Scoring

[Sportsnut]

No penalty for blown saves, or points for Ks for pitchers.

Check out this pitching line: 7 innings, 6 hits, 3 walks, 6 K, 2 ER, loses 3-2.

Calculation: 7X3=21, Minus 3 for walks, 6 for hits, 2 for ER, 5 for loss = 5 points for a pretty well pitched game.

To get to the target of 36%, I'd suggest adding 1 point for Ks, and 2-3 points for a quality start.

Also, 2 or 3 point deduction for a blown save.

[kenny]

For anybody interested in how I've been trying to figure out the optimal points to assign to each stat category, this is the spreadsheet I've been using.

The first three worksheets are the combined stats for all 30 teams in MLB from 2001 to 2010 in batting, pitching and fielding. The last worksheet is the one where I'm tinkering with point values for this league. The point of this exercise is try to ensure we have the right balance and don't accidentally create a league where one type of player is severely overvalued or undervalued.