One
of the new things that I get to write about this year is how we are adjusting
to new rules. When I first pitched the rules I was just trying to mix things
up, level the playing field, add drama, anything to stop the repetitiveness of
the fantasy baseball season that I had grown so damn tired of. In a way it was
selfish, but in another way I used to dominate with the old rules and now I’m
sitting in 8th place, and I’m happy about it!
One
of the key adjustments from a having fun/creating drama perspective is that we
no longer know how to value a good week vs. a bad week. We have less hitters,
less pitchers, and some slightly different categories, so we don’t know what the
standard is anymore. Easy enough to figure out, let’s look at the “average”
week, so far this season:
|
Team
Name
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
OBP
|
NSB
|
|
The Franchise
|
27
|
7
|
26
|
0.338
|
3
|
|
Team
Name
|
W
|
SV
|
K
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
|
The Franchise
|
3
|
3
|
49
|
3.26
|
1.23
|
Ok,
obviously these numbers are rounded to make them a little more logical in the
context. But the message is the same, if you can get above these numbers; you’re
having an above average week. If you are clearing these plateaus on a routine
basis, you’re dominating a category. Examples of this would be John (32 runs
per week, 10 homeruns per week, 31 RBI per week) and Pflanz (.375 OBP per week)
for offense; and Richie (6 saves per week, 61 strikeouts per week) and Brad
(2.41 ERA, 1.08 WHIP) for pitching.
If
we extrapolate these numbers out a bit, we can find out what an average season
might look like:
|
Team Name
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
OBP
|
NSB
|
|
The Franchise
|
572
|
139
|
546
|
0.388
|
55
|
|
Team Name
|
W
|
SV
|
K
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
|
The Franchise
|
66
|
66
|
1023
|
3.26
|
1.23
|
And now if we take everyone’s stats and blow them out to a
full season, then subtract the league average:
|
Team Name
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
OBP
|
NSB
|
|
The Young Guns
|
105.4
|
60.8
|
109.8
|
0.029
|
23.6
|
|
Curse of the Pujols
|
94.9
|
29.3
|
-16.2
|
0.037
|
-23.6
|
|
PEDex
|
68.7
|
34.6
|
67.8
|
-0.011
|
28.9
|
|
Kids back
|
42.4
|
3.1
|
-63.4
|
0.017
|
-18.4
|
|
The New Age Outlaws
|
37.2
|
24.1
|
-10.9
|
-0.008
|
2.6
|
|
Cargo Fuck Yourself
|
-4.8
|
-2.2
|
-26.7
|
0.002
|
28.9
|
|
Jones-town Massacre
|
-4.8
|
-33.7
|
-79.2
|
-0.036
|
7.9
|
|
Richie
|
-10.1
|
-12.7
|
46.8
|
0.013
|
2.6
|
|
Gettin' Miggy Wit It
|
-36.3
|
-7.4
|
83.6
|
-0.011
|
-49.9
|
|
Bay of Puigs
|
-41.6
|
-2.2
|
57.3
|
-0.002
|
2.6
|
|
Runin ChooChoo Train
|
-88.8
|
-33.7
|
-47.7
|
0.001
|
-13.1
|
|
The Prince is Right
|
-162.3
|
-59.9
|
-121.2
|
-0.026
|
7.9
|
|
Team Name
|
W
|
SV
|
K
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
|
Jones-town
Massacre
|
13.125
|
-13.6
|
-120.3
|
-0.145
|
0.045
|
|
The New
Age Outlaws
|
13.125
|
-8.31
|
21.438
|
0.095
|
-0.04
|
|
Richie
|
7.875
|
49.44
|
252.44
|
-0.425
|
-0.13
|
|
The
Prince is Right
|
7.875
|
-3.06
|
73.938
|
-0.855
|
-0.15
|
|
Gettin'
Miggy Wit It
|
7.875
|
-13.6
|
-199.1
|
-0.095
|
0.095
|
|
Runin
ChooChoo Train
|
2.625
|
-39.8
|
63.438
|
-0.275
|
0.025
|
|
Cargo
Fuck Yourself
|
2.625
|
12.69
|
157.94
|
-0.275
|
0.005
|
|
Bay of
Puigs
|
2.625
|
-13.6
|
105.44
|
-0.065
|
-0.07
|
|
The
Young Guns
|
-7.875
|
28.44
|
-151.8
|
0.575
|
0.015
|
|
Kids
back
|
-13.125
|
12.69
|
-146.6
|
1.355
|
0.135
|
|
PEDex
|
-13.125
|
-18.8
|
0.4375
|
0.115
|
-0.01
|
|
Curse
of the Pujols
|
-23.625
|
7.438
|
-57.31
|
-0.005
|
0.055
|
A little help on how to read this: Green means “Stop…and
take a look at how awesome you are in that category”; Red means “Go…ahead and
start looking for help because you suck at that category”; Yellow is neutral,
but if your number is negative, you are below average. You want a hitting row
that looks like John’s, you don’t want a hitting row that looks like Jeremy’s. Just
like you want a pitching row that looks like Richie’s , not one that looks like
Mark’s. Anyway, I find this chart helpful to identify team surplus and team
needs, so use it for moves and especially for trading.
