Rules

I've made some changes to the stat categories, and I think they represent what I would like to see as the final cut. That doesn't mean that these are inflexible, it's just that there would have to be significant opposition to them. The idea last year was to make things all accumulative rather than %. That did not work. What we have here are 6 categories on each side that I think we can all agree are important and can prep a draft for. They are:

R, HR, RBI, AVG, OBP, SLG

and

W, L, HR, K, ERA, WHIP

Each side has a "net" category: Net steals for offense and net saves for pitching. I think this adds an interesting wrinkle to these stats and brings them more into line with who is actually good who just tries a lot. I'm looking at you, Joe Borowski.

Each side also has a"fluke" stat: Hitting for the Cycle and pitching a no-hitter. They happen at about the same rate (very rarely), but hey, if you get one, you should get something special.

We have removed IP as a pitching stat, but we have kept our 35 minimum innings.

There has been a fair amount of complaint about the success that "elbow grease" can insure in the league. In order to curb that slightly, I've added a 5 move per week limit. That number results from averaging the number of moves made last year and dividing it by the number of weeks. So, Dan, instead of taking the time to make 12 moves a week, you can spend that time really thinking about which 5 you want to make. I hope the sense of this is clear, but grousers are welcome to email me and we'll see if we can come to common ground.

OK, that's it. Looking forward to finishing in 7th place.

-Commish