Fantasy Baseball 2015.

[takman2k]

I vote snake with a lot of lead time for people to work around it in their calenders.

[tzor]

I'm out. You're going to have to deal with it.

I don't have to deal with it. You will have to live with the shame of it.

In fact I think we need to create a CC Fantasy Baseball Hall of Shame. Your name would be the first on the list.

Poor Serbia was so cowardly he thought he couldn't even bear Tzor. I mean, come on, anyone can beat Tzor.

[tzor]

Any progress here?

And what is the format again?

I'm thnking of adding another game to my schedule to try out a Roto format (as opposed to head to head) and want to make sure that if we are doing the weekly match format that the draft days won't be at the same time).

[Frito Bandito]

I'd also want a transaction limit. Trade caps are meaningless


might be in then

[nietzsche]

Just out of curiosity. Why?

I mean.. why. "I will play soccer with you but only if you don't hit the ball too hard" Why would you limit something so that other guy doesn't make many points? It just doesn't make any sense in my head, it's not against the rules to try and improve your team however you like.

It's not like trades, where you can think one team has no clue and he's giving up a good player to another team, making the second team stronger.

It baffles me.

[Serbia]

Transaction limits are perfect for lazy owners.

Bollocks.

[tzor]

Transaction limits are perfect for lazy owners.

Lazy owners? You got to be kidding me. Transaction limits basically puts everyone in paranoid mode. I would say that out of most of the potential player pool a significant percentage of the top tier players are HIGH RISK for serious injury sometimes during the season. Even the ones that are not HIGH RISK have a real chance for injuries. In the real world a significant amount of a team's long term ability is the ability to call up from the minors players to replace their injured players. The typical fantasy league has a very small DL list. If too many players of your team go on the DL, with limited transactions, you are left with holes in your positions which effectively means SEASON OVER.

[Metsfanmax]

Transaction limits are perfect for lazy owners.

Bollocks.

Yes, and as a lazy owner with a Ph.D. to finish, I support transaction limits.

[tzor]

Since you are still debating the details, I trust you won't have the snake draft this Sunday. I booked a Roto Auction for 7PM.

[Serbia]

Ok first, tzor, I can't tell if your rambling scenario is coming out in favor or against transaction limits. metsfan, if you're that busy, why in the wide world of FUCK are you playing? The rest of the league shouldn't be made simpler simply because you're an absentee manager, you self-centered dick. Of course, none of this matters to me, because I'm not participating anyway. I'm just enjoying the conversation.

Bollocks.

[Metsfanmax]

metsfan, if you're that busy, why in the wide world of FUCK are you playing?

See above. It's the only way I can obtain an incentive to keep up with baseball, and I try to keep up with baseball mainly because other men are obsessed with baseball and it gives me a way to pretend that I'm not entirely a nerd that is disinterested in sportsy things.

The rest of the league shouldn't be made simpler simply because you're an absentee manager, you self-centered dick.

If it was just me, I wouldn't say anything. But almost everyone other than nietzsche last year didn't have the time to keep up with his obsessive transaction habits. So it wasn't really a competition.

Also, absentee manager is just not fair. With only a couple of exceptions, I logged in every day and made sure that my roster was active players and tried to do the best I could with the time I had.

[Serbia]

metsfan, if you're that busy, why in the wide world of FUCK are you playing?

See above. It's the only way I can obtain an incentive to keep up with baseball, and I try to keep up with baseball mainly because other men are obsessed with baseball and it gives me a way to pretend that I'm not entirely a nerd that is disinterested in sportsy things.

The rest of the league shouldn't be made simpler simply because you're an absentee manager, you self-centered dick.

If it was just me, I wouldn't say anything. But almost everyone other than nietzsche last year didn't have the time to keep up with his obsessive transaction habits. So it wasn't really a competition.

Also, absentee manager is just not fair. With only a couple of exceptions, I logged in every day and made sure that my roster was active players and tried to do the best I could with the time I had.

The funny thing is that yes, he had far and away more transactions than anyone else. He had 204 acquisitions; I was second with 93. Frito was third with 72. Yet, I dominated the regular season, and if I hadn't suffered some injuries down the stretch (Stanton really stands out in my mind) I would have won the league. Point being, his insane use of the waiver wire isn't the only reason he won. I drafted a vastly superior team that got hit by injuries and poor performance at the worst possible time.

Bollocks.

[Metsfanmax]

metsfan, if you're that busy, why in the wide world of FUCK are you playing?

See above. It's the only way I can obtain an incentive to keep up with baseball, and I try to keep up with baseball mainly because other men are obsessed with baseball and it gives me a way to pretend that I'm not entirely a nerd that is disinterested in sportsy things.

The rest of the league shouldn't be made simpler simply because you're an absentee manager, you self-centered dick.

If it was just me, I wouldn't say anything. But almost everyone other than nietzsche last year didn't have the time to keep up with his obsessive transaction habits. So it wasn't really a competition.

Also, absentee manager is just not fair. With only a couple of exceptions, I logged in every day and made sure that my roster was active players and tried to do the best I could with the time I had.

The funny thing is that yes, he had far and away more transactions than anyone else. He had 204 acquisitions; I was second with 93. Frito was third with 72. Yet, I dominated the regular season, and if I hadn't suffered some injuries down the stretch (Stanton really stands out in my mind) I would have won the league. Point being, his insane use of the waiver wire isn't the only reason he won. I drafted a vastly superior team that got hit by injuries and poor performance at the worst possible time.

Bollocks.

Sure. I lost most of my matches in part because I auto-drafted a shitty team, because I couldn't actually be there for the draft time that was set.

I don't mind that I lost though. (I mean, I drafted David Wright as first pick. I felt I had to.) I am just saying that I want to play in a league that doesn't feel hypercompetitive.

[nietzsche]

So let me understand.

I lost Tulowitzki, Carlos Gonzalez, Arenado, Cuddyer, Cliff Lee, Gareth Richards, David Ortiz big part of the season and in the final weeks, Texeira and who knows who else.

Towards the end, there was only shit in the FA list, it was a season with a lot of injuries and a lot of players were shut down. The best were taken. The few replacements that I got in the FA that were good also got injured like Holt and Beltran or were shutdown like the Padres pitcher I don't remember his name. I'm not sure but I think Iwakuma and Hamels also lost some of their last starts.

So you say I should've just spread my legs and let Pixar or Serbia rape me in the finals?

I should've thought "oh yeah.. I've made too many moves already I'm going to stop now". f*ck you you everybody gets a trophy generation.


Have your league however you want it. I'm out.

[Metsfanmax]

So let me understand.

I lost Tulowitzki, Carlos Gonzalez, Arenado, Cuddyer, Cliff Lee, Gareth Richards, David Ortiz big part of the season and in the final weeks, Texeira and who knows who else.

Towards the end, there was only shit in the FA list, it was a season with a lot of injuries and a lot of players were shut down. The best were taken. The few replacements that I got in the FA that were good also got injured like Holt and Beltran or were shutdown like the Padres pitcher I don't remember his name. I'm not sure but I think Iwakuma and Hamels also lost some of their last starts.

So you say I should've just spread my legs and let Pixar or Serbia rape me in the finals?

I should've thought "oh yeah.. I've made too many moves already I'm going to stop now". f*ck you you everybody gets a trophy generation.


Have your league however you want it. I'm out.

Lol at the little child throwing a tantrum.

[sempaispellcheck]

Have your league however you want it. I'm out.

You started this thread, so I think that makes this your league.
In any case, you could have just said "I'd rather not have a transaction cap because..."

sempai

[tzor]

Ok first, tzor, I can't tell if your rambling scenario is coming out in favor or against transaction limits.

I'm agnostic on them. I do know if there are limits there is no way I'm going to draft anyone with a known chance of injury. You get a bunch of them hitting you in a given week and you're screwed for the week.

[tzor]

I drafted a vastly superior team that got hit by injuries and poor performance at the worst possible time.

O RLY?

Welcome to advanced Fantasy Baseball. All those "Really Good Players" also have a high injury rate. This year is going to be no exception. Now some players are so good that the average of them and the guy you picked up on the waver wire to replace him is still way above average. But if that is not the case, don't draft him, especially if there is a limit on transactions.

[Frito Bandito]

Let's have a vote on it.

And no need to draft any earlier than needed.

[AndyDufresne]

There's no crying in (fake) baseball!?!




--Andy

[nietzsche]

tell that to Mets

[Metsfanmax]

tell that to Mets

I'm not the one threatening to give up on the league entirely if I don't get my way. I'll just man up and deal with it. But you asked for our opinions, so I gave mine.

[nietzsche]

I'm not threatening, I'm not playing.

You guys want to make the league more mediocre, and I disagree. Next season will be "lets not have more that 5 starts per team per week because nietzsche drops position players to add pitchers".

I'm doing all I can within the rules to win.

You want to adapt the league rules so there's less one can do to win and more left to luck. If I have a lot of injuries like last year I'd be screwed.

No thanks.

There's no reason for it other than I make to many moves. And I like making many moves.

If instead of complaining you were making moves all season to improve your team I would have less choices, and it would be harder and more challenging.


So screw you.

[Trevor33]

You bunch of babies suck monkey balls. Rules were fine last year, a couple of visits a week was all that was required to have a competitive team... How many times you do visit CC a week?

[tzor]

You guys want to make the league more mediocre, and I disagree. Next season will be "lets not have more that 5 starts per team per week because nietzsche drops position players to add pitchers".

You're not playing because you don't think you can win unless you are hyper aggressive.

Good players WIN. PERIOD. They change their tactic for each variation of the way the fantasy game is played and they win. Sure, they have their preferences, but they don't skip a challenge because the preferences aren't to their liking. They join the game and kick everyone's asses anyway.

I want you to kick our asses (or at least try).

Otherwise I might just put it in my SIG. And woe to you if I do win this year because YOU WEREN'T IN IT.