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Why not start the discussion now? Gives us more time to iron out all the wrinkles.
Personally, I am not advocating whole sale changes to the current system, but some tweaks (like what Jake has suggested) would make the scoring model more robust.
I am in favor of reviewing (not necessarily changing) the current system for minor changes, such as removing either HR or GB since they are currently somewhat redundant. I am not fond of the numerous posts aimed at slamming the current system, nor ignorance towards the proven facts on which the purpose of this great league was derived.
To call dissenting opinion towards disputable data "ignorance" is a bit elitist, no? Sorry you are not fond of the strong jockeying of opinion, but I for one think it is very healthy and telling of a great league. People care. You are entitled to your OPINION, everyone else is entitled to theirs. To pass something that is widely disputed off as "fact" is egregious. Again, people understand the scoring premise. If the goal is in fact to as closely mirror real life as possible, then the most "valued" players in fantasy should, generally speaking, be the most valued in real life. That is not the case in our league. Whether or not one agrees with that school of thought, the school of thought exists. I for one am not bashing anything, just expressing my opinion that the scoring should better value real life results, not processes.
McCracken posted his query on this subject to the Usenet group in 1999 and fourteen months later, in January 2001, found a receptive audience for his article “Pitchers and Defense: How Much Control Do Hurlers Have?” which was posted online at Baseball Prospectus.15 Shortly thereafter, Rob Neyer of ESPN briefly discussed it.16 According to McCracken, “All hell broke loose,” as he received 1,700 e-mails in two days,17 from sabermetricians who took varying degrees of exception to McCracken’s assertion that “there is little if any difference among major league pitchers in their ability to prevent hits on balls in play.”18 Craig R. Wright and Bill James wrote in to Neyer with reservations about McCracken’s theory,19 beginning the long and ongoing discussion within the sabermetric community over whether pitchers have control over hits on balls in play and, if they do, how much. James changed his mind after further research.
From the 2001 edition of The New Bill James Historical Abstract: 1. Like most things, McCracken’s argument can be taken too literally. A pitcher does have some input into the hits/innings ratio behind him, other than that which is reflected in the home run and strikeout column.2. With that qualification, I am quite certain that McCracken is correct. 3. This knowledge is significant, very useful. 4. I feel stupid for not having realized it 30 years ago.20