AcerFC
Footballguy
Id advise people to try this one out as well. You get a LOT for the $5 from what I can see and I'm going to use it for my draft on Monday
For $5 it looks like a worthwhile buy. Thanks for the find Acer.
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Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
Do you know if this is possible for a points league this year? I am trying to be a bit proactive and look at software with some time before my draft this year.
Dickie Dunn
Footballguy
A little help?
I was going through my stuff from last season and I found an Excel file that broke down pitching into tiers that I thought was pretty helpful.
Problem is ... stupid me, I forgot where I found it and never made a note of it.
It categorizes the tiers by "Emperors", "Kings", "Archdukes", "Dukes", "Princes" ... etc.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
I was going through my stuff from last season and I found an Excel file that broke down pitching into tiers that I thought was pretty helpful.
Problem is ... stupid me, I forgot where I found it and never made a note of it.
It categorizes the tiers by "Emperors", "Kings", "Archdukes", "Dukes", "Princes" ... etc.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
The Flying Elvis
Footballguy
Sounds something that Razzball would do. Other guess would be Sporer Pitching Guide if you paid for it.
rodg12
Footballguy
That's Sporer's tiers from last year. Verlander/Price/Kershaw/Strasburg as Emperors.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Dickie Dunn
Footballguy
I thought that might be the case. I did pay for the guide last year, but hadn't yet this season.
Thanks!
dparker713
Footballguy
Its a significant time investment, but making your own draft spreadsheet is a significant advantage. Pulling in multiple projections and deciding on which one to use wholesale or piecemeal allows you to be much more prepared for the split second decisions needed in an auction.
Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
I am still looking for good draft software that has separate OF positions. Anybody know of one?
Billy Bats
Footballguy
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
There is no such software for fantasy. We simply don't have the technology.
Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
It does list the positions separately, but the rankings are not done based on separate positions.Billy Bats said:
rodg12
Footballguy
Buckfast 1
Footballguy
I've had some real issues with the Fantistics software this year. The app worked for a few days, but now every time I open the draft app, it immediately crashes with some type of 321 run time error. I've uninstalled and re-installed several times and have tried to clean the registry, but I've been unable to fix the problem. It could be a problem locally on my computer, but I don't know why it would have just started up out of nowhere. I need to contact them today to see if they can help me fix it. I've been pretty frustrated that my $70 draft app hasn't been working at all.Billy Bats said:
Billy Bats
Footballguy
I haven't had any issues.
Don't blame you for the frustration, give them a shout I'm sure they'll help you out. GL.
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Buckfast 1
Footballguy
I read through the FAQs section on their website today and found some information about how to fix the issue. I think the league draft results file must have gotten corrupted somehow. Once I deleted the league draft results and started anew, the issue now seems to be fixed. I just had to re-enter about 200 picks from the Cakeleeg draft today.I haven't had any issues.
Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
bump. I am still looking.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
I took a couple years off of Fantasy baseball and I'm making my return this season. I'm in a 14 team, 16-keeper, head-to-head points league and I'm looking for a new software to use? What's the latest and greatest out now?
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
@Captain Hook
@The Ref
@rodg12
@mquinnjr
@guru_007
@Billy Bats
@Tuco
@Wrigley
@Don Quixote
@Eephus
Are you guys still using a software for fantasy? If so which ones and can you help with the above?
mquinnjr
Footballguy
Used Rotowire last year, but that was because I had 0 time to do pre-draft prep and needed something. Was OK for my auction, but want to look around at other offerings for 2017, with Rotowire as the backstop.
Billy Bats
Footballguy
@Bigboy10182000
Fantistics is still my go to, been using it for years and still happy with the results. Has a live draft day dominator and all the in-season stuff (probably too much) you need. I'm probably just comfortable with it by now to bother looking at other options. If my team stunk every year I would change it up but I'm in contention every season partly due to them.
Eta: also in a h2h points/keeper league.
Fantistics is still my go to, been using it for years and still happy with the results. Has a live draft day dominator and all the in-season stuff (probably too much) you need. I'm probably just comfortable with it by now to bother looking at other options. If my team stunk every year I would change it up but I'm in contention every season partly due to them.
Eta: also in a h2h points/keeper league.
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rodg12
Footballguy
For my auction I use a custom spreadsheet now that combines values from LABR, BaseballHQ and Baseball Prospectus.
I'm not sure what you are looking for here....
I've used Rotowire in the past as I liked their draft software.
HOWEVER, the past 2-3 years I haven't used anything other than my own projections. I had a great year last year and have decided to do 15+ leagues this year and decided to get Rotowire software.
NOT a fan. In fact, this thing is ####### awful. They made some interface changes, and this thing sucks. Quite honestly, I'm probably going to ask for my money back for the first time ever with any fantasy sports product. I'd avoid at all costs. I actually was optimistic as I saw they snagged a few columnists (including Todd Zola of mastersball who I see now contributes there and I'm a fan), but this product is just ####.
There's my two cents.
I've used Rotowire in the past as I liked their draft software.
HOWEVER, the past 2-3 years I haven't used anything other than my own projections. I had a great year last year and have decided to do 15+ leagues this year and decided to get Rotowire software.
NOT a fan. In fact, this thing is ####### awful. They made some interface changes, and this thing sucks. Quite honestly, I'm probably going to ask for my money back for the first time ever with any fantasy sports product. I'd avoid at all costs. I actually was optimistic as I saw they snagged a few columnists (including Todd Zola of mastersball who I see now contributes there and I'm a fan), but this product is just ####.
There's my two cents.
gump
Footballguy
Dickie Dunn
Footballguy
I've used a couple of different ones, including Fantastics.
I like Draft Buddy's spreadsheet, but IMO his player pool just isn't deep enough. I find that even in a 10-teamer with 21-man rosters that guys are picked who are "off the board," and forget the majority of minor leaguers.
Fantastics is pricey, but I've been happy with it, for the most part. However, one issue I've had is that you have to designate a roster position every time you draft a player and it's hard to move them around toward the end. For instance, if it thinks you need a 1B even though you have one eligible slotted at another spot, it tries to force you into taking a 1B. Stuff like that.
You can pay for just the draft software, the in-season stuff or both.
I like Draft Buddy's spreadsheet, but IMO his player pool just isn't deep enough. I find that even in a 10-teamer with 21-man rosters that guys are picked who are "off the board," and forget the majority of minor leaguers.
Fantastics is pricey, but I've been happy with it, for the most part. However, one issue I've had is that you have to designate a roster position every time you draft a player and it's hard to move them around toward the end. For instance, if it thinks you need a 1B even though you have one eligible slotted at another spot, it tries to force you into taking a 1B. Stuff like that.
You can pay for just the draft software, the in-season stuff or both.
Mr.Pack
Footballguy
I used Fantastics last year and found it difficult to navigate. Very confusing.
Used Masterball and really liked it, but it's not very customizable. Had help from Todd Zola to formulate it for my league, but last year he told he didn't have time to help me, so I went with Fantastics. If you're a computer programmer and need to customize Masterball, you'll do fine. I am not and just couldn't get it.
Mr.Pack
Footballguy
@Captain Hook
@Todd Zola
Is your Mastersball customizable yet for someone who's not very proficient with Excel? Or is it still only for normal 5x5 etc leagues?
I play in a 6x6:
K,QS,ERA, WHIP,SV, HD
HR, OBP, R, AVG, SB, RBI
Loved your program but couldn't figure out to customize it without Todds help. WOuld be wiling to pay again if you can explain how to customize to a clown like me.
@Todd Zola
Is your Mastersball customizable yet for someone who's not very proficient with Excel? Or is it still only for normal 5x5 etc leagues?
I play in a 6x6:
K,QS,ERA, WHIP,SV, HD
HR, OBP, R, AVG, SB, RBI
Loved your program but couldn't figure out to customize it without Todds help. WOuld be wiling to pay again if you can explain how to customize to a clown like me.
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