (not fouled, not caught)

1B: Number of times your player gets to First Base

2B: Number of times your player gets to Second Base

3B: Number of times your player gets to Third Base

HR: Home Runs scored by your player.

RBI: Runs Batted In - Baseball's equivalent of an assist. Got a guy standing on third base that scores when your player hits the ball? That's an RBI! Got one of 2nd base too? That's 2 RBIs!

SB: Stolen Bases - when your player sneaks from one base to the next behind the pitcher's back.

AVG: Average - The amount of times your player hits the ball compared to the amount of times he steps up to bat - example: 4 times up to bat, and 1 hit gives an average of 0.250 - 1 hit in 3 at bats would give 0.333.

 

Pitching Stats:

 

IP: Innings pitched - the amount of inning your pitcher has thrown - Innings contain 3 batters, so a pitcher facing 4 full innings and 2 batters would have 4.2 as his score here.

W: Wins - number of wins the pitcher is credited with - MLB scorers decide who gets the win in games, most times it's the starting pitcher, but can vary.

CG: Complete Games - pitching for the full 9 innings - or more if it goes to overtime.

SHO: Shutouts - Complete Games pitched where the other side did not score.

SV: Saves - complicated! Replacement pitchers that come in when the game is close and pitch the other side out are credited with a 'save' - replacement pitchers that pick up saves are called Closers.

BB: Base on Balls - Walks given by pitchers.

K: Strikeouts - batters given out on strikes, not catches.

ERA: Average runs allowed over a 9 inning game - example - 2 full 9 inning games, pitcher allowed 1 run in the first and 3 in the second - gives an ERA of 2.00 - rounded up if less than nine innings are pitched - example, pitch 3 innings and let in 3 runs, and the ERA for the game would be 9.00. A good score is usually between 2 and 3, under 2 is great and under 1 is incredible!

WHIP: Vastly complicated - walks and hits per innings pitched - Divide the innings pitched by the amount of walks and hits added together, rounded up the same as ERA... a good score here is between 1.00 and 1.75 - below 1.00 is outstanding.

 

C: Catcher

1B: First Baseman

2B: 2nd Baseman

3B: 3rd Baseman

SS: Shortstop

OF: Outfielder

OF: Outfielder

OF: Outfielder

Util: Utility (Any of the above or players given the UTIL position, usually deignated hitters)

 

SP: Starting Pitcher

SP: Starting Pitcher

RP: Replacement Pitcher

RP: Replacement Pitcher

P: Pitching slot - either SP or RP

P: Pitching slot - either SP or RP

P: Pitching slot - either SP or RP

 

It's the same style of play as the NFL league - team vs team, stat vs. stat, on a weekly basis. Example - My team have 5 HRs, the other team have 3 HRs - my team gets a point. Team with the most points at the end of the week... wins. Some of the pitching stats are decided by lowest score, not highest (ERA for example - lowest ERA wins)

 

Anything else I missed, feel free to yell at me :D

[Guest latz]

i'll have a go latz losers are in

[Guest HSM]

Im in!

[Chris2K 176]

I've joined as the Chris2K Steelers.

 

Any chance of a brief summary of the draft?

[Guest weberika]

I'm in Inno. :) GA Yankees.

[Guest Inno]

Thanks peeps for joining.

 

The draft is LIVE - you join the draft and pick your players. The player with the first pick is chosen at random, as are the subsequent order of players. You can pick whoever you want from the pool of players available, unless they have already been picked by another player - in other words Pick #1 gets to pick ANY player they want.

 

Yahoo will pre-rank players for the system to pick if you don't know who's who - you can take a look at the stats for last year on the Yahoo site.

 

Clear enough?

[Guest weberika]

By the way, is that 3pm GMT? :) For the draft, on March 19 ...

[Guest Inno]

It's UK time, indeedy doody

[Chris2K 176]

Thanks peeps for joining.

 

The draft is LIVE - you join the draft and pick your players. The player with the first pick is chosen at random, as are the subsequent order of players. You can pick whoever you want from the pool of players available, unless they have already been picked by another player - in other words Pick #1 gets to pick ANY player they want.

 

Yahoo will pre-rank players for the system to pick if you don't know who's who - you can take a look at the stats for last year on the Yahoo site.

 

Clear enough?

 

Great thanks :xyx.

[Guest Inno]

I was gonna do a top 5 for batting and pitching - but then I realised I'd be giving up pretty much all of my top picks if I did that. I'll do a recap of the draft after the effect and analyse who got what :)

[Guest yoyo]

Can I still join? If so I'm in.

[Guest Inno]

Still 2 spots left at the moment - feel free :D

[Guest yoyo]

Ok then I'm in. Thanks

[Guest Inno]

Might have to move the drw as Husim will be unavailable for the draft - does anyone have any problems with moving it to Wednesday 22nd March, 8.30pm? If that's an issue, let me know. I'd rather we could have as many peeps there as possible - a better draft means a better game...

[Chris2K 176]

I won't be able to make any Wednesdays, but I'd much rather you had a draft without me than have more trouble finding a date.