Draft Street $250 Free Roll
April 11th, 2012 | by Ray Flowers |
It’s that time of year again. The time when hope springs eternal. You’ve all drafted your fantasy squads for 2012, but do you find yourself wanting more. Are you ready for the next mountain to climb? If you are, I think I might have an answer on what your next move could be.
How about signing up for a free daily fantasy baseball game with DraftStreet.com? Simply click on the just mentioned link which will take you to the landing page to sign up for this contest (if you’re already a member of the DraftStreet family you can also simply go to the above link to get signed up). You’ll have a chance to put together a salary cap team for the one day event (you can play day after day if you’d like). What are the rules? As I mentioned you choose a salary cap roster to fill the following roster spots:
Daily: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, 3 OF, 2 U, 2 SP, 1 RP and 1 P (14 starters total)
You don’t have some massive roster to put together. You just choose the best 14 options that you can roster, based on their predetermined cost, and your team will be ready to compete for some cash. As for the actual scoring, here is how that works out.
POINT SCORING
HITTING PITCHING
1B 1 pt BBI -.25 pts
2B 2 pts HA -.25 pts
3B 3 pts HB -.25 pts
BB .8 pts ER -.75 pts
HR 4 pts INN .75 pts
HP .8 pts K .75 pts
R 1.5 pts L -.75 pts
RBI 1.5 pts S 3 pts
SB 2 pts W 1.5 pts
KO -1 pt CG 1 pt
GDP -1 pt BS -.75 pts
CS -1 pt
SAC .8 pts
Note: Pitchers will not receive any hitting stats, nor will hitters receive pitching stats.
How MUCH CAN YOU WIN IN THE $250 FREE ROLL?
1st $90.00
2nd $60.00
3rd $40.00
4th $30.00
5th $20.00
6th $10.00
Not bad for a free sign up, now is it?
And again, it’s FREE to sign up and play.
The freeroll starts on Friday April 13th at 1:05 est, so make sure you have your roster in by then.
So there it is.
Sign up is FREE.
You can win real money – for FREE.
By Ray Flowers
Tags: Draft Street, Free roll, Freeroll
By jeff in nnj on Apr 11, 2012
Ray, where were you tonight? Total chaos on the drive; Kyle telling a caller to drop Nicasio for some middling reliever guy.
Anyway, my premise is that Ron Shandler is right (Santana plan) versus a majority of the hosts on SiriusXm (wait on pitching full stop). Yes, you wait on pitchers, but only after you grab one of the 5 or 6 studs. I drafted Halladay in the first round, then waited until Matt Moore in the 8th round. My view is that you have the first six pitchers, and then the “field” in terms of rankings with some tiering involved. Thoughts?
By Ray Flowers on Apr 11, 2012
Jeff in NJ – I was away today to tend to a family matter.
The last three years, there have been an average of three SPs in the top-15 players each season. Problem – each year the trio has been different. There is very little consistency in terms of SPs, even the elites waiver a bit, so you really don’t know which guys are the “right” ones to build around. If you choose the right one, fine. If you choose the wrong one, the most likely outcome given the recent history, you’re really putting yourself behind the 8-ball taking a guy at the top of your draft that only, best case scenario, is only helping you in four categories.
By jeff in nnj on Apr 11, 2012
Hi Ray
Apologies; just busting your chops on the drive thing.
Couldn’t you say the same thing, though, about hitters taken in the first 2 rounds? I have always been an advocate of waiting on pitchers (not quite as extreme as Shandler’s LIMA plan given our league scoring system), but this year I decided to take 1 stud and then wait on pitchers (tagged as “Santana plan” by Shandler). So far this year, there seems to be no difference between the 11th ranked pitcher and the 35th ranked pitcher
By Nick on Apr 11, 2012
Standard league
Venters/Humber or Greg Holland/J. Sanchez
Thanks.
By Ray Flowers on Apr 11, 2012
Jeff in NJJ – It’s been a week. We need a lot more data in order to draw a conclusion on any “plan.” Also, hitters are traditionally more consistent than hurlers, but it’s obviously not a lock that it’s always the case.