Update:
For those with Dodgers and Padres’ players. I have set Monday, April 1, as the retroactive date Yahoo will update stats from last week’s two games. For you to receive stats, please have your Dodgers and Padres players in your active lineup every day between March 28 and April 1.
Yahoo is going to copy the lineup in use the night before April 1 (March 31) and that will be your lineup for the games on March 20, 21, 28, 29, 30 and 31.
I show no players on my team until yesterday, Commish.
See my edit to the previous post.
For those with Dodgers and Padres’ players. I have set Monday, April 1, as the retroactive date Yahoo will update stats from last week’s two games. For you to receive stats, please have your Dodgers and Padres players in your active lineup every day between March 28 and April 1.
Yahoo is going to copy the lineup in use the night before April 1 (March 31) and that will be your lineup for the games on March 20, 21, 28, 29, 30 and 31.
One other league note:
If you choose to roster the hitting or pitching side of a two-way player like Shohei Ohtani or Michael Lorenzen, you are required to also roster their other side, too. So, @Lsswb46, for you to roster Lorenzen the pitcher, you also have to roster his hitter version in Yahoo (meaning he takes up two roster spots)
Even though Lorenzen has taken 2 plate appearances in the last 5 years combined? 1 in 19 and 1 in 20
I don’t think he is a two-way player anymore
I don’t disagree with you, but unfortunately, until Yahoo removes his hitting designation, our league policy concerning two-way players applies to him.
Are there any others besides those 2?
There shouldn’t be any more worth rostering. Brendan McKay with the Rays is one that comes to mind, but he’s not currently in Yahoo’s player pool.
If our decision on Lorenzen changes, I’ll let you know and we will put him back on your team.
So since that rule was basically only made for Ohtani, as commissioner, you can’t override that? Or we will most likely have a starting pitcher just sitting on the waiver wire not to be used. I doubt anyone wants to take up 2 spots for a guy like that.
I don’t mind too much dropping him, I just feel like that doesn’t make much sense.
I agree with Chase, FWIW. NL pitchers pre-DH hit a whole helluva lot more than Lorenzen has in the last five years, and they didn’t take up second roster spots. I know that’s an inexact parallel, but…
If he were to suddenly start being employed regularly as a hitter, couldn’t we revisit the requirement?
The rule wasn’t only made for Ohtani (though he is obviously the biggest and most notable two-way player). It applies to all two-way players. Second, I am one of three co-commissioners, which include @BillyD and @Ron_Brand. I am not unilaterally doing anything.
I have brought up the point @Doyce7 made about Lorenzen’s at bats in the last four seasons to the other two co-commissioners. If we decide to say that Lorenzen can be rostered only as a pitcher, we will let you know and add him to your roster.
As I stated earlier, based on the fact Lorenzen has two total at bats in the last four seasons, Yahoo should probably remove his hitter designation. Unfortunately, they have not.
I understand the points raised by others in the league about this issue, but at this time, our current policy regarding two-way players applies to Lorenzen.
Gotcha. Trust me, I’m not dying to have him lol. Just figured I’d put my 2 cents. And I should have said as ‘a’ commissioner. I know you’re not the sole commish and wouldn’t want you to make a decision on your own. But thanks for the explanation.
You’re fine, Chase, and I’m happy you are part of our league and hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to me, @BillyD or @Ron_Brand and we will try to answer them as best we can.
I’m just being as open and transparent as possible. While I personally agree that Lorenzen should be classified as a pitcher only (shame on Yahoo for not adjusting him), as a co-commissioner, I have to follow our proper league process to evaluate this situation and decide how to proceed.
I wouldn’t expect a decision to take long.
Reminder: For those with Dodgers and Padres’ players, please have them players in your active lineup today as Yahoo is going to copy today’s lineup and that will be your lineup for the games on March 20, 21, 28, 29, 30 and 31.
Also, concerning Michael Lorenzen. @BillyD, @Ron_Brand and myself understand and respect the argument that Lorenzen has had two total plate appearances since 2020, and he should really only have SP eligibility in Yahoo’s system. To that end, I have reached out to Yahoo Fantasy’s twitter handle and submitted an online help ticket about the issue and am awaiting a response. Finally, the three of us are going to think about the idea of implementing a minimum threshold of plate appearances or innings pitched for someone not injured to determine whether they qualify as a two-way player. If there is enough interest (half the league or more) around adjusting how we handle two-way player eligibility, we can vote on the issue.
However, at this point in time, we are still going to treat him as a two-way player and therefore, anyone who wants to own him must own his hitter version, too.
So when I check my lineup from yesterday, it benched Detmers, I had him in my lineup all day. My points total for Sunday is wack. Anyone else? Probably just a temporary glitch, but just voicing the issue.
The points change column in the standings seems wrong. Still spring training for the Yahoo tech team.
Today was the day that the retroactive points were processed for those with Dodgers and Padres players playing in the Korea games. So whatever your lineup was yesterday will be your lineup every day for the first six days of the season.
That’s why point totals for yesterday are messed up. I’m not sure why Detmers didn’t score you points, @Tralfaz, because if Yahoo used the lineup from Saturday as your lineup for all six days, I would have an extra 28 points from Zach Littell.
My apologies.
I looked and Yahoo will re run the retroactive stats for all games played if we pick a different date between April 3-7. For example, if we pick April 3, everyone needs to have their most optimal lineup construction for all games played between March 20 and April 2 set. Whatever your starting lineup is April 2 is what points you will receive for all six days.
Do we want to do that and let everyone set tomorrow’s lineup as their most optimal lineup for those six days? Or, just leave things as is and accept losing some points.