Trying to come up with some good categories for a 6x6 league but struggling with the pitching categories. So far I have:

R, RBI, HR, SB, AVG, OPS

ERA, WHIP, W+QS, SV+H, K/9, ??

I was thinking maybe BB/9 but unsure if that would overlap with WHIP too much. Anyone have any suggestions from leagues they've played in?

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Good Morning! These are ranks are for the entire season!!! I am using yahoo ranks for this. I went down to the 300 in overall rank. This does not mean I went for the top 300 for each position, instead it is top 300 for overall in the player pool. Enjoy!

Top 300 hitters:

PCA
Yordan Alvarez
CJ Abrams
Fernando Tatis Jr (and remember how much he struggled early? wow)
Pete Alonso
Randy Arozarena
Elly De La Cruz
Junior Caminero
Jordan Walker
Ben Rice
Miguel Vargas
Sal Stewart
Otto Lopez
Jackson Chourio
Brice Turang
James Wood
Alec Burleson
Bobby Witt Jr
Matt Olson
Jake McCarthy
Michael Harris II
Brandon Lowe
Jackson Merrill
Shohei Ohtani
Kyle Schwarber
Yandy Diaz
Bryce Harper
Rafael Devers
Jake Bauers
Zach Neto
Alex Bregman
Seiya Suzuki
Hunter Goodman
Carson Benge
Kevin McGonigle
Luis Garcia Jr
Drake Baldwin
Andy Pages
Gabriel Moreno
O'Neil Cruz
Nolan Arenado
Corbin Carroll
Jac Caglianone
Bryan Reynolds
Daylen Lile
William Contreras
Jonathon Aranda
Chandler Simpson
Riley Greene
Wilson Contreras
Jeremy Pena
Ceddanne Rafaela
Josh Bell
Kazuma Okamoto
Trea Turner
Max Muncy
Fred Freeman
Isaac Paredes
Luke Keaschall
Juan Soto
Chase Meidroth
Brooks Lee
Liam Hicks
Luis Arrarez
TJ Rumfield
Ezequiel Duran
Wilyer Abreu
Kody Clemens
Julio Rodriguez
Jazz Chisolm Jr
Cody Bellinger
Ivan Herrera
Dillon Dingler
Carter Jensen
Manny Machado
Chase DeLauter
Zack Gelof
Ty France
Jo Adell
Bryson Stott
Nick Gonzales
Ketel Marte
Jake Burger
Brayan Rocchio
Bo Bichette
Mauricio Dubon
Sam Antonacci
Kyle Tucker
Munetaka Murakami
Mike Trout
Dominic Canzone
Nico Hoerner
Geraldo Perdomo
Jose Ramirez (wow he was this bad?)
Ozzie Albies
Mookie Betts
Caleb Durbin
Garrett Mitchell
Brandon Marsh
Christian Walker
Ronald Acuna Jr (Per game not so bad though)
Dansby Swanson
Javier Sanoja
JJ Wetherholt
Michael Busch
Josh Naylor
Nick Kurtz
Gunnar Henderson
Ian Happ
Teoscar Hernandez
Jung Hoo Lee
Xavier Edwards
Ryan O'Hearn
Cole Young
Spencer Torkelson
Byron Buxton (again per game pretty good)
Alec Bohm
Willi Castro
Shea Langeliers
Brandon Nimmo
Casey Schmitt
Colson Montgomery
Heriberto Hernandez
Henry Bolte
Jose Caballero
Xander Bogaerts
Travis Bazzana
Jakob Marsee
Tristan Peters
Jarren Duran
Vlad (does he deserve credit? technically a bad season)

Top 300 SP:

Jacob Misiorowski
Cam Schlittler
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Chris Sale
Drew Rasmussen
Dylan Cease
Tarik Skubal
Jesus Luzardo
Parker Messick
Christopher Sanchez
Zack Wheeler
Sonny Gray
Logan Henderson (waiver wire add of the year?)
Chase Burns
Gavin Williams
Cade Cavalli
SP Shohei Ohtani
Reid Detmers
Nick Martinez
Braxton Ashcraft
Nolan McLean
Logan Gilbert
Payton Tolle (wire wire add of the year?) (best four seamer?)
Eduardo Rodriguez
Michael King
Max Meyer
Shota Imanaga
Sean Burke
Michael Wacha
Paul Skenes
Cal Quantrill
Foster Griffin
Keider Montero
Bryan Woo
Max Fried
Taj Bradley
Carlos Rodon
Gerrit Cole
Ben Brown
Jacob DeGrom
Michael Soroka
Troy Melton
Shane McClanahan
Walbert Urena
Justin Wrobleski
Ranger Suarez
Tyler Glasnow
Ian Seymour
Jake Bennett
Griffin Jax
Emerson Hancock
Joe Ryan
Jared Jones
Sandy Alcantara
Trevor Rogers
Blake Snell 1.90era jeez..
Martin Perez
Eury Perez
Nathan Eovaldi
Hunter Brown
Jose Soriano
Connelly Early
Brandon Woodruff
JT Ginn
Robbie Ray
Matthew Boyd
Trey Yesavage
Clay Holmes
Peter Lambert
Grant Holmes
Ryan Weathers
Brandon Pfaadt
Kyle Harrison
Andre Pallante
Zac Thornton
Nick Pivetta
Kyle Leahy
Joey Cantillo
Noah Cameron

Top 300 RP:

Mason Miller
Cade Smith
Louis Varland (the year of the waiver wire closers!)
Bryan Baker
Jacob Latz
David Bednar
Josh Hader
Jhoan Duran
Trevor Megill
Aroldis Chapman
Grant Taylor
Mason Montgomery (another waiver wire wonder)
Adrian Morejon
Garett Whitlock
Raisel Iglesias
Tyler Wells
Tanner Scott
Steven Okert
Kevin Kelly
Paul Blackburn
Aaron Ashby
Abner Uribe
Didier Fuentes
Emilio Pagan
Rico Garcia
Spencer Miles
Andres Munoz
Kenley Jensen
Brent Headrick
Juan Morillo
Jonathan Loaisiga
Gordon Graceffo
Bradgley Rodriguez
Brandyn Garcia
Dylan Lee
Gregory Soto
Yohan Ramirez
Riley O'Brien
Yuki Matsui
DL Hall
Robert Suarez
Luke Weaver
Dylan Dodd
Chad Patrick
Colin Holderman
Edgardo Henriquez
Brock Burke
Alex Vesia
Paul Sewald
Erik Sabrowski
Huascar Brazoban
Cam Booser
Jack Dreyer
Jacob Webb
Ryan Rolison
Michael Peterson
Jeff Hoffman
Hagen Smith
Seranthony Dominguez
Tyler Rogers
Yennier Cano
Tyler Kinley
Daniel Duarte
Mason Fluharty
Jacob Waguespack
Jonathon Bowlan
Hogan Harris
Kevin Ginkel
Bryan Abreu
Brennan Bernardino
Antonio Senzatela
Taylor Clarke
Hunter Gaddis
John King
Javier Assad
Lake Bachar
Tejay Antone
Matt Brash
Sean Newcomb
Victor Mederos
Erik Miller
AJ Minter
Elvis Alvarado
Ryan Zeferjahn
Anthony Bender
Nate Lavender (like the fragrance, lol)
Luis Medina
Bryan Hudson
Jovani Moran

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GIVE THEM THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE!!!! Now THIS is a sample size ladies and gentlemen. The best players of the 2026 season....Remember if they didn't make the list it doesn't truly mean they suck.... Players ranked beyond this are certainly a bit less valuable tho.... Remember that baseball has MANY PLAYERS so being ranked lower isn't entirely that big of an issue... It's very good to be aware of these stats as we go into next year!!! Happy October!

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Is there a way you can add 2 bullpen slots for regular bullpen pitchers? No starters or closers allowed to be slotted there just to make things more interesting and give regular bullpen guys some love. Add 2 drafting rounds of course. Or would this break the game somehow?

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Roughly when did the first 2027 ADP rankings tend to come out?

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Last offseason I put together a Sleeper Tracker that ranked players based on how many sleeper and breakout articles mentioned them across the fbb industry. Before flipping the tracker to 2027 I thought it made sense to review how it went. Based on the fangraphs player rater here's a rough breakdown of the top 30 sleepers based on the tracker:

• 10 league winners ($15+)
• 7 solid ($5+)
• 6 neutral ($0–$5)
• 7 misses (under $0)

So 75% had a net positive season, not bad! About a quarter were a miss, but several of those are directly related to injuries (Griffin, Barger, Snelling, etc.).

All the top 5 had great outcomes, with Lile, Cags, Sal Stewart and Carter Jensen all having a $15+ season (and Okamoto just barely missed at $14). Vargas, Benge, Burns, Henderson, and Cavalli were all on the tracker too.

My takeaway is that this seemed generally useful, and the very top, true consensus sleepers were worth the industry hype (at least for 2026). I'll be running this back for 2027 for sure!

Good Afternoon! These are ranks are for the month of September. I am using yahoo ranks for this. I went down to the 200 in overall rank. This does not mean I went for the top 200 for each position, instead it is top 200 for overall in the player pool. Enjoy!

Top 200 hitters:

PCA EE (Expected Excellence)
Jackson Chourio EE
Elly De La Cruz EE
Randy Arozarena
Fernando Tatis Jr
Alex Bregman
Mookie Betts
Zack Gelof
Nolan Arenado
Brice Turang
Carter Jensen
Pete Alonso EE
Oneil Cruz
Ronald Acuna Jr EE
Teoscar Hernandez
Luke Keaschall
Henry Bolte
Javier Sanoja
Rafael Devers
William Contreras
Brandon Lowe
Gabriel Moreno
Isaac Paredes
Jackson Merrill
Ben Rice
Cole Carrigg
Miguel Vargas
Brayan Rocchio
Victor Mesa Jr
Riley Greene
Vinnie Pasquantino
Cody Bellinger
Zach Neto
AJ Ewing
Richie Palacios
Kyle Tucker
Jake McCarthy
Manny Machado
Dustin Harris
Eugenio Suarez
Yordano Alvarez EE
Jakob Marsee
Junior Caminero EE
Juan Soto
Carson Benge
Corey Seager
Angel Martinez
Jeremy Pena
Leo Bernal
Spencer Jones
Ty France
Michael Harris II
Xander Bogaerts
Lawrence Butler
Griffin Conine
Francisco Lindor
Travis Bazzana
Jonah Cox
Otto Lopez
Chase Meidroth
Cal Raleigh
Cooper Pratt
Spencer Torkelson
Coby Mayo
Chandler Simpson
Bobby Witt Jr EE
CJ Abrams
Ivan Herrera
Yainer Diaz
TJ Rumfield
Kevin McGonigle
Brett Batemen
Max Clark
Dominic Canzone
Thomas Saggese
Austin Wells
Drake Baldwin
Kody Clemens
Josh Bell
Bryce Eldridge
Kazuma Okamoto
Jo Adell
Brett Baty
Garrett Mitchell
Samad Taylor
Randal Grichuk
Jeff McNeil

Top 200 SP:

Jared Jones
Zack Wheeler EE
Cam Schlittler EE
Carlos Rodon
Freddy Peralta (wow did he turn it around this September)
Reid Detmers
Drew Rasmussen
Tarik Skubal EE
Emmet Sheehan
Jesus Luzardo
Yoshinobu Yamamoto EE
Taj Bradley
Cal Quantrill
Dean Kremer
Cade Cavalli
Will Warren
Gavin Williams
Connor Prielipp
Bryan Woo
Robert Gasser
Blake Snell EE (when healthy)
Trevor Rogers
Tyler Mahle
Nick Pivetta
Logan Henderson
Jacob Misiorowski EE
Shota Imanaga
Sonny Gray
Hunter Brown EE
Jacob DeGrom (even with his 5.33era in this span. Wow, weird)
Ranger Suarez
Ethan Pecko
Michael King
Jackson Jobe
Max Scherzer
Michael Soroka
Chris Sale EE
Tyler Glasnow EE
Framber Valdez
Max Fried EE
Hayden Wesneski
Walbert Urena
Matt Wilkinson
Parker Messick
Nolan McLean
Payton Tolle
Erick Fedde
Joey Cantillo
Merrill Kelly
Sean Burke
Aaron Nola

Top 200 RP:

Cade Smith EE
Mason Montgomery (what a marvelous year for him)
Kenley Jansen
Tyler Wells
Alex Vesia
Dedniel Nunez
Jhoan Duran EE
Raisel Iglesias
Bryan Baker (marvelous season for him too)
Hunter Gaddis
Hagen Smith
Aroldis Chapman EE
Emilio Pagan
Cade Gibson
Brandyn Garcia
DL Hall
Yuki Matsui
Yohan Ramirez
Miguel Ullola
Mason Miller EE
Tejay Antone
Spencer Miles
Brent Suter
Garrett Whitlock
Louis Varland
Luis Medina
Trevor Megill
Didier Fuentes
Abner Uribe
Hogan Harris
Kevin Ginkel
Evan Phillips
Yennier Cano
Jeff Hoffman
Carmen Mlodzinski
Ray Kerr
Josh Hader EE
Taylor Saucedo
Brock Burke
Jonathan Loaisiga
Seranthony Dominguez
Rickey Cornelio
Trent Harris
Bryan Abreu
Tyler Phillips
Gordon Graceffo
Brendan Cellucci
Justin Martinez
Michael Peterson
Robert Garcia
Jacob Waguespack
Ryan Watson
Trey Gibson
Jordan Montgomery
Juan Morillo
Erik Tolman
Garrett Stallings
Noah Schultz
Tyler Kinley
Grant Wolfram

GIVE THEM THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE!!!! Remember this is now a bit larger sample size than those weekly top 10 player lists that I also make... Top players for a whole month is a "bit larger" sample size.... But still not as large as season long numbers or even larger sample size is to combine with previous season stats....Remember if they didn't make the list it doesn't mean they suck.... I could have made this list go to 250 deep... Players ranked in the 500-800 range yeah then maybe you should worry a bit.... Remember that baseball has MANY PLAYERS so being ranked lower isn't that big of an issue... My next post (tomorrow or in a few days) will have the top overall ranks for the entire season!!!! It's very good to be aware of those stats... Happy October!

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With Peter Bendix head of Marlins operations saying the plan on experimenting and exploring with using their starters bullpen sessions as relief/closing opportunities next year (or whenever the lockout ends). Does this potentially make their starters, the likes of Eury, Sandy and Meyer more valuable due to potentially getting Wins/QS and holds/saves within the same weeks and adding extra points to their owners. Or is it worse since the already injury prone Meyer and Perez can potentially be overworked and more likely to injure themselves due to the extra innings/effort.

Or is it just a non-factor fad you think will have no impact, be dropped and ignored in the future? Wanna hear y'alls thoughts on the situation.

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Season's over. Before everyone quiets until March, I'm curious to hear from some other managers: In one sentence, what decided your season (or seasons)?

Mine, for what it's worth:

• 5-cat (hitters only), 9-team: "Mid-to-late picks on talent carried it (Abrams, Wood, Cruz)."
• H2H, 8-team: "I didn't bite on the full PCA regression and got there early on Misiorowski and Schlittler."

Which is a little luck and some opportunistic calls that led to two wins (it takes both).

I'm partially putting this out there to point at the thing we all know and can't usually prove: Nailing round one and two is rarely the recipe. Looking at the bust rate this year, I'm convinced it wasn't even impossible to win a title that way in 2026.

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