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I personally don't think our innings limit is realistic (MLB teams throw about 1440 IP over 24-25 weeks ~= 55-60IP/week, compared to our limit of 85), which devalues the good SP's since you don't need to optimize your rotation you just throw out anyone that nets positive points (a team with Halladay/Oswalt/Hamels/Lee in their rotation would be no better than a team with 10 scrub SPs). I also don't like how an SP with RP eligibility has so much value, for the same reason as above.
There will be exceptions to any system put in place, but if you take a look at the top 20 the list of names in our league (this year, 2010, 2009, etc.) is pretty similar to what you might 'expect'. I personally don't think our innings limit is realistic (MLB teams throw about 1440 IP over 24-25 weeks ~= 55-60IP/week, compared to our limit of 85), which devalues the good SP's since you don't need to optimize your rotation you just throw out anyone that nets positive points (a team with Halladay/Oswalt/Hamels/Lee in their rotation would be no better than a team with 10 scrub SPs). I also don't like how an SP with RP eligibility has so much value, for the same reason as above. That said, in my opinion the scoring itself is just fine.
If I'm not mistaken that aspect was voted on this winter and teams built their staffs on that rule. I hope there isn't any consideration for changing. As far as tweaking points for Outs,GBs,Ks, etc., I'll leave that to the mathematicians to figure out. Pitching in this league is underemphasized but that really doesn't bother me, I prefer a scoring system that favors offense.
There is no doubt the scoring needs to be adjusted. Pitchers are getting points because a batter hit a hard ground ball down the line for a double.
Mike comparison of Nieman and Price is a perfect example, that our system (which is not bad) just needs a minor tweak.