ChiSox59

Down to final spot....

Need your email for invite. PM me it please.

Will send you PM.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Puig would maybe make sense on this team in MLB the show. He makes absolutely no sense on this 26 man roster as constructed. The depth would be nice even if he's a complete ass, but its not like he's going to agree to play in AAA while we wait for Eloy to hurt himself.

Sent you PM.

Down to last 2-3 spots. Get in while you can. Should be a really good fun league if you've always wanted to get in one that has a prizepool worth keeping you interested. Nice mix of Soxtalk guys and people who have played in my fantasy cash leagues for years. PM with any questions, happy to provide as many payout references as makes you comfortable if that is something you're worried about. Mods - thank you for letting this stay on the front page today. I appreciate it. As you know, the fantasy board is where threads die. Feel free to relocate this by midday tomorrow, but please let it get 12-18 more hours of eyeballs. This Soxtalk reg would appreciate it.

If you're in contention, yes the games in August and September have added importance. Obviously each win counts the same. Kopech isn't breaking camp with the Sox, man. Time to come to grips with it.

This. Getting an extra year is just icing on the cake. We need Kopech pitching in August and September in the big leagues. Not sitting on the bench because he reached his innings limit in July.

Yah, which is kind of why I don't get grabbing a vet on a cheap 1 year deal. But oh well. Realistically if Eloy hits the DL, Leury is going to pick up most of his PT (talking once Madrigal is up).

Starting a fantasy league. League details posted over on the fantasy board last week. Already have @Look at Ray Ray Run and @Chicago White Sox on board. Looking to get a few more Soxtalk guys in. Still have a handful of openings. PM me with any questions, or if you're interested. Hoping to catch a few eyeballs on this today before it is relocated as no one looks at the fantasy board. Thanks!

We need all we can get. The league has 7 currently. Would really like to get to 12. I can probably scrape up another 1 or 2 from people I play with in other leagues, but would be great to get a few more Soxtalk guys in.

Up to 6 players in. Half way there! @BrianAnderson, @iWiN4PreP, @BackDoorBreach, @maxjusttyped, @MyNamesRod, @Seinfeldologist, @ron883 or anyone else, jump in while you can. PM your email if you want invite. Let's get this thing filled up with sox fans!

https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/44248/invitation?key=f0f6549d090f97e7&soc_trk=lnk&ikey=01927a794cedcd8d Not 100% sure if this above link will work to join, but feel free to give it a shot if you're interested (see previous page for league details).

Online live draft. Not literally in person.

Yes. Whoever was running that league had the settings on daily (tomorrow) instead of daily (today). I agree - that setting is truly awful. But all fantasy providers have that setting - its not yahoo specific. Its just a poorly designed league. You will be able to pick a guy up at 6:04pm and get him in your lineup for a 6:05 first pitch.

Alright boys, here is where I landed on league structure: Buy-in: $350 Scoring: H2H # of teams: 12, but can reduce to 10 if need be Payouts (if 12 team): 1st Place Regular Season: $1000; 2nd Place Regular Season:$600, 3rd Place Regular Season: $350, 1st place Playoffs: $1,500, 2nd Place Playoffs: $750 Payouts (if 10 team): 1st Place Regular Season: $1,000; 2nd Place Regular Season: $600, 1st Place Playoffs: $1,300, 2nd Place Playoffs: $600 Keepers: Each team can (but does not have to) keep 4 players. Keepers are due by the end of the regular season. The player will be kept for the next season in the round in which they were drafted in the previous season (ie: you draft Eloy in round 10, you can keep him in round 10 for the next season). If the player was undrafted, it defaults to round 20. If your 20th pick is taken by another keeper, it slides up to 19th, etc. Decided against draft pick trades and that gets really sticky when someone bails on the league in future years after having traded a bunch of picks. Basically kills leagues. Here are raw settings: League Name: $350 Keeper League - Year 1 Draft Type: Live Standard Draft Draft Time: Tue Mar 24 8:00pm CDT [ Add to My Calendar ] Live Draft Pick Time: 1 Minute, 30 Seconds Max Teams: 12 Scoring Type: Head-to-Head Player Universe: All baseball New Players Become Available: As soon as Yahoo adds them View List of Forced Players Max Acquisitions for Entire Season: No maximum Max Trades for Entire Season No maximum Trade End Date: August 9, 2020 Allow Draft Pick Trades: No Waiver Time: 2 days Waiver Type: FAAB w/ Continual rolling list tiebreak Waiver Mode: Standard Allow injured players from waivers or free agents to be added directly to injury slot: Yes Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo Sports Trade Review: Commissioner Trade Reject Time: 1 day Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules Max Acquisitions per Week: 8 Min innings pitched per team per week: 30 Weekly Deadline: Daily - Today Start Scoring on: Week 1 Playoffs: 6 teams - Week 22, 23 and 24 (ends Sunday, Sep 20) Playoff Tie-Breaker: Higher seed wins Playoff Reseeding: Yes Lock Eliminated Teams: Yes Divisions: No Make League Publicly Viewable: No Invite Permissions: Commissioner Only Send unjoined players email reminders: Yes Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, Util, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, IL, IL, IL, NA, NA, NA Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Total Bases (TB), Batting Average (AVG), On-base Percentage (OBP) Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9), Quality Starts (QS) @Look at Ray Ray Run, @Chicago White Sox, @BrianAnderson and @cjgalloway how does this look? You guys in? IF so DM your emails and I will send you invites. Any other thoughts? Anyone else interested??

Huh? Are you referring to a league where you set lineups weekly? This will be a daily lineup league, so I don't think you'd have those issues.

Alright I’ll get one set up tomorrow and hopefully can will springboard into getting others onboard.

I suppose. But Cease is still a kid, and frankly, has more time to blossom. Reynaldo is a vet at this point, and if he doesn't have a good start to the season, he'll be lucky if his days in the rotation continue. Sort of different situations IMO.

Lopez turning into a dude would help so much. He has it in there. Hope we see a big season from him.

Gotcha. Interesting scoring method. So at the end of the week the teams are ranked 1-12, and you get points assigned for that? Otherwise it just sounds like a points rotisserie league if not broken out weekly somehow. Must admit tho, I am much more of a daily lineup moves fantasy guy. Leagues with weekly lineup changes are great for certain folks, and I get that - I too have have played in them, but just not my thing. I prefer doing it daily, and it definitely gives an edge to those that follow the sport closely.

Yah, I am referring to H2H points league. Basically where you match up against 1 other opponent per wekk in the 12 stat categories and can win 12-0, lose 0-12, or anything in between. When you say "weekly points league" do you basically mean every week is like a separate rotisserie season where each team is ranked 1-10/12 at the end of every week? I personally haven't played that style, but it does sound interesting. Just played H2H points, H2H 1 win and rotisserie here. I could probably come up with a couple guys as well. But getting a good base of 5-6 people right away would be immensely helpful. I lost a $300 league, so I'd be fine on the lower end of the $300-500 spectrum, but not super interested in going lower. These things are serious time commitments, and I am already in a couple cheaper leagues.

Hey guys....lost a league this year. Looking to start a new $300-500 buy in league. Looks like there could be some interest from this group. If I started it, its going to be yahoo league (just my preference, don't care to debate it). Any interest @BrianAnderson. @Look at Ray Ray Run, @cjgalloway, @iWiN4PreP, @BackDoorBreach, @maxjusttyped, @ron883, @Chicago White Sox, @MyNamesRod, @Seinfeldologist? Thinking 10-12 team league. Minimum 10. 6x6 H2H - R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP; W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, K/9 Thoughts? Happy to set this up if we can get to at least 10 people. I run a lot of leagues and happy to provide references if you guys want - but its generally tough to fill leauges with higher buy ins, so felt here may be a good place to start to find peeps. Would try to fill in league as necessary outside of Soxtalk. Let me know.

Old news, but unlike the absolutely awful proposed changes to the playoffs, these (minor) changes are all very good IMO.