Rosters - Combine 2-way players into one player
Requests to combine 2-way players such as Shohei Ohtani into one player.
Adminjpaine
(Admin, Yahoo)
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tj horn
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Make ohtaini one player that moves back and forth. It kills dynasty leagues we do
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Wally
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I agree there is one person, not two different people. There are others, not as good as Otanhi, but it is going to be more common. But only use him when playing him in a hitting or pitching role not both.
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RocknRef
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I agree. Players drafting Shohei should be able to use him in both hitting and pitching just like the Angels do.
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Jamie Pote
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Make him one player, a P/DH ... so absurd to draft him twice, and have to take up an extra roster spot. He should be the first overall pick in every league, and not a first rounder and 7th rounder.
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cam bartley
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You guys need to make this an option! Fix this!!! Make it so that a commissioner can decide on whether or not having 1 or 2 Ohtanis. Or just make it one player!
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Mike Borges
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How is it that other sites are able to have Ohtani as single draftable player in fantasy but Yahoo doesn't have that capability? I know that Yahoo is a totally dated site but this makes absolutely no sense.
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Jamie Pote
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Having to draft Ohtani twice and take up two roster sports for one player is really silly. This needs to be adjusted so the person drafting him, gets him as a pitcher and DH.
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Scott Williams
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PLEASE IN ALL THAT IS SACRED make Ohtani just 1 player in fantasy baseball. Why he is listed as a batter or pitcher makes zero sense.
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Mike Price
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It's incredible to me this hasn't happened yet. Only platform with this problem. I know all your money goes to daily fantasy now, but the fact he still 2 players makes Yahoo look like clowns
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andrew nitzberg
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there should be a dh for guys like ohtani martinez cruz stanton and others players should be forced to play the position the play in mlb and ohtani should be 1 player a hitter and a pitcher
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Tim K
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Really wish this was an option.
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Mike Price
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Having these guys as 2 individual players makes both of them worthless. How is a DH or 1st baseman who only hits 3 or 4 times/ week or a starter who only starts once every, 6, 7, 8 days b/c of the extra rest they get, valuable enough for a roster spot in any league, other than the super deep format?
As a single player, they would be much more valuable. I think this is much more of a value add than Dark mode for drafts and the ability to add images to chat. Neither of those things differentiate your platform or add any value to the UX.
This impacts the actual playability of the game. This does differentiate your platform, though not in a good way. You may as well just omit the 2 way players from the game.
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Austin Emerson
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It has been so much harder to find new managers with no community managers and I saw multiple people commenting this on your twitter feed along with still being upset that Ohtani is still not one player for dynasty leagues. You do realize it causes a headache to dynasty commissioners as most have to allow the Ohtani owner extra drop and adds or force him to just be a player short on his roster. Thank you.
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bill
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I never understood why he counted as 2 players. There should not be an option. All 2-way way players should count as 1 player!
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Grant Sutter
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Why is the SP version of Ohtani on the IL in yahoo when he's not on the MLB IL???
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Anonymous
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It would be cool to combine dual eligibility players, so only one exists ie only one Ohtani or Lorenzen, not a Util + SP or RP. Then, the manager would need to choose if they wanted to start that player as a hitter or pitcher that game. If they are filling a "Util" spot, then it counts as hitting, and if they're filling a SP/RP spot, then it counts as pitching.
Alternatively, albeit more difficult, you could select each pitcher every day if their hitting stats count w/ the default set to no. I don't like this idea as much b/c it's too much work.
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Anonymous
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As Yahoo! has decided to have two Shohei Ohtani's for the 2019 season, it should at least be consistent in their eligibility tags. In the past and for literally every other player this season, Yahoo! has always deferred to the designations of Major League Baseball and its affiliated clubs as it relates to who is placed on the DL/IL, who is in the minors, who is on the bereavement list, etc. In the two Ohtani's case, however, Yahoo! is unilaterally making a determination of a player's injury status entirely separate --- not to mention contrary --- of Major League Baseball.
This seems to go against the whole purpose of fantasy sports, which is to mirror what is happening in the real-life game, and give fantasy players a chance to test their managing skills.
The easy solution appears to keep it consistent and to tag both Ohtani's the same way as designated by the Los Angeles Angels and recognized by Major League Baseball. This can be easily done by Yahoo!, as IL statuses change nearly every day. Further, players in redraft leagues have no need for Ohtani (pitcher) this year anyway, and those playing in dynasty leagues no doubt already know the risks of having to give a roster spot to a player who may not play (or play much) in a given year and can make their own determination of whether or not to take the risk and spend an active roster spot on Ohtani (pitcher) without Yahoo! attaching an unnecessary and MLB-inconsistent IL tag on him.
Do the right thing: Follow MLB's designations for both Ohtani's.
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Anonymous
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THIS!!! Yahoo needs to realize that having two Ohtani's is immensely frustrating, especially for keeper league formats.
Please change this!!!
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Binh Phan
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Is this going to be an option this year? I don't get why if you want to split him up into 2 entities then you should be able to DL the SP part of him because he won't be pitching.
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Anonymous
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It appears Yahoo is ignoring the Ohtani problem this year. But the easiest way for them to do it now, is let leagues decide if they want to keep it the way it is now or Yahoo adds a third Ohtani that is both a UTIL and SP. Leagues that want two separate players can still do so but if your league wants one Ohtani then allow them that option.
Ohtani when on the DL or Injured list must take up two spots on our DL not one. In real life, he doesn't hit when he pitches. This year it appears he won't even pitch.
Fix it Yahoo. Other leagues have.