Just remember that the owners in your league are the key ingredients. Nothing will work if you get this wrong. I relish the opportunity to organize my team in such a way that it maximizes the value within the statistical categories. In my opinion, the roto format brings out more of the gameplay that makes it more about the fantasy owner and not just the MLB players.
As the cliche goes, baseball is a marathon, not a sprint. You should be rewarded for that marathon. With all that said I realize, many people disagree with me. The important thing is that the scoring is relatively simple and all owners are on board with it. Just make sure it works for you and the owners in your league. I prefer NL- and AL-only formats. I like the variation in the quality of players and believe the shallower player pool forces us to make tough decisions and challenges us much more as fantasy baseball owners.
If you go with a mixed league format I certainly urge you to go with at least 15 teams. Deeper is better in my opinion. It takes away some of the knowledge and skill involved in managing a team in deeper formats. We all love to find the next big thing!
I think it also makes us better baseball fans when we expand our research to another level. This allows you to build a base of players you can build a team around, but it also lets you enjoy draft day to its fullest and reshape your team every year. Limiting it to around 10 keepers also allows room for every owner to feel like they have a shot every year.
Go much higher than that and the advantage some teams have will seem almost insurmountable. They earned it. IN addition to those active MLB players, I also suggest a minor league roster of between four and six players. The research it takes to draft these prospects really makes you a better fan.
I strongly recommend acquiring players through an auction. Whether you go with the auction or stick with a snake draft, I implore you to attach some form of cost to each player. Attaching a cost to that production again forces decisions and allows for more use of strategy. Another important item in keeper leagues is how long one owner can retain a player. Owners should get rewarded for smart drafting, but at the same time, should they get to keep a player forever when they may have just gotten lucky?
I think five years is about the limit that makes sense. My basic take is that we should get to enjoy a smart draft pick for a few years, but there has to be an additional cost that increases over time. Eventually, that player needs to be returned to the player pool.
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However, if that owner has come on economic hardship, you better give back that money! So, who do you reach out to? I typically start with notifying the league that an owner has disappeared from the league. At least one or two of your league-mates will probably chime to say that they have a friend who is interested in playing. On the rare occasion that nobody reaches out, take to Twitter and look for people still looking for leagues.
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