Comments on: The Official Price Guide To-Do List http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/ Fantasy Baseball Dollar Values, Rankings, and Discussion Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Molson http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-245 Molson Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:48:58 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-245 The way that I do it is to assume that they don't affect replacement level for each position and treat them like Util or P. I don't have them affect replacement level since you're not really drafting them as a position player but as a replacement player. Then I figure out what the lowest adjusted score is and add that value to all the scores to set the lowest bench player to $1 and then calculate the values normally. Not sure if this is the optimal way or not, but it seems to work OK. The way that I do it is to assume that they don’t affect replacement level for each position and treat them like Util or P.

I don’t have them affect replacement level since you’re not really drafting them as a position player but as a replacement player.

Then I figure out what the lowest adjusted score is and add that value to all the scores to set the lowest bench player to $1 and then calculate the values normally.

Not sure if this is the optimal way or not, but it seems to work OK.

]]> By: Mays http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-244 Mays Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:08:46 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-244 @Molson: The hard part is determining how bench players affect the values... They obviously change will change the replacement level, but what is a bench player worth? Technically, bench players have zero value, because they don't contribute to your team when they are on your bench. Practically speaking, that's not usually the case, because they will be rotated in on off days and as injury replacements. I don't have a good way to estimate that contribution, though. @Molson: The hard part is determining how bench players affect the values… They obviously change will change the replacement level, but what is a bench player worth?

Technically, bench players have zero value, because they don’t contribute to your team when they are on your bench. Practically speaking, that’s not usually the case, because they will be rotated in on off days and as injury replacements. I don’t have a good way to estimate that contribution, though.

]]> By: Molson http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-237 Molson Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:49:52 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-237 One feature I (and possibly others) would find useful would be an option to have "bench" slots in the league configuration that can be mixed between hitters and pitchers. One feature I (and possibly others) would find useful would be an option to have “bench” slots in the league configuration that can be mixed between hitters and pitchers.

]]> By: Mays http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-199 Mays Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:53:13 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-199 Holds would be an easy thing to add, but currently none of the projections project them. (I'm lucky that at least Marcel projects saves...) Holds would be an easy thing to add, but currently none of the projections project them. (I’m lucky that at least Marcel projects saves…)

]]> By: DaBulls http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-195 DaBulls Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:10:22 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-195 Any thoughts about adding Holds for leagues that play with them? Any thoughts about adding Holds for leagues that play with them?

]]> By: DaBulls http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-192 DaBulls Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:11:51 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-192 If you were feeling really, really ambitious, a great add-on would be a draft manager which would include a number of features, including: - greying out of drafted players - adjusting of values/rankings the reflect diminishing returns based on what your team/other teams have already drafted (after all, if you win by 10 RBI or 100 RBI, there no difference) If you were feeling really, really ambitious, a great add-on would be a draft manager which would include a number of features, including:

- greying out of drafted players
- adjusting of values/rankings the reflect diminishing returns based on what your team/other teams have already drafted (after all, if you win by 10 RBI or 100 RBI, there no difference)

]]> By: Nick http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-15 Nick Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:10:35 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-15 Alright I know I'm being greedy here, but another feature I'd like to see is the option to export the results to a .csv or .xls file. It's nice to be able to sort by position or category or to play around with things on a spreadsheet. In one league I play in, players are assigned a cost of $6, $4, or $1 depending on last year's stats, and I like to deduct their cost from their projected earnings to determine an estimate of "profit." Having the results in a spreadsheet allows me to do further adjust for weird league features like that. Alright I know I’m being greedy here, but another feature I’d like to see is the option to export the results to a .csv or .xls file. It’s nice to be able to sort by position or category or to play around with things on a spreadsheet. In one league I play in, players are assigned a cost of $6, $4, or $1 depending on last year’s stats, and I like to deduct their cost from their projected earnings to determine an estimate of “profit.” Having the results in a spreadsheet allows me to do further adjust for weird league features like that.

]]> By: Mays http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-13 Mays Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:25:11 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-13 @Nick: Keepers and customized projections are both very close to happening. I like the ADP idea... I'll see how feasible it is. @Bobby: For a daily league, I recommend bumping up the number of starters to account for bench players that might get rotated in (especially with SP). I doubt that that would be necessary for your weekly league, though. Otherwise, I'd just adjust the salary cap that you enter into the price guide to account for what teams spend on bench players. If the average team spends $20 on their bench, then just reduce the cap by $20. @Nick: Keepers and customized projections are both very close to happening. I like the ADP idea… I’ll see how feasible it is.

@Bobby: For a daily league, I recommend bumping up the number of starters to account for bench players that might get rotated in (especially with SP). I doubt that that would be necessary for your weekly league, though.

Otherwise, I’d just adjust the salary cap that you enter into the price guide to account for what teams spend on bench players. If the average team spends $20 on their bench, then just reduce the cap by $20.

]]> By: BobbyRoberto http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-12 BobbyRoberto Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:25:16 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-12 When looking at fantasy values, I've always wondered how I should input the specifications for my league that has a bench. Should I just put in the number of starters and ignore the bench players? I'm in a league that starts 9 hitters, 4 starting pitchers, and 2 relievers, and has a 10-man bench. It's a weekly league. So do I put in just the starters to determine dollar value? When looking at fantasy values, I’ve always wondered how I should input the specifications for my league that has a bench. Should I just put in the number of starters and ignore the bench players? I’m in a league that starts 9 hitters, 4 starting pitchers, and 2 relievers, and has a 10-man bench. It’s a weekly league. So do I put in just the starters to determine dollar value?

]]> By: Nick http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/the-official-price-guide-to-do-list/#comment-11 Nick Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:50:26 +0000 http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/?p=62#comment-11 Would there be a way to use a "custom" set of projections? I'm thinking a user could cut & paste a spreadsheet according to a specified format, and then the price guide could generate its rankings from that? Doing this would mean that we could manually adjust projections according to last minute injuries or role changes, or if we have some reason to believe that a certain player's projection is inaccurate. This would also be a way around not being able to use certain projections because of them being unavailable to the public (Shandler, PECOTA). Would there be a way to use a “custom” set of projections? I’m thinking a user could cut & paste a spreadsheet according to a specified format, and then the price guide could generate its rankings from that?

Doing this would mean that we could manually adjust projections according to last minute injuries or role changes, or if we have some reason to believe that a certain player’s projection is inaccurate.

This would also be a way around not being able to use certain projections because of them being unavailable to the public (Shandler, PECOTA).

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