Advice on transitioning from an annual to a keeper fantasy league?
by theBrouhaha on Jan 29, 2010 12:41 PM CST
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PrintI play in a fairly competitive annual fantasy baseball league, and this year we want to make the transition to a keeper league. I'm not the commissioner, but he sent out an email asking for us to propose the rules we want for the league (in terms of how many players can be protected, size of rosters, things like that). I don't know what is considered "normal" for keeper leagues, so I'm wondering if anyone has any advice or links that would help structure a keeper league (we run it through ESPN).
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It all depends!
I’ve done a few keeper leagues for extended periods and the one I’m in now has my favorite format.
First, it’s a points-based head-to-head league. The other league I was in was just points based (though did reserve some money for a few roto categories to keep bad teams competing for something). I can give you the points breakdown, if you want it.
It’s a 16 team league. 16 teams means 4 divisions with 4 teams. Unbalanced schedule. Payouts for 1st or 2nd in your division and for most total points for a team, most points for a hitter/ starter/ reliever. Teams are assigned to a division based on total points in the year prior. Payouts for winning division 1 (the highest) are greater than winning division 4 (the lowest), because it should be “harder”.
Rosters are comprised of 18 active players (10 hitters – 1 of each position plus an extra OF and a DH; 5 SP; 3 RP) plus about 9 reserves. Because of the depth, you have to draft minor leaguers (no in-season pick-ups of minor leaguers allowed and you can’t draft anyone not affiliated with an MLB team – so no amateurs, no Japanese Leaguers). Minor leaguers can be drafted starting in the 13th round of the draft.
And that’s where the fun is. You cut your roster down based on where you want to draft. If you want to draft in the 13th round, you can only keep 12 players. If you want to draft in the 1st round, you keep 0. Realistically, most teams keep 12-16 players.
If you want more details on anything, reply or email you and I’ll give you whatever you need.
Thanks for the helpful post Capt.
Ours is also points and H2H. I really like how you run the divisions, sort of like European soccer with relegation and such. I’m curious what your drafts look like. Would you be willing to post who was taken in your first round last year? I don’t put a huge emphasis on the draft, but I don’t think the league would go for anything that would water down the draft quite as much as this model does. Also, other owners are tied to playoffs, and that would be hard to fit into your model.
In short, I love your setup and wish I was in your league, but my gut tells me it’s not quite the right setup for the group I’m currently in. Maybe I need to find a group not so hooked on the draft and playoffs :P
i can give you spreadsheets
i have spreadsheets for the last few drafts and you can see who was protected and who was drafted when. let me know the best way to send that to you.
also, if your league is more focused on drafting maybe you just reduce the number of players you protect (maximum of 3 or 5 or something) or even reconsider doing a keeper!
i REALLY like not having a fixed number of players you can protect. it adds a lot of new dimensions into things. right now i have a couple borderline players and some prospects and i’m weighing cutting them (and trying to draft some back) versus keeping. it’s a fun dimension!
by Capt Science on Jan 29, 2010 3:27 PM CST up reply actions
also
technically the last few weeks of the season are playoffs – you play other teams in your division based on likelihood of finish. but it’s not emphasized in this league.
by Capt Science on Jan 29, 2010 3:28 PM CST up reply actions
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