Are the 400 doubles, 150 triples, or 300 HR actual season totals OR projected to 162 games totals?

Posted by discodemo on 6/10/2017 3:07:00 PM (view original):
Are the 400 doubles, 150 triples, or 300 HR actual season totals OR projected to 162 games totals?

Good question. For verification purposes, it's the prorated to 162 games numbers.

Posted by ozomatli on 6/10/2017 10:57:00 PM (view original):

Posted by discodemo on 6/10/2017 3:07:00 PM (view original):
Are the 400 doubles, 150 triples, or 300 HR actual season totals OR projected to 162 games totals?

Good question. For verification purposes, it's the prorated to 162 games numbers.

What exactly are you using for the verification? I just want to make sure I don't spend time constructing a (likely terrible) lineup only to find I have one extra HR or one fewer 3B...

It's ok to have one extra HR. The numbers listed are minimums.

Posted by schwarze on 6/13/2017 2:12:00 PM (view original):
It's ok to have one extra HR. The numbers listed are minimums.

I realize that. The rule states that you can only exceed the total in ONE category. I'm concerned that if I choose DOUBLES as my XBH of choice, I might have too many homers (or vice versa)

I think the answer to this is obvious, but figure I will clarify as it may benefit others too.

If I choose Franchise Soup for the $120M theme, it's okay to have players from the 1890s Baltimore Orioles and the current Baltimore Orioles, since they are different franchises, correct?

Posted by Jtpsops on 6/13/2017 4:37:00 PM (view original):
I think the answer to this is obvious, but figure I will clarify as it may benefit others too.

If I choose Franchise Soup for the $120M theme, it's okay to have players from the 1890s Baltimore Orioles and the current Baltimore Orioles, since they are different franchises, correct?

Correct. ALL tournament leagues use baseball-reference.com as the single source of truth for team/roster data.

Posted by toddcommish on 6/13/2017 2:14:00 PM (view original):

Posted by schwarze on 6/13/2017 2:12:00 PM (view original):
It's ok to have one extra HR. The numbers listed are minimums.

I realize that. The rule states that you can only exceed the total in ONE category. I'm concerned that if I choose DOUBLES as my XBH of choice, I might have too many homers (or vice versa)

Good follow up, Todd.

Unfortunately, the draft center (when you are selecting players) ONLY shows raw stats, while the team stats tools (once you enter the league) ONLY show per 162 stats. Additionally, the theme league setup wizard does NOT allow team total restrictions based on doubles or triples (it does allow HRs).

Moving forward with per 162 game stats as the standard isn't a perfect solution but it will drastically reduce the time it takes to verify rosters (with raw stats, league commissioners would need to manually recreate each of the 24 teams in their respective league and then calculate each team's totals - a task I can't reasonably ask 5 other people to do), and can be easily checked by owners by clicking on their own roster once they enter the league.

Going forward, I think we'll avoid leagues with stat restrictions that can't be assisted by the theme wizard to avoid this scenario.

In the $90M theme, the cut off for number of unique close is:

• < .450 = 3 players
• .450 - .550 = 2 players
• >= .550 = 1 player

.450*162=72.9 Is the cut-off for 3 players 72 wins or 73 wins (based on a 162 game season)?

Posted by scottharra on 6/15/2017 1:17:00 AM (view original):
In the $90M theme, the cut off for number of unique close is:

• < .450 = 3 players
• .450 - .550 = 2 players
• >= .550 = 1 player

.450*162=72.9 Is the cut-off for 3 players 72 wins or 73 wins (based on a 162 game season)?

Good question, but you sort of answered it yourself.

72 / 162 = .444
73 / 162 = .451

.444 is < .450 and .451 is > .450

So, for teams that played 162 games, 72 wins would give you three players while 73 wins would give you two.

Posted by ozomatli on 6/15/2017 11:36:00 AM (view original):

Posted by scottharra on 6/15/2017 1:17:00 AM (view original):
In the $90M theme, the cut off for number of unique close is:

• < .450 = 3 players
• .450 - .550 = 2 players
• >= .550 = 1 player

.450*162=72.9 Is the cut-off for 3 players 72 wins or 73 wins (based on a 162 game season)?

Good question, but you sort of answered it yourself.

72 / 162 = .444
73 / 162 = .451

.444 is < .450 and .451 is > .450

So, for teams that played 162 games, 72 wins would give you three players while 73 wins would give you two.

I had that thought shortly after posting. Thank you for clarifying nonetheless.

I have a question for the variable cap league. You say pitcher's fielding/range do not count, but what if a pitcher has ratings at a secondary position?

Posted by XJchessman on 6/17/2017 1:58:00 PM (view original):
I have a question for the variable cap league. You say pitcher's fielding/range do not count, but what if a pitcher has ratings at a secondary position?

I believe the theme wizard will automatically blacklist those players but, to be sure, I'll clarify that they won't be allowed. No players may have ratings above your cap level at any position other than pitcher.

Posted by ozomatli on 6/17/2017 4:05:00 PM (view original):

Posted by XJchessman on 6/17/2017 1:58:00 PM (view original):
I have a question for the variable cap league. You say pitcher's fielding/range do not count, but what if a pitcher has ratings at a secondary position?

I believe the theme wizard will automatically blacklist those players but, to be sure, I'll clarify that they won't be allowed. No players may have ratings above your cap level at any position other than pitcher.

That would make it impossible to check when creating your team as there is no present way to restrict the player search to exclude pitcher that have fielding ratings for standard player positions (the Advanced options only restrict on the player's primary position and the player card itself doesn't show non-pitching fielding ratings.

The only place you can see it is Fielding Grades once a team has been submitted into a league.

Also I don't see any way to benefit from a pitcher having a primary positional fielding rating as their is no way to have a pitcher enter a game to be a positional player replacement (maybe if they PH or PR for someone and there is nobody else on the bench to put in for the next inning?).

I don't really feel like it will be consequential for the same reasons buddha stated. I'm ok with allowing pitchers with grades at other positions as long as they don't appear in games at those positions.