FOnTasy Baseball 2012

[Gilly]

I thought he was drafted. He's not out for the year... there isn't a set date but he's not out for the year. Although the injury might sap his power for this year.

[betheboy]

I had a lot of fun last season but I cannot commit the time to doing it right this year. Good luck everyone.

[Hugman 3.0]

I thought he was drafted. He's not out for the year... there isn't a set date but he's not out for the year. Although the injury might sap his power for this year.

He was. I was curious as to why he was even eligible to be drafted.

[dave from knoxville]

I thought he was drafted. He's not out for the year... there isn't a set date but he's not out for the year. Although the injury might sap his power for this year.

He was. I was curious as to why he was even eligible to be drafted.

He's not out for the season, he could be back in June. And isn't everybody on a roster draftable?

[Gilly]

Yep, as long as they are in the Yahoo database. It's a little surprising that Bryce Harper is in the database since he hasn't played an MLB game yet and probably won't be on the opening day roster. Yahoo isn't very consistent about when players get added though so I'm not super surprised.

[jbissell]

I do. I'm the autodrafted Moozalellas. The spelling of which I question on a daily basis.

I figured it was you when I saw all the remaining Cardinals got picked off waivers.

[Hugman 3.0]

I do. I'm the autodrafted Moozalellas. The spelling of which I question on a daily basis.

I figured it was you when I saw all the remaining Cardinals got picked off waivers.

Hey, compared to what I had autodrafted I think I picked up some good arms.

[nec13]

Yep, as long as they are in the Yahoo database. It's a little surprising that Bryce Harper is in the database since he hasn't played an MLB game yet and probably won't be on the opening day roster. Yahoo isn't very consistent about when players get added though so I'm not super surprised.

I took a flyer on Harper there towards the end of the draft. I hope the gamble pays off.

[dave from knoxville]

I am excited about two things.

1) Losing week after week after week

2) Eight weeks into the season coming to my senses, then making three roster swaps a day to try to get back in it

[jbissell]

2) Eight weeks into the season coming to my senses, then making three roster swaps a day to try to get back in it

6 move limit per week. Make em count.

[dave from knoxville]

2) Eight weeks into the season coming to my senses, then making three roster swaps a day to try to get back in it

6 move limit per week. Make em count.

Since when? And why?

[Gilly]

It makes a ton of sense in this league. First, it's daily so you can stream players really easy and in a deep league there's always expendable players to stream. Second, our league doesn't use any statistics based on averages. So, since they are all counting stats it makes streaming even more valuable. There has to be a transaction cap.

[dave from knoxville]

It makes a ton of sense in this league. First, it's daily so you can stream players really easy and in a deep league there's always expendable players to stream. Second, our league doesn't use any statistics based on averages. So, since they are all counting stats it makes streaming even more valuable. There has to be a transaction cap.

Well, this is a shock to me. When did the categories change? I set up my entire draft on the basis that batting average, era and whip were categories. Was there some announcement that this was not so? If so, where?

Damns.

[dave from knoxville]

I can't find any message either here or on the yahoo board announcing that the categories had been changed. What gives? I put like 30 hours into writing a draft program using the categories that were listed for the league on the day that I joined. Now I have optimized my team for categories that we don't count. I mean, I don't mind using different categories from last year, but where was the announcement? Can we redraft? (that's just a joke, mostly, but i am not thrilled)

[jbissell]

I can't find any message either here or on the yahoo board announcing that the categories had been changed. What gives? I put like 30 hours into writing a draft program using the categories that were listed for the league on the day that I joined. Now I have optimized my team for categories that we don't count. I mean, I don't mind using different categories from last year, but where was the announcement? Can we redraft? (that's just a joke, mostly, but i am not thrilled)

I didn't actually look at the settings so I didn't notice we weren't playing with like 40 categories until after the draft. It was a bit of a surprise to me as well, especially the removal of all the average-based categories. In the end it probably helps me since Uggla won't be killing my average, but it definitely would've changed my draft strategy quite a bit (like focusing more on pitching).

As for the transactions limit, I'm glad we have it. I understand why you would stream the way you did last year and it certainly was well within the rules, but it also started to border on obnoxious.