Week 10

[sneakypower]

more than anything, i'd like to do away with the weekly waivers garbage, and just have them set to 2-3 days like a normal league would do

 

it gets to Saturday and a pitcher gets scratched so you're trying to fill in via FA, only the only three or four palatable options are somehow still on waivers despite being dropped like a week ago

 

ugh

[rawaction]

I claimed 3 SPs on waivers. Got 2. Only able to keep 1. So I had to drop the Os pitcher....which puts him back on waivers for the 2nd week in a row. Sorry not really a way around that in this league. Can He be made a FA?

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I agree with SP that waivers should only last 2 days. I proposed that earlier for the same reason that raw just brought up.

[Guest]

I agree with SP that waivers should only last 2 days. I proposed that earlier for the same reason that raw just brought up.

 

 

You can run waivers as many days a week as you want, but you can't have a different rule for pitchers (this is how the settings work, not necessarily my opinion).

 

If the consensus is to become a daily league, I would just run waivers daily. I also think this could be changed midseason (send an email though, don't just post here) along with allowing daily changes.

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I don't think you can change to a daily league midseason as that sort of changed alters strategy and player value in a way that wasn't considered in the draft and the first 3 months.

 

I don't see the same issue with having waivers run every day and having them last 2 days. That seems to be the way other leagues handle them, even weekly leagues.

[TruffleShuffle]

Jeff's team is 9-1? Talk about outperforming the pythag.

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Manager of the year is locked up early I guess

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After this week I finally get a crack at the 2 teams with the lowest points total (tuna and owls) having already beaten the 2 top scoring teams.

[Guest]

I don't think you can change to a daily league midseason as that sort of changed alters strategy and player value in a way that wasn't considered in the draft and the first 3 months.

 

I don't see the same issue with having waivers run every day and having them last 2 days. That seems to be the way other leagues handle them, even weekly leagues.

 

Everyone played under the same rules so I don't see the problem.

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The rule changes player value significantly, esp in a league with such a short bench. It doesn't make sense to make a change that alters the value of players after 2 months.

[moochpuppy]

The rule changes player value significantly, esp in a league with such a short bench. It doesn't make sense to make a change that alters the value of players after 2 months.

 

I'm fine with waiting until next year but I'm missing how it changes a players value. I could see if we had deep benches where you could hoard players but with the 3 player bench most teams only have two hitters to plug into holes be it for injury or poor performance mid week.

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That's the problem mooch. With a short bench, guys with eligibility at many positions (zobrist, carpenter, etc) become very valuable bc you can cover daily holes easily with just 1 guy. With a weekly lineup those extra eligibility guys are less valuable bc you can find starters for each position at the beginning of the week (they still have extra value, but not nearly as much when you can't make daily changes).

 

With a deep bench, you could find and stash a backup at all or most positions. In our league, you'd have certain guys suddenly become much more valuable than they are now bc each week they might give their owners 10+ points than they'd get in a weekly league.

 

I don't see the sense in making that mid-season change. That's the kind of change that everyone should know at the start of the year.

[sneakypower]

with such short benches, those guys had significant value already (i've been able to fill in Cuddyer at 1B, OF to cover for various injuries, suckitude)

 

i guess they become marginally more valuable, but you're kind of overstating its importance- hell, certain managers have been finding great use for positional flexibility already in say, putting an actual 3B at short somehow, which is a much more significant advantage in my opinion

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I disagree as to the increased value. It's incredibly significant - again maybe 10+ points per week. That's esp true if you see a starting lineup before the games start and see a player sitting and are able to make another change.

 

Those players are very valuable in daily leagues. Besides, it doesn't take many additional points to sway most matchups. Probably less important when your team struggles to break 200 most weeks...

[Guest]

I agree that it isn't as significant a change as MR believes, but I don't remember many (if any) midseason rule changes. I think it's wiser to defer this to the offseason.

[moochpuppy]

In my other league we have waivers run everyday. When a player is released he will be on waivers for three days from the day of release. This gives every team ample time to get a claim in if wanted. It also gets players back into FA in a timely matter.

 

For example, I released a player this morning. He will now clear waivers on Saturday morning. If I release a player on Sunday, he will clear waivers on Wednesday, etc...etc....