NSBB Head to Head Keeper League...

[Hosak8]

Anyone interested in the NSBB Keeper league on CBS? I think we have two openings, and if you want in, it costs $10, and either Tim or mooch will have to let you in. This is the 4th year, and we need to fill two managerial openings before the draft.

[EPCub4]

I know I'm new here, but I'd like to play.

[Evers2Tinker2Chance]

Did you guys already fill both of these spots? If not please let me know

[Hosak8]

You will both need to contact Tim or moochpuppy.

 

Just a word on your teams, before you decide anything. Your teams will have several players already on them, because it is a keeper league with 3 years of exemptions and 1800 keeper points. You also have a 10 player minor league team, so at least a decent familiarity with minor leaguers is helpful.

 

If that's okay, contact one of those guys, and they can set you up.

[Evers2Tinker2Chance]

I know a lot of the big name minor leugue guys but after that if they are not in the cubs system I dont know much about them. How much is that going to hurt or is knowing the biggies usually enough.

 

I am still pretty raw at fantacy baseball and do not want to mess up a league that guys have put several years into.

[BigbadB]

I know a lot of the big name minor leugue guys but after that if they are not in the cubs system I dont know much about them. How much is that going to hurt or is knowing the biggies usually enough.

 

I am still pretty raw at fantacy baseball and do not want to mess up a league that guys have put several years into.

 

Nothing to worry about here. Just do it. I took over a keeper team a few years back and there isn't anybody left on that team as of today. You are taking over a team that has been abandoned (for whatever reason), so what you do with the team once it is yours is all on you.

 

The keeper league I joined has 16 teams and 10 minor league spots for each team, which could potentially roster 160 minor league players. If you don't know of 160 minor league players you wouldn't mind holding on your roster, you don't have to. You don't have to have any players in your minor leagues. But, once you join the league, you'll find yourself learning more about the minors and the players in the minors to help give yourself an upperhand when contructing your team for future years.

 

Keeper leagues can be a lot of fun. To give you an idea, here is my current minor league team:

 

Position Players:

Geovany Soto, Jacoby Ellsbury, Vladmir Balentien, Andy LaRoche, Ian Stewart

 

Pitchers:

Adam Miller, Eric Hurley, Max Scherzer, Carlos Carrasco, Dan Moskos

 

Several of these guys will likely graduate to the majors this year (Soto, Ellsbury, Balentien, LaRoche, Miller, Hurley and Scherzer) which will allow me to restock my minor leagues via trade or free agent acquisitions. Minor leaguers (those who qualify to be minor leaguers like the one's listed above) do not count towards the cap restrictions for the major league team.

 

If you have heard of all or most of the guys in my minor leagues, then you already know enough guys to have a well stocked minor league team, or it won't take you long to learn about them when you see the value it brings to your team.

 

Not knowing much about owning a keeper team isn't what will concern the other managers in your league. In fact, they will enjoy watching you finish in last place if you value guys like Craig Monroe or Corey Patterson. The important thing the other managers in your league will want is someone who will manage the team all season long.

 

Most of the other managers in that league will be happy to help you get started also. But, chances are pretty good that you won't be overly impressed with the team you inherit. I sure didn't like mine. But, through trades, drafts and drops, I like my team going into 2008.

 

At the end of each season, teams have restrictions on how many points your team can have going into the next season. There are usually restrictions on how many players you can keep from one year to the next also. There are also exemptions for some players who have limited major league experience. To give you an idea of how that works, here is my keeper team for 2008.

 

C-

1b- Conor Jackson (exempt)

2b- Rickie Weeks (points towards cap)

SS- Stephen Drew (exempt)

3b- Edwin Encarnacion (exempt)

OF- Matt Holliday (LOTS of points toward the cap)

OF- Milton Bradley (points towards the cap)

OF-

U-

SP- Brandon Webb (LOTS of points toward the cap)

SP- Pedro Martinez (points toward the cap)

SP- Matt Cain (exempt)

SP- James Shields (exempt)

SP-

RP-

RP-

 

In our league, you can't keep anymore than 10 players on your major league roster and your point limit is 2000. My guys add up to about 1920 points or so. With my minor leaguers, I basically have someone to fill every hole on my roster except the RP spots. All I need to do with the draft is improve at the positions that need the most improvement, like a better 1b to replace Conor Jackson. Because of the cap, there are generally pretty good players that get dropped off teams to meet the cap requirement that become available in the draft. Right now, and not every team in my league has dropped all of their players, guys like Carlos Pena, Todd Helton and Carlos Delgado could be available to draft with my first pick. Or, I could elect to draft a solid 5th starter like Tim Hudson. Or knowing Milton Bradley could be on the DL to start the season, I might want to go with Curtis Granderson if he's still available with the 7th pick.

 

Bottom line, keeper leagues are fun and they are much more stable than your basic free leagues that owners abandon at the beginning of the season when they don't like who they autodrafted or abandoned when they found themselves out of the running by midseason. Keeper leagues give you a foundation for future years and everything you do this season can have an effect on next season.

 

Just go for it. It's $10. You can find that under your couch cushions.

[Evers2Tinker2Chance]

Thanks BBB I appreciate the tips. Like you said its 10 bucks and its baseball related so its definatly worth it.

[jyoung55]

Still need anyone else?

[Hosak8]

Still need anyone else?

 

Contact Tim or Moochpuppy for info...

[Clem Fandango]

How is Fantasy Baseball on CBS? Never played it there before. Is it much different than Yahoo?

[Hosak8]

How is Fantasy Baseball on CBS? Never played it there before. Is it much different than Yahoo?

 

I prefer it to Yahoo. Yahoo is my least favorite of al the websites I have ever used.

[Hosak8]

bump for Tim and Mooch