I actually do.

Yep, I like SRM. Entertaining dude, interesting, knows his MLB. Does insane **** like this.

+1

even voted he'd be profitable at this (190 instances of story helped that decision, but still)

SUBBED

Definitely rooting for you,

But I don't think it'll turn out very profitable

Especially if you basically punt SP in all leagues

In. Good luck. I think this is both the coolest thing ever and the worst idea ever.

Good luck mang. I think you should be able to do this by staying active. YPL's are incredibly soft.

I think it can be profitable if you don't burn out. I burn out if managing more than 3-5 teams, can't imagine 200! Good luck!

Im punting for now. If that proves to be impossible to keep at its easier to trade pffense for pitching than vice versa and I can fix that pretty quickly

Sidenote: pollock exposure: 12. Woulda been 11 but a trade for trout was vetoed a day before he broke his elbow. Annoying. I did receive an offer this morning though for springer and Herrera for my pollock and brantley. I didn't want to accept but I think I had to

Additional Sidenote: it took 1 hour 22 minutes and 58 seconds to set up all 203 teams for 2 days.

What I noticed setting up my teams is 1. How unbelievably stacked my offenses are. Consolidation is required often and 2. How much of an advantage in terms of sheer number of ABs I have by having basically double the hitters I should have. There are many leagues where I have full lineups on off days. That could be good

There aren't any sort of daily/weekly/season max starts or anything like that for any offensive positions, right?

I knew there were for a roto YPL I did once a year or two ago but I know you're doing H2H

max games played (162) at each position for roto

The more I think about it the more I feel the chance to burn out is really high. I guess if you have enough in side action you can find the motivation but doing this straight up seems unlikely.

Probably another good reason he's not doing this in roto leagues

The punting SP thing is so intriguing to me. It makes sense to me logically, but I just can't see it working.

Still rooting for it to work though, or at least, provide a ton of useful data

No max in h2h

Maybe. Day games are going to be the biggest thorn in my side

Good luck! Looking forward to following this one all year.

Well this strategy isn't because I believe the optimal team features 4-6 relievers/closers. Relying on 6 closers in 1 week in a playoff matchup is risky business. I'll very likely start trading for aces at the 1/4 point of the season unless im doing overwhelmingly well as is. It's because with a 7 inning minimum and no cap on player starts or innings that every single starter you draft is a wasted draft pick. You're starting to see a movement on passing on starters for the first few rounds but that's still a half measure. Pitchers are never worth hitters at their equivalent or better ranks, and it's easier to trade hitting for pitching than vice versa. As such it's more important to hold as many bullets as you can of the former rather than go with fringe pitchers with limited upside for the same roster spot

Looking at people who fade aces in the first 5 rounds and start taking pitching afterwards: yes, some can pan out and be elite but by in large you're taking people who are good to elite ks with **** ratios, or good ratios and average to **** ks, and while doing that you're passing on guys like pence, brantley, hosmer, beltre, Franco, etc etc etc

14th round you're taking guys like severino and passing on guys like story or park or Turner or whatever else.

And for what? Even if they pan out to be at or slightly better than their ADP they have no trade value. If I hoard a bench of 10 hitters and only 4 or 5 pan out at least I still have plenty of flexibility (im hoarding AJ reed everywhere because I can basically) and not be forced into a rushed trade at less than face value for the assets I have that did work out. If you have no hitting bench and a sea of pitchers you're incredibly exposed if anything happens to any of your hitters, bust or injury. And it's going to be harder to balance that out trading pitchers to fill the gap.

Look at pollock for instance. I have him in 13 leagues and I'd say there are only 2 where this actually puts a dent in me (the 2 leagues I drafted him before I nuked my strategy and started approaching it this way)

What's your Giles (or LG) exposure?

Do you have a job? Managing 200 teams seems very time consuming. What ROI would you be happy with?

giles was one of the closers i refused to draft, LG i have 4

yes

idk

today i learned the hard way that even though the game is postponed, if you don't edit out players by the time the game would have originally started they're locked in anyway. ****kkkkk you yahoo. ~100 leagues i couldn't get to in time before it locked. no idea what my springer/altuve/gomez/gardner/correa exposure was in it but i know a majority had at least 1

live and learn

The good news is that Gardner wasn't going to play anyway.

Is there script you can use to make roster changes, or do you have to do each team manually?

I do them manually

Pretty good call so far! Was this guy a deep sleeper?