5th Annual ATOT Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League League **Need 3**

TangoJuliet

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Link to last year's thread

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2225590

Usually the launch date is the Tuesday following the super bowl so once it goes live I'll send out the invites. Settings will remain the same as last year.

There have been some suggestions to make this a keeper league, an auction draft and possibly have divisions (if yahoo allows). My personal preference is to do a keeper (same as ATOT's football keeper rules: 3 players can be kept for 2 years) league but continue with the normal draft. I'd like the buy in for a keeper league to be around $50. The normal league buy in would be $25.

If we do divisons then there would have to be a H2H playoff which most people do not like.
If we go this route then I'd like to have 2 divisions of 8 teams each. However, if we keep it the normal way then I think 12 teams should be the max.

All questions, comments and trade proposals can go in this thread. The league will be set at a maximum of 12 teams. Please send your paypal payment to ****. If you don't have a paypal account then please contact me on how you plan on paying. If your payment is going to incur a fee then please include a little extra to cover that fee. Its usually about $1 to $1.50 extra.

**When you send your payment through paypal please attach your TEAM NAME to the payment so that I know who is sending the payment**

More information will follow regarding draft time, etc. Please stay tuned!

Previous Winners:

2012: Intravenus de Milo
2011: Just Running Away
2010: Running Away Scared
2009: Dutch Masters

Edit #1:

The draft time has been moved up to 1:30pm EST for those that live on the west coast. The league settings will remain exactly the same as the previous years since there was not enough interest to change anything.

The Live Draft will be: Sunday, March 17 1:30pm EST

The buy in remains $25

Payouts (based on 12 team league):
1st: $175
2nd: $100
3rd: $25

League Settings:

Scoring Type: Rotisserie
Player Universe: All baseball
New Players Become Available: Wait until called up to Majors View List of Forced Players
Max Acquisitions for Entire Season: No maximum
Max Trades for Entire Season No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2
Trade End Date: August 18, 2013
Allow Draft Pick Trades: No
Waiver Time: 2 days
Waiver Type: Continual rolling list
Waiver Mode: Standard
Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports
Trade Review: League Votes
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Max Games Played: 162
Max Innings Pitched: 1300
Weekly Deadline: Daily - Tomorrow
Start Scoring on: Sunday, Mar 31
Make League Publicly Viewable: No

Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL

Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Batting Average (AVG)
Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

This is a traditional 5x5 scoring league, no divisions - strictly roto. There has been some interest in changing the batting average category to OBS but only 2 members have voiced it.

We have 9 teams that have signed up and looking to add 3 more for the full 12 team league.
 
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TangoJuliet

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League has been created and emails have been sent out. The settings are identical as the previous year(s). If a change is requested please post it here for review. Thanks!

Updated Information:

Live Draft: Sunday, March 17 12:00pm (noon) EST
Buy In: $25
 

ZOOYUKA

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I would prefer to play head to head. Last year the season was over long before it finished.
 

KeithTalent

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If the league goes head to head then I'm out.

I think making it a keeper league should hopefully keep people interested later in the season since you can make trades and acquisitions for next year (maybe the trade deadline could be extended?). Can picks be traded? Maybe not for this year, but for next year?

$50 is good to me.

No desire to do divisions.

Would prefer auction league.

Would also prefer ESPN since Yahoo is a piece of shit (just throwing it out there again).

KT
 

TangoJuliet

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I prefer roto, keeper, yahoo and $50 buy in. There are no options for divisions doing it roto.
 

TangoJuliet

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Can picks be traded? Maybe not for this year, but for next year?

I just created a fake league to see what custom settings yahoo will allow. This is the official response.

Increase the level of strategic competition in your league by allowing managers to trade draft picks for next year’s draft. When this setting is enabled, managers can trade draft picks in any round for players and/or other draft picks. Once a trade involving a draft pick is made, this setting cannot be disabled. Draft pick trading is not available for auction draft leagues.

So if you want to trade draft picks we would have to do a traditional draft and not auction style.
 

KeithTalent

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I just created a fake league to see what custom settings yahoo will allow. This is the official response.



So if you want to trade draft picks we would have to do a traditional draft and not auction style.

Right, which makes sense of course. If we go traditional draft, then I would like the ability to trade picks.

KT
 

TangoJuliet

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4/12 have signed up. Please remember to register your team. If you have not gotten an email with the league invite please let me know.
 

dabuddha

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hey guys is ne1 doing a free ATOT league?

Definitely interested in a free league if anyone runs one. I've never done fantasy baseball and would love to try it out (hence the reason I'd like to try it for free the first time :D )
 

KeithTalent

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hey guys is ne1 doing a free ATOT league?

Definitely interested in a free league if anyone runs one. I've never done fantasy baseball and would love to try it out (hence the reason I'd like to try it for free the first time :D )

I'll set up a free one on ESPN. Maybe I can find a way to make it interesting. :hmm:

KT
 

TangoJuliet

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7/12

Still waiting on

Wu-Tang Financial
KT's Expos
Wiseblood
Bringing the Luebke
Beantown Brawlers
 

Ayrahvon

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I actually like CBS sports setup for baseball fantasy leagues, as well as otteneu (fangraphs). I will say otteneu has a terrible interface, but all the stats are from fangraphs! Could potentially be interested in a keeper league...
 

ZOOYUKA

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Count me out. My team was Wiseblood. I'd really prefer to play h2h and $50 is too rich for my blood. Especially with all the accusations of collusion floating around last year.
 

TangoJuliet

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Count me out. My team was Wiseblood. I'd really prefer to play h2h and $50 is too rich for my blood. Especially with all the accusations of collusion floating around last year.

Right now the buy in is $25 unless a higher amount is requested.
 

sjwaste

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I'm signed up.

I'd be ok with $50 buy in, but $25 is absolutely fine too. I'd love to do keeper. I really don't want to do H2H.

Any momentum for using OPS instead of AVG? I realize Juan Pierre may be out of a job if we do...
 

KeithTalent

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I'm signed up.

I'd be ok with $50 buy in, but $25 is absolutely fine too. I'd love to do keeper. I really don't want to do H2H.

Any momentum for using OPS instead of AVG? I realize Juan Pierre may be out of a job if we do...

I'm with you on all of that stuff and would be totally fine with moving to OPS too.

What day is the draft again?

KT