This season, the staff here at Call to the Pen are orchestrating our very own fantasy baseball league. Our league is considered a dynasty league, a fantasy roster that carries over the off-season. With so many baseball driven minds, this should be interesting.
Fantasy baseball is an interesting game, and it is even more interesting here at Call to the Pen. Our very own Benjamin Chase created this league, and with a league of 16 teams it will be fun. The varying strategies of the league have been interesting, and quite frankly it should be very competitive. I was blessed with the opportunity to get the first overall pick, so I was graced with Mike Trout‘s abilities. The team list reads as following:
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Elysian Fields – Benjamin Chase
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Backdoor Sliders – Matt Weyrich
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Bum Dingers – Jason Burke
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Marty Bergen‘s Axe – David Hill
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MoneyBallz – Ehsan
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New Team 3 – Jason Evans
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Parch Players – Michael Parchinsky
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Pitch Slap – Brendan Dlubala
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Reedies – Jason Reed
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San Mateo Padres – Simon Rose
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Team Fustor – Nick Fustor
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Team Haswell – Keven Haswell
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Team Koonce – Jason Koonce
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Team Mayer – Josh Mayer
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Teach Schmid – Andrew Schmid
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The Freak Show – Adam Labakin
As for scoring, our league is based on the rotisserie scoring system. It is a 5×5 rotisserie to be exact, so at the end of the season teams are ranked in five pitching and hitting categories. Those categories are runs, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, and batting average for hitting. For pitching, the stats are wins, strike outs, saves, ERA, and WHIP.
How the scoring actually works, the scoring is based on where you place. So the first place team in a stat gets the most points, and then second gets one less, and so on. Then at the end of the season all the points are tallied up. So with everything laid out, let’s take a look at the first two rounds.