Fantasy
Baseball Scoring Styles and how our Fantasy Baseball Draft Tool is utilized
What is a
Points League?
A points based
scoring league is a type of fantasy baseball league in which actual stats are
not used but rather a value given to the stats. For example, your league may
give 10 points for a home run, 8 points for a stolen base and 10 points for a
win. Standings are based simply on an accumulation of points covering all
statistical categories. Our fantasy baseball draft tool handles this as
described
What is a
Rotisserie (Roto) league?.
A fantasy
baseball rotisserie scoring league applies a value to a team's rank within a
statistical category. For example, if your team leads your league in wins and
there are 12 teams overall, you would receive 12 points in that category. If
your teams has the fewest wins, you would receive 1 point in that category and
so on. Standings are based on an accumulation of points covering all eligible
categories. Our fantasy baseball draft tool handles this as described, except
for percentage categories (discussed below in the Further Details
section).
A typical
5x5 Roto league would include the following
categories:
A typical
4x4 Roto league would include the following
categories:
What is a Head-to-Head
League?
Head-to-head is a method of
fantasy baseball in which teams compete against each other on a weekly basis.
These leagues may use either a points based scoring or Roto. In a points based
H2H, each week's winner is determined solely by who accumulates the most fantasy
points during the week. In a Roto H2H, at the end of the playing week, each of
the relevant categories is awarded to one of the teams with ties recorded as
ties. For example, if your team wins HR, R, RBI, W, K and ERA and loses AVG,
WHIP and SB while tying in SVs, your record is 6-3-1 for the week. Standings are
based on an accumulation of the weekly records. Since H2H combines both Points
and/or Roto scoring styles, we've got you covered.
Further
Details
We have a pre-populated drop down
that will fill in the applicable point values for the following typical league
types
Since our fantasy baseball draft
tool projections are based off of points, the question arises, how does our
software account for rotisserie scoring leagues? In a nutshell, you would apply
point values to all applicable scoring categories that pertain to your league
settings while applying a zero (0) to all other statistical scoring
categories.
Let's take the typical 5x5 Roto
league, where you can easily assign a point value to:
But Batting Average is not so
straight forward since it is a percentage. You cannot assign a value to a
percentage, instead assign a point value to the pieces that make up the
percentage.
The formula for Batting
Average is
Hits / At
Bats
Solution: Assign point
values to:
The formula for On Base
Percentage is
(Hits + Walks) / (At Bats +
Walks)
Solution: Assign point
values to:
The formula for Slugging
Percentage is
(Singles * 1) + (Doubles * 2)
+ (Triples * 3) + (Home Runs * 4) / At Bats
Solution: Assign point
values to:
The formula for ERA (Earned
Run Average) is
(Earned Runs * 9) / Innings
Pitched
Solution: Assign point
values to:
The formula for WHIP
is
(Walks + Hits) / Innings
Pitched
Solution: Assign point
values to:
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