Andrew Cashner season stats for those of us in CBS leagues

[NL Only]

If you visit his player page you will see the error pointed out by a user at the top of the comments:
If you own Cashner in a seasonal roto league, CBS still has the stats for him screwed up. In week 4, they charged him with 8 ER (instead of 6) - and it hasn't been fixed yet. When you run a custom report, his ERA is higher than it should be (off by 2 ER) so your team's aggregated ERA is still off by 2 ER (his WHIP is also off by 1 hit). CBS was emailed about this back in week 4 and, pathetically, they still haven't addressed it.

I e-mailed CBS to fix this just tonight when I learned about it but maybe if we gang up on them, it will actually happen.

Also, if anyone has a phone number for CBS fantasy sports other than the 877 number, which I'll try...

We do pay for them to have accurate stats

Thanks

[Pauly]

One thing Ive learned about CBS - ganging up on them has literally zero effect. And they dont have phones.

[revo]

In my CBS leagues, I show Cashner with 6 ER total for his starts on April 21 & April 26, so I assume they fixed it.

[NL Only]

Here's what they had to say:
This is an issue where the stats came in after the 7 days window we get from Elias. That being said if a stat comes in after the 7 day window we will not update the stats.

And Revo if you run a custom report for the team that has Cashner, that's how you will see that the extra hit & 2 ER are still part of the team's totals.

As one might guess, I have him and ERA is really tight so I'm quite unhappy. We do pay them for accurate stats perhaps above all...

[revo]

Here's what they had to say:
This is an issue where the stats came in after the 7 days window we get from Elias. That being said if a stat comes in after the 7 day window we will not update the stats.

And Revo if you run a custom report for the team that has Cashner, that's how you will see that the extra hit & 2 ER are still part of the team's totals.

As one might guess, I have him and ERA is really tight so I'm quite unhappy. We do pay them for accurate stats perhaps above all...

You are right, I stand corrected.

[revo]

I think this is a very debatable subject, though. Stat changes can go both ways.

If this were fantasy football and a stat changed after 7 days, most FF leagues (and sites) would disallow it. Of course, if the owner who gains points from the change found out, and if it were a close game, I'm sure he would protest -- as would an owner who found himself on the receiving end of a stat change.

I think most fantasy baseball sites have to draw a cutoff somewhere, and 7-days seems appropriate to be honest.

[Sour Masher]

I gotta ask...what does CBS offer that is worth paying for? How is it better than ESPN? All I hear are horror stories but somehow they still get people's money.

Not that this in itself is a deal breaker but there are lots of stories from folks who seem to hate and still use CBS. Why?

[NL Only]

Good question...for the archives in one place online? Habit? It's not for the articles, which I suppose would be available to anyone. I like the CBS interface but ESPN is not bad either, though I've only used it for Head-to-Head

Fair point Revo...guess I wish I hadn't noticed it is all. I agree that for Head-to-Head (like the football example), I would not be in favor either, but for cumulative roto, I say get it right, even if past the cut-off. Of course if a stat change were to come days after the final game of the season, that would not fly so I see both sides...

[DMT]

I gotta ask...what does CBS offer that is worth paying for? How is it better than ESPN? All I hear are horror stories but somehow they still get people's money.

Not that this in itself is a deal breaker but there are lots of stories from folks who seem to hate and still use CBS. Why?

Two reasons: 1) they have a contract field (neither ESPN nor Yahoo has one last I checked...critical for keeper leagues), and 2) archives (it's nice being able to go back and see past standings/stats with a couple clicks)

[bryanbutler]

Two reasons: 1) they have a contract field (neither ESPN nor Yahoo has one last I checked...critical for keeper leagues), and 2) archives (it's nice being able to go back and see past standings/stats with a couple clicks)

^this.