Sunday 13 December 2009

Forming And Finding Fantasy Baseball Leagues

By Jacob Biggs

Forming and finding Fantasy Baseball Leagues can be a great way to have some good fun. In order to make a league, you need to have at least ten to twelve different teams, and the number can go up to as many as 4. Every team involved needs to have 23 players. Sometimes the rules for these leagues will limit you to either the National or American league.

The first move is to choose yourself a team, and the next move is to start the team building. You have two separate options for building the team. You can choose to use the 'draft' system, or you can go by way of 'auction'. The draft is done by rotation and picking players when your turn comes around. You make the decision at the beginning about whether or not to clean the slate after the season. Or you can opt for 'protecting', or keeping back, a certain number of players and carry them over to the next season.

For bidding on players, everyone gets credits to use in bidding. 260 credits is the starting amount. Eligibility is decided according to whether or not a player played a certain position in at least twenty games the previous year. If the amount of twenty wasn't reached at any position, then the one played the most will suffice.

The scoring in these fantasy baseball leagues is pretty much the same. You use the stats from games to determine the points. You count things like home runs, runs batted in, batting averages, stolen bases, saves, wins, run average, and a thing called the WHIP. This is a figure determined by taking the amount of Walks divided by the amount of Hits. Then everything gets added up when the season is over and a winner is picked by the highest score.

The rosters are pretty much the same, with the miscellaneous man being different in the two leagues. For the American League the miscellaneous man is used as a designated hitter. And in the National League they use him as a utility man. Other than that they man up the rosters the same, with pitchers taking in the most spots with nine.

These fantasy baseball leagues 'do' offer a lot of options as far how they run and are played. You will no doubt find one that suits you, and will have a lot of fun with it. There's no hard set or fast set rules for some of the leagues. The basics are the same, but there are plenty of variations to choose from. So don't limit yourself to any one league, try out a few to see which one suits you.

If you're a beginner, and you want a fast-track way to start, then you can go online and order yourself a draft guide. These are great for getting you quick-started into competing. You can sign up for magazines that will feed you information and help you to learn all you need to know about this extremely popular form of baseball.

As you can see, forming and finding fantasy baseball leagues is very involved, and more than you can learn from any one article. But there is plenty of information online for learning how to get yourself up to speed and begin competing. So if it sounds exciting and something you want to do, then get online and start educating yourself and get started playing.

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