Fantasy Baseball 101 - Explaining 5 x 5 Rotisserie Leagues

[@badhabits21900]

Been a baseball fan all my life, just starting to learn about fantasy baseball, thanks guys.

[@rotowire]

Our pleasure

[@generallukeproductions]

I’m new to fantasy baseball. Just clarifying, so defense doesn’t matter at all in fantasy?

[@rotowire]

Well, most leagues have stolen bases, which is supposed to at least cover speed in the OF. And if a player's D is terrible, they will certainly sit some games. But for the most part, that statement is correct.

[@arodisgod13]

Doing Head to Head Points for Fantasy Baseball and have a question.... I have a few categories that I selected and am afraid they might overlap which would give credit to a player which may be more than they deserve although I’m not sure how it would work because I’ve never done HH Points before so I’m hoping someone could enlighten me. For example I selected Sac Hits and Sac Fly’s giving each .5 points. Also I have Walks 1 point, intentional walks 1 point, and hit by pitch 1 point. Just to clarify what I’m talking about, I would not want someone to get 2 points if they had an intentional walk which would also classify as getting a walk? I’m also doing this on Yahoo if that helps at all. Also feel free to post what your point system is for your league...

[@rotowire]

Chris, are a you a RotoWire subscriber (on RotoWire.com)? If so, this is a perfect "Ask The Expert" question, which all site subscribers (not KZbin subscribers) get for free. May I suggest you give our free 10-day trial a try at www.RotoWire.com/pod and then submit that question via the Ask The Expert feature? I'm just the video guy...I don't know the answer to that question, though my suspicion is those are all unique, non-overlapping categories on Yahoo. Yahoo is smart that way.

[@mckinzie4934]

I miss Liss, loved his banter and smart azz attitude

[@rotowire]

Liss still does a weekly podcast. Search for his substack

[@j_fizzle]

Great video.my first time doing roto draft,i need all the advice i can get.im drafting 11th. Thx

[@rotowire]

Good luck!

[@kbmjfan24]

💪🏽💪🏽 Good work fellas

[@rotowire]

Appreciate it!! Sorry for the late reply.

[@SwishersBlowin]

Hey, I'm subscriber #1000. Thanks for the video!

[@rotowire]

Thank you!

[@KULCAT79]

Liss was the original d-bag writer in fantasy baseball

[@nathanmcmullen1527]

Why is it called rotisserie?

[@rotowire]

In short, the magazine writers who invented fantasy baseball did so at a rotisserie chicken restaurant, hence the name. Go here for the full entertaining story: www.espn.com/30for30/film/_/page/silly-little-game

[@nathanmcmullen1527]

@@rotowire 😭😭 I was trying to figure out if the scoring rotates or something. No it’s literally named after chicken😭👏

[@tylermarsh2211]

Thanks

[@rotowire]

You are welcome

[@donniebowers8969]

nice, thanks man

[@rotowire]

Hey, thank you!