Syndicate Fantasy Baseball League - 2021

[Sloonei]

We tried this last year, but then COVID happened. We're gonna try again this year, even though COVID is still happening!

Details TBD. NANOOK is gonna handle the dirty work of getting the league set up, so I'll defer to him on where it's being hosted and what the format will be.

Let us know if you're interested! Season starts in ~2 weeks, so we may need to move at a brisk pace, just like the game of baseball itself.

[NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME]

I'll be setting up the league later this evening probably, will post details here

[NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME]

One spot taken by ufo fever, who is on the discord but not the site AFAIK

Also--ill set the league up after I sleep

[NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME]

League invite is here: https://fantasy.espn.com/baseball/leagu ... 22b6e1feac

For this league, instead of drafting individual players we'll be drafting teams then choosing who to roster from within those picks. Here's an overview of how this will work (it sounds more complicated than it is, trust me it's actually pretty simple and straightforward once you start doing it and I'm happy to answer any questions along the way!):

After we know who is playing, I'll randomize a list of our names, 1-10. The first person will choose their "basket" of picks, the second will choose theirs, and so on.

The Baskets

Assuming a ten person league, the baskets will be as follows:

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1/20/26
2/16/29
3/13/30
4/18/25
5/15/27
6/19/22
7/11/28
8/17/21
9/14/23
10/12/24

So as you can see there's some strategy regarding which basket you want, and having the first overall pick isn't necessarily the best choice.

If we have a 6 player league, the baskets will be

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1/10/18/21/28
2/12/15/19/30
3/11/17/20/26
4/9/14/23/27
5/7/16/24/25
6/8/13/22/29

If we have 7, we'll do a snake draft for four rounds and the two unpicked team's players will go to the waiver wire.

If we have 8 or 9 players I'll figure out some creative solution.

Picking baskets will take probably a day or so, and the Team draft will take probably 2 or 3 days to complete. As long as people can check in two or three times a day it'll fly right by.

After teams have been picked, we go to

Roster Selection

I'll send everyone a google form, you fill it out with the players you want to keep. Simple as that! I'll give everyone probably three days to get this in.

The positions we're using:

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C
1B
2B
3B
SS
OF
OF
OF
UTIL
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
RP
RP
RP
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
IL
IL
IL

Note that bench players can be pitchers or batters in any combination you desire. Each position has a 172 game max and there's a 750 innings pitched minimum over the course of the season, both of these are unlikely to come into play or be a hindrance.

And the scoring categories:

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Pitching: Strikeouts, Quality Starts, Saves+Holds, ERA, WHIP
Batting: HR, R, SB, AVG, OPS

This is a roto league, meaning you get points for your ranking in each stat relative to the rest of the league. For example, if it's a ten team league, say I lead the league in HR--I get ten points for that, 9 if I'm second, 8 if I'm third, etc. etc. You can have a maximum of 100 points if you lead the league in every category, realistically the league leader will have somewhere in the 75-85 point range most likely. The basic goal is just to be good in as many categories as you can. There are no playoffs, whomever has the most points at the end of the year is the league champion.

After everyone has selected their roster and I've input their selections, every player not rostered will be available on waivers. You can freely pick up any available player regardless of what mlb they play for from this point forward, and/or make trades. The waiver period is two days, and the first waiver order will be in reverse order of first round picks in the team draft.

[Fatmo]

UFO and Nook told me that I'm in.

[birdwithteeth11]

Sorry for the delay! I forgot I hadn't signed up officially yet.

[Epignosis]

Fine.

[Sloonei]

[NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME]

Ok! So here are how the pick baskets work:

Basket One: 1/11/18
Basket Two: 2/9/19
Basket Three: 3/16/21/28
Basket Four: 4/14/20/29
Basket Five: 5/15/17/30
Basket Six: 6/13/22/27
Basket Seven: 7/12/23/25
Basket Eight: 8/10/24/26

First and second baskets get juicier picks in the first three rounds to compensate for not having fourth round picks. I believe this balances out well.

The selection order for picking baskets is:

bwt
Jpic
Epi
Fatmo
UFO
Davedob
Nanook
Sloonei


Here's a spreadsheet with a visual representation, where I'll be tracking picks:

[NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME]

Ok! So here are how the pick baskets work:

Basket One: 1/11/18
Basket Two: 2/9/19
Basket Three: 3/16/21/28
Basket Four: 4/14/20/29
Basket Five: 5/15/17/30
Basket Six: 6/13/22/27
Basket Seven: 7/12/23/25
Basket Eight: 8/10/24/26

First and second baskets get juicier picks in the first three rounds to compensate for not having fourth round picks. I believe this balances out well.

The selection order for picking baskets is:

bwt
Jpic
Epi
Fatmo
UFO
Davedob
Nanook
Sloonei


Here's a spreadsheet with a visual representation, where I'll be tracking picks:

@birdwithteeth11 @@Justplayingitcool @Epignosis @Fatmo @DaveDob @Sloonei

bwt has first pick for what basket he wants, will update the spreadsheet as we go. Tag the next person up here and/or on discord after you make your pick!

[Epignosis]

He picks the Dodgers. Next person.

[NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME]

First we pick baskets of picks, then we pick teams!

[Epignosis]

I pick the basket of deplorables.

Ignore me.

[Sloonei]

This is good, because I wanted whichever basket the rest of you don’t want.

[NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME]

Roster submission form: https://forms.gle/Fbp6hDoUaYvNKTLB9

[NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME]

How Keepers Work

Given that we draft teams rather than individual players, the concept of keepers is a bit different.

At the start of the 2022 fantasy season, the basket draft will be replaced by a keeper selection. Players will reveal which team they wish to keep the rights to in standings order (i.e., league champ reveals first, 2nd place reveals second, etc. etc.). How does this effect draft order? Draft order for the first round (and thus which basket of picks you receive) is determined by your team's real life win loss record. So, for example, if you kept the dodgers this year you would have the first basket, because the dodgers had the best record in 2020. Someone that keeps the Padres would have a higher basket than someone who keeps the red Sox. Etc. etc.

After the keepers are selected, the team draft goes as normal (note that baskets will be rejiggered during the off-season so that someone keeping the team with the best record isn't rewarded with a high second round pick as well--that will be taken care of in the off-season though!)


Trading Team Rights In-Season

If you'd like, you can trade the future rights to a team during the ongoing season. You must retain the rights to at least one team, and no matter how many rights you have you can only keep one going into the next season. Trading rights has NO effect on the current season, it only impacts which teams you can select as your keeper the following year.

[Tangrowth]

Sorry I missed the original signups, would be happy to play next year and/or tag along with someone else this year!