2020 Fantasy Baseball Platform Central -- Yahoo, ESPN, CBS, Fantrax, etc.

[Hellgrammite 209]

On 2/3/2020 at 1:01 PM, duke of queens said:

For anyone that cares, there are a little over 300 more players in the DB in Yahoo compared to last year.

 

Anything of note?  Is it just deeper prospects?  High School players?

[The Big Bat Theory 7,586]

7 hours ago, SpecialFNK said:

yahoo free leagues now have a waiver budget for players during the season? why? 

Why not.  It is way better to have a combo faab and waiver (if you bid $0 it works just like regular waivers) having played in both formats.

[SpecialFNK 1,485]

13 hours ago, The Big Bat Theory said:

Why not.  It is way better to have a combo faab and waiver (if you bid $0 it works just like regular waivers) having played in both formats.

 one of the ways I liked having fun in the yahoo free leagues was having unlimited moves. most leagues/seasons I have 100+ adds. I would typically add player(s) on days where there were only a handful of games, that way I maximize the 162 games played allowed.

if I want to add a player I can bid $0? I've never done a league with this, was thinking it was like auction bidding where it had to be $1 minimum.

[turner46 873]

19 minutes ago, SpecialFNK said:

 one of the ways I liked having fun in the yahoo free leagues was having unlimited moves. most leagues/seasons I have 100+ adds. I would typically add player(s) on days where there were only a handful of games, that way I maximize the 162 games played allowed.

if I want to add a player I can bid $0? I've never done a league with this, was thinking it was like auction bidding where it had to be $1 minimum.

 

$0 bids are allowed.

[The Big Bat Theory 7,586]

1 hour ago, SpecialFNK said:

 one of the ways I liked having fun in the yahoo free leagues was having unlimited moves. most leagues/seasons I have 100+ adds. I would typically add player(s) on days where there were only a handful of games, that way I maximize the 162 games played allowed.

if I want to add a player I can bid $0? I've never done a league with this, was thinking it was like auction bidding where it had to be $1 minimum.

Yes I'm in private roto leagues with FAAB.  You can bid $0 and I do it often.  I typically make about 200 moves a year in those roto leagues.  If you get the player for $0 you go to the back of the line waiver seed wise just like the old non-FAAB leagues.  If you get a player for $1 and up you keep your waivers seeding and don't go to the back of the line.

[turner46 873]

42 minutes ago, The Big Bat Theory said:

Yes I'm in private roto leagues with FAAB.  You can bid $0 and I do it often.  I typically make about 200 moves a year in those roto leagues.  If you get the player for $0 you go to the back of the line waiver seed wise just like the old non-FAAB leagues.  If you get a player for $1 and up you keep your waivers seeding and don't go to the back of the line.

 

If you bid $0 and no one else does you keep your waiver priority, if you and another person bid $0 it goes to the highest priority and the winner then moves to 12(or how ever many teams in the league) at least this is how my yahoo pro basketball league works.

[The Big Bat Theory 7,586]

1 hour ago, turner46 said:

If you bid $0 and no one else does you keep your waiver priority, if you and another person bid $0 it goes to the highest priority and the winner then moves to 12(or how ever many teams in the league) at least this is how my yahoo pro basketball league works.

That's interesting.  I don't think the baseball one works like that because my $0 bids sent me to the back of the line whether anyone else bid $0 or not.  I'll have to check it this season and see if they made a change.  If they did that would be sweet.

[Sidearmer 2,226]

2 minutes ago, The Big Bat Theory said:

That's interesting.  I don't think the baseball one works like that because my $0 bids sent me to the back of the line whether anyone else bid $0 or not.  I'll have to check it this season and see if they made a change.  If they did that would be sweet.

 

It rarely matters anyway. The waiver order only comes into play when a bid on a player ties with another person. There will probably be some $0 adds where this may occur but for the most part its rare.

[The Big Bat Theory 7,586]

1 minute ago, Sidearmer said:

It rarely matters anyway. The waiver order only comes into play when a bid on a player ties with another person. There will probably be some $0 adds where this may occur but for the most part its rare.

Not in my leagues.  They are 16 teamers so everyone is out there casting nets with $0 bids on fringe players all the time.  So guess it depends on the league.

[Flyman75 5,098]

Are these $0 bids made daily? I’m in a league that has no FA pickups. Everyone is picked up thru waivers, but waivers run only twice a week. Can’t lie...I hate that. Lol. 

[turner46 873]

3 minutes ago, Flyman75 said:

Are these $0 bids made daily? I’m in a league that has no FA pickups. Everyone is picked up thru waivers, but waivers run only twice a week. Can’t lie...I hate that. Lol. 

 

In yahoo pro leagues yes. I assume a private league like yours could still do twice a week and still use the old waiver system and not faab.

[duke of queens 1,065]

2 hours ago, The Big Bat Theory said:

That's interesting.  I don't think the baseball one works like that because my $0 bids sent me to the back of the line whether anyone else bid $0 or not.  I'll have to check it this season and see if they made a change.  If they did that would be sweet.

BBT it works just like turner said

[The Big Bat Theory 7,586]

41 minutes ago, duke of queens said:

BBT it works just like turner said

Good to know.  Guess I was always doing it against other $0 bids most of the time.

[Stars & Stripes 11]

Is CBS the only platform to not open up for new leagues in 2020 yet?

What gives?

[Triple Short Of a Cycle 446]

Speaking of CBS is there any way to export weekly point league stats from last year? I usually export this data at the end of each season but forgot to back in Nov and now it seems to be gone

[rabaak 381]

11 hours ago, Triple Short Of a Cycle said:

Speaking of CBS is there any way to export weekly point league stats from last year? I usually export this data at the end of each season but forgot to back in Nov and now it seems to be gone

Not sure exactly what you want here. But under custom reports, you can select weekly scoring for all teams. After the report generates for 2020, you can use the drop down box to select 2019 for the report format. But this may not be what you are looking for. The standard export to Excel should be at the bottom.

ACTION	AVAIL	PLAYER	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	FPTS
	Bitchk...	Anthony Rendon 3B | LAA	545	117	174	93	44	3	34	126	80	86	5	1	.319	.412	.598	536
	Bitchk...	Mookie Betts RF | BOS	597	135	176	102	40	5	29	80	97	101	16	3	.295	.391	.524	533
	Bitchk...	Trevor Story SS | COL	588	111	173	95	38	5	35	85	58	174	23	8	.294	.363	.554	485
	Bitchk...	Eddie Rosario LF | MIN	562	91	155	94	28	1	32	109	22	86	3	1	.276	.300	.500	412
	Bitchk...	Matt Olson 1B | OAK	483	73	129	67	26	0	36	91	51	138	0	0	.267	.351	.544	380
	Bitchk...	Mark Canha CF | OAK	410	80	112	67	16	3	26	58	67	107	3	2	.273	.396	.517	346
	Bitchk...	Jason Kipnis 2B | CLE	458	52	112	71	23	1	17	65	40	88	7	2	.244	.304	.410	293
	Bitchk...	Roberto Perez C | CLE	389	46	93	59	9	1	24	63	45	127	0	0	.239	.321	.452	271
		TOTALS	4032	705	1124	648	224	19	233	677	460	907	57	17	.279	.358	.517	3256

 

[Triple Short Of a Cycle 446]

6 minutes ago, rabaak said:

Not sure exactly what you want here. But under custom reports, you can select weekly scoring for all teams. After the report generates for 2020, you can use the drop down box to select 2019 for the report format. But this may not be what you are looking for. The standard export to Excel should be at the bottom.

ACTION	AVAIL	PLAYER	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	FPTS
	Bitchk...	Anthony Rendon 3B | LAA	545	117	174	93	44	3	34	126	80	86	5	1	.319	.412	.598	536
	Bitchk...	Mookie Betts RF | BOS	597	135	176	102	40	5	29	80	97	101	16	3	.295	.391	.524	533
	Bitchk...	Trevor Story SS | COL	588	111	173	95	38	5	35	85	58	174	23	8	.294	.363	.554	485
	Bitchk...	Eddie Rosario LF | MIN	562	91	155	94	28	1	32	109	22	86	3	1	.276	.300	.500	412
	Bitchk...	Matt Olson 1B | OAK	483	73	129	67	26	0	36	91	51	138	0	0	.267	.351	.544	380
	Bitchk...	Mark Canha CF | OAK	410	80	112	67	16	3	26	58	67	107	3	2	.273	.396	.517	346
	Bitchk...	Jason Kipnis 2B | CLE	458	52	112	71	23	1	17	65	40	88	7	2	.244	.304	.410	293
	Bitchk...	Roberto Perez C | CLE	389	46	93	59	9	1	24	63	45	127	0	0	.239	.321	.452	271
		TOTALS	4032	705	1124	648	224	19	233	677	460	907	57	17	.279	.358	.517	3256

 

If you search for a player and bring up their page it will show what I am talking about

[duke of queens 1,065]

14 hours ago, The Big Bat Theory said:

Good to know.  Guess I was always doing it against other $0 bids most of the time.

Probably, but you can see the other bids under the FAAB Bids tab. Only on PC not on app. I pointed out a flaw in this to Yahoo years ago and it is semi-fixed. In the past you could just throw $0 bids out there on players you may not be interested in and other teams are and if you already got your guy and couldn't fit a guy on your roster it would still calculate a tie with another team and drop that teams waiver order to end of the line.

[rabaak 381]

If you search for a player and bring up their page it will show what I am talking about

 

How did you extract it in previous years in Nov?

So you are looking for a game log for each player? There are a lot of info and tabs on the player page.

[Ray Zorback 21]

On ‎2‎/‎3‎/‎2020 at 2:19 PM, LarsonLarsen said:

Apologies if I've missed it here already, but has Yahoo stopped doing cash leagues? I'm not finding any yet.

this is what they sent me;

Thank you for contacting Yahoo Sports. I understand your concern regarding converting into a cash league.

As of right now, cash leagues are not yet available. This will change once Pro leagues get released. We do not have an exact date for this yet, however, we are aiming for mid-February.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Josh

Yahoo Customer Care

[Sine_cera 6,239]

The Fantasy “experts” had their first draft of the year, LABR (15-team mix roto).

https://rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft

[Sidearmer 2,226]

Anyone see pro leagues on Yahoo yet? Would have figured they'd be out by now. Still don't see them.

[Triple Short Of a Cycle 446]

What is going on with CBS? Any idea when they are going live with 2020?

[StevieStats 3,860]

On 2/6/2020 at 12:26 PM, Sine_cera said:

The Fantasy “experts” had their first draft of the year, LABR (15-team mix roto).

https://rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft

Am I the only one that thinks it's absolutely insane how late Julio Urias is going? 188??? In between Marquez and Heaney??? After guys like Odorizzi, Maeda??? Holy Christ.... I just see profit profit profit!

[duke of queens 1,065]

11 minutes ago, StevieStats said:

Am I the only one that thinks it's absolutely insane how late Julio Urias is going? 188??? In between Marquez and Heaney??? After guys like Odorizzi, Maeda??? Holy Christ.... I just see profit profit profit!

I am with ya but his rotation spot isn't guaranteed.