Looking for the Best AL only players

[rotowinner]

The Cafe' Experts League is a fresh auction every year, AL-only, 12 team 4x4. This is roto in it's truest, purest form. The 4x4 makes for closer pennant races down the stretch, plus, strikeouts is a stupid category in my opinion. Last year the Tampa Bay Rays led the AL in strikeouts and had the highest team ERA in the league. So what's that worth?
We'll use weekly transactions via faab. Still need quality owners who are high caliber players and who absolutely love to play and compete. The online auction using FantasyAuctioneer is awesome!

Send questions and comments to rotowinner@aol.com while there are spots available. This is a high caliber, low maintenance league run by a 20+year commish. There is a 100% payout of the $100 entry fee (less CBS' $149 fee) to the top 4 teams, 50, 25, 15 and 10 percent respectively.

[The Red Wolf]

When is it? This is the time of year when that question becomes as important as others.

[rotowinner]

The draft date will be determined once I get to 12 owners. Targeting somewhere near the end of March/beginning of April. Takes about 4 hours to do the online auction and it's off the hook.

[jeffmerk]

I agree that Ks is a nonsense category but you should try 5x5 with Innings Pitched as the 5th pitching category. Steals and Saves aren't ridiculously overvalued in that format.

[shamtime]

bump

[rotowinner]

Still openings available in the Cafe' Experts League, formed in 2007. The particulars: 12-team, AL-only, 4x4 with online auction. $100 entry fee with 100% payout to top 4 teams less CBS stat fee. Weekly transactions via faab.

This is not really a league for the beginner although I get less and less picky as it gets later. The draft date hasn't been determine and will be determined by a quorum of the participants.

There are many reasons why I feel a 4x4 is preferable to the more popular 5x5. The 5x5 tends to significantly reduce the value of closers, to the point where you can blow off saves without much to lose. Just stack up on quality starting pitching and you'll do pretty well there. Not much strategy to that I think. Also, closer pennant races and not having to deal with strikeouts (what's better, a one-pitch pop-up or a 12 pitch strikeout?)

Just my opinion but if I'm gonna run it, we won't use K's for sure.

20 year commish looking to keep this league alive so I can stay up with the online auction technology, which is getting better and better and should become the standard for all roto baseball leagues.

Interested participants please email rotowinner@aol.com. Thanks.

[rotowinner]

Only a couple spots left so if you think you can hang with the big boys, then shoot me an email and tell me a little about your roto resume'. Each and every owner in this league has won at least one roto championship, so you'll need to bring your "A" game. Let's do this!!!
Reply to rotowinner@aol.com. Thanks.

[rotowinner]

Last chance and it already may be too late. I have about 15 candidates for 12 spots but now it will come down to who gets me their league fee first. Returning owners from last year will have priority in the event I get multiple checks on the same day. More to follow. Email questions to rotowinner@aol.com. Thanks for all the feedback and constructive criticism. Enjoy the season!

[The Red Wolf]

Would love to play and send you my money immediately via Pay
Pal, but hard to do so without knowing if I could make the auction time/date. Chicken or the egg question.

[rotowinner]

Hey there Red Wolf,
I understand your dilemma but the only way I can schedule the draft so that everyone can make it is if I know when people CANNOT make it, then schedule the draft around that. I would suggest that you send your check immediately and let me know what dates and times WON'T work for you.

If for some reason someone sends me a check and then subsequently we cannot agree on a date that works for them, I will send their check back immediately. I'd prefer a check versus the pay pal. A bit archaic, I know, but I don't have a Pay Pal account and don't really want one.

Send an email to rotowinner@aol.com and I'll give you my address (I don't really want to post my address on the site, although I'm not sure why I'm hesitant to do so).

Thanks for your interest,
Chuck