Apr 19
Here are the standings through week 2
Here are the results from the week 2 head to heads
Here are the week 3 matchups
No trades to report but here are the teams as they look now
Platino Power just picked up Josh Willingham(LF,RF) while I was making this post
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21 comments
ceetar
4/19/2010-12:08pm at 12:08 pm (UTC -4)
Pig Bombers. Class of the league.
saltygary
4/19/2010-12:12pm at 12:12 pm (UTC -4)
I got creamed this week, I have a lineup of Jason Bay’s. At least my pay leagues are going well.
ceetar
4/19/2010-12:14pm at 12:14 pm (UTC -4)
what pay leagues are you in? I didn’t get any this yaer, usually like to do one with a salary cap or something to mix it up a little.
saltygary
4/19/2010-12:22pm at 12:22 pm (UTC -4)
I’m a big CBS sportline guy. I always did 3 H2H a year but last year tried a roto for the first time and loved it. H2H drives me nuts due to the luck variable and Roto really takes in the whole season better and there is always a chance to make a late push. The only downside is no playoff, and I enjoy that part. So I have one Roto 5×5 and on H2H. So after this year I will make the decision to stick with one format and will probably stick with roto.
dirtysanchez
4/19/2010-12:29pm at 12:29 pm (UTC -4)
I like h2h better than roto just for that reason. Roto is the WHOLE year in consideration…you miss the fantasy league appeal to the whole thing. I like the rush of actually watching a player on another team because they can be the difference in a win or loss for a week. I think h2h is more exciting than roto imo. I had one last year, tooooooooooooooo boring…almost forgot i had it. To each his own but I like h2h, more fun.
njstuckintx
4/19/2010-12:40pm at 12:40 pm (UTC -4)
I agree!
saltygary
4/19/2010-12:26pm at 12:26 pm (UTC -4)
Just in case you were curious this is my roto team currently 3rd out of 10:
Molina, Bengie C SF
Rodriguez, Ivan C WAS
Fielder, Prince 1B MIL
Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS
Wright, David 3B NYM
Drew, Stephen SS ARI
Gonzalez, Alex SS TOR
Cantu, Jorge 1B FLA
Choo, Shin-Soo RF CLE
Fukudome, Kosuke RF CHC
Jones, Adam CF BAL
Quentin, Carlos LF CHW
Suzuki, Ichiro RF SEA
Jones, Andruw DH CHW
Active Pitchers
Carmona, Fausto SP CLE
Duke, Zach SP PIT
Lackey, John SP BOS
Lowe, Derek SP ATL
Pineiro, Joel SP ANA
Sabathia, CC SP NYY
Santana, Ervin SP ANA
Santana, Johan SP NYM
Zambrano, Carlos SP CHC
Reserve Batters
Scutaro, Marco SS BOS
Ibanez, Raul LF PHI
Reserve Pitchers
Blanton, Joe SP PHI
Huff, David SP CLE
Lee, Cliff SP SEA
Westbrook, Jake SP CLE
This is my H2H. Record 1-1 and I’ve scored the second my points out of 10 teams:
McCann, Brian C ATL
Pujols, Albert 1B STL
Weeks, Rickie 2B MIL
Wright, David 3B NYM
Bartlett, Jason SS TB
Choo, Shin-Soo RF CLE
Francoeur, Jeff RF NYM
Lind, Adam LF TOR
Cantu, Jorge 1B FLA
Active Pitchers
Garza, Matt SP TB
Johnson, Josh SP FLA
Porcello, Rick SP DET
Shields, James SP TB
Verlander, Justin SP DET
Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS
Rauch, Jon RP MIN
Reserve Batters
Gutierrez, Franklin CF SEA
Reserve Pitchers
Chapman, Aroldis SP CIN
Lowe, Derek SP ATL
Santana, Ervin SP ANA
Jenks, Bobby RP CHW
dirtysanchez
4/19/2010-12:22pm at 12:22 pm (UTC -4)
Yea, I was getting whipped for a whole week. That 7 was a last minute comeback.
darknova306
4/19/2010-12:19pm at 12:19 pm (UTC -4)
Hurray mediocrity!
sigh…
mrose
4/19/2010-12:35pm at 12:35 pm (UTC -4)
i freaking suck
njstuckintx
4/19/2010-12:38pm at 12:38 pm (UTC -4)
I was lucky to squeak out that 8-8. My team is making me sniffle.
njstuckintx
4/19/2010-12:50pm at 12:50 pm (UTC -4)
And to complain a little further, which I am sure you all will love (kidding), this daily management thing is quite the “not fun”.
GravediggerHebner
4/19/2010-1:14pm at 1:14 pm (UTC -4)
I like the daily management. I would say if weekly were the method that we would probably need more than 2 weekly adds allowed, but with daily it’s good to have that restriction to prevent pitcher roulette.
saltygary
4/19/2010-2:53pm at 2:53 pm (UTC -4)
Told everyone but no one wanted to listen…:)
ceetar
4/19/2010-2:59pm at 2:59 pm (UTC -4)
I much prefer daily. I’d forget weekly. Now I just make rosters part of my morning. It’s easy enought oset up the pitchers days in advance though.
GravediggerHebner
4/19/2010-12:53pm at 12:53 pm (UTC -4)
Basically my same crappy team that went 6-12 in week one went 13-4-1 in week two. The only player changes were I lost Aaron Hill to the DL so I picked up Kelly Johnson, and I swapped out my one back up offensive player who basically only plays when my starters sit or have a day off from Luke Scott to Paul Konerko.
Hardly earth shattering changes yet huge difference in outcome. I’m still open minded as I’ve only played H2H for two weeks but it seems based on early returns that it’s more random than knowledge or skill, at least related to any knowledge or skill that I might posess. I think some tweaks to how the rosters are assembled would make it better, but again it’s only two weeks I could be wrong, and anyway I’m talking about next year, not just altering something now. Next year I would probably go with just 3 OF instead of LF, CF and RF, and I would probably eliminate 1 of the relief pitcher specific spots, but that’s just me.
Speaking of which I’m not into the continued random ongoing rule changes. Eliminating the “do not cut” list just because it didn’t suit one person didn’t strike me as a cool thing to do, especially without any consultation with the rest of the league. And why the shortened waiver period? But what’s done is done.
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/19/2010-1:25pm at 1:25 pm (UTC -4)
It would be fun to do a Keeper’s league… Always wanted to try it.
saltygary
4/19/2010-3:00pm at 3:00 pm (UTC -4)
This is the first time I’ve been in one of these Yahoo Leagues and it’s a little odd. Because it is based on categories if you team gets a “Hold” then that category will probably be a win. I would rather see a point system like CBS does it, posted their rules below.
I just noticed the do not cut list change the other day and it should of been done. Rules need to be set until the season is over and our input will help drive it to the right direction. I agree with you have a 2 OF and they can be mixed. At most I would want to see 2 relievers
Scoring for Batting Categories
1B – Singles 1 point
2B – Doubles 2 points
3B – Triples 3 points
BB – Walks (Batters) 1 point
CS – Caught Stealing -1 point
HP – Hit by Pitch 1 point
HR – Home Runs 4 points
KO – Strikeouts (Batter) -0.5 points
R – Runs 1 point
RBI – Runs Batted In 1 point
SB – Stolen Bases 2 points
Scoring for Pitching Categories
BBI – Walks Issued (Pitchers) -1 point
ER – Earned Runs -1 point
HA – Hits Allowed -1 point
HB – Hit Batsmen -1 point
INN – Innings 3 points
K – Strikeouts (Pitcher) .5 points
L – Losses -5 points
QS – Quality Starts 3 points
S – Saves 7 points
W – Wins 7 points
saltygary
4/19/2010-3:02pm at 3:02 pm (UTC -4)
Meant the rules shouldn’t of been changed.
GravediggerHebner
4/19/2010-3:15pm at 3:15 pm (UTC -4)
I’m not anti-rule changes. I believe that democracy should rule, but it can’t if it isn’t applied.
Bottom line it’s just a game and there’s no money involved so if tomorrow I wake up and “Oakland starting pitchers don’t count on Tuesday” is a rule it really doesn’t matter it’s just a game for fun.
I played in a league on Sporting News last year that had points like that. The points themselves were fine, I think they were such that they painted an accurate representation of what my players had accomplished. What I didn’t like was that the league had assigned salaries to each player which functioned like a stock market, going up or down as the player did well or poorly, and I never learned how to function properly within that system. I don’t miss it (Sporting News canceled fantasy baseball).
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/19/2010-1:22pm at 1:22 pm (UTC -4)
OK… Who the heck is Platino Powers????