2017 Fantasy Baseball League

[OJsDad]

Yes, I'm Lady Red Devils. 

[MetalDog]

Ok.  Then we need one more.  And if Brian is willing, and I haven't already missed him in the managers tab, please ask him to join us, Brant.

[bayonetbrant]

Lemme check and see.  Brian is Stephen's son.  Stephen is the Red Sox homer.  Tho to be fair, he is from New England originally.

[Marty Ward]

I can play if you need 1 more person. I won't be as active as in the past but I'll fill out the league.

[bayonetbrant]

Good, b/c Stephen said Brian "has a hate-hate relationship going on with baseball right now"

[MetalDog]

Marty, I was pretty sure you were already in, no?  Aren't you Heebie Jeebies?

[Marty Ward]

Yeah I'm Heebie.

[MetalDog]

Excellent!  We sure would like you to play, but, if you would rather not, that's ok, too.  Please try to let me know soon though.  I have to schedule the draft at Yahoo and times are filling up rapidly.

[Marty Ward]

I'll play if you need to round out the league. I always auto draft so whenever you schedule it will be fine.

[MetalDog]

Glad to have you, Marty!

So, the league is set.  We have 12 teams and the draft is set for Sunday, March 26 at 5 p.m. CST.  There is still time for me to change that, but, I would need to know by the end of today in order to do that.  Please let me know if that time is no good.  If I don't hear from you, I am going to assume you will be there or are happy autodrafting.

[bayonetbrant]

I will try to be there, but will be happy autodrafting if not.

[MetalDog]

Not sure if I posted this upthread, but, the changes made are these:

2 divisions instead of 1

100 moves per season up from 40

Unlimited amount of moves per week

Playoffs will be Weeks 23, 24, 25 now that there are 12 teams and 6 make it

2 more Bench spots

Minimum Innings Pitched moved up to 25 from 20

Pretty sure that covers it all.  Remember, the draft is today at 5 p.m. CST.  Good luck and happy drafting!

[OJsDad]

With the increase in inning pitch, you weren't going to add another SP and or RP slot?

[MetalDog]

If I had made it 30 I would have.  Even someone who doesn't keep up theoretically has their Starting Pitchers pitch 2 or 3 times a week total.  At an average of 6 IP per start, that's an average of 15 or so Innings.  Your RP theoretically chip in 3 to 5 innings.  So, at a minimum, you should get around 18 innings for free.  Even those who set their lineups once a week on Wednesdays should be able to cover 25 innings pretty easily.  And to be honest, having a higher IP requirement means less chance of losing the pitching categories to someone who drops out completely.  Which is what I am trying to avoid.  Noone likes to lose to someone who isn't even trying :)

[MetalDog]

Thank you to all who participated in the live draft and all of you for joining the league this year!  I wish you all the best of luck and see you in the playoffs!!