Scoring - Maximum Innings Pitched option for Head-to-head leagues
Requests to add maximum innings pitched requirements for H2H leagues. Currently, this feature isn't supported in H2H leagues.
Adminjpaine
(Admin, Yahoo)
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Noob Central
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Without a max starts option, I usually limit my leagues to 4 moves/week. If I could combine that with a starts limit, I would really like that!
And if you do it, make it better than ESPN's. They have a start limit, but if you are not over it by Sunday, you can start all the SPs you want that day and beat the limit. -
Anonymous
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This is a major issue in all leagues and one that Yahoo seems to not take very seriously.My opponent in one of my H2H leagues has already streamed 5 pitchers this week. If this practice was discouraged, those who had spent high draft picks or extra dollars on good pitchers would get properly rewarded instead of penalised and surely thats the way it should be. I have 4 teams with 3 currently in 1st place and the other in 3rd so i am not moaning because my teams are doing badly. I would just like to see the game being a little more realistic.
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Sean
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You should give the commissioner the option to cap starts per week like I can do in ESPN. In my league with innings pitched as a category the team with more starts will win a significant portion of the categories due to random variance. If there was a max starts allowed option, this issue would be eliminated. This is a major issue within my keeper league, one that if it's not resolved we'd strongly consider going to ESPN.
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Anonymous
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Another idea could be that pitchers cannot be used on the week that they are added. Not an ideal situation i agree, but streaming SP's is not within the spirit of the game
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Anonymous
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Or limit the amount of adds per week. I don't stream pitchers (actually doing better than managers who do in my league), and I think the most adds in a week I've had is 4. The issue with limiting starts per week is that if someone decides to weight their roster more to SPs (without streaming) then they would be limited. Weighting your roster does reflect real life as some teams have like 6 SPs and a large bull pen; at the expense of backups for their IF/OF.
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Anonymous
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I certainly understand your point. However if people want to sacrifice their ERA & WHIP by bringing in sub standard pitching let them continue to do so. My pitching in all my teams is pretty dominant most of the time and although occasionally those who roll in pitchers are successful, in general its usually detrimental to them
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Tyler
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Yes!! And make this a weekly option as well please! Weekly starts limits in H2H Points Leagues are an ABSOLUTE must-have. Not to be that guy, but I am seriously shocked that it is not already an option. Why would you not stream at least one pitcher everyday of the week? A negative point start is pretty rare.
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Eric
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There's a lot of differing opinion on whether or not you'd want a limit on starts or innings pitched.
That said, even if you didn't like the limit, I think Yahoo should make it available as an option and then it'd be up to your commissioner whether to enforce it or not. It's such a basic addition and there's so much demand, that I think we deserve the option.
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Sean Queen
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One answer to this... stop playing 6 team leagues!
If you play in leagues with depth you dont have tjat issue.
Leagues with depth allow you to run up as many starts as you want. Ecen if you were a Vegas odds maker you will still find it hard to find quality starts in a 16+ team leagues.
Sorry guys but this is more about theleagues you are playing.
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Joe
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i dont understand why yahoo feels its in the games' best interest to limit the amount of success a pitcher has. a pitcher goes into a game to do what? generate outs. Placing a limit on how many outs (3 outs = 1 IP) your pitching staff gets over the course of a season is a pretty dumb idea. it penalizes pitchers that go deeper in to games, as they take up more of your innings limit. ITS A CONTRADICTION to the game. OK my rant is over for today
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Joe
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ive been trying to get this point across to yahoo for two years now. Standard on ESPN and other sites. i've been manually tracking games started for pitchers and its a ridiculous hassle.
1) make this an option
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2) in the "team log" page have "Games Started" a header so it can be easily tracked.
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3) one of my league-mates is a developer and offered to add the code necessary to do it himself if you provide him a couple hours of access -
Matt Stupp
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For example, my league (straight points) is set up for a 5-man rotation, with three relief spots. I'd like to set it up with a 162 Games Started limit and a ~400 Games limit. This would be much better than using the current 1375 Innings Limit.
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Matt Stupp
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Using an Innings Limit is extremely crude. There NEEDS to be a "Games Started" and "Games" limit. Points generated by a pitcher who starts a game after the Games Started limit has been reached should be negated. Points generated by a pitcher who appears in a game after the Games limit has been reached should be negated. Similar to the way it's done with batters. Innings limits unfairly punish good pitchers and go against the spirit of the game.
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Dan
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Percentage of stranded baserunners is an interesting idea, but it would only be appropriate for a "fantasy point" scoring system, where that stat was worth, say, 0.1 points and a homerun was worth way more than that.
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Dan
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Remember, you do that, and you devalue the other stats. Do you want "scoreless relief appearances" being just as important as homeruns or wins? Plus the scoreless relief appearance is already included in lowering ERA.. a lot of these other categories create double counting
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Jeff Miller
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I don't see how these would be overkill or redundant. Most of these stats are averaging stats as opposed to counting stats which are an improvement as far as pitching is concerned since week to week innings pitched is so volatile. Also, scoreless relief appearances reward overall performance opposed to a game situation that has noting to do with the pitcher actually accumulating the stat. What's wrong with giving leagues the additional options if they might be interested?
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j
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overkill and redundant.
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Josh
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Someone gets an extra 30 innings every year. Completely ruins the competitive race. Can you make it so the out points stop at the limit?
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Jim Timberlake
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YES.. Games Played at 162 and Games Started at 162 is Perfect. And one reliever and you have the perfect game.
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Zac
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Yes, you need a SP games started limit, otherwise teams will abuse this in daily H2H leagues. Even if you limit the number of transactions, they can still draft all pitching as bench slots and sub pitchers daily. I can't conceive how Yahoo does not already have this.
A max allowable roster position of certain positions would also remedy this situation.