Roto vs. Head to Head: The Shifting Industry

[Big Tymer]

In our football league this year, many of whom are in the baseball league, we had the 8 seed beat the 6 seed for the championship, and people really liked that.

See, in baseball that would piss me off (and it frustrates me in football too which is why I'm down to 1 league). Why spend the entire year compliling stats to then allow for the randomness of a small sample playoff format to determine the winner. No thanks.

[Hornsby]

See, in baseball that would piss me off (and it frustrates me in football too which is why I'm down to 1 league). Why spend the entire year compliling stats to then allow for the randomness of a small sample playoff format to determine the winner. No thanks.

Exactly...I play in a H-H points league and I consider my self to have a very good team. I finish towards the top each year, and I've yet to even get in the championship week, due to someone with a lesser team having more 2 start pitchers, or something similar.

I'll take the season long grind of roto, and the accurate results that you end up with every day of the week.

[Judge Jude]

I think weekly transactions are a relic of Roto days when we were bound by antiquated league sites and/or pen-and-paper data crunching. Head-to-Head leagues are much more fun with daily transactions.

said no owner's wife or child, ever

[Pogues]

Because any H2H league worth its salt is also a daily league. If you're playing in a head-to-head league with weekly starts, you're doing it wrong.

Well that doesn't even make any sense. If the "game" is for the week, then you should set your starters before the "game" starts. The only way that makes sense is if your starting lineup for each day is the 8 fielding positions, a SP, and a RP. Then I could see setting lineups each day.

[Pogues]

Our 21-year old league is debating this as well-Always played roto, but we may switch to h2h this year. I agree-the proliferation of fantasy football has spurred us to go this direction, playing the h2h format in football. In our football league this year, many of whom are in the baseball league, we had the 8 seed beat the 6 seed for the championship, and people really liked that.

Unless you have 20 teams in your league, why are you even letting 8 teams into the playoffs?

[revo]

Because any H2H league worth its salt is also a daily league. If you're playing in a head-to-head league with weekly starts, you're doing it wrong.

This is just a bad assumption.

[swampdragon]

Don't let that bastard stepchild fantasy football pollute fantasy baseball

we could play checkers instead of chess too - head to head - yuck

[Rush]

Don't let that bastard stepchild fantasy football pollute fantasy baseball

Couldn't agree more.

[Rush]

See, in baseball that would piss me off (and it frustrates me in football too which is why I'm down to 1 league). Why spend the entire year compliling stats to then allow for the randomness of a small sample playoff format to determine the winner. No thanks.

Agreed. I, too, have all but quit fantasy football for the reason that dumb luck wins too often over the best team.

[willthethrill]

Unless you have 20 teams in your league, why are you even letting 8 teams into the playoffs?

14 team league. We moved from 6 to 8 make the playoffs last year.

[DMT]

I got talked into switching to H2H 6 or 7 years ago. After 3 years I'd had enough and convinced the league to return to Roto, and everyone is happy we switched back. Baseball is not a weekly game so it makes no sense to play weekly matchup, especially with the unequal number of starts in most matchups.

[kldub4life]

This thread is pretty much a complete reading of mind mind on the topic from both points of view.

I definitely prefer Roto, but living where I live and wanting to locally compete I'm needing to adjust.

Strategy wise I could right a book on Roto, but I feel like a newbie in Head 2 Head.

Also I am married with 2 kids, and extremely active in my church so my time management is a serious issue.

[onejayhawk]

This is just a bad assumption.

very bad

we could play checkers instead of chess too - head to head - yuck

It would be more poker vs bridge

J

[Pogues]

I definitely prefer Roto, but living where I live and wanting to locally compete I'm needing to adjust.

For love of the game...you do what you gotta do.

[chancellor]

Don't let that bastard stepchild fantasy football pollute fantasy baseball

Your back cover advertiser for that mag you just wrote 210 pitching evaluations for would like to speak to you.

As elD said, preach, brotha!