Hello, baseball fan. We are set up for what should be a very entertaining 2016 playoffs. However, we thought we'd make it even better by hosting a little contest, with the opportunity for you to win some cash. The same competitive juices led us to create the Over/Under game we played with PECOTA and our listeners at the beginning of the season.
This game is pretty simple. From the 2016 playoff teams, you must construct a team of players. The only stipulation is that you must have at least one player from each of the 10 playoff teams. Scoring will be a rotisserie system with the following stat categories: OBP, SLG, HR, RBI, SB & ERA, WHIP, SO, W, SV. Your team will contain these positions: C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, OF, OF, OF, DH, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, RP, RP. The team that wins the league will win $50 ($25 from both of us). If I win, Paul will pay me $25. And if Paul wins... yeah you're right, there's no chance of that.
Scoring will be tracked on a Google Doc that I will send you the link to so you can track how you're doing. The deadline to submit a team is the first pitch of the AL Wild Card game on Tuesday. Let us know if you have any questions; I'm sure we're forgetting something. You can contact us through email (afootinthebox@gmail.com) or Twitter (@afootinthebox). Have at it!
Baseball is here! And more importantly, that means the over/under game is back. It seems as though everyone is an expert this time of year. Somehow we convince ourselves that we are better at predicting baseball outcomes than everyone else. Well, AFITB is putting that to the test for the third year in a row. Think you know more about baseball than us? You probably do. But go ahead and prove it anyway.