tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20276223.post113682768878671645..comments2023-03-26T06:16:17.302-05:00Comments on Einar Diaz: Do your science on thisptbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03839114506627123131noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20276223.post-1136842127537381422006-01-09T15:28:00.000-06:002006-01-09T15:28:00.000-06:00Omar, if we do a third-party draft-value list, the...Omar, if we do a third-party draft-value list, there wouldn't be the hypothetical problem you're describing because we would have agreed on the list BEFOREHAND. but that's what this league seems to be all about, arguing #($&*#$ing constantly about the rules and then never making any trades. but that's a side complaint. an auction does seem increasingly unfeasible at this point, although i realize some people (myself, moacir, et al) are intrigued by the strategic possibilities that an auction unfolds. i don't necessarily agree that an auction will lead to a logjam on trades or overcomplication -- i'm more interested in an auction as a fun way to draft, less interested as an autodemocratic way of determining player salaries (i am ANTI salaries). The necessary end of the auction v draft debate is that we should quickly poll every one. I doubt it's split 5-5 (since we only have 9 voters) but i'd like to get it settled, just so we can proceed to different things to debate over. (stats, etc).<BR/><BR/>also for the record, i am 100% OK with what bench proposes in the above post. we can have perpetual keepers. i just want people to realize this year's draft is FUCKING CRUCIAL and prepare accordingly. also, since i am being centrist in all things administrative here, i'd like everyone to try to follow my example and be openminded. and this is the point where the dialogue about fantasy baseball sounds like a prepared to speech to try to talk someone into deviant sex. i am 100% down with the perpetual keeper league, as long as we don't get to keep 10 guys. somewhere in between 3 and 10 seems fine with me, as long, as moacir said previously, as there's a simple way to appropriate take away draft picks. and believe me, we have to take away draft picks if we have a you-call-it number of keepers. (why should someone who kept more people have the same amount and priority as someone who kept fewer or no players? shit does not make sense.)ptbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839114506627123131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20276223.post-1136837503102747852006-01-09T14:11:00.000-06:002006-01-09T14:11:00.000-06:00my team couldn't keep it up during the stretch run...my team couldn't keep it up during the stretch run so i ended up losing but i wouldn't mind keeping alot of those players for this year so i might have kept upwards of 10 players who i wouldn't be able to replace so screw you and you're hating on my awesome team. im going to be living in 2005 for a while.<BR/><BR/>my problem with using some 3rd party group to value players for the next years draft is that its yet another point of contention. if we use yahoo, someone will say why not use espn. if we use espn someone will say why not use baseball america. and so on. also what if you have 4 3rd round players? you can't lose the third round 4 times. the reason i say we should set some fixed amount of keepers is so that we don't get into a detente situation where i want to keep 4 players but then i find out andy is keeping 10 players and mike is keeping 8 players so i know i won't be able to get decent players from anyone else till its too late so i keep 11 players and then ben keeps 12 players and the teams never get re-drafted. <BR/><BR/> i'm not sure if i made the point clearly but listening to bullshit from this alito conformation hearing is frying my brain. this senator is explaining abortion to me and its really opening my eyes. i never realized the christian right was pro downs syndrome before but now i guess they are. really gripping shit.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434717890144899798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20276223.post-1136831498332719902006-01-09T12:31:00.000-06:002006-01-09T12:31:00.000-06:00i also have to come down against an auction. i th...i also have to come down against an auction. i think it would be fantastic on the day of the draft, but would subsequently bog down the league.<BR/><BR/>I was also in a previous year diamondmind league once upon a time, and i do not think that it would be at all easy to transfer the auction rules of that format to live fantasy baseball, unless we were willing to limit roster add/drops to once a week. i am not.<BR/><BR/>finally, i like the keeper format which allows unlimited keeps but with a loss of draft pick based on the value of the player the previous season, as defined by yahoo or weird science stats.carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727408403605785175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20276223.post-1136829577504611522006-01-09T11:59:00.000-06:002006-01-09T11:59:00.000-06:00maybe 3 is too few but i dont think it should be n...maybe 3 is too few but i dont think it should be n players because then the draft isn't as much fun because then i would have kept 10 of my players from last year and the draft would have been devoid of all the best players in the league (go 2005 draft!). maybe 5 or 6 keepers in a 25 player, 10 person league. <BR/><BR/>and do we have a 10th yet? we need to get him in this blog so he can see how insane this gets months before pitchers and catchers report.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434717890144899798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20276223.post-1136829407642802542006-01-09T11:56:00.000-06:002006-01-09T11:56:00.000-06:00i made a comment on andy's post saying basically t...i made a comment on andy's post saying basically the same thing ben. i don't really understand this flavor of the month love with auction system and contracts. i think we could do a seperate league with all these wacky rules but i think the main league would be better served using a more tried and true approach. <BR/><BR/>the 40 man roster deal with auctions on the fly is not really what this league is about. even though i usually make the least moves i still like the idea of having unlimited moves without penalty or payment. <BR/><BR/>speaking of payment, are we keeping it at $50 this year? And i think we should give it up at the start of the year. If you are really worried about losing your marginal benefit of $50 we can put it in a 3 or 6 month CD and get some sweet 3.5% on that shit.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434717890144899798noreply@blogger.com