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Title: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Phildo on March 04, 2014, 08:42:12 AM
Hey folks, I tried out fantasy baseball last year and had a surprisingly good time.  Who else would be interested in doing a Yahoo league this year?


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: WayAbvPar on March 04, 2014, 09:53:29 AM
I am torn. It sounds like fun, but by July when the Mariners are 25 games out I will probably lose interest. Maybe if I limit myself to one team it would be easier to manage. How about a very strong maybe?  :awesome_for_real:


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: HaemishM on March 04, 2014, 09:57:18 AM
Possibly? Since the Cubs are usually out of contention by May, I lose interest real quick.


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Ingmar on March 04, 2014, 11:41:37 AM
Even though I like baseball better than football and I'm totally a stats guy, I don't really care for the structure/scoring in fantasy baseball, so I'll play if you need someone to finish a league off but I'm not super interested in general.


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Phildo on March 04, 2014, 01:42:43 PM
About what I was expecting.  My experience last year was that about 2/3 of our league checked out after the halfway point.  Fantasy Baseball is a pretty big commitment.

Ingmar, is your beef with which stats are used, or with a particular style of scoring the league?


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Paelos on March 04, 2014, 01:50:48 PM
Fantasy baseball isn't fun. It requires daily maintenance and if you play in a rotisserie league if you're not in the top 5 by the end of June, your season is over.

It's too long, it's too complicated to manage, and it lacks the punch of fantasy football in YEAH I WON THE WEEK!


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Ingmar on March 04, 2014, 01:52:49 PM
About what I was expecting.  My experience last year was that about 2/3 of our league checked out after the halfway point.  Fantasy Baseball is a pretty big commitment.

Ingmar, is your beef with which stats are used, or with a particular style of scoring the league?

Mostly the structure - pitcher streaming, daily maintenance, etc.


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: ghost on March 04, 2014, 05:42:20 PM
I'll play. 


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Phildo on March 10, 2014, 07:15:17 AM
Doesn't look like there's enough interest in this to fill out a league for the whole season.  Oh well, thanks for the interest guys.  Let me know if anyone needs another person to fill out a league elsewhere.


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Phildo on March 19, 2014, 08:29:37 AM
Bump in case anyone has a league that needs a few last-minute bodies.


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Phildo on March 20, 2014, 01:56:59 PM
One last bump because I went and joined a public league with a few buddies.  There are slots left if anyone wants to sign up.  PM me for info.


Title: Re: Fantasy Baseball Interest Check
Post by: Phildo on June 06, 2014, 09:43:08 AM
I'm just going to float this here in case anyone wants to help me out with a fantasy dilemma.  I'm trying to optimize my outfield and short stop, so here's what I'm look at:

OF Owned: Leonys Martin, Michael Brantley, Matt Kemp, Josh Willingham
OF On Waivers: Beltran, Curtis Granderson, Desmond Jennings, Kole Calhoun, Ben Revere, Dexter Fowler, Corey Dickerson, Marcell Ozuna

SS Owned: Jed Lowrie, Stephen Drew
SS On Waivers: JJ Hardy, Jonathan Villar, Jhonny Peralta, Chris Owings


I need AVG, HR and RBIs in that order.  Really liking Ozuna and Dickerson right now, but not sure who to drop.  SS is giving me even more of a headache.  Suggestions/thoughts?