About Fantasy Baseball

by sixthman on Jan 23, 2009 2:12 PM EST Comment 43 comments

Tim from McCovey Chronicles' comment section here. Hate "spamming" but I thought the community here might be interested in this:

My company (Associated Content) is launching a comprehensive fantasy baseball preview, and I wanted to invite anyone interested to register at the site and take part. The individual preview articles (by position, team, category) are paid -- not a ton, but something -- and you will have an additional clip to point to if you're interested in expanding your writing experience. Plus, it should be fun; in the end, you're writing about baseball. We'll give you a lot of leeway in how you write them; we won't be sticklers for following the titles to the letter.

The claims are going fast, so check it out. Sign up, go to the "Call for Content" area, look for the baseball assignments, claim them and get paid to publish about fantasy baseball. Thanks!

[Link deleted. I don't want to delete the whole thread, so think of this as the Fantasy Baseball post - Ryan]

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looks interesting, thanks for the heads up.

how much money are we talking about here?

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Jan 23, 2009 3:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Rotoworld is also hiring people to write about Fantasy Baseball if this is the sort of thing anyone is interested in.

I have no feel for how popular fantasy baseball is. I assumed nobody played it yet apparently it’s a growth industry in a down economy.

by afh4 on Jan 23, 2009 3:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

You assumed nobody played fantasy baseball? Why? Don’t you notice all the fantasy rankings and fantasy articles on every major sports website?

The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay

by Buckeye Brad on Jan 23, 2009 6:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I just thought it was an extremely distant second to football. I assumed somebody did but not on a level that required all of these websites devoted to it.

by afh4 on Jan 23, 2009 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

it likely is a distant second, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it doesn’t warrant the attention it receives.

fantasy football is perfect for the casual fan. it requires a couple hours in august for prep (if that) and a draft, and then many casual fans spend about 30 minutes per week making moves or setting lineup before the weekend.

baseball literally requires daily monitoring. no room for casual fantasy baseball players with baseball’s schedule.

You know Selig? Ombudsman.

by rolub on Jan 23, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Haha as someone who formerly wrote for fantasyhockey.com, trust me that people are still gaga for just about any fantasy sport.

by supermarioelia on Jan 23, 2009 9:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I mean, there’s fantasy golf. And NASCAR. And Olympics (but only every four years).

The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay

by Buckeye Brad on Jan 23, 2009 10:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Are there Olympic keeper leagues?

Don't forget to pay your parking ticket.

by TheVanillaGorilla on Jan 24, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think Michael Phelps is clearly the number one draft pick in Olympic keeper leagues.

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on Jan 24, 2009 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I actually played fantasy NASCAR for a few years.

Carmona for Cy Young 2009

by danvail on Jan 24, 2009 8:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s pretty big. I mean, ESPN.com has at least one regular writer who covers Fantasy Baseball exclusively.

It’s also a major driver of Baseball Prospectus premium subscriptions — those PECOTA pages get a lot more views by fantasy players than by other fans, I would bet.

by Jay on Jan 23, 2009 11:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This proves nothing but I know that fantasy baseball was first.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jan 24, 2009 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Damn, I’d love to do this, I’ve been on the lookout for gigs like this. Too bad I don’t know squat about fantasy baseball.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jan 23, 2009 4:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I have a fantasy baseball team, yet I’ll be the first to admit that along with old mainstream media, it retards the acceptance of sabermetric stats.

You know Selig? Ombudsman.

by rolub on Jan 23, 2009 4:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I finally managed to convince my league to switch from BA to OBP last season. It was moderately difficult because a lot of FLB players don’t understand it—just like the rest of the population.

But I was under the impression that a lot of early sabermetricians were driven by the desire to better model future performance in order to get a competitive advantage in fantasy baseball.

by jds16 on Jan 23, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

But I was under the impression that a lot of early sabermetricians were driven by the desire to better model future performance in order to get a competitive advantage in fantasy baseball.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jan 23, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Er, that was weird.

Should have had a “Me” after the quote. As in myself. As in this applies to me. My brevity was lost.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jan 23, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Isn’t it TOO SOON to come over here with that avatar?

by SuddenSam on Jan 24, 2009 9:45 AM EST reply actions 2 recs

Is it too early to get the fantasy thread going? I mean, I ready for the season to start and to get things organized…

I’d be willing to manage a traditional H2H AL-only 12 team daily league, as I’ve done in the past. I also enjoyed DaytonDogg‘s obscenely large mulit-category league last year and would join it. Anyone up for starting a keeper league somewhere (presuming Yahoo doesn’t allow it again this year).

Still the local "Barfield Bounces Back Believer" and confident that there's still a lot of Pronk in Hafner. Oh, and for all the love of Cliffy, there's still a Sleepy Kitten inside.

by mjmarble on Jan 24, 2009 11:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I would love to join any keeper league, doesn’t matter what the format is. I missed any leagues that were started last year, but I did win the football league in ‘07 so I’m ready for more competition.

The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay

by Buckeye Brad on Jan 24, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, that league was a little outrageous, but it was fun. I’ll probably set up another yahoo league with some interesting settings, but maybe not so all over the place.

I’m not crazy about the AL-only thing, but I’d join it.

I’d love a keeper league, I just wish Yahoo would do it. From my experience in fantasy football, I don’t like ESPN’s set up for fantasy sports at all.

by Ryan Kelsey on Jan 24, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I do like Yahoo’s the best, but I like ESPN’s better than most. I’ve done some at CBS and Fox sports sites, and they’re both terrible. So if Yahoo won’t do a keeper league then I’d rather do ESPN. I think that’s what we did our fantasy football keeper league (although we lost many of the players the second year, though).

I’d also rather not do an AL-only league, but I’d join if that’s what people wanted.

The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay

by Buckeye Brad on Jan 24, 2009 3:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm… I’d like to join a league with you guys… but…

1) I haven’t played FBB since 06 – my team was set up for a nice future until the league tanked … I’m thusly kinda lukewarm about FBB.
2) Yahoo’s is much better than ESPN.
3) I do not want a CBS or Foxsports account.
4) AL only turns me off.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Jan 24, 2009 5:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, it hasn’t been as long as I thought. ANd look how epic fail my pitching would have been in 08:

Willis
Millwood
Kennedy
Meche
Guthrie
Byrd
Franklin Morales … who?
Bannister
Owings
Mr. No-Hitter Anibal Sanchez

Cordero
Raffy-R
Raffy-L
Janssen
Ashamed to say… Blowsavski

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Jan 24, 2009 5:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, it hasn’t been as long as I thought.

Ugh. Meaning, I played in 07.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Jan 24, 2009 5:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I won a league with Borowski in 07.

Carmona for Cy Young 2009

by danvail on Jan 24, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

BRodZOSki … never mind.

Signature to be named later.

by emd2k3 on Jan 24, 2009 11:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He was pretty useful in 07 for me.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Jan 25, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I actually like ESPN better. It’s more flexible.

Carmona for Cy Young 2009

by danvail on Jan 24, 2009 8:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Whatever else you do to it, you have to keep it insanely large. I loved having to manage a 35 player team and figure out which stats I needed to win a given week. Maybe it was easier because my team was beyond anything I could dream up. I enjoyed that…

Still the local "Barfield Bounces Back Believer" and confident that there's still a lot of Pronk in Hafner. Oh, and for all the love of Cliffy, there's still a Sleepy Kitten inside.

by mjmarble on Jan 24, 2009 6:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

From my experience in fantasy football, I don’t like ESPN’s set up for fantasy sports at all.

I really prefer ESPN to Yahoo. Why don’t you like it as much?

by fwembt on Jan 25, 2009 12:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

If we do a keeper league somewhere, my preferences would be for a H2H. I’d like it to be a ML universe with daily updates. But that’s just what I’d like. I’ll investigate ESPN since no one seems to like CBS or FOX. Doesn’t MLB.com do one too?

Still the local "Barfield Bounces Back Believer" and confident that there's still a lot of Pronk in Hafner. Oh, and for all the love of Cliffy, there's still a Sleepy Kitten inside.

by mjmarble on Jan 24, 2009 6:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

H2H is infinitely better than roto. Far, far more entertaining.

Carmona for Cy Young 2009

by danvail on Jan 24, 2009 8:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yea, but involves much much more luck. I prefer non-H2H.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Jan 25, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well with a typical population, it’s hard to keep players without a chance of winning involved. A playoff system keeps a fixed percentage of owners in a position to win until the end of the year. A roto league can often erode to the point where only the top 2-3 teams have a chance to win, often with a long time left in the league.

Then again, this crowd isn’t completely typical.

Carmona for Cy Young 2009

by danvail on Jan 26, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Then again, this crowd isn’t completely typical.

Understatement of the year.

The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay

by Buckeye Brad on Jan 26, 2009 5:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree completely. I am not a fan of Roto. Too much delayed gratification.

Still the local "Barfield Bounces Back Believer" and confident that there's still a lot of Pronk in Hafner. Oh, and for all the love of Cliffy, there's still a Sleepy Kitten inside.

by mjmarble on Jan 26, 2009 10:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d love to get in on a league if someone is making one.

by Fundamentals on Jan 24, 2009 10:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Interested.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jan 25, 2009 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Count me in as interested.

Don't be stupid. PUT IN MELOAN.

by gte619n on Jan 26, 2009 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m interested. I have a keeper league that I’ve been doing for about 8 years now, and it’s roto. I also do H2H during the year on yahoo. Whatever format everyone decides, I’ll be happy to play.

by lenred on Jan 29, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think we had at least 3 leagues last year, I was in 2 of them. The one I put up included 2 or 3 non LGTers.

Once Yahoo gets their game up, I’ll start considering the format and make a fan-something on here.

by Ryan Kelsey on Jan 30, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Just kicking around the MLB.com site and there seemed to be a couple of cool free games to play from last year. The type of register for free and win a cool million type games. All you need to do is pick a player who’ll get a hit on that day and build up a 57-game hitting streak. One or two other ones too…

Dunno if they’ll bring them back – but I’m intrigued.

Oh, and fantasy starts over there sometime in Feb. Neither ESPN or Yahoo have anything up yet.

Still the local "Barfield Bounces Back Believer" and confident that there's still a lot of Pronk in Hafner. Oh, and for all the love of Cliffy, there's still a Sleepy Kitten inside.

by mjmarble on Jan 24, 2009 11:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs