Playoffs - Odd number of teams and more Bye week options
This playoff format would allow for an odd number of teams in the playoffs and other options for Bye weeks in the first week of playoffs. Currently, this is not an option for playoff formats.
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Anonymous commented
More control we have over our own leagues, the better
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George Robbins commented
That is the same situation I am in, Yahoo has made some nice changes, but this is a must have for my serious keeper league to make a switch.
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Anonymous commented
I really like this idea. Was looking at using Yahoo this year and jumping from ESPN but this is sort of a deal-breaker for my league...
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Nathan Fuhrer commented
I've been wondering the same thing...
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Adam Howe commented
completely agree with the playoff seeding customization options.
Overall it would be better if CUSTOM leagues could be more customizable - especially when it comes to the playoff structure.
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PigFlu commented
Absolutely agree!
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Eric Bickford commented
This is the reason the group of guys I play fantasy hockey with on Yahoo! decided to go with ESPN for fantasy baseball. The manager got sick of the tiebreaker rules.
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Dan Weinman commented
I mentioned this on twitter to Yahoo! and they sent me here. The tie breaker system, as it is currently, is flawed. Our league is set up where everyone plays each other twice. The past two years we've had ties for our last playoff spot (same overall winning percentage). And in each scenario, the team that got the last playoff seed had an 0-2 record against the team who just missed the playoffs. This really needs to be changed before this season. Our league really likes using Yahoo! but this has been a major concern as now two managers have been cheated out of playoffs the past two years.
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Anonymous commented
We would like to see the following changes in Yahoo Fantasy Baseball:
1. Add more timeouts for the commish to use during live online auction drafts. We party at our drafts and tend to get distracted.
2. The ability to start the playoffs earlier than week 22! With players getting shut down and young guys getting called up the complexity of each team is dramatically changed in the last few weeks. Needs to happen! -
Chase Greene commented
Amen! Please do this.
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Josh Donaldson commented
Please allow for 2 week playoff matchup, Yahoo! Our league has been around for over ten years and it is getting to the point where we are evaluating other sites that allow more customization in the playoff settings.
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Adam Thompson commented
Yahoo's leagues are great, but there are some limits to customization that prohibit our league from operating the way we want it to. Number 1 which is trade deadline, isn't a big deal, because I can just veto any trade after our own decided deadline. Still though, it would be simply for them to allow more options. We want ours earlier than their Aug 2 earliest option, as it's a keeper league that allows draft pick trades.
My bigger issue regards playoff brackets. There is a limited number of options to choose from, and there is no option for a two week championship matchup, which is very beneficial for a H2H league. We would rather lose a few reg season weeks in order to stretch out the playoffs for either more teams (8, with byes for 2 top seeds) or to include longer matchups within the playoffs.
YAHOO, can you help make this happen?
Thank you,
Long time user, Adam -
Doug commented
Please make this change. My league is falling apart!
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Doug commented
My league is in danger of falling apart because the players do not have enough interest for such a long season, and they are far more interested in Fantasy Football. Please allow the playoffs to start early. Additionally please allow playoff matchups to last for multiple weeks.
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amnesiac commented
a lot of teams in their last games of the season bench their stars and skip starts... it would be more fair to have the option to have the finals on the last 2 weeks of the season.
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Bobby commented
The season runs too close to Fantasy Football. By August nobody cares about baseball as they are preparing for their football drafts. Be great to have an option that ended last week of July
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Jason Marek commented
Preeeeeeeeachhhh!!
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Justin Faison commented
That's exactly what I want to do. I don't understand why that isn't an option.
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Justin Faison commented
I would like our season to end in August because football season always seems bring fantasy baseball to a meaningless end. I can't find any format where this seems possible.
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Shawn Bronson commented
Why is there only about 3 options to move the dates of the playoffs? I have a HUGE problem with managers who are low in the standings getting bored toward the end of the year because 1.) The season is wayyy to long. 2.) Once fantasy football because to get close everyone who has no chance to make the playoffs bails on the league! As a commission I should be able to shave 4-5 weeks off the back end of the year.