My first step in prepping for the new fantasy baseball season is complete.
Each of the 12 teams has 21 players on it. Eighteen play full-time, and three are subs. The league allows you to rank 12 x 21 = 252 players. And out of the first 12 x 18 = 216 players, I make sure that there are at least 12 from each position.
Are some positions more important than others?
There are 10 categories, 5 apiece on offense and defense. That weights hitters and pitchers equally as a group, contributing 50%.
Within hitters, there are nine spots. So each hitter contributes 1/9 of the hitting points. That makes each hitter worth 50% x 1/9 = 1/18 = 5.6%
Pitchers are a different story. Roughly, I go with five starters and four relievers. Since there's an overall limit of 1,250 innings, I count on starters for 200 innings and relievers for 60 each. So each starter is worth 50% x 200 / 1250 = 8.0%, each reliever worth 2.4%.
The league is won by the team with 100 points, so I look to last year's league results as a benchmark. What stat was good for 10 points in each category?
Runs: 91
Home runs: 24
Runs batted in: 93
Stolen bases: 13
Batting average: .293
Wins: 14
Saves: 26
Strikeouts: 172
Earned run average: 3.64
Walks/hits per inning pitched: 1.25
Hitting stats are quoted per batter. Wins and strikeouts are quoted per equivalent starter (i.e. divided by 6), and saves per reliever (divided by 4).
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