February 17, 201115 yr So FanGraphs just introduced this thing called "ottoneu" Fantasy baseball. One of the games it has is a linear weight scoring type. But that costs $10 bucks to join, so I figured...why not just take their scoring style and use it on a Yahoo! league for no charge? Draft time is scheduled to change, but right now, it's in 10 days, as in February 26th. Scoring Type: H2H total points 10 teams, top 4 make playoffs Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL Batting At Bats (AB) -1 Hits (H) 5.6 Doubles (2B) 2.9 Triples (3B) 5.7 Home Runs (HR) 9.4 Stolen Bases (SB) 1.9 Caught Stealing (CS) -2.8 Walks (BB) 3 Hit By Pitch (HBP) 3 Pitching Innings Pitched (IP) 5 Saves (SV) 3 Home Runs (HR) -13 Walks (BB) -3 Hit Batters (HBP) -3 Strikeouts (K) 2 Holds (HLD) 1 These values are modeled after wOBA and FIP - two of the essential stats in WAR. With this weighting, hitters and pitchers are pretty much valued equally. I had to include saves and holds in there because of Yahoo's stupid eligibility system. This system rewards heavily for innings, so long relievers or starters/relievers tend to have the most points amongst relievers. That's kind of absurd, so I had to have some way of valuing the good closers and setup men. However, I didn't overvalue them. There's a study done on Beyond the Boxscore that said saves worth anywhere from 0-5 points have a .8-.85 correlation with WAR - so it's within reason to include them, I guess. Anyways, if you're interested... League ID: 43516 Password: jennings Edited February 17, 201115 yr by chw42
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