Cant wait for the season to start

Here are the teams


Team Dr.Van Nostrand
C Carlos Santana (C) CLE
1B Freddie Freeman (1B) ATL
2B Ian Kinsler (2B) TEX
SS Troy Tulowitzki (SS) COL
3B Martin Prado (2B,3B,OF) ATL
OF Andrew McCutchen (OF) PIT
OF Hunter Pence (OF) Hou
OF Mike Stanton (OF) FLA
Util Curtis Granderson (OF) NYY
Bench Omar Infante (2B,SS,3B,OF) FLA
Bench Ike Davis (1B) NYM

SP Felix Hernandez (SP,P) SEA
SP Cliff Lee (SP,P) PHI
SP Brandon Morrow (SP,P) TOR
RP Jonathan Broxton (RP,P) LAD
RP Craig Kimbrel (RP,P) ATL
P Madison Bumgarner (SP,P) SF
P Josh Beckett (SP,P) BOS
P Derek Lowe (SP,P) ATL
Bench Jake Westbrook (SP,P) STL
Bench Jonny Venters (RP,P) ATL
Bench Mike Pelfrey (SP,P) NYM



Chester's Dead - chester mcjenkins
C Brian McCann (C) ATL
1B Kendrys Morales (1B) LAA
2B Ben Zobrist (1B,2B,OF) TB
SS Hanley Ramirez (SS) FLA
3B Alex Rodriguez (3B) NYY
OF Ichiro Suzuki (OF) SEA
OF Alex Rios (OF) CWS
OF Colby Rasmus (OF) STL
Util Billy Butler (1B) KC
Bench Chone Figgins (2B) SEA
Bench Juan Pierre (OF) CWS
Bench Jason Bay (OF) NYM

SP Jon Lester (SP,P) BOS
SP Dan Haren (SP,P) LAA
SP Trevor Cahill (SP,P) OAK
RP Brian Wilson (RP,P) SF
RP John Axford (RP,P) MIL
P Wandy Rodriguez (SP,P) HOU
P Ted Lilly (SP,P) LAD
P Hiroki Kuroda (SP,P) LAD
Bench Brett Myers (SP,P) HOU
Bench Jhoulys Chacin (SP,RP,P) COL



The Chudville Nine
C Mike Napoli (C,1B) TEX
1B Kevin Youkilis (1B, 3B) BOS
2B Dustin Pedroia (2B) BOS
SS Rafael Furcal (SS) LAD
3B Evan Longoria (3B) TB
OF Jason Heyward (OF) ATL
OF Jacoby Ellsbury (OF) BOS
OF Torii Hunter (OF) LAA
Util David Ortiz (Util) BOS
Bench Ryan Doumit (C,OF) PIT
Bench Aubrey Huff (1B,OF) SF
Bench Marco Scutaro (2B,SS) BOS
Bench Manny Ramirez (OF) TB
Bench Michael Cuddyer (1B,3B,OF) MIN

SP Ubaldo Jimenez (SP,P) COL
SP Clay Buchholz (SP,P) BOS
SP Matt Garza (SP,P) ChC
RP Francisco Cordero (RP,P) CIN
RP Leo Nunez (RP,P) FLA
P Carl Pavano (SP,P) MIN
P Johan Santana (SP,P) NYM
P Johnny Cueto (SP,P) CIN



The Argonauts
C Victor Martinez (C,1B) DET
1B Justin Morneau (1B) MIN
2B Dan Uggla (2B) ATL
SS Derek Jeter (SS) NYY
3B Ryan Zimmerman (3B) WAS
OF Carlos Gonzalez (OF) COL
OF Corey Hart (OF) MIL
OF Nick Markakis (OF) BAL
Util Paul Konerko (1b) CWS
Bench Nick Swisher (OF) NYY
Bench Juan Uribe (2B,3B,SS) LAD
Bench Lucas Duda (OF) NYM

SP CC Sabathia (SP,P) NYY
SP Mat Latos (SP,P) SD
SP Chad Billingsley (SP,P,) LAD
RP Jose Valverde (RP,P) DET
RP Ryan Franklin (RP,P) STL
P Jonathan Sanchez (SP,P) SF
P Gio Gonzalez (SP,P) OAK
P Daniel Hudson (SP,P) ARI
Bench Ian Kenedy (SP,P) ARI
Bench Dallas Braden (SP,P) OAK



The Vatican Assassin's - Malcolm Sex
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia (C) BOS
1B Ryan Howard (1B) PHI
2B Kelly Johnson (2B) ARI
SS Ian Desmond (SS) WAS
3B Michael Young (3B) TEX
OF Ryan Braun (OF) MIL
OF Nelson Cruz (OF) TEX
OF Justin Upton (OF) ARI
Util Prince Fielder (1B) MIL
Bench Grady Sizemore (OF) CLE
Bench Carlos Quentin (OF) CWS
Bench Dexter Fowler (OF) COL

SP Zack Greinke (SP,P) MIL
SP Max Scherxer (SP,P) DET
SP Ervin Santana (SP,P) LAA
RP Neftali Feliz (RP,P) TEX
RP Jonathan Papelbon (RP,P) BOS
P J.J. Putz (RP,P) ARI
P Chris Perez (RP,P) CLE
P Brandon Lyon (RP,P) HOU
Bench Javier Vazquez (SP,RP,P) FLA
Bench Brian Matusz (SP,P) BAL



Team Snapper - YouMeanCoitus?
C Buster Posey (C,1B) SF
1B Joey Votto (1B) CIN
2B Neil Walker (2B,3B) PIT
SS Elvis Andrews (SS) TEX
3B Pedro Alvarez (3B) PIT
OF Carl Crawford (OF) BOS
OF Matt Holiday (OF) STL
OF Adam Jones (OF) BAL
Util Rajai Davis (OF) TOR
Bench Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2B,SS) MIN
Bench Casey McGehee (3B) MIL
Bench Jorge Posada (C) NYY

SP Justin Verlander (SP,P) DET
SP Tommy Hanson (SP,P) ATL
SP Yovani Gallardo (SP,P) MIL
RP Mariano Rivera (RP,P) NYY
RP Brad Lidge (RP,P) PHI
P Shaun Marcum (SP,P) MIL
P Brett Anderson (SP,P) OAK
P Ricky Nolasco (SP,P) FLA
Bench Jeremy Hellickson (SP,RP,P) TB
Bench Mark Buehrle (SP,P) CWS



Vamos Doyers Vamos - pearljamfan80
C Miguel Montero (C) ARI
1B Adrian Gonzalez (1B) BOS
2B Brandon Phillips (2B) CIN
SS Alexi Ramirez (SS) CWS
3B Mark Reynolds (3B) BAL
OF Matt Kemp (OF) LAD
OF B.J. Upton (OF) TB
OF Shane Victorino (OF) PHI
Util Michael Bourn (OF) HOU
Bench Adam Lind (1B,OF) TOR
Bench Aaron Hill (2B) TOR

SP Roy Halladay (SP,P) PHI
SP Clayton Kershaw (SP,P) LAD
SP Phil Hughes (SP,P) NYY
RP Carlos Marmol (RP,P) ChC
RP Joakim Soria (RP,P) KC
P Andrew Bailey (RP,P) OAK
P Colby Lewis (SP,P) TEX
P David Aardsma (RP,P) SEA
Bench Ryan Dempster (SP,P) ChC
Bench John Danks (SP,P) CWS
Bench Brandon Webb (SP,P) TEX



Montgomery Blscuits - sportsfreakpete6
C Geovany Soto (C) ChC
1B Mark Teixeira (1B) NYY
2B Robinson Cano (2B) NYY
SS Stephen Drew (SS) ARI
3B Adrian Beltre (3B) TEX
OF Josh Hamilton (OF) TEX
OF Jayson Werth (OF) WAS
OF Delmon Young (OF) MIN
Util Aramis Ramirez (3B) ChC
Bench Austin Jackson (OF) DET
Bench Howie Kendrick (1B,2B) LAA
Bench Adam LaRoche (1B) WAS

SP Josh Johnson (SP,P) FLA
SP Cole Hamels (SP,P) PHI
SP Matt Cain (SP,P) SF
RP Heath Bell (RP,P) SD
RP Francisco Rodriguez (RP,P) NYM
P Tim Hudson (SP,P) ATL
P C.J. Wilson (SP,P) TEX
P Edinson Volquez (SP,P) CIN
Bench Joel Hanrahan (RP,P) PIT
Bench John Lackey (SP,P) BOS



9 guys 1 ball - teflonsteve
C Joe Mauer (C) MIN
1B Albert Pujols (1B) STL
2B Brian Roberts (2B) BAL
SS Jimmy Rollins (SS) PHI
3B Jose Bautista (3B,OF) TOR
OF Andre Ethier (OF) LAD
OF Jay Bruce (OF) CIN
OF Chris Young (OF) ARI
Util Brett Gardner (OF) NYY
Bench Starlin Castro (SS) ChC
Bench Vernon Wells (OF) LAA
Bench Luke Scott (1B,OF) BAL

SP Tim Lincecum (SP,P) SF
SP Roy Oswalt (SP,P) PHI
SP Chris Carpenter (SP,P) STL
RP Huston Street (RP,P) COL
RP Rafael Soriano (RP,P) NYY
P Ricky Romero (SP,P) TOR
P Aroldis Chapman (RP,P) CIN
P Daniel Bard (RP,P) BOS
Bench Carlos Zambrano (SP,RP,P) ChC
Bench Kevin Gregg (RP,P) BAL



Big League Choo - chrismani
C Matt Wieters (C) BAL
1B Miguel Cabrera (1b) DET
2B Rickie Weeks (2B) MIL
SS Jose Reyes (SS) NYM
3B David Wright (3B) NYM
OF Shin-Soo Choo (OF) CLE
OF Drew Stubbs (OF) CIN
OF Vladimir Guerrero (OF) BAL
Util Adam Dunn (1B) CWS
Bench Chase Utley (2b) PHI
Bench Pablo Sandoval (1B,3B) SF
Bench Angel Pagan (OF) NYM
Bench Ryan Raburn (2B,OF) DET
Bench Alfonso Soriano (OF) ChC

SP David Price (SP,P) TB
SP Francisco Liriano (SP,P) MIN
SP Jered Weaver (SP,P) LAA
RP Joe Nathan (RP,P) MIN
RP Matt Thornton (RP,P) CWS
P Jaime Garcia (SP,P) STL
P Jake Peavy (SP,P) CWS
P Drew Storen (RP,P) WAS

We did last year but it seemed half the league lost interest by the all star break which made it kind of lame for those of us still paying attention.

was it a points league or a head to head league?

i had a lot of trouble getting into fantasy baseball over the last 4 or 5 years because i was always playing points based leagues, (thats my fav type of fantasy football) but last year i got into a head to head league that just keeps track of stat categories for a week long match up, and i loved it.

we definitely need to try and keep it competitive, so if we can get enough people that are interested to atleast have 6 to 10 teams then i think it would be good

It was head to head. There were some bullshit stats used. Fielding percentage was retarded, so was holds. Holds only works really in a points league.

if i start the league, then i have no problem working with everyone to make sure we like everything about the league, roster spots, # of bench players, stat categories and so on.

im a commissioner in multiple football leagues every year , but havent run my own baseball league, so ill need some help if i do it.

so lets see who all is interested

DVN obviously
CHUD it would seem
and who else?

I'm already in another league but yeah I'd do this too.

have you run one before? im looking into just setting this one up and seeing if enough people join, and i was wondering if its pretty easy to change the draft date and time? it seems like it is asking me to set it right now, and im not sure when would be convenient for everyone, so if i can change it as much as i want, then ill set it up and just change the date later.

Yeah, set it up with yahoo now and tinker around with it. Anything you set you can change later. Also the amount of players you set is just the maximum, and you can run with any even number of players.

FYI I already have a draft commitment for sunday, march 27 at 630pm.

we will pick a time and date that works if we get enough people to play

ill post the info shortly so people can sign up if they want

ok, League is set up,
League ID 85387
Password nocode

i slightly changed some of the default settings, so if you sign up and have suggestions then let me know in here what you think and we can make it what we all want it to be

just post the link

Way too many stats IMO, also, I like having the same amount of hitting stats as pitching stats.

Stats that don't come up all the time don't really work too well in head to head. Just because someone is going to get the win in that category for having that lucky triple or complete game. Also, complete games reward pitchers that don't get pulled by the manager in the 7th. Also, why singles?

Minimum innings pitched should be like 27, not 7.

How about:

Runs (R),
Hits (H),
Home Runs (HR),
Runs Batted In (RBI),
Stolen Bases (SB),
Strikeouts (K),
Batting Average (AVG),
On-base + Slugging Percentage (OPS)


Wins
Losses
Saves
Walks
Home Runs
Strikeouts
Earned Run Average
(Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched

i didnt mess with the minimum innings yet because i didnt know what everyone would want it to be, 7 is the yahoo default for what ever reason LOL

im cool on the idea of not too many of the rare categories, but weather we add them in and have 18 total categories, or remove 1 pitching and 1 batting category, i kinda think that atleast doubles for batting and shutouts for pitching should be included. im ok with triples not being included because they can be kinda flukey, but doubles are pretty common and seem like they should be separated from hits, but then i guess i dont know what that would do to triples, so we can work of deciding on that. and also im ok with not adding the complete games category because you shouldnt really benefit from a manager not pulling a pitcher to save the bullpen, especially in a loss, but i do feel like shutout should be included because it is not totally uncommon, and its a much bigger accomplishment then just a win.

thoughts?

I put in walks instead of hits in the list you quoted, I don't know why. I thought of doing doubles too, and then you could add IP or something to balance the sides. But then I thought against it for the reason that triples won't count and it seems weird.

I'd be in... I know twoheadedboy has set up the RM league the past couple of years but as CHUD said, the stats that were used last year were all screwy and a lot of the teams seemed to lose interest pretty quickly.

ok, for the moment i adjusted the stat categories to

BATTING PITCHING
runs wins
hits losses
home runs saves
RBI walks
stolen bases home runs
Ks Ks
batting avg. ERA
OPS WHIP


i still kinda want to use shutouts (as long as it doesnt award a guy who is pulled in the 7th and the BP finishes the game giving up no runs, with a shutout) and was thinking of removing either homeruns or walks to add it in, since with losses, HRs and walks, that is 3 negative categories for pitchers, and batters only really have the Ks as a negative. and im still not sure if there is a way, but i would like doubles to be worth more then just a hit, but with out adding triples and singles to it, then i dont think it will really work. as its set up now, a HR will go as both a HR and a Hit, so it kinda doubles that up, we could try adding extra base hit, but then you would get both an extra base hit and a hit if you get a double or a triple, and if you get a HR then you will get 1 point in HR, Xbase, and hit if i am figuring that right, so im not sure if that is a good idea.

i do still need to set the minimum innings pitched, is 27 a good # to go with?

So do you mean like actually active, or only signing on when our wife is out of town active?

if you want in, then go ahead and sign up and we will see if we get enough players to make it worth it.

and im wanting to make this league something everyone will want to keep up with for the whole season, so any input is good input. CHUD is already trying to help me out on how the stat categories should be set, so look them over if you would like, and let me know your thoughts.

LOL, baseball is a tough fantast game because it really requires looking at it most every day, but i would prefer if everyone atleast sets their line up for the week, so once a week make changes, make sure you arent fielding a line up of injured players for weeks at a time.

but all are welcome, and we will hopefully have a good enough time with it that everone wants to keep up with it regularly