Different type of fantasy league question.

by bl on Feb 10, 2007 11:22 PM EST Comment 4 comments

Sorry, I know some of you are sick of the fantasy league questions but I have one that is a little different, it has nothing to do with a trade or a player/team.

I have seen in the past people on here mention they use DMB. I am also in a DMB league and would like to get some feedback/comments from other DMB users and how their leagues are run.

Quick overview-the league I am in has 20 teams with 45 man rosters, you keep your guys as long as you would like to and there are no limits as to who is eligible to be drafted. I could draft my mom if I wanted to, but only MLB stats count.

I think DMB is defintely one of the most realistic games and I really appreciate that. However, there are a few quirks in the game and I would like to see how other leagues get around them.

The biggest flaw is the fact that the game comes out after the season (at least the one we use does.) There is not way around this, and the most positive part of this is we have baseball year-round because we run our season during the offseason.

The other major flaw, IMO, are the splits stats and guys with success in limited PA's. Guys like Chris Coste, Chris Duncan and Jeff Cirillo are killing in our league this year. I know they all had good stats last year, but if they were THAT good, they would have played full-time and their numbers would have suffered a little. We currently have a minimum number of PA's for a player to be eligible, but there will always be a guy with one more PA than the minimum with good/great numbers who kills in the league.

DMB has their injury factors, but they are so hit and miss. To me IP is one of the most underrated stats in baseball. In real life who was more valuable last year, Zito or Clemens? Clemens had much better stats, but Zito was a workhorse. I would rather have Zito for 220 IP than Clemens for 120 IP (just my opinion, I understand if someone feels differently.)

Sorry to write such a novel, but any suggestions as to how we can get around these quirks without killing the guy who plays the games with too much work would be very much appreciated.

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ever try scoresheet?

it's expensive compared to DMB but you play in the present so it's not just replaying the season after the fact. I recommend it to any baseball fanatic.

by bluechipper on Feb 11, 2007 12:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Question about scoresheet.

I used to do scoresheet basketball and I was a pretty big fan. My biggest issue was that their restrictions were too strict. Not sure how the baseball works, but a basketball player was only allowed to play the average number of minutes/game they played that week. Is there a limit on how many PA's a player can have a week? If so, a player on a loaded fantasy team may get hurt because his real team is weaker and did not give him the proper PA's (i.e.-Bay and many others.)
Thanks for the suggestion, I have actually recommended Scoresheet before but the reaction I got was not as well as I hoped.

by bl on Feb 11, 2007 3:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

basketball

I've played the basketball too but the baseball version is far away the best sim they run. You get full boxscores for an entire season the same way you do for DMB. If I remember correctly, the basketball version worked on some kind of point system to generate the scores. Yes, you are restricted for playing time but it's not a hard limit. As long as your player is a regular, he should play regularly for your scoresheet team.

by bluechipper on Feb 11, 2007 3:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

DMB

In DMB, you always have the option of limiting plate appearances to the actual number made by the player during the season in question -- so that tackles the platoon splits issue brought up.

by igreen01 on Feb 11, 2007 7:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs