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---------- Original message ----------
From: Joe Watson
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Subject: Final Gashouse League Metrics for 2010
To: League Owners (email addresses removed)
OK.
Even *I* can't make the case for an NL-only Gashouse League. (Which is pretty sad, as it was my idea to begin with.) Here's what pushed me over: if we have 12 teams in the Gashouse League with 22-player rosters ... that's ... what? ... 262 fantasy players. Over in the real world Senior Circuit, there's 15 teams with 25-player rosters ... which approximates somewhere in the neighborhood of ... lessee ... 375 actual human players. If the Gashouse League went NL-only, we'd have nothing but part-time playing scrubs and maybe depleted positions. So ... I'm thinkin' ... whether it was ever a good idea or not ... i.e., to go NL-only for semi-plausible benefit of better getting to know NL players and teams ... I'm thinkin' now it's not such a good idea. (Unless there's an alarmed uprising in opposition, we'll go with an MLB-wide player pool for the 2010 season.)
So.
Where does this (and the last couple of posts ... here and here) get us to?
Metrics for the 2010 Gashouse League season:
Position players - Runs, RBIs, OBP, SLG, Errors, Steals.
Pitching - Wins, Ks, Saves, Holds, WHIP, ERA.
Roster size: 22 players.
We'll use Yahoo's free fantasy baseball tier ... meaning, if you want the draft kit, deep stats, and stat-tracker during the season ... you'll have to buy your own tier-upgrade. (It's fifteen bucks.)
---------- Original message ----------
From: Joe Watson
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Subject: Final Gashouse League Metrics for 2010
To: League Owners (email addresses removed)
OK.Even *I* can't make the case for an NL-only Gashouse League. (Which is pretty sad, as it was my idea to begin with.) Here's what pushed me over: if we have 12 teams in the Gashouse League with 22-player rosters ... that's ... what? ... 262 fantasy players. Over in the real world Senior Circuit, there's 15 teams with 25-player rosters ... which approximates somewhere in the neighborhood of ... lessee ... 375 actual human players. If the Gashouse League went NL-only, we'd have nothing but part-time playing scrubs and maybe depleted positions. So ... I'm thinkin' ... whether it was ever a good idea or not ... i.e., to go NL-only for semi-plausible benefit of better getting to know NL players and teams ... I'm thinkin' now it's not such a good idea. (Unless there's an alarmed uprising in opposition, we'll go with an MLB-wide player pool for the 2010 season.)
So.
Where does this (and the last couple of posts ... here and here) get us to?
Metrics for the 2010 Gashouse League season:
Position players - Runs, RBIs, OBP, SLG, Errors, Steals.
Pitching - Wins, Ks, Saves, Holds, WHIP, ERA.
Roster size: 22 players.
We'll use Yahoo's free fantasy baseball tier ... meaning, if you want the draft kit, deep stats, and stat-tracker during the season ... you'll have to buy your own tier-upgrade. (It's fifteen bucks.)
