Anyone know the formula Yahoo uses to rank players?

[coolconman]

I am in a league that counts additional stats to the standard 5x5, and would like to assign rankings based on the stats we use, or at least get a better idea of where certain players should be ranked. Thanks.

[wrveres]

they have a formula?

[Maris09]

they have a formula?

They certainly do.

- It's 2 parts correct stats from Monday thru Saturday.
- Mixed with 1 part uncorrectable stats from Sunday.
- Shaken over ice and served in a chilled sorry we don't have the "tool" to fix anything that happens on a Sunday.

It's delicious.

[StlSluggers]

they have a formula?

hahaha

[Padsin05]

well first off, for pitchers, it definately doesnt factor in fip or xfip, so we obviously know that it doesnt rank them based off what could or should happen in fairyland on a given day.

[machine3]

http://www.baseballmonster.com

[jake_twothousandfive]

I've seen this formula used by Tom Tango:

The metric for hitting will be:
HR + SB + (H - .27*AB) + R/3 + RBI/3

The metric for pitching will be:
2*W + SV + K/5 + IP - (H + BB + ER)/2

It's pretty simple. .270 is slightly above league average BA so I'm assuming this is an estimate of average BA for fantasy leagues (not all players are used). So anything above .270 is going to be a positive contribution to the category. I suppose runs and RBI's are divided by 3 so that they don't impact multiple categories. Also SPs are weighted more heavily than RPs by the pitching metric.

I'm not sure if I can find the link. I just had the formula saved. It seems to align itself pretty well with the Yahoo rankings (though not perfectly).

[jake_harv88]

they have a formula?

They certainly do.

- It's 2 parts correct stats from Monday thru Saturday.
- Mixed with 1 part uncorrectable stats from Sunday.
- Shaken over ice and served in a chilled sorry we don't have the "tool" to fix anything that happens on a Sunday.

It's delicious.

dude give it up already. Your personal vendetta is easily the most annoying thing on the leftovers board right now...

I've seen this formula used by Tom Tango:

The metric for hitting will be:
HR + SB + (H - .27*AB) + R/3 + RBI/3

The metric for pitching will be:
2*W + SV + K/5 + IP - (H + BB + ER)/2

It's pretty simple. .270 is slightly above league average BA so I'm assuming this is an estimate of average BA for fantasy leagues (not all players are used). So anything above .270 is going to be a positive contribution to the category. I suppose runs and RBI's are divided by 3 so that they don't impact multiple categories. Also SPs are weighted more heavily than RPs by the pitching metric.

I'm not sure if I can find the link. I just had the formula saved. It seems to align itself pretty well with the Yahoo rankings (though not perfectly).

Haha, I can't tell if this is a real post or not. If it's real, it's incredibly lame. If its a shot at some of the most recent sabermetric talk here its hilarious. Pick your side

[AussieDodger]

Yahoo doesn't measure the lemon of a stat that is xFIP? I hope the authorities have been called

Maybe we need 17 threads about this as well

[jake_twothousandfive]

I've seen this formula used by Tom Tango:

The metric for hitting will be:
HR + SB + (H - .27*AB) + R/3 + RBI/3

The metric for pitching will be:
2*W + SV + K/5 + IP - (H + BB + ER)/2

It's pretty simple. .270 is slightly above league average BA so I'm assuming this is an estimate of average BA for fantasy leagues (not all players are used). So anything above .270 is going to be a positive contribution to the category. I suppose runs and RBI's are divided by 3 so that they don't impact multiple categories. Also SPs are weighted more heavily than RPs by the pitching metric.

I'm not sure if I can find the link. I just had the formula saved. It seems to align itself pretty well with the Yahoo rankings (though not perfectly).

Haha, I can't tell if this is a real post or not. If it's real, it's incredibly lame. If its a shot at some of the most recent sabermetric talk here its hilarious. Pick your side

I ran the hitter metric for the top 25 Yahoo hitters. There are some outliners but there's a clear relationship.

.                  Tango     Yahoo Rank
Adrián González	57.39	18	16
Albert Pujols	61.87	12	11
Álex Ríos	72.35	5	5
B. Phillips	56.32	19	21
Brett Gardner	63.13	8	17
Carl Crawford	74.7	3	4
Chris Young	55.18	21	22
Corey Hart	51.59	25	24
David Wright	61.2	13	13
Evan Longoria	62.17	10	10
Hanley Ramírez	57.73	16	18
Joey Votto	62.42	9	9
Josh Hamilton	75.63	2	2
Justin Morneau	66.29	7	7
Kevin Youkilis	60.17	14	8
Magglio Ordóñez	53.18	23	25
Martín Prado	57.42	17	20
Michael Young	57.98	15	14
Miguel Cabrera	72.6	4	1
Paul Konerko	55.53	20	15
Robinson Canó	76.48	1	3
Ryan Braun	62.08	11	12
Ryan Howard	53.42	22	19
Torii Hunter	52.67	24	23
V. Guerrero	66.47	6	6