The 2011 Volnation Fantasy Baseball Thread

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zjcvols

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Since this is the first one that I know of, I figured I'd laid some rules so everyone can see.

- There will be 25 players.
- It will be an auction draft.
- The date of the auction draft will be March 13, 2011. The time at the moment is 7:00 PM
- This is a keeper league. I do not know if we will have a minor league draft. That is up to ESPN and how they work.
- The divisions are who joins in order. The first four people were put in the seperate four divisions and the next four were put in seperate divisions and so on.
- We only have eight pitchers: five starters and three relievers.
- You get two weeks leeway. I understand how hard it is to keep up with your team for an entire six months and 162 games. It's not easy. So I am willing to be fair. But if there is no activity for a month, I'll ask you to leave and give the spot to someone else. I will send you a message and give you warning though. Heck I might need it.
- We have lots of scoring options available. I'd advise you to look at the scoring. I always wanted to add a little defense to the league, and errors can hurt your scoring.
- Good banter is greatly encouraged, but I do not want fights/total lack of respect. Basically volnation type rules. Cussing is fine, just don't go overboard.

Also I started this thread so we can talk about the league, have good banter, a little trash talking etc. Figured it will be lots of fun.

If you need me for clarifiction, complaits, or concerns, just PM me on volnation or contact my email address on the league clubhouse.

Good luck to everyone. :hi:
 
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#3
Also might I suggest changing up the pitchers some, with 16 teams and 7 active starters per we'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel while leaving several good relievers out there.

Also not sure that fielding should be included, but that's your perogative.
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#5
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I would suggest adding a couple more relievers and/or do away with SP/RP designation. Just have x number of P. Allows for more strategy, assuming saves and/or holds will be categories.
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#6
#6
I would suggest adding a couple more relievers and/or do away with SP/RP designation. Just have x number of P. Allows for more strategy, assuming saves and/or holds will be categories.
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Maybe 4 starters/2 relievers/2 swing spots?
 
#7
#7
Maybe 4 starters/2 relievers/2 swing spots?

I'm cool with that. Up to the Commish. In my league I've been in for a few years here locally, we have a 10 man pitching staff. We used to require eight starters and 2 relievers. A couple of years ago, we did away with that rule. Our league is 6x6 and the pitching categories are: IP, W, K, ERA, WHIP, and saves. Going the all reliever route has been proven to be an effective strategy. It's a 14 team league, so you are better off having even a decent set-up guy than some tomato can fifth starter.
 
#8
#8
Also might I suggest changing up the pitchers some, with 16 teams and 7 active starters per we'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel while leaving several good relievers out there.

Also not sure that fielding should be included, but that's your perogative.
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I can take or leave the fielding percentage, I am with you on te pitchers though...there isn't that many good starters out.
 
#10
#10
Changed. We are going five starters, three relievers.
 
#12
#12
Sweet...this is going to be head to head right? In a head to head do you just go against a guy for like a week or something and get points based on whether or not you win?

I need to do some research...have no clue how to play anything other than snake draft/5x5 roto.
 
#13
#13
Nevermind, my friend Google hooked me up. You face a person from Monday to Sunday and get a "win" for each category that your team does better than the other guy during the week. There are ties obviously.

The "wins" are accumulated throughout the year and compose a record, which will be how the playoffs are determined.
 
#14
#14
Nevermind, my friend Google hooked me up. You face a person from Monday to Sunday and get a "win" for each category that your team does better than the other guy during the week. There are ties obviously.

The "wins" are accumulated throughout the year and compose a record, which will be how the playoffs are determined.

:good!:
 
#15
#15
Also, I want you guys to check out the division names. I figured it'd be a little creative and since we are volnation, we can associate division names correlating with the school.
 
#16
#16
Seen that, any way we can get the TR division turned into the Summitt division? I don't like being in the toilet division, that is all.
 
#17
#17
Seen that, any way we can get the TR division turned into the Summitt division? I don't like being in the toilet division, that is all.

I changed them to current Vols in the major leagues after I ran out of coaches whose names we knew.
 
#18
#18
Also, we are going to have five bench players, because I wanted to add a bench spot for a pitcher.
 
#19
#19
Here is the scoring. Asterisk denotes lower score is good.

Hitting

Batting Average (AVG) Home Runs (HR)
Runs Batted In (RBI) Stolen Bases (SB)
Slugging Pct (SLG) On Base Pct (OBP)
Game Winning RBI (GWRBI) Ground into Double Plays (GIDP)*
Caught Stealing (CS)* Errors (E)*

Pitching

Earned Run Average (ERA)* Strikeouts (K)
Walks plus Hits Per Innings Pitched (WHIP)* Wins (W)
Saves (SV) Quality Starts (QS)
Innings Pitched (IP) Blown Saves (BS)*
Shutouts (SO) Strikeout to Walk Ratio (K/BB)
Holds (HD)
 
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#20
#20
Alright here is what we got:

Those who have signed up:
me
JTrainDavis
NYYVol
VOLNBAMA
Yankee Vol
Co. Aytch
#1ArencibiaFan
GahLee
wounded mullet
Regulator
Freak
Heebs

That's 12 guys who officially joined.

Guys who committed, but no joined on espn yet:
Lylsmorr
Fleetwood1104

I'm also waiting on a couple guys I messaged to get back to me. Good chance we can have the league players done by tonight.
 
#21
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#23
#23
So saves don't count but holds and blown saves do? Some of the scoring is too quirky but if everyone is down I am too.
 

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