Because MLB expanded its regular-season schedule to include an extra weekend, we've decided to count the games from March 31-April 3 as Week 1 in the FBLG head-to-head schedule.
What this will allow us to do is play an 18-game regular season and return the semifinal playoff round to a best-of-3 series while eliminating Week 27 from the head-to-head format.
So it's a win-win-win situation.
Well, almost. The one drawback is the short week 1.
So as you set your Week 1 lineup, be aware that if any of your pitchers are the No. 4 or 5 pitchers in the teams' rotation, they won't pick in Week 1 (unless they pitch for the Dodgers or Giants, who actually play 4 games in Week 1).
This list of pitchers may include the likes of Cole Hamels, Joe Blanton, Madison Bumgarner, Jair Jurrjens, Randy Wolf among others.
We'll try to put up a post of projected pitching rotation orders sometime next week before Week 1 rosters need to be set on March 31.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Reviewing rules on position eligibility
One of the bigger issues that owners have to deal with in the FBLG is position eligibility.
Unlike other fantasy baseball leagues, in the FBLG position eligibility is based on the current season.
In other words, players are eligible to play positions that they have played in 2011.
Week 1 of the FBLG season is March 31-April 3.
To set your Week 1 roster, you can use a player at any position that player has played during spring training.
For example, if I wanted to start Juan Uribe at second base in Week 1, I could.
However, for setting my Week 2 roster on Monday, April 4, Uribe would only be eligible at positions he played during Week 1 of the season.
Here's the rule on position eligibility:
A player is eligible to be played at any position that he has played at least five games at during the current season.
However, if a player has not played at least five games at any one position, he's eligible to be played at any position at which he's played at least one game at.
So if in Week 1, Uribe plays three games at 3B and one at 2B, I could play Uribe at 2B or 3B in Week 2.
But if by the start of Week 3, Uribe has played seven games at 3B and two games at 2B, Uribe would only be eligible at 3B for Week 3. He would need to play three more games at 2B to gain full-season eligibility there.
So keep this rule in mind while making your final roster decisions and before setting your Week 1 roster.
Unlike other fantasy baseball leagues, in the FBLG position eligibility is based on the current season.
In other words, players are eligible to play positions that they have played in 2011.
Week 1 of the FBLG season is March 31-April 3.
To set your Week 1 roster, you can use a player at any position that player has played during spring training.
For example, if I wanted to start Juan Uribe at second base in Week 1, I could.
However, for setting my Week 2 roster on Monday, April 4, Uribe would only be eligible at positions he played during Week 1 of the season.
Here's the rule on position eligibility:
A player is eligible to be played at any position that he has played at least five games at during the current season.
However, if a player has not played at least five games at any one position, he's eligible to be played at any position at which he's played at least one game at.
So if in Week 1, Uribe plays three games at 3B and one at 2B, I could play Uribe at 2B or 3B in Week 2.
But if by the start of Week 3, Uribe has played seven games at 3B and two games at 2B, Uribe would only be eligible at 3B for Week 3. He would need to play three more games at 2B to gain full-season eligibility there.
So keep this rule in mind while making your final roster decisions and before setting your Week 1 roster.
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