I’m going to start a RotoScoop fantasy baseball league this year. Like the football version, the buy-in will be $50. More details on the format to follow, but it will be rotisserie with daily transactions and an innings cap. If interested, let it be known in the comments section and/or e-mail me at seven3d@aol.com. The draft is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 26 at 4:30 PDT. However, that could be changed if needed.
Speaking of fantasy baseball leagues, I’ll be participating in LABR once again this year. After leading for the first four months last year, I ended up finishing third, with ESPN’s Tristan Cockroft the eventual (and deserving) winner. I’ll again be in the NL-only format, which runs ridiculously deep with 13-teams and big rosters (including two catchers and 10 P slots). The auction will be held in Phoenix on Saturday, March 7, so it’s fast approaching. This year’s participants are a pretty impressive group:
Tristan Cockcroft – ESPN
Steve Gardner – USA TODAY
Clay Davenport – Baseball Prospectus
Steve Moyer – Baseball Info Solutions
Bob Radomski – Sandlot Shrink
Greg Ambrosius/John Zaleski – NFBC
Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton – Rotoworld
Brandon Funston – Yahoo
Ron Shandler – Baseball HQ
Nate Ravitz – ESPN
Derek Carty – Hardball Times
Toby Mergler – mlb.com
Anyway, one of my goals is not to oversleep the auction start time (5 p.m.) like I did last year, but these fantasy writers are no joke when it comes to partying. This will be my only league where there’s no money involved, but it’s pretty cool going against some of the bigger names in the industry, and in person at that, so wish me luck!
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