League Message Board
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I used to calculate my own auction values based on a custom projection set, but I actually think the need for adjusted inflation is real and I could never do that on my own so have used the calculator tool more regularly. The assumption is that there is a finite amount of positive value/$ in the player pool, so any time a player goes for less $ than that value, it inflates the value of everyone left because there's more money to go around for that same finite pool of talent.
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Jeff, knowing that you use the fangraphs auction calc tool, how have you used their adjusted auction value? Every year after inputting keeper values the adjusted values are just bonkers high, and I've never understood why they become unusably high.
El Abanico on
March 29, 2023 9:48 AM
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Side note, as proof that our draft was a bit bonkers, there are so many players on this list where the site-wide Max Salary is from our league (looking at you, Cal Quantrill!): https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/averageValues
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I'm pro start limit.
El Abanico on
March 28, 2023 2:27 PM
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I would like to claim victory. Does Ottoneu allow for that? I can’t find the victory button.
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We currently have 6 teams with 10 SPs or fewer (counting minor leaguers) and 2 teams with 14 SPs or more (also counting minor leaguers). From the rules: "With a cap, there are up to 5 SP slots available on the lineup page each day, less if a team has fewer than 5 starts left for the week. Without a cap, there are 2 SP slots available on the lineup page each day." So no cap is essentially a max of 14 starts per week with less flexibility for timing starts for your best SPs.
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I'm not wedded to the SP start limit, though I think I have the fewest SPs rostered and would be playing catch-up. There's some good points made advocating for both settings here: https://community.ottoneu.com/t/popular-h2h-setups-and-articles-on-strategy/10068
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Any hitter is eligible to fill the UTIL role whether a DH or not. Players added to the 60-day IL don't count toward your 40-man roster (as in real baseball), but players on the 15-day or 7-day ILs do. Those parts aren't modifiable. The SP limit per week is, but is there to level the playing field. You can't overload starts at other positions so it would be a one-dimensional strategy advantage. Most leagues use 9 or 10 starts/week to approximate the 1458 innings pitched over a real team's season.
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From paragraph (vi) of subsection (f) of section (I), "All players are given a default UTIL position elgibility (sic)."
So all players should already be able to be slotted in the UTIL slot.
El Abanico on
March 28, 2023 1:23 PM
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Thanks for the heads up on the SPs! Is there a way to modify some of these rules to allow for different strategies rather than all folks being confined to the same strategy? For example, can we have unlimited SP starts, allow any batters to float into the util spot rather than having to have a util designation, and allowing pickups if you have many guys on the IL (may not be as relevant with a 40-man roster but wanted to ask)? Or are the Ottoneu rules rigid?
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Quick note on the first matchup which runs a little longer than a week - the 10 SP starts limit still applies for the full matchup and you don't get bonus starts for the longer timeframe.
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The draft is underway! All player clocks are 12 hours for initial nomination w/ a reset to minimum of 8 hours for any new highest bidders. We may only have a handful of players won today, but the pace will pick up as the expensive guys come off the board.
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Hi Everyone! Testing testing 123. We have a full league! Welcome to our two new managers and a big thank you to Hot Corner Blues for putting out the word to his vast personal network about our openings. All teams now have full end of year Yahoo rosters added and can make one round of cuts before our draft. I'll be setting up the Couch Managers site today or tomorrow and everyone will need to create a free account. Look out for that link soon, and we'll kick the slow draft off on Monday morning.
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