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if we have our league set the waiver process time at 11 each day will all unclaimed players go directly to free agency until the first pitch of the first game

Best bet for a low stakes h2h league is likely a Yahoo Pro League, they have $20, $50, $100, and higher.

There's no single winner or loser because H2H Points isn't a real big thing in MLB like NFL, it's 10 catergories and outcomes of 7-3 or 4-5-1, not 1-0 or 0-1.

Wieters to Nats (if they don't trade Norris, seems weird)

Also Britton dealing with an oblique injury

In a keeper league, been offered Rizzo for Seager, may counter with Rizzo for Turner. Are these even trades or should a side add more?

I currently have no 1B

edit: for some reason I was thinking Kyle Seager, I think they are both possible. Don't see someone trading Turner tho, at least I wouldn't.

Wait this confuses me, you would rather trade away Turner than Seager?

I have Corey Seager and Turner. He views Seager much more valuable than Turner. Im just in love with Rizzo

Ya I think Seager for Rizzo is fine.

Think he might be the only guy (or one of few) that views Seager>Turner, definitely do Seager for Rizzo

So the more you all discuss pitchers I am becoming more convinced the optimal play in redrafts is to somehow grab two aces in the first three rounds. Obviously the number of teams and your draft position are going to matter in terms of actually doing that but looking at the NFBC data after Archer (13th SP / ADP 53):

14 - Strasburg - injured all the time
15 - Carrasco - injured recently
16 - Hendricks - ok sure whatever
17 - C Martinez - actually like him
18 - deGrom - injured
19 - Hamels - FIP is pushing 4 in the AL
20 - Tanaka - like him somewhat
21 - Greinke - horrendous park shift, many doubts
22 - Maeda - like a fair amount but as an SP2? Made 32 starts just 175 IP
23 - Duffy - I like but speaks to the SP depth he is #23 here
24 - Sanchez - see Duffy above
25 - Quintana - worst team and defense in the AL?
26 - Porcello - serious regression candidate

thanks for advice, got rizzo and a slight pick upgrade for Corey Seager

Did some mocks, have some early round draft thoughts.

I'm not drafting Jose Altuve. ESPN has him #2 overall which I think is crazy. I think we've already seen his career best year for HR. I just don't think someone that small can have power that consistent. Even if you believe in the power (and I obviously don't), he's basically 10 HR better than Jose Peraza or Eduardo Nunez, who are going in the late rounds. I can make up 10 HR later in the draft. I have him behind Trout, Betts, Arenado, Bryant, Goldschmidt, Rizzo, and Kershaw (in that order), which means I'm never drafting him.

I'm not drafting Charlie Blackmon. Ignoring the fact that he went to the Technical College for Losers, I simply don't believe in relying on 30-year-olds for speed. At 11 overall, if he doesn't swipe at least 25 bags, you're coming out behind, and I don't think he will.

I'm also not crazy about the elite shortstops past Machado. Where C. Seager, Correa, Lindor, and Bogaerts are going, I can get a proven 30-35+ HR bat at CI or OF, and I just value that higher.

I would rather have Corey Seager than Turner in any league thats not 5x5 roto.

Just a general observation, but it seems like people are getting way too focused on the "shortage of steals" even in leagues where steals are not really worth that much - for example in 6x6 H2H with OBP and SLG (or TB).

As an extreme example, say you draft a team where you project for the lowest steal total in the league, like 20 steals fewer than the next worst team.
In roto, youre getting 1 roto point, no way around it, which kills you.
In H2H... so what. Youre still going to randomly win steals at least 4-5 times throughout the year just due to small sample variance.

Thank you very much for the response. This is what I was afraid of. That scoring format and the need to check every single day (which kind of go hand in hand) are what turned me off the Fantasy Baseball in the first place. Might still be fun to do some low stakes for a sweat but there's zero chance of me maintaining this as much as would be required to actually be competitive. Thanks for the response though

You might be able to find some weekly lineup lock leagues, try watching https://www.reddit.com/r/findaleague/ or post there for one? Never really used it, but could easily just use a league with leaguesafe or something

Cool thanks. Do h2h like 1-0 0-1 even exist? Really appreciate the feedback. I realize this is extreme lol no0b stuff for this thread but do appreciate the responses. I'd even be up for a $20 2+2 league (prefer that to a reddit league tbh) and just take my lumps and see how it goes. Def don't want high stakes though

Points leagues aren't common in baseball (which is how you'd win 1-0 or 0-1 like NFL), and neither is weekly lineup locks. People prefer weekly a lot for picking up pitchers, and not getting screwed over by injuries or DL'ed players, etc. A lot different when it's 1 game a week per team to 5-6 games a week per team.

If you commish you can set up a single win/loss per week league on Yahoo with a custom setup, but they really are not very popular and might be difficult to fill.

Beginning to think this is the year 1. Kershaw is correct

2 years ago I did an experiment drafting Kershaw and 8 closers for my pitching staff

Won the league comfortably, though it was a free ESPN league, so ymmv

I'm in for this if it happens.

ya i'm talking myself into thinking 1. kershaw is objectively the right move now

every pitcher after madbum up to probably the #25 pitcher off the board is a very clear health landmine or stable but big overpay. kershaw scherzer and madbum are the only 3 pithcers you can take in the first 2 rounds and have them be worth what you're paying for them and even in the case of scherzer there is now a very clear health landmine and madbum comes with the perpetual risk of all those innings finally catching up with him. plus looking at all these drafts people chasing high end pitchers in rounds 2-6 is causing a massive glut of quality offense to fall through the cracks

taking kershaw prevents you from having to buy super high on a pitcher in the next few rounds and allows you to focus on offense/closers until you reach the hill/duffy tier of high upside relatively cheap ADP

Now in as well

Dozier or pollock with OBP

Their projections are close enough that health has to be a tie breaker. Dozier 155+ games the last three years.

Unless you have some team specific stuff going on like you badly need an OF or SB.

agree on all this and obv dozier HR ceiling is important