CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Partnership

by Freneau on Mar 8, 2010 5:37 PM EST in Events

We've had a RR league for a few years here and its been fun. It's also a keeper league and openings are rare. For that reason, I feel comfortable announcing this...

SB Nation and CBSSports.com have partnered up this spring, just in time for the latest fantasy baseball season. The long and short of the deal is this: I am starting a league and if you want to start your own league, with your own friends, you can get half off if you do so through Royals Review, specifically, through clicking this link. The deal is full-blown fantasy, for half-price. Also, if you do it through that link, I'll get a small kickback.

If you want to be in my league, email me (royalsnightly at yahoo). There is no cost to be in my league. You just have to take the time to setup an account on CBSSports.com. Not sure on the specifics of my league yet, but it will be saber friendly. I've never been in a fancy paid league, so this should be interesting. Plus, I'm terrible at this stuff, so people that hate me... get in on this. So that's for my league. If you want to start your own, composed of all your former in-laws or twins or former Royals or guys you did time with or whatever, then click this link.

So why should you consider CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball?

This product won 8 out of 9 Fantasy Sports Trade Association Awards for "Best Fantasy Baseball Commissioner League Management Product
You can customize entire league the way you want...rules, scores, teams + more

There is LIVE scoring & stats so you can follow along as your teams rack up points
Keeper league capability to carry on the tradition for many seasons to come
Expert analysis provides up-to-date information on all players & teams
Live chat/league messenger to trash talk with your competition
14-Day Free Trial included

So, if you want to be in the RR league, let me know. First come first serve. I have it set for 20 teams right now, and I'm going to use saber-informed stats and some needlessly complicated divisional setup.

CBSSports.com is an SB Nation partner and paying sponsor of the SB Nation baseball communities. This post is one of a series of sponsor endorsed posts related to the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner League.

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we have a few entires coming in

by Freneau on Mar 8, 2010 5:43 PM EST reply actions

do people have strong thoughts on roto versus head to head

I hate points, so that option is off the table

by Freneau on Mar 8, 2010 5:45 PM EST reply actions

email sent

prefer Roto, but can live with whatever.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby

by MidTNRoyalsFan on Mar 8, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions

and again

EMAIL ME

I know many of you don’t use primary email accounts for your SBN accounts, so just posting a comment here alone won’t help me much

by Freneau on Mar 8, 2010 5:48 PM EST reply actions

Marked as Spam

by focs on Mar 8, 2010 6:37 PM EST reply actions

they both have their pluses

Roto is probably more of a marathon, the problem being that guys who get way behind will not keep playing sometimes, but it is a little more strategy oriented. (sometimes you can make your team worse but pick up more points because of a close packed category vs. one that is not)

Head to head can be done by roto categories or points. I assume you would prefer categories (if you want it to be more sabermetrical) There can either be 1 victory per week or points for each category. (i.e. if you won 7 out of ten categories against your opponent, your record would be 7-3 for that week) Points for each category gives alot of wins and losses, but it is a more true barometer. The main advantage of head to head is a much bigger opportunity for trash talk and direct competition, which sometimes keeps the bottom half teams interested throughout the season.

In the end, whatever the format, the rules are the same for everyone.

Is it safe?

by KHAZAD on Mar 8, 2010 6:50 PM EST reply actions