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Post by Miami Marlins on Jan 10, 2018 22:05:41 GMT
Any and all suggestions are welcomed. Make them here, or start a thread if need be.
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Post by deleted on Feb 2, 2018 22:16:53 GMT
We'll have to see how things go the first few years but, in my experience, keeper/dynasty leagues are much more competitive when you have some mechanism in place to prevent "super teams" from occurring such as putting a limit on the number of seasons a player can be on one team, etc. (FanTrax has nice options for stuff like this, I think). I've been in leagues where one or two teams ended up with a ton of top talent and 5-7 years passed before anyone else had much of a shot at winning the title.
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Post by Kansas City Royals on Feb 4, 2018 22:25:53 GMT
We'll have to see how things go the first few years but, in my experience, keeper/dynasty leagues are much more competitive when you have some mechanism in place to prevent "super teams" from occurring such as putting a limit on the number of seasons a player can be on one team, etc. (FanTrax has nice options for stuff like this, I think). I've been in leagues where one or two teams ended up with a ton of top talent and 5-7 years passed before anyone else had much of a shot at winning the title. I agree here. I have seen it be 3 years in some cases but typically two years with the same keepers before putting them back in the pool.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 22:32:21 GMT
The two dynasty leagues I am in go off contracts with a budget. One goes off real life contracts to start so once they are FA we bid on them ourselves with a contract max
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Post by Toronto Blue Jays on Feb 4, 2018 22:36:50 GMT
I like the setup. It encourages trading and building teams though prospects and great draft picks. If everyone is involved and doesn't punt the draft there really shouldn't be a super team. The minor league players and draft picks are great assets to trade and make your team better in the shed if you want or you can play the long term game.
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Post by Miami Marlins on Feb 4, 2018 22:47:58 GMT
I like both ways of doing it, with contracts you need one strategy, with a true dynasty (like this) you need to be creative with trading and drafting. For this league it's pretty much set with the true dynasty league. I think this actually will promote more activity with having to do the majority of your moves via trade or free agent pool.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 23:08:02 GMT
I haven't done it this way so I am excited to see how it goes. There is also money involved so it should be competitive
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 15:10:19 GMT
I suggest moving all of the questions people have asked in the Draft thread into the actual Questions thread.
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Post by Miami Marlins on Feb 5, 2018 15:13:59 GMT
I suggest moving all of the questions people have asked in the Draft thread into the actual Questions thread. I like this idea. I'll try to get on it when I have time.
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Post by deleted on Feb 5, 2018 17:09:16 GMT
I like the setup. It encourages trading and building teams though prospects and great draft picks. If everyone is involved and doesn't punt the draft there really shouldn't be a super team. The minor league players and draft picks are great assets to trade and make your team better in the shed if you want or you can play the long term game. In my experience, "super teams" occur not through skill but through luck (like the time I picked up Kurt Warner off of waivers in 1999 in my dynasty NFL league not because I had scouted him carefully but rather because he had a good game and I happened to have the top waiver priority that week). It's usually a "right place, right time" kind of deal rather than a situation where a guy has built a dynasty through shrewd trades and draft picks. Either way, if one team ends up with a team of superstars (it could be as little as 3-4 elite players in a league this large), that's pretty much it for competitive balance for 5-7 years until those players retire or regress.
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Post by St. Louis Cardinals on Feb 5, 2018 17:23:48 GMT
I like the setup. It encourages trading and building teams though prospects and great draft picks. If everyone is involved and doesn't punt the draft there really shouldn't be a super team. The minor league players and draft picks are great assets to trade and make your team better in the shed if you want or you can play the long term game. In my experience, "super teams" occur not through skill but through luck (like the time I picked up Kurt Warner off of waivers in 1999 in my dynasty NFL league not because I had scouted him carefully but rather because he had a good game and I happened to have the top waiver priority that week). It's usually a "right place, right time" kind of deal rather than a situation where a guy has built a dynasty through shrewd trades and draft picks. Either way, if one team ends up with a team of superstars (it could be as little as 3-4 elite players in a league this large), that's pretty much it for competitive balance for 5-7 years until those players retire or regress. The money structure makes that less worrisome. The top 15 or so teams will be fighting to at least get playoff money while the bad teams can trade older talent to the top teams for prospects. Same as as the real MLB. Maybe there will end up being a bit of a superteam but anything happens in a late season match up and money is the great motivator to just land in the playoffs.
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Post by Miami Marlins on Feb 5, 2018 17:31:11 GMT
In my experience, "super teams" occur not through skill but through luck (like the time I picked up Kurt Warner off of waivers in 1999 in my dynasty NFL league not because I had scouted him carefully but rather because he had a good game and I happened to have the top waiver priority that week). It's usually a "right place, right time" kind of deal rather than a situation where a guy has built a dynasty through shrewd trades and draft picks. Either way, if one team ends up with a team of superstars (it could be as little as 3-4 elite players in a league this large), that's pretty much it for competitive balance for 5-7 years until those players retire or regress. The money structure makes that less worrisome. The top 15 or so teams will be fighting to at least get playoff money while the bad teams can trade older talent to the top teams for prospects. Same as as the real MLB. Maybe there will end up being a bit of a superteam but anything happens in a late season match up and money is the great motivator to just land in the playoffs. That is one of the reasons i structured it the way that i did.
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Post by New York Yankees on May 8, 2018 16:52:59 GMT
I think allowing for the picking up/dropping of minor league players would help prevent "super-teams" to a certain extent. As it is right now, injuries can absolutely kill your mlb roster and you must pray you get awarded waiver claims to reasonably fill spots.
We want the league to be engaging in the long run for everyone, especially teams that are not in contention.
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Post by chicagocubbychubbies on May 9, 2018 2:08:29 GMT
I think the Power Rankings submit form needs to be reworked. It's a pain in the ass to use. Teams aren't in alphabetical order, you can't see the entire 1-30 all at the same or all of the teams for that matter. If you guys want people to submit this on a regular basis, it needs to be easier to use or I don't people will bother with it.
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Post by Miami Marlins on May 9, 2018 2:54:32 GMT
I think the Power Rankings submit form needs to be reworked. It's a pain in the ass to use. Teams aren't in alphabetical order, you can't see the entire 1-30 all at the same or all of the teams for that matter. If you guys want people to submit this on a regular basis, it needs to be easier to use or I don't people will bother with it. I know I tried to fill it out the other day. I'll figure something out or try something different. Just forget it for now.
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