Build a perfect Fantasy Baseball Site (1 Viewer)

[Statorama]

Another poster started a thread looking for a baseball site that resembled footballguys, and it got me kind of curious as to what people thought a perfect fantasy baseball site would have.

For me it's:

- In depth pre-season player profiles

- Draft strategy articles

- AFL and Spring Training coverage

- Mock draft with explanations

- 'Draft Dominator' type application

- Daily updated stats

- Daily "who's pitching" list with profile of each pitcher, including last game, last 3 games, and overall year to date stats

- Players to target for trade and why

- Quick two or three sentence recap of each game played

- Player profiles updated throughout the year

- A breaking news section that's at Rotoworld speed (or better)

- A thorough minor league section

- A player profile of minor leaguers that are called up, and how they look fantasy wise

- Injury list

- Depth Charts

- Trends

- Offseason "needs" list for each team

- List of free agents, with updates as they sign

Those are some off the top of my head. What else?

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

FFA forum.

 

[Your Mother]

- 'Draft Dominator' type application

#1.

 

[JoeSteeler]

- In depth pre-season player profiles- Draft strategy articles- AFL and Spring Training coverage- Mock draft with explanations- 'Draft Dominator' type application- Daily updated stats- Daily "who's pitching" list with profile of each pitcher, including last game, last 3 games, and overall year to date stats- Players to target for trade and why- Quick two or three sentence recap of each game played- Player profiles updated throughout the year- A breaking news section that's at Rotoworld speed (or better)- A thorough minor league section- A player profile of minor leaguers that are called up, and how they look fantasy wise- Injury list- Depth Charts- Trends- Offseason "needs" list for each team- List of free agents, with updates as they signThose are some off the top of my head. What else?

Yes please

 

[boom king]

Another poster started a thread looking for a baseball site that resembled footballguys, and it got me kind of curious as to what people thought a perfect fantasy baseball site would have.For me it's:- In depth pre-season player profiles- Draft strategy articles- AFL and Spring Training coverage- Mock draft with explanations- 'Draft Dominator' type application- Daily updated stats- Daily "who's pitching" list with profile of each pitcher, including last game, last 3 games, and overall year to date stats- Players to target for trade and why- Quick two or three sentence recap of each game played- Player profiles updated throughout the year- A breaking news section that's at Rotoworld speed (or better)- A thorough minor league section- A player profile of minor leaguers that are called up, and how they look fantasy wise- Injury list- Depth Charts- Trends- Offseason "needs" list for each team- List of free agents, with updates as they signThose are some off the top of my head. What else?

pretty much hit the nail on the head. id also like a busy forum with a few "experienced" posters leading the way.

 

[Bogart]

Everything said, and one extra personally: dedicated articles/sections/forums on Auction Drafts and Dynasty drafts/leagues.

Any nitwit with a cheatsheet and a magazine can play in a snake draft or redraft league and do well , but I think you will see more and more move to the Auction drafts and then to deep Dynasty leagues. Being able to put value on players somewhat accurately then would be nice.

 

[Wrigley]

Another poster started a thread looking for a baseball site that resembled footballguys, and it got me kind of curious as to what people thought a perfect fantasy baseball site would have.

For me it's:

- In depth pre-season player profiles

- Draft strategy articles

- AFL and Spring Training coverage

- Mock draft with explanations

- 'Draft Dominator' type application

- Daily updated stats

- Daily "who's pitching" list with profile of each pitcher, including last game, last 3 games, and overall year to date stats

- Players to target for trade and why

- Quick two or three sentence recap of each game played

- Player profiles updated throughout the year

- A breaking news section that's at Rotoworld speed (or better)

- A thorough minor league section

- A player profile of minor leaguers that are called up, and how they look fantasy wise

- Injury list

- Depth Charts

- Trends

- Offseason "needs" list for each team

- List of free agents, with updates as they sign

Those are some off the top of my head. What else?

This is a must.I love Rotoworld, but it would be great to get everything in on place.

 

[RedRaiders]

- 'Draft Dominator' type application

#1.

Pickleapp down? Sure its 2005 projections but still...

 

[Captain Hook]

Interesting - I don't disagree with what you guys have listed, but I am curious as to what X (how many) would Y (pay) for such a site.

All that in one place would require substantial setup and quite a staff (and if they work for free there is a reason - just saying)

That said, you know where to find most of that if you want it (no, not perfect, but none are IMO)

 

[Knightro]

Interesting - I don't disagree with what you guys have listed, but I am curious as to what X (how many) would Y (pay) for such a site.

All that in one place would require substantial setup and quite a staff (and if they work for free there is a reason - just saying)

That said, you know where to find most of that if you want it (no, not perfect, but none are IMO)

Substantial staff indeed.A lot of the requirements could be done using some form of an RSS matrix. You could put the rotoworld updates, pitching matchup, stat feed, etc on a single home page and then add custom tip content. Open source software such as Joomla allows you to design something along these lines.

You can also use a free online tool such as zoho to create custom spreadsheets to pull stats and player updates into a single spreadsheet. You can have one sheet show stats that update (after some configuration tricks) and another that pulls in RSS feed news. Here is an example of a sheet that I have started

 

[Statorama]

Interesting - I don't disagree with what you guys have listed, but I am curious as to what X (how many) would Y (pay) for such a site.All that in one place would require substantial setup and quite a staff (and if they work for free there is a reason - just saying)That said, you know where to find most of that if you want it (no, not perfect, but none are IMO)

I'm kind of torn Cap, as I see plenty of avenues to raise venture capital for just such a site if the plan was solid. I also have a pretty good idea of how it should be packaged, designed and marketed.The trouble, of course, is the realistic assumption that you'd be operating the red for the first few years. It's difficult to find the right group of people that understand (and would be ready for) that.

 

[jtnt1096]

Interesting - I don't disagree with what you guys have listed, but I am curious as to what X (how many) would Y (pay) for such a site.All that in one place would require substantial setup and quite a staff (and if they work for free there is a reason - just saying)That said, you know where to find most of that if you want it (no, not perfect, but none are IMO)

I pay for information like that now (not on one site). With a combination of a couple of sites that I use now, I have all that information. And there would be no way I would switch from using what I already use.

 

[RedRaiders]

Interesting - I don't disagree with what you guys have listed, but I am curious as to what X (how many) would Y (pay) for such a site.All that in one place would require substantial setup and quite a staff (and if they work for free there is a reason - just saying)That said, you know where to find most of that if you want it (no, not perfect, but none are IMO)

I'm kind of torn Cap, as I see plenty of avenues to raise venture capital for just such a site if the plan was solid. I also have a pretty good idea of how it should be packaged, designed and marketed.The trouble, of course, is the realistic assumption that you'd be operating the red for the first few years. It's difficult to find the right group of people that understand (and would be ready for) that.

The problem is - there are numerous others that have years of head start on you for the same thing. If this was 2001, you would have a lot more $$$ potential.

 

[AcerFC]

That was pretty much what I was looking for when I posted original question. Let me know when you set it up

 

[Statorama]

Interesting - I don't disagree with what you guys have listed, but I am curious as to what X (how many) would Y (pay) for such a site.All that in one place would require substantial setup and quite a staff (and if they work for free there is a reason - just saying)That said, you know where to find most of that if you want it (no, not perfect, but none are IMO)

I'm kind of torn Cap, as I see plenty of avenues to raise venture capital for just such a site if the plan was solid. I also have a pretty good idea of how it should be packaged, designed and marketed.The trouble, of course, is the realistic assumption that you'd be operating the red for the first few years. It's difficult to find the right group of people that understand (and would be ready for) that.

The problem is - there are numerous others that have years of head start on you for the same thing. If this was 2001, you would have a lot more $$$ potential.

One of the pluses is that they've laid the groundwork, "taken the arrows" if you will. You can take what they offer and do it better, and more, while providing it in a more attractive format.The fact that there are other sites out there would be the least of my concerns. If you have a killer product, it's like introducing a digital camera to the marketplace when everyone is using film.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

FFA forum.

We have a winner.

 

[MrPhoenix]

FFA forum.

We have a winner.

Any respectable site on the innerwebs needs a.....

TEST FORUM

 

[dirtyhalos]

arble

 

[Breed]

Something nobody does... or has even attempted (at least from what I've seen)...

In general, baseball is an inherently more complicated sport than football from a fantasy perspective... the combination of using a multitude of stats to attempt to win. With football, almost every cheastsheet/magazine has mutliple lists for reception leagues, yardage leagues, TD leagues. The variables associated with baseball are so much more diverse, but yet the rankings typically provided are less accomodating in that regard.

So... what I'd like to see... a system similar to MyFBG where you can enter in information like roster composition, categories, starting requirements, the amount of permitted roster changes, etc... all of which have a huge impact on the value of different players. That could then be converted into customized news, customized rankings, customized projections, etc.

 

[paulsonpatch]

Interesting - I don't disagree with what you guys have listed, but I am curious as to what X (how many) would Y (pay) for such a site.

All that in one place would require substantial setup and quite a staff (and if they work for free there is a reason - just saying)

That said, you know where to find most of that if you want it (no, not perfect, but none are IMO)

I pay for information like that now (not on one site). With a combination of a couple of sites that I use now, I have all that information. And there would be no way I would switch from using what I already use.

So which sites do you use? I like RotoWorld myself, but have yet to find any other sites that look decent that aren't an arm and a leg in price. Our league uses CBS Sportsline, and it has some decent tools.

 

[jtnt1096]

Interesting - I don't disagree with what you guys have listed, but I am curious as to what X (how many) would Y (pay) for such a site.

All that in one place would require substantial setup and quite a staff (and if they work for free there is a reason - just saying)

That said, you know where to find most of that if you want it (no, not perfect, but none are IMO)

I pay for information like that now (not on one site). With a combination of a couple of sites that I use now, I have all that information. And there would be no way I would switch from using what I already use.

So which sites do you use? I like RotoWorld myself, but have yet to find any other sites that look decent that aren't an arm and a leg in price. Our league uses CBS Sportsline, and it has some decent tools.

A magician never reveals his secrets. I use four sites religiously. One for "real" baseball information/stats, one for fantasy/roto information/stats, one for prospect information/stats, and one for draft prep.If you do some homework you can probably locate these sites, but I like the advantages I have over the other owners I play against in leagues. Many frequent this site for football stuff, so I don't want to give up any baseball sources freely that can be used against me

 

[Kiddnets]

baseball HQ - very pricey but great info, forums and values players for auctions.

 

[AcerFC]

baseball HQ - very pricey but great info, forums and values players for auctions.

I used them last year and did not like the layout at all. It was very difficult for me to find info and I get their projections in the rotolab software so I am ok with that.

 

[RedRaiders]

baseball HQ - very pricey but great info, forums and values players for auctions.

I'm thinking of picking up the 1 year online subscription this year. Have had the Forecaster for probably 6 years now. Are the forums decent? I also heavily bet on baseball and was hoping this could be another resource as well.

 

[Kiddnets]

baseball HQ - very pricey but great info, forums and values players for auctions.

I'm thinking of picking up the 1 year online subscription this year. Have had the Forecaster for probably 6 years now. Are the forums decent? I also heavily bet on baseball and was hoping this could be another resource as well.

they are ok - used it more for draft prep than anything else....