General Note on 2009 Changes
Overall, there are very few expected changes for the upcoming
season. Mostly, this page in 2009 will be used for some
clarification discussion about current rules.
Scoring Formula
Pitching Score
Added 9/5/09
This is not a change, but a CORRECTION of what the
pitching
score formula should be. The correction is in the saves
part of the formula. Note: Games have been scored with this
exact formula since BWB started in 2000 - but in transferring the
calculation to text several years ago, I messed up.
Was Pitching Score: P = ER + (BP * BI) – a ( K + BK) – b
(S) + HBB + c (E)
Where:
- ...several things listed
- BI = Number of innings pitched by the bullpen
- S = Accumulated saves by 1st and 2nd relievers
(counted only if they are used in a game)
- b = saves multiplier = .25
Instead, b(S) should be replaced by:
((b * S)/(NumBP * BI))
Where:
- BI = Number of innings pitched by the bullpen
- NumBP = # of Relievers used
- S = Accumulated saves by 1st and 2nd relievers
(counted only if they are used in a game)
- b = saves multiplier = .25
The idea here is to normalize the scoring formula when one team
uses two relievers and the other uses zero or one: while we're still
counting up total saves for reliever 1 & 2, it's not just a sum.
If one team uses 1 closer for the game and the other uses 2, that
gives the 2nd team an advantage simply because its starter didn't
last as long. (In the same way, in an actual rule change many
years ago, we added a .25 bonus for a starter pitching a complete
game). The main point, though, is that you're still much
better off with 2 closers in your bullpen.
Superior Pitching Performances
Added 9/5/09
See the
scoring formula for details. The very last part of the
formula is "SP" for Superior Pitching performance.
These explanatory notes were added about complete games, perfect
games, and no hitters:
Notes: "Complete game" refers a starting pitching
performance of 9 or more innings (regardless of whether the actual
major league game goes longer or whether a pitcher completes a
rain-shortened game). In checking for no hitters and perfect
games, the starting pitcher must complete 9 or more innings.
Then we check to see if the pitcher gave up any hits. If hits
= 0, and walks allowed = 0, we're going to count this as a "Perfect
Game" - otherwise 0 hits will equal a "no hitter." In
practice, we don't get a no hitter/perfect game indicator in the
stat service, so this allows for automated scoring. Jonathan
Sanchez' no hitter in 2009 included an error by the Giants, but
we're not keeping track to that level...and for his part of the
effort, it was as perfect as he could get...so the BWB scoring
system marked it as a perfect game.
The Startup Draft
Special Salary Rebates for post-draft transactions
Added 3/15/09 -
Blog discussion
This is under the Notes heading - regarding what happens
when leagues move into the normal cycle of weekly transactions after
the draft is complete:
Until the season begins, there is only a 50% salary
rebate for players cut from rosters. Teams get no rebate
when cutting a player making a salary of 200 or below.
The change: 2009 Change -
Because teams can get in somewhat of a salary cap jam during the
draft and they don't have full control over every action in the
draft (due to the list-submission and resolution process), new
leagues can make cuts in the first two normal transaction
periods after the Phase Two draft is done and receive a 100%
salary rebate on cut players. There is still no rebate for
players with salaries of 200 or below. For late-drafting
leagues, if this 2-cycle period extends into the regular season,
that's OK.
Special note for 2009 - Since this was enacted after some leagues
began transactions, this will apply at least through the Week Minus
One transaction deadline for all new leagues. At minimum, each
league will have two cycles, so late-drafting leagues may see this
extend into the regular season.
Postseason
Game Selection – Playoffs - Starting Pitching
Just codifying what the real practice is. We use MLB Stats
for games 81-160 - randomly selected - to generate the game results
for the playoffs. However, for pulling starting pitching
appearances, we also include games 161-162.
Game Selection – Playoffs - Relief Pitching - Clarification
The relief pitcher ranges (we use a six-game range to generate
relief pitcher stats) end with the same game as the hitters game
selected for the playoff game. So, if the playoff game uses
MLB game 106, then games 101-106 are used for bullpen stats.
However, if the game selected for the playoff game is MLB game 83,
then we use games 78-83 for the bullpen - even though that is
below the Game #81 lower limit for playoff games.
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