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Ya, Doc. Feel free to chop it up and make your own system. I'd be interested in how you guys scored the old AOL leagues, or whatever system you're feeling.
The offense in that system is actually really accurate in assessing raw hitting value. I slightly overestimated GIDP to account for baserunning which may underrate players that hit with a lot guys on base by a hair, but its very close to accounting for raw offensive value.
The problem is defense. With no reliable way of accounting for defense, the MIs, Cs, and CFs, can't catch up to the massive bats in the corners. We probably won't be able to either until new metrics are included..
The SP is a little bit less so, but very lose as well. Ks should be around 2 points and RA should be closer to -8 in reality. That would actually decreases the spread of elite talent vs average talent, I artifically increased it to create more premium for pitchers to match the bats. Increasing Ks to 3 points seperated the talent even further..Closers are massively overvalued of course, but thats true in all fantasy leagues..
If we had a method for assessing defense and moved the pitching metrics back to a more realistic level, the elite hitters and pitchers would trend down and defensive position players back up. Thats the ideal, but it would be tough until we can adjust for defense. I'll admit, its still in the experimental mode.. but more just because the stats aren't available yet.
All in all, ya, chop that sucker up. :-)