Posted by calhoop on 3/14/2021 9:59:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 3/14/2021 7:15:00 PM (view original):

Posted by redcped on 3/14/2021 7:11:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 3/14/2021 5:45:00 PM (view original):

Posted by schwarze on 3/14/2021 5:40:00 PM (view original):
Q: 110M theme:

It's not specifically mentioned, but since we roster 25 players, I assume we can have more than one teammate per player selected (at least one player HAS to have more than one teammate).

Oh, yes, you can have as many players from a single team as you'd like as long as you have the same number of players from that team on your Round 2 team.

It's not specifically stated, but can I assume no player's same season can be used in both rounds? I can't use '27 Ruth and Gehrig and then use them as each others' teammates in Round 2, right? But I could use one season of each in Round 1 and then use their teammate seasons in Round 2?

Correct — you can't use the same player twice

I just want to make sure I fully understand this answer - does "you can't use the same player twice" mean year-specific player?

Is it legal to use

a) 1927 Ruth on the first team and 1927 Wilcy Moore on the second team and
b) 1930 Gehrig on the first team and 1930 Ruth on the second?

This would be legal

Posted by ozomatli on 3/14/2021 5:06:00 PM (view original):
$120M: Hit Type Challenge
You must choose one hit type (singles, doubles, triples, homeruns) and build a team that focuses exclusively on it. Every hitter on your team must have a rate (i.e. singles / 100AB) that exceeds the number below for your chosen hit type, and cannot have any player that exceeds the number below for any of the other three hit types.

Hit Type___	Rate / 100AB
Singles	25
Doubles	7
Triples	2.5
HRs	6

Details
Seasons: Hitters can come from any season. Pitchers must come from 1930 - 2020
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: No restrictions
300K Exception: Yes
Team Name: Include your chosen hit type
Division Alignment: Random

just to confirm - the description above says "cannot have any player that exceeds the number below for any of the other three hit types" - can any hitter then have 25 1b/100ab, 7 2B/100ab, 2.5 3B/100ab and 6 HR/100ab, but just cannot exceed that number? Or, if I select doubles, must all hitters have less than the numbers above?

my question piggybacks on chargingryno's. is there rounding in the 120 mil league? a player with 5.99 hr/ab is ok in a doubles league but 6.00 is not? correct?

Posted by ozomatli on 3/14/2021 6:58:00 PM (view original):
Variable Cap: The Gambit
Start at 160M. For every 0.10 in HR/9 that your team's pitching staff gave up in real life, you gain 2M in salary. Example:

Team HR/9_____	Salary Cap
0.00 - 0.09	160M
0.10 - 0.19	162M
...	...
1.40 - 1.49	188M
1.50+	190M

Details
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: You must pick a park that is at least +1 for HRs to both LF and RF
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Include your team's HR/9
Division Alignment: Random

For the Variable Cap, does it have a salary cap of $190M?

Posted by Humdogs on 3/16/2021 11:15:00 AM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 3/14/2021 6:58:00 PM (view original):
Variable Cap: The Gambit
Start at 160M. For every 0.10 in HR/9 that your team's pitching staff gave up in real life, you gain 2M in salary. Example:

Team HR/9_____	Salary Cap
0.00 - 0.09	160M
0.10 - 0.19	162M
...	...
1.40 - 1.49	188M
1.50+	190M

Details
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: You must pick a park that is at least +1 for HRs to both LF and RF
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Include your team's HR/9
Division Alignment: Random

For the Variable Cap, does it have a salary cap of $190M?

Effectively, since you can't go above 190M.

Posted by chargingryno on 3/16/2021 3:32:00 AM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 3/14/2021 5:06:00 PM (view original):
$120M: Hit Type Challenge
You must choose one hit type (singles, doubles, triples, homeruns) and build a team that focuses exclusively on it. Every hitter on your team must have a rate (i.e. singles / 100AB) that exceeds the number below for your chosen hit type, and cannot have any player that exceeds the number below for any of the other three hit types.

Hit Type___	Rate / 100AB
Singles	25
Doubles	7
Triples	2.5
HRs	6

Details
Seasons: Hitters can come from any season. Pitchers must come from 1930 - 2020
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: No restrictions
300K Exception: Yes
Team Name: Include your chosen hit type
Division Alignment: Random

just to confirm - the description above says "cannot have any player that exceeds the number below for any of the other three hit types" - can any hitter then have 25 1b/100ab, 7 2B/100ab, 2.5 3B/100ab and 6 HR/100ab, but just cannot exceed that number? Or, if I select doubles, must all hitters have less than the numbers above?

Oh, good point. The idea is that, in that scenario, 6.99 doubles is ok and 7.0 is not ok. I will round to 2 decimal places

The player pool for the 120M league seems too small. I feel a lot of teams will be very similar. Or have I read the rules wrong?

Not sure how you're reading the rules, but with 120 people we're going to get some variety for sure

yeah I built an offense for all four options, and while there were a couple positions for some hit types where there were minimal usable options, that's almost always the case for certain positions at higher caps no matter what the rules

I often suspect most people will draft like I do. And it never happens.

Posted by besterateam on 3/18/2021 3:07:00 PM (view original):
The player pool for the 120M league seems too small. I feel a lot of teams will be very similar. Or have I read the rules wrong?

Most of the elite options are gone because of that 25 singles per 100 ABs threshold. I’m looking forward to seeing who everyone else drafted. I’m excited for my squad except for my last outfielder

Posted by ozomatli on 3/14/2021 5:06:00 PM (view original):
$110M: See Ya Later, Friendo
For each player you select, you must use a teammate of theirs (same team and season) on a 110M team in Round 2.

Details
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Choose a stadium that one of your players played in during the season of theirs that you use
300K Exception: No
Team Name: No restrictions
Division Alignment: Random

This team came together better than I expected that it might have, it was a fun build trying to keep the second team in mind

I've built all 6 teams, will play around with them for awhile till I love them. I really like my $120 and $140 teams, others are gonna get some tweaks

Quick question - does no clones mean you can't use different years of the same player, or you can't have multiple of the same year/player combo? For example, can I use a 1923 and 1924 Babe Ruth, or am I limited to just one Babe Ruth?

Posted by scjensen51 on 3/19/2021 3:53:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 3/14/2021 5:06:00 PM (view original):
$110M: See Ya Later, Friendo
For each player you select, you must use a teammate of theirs (same team and season) on a 110M team in Round 2.

Details
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Choose a stadium that one of your players played in during the season of theirs that you use
300K Exception: No
Team Name: No restrictions
Division Alignment: Random

This team came together better than I expected that it might have, it was a fun build trying to keep the second team in mind

If the past ten tournaments are any indication, the second team is moot for me.

I'm seriously thinking about not even planning for it... it's like spending a lot on supplies for the nuclear bunker. Better to spend the money on stuff for now rather than plan for that one-in-a-zillion (im)probability.