Wait Till Next Year...

Ok so we are just about done with Year 1 of Crazy's No Mercy Fantasy Baseball League. Overall, it was OK but I think it lacked in a few areas... I might not have been the greatest commish but it's like the 1st version of everything the I-Phone, Pontiac G-6, etc... it just needs a lot of adjustments.

So I'm here to tell you on September 9th with the next draft being over 6 months away that I have decided to completely overhaul the scoring and playoff system. I am in a league that I thought would be stupid at the beginning because I have never heard of a pts system for baseball (scoring similar to fantasy football) and I wasn't too interested in it. Having a traditional 5x5 league is okay but I am not a big fan of all these ties and I wouldn't want to make odd categories because of the dependence on offense vs. pitching nor would I want to dillute the most important stats by adding more categories (like another crappy college league i'm in).

Waivers, scoring, playoff suggestions have all been considered and this is what I have come up with...

DRAFT
*This is completely open on my part - I would like to do an in person draft, it is tough to find a day that fits everyones schedule but if we set a date at the beginning of the year it might be possible to do. I am open on style of draft as well... I like the snake style draft but I have had some fun doing auctions... that I would leave up to a league vote.

SCORING
*Too many ties! I have been in a pts league for a few years and it is waaaaaaay better than rotisserie or traditional categories. Still like the Weekly H2H Scoring System That is Still in Place. The scoring works as follows...

Batting
Single 1pt
Double 2pt
Triple 3pt
HR 4pt
BB 1pt
Run 1pt
SB 1pt
RBI 1pt
Strikeouts -1pt
Hitting for the Cycle 20pt

Pitching
Inn Pitched 1pt
Earned Run -1pt
Wins 10pt
Saves 5pt
Quality Start 3pt
Walks -1pt
K's 1pt
Losses -2pt
Blown Save -2pt
Shutouts 10pt
No-Hitter 10pt

To give you an idea so far this year here are the top 5 in each category:

Batting
Pujols 661pt
Fielder 492pt
Teixera 471pt
Hanley 456pt
AGonz 450pt

Pitching
Lincecum 562pt
Greinke 551pt
Verlander 533pt
King Felix 501pt
Dan Haren 497pt

Typical weeks range from an average of 200-250pts per team per week. Very similar scoring to Fantasy Football. You start 9 guys, 4 SP and 1CP.

Entry Fee / Playoffs / Payout

This really is a pain in the butt to collect waiver fees and everyone generally spends between $10-$30 for waiver pickups so I suggest adding a general "fee" into the entry fee that will allow unlimited waivers while also adding other ways to make your money back.

Entry Fee: $125

12 team format with no divisions/leagues. The 4 best teams with the best record will be in the playoffs. 22 weeks giving everyone a chance to play everyone twice. The playoffs will be 2 rounds of 2 weeks each. (Note that this will take the playoffs until the very end of the regular season so there might be some teams that will sit some players but that will happen on both sides and you will have 2 full weeks to win (you will also have a chance to reset your roster after week 1 of each rd)).

Payouts

1st place - $525
2nd place - $250
3rd place - $125

Total Pts (Overall)
$250
Total Pts (2nd place *not that not always will this be the 1st and 2nd place teams but is generally in the top 4)
$125

Highest 1 Week Total
$125

Consolation Bracket Champion
$100

So either way... the top 4 teams make the playoffs, you can win your money back by having a good regular season, a really good week or almost make your money back by beating all the losers so you're not completely out of it.

I find this system the best way to go about next year and I look forward to all of your input.

Thank you for a good year, lets make the next one great...

~Commish Crazy