To view the entire blog go to: http://mbbl-trashtalk.blogspot.com/
Below I will attempt to clarify the league settings regarding the claims/drops and waiver wire pickup process:
Claims/Drops:
Players not on a roster are free agents. Each week, GMs can claim one free agent to their roster. The claims are processed on a first come first serve basis and the player is immediately added the the GM's team.
A restriction was placed on the number of free agent pickups to avoid the everyday adding and dropping of pitchers that we had last year. However, this rule still allows GMs the opportunity to make a mid week move to accommodate injury or take advantage of a good match up. At 5:00pm every Friday night all free agents are placed on waivers.
Waiver Wire Claims:
Each Friday night at 5:00pm all free agent players are placed on waivers. GMs can put in a claim to sign a player. On Saturday night at 11:55pm the waiver wire gets processed. Then the players that were claimed get added to their new respective team and the other players get returned to the free agent pool.
The waivers are processed based on the waiver wire claim order. (The current waiver wire claim order can be found on the Fantrax site. It is listed under the "Other" heading on the grey toolbar.)
There are no limitations to the number of waiver wire claims team can submit. They can claim as many players as they would like.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Explaining the Rotisserie Scoring System
Each team in a rotisserie league is ranked from first to last in each category selected in your league. Rotisserie points are then assigned to each team based on their ranking in each category.
Out rotisserie total, which will be used to determine your place in the league standings, will be the sum of each of your category scores.
In our 9-team league, the team that ranks first in a category is assigned 9 rotisserie points, the team that ranks second 8, third place is assigned 7, and so on until you reach the team ranking last in a category. That team gets one (1) point.
Our league is using 13 scoring categories. If you rank first in every category you would have 117 rotisserie points in the standings (9 roto points x 13 categories = 117).
Your roto score will rise and fall as the season progresses as your team rises and falls in each scoring category. Rotisserie points are based on cumulative season stats and not any single-day accumulation of stats.
Each scoring category has a weight of 1. This means that each stat is worth one point. (I.e. - 1 home run is equal to 1 point)
I hope this helps....
Wilber, I'm glad to see you're doing your homework!
Out rotisserie total, which will be used to determine your place in the league standings, will be the sum of each of your category scores.
In our 9-team league, the team that ranks first in a category is assigned 9 rotisserie points, the team that ranks second 8, third place is assigned 7, and so on until you reach the team ranking last in a category. That team gets one (1) point.
Our league is using 13 scoring categories. If you rank first in every category you would have 117 rotisserie points in the standings (9 roto points x 13 categories = 117).
Your roto score will rise and fall as the season progresses as your team rises and falls in each scoring category. Rotisserie points are based on cumulative season stats and not any single-day accumulation of stats.
Each scoring category has a weight of 1. This means that each stat is worth one point. (I.e. - 1 home run is equal to 1 point)
I hope this helps....
Wilber, I'm glad to see you're doing your homework!
how does WEIGHT work?
Message from owner of Wilber in Commissioner "Muddy, Bloody Beer League" at fantrax.com:
One point for a home run?
how does WEIGHT work?
Message from owner of Wilber in Commissioner "Muddy, Bloody Beer League" at fantrax.com:
Monday, March 22, 2010
Draft Prep: Fantrax Site Does Rank Players!
Post available online at:
The league does rank rank the players according to our league settings. To view the default site rankings - go to the league site (www.fantrax.com).
"Rank Players" is listed an option on grey league toolbar. Clicking the link will allow you to see the default ranking for the site. You can adjust how the players are ranked to create your own list.
Fantrax's #1 ranked player is Matt Thorton. Other than this wild claim the site is basicly inline with other projections I've seen.
The league does rank rank the players according to our league settings. To view the default site rankings - go to the league site (www.fantrax.com).
"Rank Players" is listed an option on grey league toolbar. Clicking the link will allow you to see the default ranking for the site. You can adjust how the players are ranked to create your own list.
Fantrax's #1 ranked player is Matt Thorton. Other than this wild claim the site is basicly inline with other projections I've seen.
Draft Reminder!
The draft:
Date: March 28
Draft begins: 2:00pm
Location: 21 Walton Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618
* GMs are encouraged to arrive in time to begin drafting at 2:00pm.
* Laptops are encouraged.
* The draft will be a BYOE (bring your own everything!)
TO view this message or post a comment to the league blog go to :
http://mbbl-trashtalk.blogspot.com/
Date: March 28
Draft begins: 2:00pm
Location: 21 Walton Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618
* GMs are encouraged to arrive in time to begin drafting at 2:00pm.
* Laptops are encouraged.
* The draft will be a BYOE (bring your own everything!)
TO view this message or post a comment to the league blog go to :
http://mbbl-trashtalk.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
2010 Draft Lottery!
2010 Draft Lottery!
Better start your homework!
Comments and or thoughts can be posted at:
http://mbbl-trashtalk.blogspot.com/
Better start your homework!
Comments and or thoughts can be posted at:
http://mbbl-trashtalk.blogspot.com/
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Draft Date: 3/28
The MBBL draft....
When: 3/28 @ 2pm
Where: 21 Walton Ave, Ewing NJ 08618 (online if you can't make it)
League fee: $25
We will have no time limit for draft selections. However, GMs should come prepared for the draft so picks can be made in a timely manner.
Official draft order to be anounced shortly....
http://mbbl-trashtalk.blogspot.com/
When: 3/28 @ 2pm
Where: 21 Walton Ave, Ewing NJ 08618 (online if you can't make it)
League fee: $25
We will have no time limit for draft selections. However, GMs should come prepared for the draft so picks can be made in a timely manner.
Official draft order to be anounced shortly....
http://mbbl-trashtalk.blogspot.com/
Monday, March 1, 2010
Draft Logistics Survey to close on Friday!
Message from owner of GOAT in Commissioner "Muddy, Bloody Beer League" at fantrax.com:
Don't forget to vote!
Survey is located at:
http://mbbl-trashtalk.blogspot.com/
-The Commish
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
New League Rules
When entering the league rules I tried to formulate them around the spirit of the survey results. (The survey results are posted under the “League Information” section on the left.) However, one area where I went against the results was add/drop limits. I placed a limit on the amount of “Free Agent” pickups a team can do in a certain week. This limitation was done to avoid the adding and dropping of pitchers to pad stats. However, no limits were placed on waiver wire pickups so each team has an equal opportunity to improve lineup each week.
I also placed limits on the amount of reserve pitchers that can be on each team. I feel these restrictions will reward GMs that make wise moves as opposed to the GM that just makes any move.
Any of the rules can be changed. If you are not happy with a rule let it be known. I will then explain why I made the decision. If you are still unhappy with the reasoning behind the rule we can put the rule up for a vote.
Below is a summary of the league rules. I added commentary next to some of the rules. My commentary will be in red.
I hope the league meets your expectations.
-The Commish
General
• League Name: Muddy, Bloody Beer League
• Public/Private League: Private
• Duplicate Player Allowance: Not Allowed
• Scoring System: Rotisserie
• Maximum # of teams: 9
• League Creator Username: GOAT
• Commissioner Team Name: GOAT
Schedule
• League Stats Begin: Sun Apr 04, 2010
• League Stats End: Sun Oct 03, 2010
Player Pool
• Player Pool: All teams
• Players traded out of league's player pool continue to accumulate stats: Yes (This is a non issue since we are using all teams.)
Rosters
• Minimum Total Players: 0
• Maximum Total Players: 21
• Minimum Active Players: 0
• Maximum Active Players: 15 (According to the survey: ½ liked the original setup and ½ wanted less pitchers. I reduced the # of RPs; from 4 to 3.)
• Maximum Reserve Players: 4 (According to the survey: many were happy with 5 but several wanted less. I reduced this to 4 but placed restrictions on the reserves. Only 2 of the reserves can be pitchers; 1 SP and 1 RP.)
• Maximum Injury Reserve Players: 2
• Maximum Minor League Players: Not Used
• Enforce legal rosters: Never (Illegal rosters don’t accumulate points.)
• Suspended players may be moved to Injured Reserve: Yes
• Injured Reserve players count toward roster limitation rules: No
Pos - Min Active - Max Active - Total Max
Catcher (C) - 0 - 1
1st Base (1B) - 0 - 1
2nd Base (2B) - 0 - 1
3rd Base (3B) - 0 - 1
Shortstop (SS) - 0 - 1
Outfield (OF) - 0 - 3
Starting Pitcher (SP) - 0 - 4 - 5
Relief Pitcher (RP) - 0 - 3 - 4
Position Eligibility
• Games needed for a player to qualify at a position from previous season: 20
• Games needed for a player to qualify at a position from current season: 10
• Use Fantrax's default position(s) even if player qualifies for at least one position based on above criteria: No
• Note: If a player does not qualify for any positions based on the above selections, he will qualify at the position(s) played most in the previous season.
Scoring
Scoring Group Scoring Category Weight
Hitting Home Runs (HR) 1
Hitting Runs Batted In (RBI) 1
Hitting Runs Scored (R) 1
Hitting Stolen Bases (SB) 1
Hitting Batting Average (Avg) 1
Hitting Total Bases (TB) (Additional Category, not included in survey options) 1
Hitting On Base + Slugging Percentage (OPS) 1
Pitching Holds (Hld) 1
Pitching Saves (Sv) 1
Pitching Strikeouts Pitched (SO) 1
Pitching Wins (W) 1
Pitching Earned Run Average (ERA) 1
Pitching Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched (WHIP) 1
Team Minimum and Maximum Requirements (Season)
Scoring Category Min Max
At Bats None None
Innings Pitched None None
Games Started None None
Relief Appearances None None
• If a maximum has been exceeded: Do nothing.
• If a minimum has not been met by end of season: Do nothing.
Lineups
• Lineup Change System: Owners enter lineup changes
• Lineup changes are executed: Daily
• Lineup Changes are locked 0:05 (hours:minutes) Set amount of time before 1st game of the day
Trades
• Trade System: Owners propose their own trades
• Trading Period: All Year
• Maximum Trades per Team: Unlimited
• Trade Deadline Date: Not Used
• Trade Voting System: Owners
• Days to Vote: 7 (This gives everyone ample time to review the trade.)
• # of Objections Required: 2 (I kept this # low. However, I would expect GMs to explain why they objected a trade. Since bench limitations have been placed against pitchers this will result in quality players offensive players on benches. I expect this will eventually lead to trades.)
Claims/Drops
• Claim/Drop System: Owners perform their own claims & drops
• Maximum # of Claims per Season: Unlimited
• Maximum # of Claims per Week: Unlimited
• Waiver Wire Process Used: Yes
Free Agents
• Claim System: Free for all (1st come 1st serve)
• (Each team can only sign 1 free agent per week. I did this to avoid the constant add/drop of pitchers as we had last year.)
Waiver Wire
• Priority Order: Reverse Order of Standings (serpentine)
• Claims Per Team: 1st team in priority order gets 1 player, then 2nd team, etc.
• Waiver Wire players are processed: On specific days of the week
• Waivers Processed On: Sat
• Waiver Wire claims processing time: 11:55 pm
Draft
• Draft Type: Offline
• Draft Order: The Last Best Hope, Jrsyknd, Jerk Store - Nashville, Wilber, GOAT, Curtesy Flush, Girl Amoung Men, HoseJockey, Monkeys with Guns (Not the official draft order. Official draft order yet TBD)
• Undrafted players go to the: Waiver Wire
Tiebreakers
1. Ahead in more scoring categories
2. 1st place in more scoring categories
3. Ahead in specific scoring category Wins
Keeper League
• Keepers are imported from a previous league by the Commissioner: No
• Keeper league going into future seasons: No
I also placed limits on the amount of reserve pitchers that can be on each team. I feel these restrictions will reward GMs that make wise moves as opposed to the GM that just makes any move.
Any of the rules can be changed. If you are not happy with a rule let it be known. I will then explain why I made the decision. If you are still unhappy with the reasoning behind the rule we can put the rule up for a vote.
Below is a summary of the league rules. I added commentary next to some of the rules. My commentary will be in red.
I hope the league meets your expectations.
-The Commish
General
• League Name: Muddy, Bloody Beer League
• Public/Private League: Private
• Duplicate Player Allowance: Not Allowed
• Scoring System: Rotisserie
• Maximum # of teams: 9
• League Creator Username: GOAT
• Commissioner Team Name: GOAT
Schedule
• League Stats Begin: Sun Apr 04, 2010
• League Stats End: Sun Oct 03, 2010
Player Pool
• Player Pool: All teams
• Players traded out of league's player pool continue to accumulate stats: Yes (This is a non issue since we are using all teams.)
Rosters
• Minimum Total Players: 0
• Maximum Total Players: 21
• Minimum Active Players: 0
• Maximum Active Players: 15 (According to the survey: ½ liked the original setup and ½ wanted less pitchers. I reduced the # of RPs; from 4 to 3.)
• Maximum Reserve Players: 4 (According to the survey: many were happy with 5 but several wanted less. I reduced this to 4 but placed restrictions on the reserves. Only 2 of the reserves can be pitchers; 1 SP and 1 RP.)
• Maximum Injury Reserve Players: 2
• Maximum Minor League Players: Not Used
• Enforce legal rosters: Never (Illegal rosters don’t accumulate points.)
• Suspended players may be moved to Injured Reserve: Yes
• Injured Reserve players count toward roster limitation rules: No
Pos - Min Active - Max Active - Total Max
Catcher (C) - 0 - 1
1st Base (1B) - 0 - 1
2nd Base (2B) - 0 - 1
3rd Base (3B) - 0 - 1
Shortstop (SS) - 0 - 1
Outfield (OF) - 0 - 3
Starting Pitcher (SP) - 0 - 4 - 5
Relief Pitcher (RP) - 0 - 3 - 4
Position Eligibility
• Games needed for a player to qualify at a position from previous season: 20
• Games needed for a player to qualify at a position from current season: 10
• Use Fantrax's default position(s) even if player qualifies for at least one position based on above criteria: No
• Note: If a player does not qualify for any positions based on the above selections, he will qualify at the position(s) played most in the previous season.
Scoring
Scoring Group Scoring Category Weight
Hitting Home Runs (HR) 1
Hitting Runs Batted In (RBI) 1
Hitting Runs Scored (R) 1
Hitting Stolen Bases (SB) 1
Hitting Batting Average (Avg) 1
Hitting Total Bases (TB) (Additional Category, not included in survey options) 1
Hitting On Base + Slugging Percentage (OPS) 1
Pitching Holds (Hld) 1
Pitching Saves (Sv) 1
Pitching Strikeouts Pitched (SO) 1
Pitching Wins (W) 1
Pitching Earned Run Average (ERA) 1
Pitching Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched (WHIP) 1
Team Minimum and Maximum Requirements (Season)
Scoring Category Min Max
At Bats None None
Innings Pitched None None
Games Started None None
Relief Appearances None None
• If a maximum has been exceeded: Do nothing.
• If a minimum has not been met by end of season: Do nothing.
Lineups
• Lineup Change System: Owners enter lineup changes
• Lineup changes are executed: Daily
• Lineup Changes are locked 0:05 (hours:minutes) Set amount of time before 1st game of the day
Trades
• Trade System: Owners propose their own trades
• Trading Period: All Year
• Maximum Trades per Team: Unlimited
• Trade Deadline Date: Not Used
• Trade Voting System: Owners
• Days to Vote: 7 (This gives everyone ample time to review the trade.)
• # of Objections Required: 2 (I kept this # low. However, I would expect GMs to explain why they objected a trade. Since bench limitations have been placed against pitchers this will result in quality players offensive players on benches. I expect this will eventually lead to trades.)
Claims/Drops
• Claim/Drop System: Owners perform their own claims & drops
• Maximum # of Claims per Season: Unlimited
• Maximum # of Claims per Week: Unlimited
• Waiver Wire Process Used: Yes
Free Agents
• Claim System: Free for all (1st come 1st serve)
• (Each team can only sign 1 free agent per week. I did this to avoid the constant add/drop of pitchers as we had last year.)
Waiver Wire
• Priority Order: Reverse Order of Standings (serpentine)
• Claims Per Team: 1st team in priority order gets 1 player, then 2nd team, etc.
• Waiver Wire players are processed: On specific days of the week
• Waivers Processed On: Sat
• Waiver Wire claims processing time: 11:55 pm
Draft
• Draft Type: Offline
• Draft Order: The Last Best Hope, Jrsyknd, Jerk Store - Nashville, Wilber, GOAT, Curtesy Flush, Girl Amoung Men, HoseJockey, Monkeys with Guns (Not the official draft order. Official draft order yet TBD)
• Undrafted players go to the: Waiver Wire
Tiebreakers
1. Ahead in more scoring categories
2. 1st place in more scoring categories
3. Ahead in specific scoring category Wins
Keeper League
• Keepers are imported from a previous league by the Commissioner: No
• Keeper league going into future seasons: No
Monday, February 8, 2010
New Year, New Everything...
The Muddy, Bloody Beer League is currently going through some changes. This site has been created to keep the league organized while preserving and honoring its history. The site is still a work in progress.
The site we ran the on league on previously, CBS Sports, has become too expensive to justify. Since the free service they provide won't allow for any customization. I searched for alternative sites to host our league. I have found one that is totally customizable (www.fantrax.com).
Please click on the link title “Survey” located on the left sidebar. There you will find a survey that I will use to create our new league rules. Several of the questions may lead to further questions and we can address them at a later point. Any comments or questions regarding the survey can be added to the “comments” section located at the bottom of the page.
-The Commish
Friday, February 5, 2010
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