Bobcat10
Footballguy
I'm in what I think is a great keeper league, but we've run into competitive balance concerns by the commish and he is thinking about making major overhauls. Depending who you talk to, there are 2-4 teams that people think are so far ahead of the game that they can't be challenged for years. I think that's kinda lame (and yes I'm one of those teams, but no I'm not the commish). The commish is concerned that owners will start dropping out and essentially ruin the league.
What rules do you have in place that help maintain some balance in keeper leagues?
I'll list out some detail of our league in case you want to specifically address issues you see/ideas you have (both would be greatly appreciated):
-- One owner already quit during last season....so we are contracting right now from 14 to 12 teams. This is actually a great thing IMO as the player pool will grow. Going with 14 teams was one of the major flubs right from the start.
-- Points league (let's not go here) with weekly H2H matchups and playoffs. Start one at each hitting position (and one UTIL), 3 outfielders, 8 starts of pitching, and 2 RP. Two div winners and two WC teams make the top part of the playoff system. The rest of the teams play for draft pick slot in two seperate groups (worst teams for 1-4 for example).
-- Keeper setup: 9 major league keepers and 5 minor league keepers. The minor league keepers get a little tricky because a rule is in place where you can keep 2 players per season that eclipse 130AB or 50IP during the season as minor leaguers in the next offseason. After that, they must be major league keepers.
-- Draft goes 1-12 for the first three rounds and then serpentine until the end.
edit: The commish, who comes to me for advice, is thinking of lowering major keepers to 4 or 5 and increasing minor league keepers a bit. I see this as a huge overhaul moving the league closer to a redraft than I'd like. He agrees, but his major concern is to keep the league together and not have people drop out.
Thank you.
What rules do you have in place that help maintain some balance in keeper leagues?
I'll list out some detail of our league in case you want to specifically address issues you see/ideas you have (both would be greatly appreciated):
-- One owner already quit during last season....so we are contracting right now from 14 to 12 teams. This is actually a great thing IMO as the player pool will grow. Going with 14 teams was one of the major flubs right from the start.
-- Points league (let's not go here) with weekly H2H matchups and playoffs. Start one at each hitting position (and one UTIL), 3 outfielders, 8 starts of pitching, and 2 RP. Two div winners and two WC teams make the top part of the playoff system. The rest of the teams play for draft pick slot in two seperate groups (worst teams for 1-4 for example).
-- Keeper setup: 9 major league keepers and 5 minor league keepers. The minor league keepers get a little tricky because a rule is in place where you can keep 2 players per season that eclipse 130AB or 50IP during the season as minor leaguers in the next offseason. After that, they must be major league keepers.
-- Draft goes 1-12 for the first three rounds and then serpentine until the end.
edit: The commish, who comes to me for advice, is thinking of lowering major keepers to 4 or 5 and increasing minor league keepers a bit. I see this as a huge overhaul moving the league closer to a redraft than I'd like. He agrees, but his major concern is to keep the league together and not have people drop out.
Thank you.
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