CBSSports Fantasy Baseball
by Tom Dakers on Mar 14, 2010 10:34 PM EDT
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PrintWe have 8 signed up for our Bluebird Banter Fantasy Baseball League, so all is good, though it wouldn't be bad to have a couple more. If you would like to join in, send me a note. All the ones that have joined should have received an invite email from CBSSports. Most have gone in and set their team names and taken a look around. There are two that haven't (Dexf and Syc, I'm looking at you, let me know if you didn't get the invite email) but there is time.
I've made it an AL only league and a 5x5 Roto league. I'll admit I very little about Fantasy Baseball so any suggestions you might have would be appreciated. All I know is I want to draft Joey Gathright before anyone else gets a shot at him.
We'll have an online 'extended' draft starting on March 27 and hopefully get it done over that weekend.
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I would look at
c – v.Martinez 1st – Mauer 2nd
1B – Morneau 1st – Lind 2nd
2B Kinsler 1st – Hill 2nd
3B – A.Rodriguez 1st – Longoria 2nd
SS – Jeter 1st – Eybar 2nd
CF- Siezmore 1st – Granderson 2nd
RF- Ichiro 1st – Markakis 2nd
LF – Crawford 1st – Hamilton 2nd
Replace the firstbaseman
Texiera 1st – Morneau 2nd
Dh – Lind 1st – Ortiz 2nd
There’s is one A.L east player in each group
lucas
by TorontoBluejays10 on Mar 15, 2010 6:01 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
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How many of the advanced statistics can you include in the scoring? It would be awesome to have OBP instead of AVG!
This I do not agree with.
Plenty of very useful players don’t have a high SLG number and thus their OPS will suffer. Including a stat like that will just further seperate the Pujols of the league.
but isnt pujols significantly better? he wont get sb’s etc, but why use obp istead of average then? some guys like Cano dont walk. that hurts them. If anything Runs Created is more useful than all the above.
by NHfishercatsfan on Mar 15, 2010 11:16 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
each point of OBP is significantly more valuable than each point of SLG
so OPS underrates OBP and overrates SLG. I am with Woodman (and Oldfinfan?) on this . . . OBP is a better substitute for AVG than OPS.
Look at a guy like Nelson Cruz (.332 OBP / .524 SLG / .856 OPS; .368 wOBA) vs. a guy like David Wright (.390 OBP / .447 SLG / .837 OPS; .368 wOBA). Using OPS as a metric drastically undervalues Wright’s offensive contribution because he was OBP-heavy. An alternative is to use both OBP and OPS, which more fairly weights OBP.
When you say “some guys like Cano dont walk. that hurts them.” you’re missing the point. The fact that Cano doesn’t walk makes him a much less useful player.
Extreme Example:
Player A: walks 3/10 of the time, singles 1/10 and makes an out in his other six plate appearances (.100 / .400 / .100; OPS .500)
Player B: never walks, but doubles 2/10 of the time. Makes an out in his other eight plate appearances (.200 / .200 / .400; OPS .600)
Even if you want to say Player B is better, he certainly isn’t 100 points of OPS better.
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OBP is horrible for fantasy.
Just because It would get ignored as a category. I dont think anyone would be drafting a 15 HR 65 RBI guy over a 35 HR 100RBI just because of OBP.
OBP is like having Holds as a stat category for pitchers.
Actually, it's nothing like having Holds as a stat
OBP measures a batter’s ability to reach base. Holds measures a pitcher’s ability to come into the game in a save situation and leave it without blowing the save. These two things have nothing to do with one another.
I understand your point about it being “ignored as a category,” but if the point of fantasy baseball is drafting the best team, shouldn’t you be discouraging people from ignoring it, as opposed to rewarding them for doing so?
OBP is one of the single most important facets of a hitter’s value. Holds are an incredibly meaningless (even moreso than Saves!) facet of a pitcher’s value. Please do not compare them to one another again.
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