| @minnmich: When it comes to the full roster, I start with 5 starters, 7 relievers, 8 positional starters, a DH (if AL, including the Brewers), and 4 bench players (5 in NL, not including Brewers). To be an SP/RP, the pitcher needs to have at least 2 years with more relief appearances than starts if they played 5+ years with the team. If they played 4 or less with the team, they only need one year with more relief appearances than starts. RP/SP is similar criteria, except that they had more relief years than starter years. I try to move players out of the starting rotation and into SP/RP (or RP/SP) to add more higher-level pitchers if possible (e.g. on the Braves quiz, I moved Smoltz to SP/RP and got Glavine into the rotation), but that isn't always possible. Some quizzes in this series have a larger bench and 11 pitchers because creating a suitable bench and carrying 12 pitchers was just too difficult. Among outfielders, they need to have played significant time at the position they are at, whether that be LF, CF, or RF, in multiple seasons, with one year where it was his primary position. For spotty OF data, I presume they can play all 3 positions unless their B-R page indicates differently. For other positions, they have to have played multiple years at that position with one where they played 2/3 of their team's games at that position. I do not go by WAR per season simply because it would take way too much time to calculate. I know that sounds selfish, but I have a life, too. Relievers' WAR (and even all pitchers' WAR) is considered difficult to measure against position players' WAR and therefore I keep the pitching staff independent from the position players, aside from when I must remove the 7th reliever for an extra bench player to make a suitable bench. |
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