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I'm the opposite of that, at least this year. The season was fun through the All Star break. Guess which team I root for.
I whole heartedly agree about fantasy baseball.While the Mets stink, they're atleast interesting, so I keep watching despite the pain. Also, I'm in a dogfight to make the playoffs in my head-to-head NL only league. I'll probably pay some attention for the third week of preseason, but my main FF draft isnt until right before the season starts so I wont really be paying attention to football for a few weeks. I will say, I'll probably just vaguely follow the baseball playoffs, hoping and praying the Yanks and Phils lose early and often.
Yeah, I started playing fantasy baseball about 4 years ago and since then, each year, I have a harder time getting interested in fantasy football. At this point, I just play out of habit and somewhat out of obligation. This year, I'm excited about football season, but really could care less about fantasy football season. Years ago, I'd be knee deep in spreadsheets by now. My fantasy baseball team never had a shot this season, but I'm still trying feverishly to eek out a 4th or 5th place finish.Fantasy baseball is just far superior to fantasy football.
It's really not even close. I started a FB League with a buddy 4 years ago and he promptly quit playing FF. More skill involved in FB than FF.
I won't fight you on that, but the day-to-day responsibilities involved in FB are too tedious for me.
I disagree. Baseball is such a numbers driven sport, you can create an excellent fantasy baseball team without ever actually watching a single game, all you gotta do is look at some stats and watch the box scores. Fantasy football, especially dynasty leagues, requires watching the player in live games, stats don't tell the whole story. And I find that opinions differ much more on the top rookies each year. So I'd say fantasy football requires more skill, fantasy baseball requires more time/effort.
More skill involved in FB than FF.
When they play on the West coast and start time is 10 pm. You betcha!
No, not really. Squads are smaller and there's a smaller pool of valuable players in fantasy football. In redraft, your first rounder tears his ACL your season is likely over. Injuries play into the luck factor. Were you lucky enough to draft a team that avoids injuries? In fantasy baseball injuries can be absorbed. guys are always going on the DL or finished for the season and teams with those players still compete. I don't know about these subtleties you speak of in the NFL but I see no real difference in drafting football vs baseball. Baseball - larger rosters, more players going, more games and a much longer season.I disagree. Baseball is such a numbers driven sport, you can create an excellent fantasy baseball team without ever actually watching a single game, all you gotta do is look at some stats and watch the box scores. Fantasy football, especially dynasty leagues, requires watching the player in live games, stats don't tell the whole story. And I find that opinions differ much more on the top rookies each year. So I'd say fantasy football requires more skill, fantasy baseball requires more time/effort.It's really not even close. I started a FB League with a buddy 4 years ago and he promptly quit playing FF.
More skill involved in FB than FF.
The fact that you can replace your 1st round draft pick with someone off the waiver wire and still get 75% of their output makes FB easier not harder imo. And obviously if you play in any Fantasy league with small rosters it's going to significantly increase the luck factor. But that's more of a specific league problem than it is a FF problem, as playing in a league with large rosters can fix this.No, not really. Squads are smaller and there's a smaller pool of valuable players in fantasy football. In redraft, your first rounder tears his ACL your season is likely over. Injuries play into the luck factor. Were you lucky enough to draft a team that avoids injuries? In fantasy baseball injuries can be absorbed. guys are always going on the DL or finished for the season and teams with those players still compete. I don't know about these subtleties you speak of in the NFL but I see no real difference in drafting football vs baseball. Baseball - larger rosters, more players going, more games and a much longer season.I disagree. Baseball is such a numbers driven sport, you can create an excellent fantasy baseball team without ever actually watching a single game, all you gotta do is look at some stats and watch the box scores. Fantasy football, especially dynasty leagues, requires watching the player in live games, stats don't tell the whole story. And I find that opinions differ much more on the top rookies each year. So I'd say fantasy football requires more skill, fantasy baseball requires more time/effort.It's really not even close. I started a FB League with a buddy 4 years ago and he promptly quit playing FF.
More skill involved in FB than FF.
Football - once a week, small rosters, if two studs under-perform, say good bye to your week. And if you're lucky enough to avoid a serious injury to one of your first few round picks you might get luckier than the next guy.
I consistently hammer baseball leagues and do okay in football. Maybe I'm just really lucky at baseball.
And I don't think it's a league issue with me. Fantasy Football has smaller rosters. that's just how it is. And I'm not really confident you're going to lose MJD and replace him with someone off of waivers who gives you 75% of his production. Once in a blue moon they'll be someone out there that comes out of nowhere but generally any receiver or rb with any talent whatsoever is picked as a flier for potential. In baseball you have call ups. You constantly have to pay attention to things. Reading stats from the minors, keeping your eyes on guys who may be getting the call. There's none of that in football. It's pretty much draft the most valuable guy, hope to get some great mid to late round value and pray your studs stay healthy. I used to disagree fantasy football was luck but I'd say it's a lot more luck than those cats that play in 12 leagues would like to admit.I mean honestly, we're heads up for the championship and I lose Aaron Rodgers to a minimal injury. Green Bay has clinched in the game he was injured in. He could easily play week 16 but the Pack has a 3 game lead on Minnesota. They decide to rest him. My back-up is Stafford who throws up a clunker. I lose.I've seen scenarios like this play out for years. That's not skill. I was just unlucky enough to draft a stud who was given a week off because he had a shoulder strain. 30% Skill70% Luck
